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"If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."

Seems pretty clear to me? He specifically states that being smart and working hard is not the reason that business are successful. Sure seems like a good way to encourage entrepreneurship but not surprising as the last 4 yrs. have been anti big or small business anyway.
You may label the owner of that business as ignorant but my bet is that his business has only increased due to the sign.
 
Remember....this is not the political board.....juat the random pic board......

Just happens to be my hometown.............

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As an explanation....the story with the pic.....

SIOUX CITY, Iowa - President Obama received a less than warm welcome and a warning upon arrival at the airport here on the second stop of his Iowa visit, which was aimed at recapturing some of the magic the state gave his run to the White House in 2008.
Greeting Air Force One as it touched down under sunny skies and sultry heat was a hand-painted banner draped across the top of an airplane hangar that reads, "Obama Welcome to SUX - We Did Build This." "SUX" is the airport code for Sioux City.
The message appeared to be a response President Obama's "you didn't build that" remark from a July campaign rally, when he was trying to explain that government - not businesses - constructed public infrastructure on which the economy relies. Republicans have used the four words to attack Obama as out of touch with the realities of owning and operating a small business.
The banner is a reminder that this part of the state remains hotly contested turf for both Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney, just as the campaign enters the home stretch.
Sioux City, which sits on the border with Nebraska in the northwest corner of the state, is territory Obama lost in 2008 to Sen. John McCain, even though he won the state overall. Obama won 49 percent of the vote here to McCain's 50 percent, a difference of just 500 votes.
Obama also won the Iowa caucuses, an early confirmation that his message was resonating with Democrats.
This time around, the president's campaign believes it can turn the Sioux City region blue by appealing to middle class values and highlighting the administration's record of tax cuts for small businesses and families.
Polls show Iowa, which Obama won handily four years ago carrying 54 percent of the vote, is up for grabs in November. Obama and Romney have been locked in a dead heat since early this year.
"Iowa, this is our first stop on the road to our convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. But there was a reason for me to begin the journey right here in Iowa, where it first began more than four years ago," Obama told a crowd of 10,000 in Urbandale, Iowa, earlier in the day.
"Because it was you, Iowa, who kept us going when the pundits were writing us off. It was in your living rooms and backyards and VFW halls and diners where our movement for change began," he said. "And it will be you, Iowa, who choose the path we take from here."
A campaign spokeswoman said the banner was not visible from the presidential motorcade.
There were no identifying markers on the hangar or the banner to suggest who made it, and a call to the Woodbury County GOP was not immediately returned.
The president is on the first of a four-day tour through battleground states, leading up to his formal nomination for the presidency at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday. He spends Sunday rallying supporters in Boulder, Colo.
 
OBAMA: [L]ook, if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. You didn't get there on your own. I'm always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something -- there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there.

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.

The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don't do on our own. I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service. That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires.

So we say to ourselves, ever since the founding of this country, you know what, there are some things we do better together. That's how we funded the GI Bill. That's how we created the middle class. That's how we built the Golden Gate Bridge or the Hoover Dam. That's how we invented the Internet. That's how we sent a man to the moon. We rise or fall together as one nation and as one people, and that's the reason I'm running for President -- because I still believe in that idea. You're not on your own, we're in this together. [WhiteHouse.gov, 7/13/12]
 
"Tims65" said:
OBAMA: [L]ook, if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. You didn't get there on your own. I'm always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something -- there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there.

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.

The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don't do on our own. I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service. That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires.

So we say to ourselves, ever since the founding of this country, you know what, there are some things we do better together. That's how we funded the GI Bill. That's how we created the middle class. That's how we built the Golden Gate Bridge or the Hoover Dam. That's how we invented the Internet. That's how we sent a man to the moon. We rise or fall together as one nation and as one people, and that's the reason I'm running for President -- because I still believe in that idea. You're not on your own, we're in this together. [WhiteHouse.gov, 7/13/12]
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He still sounds like a pompous ass :bowdown
Wonder what he has ever built or as he likes to say 'had help building'.... from my recollection NOTHING.

Bill
 
That's because he is a pompous ass.

I built my own business with no help from the government. My parents were my investors, and also owners. I've never had any help from any government programs, only hassles. I built it, not the government.
 
"Laurie S." said:
That's because he is a pompous ass.

I built my own business with no help from the government. My parents were my investors, and also owners. I've never had any help from any government programs, only hassles. I built it, not the government.
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:thu

Bill
 
Hey....that pic was posted as a random pic....not political...just thought it needed the article as explanation for the pic.

They used a play on the SUX identifier for the airport along with some lettering size variations to get a message out.
 
"AzPete" said:
Hey....that pic was posted as a random pic....not political...just thought it needed the article as explanation for the pic.

They used a play on the SUX identifier for the airport along with some lettering size variations to get a message out.
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That's what happens with you F up a thread Pete!


BTW, Obama SUXs, arrogant SOB.
 
Hey guys, Obama may have messed up our country temporarily but we don't need him screwing up our random pic thread. Let's keep the political stuff out of this one.
 
Well hell, I'm sorry.......how this for being more on track?
 
"Horseplay" said:
Hey guys, Obama may have messed up our country temporarily but we don't need him screwing up our random pic thread. Let's keep the political stuff out of this one.
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Yeah, god forbid we de-rail a thread :wth
 
"silverblueBP" said:
Yeah, god forbid we de-rail a thread :wth
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Exactly how often have I skipped a chance to rail on about Obama? Exactly. Just wanted to keep it in a place I am free to say what I really feel. This isn't that place. That's all.
 
That's OK. I have a thread derailer rerailer that will take care of it. If one gets a chance to rail about the "anointed one", then one must do what one must do. I'll keep the thread rerailer handy if its needed. Lets keep up the good work!
 
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