tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post444224728661242615..comments2024-01-16T03:42:46.705-05:00Comments on The Downward Spiral: Alert the One Percenters - Titleist is Laying off Workers at its Golf Ball FactoriesBill Hickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-39934784750344262222011-11-23T16:27:58.305-05:002011-11-23T16:27:58.305-05:00@Gail - I'm just finishing up a one volume his...@Gail - I'm just finishing up a one volume history of Haiti. Yeah, the elites there partied hard after stealing all the wealth of the masses. But for many of them, the country's collapse had a tendency to periodically burst through their fortified walls and gun them down.Bill Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-20343755105374896612011-11-23T11:12:00.629-05:002011-11-23T11:12:00.629-05:00I am very glad I was alone with my computer when I...I am very glad I was alone with my computer when I listened to that clip from Lewis Black about golfing, because I was laughing so hard that I was kind of snorting, and I'm pretty sure that was quite unattractive.<br /><br />Even funnier though is the dismay that will soon catch up to the 1% when their toys start to go away. They think because they have money they can get whatever they want but the fact is, their favorite restaurants aren't going to stay in business when the 99% can't ever afford to eat out, and the same is true for many shops, and goods including golf balls, not to mention services like hospitals and universities.Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.com