Aftermath and repercussions of Obama victory

[El Kabong]

So chief exec Murray decided to do a preemptive strike on the poor bastards that worked for him?
Sounds like a sound, business, humanitarian move to me.

Never mind trying to outplace these people. Never mind their needs. I'm fucking pissed off that Obama won... so I'll show HIM... I'll just fire all my own people.


"The hurricane is coming and it may damage my house... so I'll just blow the fucking thing up and not give the hurricane the satisfaction of blowing it down".

Give it up, Lyle. You know this is a bullshit move, just like all the bullshit secession talk that's going on.
Just like @Youngblood said...... epic butthurt.

LOL, you don't get it do you? As the owner of the business that is directly in the crosshairs of the President he probably tightened the belt in order to prepare his company to survive for the next 4 years. You don't run a business do you? I've met with friends and they had deals that were surefire things go belly up after the election....is it because the people are racist? Are they bitter? Well they might be bitter at the thought of a lost opportunity but they wouldn't cut off their nose to spite their face because at the end of the day their job as owner of a business is to MAKE MONEY.


But hey, I'm glad you liberals think it's all just a case of "butthurt", if that makes you feel better and keeps you feeling all warm & fuzzy on the inside as the economy slows to a grinding halt then that's fine. You call me out for generalizing when I show the guy gaming the welfare system but you're telling me that this guy who owns the Coal company and everyone else not making deals after the election is just on account of "butthurt".....that's rich man, quite funny.

[TitoFan]

So chief exec Murray decided to do a preemptive strike on the poor bastards that worked for him?
Sounds like a sound, business, humanitarian move to me.

Never mind trying to outplace these people. Never mind their needs. I'm fucking pissed off that Obama won... so I'll show HIM... I'll just fire all my own people.


"The hurricane is coming and it may damage my house... so I'll just blow the fucking thing up and not give the hurricane the satisfaction of blowing it down".

Give it up, Lyle. You know this is a bullshit move, just like all the bullshit secession talk that's going on.
Just like @Youngblood said...... epic butthurt.

LOL, you don't get it do you? As the owner of the business that is directly in the crosshairs of the President he probably tightened the belt in order to prepare his company to survive for the next 4 years. You don't run a business do you? I've met with friends and they had deals that were surefire things go belly up after the election....is it because the people are racist? Are they bitter? Well they might be bitter at the thought of a lost opportunity but they wouldn't cut off their nose to spite their face because at the end of the day their job as owner of a business is to MAKE MONEY.


But hey, I'm glad you liberals think it's all just a case of "butthurt", if that makes you feel better and keeps you feeling all warm & fuzzy on the inside as the economy slows to a grinding halt then that's fine. You call me out for generalizing when I show the guy gaming the welfare system but you're telling me that this guy who owns the Coal company and everyone else not making deals after the election is just on account of "butthurt".....that's rich man, quite funny.

No Lyle. What's funny is your notion that President Obama's first order of business on his very busy agenda is to single out and close all coal companies, regardless of what he may have said. Yes... I imagine him sitting with his Cabinet first thing in the morning after his re-election, saying: "Well boys... first things first. We need to close down all these damn coal companies. Starting with that shitty one in Ohio, what's it called..... Murray Energy?"

But you're the consumate businessman, Lyle. If you think the immediate firing of over 150 workers from a coal company is sound business practice, and has nothing to do with butthurt over Obama's re-election... then by golly, you must be right.

[El Kabong]

No Lyle. What's funny is your notion that President Obama's first order of business on his very busy agenda is to single out and close all coal companies, regardless of what he may have said. Yes... I imagine him sitting with his Cabinet first thing in the morning after his re-election, saying: "Well boys... first things first. We need to close down all these damn coal companies. Starting with that shitty one in Ohio, what's it called..... Murray Energy?"

But you're the consumate businessman, Lyle. If you think the immediate firing of over 150 workers from a coal company is sound business practice, and has nothing to do with butthurt over Obama's re-election... then by golly, you must be right.

