Posted on 03/27/2009 8:49:09 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
30 years of media and pop culture showing business as evil. 20 years of public schools brainwashing children that businesses are bad. What do we expect?
Kinda like inside the Beltway.
When the MSM spends half it’s time (when it’s not covering the Octomom, that is) pouring gasoline on the class warfare fire, what can you expect? It’s easy for someone who just got laid off to blame those evil bastards on Wall Street for everything that’s wrong in their life - the adjustable rate mortgage they had not chance of paying, the two SUVs they just *have* to have, the plasma TV and all the expensive lessons their kids need in order to maintain their standing in the middle school social circles...etc ad nauseum.
Besides, what would you expect on the NYT website? This isn’t where folks from Des Moines share their thoughts.
They are being programmed to be active in their own undoing.
The people behind the housing and credit problems...at the very root of it...are the people doing the propogandizing.
The extent of their success is evident in the fact that they have been elected to now correct the problem they created.
They have no intention of correcting it.
THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IN HIS OWN WORDS
NOW WE KNOW WHAT A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER DOES
OBAMA, THE STOCK MARKET, AND ENERGY
THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S UPBRINGING
Ha! This guy is getting his opinions of what “Americans” think about Wall Street by reading the posted comments of brain-dead Leftists at the New York Times?
He’s the one in the “Echo Chamber”, not those in the financial industry.
With most of the higher level people, I always feel like I have to “watch my back”.
They're the type of people that would hurt someone if it means more money for them and laugh about it. I can't tell you how many times I'd go to lunch with that crowd and have to secretly pick up the tip.
Harassing and shorting a $3/hr waitress for fun is so disgusting. Especially from guys making close to 7 figures. But what do you expect in an industry where only greed is rewarded?
Yes, the posters on the NY Times website are mostly leftist urbanites. Unfortunately you will also get a populist anti-business sentimnet from much of middle America. Look at Huckabees populist message and the willingness of almost all elected Republican leaders to pile on “big business” whenever they think it wlil make a good sound bite.
1) Arrogance-- does the term "Master of the Universe" meaning anything to you?
2) Greed-- They've destroyed a multitude of viable American companies in their short sighted grab for instant millions
3) Hubris-- not only don't they care that their actions put thousands out of work routinely, they believe they have the devine right to do so
4)Public Perception-- When CEOs of major corps squeeze concesions from their employees and then rewrd themselves w/ multi-million $$ bonuses what is the public to think?
Does this egregious misconduct lead me to believe that the gov. should step in and fix it? Oh Hell no. Nevretheless, I'll cry no tears for the poor, misunderstood millionaires in NYC.
and yet all those buffoons donated to Obama.
and today Obama meets with the bankers. I would imagine to strong arm the Bankers in order to keep them on his side for 2010 and 2012.
Obama is running to put the country into so much debt so as to make the “stupid voter” class scared of doing what is right.
What they should be hating is the government, but the NYT readership is certainly never going to be on that side. Most of them are probably either in media themselves, or are teachers and other flunkies on the government payroll, not “business people” at all.
But there is no way out. If businesses are punished, the bad times won't go away. The anger will also still be here. The mob with the pitchforks and torches will still be out there. The businessmen will have been dealt with -- and now it will be the politician's turn.
The Bastille will be stormed before this over.
Smoke and mirrors.
Wall Street is Democrat and they’ve been voted into the Presidency and both houses of Congress.
I also believe Turbo Timmy will be the capitalist fall guy. The Teleprompter will say something like "we've tried it Wall Street's way and Timmy did his best. But now it's time for _____ (insert name of union organizer) to put the people interests first..."
Unfortunately the Bush administration set the precedent for allowing failing businesses to receive unlimited taxpayer life support. A precedent which Obama has grasped with both hands.
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