tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12564720.post2874172632383583710..comments2024-01-15T02:13:38.249-08:00Comments on Working as Designed: Monkey BuisnessJoseph B. Hewitt IVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01952817145873886177noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12564720.post-40201144282152079222009-02-20T21:23:00.000-08:002009-02-20T21:23:00.000-08:00If it is calling for the shooting of the President...If it is calling for the shooting of the President, it's doing so in a very subtle way. Then again, one way to insult Black Americans is to refer to them as monkeys, so it could be argued that the monkey does represent the President, and in a very derogatory manner, but I doubt it does. <BR/><BR/>Like you said, the caption reads "<I>They</I> will have to find someone else..." The monkey really Cap'n Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15267651027289124037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12564720.post-72684834207293901072009-02-19T23:57:00.000-08:002009-02-19T23:57:00.000-08:00The NY Post gave a partial appologyhttp://news.yah...The NY Post gave a partial appology<BR/><BR/>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090220/ap_on_re_us/ny_post_cartoon<BR/><BR/>But in reading the above piece I am a little surprised, the unelected and appointed polictics of victimization spokesmen, Rev. Al Sharpton, is claiming something about the cartoon never even occurred to me.<BR/><BR/>He is claiming that the cartoon depicts / is calling for the Joseph B. Hewitt IVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01952817145873886177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12564720.post-34432253667330084102009-02-19T23:49:00.000-08:002009-02-19T23:49:00.000-08:00Evan, the economy is tanking because people are in...Evan, the economy is tanking because people are in fear of loosing their jobs and are not buying things. As one congressmen said many years ago, "There's not a lot of consuming going on!"<BR/><BR/>The trigger for all this was the bad loans made by the banks. But that isn't the point now. Now people aren't spending, so companies aren't selling, not selling equals no profit, no profit means Joseph B. Hewitt IVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01952817145873886177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12564720.post-78739504237997084522009-02-19T16:07:00.000-08:002009-02-19T16:07:00.000-08:00Step 4 implies taking on more debt; people don't n...Step 4 implies taking on more debt; people don't normally invest based on their wealth, they invest through borrowed money. Debt's not bad, it just depends on the use it's put to.<BR/><BR/>Also, the majority of individual's debts who are stressed at the moment is tied up in unproductive / toxic assets (TVs and low-value, non-returning real estate). Giving them money to pay off those assets and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07127457447958452547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12564720.post-77107643430615205682009-02-19T10:10:00.000-08:002009-02-19T10:10:00.000-08:00Agreed. Every single President since I've been her...Agreed. Every single President since I've been here (12 years and counting, has been roasted by the President. Okay, so in that time it's only been two Presidents, but it seems to me it's a time honored tradition of Late Night hosts to roast the President for his most recent blunder, and if he hasn't done anything stupid, just pick on him for something.<BR/><BR/>Now it seems like Obama will be Cap'n Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15267651027289124037noreply@blogger.com