California stinks, say CEOs. Hey, what do they know?

Orange Punch, The Orange County Register political commentary blog ^ | 5-9-2012 | Mark Landsbaum

[Mark Landsbaum]

For the eighth year in a row California is ranked at the absolute bottom of 50 states for business, according to Chief Executive magazine.

What do they know? The esteemed Gov. Jerry Brown says California’s just swell for business.

Well, OK, Jerry isn’t and hasn’t been a CEO and this is an annual poll of chief executive officers who run actual businesses. He’s a politician and a “progressive.” Did we mention it’s been eight years in a row that California finished dead last? ...

[humblegunner]

Well, the thing is that this particular pimp hides behind
the OC Register’s excerpt requirements. You’ll never see
me admonishing him to post the full content.

This is a pimp of a different stripe, but a pimp all the same.

You’ll note that his article history shows he only posts his
own material here. This indicates that he is using Free Republic
as an advertising platform, part of his “business model”:

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:marklandsbaum/index?tab=articles

You see, he does not participate in the forum other than to
post his own material, hoping for a few free clicks from FReepers.

His comment history bears this out as well:

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:marklandsbaum/index?tab=comments

Definitely a pimp and well deserving of scorn.

[Windflier]

You see, he does not participate in the forum other than to post his own material, hoping for a few free clicks from FReepers. His comment history bears this out as well

Well, I'll be damned. That's despicable. I withdraw my complaint.

Carry on, sir.

[Democrat_media]

I guess we are giving these self appointed blog pimp police the attention they crave. Instead we could be talking about the issues posted in this article

[NEWwoman]

It is a distraction when so much is at stake.

BTW - I see one of the pimp police has been suspended.