# Dannel Malloy is an Greedy, Insensitive Individual **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 29, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041 "2013-11-29T01:34:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/21 "2013-11-29T18:35:31Z")
Why does the OP hate Freedom? The State has had its jackboot heel on the necks of business for too long! The governor is a True Patriot for returning Freedom to businesses to engage in Commerce! The OP is obviously some kind of Socialist! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/22 "2013-11-29T19:48:04Z")
This is the dumbest OP that I have read in a while for a few reasons. Does the Governor of CT even have the power to unilaterally declare that all stores in his State have to close on a certain day? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/23 "2013-11-29T19:57:24Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > This is the dumbest OP that I have read in a while for a few reasons. Does the Governor of CT even have the power to unilaterally declare that all stores in his State have to close on a certain day? Mass, Maine and RI, I think, all expanded existing blue laws, by governor’s fiat, to do just that. CT’s governor chose not to. > **[HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News](https://www.huffpost.com/)** > > Read the latest headlines, news stories, and opinion from Politics, Entertainment, Life, Perspectives, and more. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/24 "2013-11-29T19:57:27Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > This is the dumbest OP that I have read in a while for a few reasons. Does the Governor of CT even have the power to unilaterally declare that all stores in his State have to close on a certain day? Malloy is the go-to hater’s target around these parts. Not without reason, but not always with reasoning. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/25 "2013-11-29T19:57:50Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > You realize [only 3 states](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/26/thanksgiving-shopping-ban_n_4346023.html) banned Black Thursday, right? News to me. Three states too many. I hate this black friday shit, and black thursday is even dumber, but the government should not be involved. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/26 "2013-11-29T20:04:58Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Mass, Maine and RI, I think, all expanded existing blue laws, by governor’s fiat, to do just that. CT’s governor chose not to. > > [HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/26/thanksgiving-shopping-ban_n_4346023.html) That may be true but that article doesn’t say that. It seems to imply that it has been the case for a while. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/27 "2013-11-29T20:07:01Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > That may be true but that article doesn’t say that. It seems to imply that it has been the case for a while. You’re right. That must have been in another article I read, or I misremembered. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/28 "2013-11-29T21:37:58Z")
The arguments here against Sunday alcohol sales were bizarre and nonsensical. So far, being able to buy demon rum for six hours on The Lord’s Day has not run any small package stores out of business or led to wholesale wantonness. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/29 "2013-11-29T22:59:40Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > I heard that people were complaining all over the local radio here. So people were calling a radio station that was operating on Thanksgiving and complaining to someone who was working on Thanksgiving about businesses that operate on Thanksgiving. Did someone at least think to send over a plate of food to the people on duty? Sorry if I sound a little cynical about this, but I’ve worked in broadcasting and health care – two of the many types of businesses where our customers would be outraged if we DID close on holidays. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/30 "2013-11-29T23:39:16Z")
No, they were complaining on Wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/31 "2013-11-29T23:43:55Z")
WAH THE GOVT DIDN’T BUTT ITS NOSE INTO OTHER PEOPEL’S BISNUESS If your parents care more about shopping than the holiday, pit them. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/32 "2013-11-29T23:50:43Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > WAH THE GOVT DIDN’T BUTT ITS NOSE INTO OTHER PEOPEL’S BISNUESS > > If your parents care more about shopping than the holiday, pit them. Like I said, I am more concerned about the workers. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/33 "2013-11-29T23:55:51Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > HA HAHAHHA…you’re cute. If a place is offering double time, or even time-and-a-half, I don’t think it’s a terrible injustice. Most places around here (grocery stores and the like) were paying time and a half–I asked several. Lots of people don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, or celebrate it on Friday or Saturday anyway (because of in-law conflicts or what have you). Since grocery stores tend to run a skeleton crew on Thanksgiving, anyway, it seems plausible that the handful of people who are there may feel like the chance to work for time and a half is actually a pretty good deal. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/34 "2013-11-30T00:09:57Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > Like I said, I am more concerned about the workers. You still haven’t explained how you expected Gov. Malloy to have done anything about it. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/35 "2013-11-30T00:17:03Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > Now, we aren’t having our Thanksgiving dinner with another family until tomorrow because my parents (and parents of the other family) didn’t want to miss out on deals. And this, as you imagine, probably happened to lots of families. I’m pretty sure i know who to blame for being greedy and insensitive. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/36 "2013-11-30T00:22:45Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > You still haven’t explained how you expected Gov. Malloy to have done anything about it. He could have done what they did in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/37 "2013-11-30T00:25:29Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > He could have done what they did in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. You mean have laws in place for years before it became a recent issue? Show me how the governors of RI and MA unilaterally acted to make stores being open on Thanksgiving illegal and further show how Malloy could have under CT law. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/38 "2013-11-30T01:26:30Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > College games. Bennington vs Wellesley, today. Bennington College has a football team? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/39 "2013-11-30T02:14:46Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Bennington College has a football team? Sure. You never heard of their famous quarterback: Bret Easton Elway? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dannel-malloy-is-an-greedy-insensitive-individual/675041/40 "2013-11-30T15:11:57Z")
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