SI
SI
discoversearch

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 : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (174949)11/3/2014 1:34:21 PM
From: joseffy  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 224750
 
One Day in an Elevator With Obama, Then Out of a Job
The New York Times ^ | November 2, 2014 | MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT


Kenneth Tate toiled for years as a construction worker and corrections officer, and he has no doubt that his last job — working as a $42,000-a-year private security guard at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — was the best he ever had.

The high point was an afternoon seven weeks ago when he was assigned to accompany President Obama, who was visiting the agency’s headquarters here for a briefing on the Ebola epidemic. It was not only that Mr. Tate’s bosses had entrusted him with staying close to such an important dignitary. It was that, as an African-American born in Chicago, he was going to meet the nation’s first black president, a man he deeply admired.

But by the time Mr. Obama’s visit was over, Mr. Tate was on the way to losing his job.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (174949)11/3/2014 1:35:25 PM
From: joseffy2 Recommendations

Recommended By
Bill
isopatch

  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 224750
 
Kenneth, if Democrats ever got control, they would destroy the US and Israel.



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (174949)11/3/2014 1:47:01 PM
From: TideGlider  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 224750
 
yeh...right Kenneth. Don't forget that. They would also outlaw paper bags at the grocery and force everyone to use plastic.



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (174949)11/3/2014 2:04:09 PM
From: locogringo2 Recommendations

Recommended By
Honey_Bee
isopatch

  Respond to of 224750
 
....if Republicans ever got control, they would privatize Social Security and abolish Medicare.

Don't forget this one:

Flyer in AL warns of 'klansman' rule if GOP wins...

or this one:

Nancy Pelosi Warns About the End of Civilization if ...



To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (174949)11/3/2014 2:06:59 PM
From: Carolyn  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 224750
 
Why do you say that? Where have you heard it? I know it is not a campaign platform.