Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: pcstel who wrote (144967)	8/9/2014 11:29:24 AM
From: Metacomet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

..good points In Oregon there are no self service gas stations A good idea, IMO, for the reasons you cited

To: pcstel who wrote (144967)	8/9/2014 11:49:43 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

I don't agree. We don't need Americans to do jobs that machines can do, jobs that do not need creativity and does not keep our minds and lives challenged. Those jobs that you talk about are the types of jobs the Communist regime in China want their folks to do e.g. assemble iPhones and iPads. On the other hand, we want Americans to have jobs that innovate, design newer versions of iPhone etc. conduct frontline research such as finding a cure for Ebola or a cure for say pancreatic cancer etc. And we can only do so if we educate our people, provide them with a clean and healthy environment so that they do not fall sick very often etc. Our Govt. should tax the 1% and divert those tax revenues to good education, scholarships, intervention programs etc. That is the key to prosperity And jobs that result from a good education demand high wages and with higher wages we can afford to have good social programs further. So because of her social consciousness, I will have to side with your niece. I also commend you for being the uncle of such a wonderful person and I hope her husband will quit telling his children that "conservatives" are bad people.

To: pcstel who wrote (144967)	8/9/2014 11:52:40 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

"You never go to the self-checkout. Because that takes peoples jobs away. I said, you see all those empty cash registers.. They are empty because you use the "self-checkout'. I refused to go that route, for those very reasons. However, sometimes I see empty registers in my store (4 registers), and we don't have do-it-yourself. Maybe there's another cause, like not enuf customers at the moment to open a stand. "You raise minimum wage to $15 an hour.. And you are going to have a full-on invasion." Do you think people making $7.50 will retire as soon as they get paid $15, opening up a bunch of jobs, or do you think the prosperity of $15 will create new jobs? "Do we take it to the Trolley corral. I said.. Nope.. push it up against the light pole so it can not roll and hit another car." I hate people who do that; you block spaces. You are lazy, not righteous.

To: pcstel who wrote (144967)	8/20/2014 8:23:50 AM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 149317

LOL. That was a great post. Shows just how idiotic all this Socialism and Keynesianism is. They treat us like babies that can't fend for themselves. Oh and btw, their Commander in Chief is proving to be quite the enemy of the US Constitution: ----------- James Risen calls Obama 'greatest enemy of press freedom in a generation' • Journalist refuses to reveal source of story about CIA operation • President’s support for press freedom called ‘hypocritical’ The New York Times investigative reporter James Risen has exhausted his legal avenues to avoid prison under the Espionage Act. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images The New York Times reporter James Risen, who faces jail over his refusal to reveal a source and testify against a former CIA agent accused of leaking secrets, has called President Barack Obama “the greatest enemy of press freedom in a generation”. Speaking to his colleague Maureen Dowd, Risen accused the president of aggressively pursuing journalists, including himself, who report sensitive stories that reflect poorly on the US government. Risen faces jail over his reporting of a botched intelligence operation that ended up spilling nuclear secrets to Iran. The Justice Department has long been seeking to force him to testify and name the confidential source of the account, which is contained in his 2006 book State of War. Risen recently failed in an attempt to have the supreme court review an order for him to testify, and acknowledges that he has exhausted all his legal options against the Justice Department’s pursuit of him under the controversial Espionage Act. In the face of incarceration that could come as early as this autumn, he is resorting instead to journalistic defiance. Risen would be the first journalist to go to prison for failing to divulge sources since 2005, when the former New York Times reporter Judith Miller was jailed for contempt of court, after refusing to testify about a source before a federal grand jury. “I was nervous for a long time, but they’ve been after me for six years so now I try to ignore it,” Risen told Dowd. The pursuit of Risen began under the administration of President George W Bush. The Justice Department tried to prosecute him under the Espionage Act for his 2006 Pulitzer Prize-winning scoop about the illegal wiretapping of American citizens after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. It also targeted him for the revelations in State of War. The Bush administration arrested Jeffrey Sterling, whom Dowd on Sunday referred to as a “disillusioned” former CIA operative, and accused him of being the source of Risen’s leak about Iran. The Obama administration continues to attempt to force Risen to testify against Sterling and name him as his main source. Risen is furious at statements from the likes of Obama and the attorney general, Eric Holder, about supporting press freedom – including condemnation of the police in Ferguson, Missouri, for this week arresting journalists reporting on riots there. Obama and Holder said journalists should not be arrested or harassed for doing their jobs and covering “a story that needs to be told”. In May, Holder said of the Sterling case: “No reporter who is doing his job is going to go to jail.” Risen, however, could be behind bars within weeks. Dowd asked Risen how the Obama administration could use the Espionage Act to imprison reporters and whistleblowers while not acting on the acknowledged use of torture by the CIA on terrorism suspects and the same agency spying on the US Senate. “It’s hypocritical,” Risen said. “A lot of people still think this is some kind of game or signal or spin. They don’t want to believe that Obama wants to crack down on the press and whistleblowers. But he does. He’s the greatest enemy to press freedom in a generation.” Last week, groups campaigning for press freedom handed a petition with more than 100,000 signatures to the Justice Department, urging it to drop the case against Risen. “It’s surreal to be caught up in a news story instead of writing about one,” he told Dowd.