Obama asks CEOs to help jobless

[rurallib]

(headline on radio news)
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[valerief]

1. In which country? The jobless in China, India, Tunisia? Where?

Certainly not in the US. The United States of Amerexico has been abandoned.

[niceypoo]

2. Stunning ignorance

More leveraged buyouts? More stripping of benefits to pad the bottom line? Good luck with that Obama.

[stray cat]

3. We expect politicians to help - they are no more likely to care than CEOs

[polichick]

4. I'm sure their response was, "You got it - no problem." nt

[dflprincess]

5. I'm sure they'll get right on it

:sarcasm:

But this gives Obama cover, now he can go to jobless in 2012 and claim he tried.

[Nite Owl]

6. Asks?

that sums up the situation right there.

[NYCGirl]

7. He could have ordered them to do it, and then

thrown them into prison if they didn't comply, right?

[Lucky 13]

12. OMG!!!

Best. Idea. Ever.

[jtuck004]

8. And later asks sharks to help people learn to swim... n/t

[WiffenPoof]

9. Surely You Must Be Kidding

*sigh*

-PLA

[Lucky 13]

11. He's not kidding.

... and don't call me Shirley.

(Sorry... you left yourself wide open. Sigh. I miss Leslie Neisen already...)

[WiffenPoof]

23. I Miss Him Too....Shirley n/t

[Lucky 13]

10. ... in India.

:rofl:

[Whisp]

13. sure

every last CEO and milliionaire is a thief
Suddenly when you reach that magic number you become evil?

- is Michael Moore one too? Was Paul Newman a sneak assed robber? Suddenly when you reach that magic number you become evil?

this place is going insane.

[NYCGirl]

15. And Al Gore is rich and a CEO, too. He must be double evil! NT

[LiberalEsto]

14. Suuuuuuuure

We'll hire 1 or 2 cleaning people to sweep the floors.

But that's ALL.

[tridim]

17. I'll take that job in a second.

You have no idea.

[CreekDog]

16. How about some real "jawboning" like Truman and Kennedy did?

they weren't anti business but when they wanted a company to act, they didn't negotiate.

THEY TOLD.

[obxhead]

18. Promises to deliver anything Republicans have promised them in

return for a few 1000 jobs.

[tridim]

19. Got a link for that bullshit accusation?

[obxhead]

21. Sure

see HCR and the soon to be passed Tax Extension for examples. Others to be seen in the next 18 months before everyone stops work completely to campaign.

[tridim]

22. That's not a link.

[Dawgs]

You deny that HCR and the tax cuts are a gift to the super rich and corporations?

Hmm?

[tridim]

25. No, we're talking about Obama meeting with CEO's and telling them to hire ME.

And you nutballs are complaining about it.

Edit: I don't remember what the other poster said because he's already on ignore.

[Dawgs]

27. Hell yeah I'm complaining about it.

When is he going to start meeting with the rest of us? You know, the bottom 98%?

[tridim]

29. In 2008 and 2012. nt

[Dawgs]

24. Self delete. n/t

[obxhead]

33. Both have been discussed here at length. Links are readily available.

Obviously your fingers are working just fine.

http://www.google.com/

Many links can be found at the link I have provided you above.

[whosinpower]

20. Here is the conversation -

Obama - "Thanks for coming guys. I really appreciate it."
CEO's - "........."

Obama - " I have right here an impressive resume' for you to take a look at. I know I shouldn't really be doing this, but jobs are hard to come by....and I am eager to please. I am a hard worker, an well educated, and know well enough to see who I need to talk to in order to get things done."

CEO's - "This is YOUR resume'!"
Obama - "Yessir it is. I'll be available right after the 2012 elections and I really need to take care of my family you see."
CEO's crosstalk - "Will you take him Bill? Errrrr - his negotiating skills are pretty bad. I don't think we can afford him. How about you Joe? I dunno...his middle name is Hussein - that is a bad omen right there. Fred?

Fred thinks for awhile, rubs his hand on his jaw and says...."Obama, I am getting up there and I too want to take care of my family. You get rid of that estate tax and you got yourself a fine entry level job as mail sorter in my firm. Whatdoya say to that?

Obama - "OH yessir, THANK YOU SIR! I'll get on that right away. I could help you even more you know - I could......eliminate payroll taxes altogether! Would that help your family? I bet it would. Can I get you something to drink while I am up. It is no problem at all. Oh - I should probably mention this....you know for PUBLIC record. Will you hire Americans soon?

CEO's - in unison - why would we do that?!? Life is too good right now the way things are. Don't wanna rock that boat Obama now....you have a great job waiting for you....if you just play by our reality. We need to look forward....the Chinese will have need of stuff someday when we grow their middle class. Maybe in a couple of generations things will even out.

[ProudDad]

26. I'm reminded of an old statistic

The total net number of jobs "created" by the Fortune 500 during the entire Go-Go-80s of ronny ray-gun...?

ZERO!!!

But at least there was a non-negative number created back then...

[WiffenPoof]

28. I Hope Someone...

...took down the mistletoe left over from his famous meeting with the Republican leadership.

-PLA

[harun]

30. Did they ask what his definition of help is?

[ellie]

31. hahahahahahaha

I didn't know that President Obama has decided to become a comedian. Between this and his announcement that the repukes want to help Americans, it's gold baby! Gold!

At least we can laugh about it.

[tridim]

32. I'm guessing you have a job.

Please think about others for a change.

[ProudDad]

34. The best one I've heard lately

Obama's negotiation style is like showing up at a strip poker game already naked...