I think it was a veiled threat, a la the attacks on Chick Fil A for daring to vor traditional-marriage-supporting organizations.
Short version: you dont actually need to be xenophobic genocidal racists in order to have an economic system where the government controls all the businesses. Although I would be the first to admit that anti-Semitism seems to flourish under this kind of state-controlled economic policy
Rank and file tell GOP leaders to keep sequester, shutdown on the table. tcot RSRH
rsrh Then again, we all know that groups like the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence LIKE it when minorities feel helpless. Good for business.
I dont understand what your question or your point is, Mackey said.
Goodness gracious, but check this out. Background: Whole Foods CEO John Mackey called Obamacare first socialist,education fund. then scist, then regretted calling it scist because the Left is generally too ill-educated to understand the difference between National Socialism and economic scism -so they were thus all getting hung up in their own ignorance, and thus omitting to address Mackeys point. Cue CNN Carol Costello, who gave a stunning demonstration of same.
Does anyone watch CNN? And while EEs post was on nostalgia it turned into a ACA debate yet heres a post on the actual subject of Ocare. I did see the interview with Mackey on Greta last night and Id have to agree with him and that Costello is beyond clueless along with all the other hosts on CNN. Its a worthless network.
Myths: a) The Police Will Protect You. b) Democrat run cities take mental illness seriously. rsrh
rsrh Eric Cantor: Heres a 3-month debt ceiling increase. Use it to pass a budget, Senators.:
The retraction written by Mackey is a classic non apology apology.
rsrh Thought experiment: how would Buzzfeed react to this kind of homophobic language? - Asks a SSM supporter.
Id like to understand what sane reforms Paul Ryan thinks he will get out of Luis Gutierrez rsrh
This is definitely a clueless question INSTEAD of doing a straightup interview with So, how will this law affect you, your company and your employees? its a politically motivated Which side are you on, the heretics or the good people? Why question the Great OZ-bama?
New Post-ABC poll finds 48% of Republicans say any increase in the debt limit should be tied to spending cuts, 45% disagree. RSRH
House rejects agency spending cuts to offset some of the cost of so-called Sandy relief bill. RSRH
rsrh Shorter Coalition to Stop Gun Violence: better a black man be lynched than a white man use a gun to stop that.
Moe Lane (crosspost)
I suspect that Mackey was being nice. The question was Why are you publicly disagreeing with your customers on a political issue? and the point was HERETIC! UNBELIEVER! Which Mackey almost certainly knew, although Im not sure that Carol Costello did.
But why inject yourself into the debate over ObamaCare in the first place?
Actually, its yet another example of why markets are superior to political action.
Voter now trust political inhealth insurance laws An interesting if mildly depressing exchange on Obamacareformation from social media as much as that in traditional news sources. tcot RSRH
And btw a fine retort to I think, though, that many of your customers probably wouldnt agree with you might be:
Costello then asked, But why inject yourself into the debate over ObamaCare in the first place?
Whats the Republican conservative officer count on your county committee? Did you have a vote?
So, once Mackey had dumbed it down again for the nice talking head, we get this exchange:
Does your activism start, Lipom Medical Blog or stop, with a Facebook like or a Twitter RT? tcot majority rsrh
Hes a great businessman that realized that his comments had pissed off a large segment of his customer base and so quickly refined his comment to assuage their anger.
rsrh Hey, education books its time for more Democratic scary stories about Organizing for America!:
We respect and cater to our customers, but in the end we also have to care for our employees and this law is hurting our ability to hire, retain and provide the right benefits to employees. Customers dont see that side of thing unless they are in a hiring situation themselves, but they might agree with our view if they are being denied the kinds of healthcare choices we are forced to deny our employees because of ACA.
RT @moelane: rsrh Eric Cantor: Heres a 3-month debt ceiling increase. Use it to pass a budget, Senators.:
rsrh So. Name the last policy position that President Obamas successfully sold to Americans.:
What Is and What Should Never Be: Why the Hyperualization of Women Does Us as a Society No Favours Whatsoever
Mackey responded that he provides health insurance for 73,000 Whole Foods employees and some provisions of Obamas health care law will raise his companys costs. Its it more difficult to provide the insurance at affordable rates to our team members, so Im trying to protect them as well as I can, he said.
I think, though, that many of your customers probably wouldnt agree with you since, I dont know, you kind of run a store that appeals to the more liberal in America in some ways,shunli219.typepad.com. Costello replied.
Conservatives have been so successful in focusing on voting records that establishment now using Dems to pass spending bills rsrh
Why are you publicly disagreeing with your customers on a political issue?
