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zeemike

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11. that meme about a businessman knowing how to run things goes way back

Sun May 27, 2012, 06:10 PM

May 2012

I watched an old movie called Stagecoach...staring John Wayne in hi early career...and one of the men on the stage coach was a banker...who had filled his suitcase with money from the bank and was hi tailing it out of town...and he went into that speech about how this country needs a businessman to run it....the word have not changed at all...the same in 1936 as it is now.
But they have repeated so often that some believe it is true...even though there is no evidence at all that it is.

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Most businessmen shouldn't be running anything, including their own business. [View all] kentuck May 2012 OP

Merchants, Sir, Have Always Been Considered Base And Dis-Honorable Persons The Magistrate May 2012 #1

Yes Sir. kentuck May 2012 #3

They Were Classed With Actors and Prostitutes, Sir, In The Confucian Order The Magistrate May 2012 #4

And deserving of that high standing... kentuck May 2012 #6

Most of the businesspeople I have met are reactionary. Not all (I've actually met one real lefty in HiPointDem May 2012 #2

That's true, but even more importantly -- The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #5

Excellent points Ocelot! kentuck May 2012 #7

One of city's biggest auto repair shop owner super-liberal ErikJ May 2012 #8

Some of the best people I have worked with... kentuck May 2012 #9

That talking point has always disgusted me Scootaloo May 2012 #10

that meme about a businessman knowing how to run things goes way back zeemike May 2012 #11

PHBs Rule the Business World ThoughtCriminal May 2012 #12