tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post8813378672431553682..comments2023-10-26T06:32:56.972-07:00Comments on Lost in America: Burger King Fleeing Military BasesA Modest Scriblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-76731512801325515472018-04-15T12:39:54.655-07:002018-04-15T12:39:54.655-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.James Franklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132936245680286067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-79159710114841099282014-09-01T14:27:56.646-07:002014-09-01T14:27:56.646-07:00Anon, you are obviously an Obamanite...one of thos...Anon, you are obviously an Obamanite...one of those creatures who have never worked, never had to meet a payroll and think, $2.50 more per hour per employee, times five days a week, 365 days a year, does not eat into a franchisee's ability to make a profit and stay in business.<br /><br />Drink that kool aid much?A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-10230175565512458742014-09-01T09:58:01.649-07:002014-09-01T09:58:01.649-07:00Wow, it's hard yo believe you have found a way...Wow, it's hard yo believe you have found a way to blame President Obama for Burger King fleeing Military bases to save a dime. How Un-American is it for a company to leave fleeing the soldiers that are out there fighting for their freedom? Your anger is misplaced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-5426707419659290922014-07-08T10:20:43.912-07:002014-07-08T10:20:43.912-07:00Two times they voted for change and they are getti...Two times they voted for change and they are getting CHANGE. They are changing from jobs to welfare. Back into slavery doing what the master says. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-50119643035627539102014-06-18T13:57:46.383-07:002014-06-18T13:57:46.383-07:00Mr. Klein, I am the author of this blog. While I ...Mr. Klein, I am the author of this blog. While I am perplexed as to why Burger King corporate retracted their announcement (perhaps the profit motive), here' s the link to the labor department's granting the franchises an exception to Obama's minimum wage edict. http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20140418/BENEFITS07/304180061/On-base-fast-food-outlets-get-temporary-reprieve-from-new-wage-rules<br />A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-91867187168606543302014-06-18T10:42:08.501-07:002014-06-18T10:42:08.501-07:00Anyone here have the source to backup the claim ab...Anyone here have the source to backup the claim about Burger King closing? I shared this link and got hammered by PolitiFact and BK's official statements (a very weak statement, but denies closure non-the-less.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867578579842100564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-88543630459385696892014-06-17T03:46:26.854-07:002014-06-17T03:46:26.854-07:00Thanks for your insight, nanamom. And thanks for ...Thanks for your insight, nanamom. And thanks for stopping by to visit. Hope your sons are safe now.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-49605702574627927052014-06-16T23:10:51.407-07:002014-06-16T23:10:51.407-07:00As I understand it, I Believe under the Clinton Ad...As I understand it, I Believe under the Clinton Administration, the mess halls were privatized and civilian cooks and staff were contracted. So when our troops went into Iraq and Afghanistan there were no Army cooks to provide meals for our troops. The civilian contractors only came in AFTER it was safe enough to bring civilians in. Up until such time the troops marching into Iraq and in Afghanistan were reliant on MRE's...NO regular cooked meals at all...NOT a very good deal for our troops. I remember my two sons complaining of this and yes I did get requests for certain food items not available to them!!nanamomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17423599720910929369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-65701472370810779162014-06-08T14:17:52.602-07:002014-06-08T14:17:52.602-07:00Sorry, Jerry Johnston. It is you who is wrong..an...Sorry, Jerry Johnston. It is you who is wrong..and you would have known that if you had done just five minutes of research. AAFES contracts with these fast food and other civilian commercial concerns and derives a share of the profits. You are ignoring the facts as have been reported in every publication from the New York Times to The Military Times. http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2014/04/02/fast-food-outlets-flee-military-bases-blame-wage-hike/ http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20140317/NEWS/303170027/Some-fast-food-outlets-closing-military-bases I could list another hundred references, but then why should I? on Burger King Fleeing Military Bases<br />A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-18372204820518757482014-06-08T10:00:32.435-07:002014-06-08T10:00:32.435-07:00This article is soooo untrue! AAFES operated Burge...This article is soooo untrue! AAFES operated Burger King's are direct operation (AAFES owns the franchise). As such, we already pay the minimum wage and therefore this will not affect AAFES Burger King's and other franchise operations that AAFES operates. The NEXCOM, on the other hand, is requesting exemption from this law.<br />jerry johnstonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-36765348350393053542014-06-07T00:39:18.401-07:002014-06-07T00:39:18.401-07:00Anon, that is more or less the purpose of my blog....Anon, that is more or less the purpose of my blog..it was Jefferson who said that, when so many of our citizens vote for what government can give them, then we have lost the Republic.<br /><br />That's your "tipping point" and Obama's 2012 victory clearly shows we've reached it.