There's a difference between ignorance and willful ignorance. Ignorance means you just don't know, willful ignorance means you don't know and don't WANT to know. You hold tight to ignorant ideas even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. (What Bill Maher has dubbed, "the conservatives zombie ideas." Ideas that are essentially dead, but conservatives desperately try to keep them alive anyway.) Of all the cockeyed, silly things to do, to blame the president when the largest company in the world makes adjustments. I'd be concerned if Wal Mart didn't close stores that were doing poorly. They didn't get to be the world's largest retailer by holding on to under-performing stores. The worst lie told by conservatives is this lie of the "depression economy." Go to any city in any state, red or blue, and you'll find stores full of people, buying things. AND according to the article you quote, Wal Mart is still opening new stores all over the place. Where's this horrible economy????? ALl three major automakers are making record profits, the Dow is a good 10,000 points higher than it was when Obama took office, retail operations are steadily growing, people are buying and business is expanding while Chicken Little here warns us that the sky is falling. Um, dude. That's just an acorn off the tree. As I said, I'd be worried if Wal Mart wasn't making adjustments to the market. It's a market that changes by the hour sometimes, and a successful business has to respond to that change. Wait until the whole move plays out before you whine about how many jobs are lost. Could be Wal Mart is trying to relocate some of those employees to other stores, and there are other jobs to be had. Wait until it plays out entirely before you start talking about all the effects. No one knows how this is going to play out until it does. Until then, try to find something substantive to blame on Obama, or just be quiet. I don't expect you to agree with him all the time, but Jesus Christ, don't blame him for things he had absolutely NO control over whatsoever.
The Obama economy: Walmart to close over 150 stores in U.S.
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I find those exhibiting a willful ignorance of proper paragraph placement particularly distasteful.
Hypotheticals and conjecture do not overcome the reality of the situation. So paragraphs were the only part of the post worth addressing
You're a rather angry lad. Are you a pirate or something?
I am no lad and I'm one the happiest people you will ever meet.
Just very intolerant of intolerance.
Nah, you're a miserable SOB.
That's your attitude of anyone that disagrees with you.
I disagree.
Blaming Walmart closing stores on Obama is just stupid as fuck. Stores and franchises have had to downgrade and go bankrupt since capitalism became a thing into existence, but Walmart closing stores is Obama's fault? Ok.
That does seem to be the majority consensus...
It is an indicator of the Obama economy. More to come..stay tuned.
Well, a consensus generally involves a majority..you're quite the wordsmith.
Like to play poker with you it would make for interesting conversation and the reads you make on people are wayyyy off so I'd get your $$ as well.
I don't play poker. Blackjack is my game.
It's an easy game but there's zero variation everything is decided for you. I like the competition at the table the me against 9 other players millions of variations.
Don't tell me about my grand parents and about Alzheimer as well, because you are the one concerned about Alzheimer. You are the one who voted twice for a community organizer and a sell out, so don't tell me about who is stellar or not. Obama hasn't pledged the allegiance, is not a real christian and loves refugees more than the born and bred American citizens. Apparently, you love socialists and the way you think shows it. Don't tell me please about trickle down economics or even patriotism .
Oh no, Australian supermarket giant Woolworths is closing it's chain of big box home improvement stores. They tried to push into the hardware market in 2011, opening 63 stores nationwide, but couldn't compete with the well established Bunnings (for those in the US, think Lowes vs Home Depot), so after taking a loss on the chain for several years they are deciding to pull the plug.
Now we all know, huge corporations are infallible and could never invest in an experiment that turns out not to be profitable. Therefore the only reasonable explanation is that Obama is somehow responsible for this. Fucking hell. Thanks a lot, Obama!
Now we all know, huge corporations are infallible and could never invest in an experiment that turns out not to be profitable. Therefore the only reasonable explanation is that Obama is somehow responsible for this. Fucking hell. Thanks a lot, Obama!
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