The chamber of commerce is angry..

[butterfly77]

that they weren't included in the jobs summit. Aren't these the people who sent all of our jobs overseas?

updated 9:05 a.m. PT, Sun., Aug 9, 2009

WASHINGTON - If President Barack Obama wants to take the measure of his opposition, he only has to glance across Lafayette Park from the White House. There, behind 10 massive Corinthian columns, is the headquarters of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — a leading critic of the administration's health care and banking overhaul plans.

A fortress for the business community, the chamber has emerged as a multitasking, multimillion-dollar defender of the private sector against presidential initiatives. As lawmakers spend time at home during their August vacation hearing from constituents, the chamber is adding its own heat to the season.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[Clio the Leo]

1. lol, poor them. NT

[hobbit709]

2. Maybe we should offshore the Chamber

Then they might have something to whine about.

[billybob537]

3. Sorry this isn't

the Cheney Administration anymore!!!

[mstinamotorcity]

4. too bad

we can't send the coc positions overseas. you know we do need smaller government:sarcasm:

[Dr Robert]

5. fuck the Chamber!

[Better Today]

6. Based on an article posted last evening, they won't be missing much.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x34849

[FrenchieCat]

Spamming?

Does it pay?

[Better Today]

11. No just really unhappy about long term unemployment and slow biz prospects.

But I'm sure you feel better now that you've been able to dis someone about being disenfranchised from the recovery and whose equally disillusioned by the LACK of actual mainstreet recovery.

[FrenchieCat]

14. No one is "happy".......

and that's why some are doing something about it other than attempting to minimize what is being done.

The Stimulus created or saved 1.6 Million Jobs thus far. That ain't anything to turn one's nose up at......and just because it hasn't helped you yet, doesn't mean it hasn't helped.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aJI_OZwQHz_U

If you thought Barack Obama, the Magic Negro, was supposed to pull enough Jobs out of his ass for everyone, you were sadly mistaken. He's been working on it, and continues to do so, and that's what he's supposed to be doing.

[Better Today]

16. Oh, please. If you want to be a rah rah girl for him, go for it. I have always been

one to critically analyze things, and no matter the CBO report, more jobs have been lost and unemployment is higher. Therefor it will be longer before employment recovers. Critical analysis shows his unqualified support of Wall St., banks, and corps is not trickling down.

[FrenchieCat]

19. You are bemoaning facts, while staying close to the same argument

that the teabaggers use. Both of you turn a blind eye on the fact that
there ain't no fucking instant cure to 30 years of deregulation, outsourcing,
and privatization.......

Yours is as much of a critical analysis as the folks shown here!

[Better Today]

21. Feel free to whatever delusions stoke your hatred of opinions that don't

match up with yours.

[butterfly77]

38. No you seem to be trying to protect these wallstreet...

Bitches,no matter what the President tries to do you find something wrong with it. First,we have to get a plan and the wall street thieves are not going there to help they will be there to sabatoge whatever plan they come up with.

They are the ones who say they will hire workers back if they can have bush tax cuts continue, Give them the rest of the stimulus money and more tax cuts. These motherfuckers don't give a damn about you. Unless you are one of them maybe they do... Do you remember what Grover Norquist said if you don't go look him up.

They want to destroy this country and its people. These motherfuckers don't give a damn about how much money is being spent on their never ending war but,as soon as you say the people of this country need some of the money it is oh, hell no, only the rich need it.

Its our damn money,Its our damn money when its for war,Its our damn money when it goes to banks,Its our damn money when it comes to us,.And they are going to give it up.

They can lie day in and day out about our President but a lot of us know how the game is being played and the media is in on it...By the way are you the media?

[Cha]

13. More negative shit from you..you have nothing better to do?

[Better Today]

17. Not until the main street economy picks up, I sure don't.

[Cha]

18. The problem is you don't care if it's real or not.

[Better Today]

20. Real or not? Seems you're the one with that problem. Not only are

all the folks I know who got laid off or company died in the last two years still unemployed. One of my neighbors is now looking at severely reduced hours, and the one on the other side's husband has been given notice that they are reducing the workforce, though he doesn't know if he's on the axe list.

Sorry, I'm seeing reality.

[Cha]

22. No, you have a real problem.

[Better Today]

23. Feel free to whatever delusions stoke your hatred of opinions that don't match up with yours.

[HughMoran]

32. Feel free to whatever delusions stoke your hatred

Just using copy and paste like you.

