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Wed Aug-31-11 10:35 PM
Response to Reply #35 |
| 62. Well put JoeyT..................... |
| -NPR says US CEOs don't know why consumer confidence is so low. |
SmileyRose |
Aug-30-11 10:55 PM |
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They are not stupid |
Hawkowl |
Aug-30-11 11:10 PM |
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They're not stupid, but they're so far removed from reality |
gateley |
Aug-30-11 11:19 PM |
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Quite frankly i think it's part stupid and part evil toxic greed. |
SmileyRose |
Aug-30-11 11:29 PM |
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Suddenly... |
kenfrequed |
Aug-31-11 04:36 PM |
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I know it. |
Hawkowl |
Aug-31-11 12:54 AM |
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No, they get it. They're just playing the dumb blonde routine. nt |
valerief |
Aug-31-11 10:55 PM |
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it's just willful ignorance on their part... |
Blue_Tires |
Aug-31-11 07:26 AM |
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Well said, Hawkowl. |
hifiguy |
Aug-31-11 09:22 AM |
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They'd Only |
Starcats |
Aug-31-11 05:16 PM |
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Yes they are stupid. They are also efficient and ruthlessly greedy . |
liberation |
Aug-31-11 04:36 PM |
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Right, They are stupid and That explains their greed |
DaveJ |
Aug-31-11 06:43 PM |
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They are not efficient |
Alcibiades |
Aug-31-11 10:37 PM |
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They know that we are stupid, and keep buying their Chinese made crap |
adigal |
Aug-31-11 05:41 PM |
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They prefer to bitch and not give up their toys. |
AdHocSolver |
Aug-31-11 11:52 PM |
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No, they are evil. |
alarimer |
Aug-31-11 10:54 PM |
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It's "pretend" stupid, not the real thing. |
RandomKoolzip |
Aug-30-11 11:13 PM |
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Yes, this is an essential part of the "who could have predicted?" game. |
closeupready |
Aug-31-11 10:04 AM |
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Don't underestimate the power of "real stupid" to make a quick buck and then leave |
McCamy Taylor |
Aug-31-11 05:35 PM |
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You are right -- their plan includes money extraction |
DaveJ |
Aug-31-11 06:55 PM |
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Yes, really. "The beatings will continue..." |
kenny blankenship |
Aug-30-11 11:32 PM |
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"without their life giving ass-rays" ROFL! n/t |
keopeli |
Aug-31-11 08:39 PM |
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Cognitive dissonance... |
Fumesucker |
Aug-30-11 11:33 PM |
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Yep, it's easy to surround yourself with people |
JoeyT |
Aug-31-11 01:58 PM |
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Well put JoeyT..................... |
russspeakeasy |
Aug-31-11 10:35 PM |
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outlaw CEO positions, they cycle into political power write laws for themselves |
StarsInHerHair |
Aug-30-11 11:46 PM |
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Thom Hartmann theorizes that many, if not most, CEOs are sociopaths |
Kennah |
Aug-31-11 12:05 AM |
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Thom is correct IMO |
marions ghost |
Aug-31-11 01:30 PM |
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well that kind of behaviour is rewarded |
w0nderer |
Aug-31-11 05:15 PM |
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yep--nasty & exploitative wins, is celebrated |
marions ghost |
Aug-31-11 08:48 PM |
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thanks and thanks for welcome n/t |
w0nderer |
Aug-31-11 09:15 PM |
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It would be funny, if it weren't so sad n/t |
cyglet |
Aug-31-11 12:08 AM |
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Of course they don't know - one month one my budget and they would. |
jwirr |
Aug-31-11 12:12 AM |
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They don't think they |
Turbineguy |
Aug-31-11 12:37 AM |
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The Peter Principle |
demwing |
Aug-31-11 12:59 AM |
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maybe they should ask some consumers... |
Kalidurga |
Aug-31-11 01:03 AM |
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Actually, not only can I see it |
nadinbrzezinski |
Aug-31-11 01:02 AM |
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Precisely |
Sherman A1 |
Aug-31-11 04:32 AM |
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Not strange to them, but eventually, unchecked, there will be a sort of karmic push-back. |
closeupready |
Aug-31-11 10:08 AM |
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They also live outside of history |
nadinbrzezinski |
Aug-31-11 10:55 AM |
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All those MBA's are miserable failures. |
no_hypocrisy |
Aug-31-11 07:02 AM |
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Not everyone with an MBA buys into the supply side bullshit. |
Leftist Agitator |
Aug-31-11 07:18 AM |
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When every TV talking head, |
Enthusiast |
Aug-31-11 07:36 AM |
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Right |
marions ghost |
Aug-31-11 01:33 PM |
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Fucking morons. There are a lot of things I want and NEED to buy. |
progressoid |
Aug-31-11 08:41 AM |
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Your house is worth less than it was 40 years ago? |
Statistical |
Aug-31-11 09:12 AM |
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We actually bought it in 1973 |
SmileyRose |
Aug-31-11 09:23 AM |
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Can I ask what state you live in? |
WDIM |
Aug-31-11 12:15 PM |
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Metro Atlanta |
SmileyRose |
Aug-31-11 01:25 PM |
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they orchestrated our demise and they dont know why we are down? |
reggie the dog |
Aug-31-11 11:52 AM |
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Demand the money back! |
WDIM |
Aug-31-11 12:06 PM |
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Imagine if we cut all the CEO's |
SmileyRose |
Aug-31-11 01:30 PM |
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I just watched rich guy Forbes on C Span (IIRC) |
truedelphi |
Aug-31-11 03:48 PM |
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Good point! I barely trust the govt to leave it be. |
Rex |
Aug-31-11 06:50 PM |
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You get to suffer through the inflation that we will all be dealing with |
truedelphi |
Sep-02-11 02:41 PM |
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What is it with Patagonia? |
Rex |
Sep-02-11 03:24 PM |
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It's a really pretty place. I often thought of living near there, |
truedelphi |
Sep-02-11 05:24 PM |
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If they aren't foreclosing on our homes, they are cutting pay and jobs |
Supersedeas |
Aug-31-11 04:06 PM |
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k&r n/t |
w0nderer |
Aug-31-11 04:46 PM |
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+ 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 |
kestrel91316 |
Aug-31-11 05:12 PM |
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Wow!!! "Clueless" for sure...give them all an additional million-dollar bonus! |
KansDem |
Aug-31-11 05:15 PM |
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They know. |
obxhead |
Aug-31-11 05:30 PM |
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I bet that the CEOs in the 80's that made only 40 times as much as average employees... |
cascadiance |
Aug-31-11 05:44 PM |
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It's not that they don't know why... |
Ready4Change |
Aug-31-11 05:52 PM |
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The Chamber of Commerce has declared war on working people |
Jim_Shorts |
Aug-31-11 06:01 PM |
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And I really won't know why they are weeping and crying |
Rex |
Aug-31-11 06:48 PM |
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here's my best guess as to how they think (if they think about us): |
steve2470 |
Aug-31-11 07:02 PM |
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Doesn't matter how confident you are when you're broke... |
JuniperLea |
Aug-31-11 07:19 PM |
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I can believe that. Business schools are propaganda factories, and so... |
Odin2005 |
Aug-31-11 07:37 PM |
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+1 |
harun |
Aug-31-11 10:44 PM |
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"CEOs" "They" "Them" |
keopeli |
Aug-31-11 08:35 PM |
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They are like the monkey who can't pull his hand out of the jar of peanuts |
librechik |
Sep-02-11 03:22 PM |
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Having worked for dozens of CEOs, most are clueless. |
ItNerd4life |
Sep-02-11 04:11 PM |
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