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		Virginia jewelry store owner closes for one day to mourn re-election of Obama, a "president who seeks my demise." Stay tuned for the follow-up interview where a jewelry store owner complains about losing a day's worth of business because of Obama (wtop.com)		118
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mytdawg		2012-11-08 02:53:25 PM

groppet		2012-11-08 02:53:37 PM

Cythraul: Khellendros: Cythraul: More post-election insane depression.

The child of my cousin, a ten year old girl, woke up from a nightmare last night crying, saying she was terrified that Obama was going to ruin the country. A ten year old. It's probably relevant that my cousin is co-owner of a sleazy predatory lending company, and Republican.

That's when you know you're a terrible parent - your child has a terrifying nightmare about a moderate politician being reelected.

Who knows what they're filling that poor child's head with. The kid was born into a millionaire family, and has very little to worry about. Yet, the re-election of a moderate President is for some reason terrifying. She probably has been told, or thinks that Obama is going to take away her Mom and Dad's business, or some other such nonsense.

Thats weird as hell growing up my parents would never stress me out with politics. I remember asking them about the Carter/Regan election and them talking to me about it but nothing like "Oh he is the devil and the country will go to hell if he is elected". We would talk about the questions and other things that were voted on and they would explain to me either way what would happen. But damn nightmares thats effed up.

Mach10		2012-11-08 02:53:51 PM

Butthurt republican deepthroating sour grapes and behaving like an emotionally delayed 7 year old? After a fair election?

dl.dropbox.com

Prank Call of Cthulhu		2012-11-08 02:53:55 PM

Rev. Skarekroe:

http://whitepeoplemourningromney.tumblr.com/

I feel saddest about the cake.

I wouldn't. It was probably some really bland "vanilla" cake with icing that's just confectioner's sugar and Crisco. This is Romney supporters we're talking about.

Shadow Blasko		2012-11-08 02:54:34 PM

This guy is a moron.

If he thinks that Obama is going to trash the economy he should be happy.

When the world goes to shiat... moderately well-off people buy jewelry to show that they still CAN buy jewelry.

When the world is doing great.. previously poor people buy jewelry... to show that they can.

Unless the economy collapses completely to the "10 days from cannibalism" level, he's gonna be fine if he knows what he is doing.

/worked for a mid-level jewelry shop for a decade.

limeyfellow		2012-11-08 02:54:34 PM

We got bin Laden, so who 'snext on the list?

Well Mr. President, there is that farkwit with the jewellery store in Bedford.

Good choice! Send a drone straight over there.

hammettman		2012-11-08 02:55:08 PM

coxinha: "Lyons will reopen tomorrow to continue the fight against a president who seeks my demise."

Fighting with jewelry. Sounds fabulous.

I'm sure he misses the George Bush "Go shopping" commands decreed as official policy.

Headso		2012-11-08 02:55:51 PM

Thunderpipes: Carn: I saw one post on facebook mentioned that California raised taxes on the wealthiest people there to 13% (from 10%) and that there will probably be fewer millionaires in California soon. Won't somebody please think of the millionaires? I really think this wealth worship is a disease.

CA is underfunded on its state pensions to the tune of 300 BILLION dollars and rising. Not sure if CA is a model of how we should do things.

the reddest states have the fattest and most poverty ridden populations, probably not the way to go either.

nytmare		2012-11-08 02:55:59 PM

Meanwhile across the street, a different store owner closes for one day to celebrate re-election of Obama.

_{/mourning -- you're doing it wrong}

syzygy whizz		2012-11-08 02:58:07 PM

coxinha: "Lyons will reopen tomorrow to continue the fight against a president who seeks my demise."

Fighting with jewelry. Sounds fabulous.

The President personally seeks his demise.

Bit of an inflated sense of self-importance there, wot?

dennysgod		2012-11-08 03:00:11 PM

These kind of people are what's wrong with America.

Satanic_Hamster		2012-11-08 03:00:42 PM

WDBJ-TV ( http://bit.ly/T4M7vD) reports one sign read "Lyons will reopen tomorrow to continue the fight against a president who seeks my demise."

Yeah dude, some how I doubt the President even knows you exist, much less plots your demise. And if he was plotting your demise, you'd already be dead. Get over yourself, Francis.

hammettman		2012-11-08 03:02:13 PM

BomberPilot: And the Dow is down @400 points since Tuesday: change we can believe in!

Thnx #BO

DOW is up 4,876 since he took office almost 4 years ago during freefall.

Thnx #BO

mytdawg		2012-11-08 03:02:55 PM

Satanic_Hamster: WDBJ-TV ( http://bit.ly/T4M7vD) reports one sign read "Lyons will reopen tomorrow to continue the fight against a president who seeks my demise."