Well you're a liberal so obviously you can't be wrong

[TitoFan]

No Lyle. What's funny is your notion that President Obama's first order of business on his very busy agenda is to single out and close all coal companies, regardless of what he may have said. Yes... I imagine him sitting with his Cabinet first thing in the morning after his re-election, saying: "Well boys... first things first. We need to close down all these damn coal companies. Starting with that shitty one in Ohio, what's it called..... Murray Energy?"

But you're the consumate businessman, Lyle. If you think the immediate firing of over 150 workers from a coal company is sound business practice, and has nothing to do with butthurt over Obama's re-election... then by golly, you must be right.

Well you're a liberal so obviously you can't be wrong

Never mind how the article goes on to say how Murray Energy has incurred in environmental atrocities in the past, specifically by spilling coal slurry into nearby creeks... and how the company has donated over $1 million to Republican candidates in the last 5 years. So this had nothing to do with Obama's re-election, except that maybe under Obama, Murray's company will be held accountable for any further environmental "mishaps". Not to mention the fact that Obama will of course emphasize the maximization of natural gas, a cheaper, cleaner fuel.

So fuck it. Rather than restructure or adapt, like other companies do... let's just fire all these bastards. After all, that is what sound business practices would dictate. Right Lyle?

[El Kabong]

Never mind how the article goes on to say how Murray Energy has incurred in environmental atrocities in the past, specifically by spilling coal slurry into nearby creeks... and how the company has donated over $1 million to Republican candidates in the last 5 years. So this had nothing to do with Obama's re-election, except that maybe under Obama, Murray's company will be held accountable for any further environmental "mishaps". Not to mention the fact that Obama will of course emphasize the maximization of natural gas, a cheaper, cleaner fuel.

So fuck it. Rather than restructure or adapt, like other companies do... let's just fire all these bastards. After all, that is what sound business practices would dictate. Right Lyle?

I haven't had a look at his books, I can't tell you. If he REALLY wanted to "spite Obama" he'd close up shop, fire everyone and leave the country and put any investments in offshore accounts that the IRS can't get their hands on right?

Natural gas eh? Which calls for drilling and fracking? Yeah I'm certain his granola eating hippy fanbase will love that

[TitoFan]

Never mind how the article goes on to say how Murray Energy has incurred in environmental atrocities in the past, specifically by spilling coal slurry into nearby creeks... and how the company has donated over $1 million to Republican candidates in the last 5 years. So this had nothing to do with Obama's re-election, except that maybe under Obama, Murray's company will be held accountable for any further environmental "mishaps". Not to mention the fact that Obama will of course emphasize the maximization of natural gas, a cheaper, cleaner fuel.

So fuck it. Rather than restructure or adapt, like other companies do... let's just fire all these bastards. After all, that is what sound business practices would dictate. Right Lyle?

I haven't had a look at his books, I can't tell you. If he REALLY wanted to "spite Obama" he'd close up shop, fire everyone and leave the country and put any investments in offshore accounts that the IRS can't get their hands on right?

Natural gas eh? Which calls for drilling and fracking? Yeah I'm certain his granola eating hippy fanbase will love that

"Granola eating hippy fanbase"? LOL... Lyle, you're too much.

But the Murray fellow isn't all THAT bad. After all, he DID have a prayer posted on the web. He must think God is a Republican. But hey... in the prayer he asks for forgiveness for his decision. I'm sure that's a great consolation to the over 150 employees with perfectly good jobs that were immediately fired.

[El Kabong]

"Granola eating hippy fanbase"? LOL... Lyle, you're too much.

But the Murray fellow isn't all THAT bad. After all, he DID have a prayer posted on the web. He must think God is a Republican. But hey... in the prayer he asks for forgiveness for his decision. I'm sure that's a great consolation to the over 150 employees with perfectly good jobs that were immediately fired.

Yes "granola eating hippy fanbase" the moonbats that think solar pannels and windfarms will create enough energy for everyone. The people who have bought "Man Made Global Warming" hook line and sinker....you think they are for any "fossil fuel" (how cute, they think it's fossils) being used?

