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6. We have once again failed our corporate overlords

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 04:59 PM

Dec 2011

Beatings will continue, as morale has not improved. Say what you will about the North Koreans and their allegedly staged outpourings of grief at news of the death of Kim Jong Il (or, if you're Rick Perry, Kim Jong II), at least they know what's expected of them, and they deliver. Clearly the consumer public in the United States has not yet learned to go even further into debt to satisfy the demands of the supply side class, and re-education is badly needed.

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USA Today: Holiday sales fail to dazzle [View all] marmar Dec 2011 OP

Our families exchanged almost no presents this year. onehandle Dec 2011 #1

i heard that it was up FOUR PERCENT....if that were bu$h* the recession would be over. media spin. spanone Dec 2011 #2

I heard the same thing. GoCubsGo Dec 2011 #4

yep spanone Dec 2011 #5

I recently heard a pundit claim... yella_dawg Dec 2011 #8

that statistic is in this USA Today article as well Enrique Dec 2011 #9

Stores around here donco Dec 2011 #3

We have once again failed our corporate overlords gratuitous Dec 2011 #6

I found the stores to be very crowded last week bluestateguy Dec 2011 #7

"USA Today" would know, better than almost anybody. RUMMYisFROSTED Dec 2011 #10

How the fuck could they expect great news when over 8% of the population WCGreen Dec 2011 #11

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