Comments on: A Romney win would hurt Apple very badly – Nigam Arora

By: enzos

enzos — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 07:40:24 +0000

…(Ennio Morricone)…

By: enzos

enzos — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 07:30:13 +0000

…(tumble-weeds)…

By: ConfusedCountry

ConfusedCountry — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:27:20 +0000

Actually you are wrong about Obama fanboy. I would have voted for Ron Paul if I could. I just think Obama is better than Romney. I don’t fall for the Democrat/Republican crap. I switch sides on a dime.

…but most of what you say is complete nonsense, because if you were in a coma for the past two years and just woke up knowing nothing about the government, you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference as to whether we had a Democratic or Republican President.

This whole debate about “this one did this and that one did that is stupid”. I commute, pay tolls, work and shop and unless I watched the news I wouldn’t know either. I didn’t see any great boundary that occurred between the Bush years and the Obama years. Did you?

Tell me how did your life change so dramatically for you to be so irrational?

I still shop in all the same places, don’t you?

By: felipe carlos

felipe carlos — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:26:00 +0000

Apple could have afforded to repatriate their money, it would have been the right thing to do without having to get a huge present for doing so. There is more to corporate citizenship than simply avoiding taxes because they can be avoided by parking money overseas. When corporations figure this out, I might be a little more willing to consider them worthy of all that “free speech” the Supreme Court granted them.

By: felipe carlos

felipe carlos — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:19:51 +0000

First, the 12 million jobs were already forecast based on current economic trends, regardless of any policy changes, so that was an fairly easy “promise” for Romney…
Romney—
“Hmmm, if I don’t do anything, bingo, 12 million new jobs I can take credit for. Sounds like a nice number to offer up as an idea… just don’t ask me to explain how I’ll actually do it, because saying I didn’t do a thing… well, that just won’t work. I’m running for office, for Pete’s sake!!”

Second, isn’t it a bit hypocritical to promise to “create” all these jobs if American’s will just hire this guy to run the government while he’s repeating over and over again… “Government can’t create jobs! Government doesn’t create jobs!” … ad nauseum…? Think about that one.

It doesn’t matter anyway, the guy’s done, nothing to see here, let’s move on.

By: felipe carlos

felipe carlos — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:09:33 +0000

Who left the door to the asylum open…? Should we call somebody? Or just let him continue stumbling around in a stupor?

By: felipe carlos

felipe carlos — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:00:56 +0000

Yes it did, and it didn’t even include the off-budget “emergency fund” for the war games which had no oversight at all… which Bush and Co. treated like it was free money. Free to hand out to favored, no-bid contractors, that is. Now the taxpayers are stuck paying the interest and principle on that fiasco while the Bush tax cuts to the Sam Walton heirs, the Romneys, the Kochs continue to this day… I can’t see why the uber-rich don’t give Obama a big kiss, since he hasn’t made them pay a cent for all the goodies they’ve enjoyed for 12 years so far.

By: felipe carlos

felipe carlos — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:39:36 +0000

Wow… what a waste of space. Try making an actual point rather than regurgitating every conspiracy theory known to man. Fine, you don’t like the man. Who gives a rat’s rear end? He won. You lost. Get over it!

By: felipe carlos

felipe carlos — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:33:12 +0000

Actually, hoffbegone, you’re cute little math lesson just makes you look dumb, if not dumber (were that actually possible.) Welcome to the losing half.

By: First 2010, Next...

First 2010, Next... — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 07:21:19 +0000

…(crickets)…

By: ChrissyOne

ChrissyOne — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 05:20:07 +0000

Can’t take a little hurt? Aw…

By: ChrissyOne

ChrissyOne — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 05:14:14 +0000

So what happens in 2012 again?

By: hoffbegone

hoffbegone — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 04:55:52 +0000

Looks like I was wrong. All the Democraticals are 100% dumb, not 50%. Guess I can’t expect a group that is below average to have any smarts left.

By: shinolashow

shinolashow — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 04:39:35 +0000

I’d just like to be the first to gloat…

…ahem… cough cough..

