Rachel Maddow puts the puzzle pieces of Herman Cain's campaign together, reveals an elaborate practi - Polidicks

I wish everyday americans participated in world events prediction markets.

[QUOTE=Xenocidebot;33146353]No, really. They have teams of people, the math is split up, a lot of it is preexisting shit, and an absolutely staggering amount of it is done via analysis software. If you ascribe any degree of intelligence to a corporate executive or banker then you don't know what their job actually is. In particular, being a CEO is almost a no-work affair depending on the company (and it also can be extremely intensive, but not everyone wants it to be or has that much personal investment in their job.) You act like most professions aren't by-the-numbers shit these days. Everything's been distilled to its core components, you have analysts in every field, and all you really have to do is know how graphs work and how to talk to people on the phone. The guys at the top aren't the ones making shit happen.[/QUOTE] I had a computer programming job, and my boss didn't know jack shit about computers yet I was getting barely more than minimum wage and she was driving a gas guzzling BMW SUV to work everyday. I think it's fair to say I was more intelligent and did more real work than her.

Owners of businesses get dumber and lazier the more people they have working for them, it seems. If you run your own restaurant or something and handle all the finances yourself and just have a few cooks and servers, you're likely extremely intelligent and hardworking. If you own a multinational corporation with thousands of employees around the globe, you hire people to do work for you so you end up doing nothing. Unfortunately the current economic climate is fucking over small business owners as well, in favour of executives in those huge corporations. It needs to change.

[QUOTE=Zeke129;33153107][b]Owners of businesses get dumber and lazier the more people they have working for them, it seems. [/b]If you run your own restaurant or something and handle all the finances yourself and just have a few cooks and servers, you're likely extremely intelligent and hardworking. If you own a multinational corporation with thousands of employees around the globe, you hire people to do work for you so you end up doing nothing. Unfortunately the current economic climate is fucking over small business owners as well, in favour of executives in those huge corporations. It needs to change.[/QUOTE] you don't even know the half of it, man.

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[QUOTE=Megafanx13;33146565]Try to imagine Vietnamese or Italian Conservatism.[/QUOTE] Oh, I know that there are just as bad if not worse conservatives elsewhere in the world, but I'd say it's a safe bet to assume the majority of non-US conservatives are at least a little better than their American counterparts. [editline]6th November 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Smug Bastard;33153906][img]http://www.facepunch.com/image.php?u=403303&dateline=1319685085[/img][/QUOTE] everything fits

I feel like his entire campaign is one long Onion article

[QUOTE=Protocol7;33153946]Oh, I know that there are just as bad if not worse conservatives elsewhere in the world, but I'd say it's a safe bet to assume the majority of non-US conservatives are at least a little better than their American counterparts.[/QUOTE] Key word being little.

Cain is fucking crazy, but I feel this is a little paranoid.

[QUOTE=An Armed Bear;33155260]Cain is fucking crazy, but I feel this is a little paranoid.[/QUOTE] I don't believe she really thinks it's a legitimate 'ha ha' joke, but to be fair, Cain makes it really hard to take his campaign seriously with all of his hilarious antics.