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Don't Let the Door Hit You, 2013
Dec 25, 2013 22:46:29   #
bmac32 Loc: West Florida
 
As always, some bad guys got a real blast of karma in 2013. The monster Ariel Castro, who imprisoned and tortured three girls for a decade in Cleveland, was sentenced to life in prison. It turned out to be a very short sentence, as Castro hanged himself after just one month.

Another villain who got his due was a******nist Kermit Gosnell, whose Philadelphia clinic was described as a "house of horrors." An understatement. Some babies who had the misfortune of being born alive were brutally murdered by the butcher and his assistants. This evil Gosnell is serving life, but claims he is "spiritually innocent." Tell it to those babies, "doctor."

One Boston Marathon bomber got justice within days of that despicable act; his little brother, who sits in a tiny cell, may wish the same had happened to him. And in a case of a Patriot being a pinhead, the inked-up Boston Patriots' tight end Aaron Hernandez, a wannabe gang-banger, was cuffed and charged with murder. Jodi Arias was convicted of k*****g her boyfriend, while George Zimmerman walked in Florida.

Anthony Weiner, Miley Cyrus, Lance Armstrong, and others were deservedly hammered in the court of public opinion. Far more distressing, hundreds of innocent Americans were k**led or injured when a vicious tornado wiped out their Oklahoma town in May.

But disasters, natural and self-induced, happen every year. The primary reason that 2013 is not a year to celebrate is because of one thing: the folks continue to get a bad deal.

Most Americans work hard, are honest people, and look out for their neighbors. They deserve prosperity, and capitalism has been the best system ever devised for providing it. But as technology changes, so do the rules, and the U.S. government has not acknowledged that. The official unemployment rate is around 7 percent, which doesn't even include the millions who have given up looking for work. But if you have a college degree, you're far less likely to be jobless. And if you have a valued sk**l like plumbing or auto repair, you'll work as much as you want. However, if you can't write a sentence, if you speak like the Jersey Shore crew, and/or you have a bad attitude in the workplace, the odds are against you.

In most situations, the employer is holding all the cards. Competition for jobs is intense, both here and abroad, which drives wages down. President Obama wants you to believe that the feds can change all that and can right those private marketplace wrongs. That is, to be pithy, total bull! They can't, and they are bankrupting the country with false hopes. Only individuals can improve their own circumstances. Pinheads in Washington cannot help us.

The most important thing for workers to understand is that you have to make yourself indispensable. You must make money for your employer or make his life easier, preferably both. Also, you have to learn as much as you can about your chosen endeavor. Again, if you can fix things, you will earn good money. If you can sell things, you will prosper. If you're primarily interested in tattoos and social media, you will suffer economically - unless you're touring in 2014 with Garth Brooks or Lady Gaga.

In prosperous times, the marginal workers get by. But in tough times, they get the shaft. Let's hope that 2014 finally brings relief on the economic front. But don't count on that happening. If you make your own way, a happy new year - and a prosperous one - will be far more likely.


http://www.billoreilly.com/newslettercolumn?pid=42100&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BillsColumn

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Dec 26, 2013 07:11:50   #
Loki Loc: Georgia
 
bmac32 wrote:
As always, some bad guys got a real blast of karma in 2013. The monster Ariel Castro, who imprisoned and tortured three girls for a decade in Cleveland, was sentenced to life in prison. It turned out to be a very short sentence, as Castro hanged himself after just one month.

Another villain who got his due was a******nist Kermit Gosnell, whose Philadelphia clinic was described as a "house of horrors." An understatement. Some babies who had the misfortune of being born alive were brutally murdered by the butcher and his assistants. This evil Gosnell is serving life, but claims he is "spiritually innocent." Tell it to those babies, "doctor."

One Boston Marathon bomber got justice within days of that despicable act; his little brother, who sits in a tiny cell, may wish the same had happened to him. And in a case of a Patriot being a pinhead, the inked-up Boston Patriots' tight end Aaron Hernandez, a wannabe gang-banger, was cuffed and charged with murder. Jodi Arias was convicted of k*****g her boyfriend, while George Zimmerman walked in Florida.

