Wichitan's Comments (20)

“The book was published by HarperCollins which is owned by Murdoch! Need we say more?”

“The old "lipstick on a pig" seems to be making a comeback!”

“Where is "Corporate America" in all this? Aren't they responsible for a large portion of "job loss" by discarding employees like Kleenex! They have cut back and cut back their employees and now find that those who still have jobs are reluctant to spend for fear that they will be next! I had said for quite some time that Corporate America was about to implode - well, I guess I was right.

Let's bring back the jobs that were "outsourced" in the effort to improve the bottom line, jobs like Accounting and Customer Service in addition to the manufacturing jobs. There should also be a pledge that any jobs created from now on won't be shipped overseas.

I'm not sure that it's Obama and his administration's fault that unemployment is as high as it is - Corporate America needs to accept a lot of the blame (and Wall Street)!”

“The publisher is Harper-Collins which is owned by Murdoch! Surprised?”

“I think she's been on every talk show except Jerry Springer. Even Springer has his standards!”

“If the three health care conglomerates own 600 facilities, how many Senators and Representatives do they own!”

“I have been saying for quite some time that "corporate America" was about to implode. I had no idea it would have such a deep impact. Their answer to cost cutting seemed to be either to outsource or cut back on employees. Do more with less seemed to be their modus operandi. Cut the cost to satisfy the stockholders! The blue collar worker (and some white collar) have become expendable. We have become a "tissue" workforce. Discard your workers as if they were Kleenex. Now everyone is worried about consumer confidence. How can we have any confidence - 3M is supposedly closing 16 of their facilities - the big three will undoubtedly lay off more and more of their workers in their restructuring. Alcoa is laying off a huge number of their employees - newspapers have been cutting their work force by ten percent or more. Consumer confidence - SURE!”

“If they're so talented, on Wall Street, how did our economy end up in the gutter like it has? I agree, they're motivated by greed pure and simple!”

“Maybe he'll go back and work on the PNAC! We can include that to his growing list of failures!”

“History DOES repeat itself, doesn't it!”

“With Bush finally leaving, we certainly don't want to trade one embarassment for another! However, I'm not throwing away my duct tape and plastic sheeting just yet.

I also wonder what the Rovians have up their sleeve. Hopefully there won't be enough states where the votes will be close enough for their usual tactics.

I hope Sarah Sixpack's 15 minutes of fame are about over. Reminds me of the song, "North to Alaska..."”

“"Don't it make your red state blue". (Remember "don't it make your brown eyes blue."”

“That was a wonderful column! We all need to be more conscious of words with "unintended consequences".

The Wichitan Hussein”

“There's another saying similar to the lipstick on a pig: "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear."

It fits, doesn't it?”

“Hopefully, it will be the demise of the Republican Party also. I'm surprised at the enthusiasm Sarah Six-Pack still receives, after all, this isn't "American Idol". They don't seem to realize the severity of the situation. I thought the Republicans were smarter than that, but I guess I was wrong.

I think McCain's rationalization will be that the people at their rallies insist that he ask Obama the questions about Ayres, etc. So, it won't be HIM asking, but he's asking for his supporters. I doubt that he'll have the gonads to ask Obama face to face, however.

It's getting really scarey. I thought Sarah surely wouldn't "bear false witness" if she's really as devout as she would like us to believe.”

“Erica:

You mentioned the possibility of civil unrest after the election has been stolen. I wonder why is there now a Infantry Battallion in Colorado, and Bush can call up the National Guard without the approval of the Governors, and with FISA, he can do almost anything he so desires and the telecommunication companies won't be held liable, etc. Sounds prettty radical. But with the current melt down bailout happening just now, aren't there a lot of coindences!

PS I liked "The Fear of Flying".”

“That might be a great campaign slogan, "Vote for That One!"”

“I'm sure whomever is doing the "shouting" is a plant. It would be too coincidental for one voice to be heard over and over again!

It is disgusting, irresponsible, AND scarey!”

“I was also disappointed by Gwen Ifill not insisting that Palin answer the question she had asked. After all, there was a contract between the DNC & the RNC.

For someone who's a candidate for a national office, I should think the voting public would demand more access to her.

She's about the best example of "artificial intelligence" that I've seen or heard! You betcha!”

“Don't bother! They have foreclosed on the chicken house.”