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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Friday, September 30, 2005

Re: Re: Buying American

Andy responded: The retail & manufacturing execs didn't help making people jobless; we did. Let's place blame on the right people here. The execs did what they had to do to stay in business.

Yes, we did help. But so did the execs — if we're blaming, let's spread it fairly. To 'stay in business' or to keep factories open, have furniture or retail execs chosen to take a pay cut in their exorbitant salaries? Are they more concerned about helping shareholders than their own employees? I don't know, I'm just asking.

Soon we'll be nothing but importers and makers of stuff not worth shipping from overseas — or makers of stuff we don't have time to wait for. Pretty sad.

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