Anthony Weiner, Miley Cyrus, Lance Armstrong, and others were deservedly hammered in the court of public opinion. Far more distressing, hundreds of innocent Americans were k**led or injured when a vicious tornado wiped out their Oklahoma town in May.

But disasters, natural and self-induced, happen every year. The primary reason that 2013 is not a year to celebrate is because of one thing: the folks continue to get a bad deal.

Most Americans work hard, are honest people, and look out for their neighbors. They deserve prosperity, and capitalism has been the best system ever devised for providing it. But as technology changes, so do the rules, and the U.S. government has not acknowledged that. The official unemployment rate is around 7 percent, which doesn't even include the millions who have given up looking for work. But if you have a college degree, you're far less likely to be jobless. And if you have a valued sk**l like plumbing or auto repair, you'll work as much as you want. However, if you can't write a sentence, if you speak like the Jersey Shore crew, and/or you have a bad attitude in the workplace, the odds are against you.

In most situations, the employer is holding all the cards. Competition for jobs is intense, both here and abroad, which drives wages down. President Obama wants you to believe that the feds can change all that and can right those private marketplace wrongs. That is, to be pithy, total bull! They can't, and they are bankrupting the country with false hopes. Only individuals can improve their own circumstances. Pinheads in Washington cannot help us.

The most important thing for workers to understand is that you have to make yourself indispensable. You must make money for your employer or make his life easier, preferably both. Also, you have to learn as much as you can about your chosen endeavor. Again, if you can fix things, you will earn good money. If you can sell things, you will prosper. If you're primarily interested in tattoos and social media, you will suffer economically - unless you're touring in 2014 with Garth Brooks or Lady Gaga.

In prosperous times, the marginal workers get by. But in tough times, they get the shaft. Let's hope that 2014 finally brings relief on the economic front. But don't count on that happening. If you make your own way, a happy new year - and a prosperous one - will be far more likely.


http://www.billoreilly.com/newslettercolumn?pid=42100&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BillsColumn
As always, some bad guys got a real blast of karma... (show quote)


True, but will largely go unheeded. Especially the part about improving your work sk**ls.

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Dec 26, 2013 12:03:09   #
bmac32 Loc: West Florida
 
Get rid of Obama and that can be brought back. Right now there is no intensive to better your self in the work force.


banjojack wrote:
True, but will largely go unheeded. Especially the part about improving your work sk**ls.

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Dec 26, 2013 12:34:11   #
Loki Loc: Georgia
 
bmac32 wrote:
Get rid of Obama and that can be brought back. Right now there is no intensive to better your self in the work force.


No incentive either.



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Dec 26, 2013 12:38:40   #
Homestead
 
bmac32 wrote:
As always, some bad guys got a real blast of karma in 2013. The monster Ariel Castro, who imprisoned and tortured three girls for a decade in Cleveland, was sentenced to life in prison. It turned out to be a very short sentence, as Castro hanged himself after just one month.

Another villain who got his due was a******nist Kermit Gosnell, whose Philadelphia clinic was described as a "house of horrors." An understatement. Some babies who had the misfortune of being born alive were brutally murdered by the butcher and his assistants. This evil Gosnell is serving life, but claims he is "spiritually innocent." Tell it to those babies, "doctor."

One Boston Marathon bomber got justice within days of that despicable act; his little brother, who sits in a tiny cell, may wish the same had happened to him. And in a case of a Patriot being a pinhead, the inked-up Boston Patriots' tight end Aaron Hernandez, a wannabe gang-banger, was cuffed and charged with murder. Jodi Arias was convicted of k*****g her boyfriend, while George Zimmerman walked in Florida.

Anthony Weiner, Miley Cyrus, Lance Armstrong, and others were deservedly hammered in the court of public opinion. Far more distressing, hundreds of innocent Americans were k**led or injured when a vicious tornado wiped out their Oklahoma town in May.

