Posted by Tina
Corporate Greed Run Amok – You’ll never believe who’s price-gouging. James Toranto, WSJ
* At a time of national crisis, a giant corporation experiences a spike in demand for one of its products. In response, it jacks up the price by a shocking 897%. It’s price-gouging! It’s greedy and unpatriotic! *
Here’s the sales pitch:
* “Commemorate one of the most important events in American history–Barack Obama’s election as the 44th U.S. president. *** Preserve this important event with the actual New York Times newspaper on Nov. 5, 2008, which boldly reported Obama’s decisive victory over John McCain. *** Price includes the full newspaper with a resealable plastic envelope. *** Allow up to 2 weeks for shipping. *** Price: $14.95″ *
James Toranto also had fun today quoting Rahm Emanuel:
* Yesterday on “This Week With George Stephanopoulos,” Rep. Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s White House Chief of Staff said: We have postponed dealing with an energy crisis since 1974. We had a crisis; we kicked it down the can. . . . We had a health care crisis. . . . These are, just taking those two examples, these are crises you can no longer afford to kick down the can. The crisis we have here, the American people know we have one. . . . You cannot afford now to kick those down the can any longer. *** You can kick a can down the road, and you can flush something down the can, but “kick down the can”–a phrase Emanuel repeated three times–simply makes no sense. *
Obama has, on more than one occasion, made little sense when speaking without a prompter…we might have a twofer going with these guys!