Robert A Whit
07-30-2013, 02:25 PM
OOOOOOOOpppppppppsie daisy
Obama shows he is not smart but sure is dumb
http://news.yahoo.com/amazon-obama-visit-jobs-walmart-180602880.html
Rob Walker, Yahoo News (http://news.yahoo.com/author/rob-walker/) <cite>1 hour ago</cite>Arts & Entertainment (http://news.yahoo.com/arts-and-entertainment/)Barack Obama (http://news.yahoo.com/barack-obama/)
It seems like only yesterday that The New York Timeswas marveling (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/a-new-role-for-amazon-an-engine-for-jobs/?_r=0) at Amazon.com’s transformation into “an engine for jobs:” Having increased its workforce by 40% in a year, it now employs 97,000 people, and announced plans to add 5,000 more at its network of U.S. fulfillment centers.
Actually, it was the day before yesterday. But it sure sounded sensible, all those hours ago, for President Obama to choose one of those centers, in Chattanooga, TN, as the setting for a speech about jobs: In Amazon we have a powerful technology brand that’s hiring Americans like crazy — a great 21st Century political ally, right?
Not so much, it turns out. A chorus of critics, mostly liberal-leaning, have been spending the day of Obama’s actual speech arguing that Amazon is an engine for terrible jobs that have no relevance to strengthening the middle class. (“Why In The World Is Obama Going to an Amazon Warehouse? (http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114077/obamas-amazon-warehouse-visit-sign-times)” scoldsThe New Republic.)
Obama shows he is not smart but sure is dumb
http://news.yahoo.com/amazon-obama-visit-jobs-walmart-180602880.html
Rob Walker, Yahoo News (http://news.yahoo.com/author/rob-walker/) <cite>1 hour ago</cite>Arts & Entertainment (http://news.yahoo.com/arts-and-entertainment/)Barack Obama (http://news.yahoo.com/barack-obama/)
It seems like only yesterday that The New York Timeswas marveling (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/a-new-role-for-amazon-an-engine-for-jobs/?_r=0) at Amazon.com’s transformation into “an engine for jobs:” Having increased its workforce by 40% in a year, it now employs 97,000 people, and announced plans to add 5,000 more at its network of U.S. fulfillment centers.
Actually, it was the day before yesterday. But it sure sounded sensible, all those hours ago, for President Obama to choose one of those centers, in Chattanooga, TN, as the setting for a speech about jobs: In Amazon we have a powerful technology brand that’s hiring Americans like crazy — a great 21st Century political ally, right?
Not so much, it turns out. A chorus of critics, mostly liberal-leaning, have been spending the day of Obama’s actual speech arguing that Amazon is an engine for terrible jobs that have no relevance to strengthening the middle class. (“Why In The World Is Obama Going to an Amazon Warehouse? (http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114077/obamas-amazon-warehouse-visit-sign-times)” scoldsThe New Republic.)