But disasters, natural and self-induced, happen every year. The primary reason that 2013 is not a year to celebrate is because of one thing: the folks continue to get a bad deal.

Most Americans work hard, are honest people, and look out for their neighbors. They deserve prosperity, and capitalism has been the best system ever devised for providing it. But as technology changes, so do the rules, and the U.S. government has not acknowledged that. The official unemployment rate is around 7 percent, which doesn't even include the millions who have given up looking for work. But if you have a college degree, you're far less likely to be jobless. And if you have a valued sk**l like plumbing or auto repair, you'll work as much as you want. However, if you can't write a sentence, if you speak like the Jersey Shore crew, and/or you have a bad attitude in the workplace, the odds are against you.

In most situations, the employer is holding all the cards. Competition for jobs is intense, both here and abroad, which drives wages down. President Obama wants you to believe that the feds can change all that and can right those private marketplace wrongs. That is, to be pithy, total bull! They can't, and they are bankrupting the country with false hopes. Only individuals can improve their own circumstances. Pinheads in Washington cannot help us.

The most important thing for workers to understand is that you have to make yourself indispensable. You must make money for your employer or make his life easier, preferably both. Also, you have to learn as much as you can about your chosen endeavor. Again, if you can fix things, you will earn good money. If you can sell things, you will prosper. If you're primarily interested in tattoos and social media, you will suffer economically - unless you're touring in 2014 with Garth Brooks or Lady Gaga.

In prosperous times, the marginal workers get by. But in tough times, they get the shaft. Let's hope that 2014 finally brings relief on the economic front. But don't count on that happening. If you make your own way, a happy new year - and a prosperous one - will be far more likely.


http://www.billoreilly.com/newslettercolumn?pid=42100&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BillsColumn
As always, some bad guys got a real blast of karma... (show quote)


It's unfortunate that O'Reilly turned out to be a bigger government type of guy. A lot of his solutions involve more government oversight and he rarely blames government interference with the problems created.

Adam smith, in his book, "The Wealth of Nations," said that it was the invisible hand of "competition", not profit, that made capitalism work. Companies have the upper hand because of the lack of competition. They don't have to compete for the good workers.
It is the government's constant interference, that stops and limits new companies from being formed. It is these new companies that would demand new workers and provide new opportunities that would force the existing companies to compete in the market place and for labour.

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Dec 26, 2013 15:35:44   #
bmac32 Loc: West Florida
 
Do not believe what you read, he has several times said big government is the problem. Your either not watching or not listening.


Homestead wrote:
It's unfortunate that O'Reilly turned out to be a bigger government type of guy. A lot of his solutions involve more government oversight and he rarely blames government interference with the problems created.

Adam smith, in his book, "The Wealth of Nations," said that it was the invisible hand of "competition", not profit, that made capitalism work. Companies have the upper hand because of the lack of competition. They don't have to compete for the good workers.
It is the government's constant interference, that stops and limits new companies from being formed. It is these new companies that would demand new workers and provide new opportunities that would force the existing companies to compete in the market place and for labour.
It's unfortunate that O'Reilly turned out to be a ... (show quote)

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Dec 26, 2013 15:49:00   #
Armageddun Loc: The show me state
 
bmac32 wrote:
As always, some bad guys got a real blast of karma in 2013. The monster Ariel Castro, who imprisoned and tortured three girls for a decade in Cleveland, was sentenced to life in prison. It turned out to be a very short sentence, as Castro hanged himself after just one month.

Another villain who got his due was a******nist Kermit Gosnell, whose Philadelphia clinic was described as a "house of horrors." An understatement. Some babies who had the misfortune of being born alive were brutally murdered by the butcher and his assistants. This evil Gosnell is serving life, but claims he is "spiritually innocent." Tell it to those babies, "doctor."

One Boston Marathon bomber got justice within days of that despicable act; his little brother, who sits in a tiny cell, may wish the same had happened to him. And in a case of a Patriot being a pinhead, the inked-up Boston Patriots' tight end Aaron Hernandez, a wannabe gang-banger, was cuffed and charged with murder. Jodi Arias was convicted of k*****g her boyfriend, while George Zimmerman walked in Florida.