[butterfly77]

37. What in the hell are you talking about ...

you have to start somewhere..What's your fucking plan?

[Canuckistanian]

7. Chamber of Commerce ANGRY, Chamber of Commerce SMASH!

Seriously, though, it looks like the CofC is rapidly losing both members AND credibility.

Let's hope their influence fades just as fast.

[jtrockville]

8. What? These guys still exist?

[butterfly77]

40. They exist to...

make all of the American people paupers...

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. Good! nt

[Jennicut]

10. Their ideas of creating jobs are to cut taxes and do more free trade agreements

Sadly, this is not a joke.

[vaberella]

12. I'm waiting for the DUer to say, "Obama forgot to invite his corporate overlords."

To me this is another example to show how he isn't a corporatists---unlike some on DU would like to preach.

Ugh, too late. I just found it.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x36182#36193

[Cha]

15. Thanks, I just replied on that thread

bc of your link was handy.

[mstinamotorcity]

24. the coc

What the hell are you discussing this s--t for. Get the hell up off our President. We struggled to put him in there and now even this is his fault. To hell with that talk.the chamber of commerce had a job to do since the Reagan years. remember those. they had a responsibility to track the jobs and commerce.but under those troll administrations we lost more jobs in total. people have been losing jobs since ronald reagan and all i can hear is where are the jobs. like one day they just vanished. it was systematic.by the time dubya got there we started losing them by the hundreds of thousands.where was the coc then. if the jobs were not lost overnight you should not expect them to come back as such.ignorant talk only feeds into troll thinking. we are better than that. i have compassion for anyone who does not have a job or has lost the ability to take care of themselves or their families in a financial manner. but for some of those that are out of work what type of products do you purchase.Driving a foreign car, wearing clothes made in china,beauty products from korea. When you start talking about where are the jobs check your purchasing status.so if the coc has got a peg up their ass,who gives a sweet f--k.:eyes:

[butterfly77]

41. Are you talkin to me?

[mstinamotorcity]

43. no not you 77

to all those ignorant nuts who haven't been personally exposed to the wrath of the last thirty plus years of the working economy.

[DailyGrind51]

25. Like inviting piranha to a summit of goldfish and minnows!

[XOKCowboy]

26. I work a lot of CofC luncheons and banquets. It sickens me what I hear them say...

When I see their commercials worrying about "the common man" it makes me want to puke. To hell with the environment or the middle class, it's all about how to keep the money rolling for them. They are a symptom of what's wrong with America today. I always want to take a shower after one of their shows.

[butterfly77]

42. They said they would work with the pres if he..

gives back the stimulus,no regulations,and keep Bush's tax cuts in place so. They are telling us that they are blackmailing the Pres and are letting people go for spite..

[Born_A_Truman]

27. CofC is running anti-HCR TV ads

I'm angry!

[XOKCowboy]

29. They are so short sighted...

They oppose ANYTHING that takes money out of business's pocket. Health care, the environment, minimum wage and when they speak of unions it's like evangelicals talking about the devil. At some point their members will need someone who can afford their products but they block anything that takes money from their members and gives it back to the people who actually make the products.

This is like a snake eating it's tail. It can't go on like this much longer.

[HughMoran]

33. They make me angry enough to kick their right-wing asses

I'm not done with them - they're going to pay for the hate they've been spewing on my television.

[Odin2005]

28. FUCK THEM!!!

[stevietheman]

30. If only we could have a divestment movement against the CoC.

These people really are capital-C Creeps.

[HughMoran]

31. The ads they've been running make many of us want to shoot them

Why would Obama include a bunch of right-wing hate-trolls whose only job is to derail anything and everything the Democrats try to do? I'm sick of their right-wing bullshit.

[ClarkUSA]

34. Where are the idiots who think Obama is a "corporate Dem" when you want them?

:shrug:

[Fire1]

35. Oh, the irony. n/t

[Hansel]

36. Do they know it's a summit for American jobs?

The one for foreign jobs is in China. Maybe they can get an invite to that.

[butterfly77]

39. The diry ratassedrighwingbastards...

came on fox this morning saying that they would work with the president and give people back their jobs if, the president gives back the stimulus,if he keeps the Bush tax cuts,and I am not sure about this last one but he said something about somemore tax cuts of which I said "go to hell" so is this blackmail seems to be. So isn't it time for us to boycott their products...

[and-justice-for-all]

44. I can ot fucking stand them and their bullshit health care ads...

which I think should be banned. Government agencies should NOT be allowed to run independent ads.