CEO prays to Jesus to forgive America and then fires a bunch of his workers.
I know there’s this newfangled idea among Christians that you can just pick and choose the parts of the Bible you want to listen to, and far be it from me, an atheist, to tell Christians how to practice their religion, but C’MON!
I’m sure the layoffs were planned already.
War on Coal? Yeah, it’s called global warming. Didn’t get the memo?
Putting aside the Christianity thing, the real reason the coal industry is hurting is power generation switching to natural gas. To the extent that EPA restrictions slow the development of gas, an Obama administration is probably better for Mr. Murray then a Romney admin would’ve been. He’s far more a victim of the free-market then he is of Obama.
It gets better: this is the guy who is accused of badgering his coal-company employees to donate to and volunteer for Republican campaigns, and making coal miners take a day off without pay to attend a Romney campaign speech.
As others have noted, it’s puzzling why this kind of vindictive outrage is seizing some conservatives in the middle of a Democratic presidency rather than at the start of one. Did Robert Murray believe that America was holding steady on the course set by the “principals [sic] of our Founders” and capitalism, economic responsibility, and personal acceptance [
“personal acceptance”? What’s that? Sounds like some New Age/self-help buzzword]" through Obama’s first term and only now are things going to shit? What changed?
Well, and also a victim of his own filthy decisions: his company, according to the article, has repeatedly turned creeks black with coal slurry, in violation of environmental regulations. That whole part in the Bible about acting as stewards of God’s creation isn’t apparently all that meaningful to him either.
You kind of get the sense that some folks went, “Okay, fine, you elected a black President. We can live with that: let the young kids have their fun, and anyway we want people to forget Bush as quickly as possible.” Four years later: “…Oh, you assholes were serious? You had your fun, but I want my money!”
Precisely. They thought it was a fluke, they thought people were snookered by a smooth talker, they couldn’t possibly imagine that we Obama voters were serious. On Tuesday, they realized that, yes, we actually are serious; yes, we actually DO think Obama is a better choice than whatever Republicans have to offer. That gives them the vapors.
No, it’s more a case of watching the first term and how things are going, realizing they are not going well, and fighting for the election to make a change. When that change didn’t occur, then jumping to the “inevitable” results expected by continuing down the same path.
“I tried to save your jobs by fighting for a different president, but American failed [del]me[/del] you, so now I have to face reality and make changes now before Obama kills the company.”
Or he’s just one of those Christians who take “stewardship of God’s creation” to mean the right to use it all up; or even as a divine mandate to destroy nature to hasten the Second Coming.
Saw most recent poster name and knew that Der Trihs jumped in to tell us why Murray actually is being typically Christian because Christian is all things bad and evil.
I don’t know for sure yet whether that’s true or not, since I’m posting this before reading what he wrote; retraction and apology in ETA comment if necessary.
And how long would it have taken you to read the post first and then react to it? Two minutes, apparently.
I strongly encourage you to take those minutes and read posts before assuming you know what they contain and responding to your own fantasy about what the post is.
No warning issued, even though you were acting like a jerk.
twickster, Elections moderator
And he was kinda right…
Lighten up, Francis.
Just to be clear, did JC say that employers should lose money? 'Cause, this isn’t so much about a rich person as it is about how some guy sees his business prospects. Now, we can argue about whether or not his economic prognostication is correct or not, but what does JC tell us about an employer who thinks he can’t stay in business under a given political climate?
Strictly speaking, no. But JC didn’t say employers should make any money, either. He’s largely agnostic (he he) on the concept of capitalism.
That said, I’m pretty sure the “do unto others” bit would probably preclude firing a bunch of people the day after an election didn’t go his way.
It’s also stupid. He wasn’t losing money yet (if it was going to happen at all). Apparently his business was profitable enough until election day. So, he actually is losing money (at least potential money) by doing this now. So, if Christ did say employers should lose money, he’s doing a bang up job of it.
To put those people out of a job (especially with Christmas coming up) is one of the least Christian things imaginable. At the very least it violates the spirit, if not also the letter, of Christianity to fire those people.
If we’re turning away from the principals of our founders, can we at least get some help from their guidance counselors?
Not unless “Christians who take “stewardship of God’s creation” to mean the right to use it all up; or even as a divine mandate to destroy nature to hasten the Second Coming” means all Christians.
I think Stephen Colbert must have been talking about this guy.
Good quote.
I keep saying – though with little agreement from fellow Dopers – that many smart Republicans were happy to see Obama win the 2008 election. Both the economy and the Bush wars were failing so dramatically that 2009-2012 was certain to be a dismal period. Many in the GOP were happy to have a Democratic President during this period as a target to blame.