Anthony Weiner, Miley Cyrus, Lance Armstrong, and others were deservedly hammered in the court of public opinion. Far more distressing, hundreds of innocent Americans were k**led or injured when a vicious tornado wiped out their Oklahoma town in May.

But disasters, natural and self-induced, happen every year. The primary reason that 2013 is not a year to celebrate is because of one thing: the folks continue to get a bad deal.

Most Americans work hard, are honest people, and look out for their neighbors. They deserve prosperity, and capitalism has been the best system ever devised for providing it. But as technology changes, so do the rules, and the U.S. government has not acknowledged that. The official unemployment rate is around 7 percent, which doesn't even include the millions who have given up looking for work. But if you have a college degree, you're far less likely to be jobless. And if you have a valued sk**l like plumbing or auto repair, you'll work as much as you want. However, if you can't write a sentence, if you speak like the Jersey Shore crew, and/or you have a bad attitude in the workplace, the odds are against you.

In most situations, the employer is holding all the cards. Competition for jobs is intense, both here and abroad, which drives wages down. President Obama wants you to believe that the feds can change all that and can right those private marketplace wrongs. That is, to be pithy, total bull! They can't, and they are bankrupting the country with false hopes. Only individuals can improve their own circumstances. Pinheads in Washington cannot help us.

The most important thing for workers to understand is that you have to make yourself indispensable. You must make money for your employer or make his life easier, preferably both. Also, you have to learn as much as you can about your chosen endeavor. Again, if you can fix things, you will earn good money. If you can sell things, you will prosper. If you're primarily interested in tattoos and social media, you will suffer economically - unless you're touring in 2014 with Garth Brooks or Lady Gaga.

In prosperous times, the marginal workers get by. But in tough times, they get the shaft. Let's hope that 2014 finally brings relief on the economic front. But don't count on that happening. If you make your own way, a happy new year - and a prosperous one - will be far more likely.


http://www.billoreilly.com/newslettercolumn?pid=42100&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BillsColumn
As always, some bad guys got a real blast of karma... (show quote)


Finally, a very t***hful and considerate post. To bad it's to late for many.

:thumbup:

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Dec 26, 2013 17:51:39   #
bmac32 Loc: West Florida
 
Have been getting his newsletter for at least 7 years, figure if he ticks the left and right off he must be onto something. Don't always agree with him but hell I don't always agree with my wife.


Armageddun wrote:
Finally, a very t***hful and considerate post. To bad it's to late for many.

:thumbup:

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Dec 26, 2013 17:56:08   #
Homestead
 
bmac32 wrote:
Do not believe what you read, he has several times said big government is the problem. Your either not watching or not listening.


I haven't listened to him in a while, yet, when I listened to him regularly, I heard him say, many times, "more oversight." What do you think that means?

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Dec 26, 2013 18:07:44   #
bmac32 Loc: West Florida
 
Oversight to me means the government needs more in the way of wasting tax payer money.


Homestead wrote:
I haven't listened to him in a while, yet, when I listened to him regularly, I heard him say, many times, "more oversight." What do you think that means?

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Dec 26, 2013 18:33:47   #
Homestead
 
bmac32 wrote:
Oversight to me means the government needs more in the way of wasting tax payer money.


My point exactly. That's why I'm disappointed in O’Reilly.

Our forefathers put their faith in the people and did everything they could to keep the government out of their way so that they could solve their own problems.
O'Reilly seems to think the opposite, more than I'd like.

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Dec 26, 2013 23:01:33   #
bmac32 Loc: West Florida
 
He's pointed out several ways tax payer money is wasted, Cash for Clunkers, Solyndra and ObamaCare just for starters.


Homestead wrote:
My point exactly. That's why I'm disappointed in O’Reilly.

Our forefathers put their faith in the people and did everything they could to keep the government out of their way so that they could solve their own problems.
O'Reilly seems to think the opposite, more than I'd like.

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