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Apple joins an exodus of companies from US Chamber of Commerce
BetaNews ^ | October 6, 2009 | By Scott M. Fulton, III

Posted on 10/07/2009 7:25:37 PM PDT by Cicero

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If Obama manages to pass Obamacare and Cap and Trade, he will considerably worsen the economic crisis we are sinking into.

Lots of luck selling Mac notebooks to all those people who lose their jobs and their savings, Apple.

The USCC took the right position on both these bills. Now the politically correct idiots out in Silicon Valley are supporting Obama.

Clean coal? What's that? We don't need no clean coal. We make all our notebooks in China.

1 posted on 10/07/2009 7:25:37 PM PDT by Cicero
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To: Cicero

Is there any hope left for this country?


2 posted on 10/07/2009 7:30:21 PM PDT by stevem
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To: stevem
Is there any hope left for this country?

No.

3 posted on 10/07/2009 7:34:35 PM PDT by Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo
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To: stevem

It’s a mess, all right. Nike, like Apple, likes to appeal to the politically correct, and they have a big constituency among blacks, because of the basketball angle.

General Electric appears to be working closely with Obama, who is rewarding them financially in various ways.

It’s all pretty sick.


4 posted on 10/07/2009 7:35:09 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: stevem
Is there any hope left for this country?

NO

5 posted on 10/07/2009 7:35:12 PM PDT by guitarplayer1953 (Romak 7.62X54MM, AK47 7.62X39MM, LARGO 9X23MM, HAPINESS IS A WARM GUN BANG BANG YEA YEA)
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To: stevem
Is there any hope left for this country?

Wrong question. Right question: Is there any hope left for Western Civilization?

The answer is "not much," in either case.

6 posted on 10/07/2009 7:39:12 PM PDT by sourcery (Those whom the gods would destroy they first make socialist...)
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To: Cicero

The CEOs have drunk the greenweenie Kool-Aid. I hope they all freeze their assets off this winter.


7 posted on 10/07/2009 7:39:54 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (America! We're spending our grandchildren's inheritance!)
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To: stevem
Is there any hope left for this country?

of course there is.

8 posted on 10/07/2009 7:41:57 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (Isn't the Golden Mean the secret to something," I parried? "Yes," Blue replied. "Mediocrity.")
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To: Cicero

All the limo liberals are leaving the Chamber... There is an organization to support. Business is more important than political correctness. If the Left pushes through tax and trade, we will have to make sure the country how committed Apple was to the shake down of the American people.


9 posted on 10/07/2009 7:54:55 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: the invisib1e hand

Yes, there’s hope. But it’s becoming more and more evident that we need to take back our schools. And I think we really need to pray for some sort of Great Awakening among all the churches, Catholic and Protestant, Evangelical and Mainline.

These people are just nuts. But they are brought up to believe this stuff from the earliest grades in our public schools.


10 posted on 10/07/2009 7:58:41 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
The CEOs have drunk the greenweenie Kool-Aid. I hope they all freeze their assets off this winter.

They're all rich enough so that they won't freeze. However, the people who usually buy their products won't be buying much because they'll be broke because of cap and tax and the bad economy.

11 posted on 10/07/2009 8:12:33 PM PDT by rllngrk33 (0bama, proof we can no longer underestimate the stupidity of the voters.)
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To: Cicero

This is like a RINO leaving the Republican party. Now Apple doesn’t have any influence in the USCC. It’s not all bad news.


12 posted on 10/07/2009 8:15:29 PM PDT by dadx5
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To: rllngrk33

General Electric is included in that list. They are slated to make many dollars with the F-35. Pratt & Whitney was in the bidding for the contract, but, lost.


13 posted on 10/07/2009 8:16:41 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (A mob of one.)
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To: stevem

No. We need to stop the motor of the world. We need to stop feeding the looters.

Who is John Galt?


14 posted on 10/07/2009 8:17:38 PM PDT by Astronaut
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To: Cicero

All computer manufacturers are now zit-infected airheads. No place left to run to or away from. Wonder if I send my old Apple II C + to Jobs if he’ll take my advice to shove it up his ass, if he can squeeze it past his head..


15 posted on 10/07/2009 8:19:35 PM PDT by sergeantdave (obuma is the anti-Lincoln, trying to re-establish slavery)
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To: Cicero
I'm betting that the US Chamber is going to get a big premium from the PC Companies to re join after the GW scam blows up in their face. Could be, some of them can't even afford to sign up again after getting ripped off for the Green s**t they are dumping cash on.

Political Correctness does not pay any bills.

16 posted on 10/07/2009 8:46:13 PM PDT by Ditto (Directions for Clean Government: If they are in, vote them out. Rinse and repeat.)
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To: Cicero

The Chamber needs to fold anyway. They came down here to Oklahoma and SUED MY STATE because we finally passed some common sense laws limiting state aid and other assistance to illegal aliens. Why? Because it might increase labor costs to some large business who were skimming along using illegals instead of American citizens.

My local Chamber said they didn’t agree with these carpetbaggers, but couldn’t influence them either.

Forget them and the Rinos they represent.

Oldplayer


17 posted on 10/07/2009 9:31:19 PM PDT by oldplayer
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To: Cicero

I wonder how fast Apple would fight this crap if the government came out and put a surcharge computers or even required a permit for certain models like quad cores.


18 posted on 10/08/2009 1:52:22 AM PDT by EVO X
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To: Cicero; rdl6989; Little Bill; IrishCatholic; Normandy; According2RecentPollsAirIsGood; ...
 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

19 posted on 10/08/2009 5:00:26 AM PDT by steelyourfaith (Limit all U.S. politicians to two terms: One in office and one in prison!)
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To: sergeantdave
All computer manufacturers are now zit-infected airheads.

Not all. Michael Dell of Dell computers is a long time Republican.

20 posted on 10/08/2009 5:34:18 AM PDT by Timocrat
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