Orlando CEO to employees: "If Obama gets reelected, I'll probably fire you"

[Badger]

what he said was purely agaisnt the law

No no no no, doing it is against the law....get it straight....PR stunt.

'PR stunt' in business implies good PR, George.

An alternative suggestion is someone who would build one of the largest houses in the country and unironically name it 'Versailles' just might be an unmitigated douche.

[Badger]

what he said was purely agaisnt the law

No no no no, doing it is against the law....get it straight....PR stunt.

'PR stunt' in business implies good PR, George.
An alternative suggestion is someone who would build one of the largest houses in the country and unironically name it 'Versailles' just might be an unmitigated douche.

I wonder how sales are at Chick-Fil-A, Badg

Oh come on, bro. Surely that's not a valid comparison. Chik-fil-A's stance would gather plenty of support from the traditional values types (and did). A walking parody of C. Montgomery Burns warning his largely working class employees they risk likely layoffs if Obama is reelected doesn't carry any positives (unless the business is hoping to land convention business from the Heritage Foundation or the Cato Institute).

[Badger]

Sure, lets hear those posts

Confirm for me that it is within forum rules and I will be glad to pull the sheet off Mr. Kenobi. I know all about him from reading his right-wing posts from there. Dude is out there. Surprised anyone would hire him to teach children.

Speaking as a fellow forum member, rather than a mod, I don't think that's necessary or entirely 100% appropriate. Everyone (including Ben) knows that he is indeed quite conservative (including Ben), and admittedly without knowing the full story I'm hard pressed to believe his car was keyed by a fellow teacher versus some snotty delinquent student. With that in mind, I don't think there's anything to prove. He contributes here well enough even i I sometimes disagree with him.

I'm a big believer in leaving the Forum away from outside world influence. My two cents....

[Badger]

what he said was purely agaisnt the law

No no no no, doing it is against the law....get it straight....PR stunt.

'PR stunt' in business implies good PR, George.
An alternative suggestion is someone who would build one of the largest houses in the country and unironically name it 'Versailles' just might be an unmitigated douche.

I wonder how sales are at Chick-Fil-A, Badg

Oh come on, bro. Surely that's not a valid comparison. Chik-fil-A's stance would gather plenty of support from the traditional values types (and did). A walking parody of C. Montgomery Burns warning his largely working class employees they risk likely layoffs if Obama is reelected doesn't carry any positives (unless the business is hoping to land convention business from the Heritage Foundation or the Cato Institute).

Really?  Did you ever hear of Westgate Resorts before this?  I never did.  Every rich pub knows about them now. 

Hmmmm. Decent point. But I'm still convinced he's not so much a publicity hound as just a 60+ year old version of Politico.

[Badger]

I'm glad to know that voter intimidation by their employers is not a feature only of undeveloped democracies

It could be a sign of a dying democracy -- one in which economic interests decide what is 'right' and 'wrong'.   

Sounds like the best type of democracy to me. I'd pick 1960's Japan over the Weimar Republic any day of the week.

Um, there ARE other choices than those two "ideals".....