Jasonisms

So, this happened on Facebook and is living proof on why I don't spend a lot of time over there. Granted, I see Tea Party racists on Google+ and all over the internet, for that matter, all the time, but the level of idiocracy is overwhelming on Facebook, especially from people in Florida. Sure my answers are short and sweet until the end and that is due to replying from mobile (I rarely get on FB via desktop anymore). Please note: I went to high school with Nadine and Brian. I remember nothing from high school about Nadine except she was (and apparently still is) a bitch. I nearly didn't Friend  her on FB except my policy was to befriend everyone from high school: we all change, right? At least we all should have changed by now. Brian I remember as being a class clown -- a goofy kid who didn't take anything too seriously. I don't know any reason for him to refer to President Obama as "   a bastard from an whore mother " other than him being some sort of rac...

I saw this posted on Facebook by a Tea Bagging old high school friend of mine. I'm not going to get into the Theory A versus Theory B argument but to say that in a capitalistic society, sometimes companies go under. It's the nature of the beast. However, the claim that Bain created jobs or left companies in a better-off position than when they began their 'investment' is false in a number of ways. Bain Capital, which forced in-trouble companies to take out massive amounts of debt so Bain could get paid for their advice? That Bain Capital?  Like the Bain Capital that sold AMC theaters to the Chinese? You know, to keep America America?  http://goo.gl/arSYj Or Burger King: http://goo.gl/LVEAq Enter — ta-da! — private equity. In 2002,  Goldman Sachs , along with two private equity firms, TGP and ... hmmm ... Bain Capital , teamed up to buy Burger King. This is exactly the kind of situation private equity firms like to trumpet: taking over a downtrodden...