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-46747132878761195362014-06-06T21:14:44.914-07:002014-06-06T21:14:44.914-07:001) How many people focus on what is good for them ...1) How many people focus on what is good for them vs what is good for society? Good for them could mean feeding their family due to government support.<br />2) How many of the above group are now "dependent" on the government to focus on themselves... thing voters who will never change their minds<br />3) How many of the above have an impact on family members and friend in terms of how they vote?<br />4)Still here? If so... when do we reach the tipping point of where those voting are in the majority because they are either 1) depending on the government per my earlier definition or 2) because they support their friends or family members who rely on the government OR.. they see they are headed this direction? My math says we are close and have already reached this tipping point. This would mean apathy or activism do not matter as much as the "what is in it for me" human nature does.<br /><br />All empires fall... the US may be the shortest in historyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-57128472142529170342014-06-06T19:02:37.324-07:002014-06-06T19:02:37.324-07:00I agree, anon...politicians only do what we allow ...I agree, anon...politicians only do what we allow them to get away with. Apathy is the greatest threat to our freedom.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-84567080566460244872014-06-06T17:50:35.824-07:002014-06-06T17:50:35.824-07:00WELL ! frankly wish that people would stand up and...WELL ! frankly wish that people would stand up and write their Senators and Congressman to STOP all these atrosities and lies coming from the White House. This last one sending Those 5 criminals back to alquida so they can kill more Americans and other peoples in the world who don't agree with them Is AWFUL!!!! He just made America See<br />m Weak again! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-43134282984704508792014-06-04T12:17:02.583-07:002014-06-04T12:17:02.583-07:00I agree Wiley...and the banks are still getting wh...I agree Wiley...and the banks are still getting what they want with 0 percent and fractions of a percent interest at the Fed's discount window, who then turn around and charge 15% for a charge card.<br /><br />And all that quantitative easing crap is just a way to falsify what is really happening to our currency under the counter.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-36222485286919854732014-06-04T11:21:33.424-07:002014-06-04T11:21:33.424-07:00Glass-Steagall may have still been law when the **...Glass-Steagall may have still been law when the **** hit the fan, but it was effectively negated by the 1999 Gramm/Leach/Bliley Act. Those protections requiring separation of depositor's funds and investment funds had been in place since the 30's. Agree 100% the gov't could/should have done more but it seems the die had bet cast and the bankers had already got what they wanted. I'm still amazed nobody went to jail over what happened next. Wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12764961259443754719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-71146265782934247382014-06-04T11:12:01.973-07:002014-06-04T11:12:01.973-07:00Slow down there, Scribler... Glass-Steagal was sig...Slow down there, Scribler... Glass-Steagal was signed into law on Clinton's watch, but it was a bipartisan vote that got it done. (thanks Congress) And the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act which neutralized G-S was written by 3 Republicans. And the housing loan issue is not nearly as black & white as you try to make it. The intent of that legislation was to help *more* folks own homes, not *everybody* (simply because not everyone can afford a home). There's plenty of blame to go around all the way up the mortgage chain, and lots of folks in the finance industry took advantage of that legislation to make fat commissions off of interest-only loans and securities sold as low-risk investments. Wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12764961259443754719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-52584681897363736142014-06-04T10:33:00.630-07:002014-06-04T10:33:00.630-07:00Wiley, thanks for your comments. I'll accept ...Wiley, thanks for your comments. I'll accept the hits for any hyperbole you might have detected. However, Glass-Stegal was not repealed by Clinton, nor a vote by Congress. It was still in effect when the house of cards came tumbling down.<br /><br />As to Fanny and Freddie Mac all one needs to do is go back the last five years and look at the staggering hundreds of billions of dollars the taxpayer has had to put out to cover bad loans. Yes, those dastardly bankers have their share of sin....but the bottom line is that big gov could have stepped in at any time and said "we ain't backing up no-doc loans, no down loans..or any loans where the borrower's credit profile and income do not meet minimum standards.<br /><br />A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-44659998237716740002014-06-04T10:22:03.526-07:002014-06-04T10:22:03.526-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12764961259443754719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-49272397522239990752014-06-04T08:54:22.130-07:002014-06-04T08:54:22.130-07:00Anon, they don't march against the White House...Anon, they don't march against the White House for the same reason he got re-elected...apathy. There simply aren't enough Americans involved in the political process these days and they are being trampled by liberal dictatorship as a result.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-68735342330201893272014-06-04T07:15:33.853-07:002014-06-04T07:15:33.853-07:00why isn't he impeached , why doesn't Ameri...why isn't he impeached , why doesn't American march against THE WHITE HOUSE <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-48491126410377525592014-06-03T10:58:39.578-07:002014-06-03T10:58:39.578-07:00Why doesn't anyone talk about the REAL issue?
