i raised with him but he dodged it the notion that would he have gotten the heat he did and history if it his industry, if he had been less critical. he came out of the gate not like can the president, being very submissive of the administration dismisssive of the administration s concerns about the coal industry and then planted the seeds himself for this. is our industry let me put this in picker. in perspective. we are working on close profit margins, five to ten percent. when you look at the compounding effect of the weather, for the first quarter of this year, the increasing labor because of obamacare and we re seeing increased labor because of it. looking at commodity prices across the board are up, the cost of food is up. rising taxes? and all of this is impacting that very fragile margin, and
but i digress. it s pretty simple. you work hard, you create your own luck and you got to believe anything is possible. as for all the stuff, that s the upside of only taking two weeks off in august. critics are blasting the ad calling it rude, dismisssive, callous. jonathan hunt loves it. why? it s terrific. hears an advertisement that actually celebrates americanism. celebrates america s essential sense of life. productivity. individualism, profit-seeking and, yes, enjoyment of the material world. those are considered very pass say, very down. so there s a wonderful ad that celebrates america. neil, america was the only country, the first country that actually invented the phrase to make money. this ad celebrates and it is wonderful to see, albeit from cadillac. it s a great ad.
situations like benghazi or even the irs. it just feeds the beast as opposed to, you know, to creating opportunity for the president to move on with the business of his administration. so i wouldn t say he s aloof. i would say that i think he s underestimated the opposition. arthel: bret, how do you see it? i think the president s strength is derived from his credibility and leadership and the president has not exhibited either in the cases of the scandals that are swirling around him. he s aloof, condescending, dismisssive. and that s not what the american expect out of their president, especially one who promised us in 2008 that he d have the most open, transparent and honest government our country has ever seen. and it s been quite the contrary. it s been the most secretive and oppressive to those people he perceives as enemies. i think the american people are saying, either our president is incompetent or he s a liar or maybe a combination of both. that s not a very good attrib
stop the attack. you know something? that doesn t work. we ve done this, bill. we ve started doing this preemptive apology deal in 2008. we said america was arrogant, dismisssive and dresssive examine bill: let me ask you, i m appointing you as the ambassador to egypt. okay? laura ingraham, you re in cairo. you see this mob which is why i don t think congressman ellisson s points of view has any validity. you see this mob gathering. and you know that things are on the horizon and you know that the marines that you have are not enough let me tell you something. bill: what do you do? i m not an expert in diplomacy, i wouldn t pretend to be. but die know that our history of looking weak in the face of threats, real or imminent, has only served to do one thing, bill. embolden those people who don t give a rat s you know what about an internet film. what they care about is the mere presence of jews and christians and what they believe is their bill: stupid film
you know something? that doesn t work. we ve done this, bill. we ve started doing this preemptive apology deal in 2008. we said america was arrogant, dismisssive and dresssive examine bill: let me ask you, i m appointing you as the ambassador to egypt. okay? laura ingraham, you re in cairo. you see this mob which is why i don t think congressman ellisson s points of view has any validity. you see this mob gathering. and you know that things are on the horizon and you know that the marines that you have are not enough let me tell you something. bill: what do you do? i m not an expert in diplomacy, i wouldn t pretend to be. but die know that our history of looking weak in the face of threats, real or imminent, has only served to do one thing, bill. embolden those people who don t give a rat s you know what about an internet film. what they care about is the mere presence of jews and christians and what they believe is their bill: stupid film