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To: combjelly who wrote (719229)	6/3/2013 5:49:40 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1580142

>> Neiman Marcus should open stores in the poorest parts of town. After all, they carry goods the very poor want, and by hiring a few clerks should spark booming business... The poor would not choose to spend their money on items found at Neiman's. Your attempted analogy (or whatever it was) doesn't apply at all. >> Funny to see you descend into claiming you can read Henry's Ford mind... Can't read his mind. But I can say that he wasn't a stupid man, and wouldn't have thought for a moment that paying his employees more would materially increase sales. From Ford's website: The $5-a-day Workday After the success of the moving assembly line, Henry Ford had another transformative idea: in January 1914, he startled the world by announcing that Ford Motor Company would pay $5 a day to its workers. The pay increase would also be accompanied by a shorter workday (from nine to eight hours). While this rate didn't automatically apply to every worker, it more than doubled the average autoworker's wage. While Henry's primary objective was to reduce worker attrition—labor turnover from monotonous assembly line work was high—newspapers from all over the world reported the story as an extraordinary gesture of goodwill. Thousands of Workers Flock to Detroit After Ford’s announcement, thousands of prospective workers showed up at the Ford Motor Company employment office. People surged toward Detroit from the American South and the nations of Europe. As expected, employee turnover diminished. And, by creating an eight-hour day, Ford could run three shifts instead of two, increasing productivity. Henry Ford had reasoned that since it was now possible to build inexpensive cars in volume, more of them could be sold if employees could afford to buy them. The $5 day helped better the lot of all American workers and contributed to the emergence of the American middle class. In the process, Henry Ford had changed manufacturing forever. ======== As you can see from the above, the idea that his employees could buy the cars was a tertiary matter, and obviously, was more of a PR idea than any realistic objective. It was almost given as an example -- if OUR employees can buy cars, so can everyone else in the US.

To: combjelly who wrote (719229)	6/3/2013 5:58:55 PM
From: TopCat	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1580142

"Right. By your reasoning, Neiman Marcus should open stores in the poorest parts of town. After all, they carry goods the very poor want, and by hiring a few clerks should spark booming business..." Was that supposed to make some kind of sense?

To: combjelly who wrote (719229)	6/4/2013 10:44:08 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1580142

In Germany, Muslims permanently scarred the Olympic Games with their 1972 terrorist attack on the Israeli Olympic team. Islamic terrorists murdered US military personnel at the Frankfort airport. Immigrant Turkish Muslims refuse to integrate with the German population. Native German children are routinely victimized by immigrant Muslim children at school.

To: combjelly who wrote (719229)	6/4/2013 10:44:37 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580142

In Nigeria the Muslim terrorist group Boko Haram has attacked the Christian community hundreds of times, killing thousands. Hundreds of Christians were murdered during the 2012 Christmas season alone.

To: combjelly who wrote (719229)	6/4/2013 12:46:37 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1580142

The Turkish PM is starting to feel the heat. Turkish government softens tone as protests continue; 1 man dies Read more: ctvnews.ca

To: combjelly who wrote (719229)	6/5/2013 9:39:07 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1580142

There has got to be some smart good ole boys in TX. How come we never hear from them? 'Battlefield Dallas' off to an awkward start By Steve Benen - Wed Jun 5, 2013 4:52 PM EDT Associated Press Following up on an item from April, there is a concerted Democratic effort underway to make Texas a more competitive electoral battleground. The effort, dubbed "Battleground Texas," is being led by former Obama for America field director Jeremy Bird, and it seems to have rattled some Texas Republicans. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (R), for example, recently said, "Over our dead bodies are we going to let this state turn blue." State Attorney General Greg Abbott described the Democratic campaign as "an assault far more dangerous than what the leader of North Korea threatened when he said he was going to add Austin, Texas, as one of the recipients of his nuclear weapons." But the GOP anxiety is also evident at the grassroots level ( via Zandar). Take Texas GOP chairman Steve Munisteri's efforts to drum up support for "Battlefield Dallas," an attempt by Dallas Republicans to counter the Battleground Texas push. Munisteri flew up to Dallas for an event and said all the right things during his speech. It was billed of "the first public meeting of Battlefield Dallas." But a Tea Party Republican made the headlines when he had this to say about GOP voter outreach efforts. "I'm going to be real honest with you, the Republican Party doesn't want black people to vote if they're going to vote 9-to-1 for Democrats," Ken Emanuelson said. First, when the RNC wonders why the party struggles with minority outreach, and Tea Partiers wonder why they've developed an unfortunate reputation, I hope they'll keep this quote in mind. Second, I'm generally skeptical of the Democratic efforts to turn Texas "blue," at least in the short term, but it appears some Republicans in the state really are concerned -- at least concerned enough to say ridiculous things. And third, does Emanuelson's quote suggest African-American voters in Texas should expect a new round of voter-suppression efforts?