Yeah dude, some how I doubt the President even knows you exist, much less plots your demise. And if he was plotting your demise, you'd already be dead. Get over yourself, Francis.

He's got them there mooslim drones I hear.

Carn		2012-11-08 03:07:28 PM

jwest13		2012-11-08 03:08:05 PM

I didn't even have to close my store and I've lost what is now my 2nd days worth of business in this post election glow...
Nobody's sending flowers to celebrate this moment in American history!?!?!

If only I could take Food Stamps for payment...

dustygrimp		2012-11-08 03:09:20 PM

mytdawg: As JOB CREATORS, the White Wealthy and being as we're much more important than you could ever hope to be we'd just like to say to middle America - Thanks for selling us out you bastards.

Oh we'll still really run the country, we'll still be making money by the fistfulls and moving it offshore and we'll still have better lives than you but it won't be as good as it could have been. We could have been whiter and wealthier if not for you socialist farks.

Thanks for nothing!

:-)

NutWrench		2012-11-08 03:09:56 PM

"Lyons will reopen tomorrow to continue the fight against a president who seeks my demise."

I think the demise of his business is inevitable no matter who gets elected President.

Pants full of macaroni!!		2012-11-08 03:11:34 PM

It's true - stuff's gonna start 'splodin' any day now.....

MagnesDrachen		2012-11-08 03:13:21 PM

Oh, you whining little farks. The other guy won, get over it. Finish crying, change your diaper, man the fark up , and quit biatching.

You sell shiny stuff in Virginia, you'll be fine.

ChipNASA		2012-11-08 03:14:26 PM

Rev. Skarekroe: Prank Call of Cthulhu: you are a puppet: ChipNASA: [p.twimg.com image 462x350]

12/10

Needs more "White people"

Here you go. More sad white people than the Dale Earnhardt funeral.

http://whitepeoplemourningromney.tumblr.com/

I feel saddest about the cake.

THE CAKE WAS A LIE!!!!!

25.media.tumblr.com

/had to be said.
//BO? Really don't care.

ciberido		2012-11-08 03:16:37 PM

syzygy whizz: coxinha: "Lyons will reopen tomorrow to continue the fight against a president who seeks my demise."

Fighting with jewelry. Sounds fabulous.

The President personally seeks his demise.

Bit of an inflated sense of self-importance there, wot?

Satanic_Hamster: WDBJ-TV ( http://bit.ly/T4M7vD) reports one sign read "Lyons will reopen tomorrow to continue the fight against a president who seeks my demise."

Yeah dude, some how I doubt the President even knows you exist, much less plots your demise. And if he was plotting your demise, you'd already be dead. Get over yourself, Francis.

I assume he means it rhetorically, as in "The demise of the small-business owner" or something like that. I'm guessing (hoping) he doesn't actually think Obama is after him personally. The former is just run-of-the-mill hyperconservative rhetoric. If the latter, he needs to seek counselling before he becomes a danger to himself or others.

ciberido		2012-11-08 03:17:53 PM

Pants full of macaroni!!: [img.photobucket.com image 600x387]

It's true - stuff's gonna start 'splodin' any day now.....

Obama. Obama never changes.

Better stock up on Radaway and Vault jumpsuits.

Thunderpipes		2012-11-08 03:18:24 PM

Carn: Thunderpipes: Carn: I saw one post on facebook mentioned that California raised taxes on the wealthiest people there to 13% (from 10%) and that there will probably be fewer millionaires in California soon. Won't somebody please think of the millionaires? I really think this wealth worship is a disease.

CA is underfunded on its state pensions to the tune of 300 BILLION dollars and rising. Not sure if CA is a model of how we should do things.

So, raising taxes is bad then?

You are aware there is a lot of migration out of CA by business and people with any kind of money, right? It is getting downright nasty there.

Carn		2012-11-08 03:21:47 PM

Thunderpipes: Carn: Thunderpipes: Carn: I saw one post on facebook mentioned that California raised taxes on the wealthiest people there to 13% (from 10%) and that there will probably be fewer millionaires in California soon. Won't somebody please think of the millionaires? I really think this wealth worship is a disease.

CA is underfunded on its state pensions to the tune of 300 BILLION dollars and rising. Not sure if CA is a model of how we should do things.

So, raising taxes is bad then?

You are aware there is a lot of migration out of CA by business and people with any kind of money, right? It is getting downright nasty there.

Ok. What is the solution then?

Pants full of macaroni!!		2012-11-08 03:21:53 PM

ciberido: I'm guessing (hoping) he doesn't actually think Obama is after him personally.

My company's CEO believes Obama is after him personally.

Thunderpipes		2012-11-08 03:23:02 PM

LA Times article about the exodus from CA.