...Why doesn't anyone talk about the REAL issue?<br /><br />The Federal Reserve Bank (club of private bankers) monetary policies of devaluing the dollar, by printing trillions more, makes our dollars worth-less... <br /><br />If they were not infusing $65 BILLION each month in quantitative easing (whatever that means) then our food, gas, electricity would not be rising.<br /><br />And our 401K's, Union Pensions, Savings Accounts, and equity investments would still be "WORTH" something... Don't you realize that the 30% rise in the stock market only reveals the TRUE devaluation of our DOLLAR.<br /><br />Now, lets talk about why the FEDS need to raise the minimum wage... BECAUSE THEIR POLICIES ARE MAKING OUR DOLLARS WORTH-LESS.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-70741001656134337832014-06-01T19:51:14.534-07:002014-06-01T19:51:14.534-07:00From Canada Free Press:
As the fast and furious g...From Canada Free Press:<br /><br />As the fast and furious gutting of the US Treasury’s current and future funds continue, all too many Republicans have closed their eyes to the destruction of the US economy that has been so ably affected by Democrat leadership. Democrats began the house-of-cards-failures that started the nationwide close-to-collapse of the US economy with their Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac personal slush funds debacles.<br /><br />Note: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (which are responsible for thousands of bad-paper subprime and ARM mortgages that Democrat leadership forced upon banks) have been run by Democrats for decades and are used to fund predominantly Democrat political leaders—including very large contributions to Democrats Christopher Dodd, Barack Obama and John Kerry. If banks balked at carrying these bad loans to be given to patently unqualified borrowers, they were threatened with failure to follow the Democrat-passed CRA or “Community Reinvestment Act.” The CRA, which was begun under President Carter and expanded to even include illegal aliens during the Clinton Administration, forces banks to lend to home buyers ill-equipped to pay anyone back for anything—let alone a mortgage payment. Observations: Deaf ears followed closed eyes as even many Republicans marked their ballots for the Democrat Messiah. From his miserable ‘I-won’t-say-anything-truthful-if-it’s-negative-about my-opponent’s campaign, it appears that McCain may have also voted for Obama.<br /><br />The failures of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—oddly timed to influence the 2008 general elections in favor of Democrats—also negatively affected worldwide banking institutions that were leveraged with the bad loans. And, as has become all too typical of late, too many of the American people bought the Democrat lie “It’s the Republicans fault” when reality proves just the opposite. After the seemingly carefully plotted and implemented demise of the mortgage banking industry, the gutting of the US economy began. Citing ‘we can’t wait for anyone to look at the bailout language—we have to have taxpayers’ money now!’ Secretary of the Treasury Henry “Hank” Paulson appears to have carried out one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) scams in history. Note: Paulson and Company’s $700B-$100T scam surpasses Bernard L. Madoff’s $50B Ponzi scheme by a huge margin. And wasn’t it Paulson who promised that he would set up a website showing where all of the bailout monies were going? Thus far, there has been no website showing such accountability. Then, to add insult to injury, the US auto industry jumped in to claim their “rights” to a bailout and now the highly speculative-by-nature Real Estate Development industry is demanding its piece of the bailout pie! Soon the summary annihilation of our treasury will be complete—when most or all of our money is gone and has been placed in the pockets of politicians and their willing minions. In the meantime—as it now appears capitalism has ended—I’m demanding my bailout too. But, I’m not nearly as greedy as are the others. A few million dollars should do.<br /><br />A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-15164471447785571802014-06-01T19:47:09.758-07:002014-06-01T19:47:09.758-07:00From The Liberal Huffington Post on Obama's cu...From The Liberal Huffington Post on Obama's current Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen:<br /><br />WASHINGTON -- Following President Barack Obama's failed effort to install his former economic adviser Larry Summers as Federal Reserve chairman, Janet Yellen, the central bank's vice chair, has emerged as the frontrunner to succeed Ben Bernanke in the Fed's top spot. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and dozens of other Democrats in both the House and Senate have endorsed Yellen to be the next Fed Chair.<br /><br />While supporting Yellen has become a cause célèbre for progressives opposed to Summers' regulatory hostilities, Yellen supported a host of economic policies during the Clinton era that have since become broadly unpopular. She backed the repeal of the landmark Glass-Steagall bank reform and she supported the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement. She also pressured the government to develop a new statistical metric intended to lower payments to senior citizens on Social Security.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-41755428400720264402014-06-01T19:39:53.502-07:002014-06-01T19:39:53.502-07:00Bill Clinton interview on ABC news:
By Evan Harr...Bill Clinton interview on ABC news:<br /><br /><br />By Evan Harris<br />Apr 17, 2010 7:20pm<br />In my EXCLUSIVE “This Week” interview, I asked former President Bill Clinton if he thought he got bad advice on regulating complex financial instruments known as derivatives from his former Treasury Secretaries, Robert Rubin and Larry Summers. He acknowledged that he was wrong to take the advice of those advising him against regulating derivatives. <br />(Note: please see update at the bottom of this post.)<br />“On derivatives, yeah I think they were wrong and I think I was wrong to take [their advice] because the argument on derivatives was that these things are expensive and sophisticated and only a handful of investors will buy them and they don’t need any extra protection, and any extra transparency. The money they’re putting up guarantees them transparency,” Clinton told me.<br />“And the flaw in that argument,” Clinton added, “was that first of all sometimes people with a lot of money make stupid decisions and make it without transparency.”<br />The former President also said he was also wrong about understanding the consequences if the derivatives market tanked. “The most important flaw was even if less than 1 percent of the total investment community is involved in derivative exchanges, so much money was involved that if they went bad, they could affect a 100 percent of the investments, and indeed a 100 percent of the citizens in countries, not investors, and I was wrong about that.”A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.com