{"id":15125,"date":"2012-08-17T07:49:29","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T11:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15125"},"modified":"2012-08-17T07:49:29","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T11:49:29","slug":"words-have-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15125","title":{"rendered":"Words Have Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Guy Benson<\/a> at Townhall.com<\/a> posted a story about the “Crumb and Get It” Bakery in New River Valley<\/a>, Virginia<\/a>. This mom and pop bakery has been open for about three months, and the advance team for Vice President Joe Biden<\/a> was hoping to use the bakery for a photo-op for the campaign. When the advance team approached the owners about doing the photo-op,\u00a0Chris McMurray, the owner of the bakery said, “no.”<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Why in the world would a new business owner<\/a> say “no” to a photo op with the Vice President of the United States<\/a>? McMurray said it was President Obama’s<\/a> recent remarks about small business and who built what. “Very simply, \u2018you didn’t build that\u2019\u201d McMurray said. \u201cSpeaking of small businesses and entrepreneurs all across this country and actually last night my wife was up all night. No sleep, she’s worked a full 24 hours.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

It isn’t surprising that the owners said no to the photo-op. What is surprising is what happened next.<\/p>\n

The story continues:<\/p>\n

Secret Service<\/a> officers associated with Vice President Joe Biden bought a pile of cupcakes from the baker who refused to host Biden at his shop \u2014 and they did so out of gratitude. It\u2019s a startling news nugget at the bottom of a local report. “Shortly after Crumb and Get It told Biden\u2019s advance people \u2018no\u2019 \u2014 the secret service walked in and told [owner] Chris McMurray “Thanks for standing up and saying \u2018no\u2019 \u2014 then they bought a whole bunch of cookies and cupcakes,” according to the Valley Reporter (Va.). McMurray refused to host the Biden entourage as a protest of Obama\u2019s comment, made in the nearby town of Roanoke, that “if you\u2019ve got a business \u2014 you didn\u2019t build that.” The Secret Service\u2019s purchase proved to be a herald of things to come, as Virginia locals rewarded McMurray with a rush of business this morning. The bakery ran out of food by 1:15 pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think there are a lot of small businessmen who have worked long hours to build their businesses and are trying to keep their businesses running in the Obama economy who feel that way. The combination of over-regulation and the impending taxes which will take effect on January 1st have created a very difficult business climate. I am very concerned as to whether or not America’s economy can survive four more years of Obamanomics.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Chris McMurray, for your courage.<\/p>\n

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