Link

The proportion of Californians who had moved here from out of state reached a 100-year low of about 20% in 2010, and the decade measured by the most recent census was the first in a century in which the majority of Californians were native-born.

The demographics of California today more closely resemble those of 1900 than of 1950: It is a mostly home-grown population, whose future depends on the children of immigrants and their children, said William Frey, a demographer and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Future is not very bright for CA, and raising taxes all you want won't put a dent in the budget issues, and will just slow the economy more and create migration out. Kind of like what Obama is doing nationally.

Carn		2012-11-08 03:26:39 PM

Thunderpipes: LA Times article about the exodus from CA.

Link

The proportion of Californians who had moved here from out of state reached a 100-year low of about 20% in 2010, and the decade measured by the most recent census was the first in a century in which the majority of Californians were native-born.

The demographics of California today more closely resemble those of 1900 than of 1950: It is a mostly home-grown population, whose future depends on the children of immigrants and their children, said William Frey, a demographer and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Future is not very bright for CA, and raising taxes all you want won't put a dent in the budget issues, and will just slow the economy more and create migration out. Kind of like what Obama is doing nationally.

So.. what is the solution then?

cashman		2012-11-08 03:28:32 PM

Smith & Wesson's stock is also up about 10% since Tuesday,. . . ;-)

reklamfox		2012-11-08 03:33:59 PM

GRCooper: He'll probably have a line of folks tomorrow when he opens.

/crazy like a fox
//I'm about 10 miles from the store

Sigh. My boyfriends parents live 5 minutes from this place. What a shame, Bedford is a gorgeous place but gets such a bad name because of the crazies.

Nogale		2012-11-08 03:40:01 PM

It would be fun to go into the store, take up tons of time trying on expensive pieces, and then ask why she was closed. When she answers, reply that you're on a one-day shopping moratorium.

vudukungfu		2012-11-08 03:57:06 PM

I need to call this shop when I get home and ask him if he sells jewelry to black people.

Bobo_Spiewack		2012-11-08 04:07:59 PM

GRCooper: He'll probably have a line of folks tomorrow when he opens.

/crazy like a fox
//I'm about 10 miles from the store

I hope the majority are gay couples looking for engagement rings and maps to Frederick MD. Head; asplode.

Zeb Hesselgresser		2012-11-08 04:10:35 PM

Carn: Thunderpipes: LA Times article about the exodus from CA.

Link

The proportion of Californians who had moved here from out of state reached a 100-year low of about 20% in 2010, and the decade measured by the most recent census was the first in a century in which the majority of Californians were native-born.

The demographics of California today more closely resemble those of 1900 than of 1950: It is a mostly home-grown population, whose future depends on the children of immigrants and their children, said William Frey, a demographer and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Future is not very bright for CA, and raising taxes all you want won't put a dent in the budget issues, and will just slow the economy more and create migration out. Kind of like what Obama is doing nationally.

So.. what is the solution then?

Pain. Lots and lots of economic pain. I had to hear a dozen Pols tell me this year, "there is no magic pill". There isn't. But while we let the genius block mull it over, some people have suggested, 'when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging'.

Thunderpipes		2012-11-08 04:10:52 PM

Carn: Thunderpipes: LA Times article about the exodus from CA.

Link

The proportion of Californians who had moved here from out of state reached a 100-year low of about 20% in 2010, and the decade measured by the most recent census was the first in a century in which the majority of Californians were native-born.

The demographics of California today more closely resemble those of 1900 than of 1950: It is a mostly home-grown population, whose future depends on the children of immigrants and their children, said William Frey, a demographer and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Future is not very bright for CA, and raising taxes all you want won't put a dent in the budget issues, and will just slow the economy more and create migration out. Kind of like what Obama is doing nationally.

So.. what is the solution then?

Cut spending, drastically, simplify the tax code and make it more business friendly. Gut the unions, kill the pensions.

Bullseyed		2012-11-08 04:14:43 PM

Khellendros: Cythraul: More post-election insane depression.

The child of my cousin, a ten year old girl, woke up from a nightmare last night crying, saying she was terrified that Obama was going to ruin the country. A ten year old. It's probably relevant that my cousin is co-owner of a sleazy predatory lending company, and Republican.

That's when you know you're a terrible parent - your child has a terrifying nightmare about a moderate politician being reelected.

Nice try kid.

Bullseyed		2012-11-08 04:16:02 PM

solitary: Fifth graders at my kids' school said they were sorry that Obama was re-elected because he is going to raise taxes and outlaw junk food in schools.

He'll raise taxes and make Doritos a vegetable.

KatjaMouse		2012-11-08 04:22:10 PM

So... Colbert wasn't doing an exaggerated caricature last night? These people actually exist?