AAAAAAAAAA!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!

By: Indentured1

Indentured1 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 04:36:29 +0000

I guess that as of 9:30 MST, this post is moot. The republicans can cry and point their fingers for the next 4 years. The democrats must now insure that he finishes the job. So move along, there’s nothing to see here anymore…

By: HTML5 Gordon

HTML5 Gordon — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 04:25:13 +0000

Chortle.

By: shinolashow

shinolashow — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 04:24:18 +0000

haha.. i was alluding to romney’s preferred bet

But you are definitely right.

And now he can go sulk in his hole, along with half the people who turn this tech site into a political garbage rag for another 3 years.

By: Jax44

Jax44 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 04:20:24 +0000

Sorry Charlie

By: kingmel

kingmel — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 04:20:16 +0000

$1M says that GokuJim is a bloody idiot. Another $1M says that won’t change anytime soon. Easy money.

By: kingmel

kingmel — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 04:16:14 +0000

Hey, First 2010 Then NOT 2012…

By: kingmel

kingmel — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 04:11:54 +0000

Tbone is right. Ubermac is a habitual and verbose spin doctor on this forum. One can only marvel at the amount of time that Ubermac spends on his attempts to validate his “interesting” political viewpoints. There is no room for moderation in the minds of several vocal contributors to this forum. So be it – that won’t change and the world will likely survive their obstinacy.

By: GokuJim

GokuJim — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:39:55 +0000

Oh…that free phone program that started with the Democratic party under Clinton? Yes, because of Clinton, Obama, etc. yes, you can have one! Maybe even one of those fancy ifone thing-a-ma-bobs!

By: GokuJim

GokuJim — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:38:11 +0000

Uh…whoops for you! Unemployment rate went up last Friday!

Dumb ass!

By: shinolashow

shinolashow — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:32:11 +0000

$10,000 says you are exactly undereducated, quite poor, and of a well below average IQ.

I know you are far too simple to be self aware enough to know when someone talks as you do, there is zero doubt I’d be making $10k right now.

By: shinolashow

shinolashow — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:28:17 +0000

haha. cmon man.. u mad bro?

going to shed a tear? sniff sniff?

By: shinolashow

shinolashow — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:11:29 +0000

complete a thought much?

SNORE.

By: GokuJim

GokuJim — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 02:46:27 +0000

Give me some of that Obama money!!!! I am entitled to it because I am unemployed, fat, lazy, and therefore disabled! Also, I deserve one of those fancy smart tones. Obama, please give me one of them ifones!

By: GokuJim

GokuJim — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 02:41:58 +0000

And he also said that he would remove those with a progressive tax rate, moron!

By: GokuJim

GokuJim — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 02:40:04 +0000

Excuse me? The democrats held a majority in both the House and Senate during the first two years of Obama’s reign in the white house. They were too worried about shoving Obamacare through instead of passing a budget! Your ignorance is showing! Dumb ass!

By: GokuJim

GokuJim — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 02:37:06 +0000

By: GokuJim

GokuJim — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 02:26:18 +0000

Gee, you’re arguing with facts? What an Obama fanboy you are!

By: shinolashow

shinolashow — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 01:44:11 +0000

go to open congress dot org and educate yourself. I’d be ashamed to be as ignorant as anyone who could make that statement much less broadcast it to the world.

yikes!

By: Radio Moscow

Radio Moscow — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:03:09 +0000

In Australia, it appears that the democrats are the educated and the republicans are the Christians. But we can only go by the facts, we don’t really understand the propaganda here.

By: Zeke

Zeke — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:56:47 +0000

Yep, I talked to the 7-11 owner on the corner today and he’s definitely optimistic. If Romney wins he’ll add a Slurpee machine and another 15 hour per week, minimum wage clerk, with no benefits and no future. Yep, Romney will solve the unemployment problem!

By: Zeke

Zeke — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:40:42 +0000

The Bush economy did just fine for 6 years…

And then the credit card statement arrived.

