Conservatives: Out & Proud?

LJ, If all he was selling was musical instruments than it is no wonder he went out of business. You being a musician and a.k.a friend you should have told him he wasn't doing enough....

znovkovic wrote: LJ, If all he was selling was musical instruments than it is no wonder he went out of business. You being a musician and a.k.a friend you should have told him he wasn't doing enough....

What should he have done? Sold porn videos in the back room?

AspenValley wrote:

znovkovic wrote: LJ, If all he was selling was musical instruments than it is no wonder he went out of business. You being a musician and a.k.a friend you should have told him he wasn't doing enough....

What should he have done? Sold porn videos in the back room?

what as a music store he could not have sold music software like other stores?
http://www.store.cakewalk.com/b2cus/Pro ... tgodCDp19Q

how about providing classes on how to use the software? how about digital mixing after recording your instrument? how about selling digital recorders? how about helping the musician legally publish their music and legally protecting themselves? how about how to properly transfer recordings onto CD's (to hand out at shows) while protecting copyright infringement?

all of the above is what i have seen done....

So I suppose all the businesses, big and small, that have failed in this rotten economy did so because they just didn't try hard enough?

The Liberals GOP Twin wrote:

LadyJazzer wrote: Ah, yes, the post that was exposed as being a total fabrication... I remember that post.

One of my favorite music stores in Denver recently closed after being in business for 21 years. He shot me an email right before he announced it to tell me if there was anything at his store that I wanted, NOW was the time. I did, in fact, pick up a best-of-the-line guitar that will ultimately be a collector's item, and probably be worth about 10 times what I paid for it...(which was about half of what it was worth at the time, because of our friendship.)

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You mean this music business?

Gibson Guitar CEO: We're Under Attack By Obama Administration - CEO says Obama Justice Dept. Wants Them to Close Their Doors.

Henry Juszkiewicz, the CEO of Gibson Guitars, Inc. was on The Dana Loesch Show on Friday. Gibson is under attack by the the Obama Justice Department for accusations that the company broke American Indian laws.

Juszkiewiz said the government suggested that the company's use of unfinished wood from India is illegal, not because of U.S. law, but because of the Justice Department's interpretation of a law in India. The Holder Justice Department raided at least two Gibson manufacturing plants this week forcing hundreds of workers off their jobs. Juszkiewiz says the company lost a million dollars this week.

Finally, Henry Juszkiewicz told Dana, "The Obama Justice Department wants us to just shut our doors and go away." He says he will continue to fight for the Gibson company and its workers.

Juszkiewicz held a press conference yesterday in front of the Gibson headquarters.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=45796

Yea... I remember that music business that the Obama administration tried to shut down... I didn't know you knew the owner?

I used to own a Les Paul Artist and made some money selling it about 10 years ago. It was one of a kind that had a battery integrated into the body that gave me addtional sound effects! One of my first loves!!! Your post allowed me to reminisce and almost brought a tear to my eye, but then remember all the other cool stuff I purchased with that sale.

AspenValley wrote: So I suppose all the businesses, big and small, that have failed in this rotten economy did so because they just didn't try hard enough?

yes! same damn reason my business went bust in 2008!

znovkovic wrote: what as a music store he could not have sold music software like other stores?
http://www.store.cakewalk.com/b2cus/Pro ... tgodCDp19Q

how about providing classes on how to use the software? how about digital mixing after recording your instrument? how about selling digital recorders? how about helping the musician legally publish their music and legally protecting themselves? how about how to properly transfer recordings onto CD's (to hand out at shows) while protecting copyright infringement?

all of the above is what i have seen done....

You're way out of line here... It's not simple supply and demand. The problem that put that store out of business is republicans in Washington blocking the democrat's efforts. It's obviously not a lack of demand because of tight-fisted consumer's pessimism about the government's (both Republican and Democrat) economic saavy. It's as plain as the nose on your face that if the democrats would have had control, they would have passed a magic bill that directly stimulated this store.

LadyJazzer wrote: Since the music store in question does not sell media (CD's, etc.) but sells musical instruments, I thank you for your enlightening, but irrelevant, comparison.

Remind me again of how many jobs-bills Boehner's House has passed?... Abortion bills, renaming post offices, trying to repeal health care, ... Funny, I don't remember any jobs bills...And every jobs bill that was proposed by Obama and the Dems, was killed. Yeah, I'm impressed. Hey, Boehner, where are the jobs?

Sorry, a stimulus renamed as a "jobs bill" doesn't count. Which jobs bill did the dems propose? (that were actual jobs bills, not stimulus)

I'm sorry another music biz closed. Most people I know buy online, not in brick and mortar stores anymore. It isn't the reps or dems fault this store closed, but rather competition from online and china.

Nobody that matters wrote:

znovkovic wrote: what as a music store he could not have sold music software like other stores?
http://www.store.cakewalk.com/b2cus/Pro ... tgodCDp19Q

how about providing classes on how to use the software? how about digital mixing after recording your instrument? how about selling digital recorders? how about helping the musician legally publish their music and legally protecting themselves? how about how to properly transfer recordings onto CD's (to hand out at shows) while protecting copyright infringement?

all of the above is what i have seen done....

You're way out of line here... It's not simple supply and demand. The problem that put that store out of business is republicans in Washington blocking the democrat's efforts. It's obviously not a lack of demand because of tight-fisted consumer's pessimism about the government's (both Republican and Democrat) economic saavy. It's as plain as the nose on your face that if the democrats would have had control, they would have passed a magic bill that directly stimulated this store.

abracadabra and voila! you can now vote for me :thumbsup:

And as to the original subject - No, I don't hide being conservative, but I don't bring it up very often. About the only time I'll talk politics is if someone else brings it up first. If it's someone I don't know well that spouts out a liberal opinion, I'll say "I'm very conservative. If you want, we can just agree to disagree now and save time and frustration." I am friends with several very vocal liberal folks, and when they get started I'll usually say something like "Remember, I'm a conservative, and all the conversations we've had in the past still hasn't changed that. If you want we can rehash it all again, but I'll need a beer first."