Bullseyed		2012-11-08 04:23:36 PM

Headso: Thunderpipes: Carn: I saw one post on facebook mentioned that California raised taxes on the wealthiest people there to 13% (from 10%) and that there will probably be fewer millionaires in California soon. Won't somebody please think of the millionaires? I really think this wealth worship is a disease.

CA is underfunded on its state pensions to the tune of 300 BILLION dollars and rising. Not sure if CA is a model of how we should do things.

the reddest states have the fattest and most poverty ridden populations, probably not the way to go either.

So wait you're saying that the poor people vote against stealing other people's money?

Those states only show up as "poor" because they've got more people farming their own food so they don't need money. Cell coverage is weak so they don't need iPhones. They're hard working so they don't need TV.

Pharque-it		2012-11-08 04:27:34 PM

Thunderpipes: Carn: Thunderpipes: LA Times article about the exodus from CA.

Link

The proportion of Californians who had moved here from out of state reached a 100-year low of about 20% in 2010, and the decade measured by the most recent census was the first in a century in which the majority of Californians were native-born.

The demographics of California today more closely resemble those of 1900 than of 1950: It is a mostly home-grown population, whose future depends on the children of immigrants and their children, said William Frey, a demographer and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Future is not very bright for CA, and raising taxes all you want won't put a dent in the budget issues, and will just slow the economy more and create migration out. Kind of like what Obama is doing nationally.

So.. what is the solution then?

Cut spending, drastically, simplify the tax code and make it more business friendly. Gut the unions, kill the pensions.

Get the money back from the 1%-ers somehow. Get the money back to the people who made them rich in the first place.

ChipNASA		2012-11-08 04:28:30 PM

I'll just leave this here for future reference:

i.imgur.com

Headso		2012-11-08 04:34:24 PM

Bullseyed: Headso: Thunderpipes: Carn: I saw one post on facebook mentioned that California raised taxes on the wealthiest people there to 13% (from 10%) and that there will probably be fewer millionaires in California soon. Won't somebody please think of the millionaires? I really think this wealth worship is a disease.

CA is underfunded on its state pensions to the tune of 300 BILLION dollars and rising. Not sure if CA is a model of how we should do things.

the reddest states have the fattest and most poverty ridden populations, probably not the way to go either.

So wait you're saying that the poor people vote against stealing other people's money?

Those states only show up as "poor" because they've got more people farming their own food so they don't need money. Cell coverage is weak so they don't need iPhones. They're hard working so they don't need TV.

red state ideology leads to obesity and poverty, book it done.

JasonThomasX		2012-11-08 04:39:21 PM

Some people are so farking stupid

/too many people

draa		2012-11-08 04:45:15 PM

Prank Call of Cthulhu: you are a puppet: ChipNASA: [p.twimg.com image 462x350]

12/10

Needs more "White people"

Here you go. More sad white people than the Dale Earnhardt funeral.

http://whitepeoplemourningromney.tumblr.com/

That site just made my farking day. Yes, I love laughing at their misery and now they know how I felt when I lost my business in 2008 thanks to Republican incompetence. Screw them allllllllllll.

DeathCipris		2012-11-08 04:49:50 PM

harrym		2012-11-08 04:58:45 PM

Prank Call of Cthulhu: you are a puppet: ChipNASA: [p.twimg.com image 462x350]

12/10

Needs more "White people"

Here you go. More sad white people than the Dale Earnhardt funeral.

http://whitepeoplemourningromney.tumblr.com/

I went through all 8 pages of pictures. Not a single-non-white face in the bunch. Even the cake was white.

RobSeace		2012-11-08 05:02:39 PM

devilEther: I see gun sales are skyrocketing since Obama's re-election. fricken lunatics

You just know every sane gun store owner voted for Obama, because they knew their business would skyrocket thanks to these loonies... Obama: the best thing to happen to gun and ammo sellers ever!

/And, the only gun-related laws he's passed have actually loosened restrictions on them!
//Thoroughly delusional crazy-assed motherfarkers, these people...

stevarooni		2012-11-08 05:06:25 PM

RobSeace: /And, the only gun-related laws he's passed have actually loosened restrictions on them!
//Thoroughly delusional crazy-assed motherfarkers, these people...

...though he did, by fiat, cause more extensive reporting of long arm sales to the ATF on the border states than is currently required by law.

CJHardin		2012-11-08 05:21:30 PM

I'm not normally this way, but I just endured a lot of butthurt on my facebook feed today. I actually have relatives and friends praying for end times now and calling other Christians ignorant for not voting Romney. One even advocated people blowing their brains out now rather than surrendering to the inevitable concentration camp he would end up in. I can't make this shiat up.

Keep it classy Christians.

Keizer_Ghidorah		2012-11-08 05:40:00 PM

I thought that small businesses had a lot of positive things passed for them the last few years. Why are they still terrified that he's going to destroy them?

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