By: FTB

FTB — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:25:44 +0000

you have a *slight* problem with your argument.

the dems would have to actually bring something to the floor for ANY filibuster to even happen…. and dems never brought anything to the floor.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:17:51 +0000

Foxconn is *adding* production in Brazil because the Brazilian government charges a 100+% tariff on imported electronics.
http://www.ehow.com/list_6529981_import-duties-brazil.html

By: Agent Provocateur

Agent Provocateur — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:09:54 +0000

No- notice it’s not democrat.org, it’s democrats.org.

By: Agent Provocateur

Agent Provocateur — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:09:16 +0000

The problem is that it is coming into common usage courtesy our Right leaning MSM that the right likes to accuse of being liberally biased.

I’m sure a $7 million/year anchor that lives in Manhattan and gets chauffeured daily is deeply empathetic with the blue collar folk.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:08:48 +0000

If it were demonstrably true that members of the Democratic Party were for togetherness I’d join. I’m being careful here, because look what “daugav369pils” wrote right after you. S/he may not be a member of any party and just hates Republicans, I can’t know for sure. But people from both sides of the aisle will say that their party is the together party and the other side is the divisive one. Evidence in the real world shows that both sides do pretty much the same amount of bashing the other side. The USofA needs a credible third party to stop this downward spiral of bickering and blaming and obstructionism.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:27:59 +0000

“…as a dig…”

Interesting then that the website is democrats.org

By: sunbeamrapier

sunbeamrapier — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:21:25 +0000

The people are buying obama – The koch brothers and corporations are buying everyone they can…

By: tbone

tbone — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:59:22 +0000

And you are a dick.

By: tbone

tbone — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:58:10 +0000

You’re kinds running ahead of yourself, sparky. Presidents have for a long time acted without thew consent of congress. You should have stayed awake in history class.

The overwhelming majority of “sources” you cite are tremendously partisan. “National Electric Reliability Corporation?”

You’re kidding, right?

So, you’re the first commentator today suffering from the dreaded cranial-rectal inversion.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:56:20 +0000

No! We are not improving one bit. Are you not aware that many are scrambling and wondering wa to do when Bush’s tax cuts expire? You think this is bad? Wait til they do expire and taxes blast off the roof. Is Obama doing anything? NO! Unless it involves punishing the rich, he will reject it.

And if you look at the finer details of the AHA, you will see what a nightmare it really is.

It’s not that I’m racist or hate Obama. He is a nice guy. It’s just that, as a president, he is terrible and clueless of his responsibilities.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:46:36 +0000

I really do not need to read te article to reply t this. But I’m voting for what I think is best for the country as a whole, not for what’s best for a single company. Sorry.

By: CitizenX

CitizenX — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:44:16 +0000

@Agent Provocateur

Haven’t you heard? The latest RWNJ craze is to say democrat instead of democratic or Democrats. Why you can hear it every day being regurgitated by mush gumball and the other right wing wind bags.

By: Agent Provocateur

Agent Provocateur — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:35:33 +0000

My posit was this
A person is a Democrat, the Party is Democratic. Republicans started saying Democrat Party intentionally a number of years ago as a dig.

By: Ubermac

Ubermac — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:25:50 +0000

Nigam, your head must be really hurting after writing this BS.

After another 4 years of Marxism Americans will only be able to afford the Obama phone.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:21:23 +0000

To be that smug & grammatically incorrect is not a good combination.
I can say I am a Republican. I can also say I am a Democrat. I would not say I am a Democratic. A Republican is a person in the Republican party. Therefore a Democrat is a person in the Democrat party. Just taking the last 2 letters off the word “Republican” does not make the new word have a similar meaning to the word “Democratic” minus its last 2 letters.
Although Democratic is generally accepted as the correct use of the word for the Party name, grammatically it is probably not. Republican and Democrat are similar parts of speech; Republican & Democratic are not.
From Merriam-Webster: adj. 1) of, relating to, or favoring democracy. M-W #2 is the Party meaning.
This is a distinction many people (most likely Republicans) are trying to make known.
Both parties are democratic (adjective). Now whether you believe that or not is another discussion.