Hey, whatever gets you to sleep at night. Us Republicans are just evil racist hate mongers that's why OUR minorities are called horrible names which I won't repeat here.

[greynotsoold]

In Montana there are substantial coal reserves. In the recent elections, the line was that, due to excessive regulation at least one plant was forced to close, and that future operations would be curtailed. this was blamed not only on obama, but on jon tester (democratic contender for the senate) and Steve Bullock (erstwhile state attorney general and newly elected democrat governor). That may very well be true. Not being in that business, I have no way of knowing.
I do know, for certain, that anybody running for office, regardless of party, lies. And I am equally certain that their more rabid supporters would, could and do play games with the rest of us to "prove" their points.
I don't think that there is any possibility of anything getting done properly or anything getting better when, no matter which party is in charge, when half the population/"leadership" is not only hoping that the other side fails, but is actively working to make certain that they fail.
This whole trip of playing red/blue, liberal/conservative, democrat/republican like its some fucking football game when people's live and futures are what is being played with is utterly asinine.

[Beanz]

There is too much gray in the world. Not enough Grey though.

[El Kabong]

Intent So Obama means to follow through on his promises after 4 years of not worrying at all about the economy and forcing Obamacare down our throats? Hahaha....you are such a phoney you'd never vote Republican at least I'm honest when I say I'll never vote Democrat.

[TitoFan]

Intent So Obama means to follow through on his promises after 4 years of not worrying at all about the economy and forcing Obamacare down our throats? Hahaha....you are such a phoney you'd never vote Republican at least I'm honest when I say I'll never vote Democrat.

Funny you should use the word "phoney". The perfect description for Mitt the Twit.
And don't project your biases onto me. Just 'cause you'd rather die than vote Democrat, doesn't mean I'm as deranged as you. I'm open-minded, a concept that must be as foreign to you as sanskrit.

[El Kabong]

Intent So Obama means to follow through on his promises after 4 years of not worrying at all about the economy and forcing Obamacare down our throats? Hahaha....you are such a phoney you'd never vote Republican at least I'm honest when I say I'll never vote Democrat.

Funny you should use the word "phoney". The perfect description for Mitt the Twit.
And don't project your biases onto me. Just 'cause you'd rather die than vote Democrat, doesn't mean I'm as deranged as you. I'm open-minded, a concept that must be as foreign to you as sanskrit.

Open minded? Haha is that why you constantly call my views extremist

[TitoFan]

There is too much gray in the world. Not enough Grey though.

[Kirkland Laing]

So chief exec Murray decided to do a preemptive strike on the poor bastards that worked for him?
Sounds like a sound, business, humanitarian move to me.

Never mind trying to outplace these people. Never mind their needs. I'm fucking pissed off that Obama won... so I'll show HIM... I'll just fire all my own people.


"The hurricane is coming and it may damage my house... so I'll just blow the fucking thing up and not give the hurricane the satisfaction of blowing it down".

Give it up, Lyle. You know this is a bullshit move, just like all the bullshit secession talk that's going on.
Just like @Youngblood said...... epic butthurt.

LOL, you don't get it do you? As the owner of the business that is directly in the crosshairs of the President he probably tightened the belt in order to prepare his company to survive for the next 4 years. You don't run a business do you? I've met with friends and they had deals that were surefire things go belly up after the election....is it because the people are racist? Are they bitter? Well they might be bitter at the thought of a lost opportunity but they wouldn't cut off their nose to spite their face because at the end of the day their job as owner of a business is to MAKE MONEY.


But hey, I'm glad you liberals think it's all just a case of "butthurt", if that makes you feel better and keeps you feeling all warm & fuzzy on the inside as the economy slows to a grinding halt then that's fine. You call me out for generalizing when I show the guy gaming the welfare system but you're telling me that this guy who owns the Coal company and everyone else not making deals after the election is just on account of "butthurt".....that's rich man, quite funny.

It isn't Obama who fucked the coal industry, it's natural gas and supply and demand. Coal can't compete with natural gas anymore. I could post graphs of both prices going back a few years but you can go and look and learn.