Barack Obama's "somebody else made that happen" speech last week -- in which he essentially said that government helps create the conditions for markets to thrive -- has now, in the hands of Mitt Romney, been molded into this much grander thing: "To say what he said is to say that Steve Jobs didn't build Apple Computer or that Bill Gates didn't build Microsoft or that Henry Ford didn't build Ford Motor Company or that Ray Croc didn't build McDonald's or that Papa John's didn't build Papa John's Pizza." If one of those things doesn't look like the others, well, look, Papa John's
Looks like maybe <a href="http:\/\/www.jewishencyclopedia.com\/articles\/6808-gopher-wood" target="_blank">t3h Jewz</a> are in slight disagreement with the &#039;vangies over how to interpret that ;)
The wealth Bill leveraged to turn Microsoft into a success was available to him at least in part because his father attended a State university with GI Bill subsidies. Clearly, the government had <em>nothing</em> to do with it!
HuffPo does that to you if you&#039;re thinking bad thoughts. Wonket does it if you&#039;re <em>not</em>, which is why it&#039;s rare.
Don&#039;t forget that he developed the shipping methods necessary to stock all of his stores and the preservation methods to keep that tomato sauce and cheese &quot;fresh&quot; during shipping. I&#039;m pretty sure one of those chemicals at the end of the ingredients lists on canned food is named after him.
He also founded the independent agency which tests both his ingredients and his end-products so that customers can be confident they won&#039;t get sick from eating his pizzas. He went to great lengths that farmers would have sufficient confidence that they&#039;d be able to cover their costs that they&#039;d go ahead and grow stuff. Moreover, he personally discovered and drilled the oil needed to fuel the delivery vehicles both for ingredients and pizzas (and also necessary to get his employees to the kitchen).
When Henry Ford started building cars, we were essential an agrian society. The majority of people lived and worked on farms.
And, as Old Henry pointed out, you can&#039;t fix a dead horse with a wrench.
With the advent of the automobile working people could afford, the government began to build roads and bridges. A tractor is helpful on a farm, but a car or truck won&#039;t do you a whole heck of a lot of good unless you have roads to drive on.
Gov. Huey Long in Louisiana realized the economy couldn&#039;t improve until farmers could bring their produce to market, and he began building bridges (lots and lots of rivers and swamps in LA) to make that possible.
Ray Kroc wouldn&#039;t have sold hamburgers from restaurants off the freeways unless there were freeways.
You shot a unicorn in your pants?
I don&#039;t want Scott Walker to live on this planet anymore.
(With votes, of course)
Well, Jewishness descends matrilineally, so hmmm.
Golf clap. Nicely done.
Looks like maybe <a href="http:\/\/www.jewishencyclopedia.com\/articles\/6808-gopher-wood" target="_blank">t3h Jewz</a> are in slight disagreement with the &#039;vangies over how to interpret that ;)
He would have had trouble getting an elephant into one of those little elevator cars.
Increased demand for intravaginal wands and drug tests ?
Interesting.
The wealth Bill leveraged to turn Microsoft into a success was available to him at least in part because his father attended a State university with GI Bill subsidies. Clearly, the government had <em>nothing</em> to do with it!
Protected us when conflagrations and natural disasters strike.
Notice how the authors of the fucking bible couldn&#039;t have been bothered to even give them <i>names</i>?
Edit: Apostrophe fail
HuffPo does that to you if you&#039;re thinking bad thoughts. Wonket does it if you&#039;re <em>not</em>, which is why it&#039;s rare.
Don&#039;t forget that he developed the shipping methods necessary to stock all of his stores and the preservation methods to keep that tomato sauce and cheese &quot;fresh&quot; during shipping. I&#039;m pretty sure one of those chemicals at the end of the ingredients lists on canned food is named after him.
He also founded the independent agency which tests both his ingredients and his end-products so that customers can be confident they won&#039;t get sick from eating his pizzas. He went to great lengths that farmers would have sufficient confidence that they&#039;d be able to cover their costs that they&#039;d go ahead and grow stuff. Moreover, he personally discovered and drilled the oil needed to fuel the delivery vehicles both for ingredients and pizzas (and also necessary to get his employees to the kitchen).
Busy man, that Papa John.
Where&#039;d he get the wood?
When Henry Ford started building cars, we were essential an agrian society. The majority of people lived and worked on farms.
And, as Old Henry pointed out, you can&#039;t fix a dead horse with a wrench.
With the advent of the automobile working people could afford, the government began to build roads and bridges. A tractor is helpful on a farm, but a car or truck won&#039;t do you a whole heck of a lot of good unless you have roads to drive on.
Gov. Huey Long in Louisiana realized the economy couldn&#039;t improve until farmers could bring their produce to market, and he began building bridges (lots and lots of rivers and swamps in LA) to make that possible.
Ray Kroc wouldn&#039;t have sold hamburgers from restaurants off the freeways unless there were freeways.
Also, invented the currency you use to purchase pizzas, which he then uses to purchase ingredients and pay employees (and hookers).
He also hand-wired the phones you use to call in your order.
Mrs. Noah?