The solution is very simple.  Best Buy needs to leverage the one competitive advantage item they have over online retailers - person-to-person interaction.  Hire a competent workforce and train them to actually be nice to people and answer questions.

Hey "blamee", I'm typing this on an HP laptop - those tjhings HP doesn't sell anymore because they couldn't compete.  So why again is "psychedout" a dummy?

You're glossing over the fact that the 47% pay sales, state, and local taxes.  There are also a lot of millionaires who pay $0 in Federal taxes.  Demonizing the $250K+ earners is just as myopic as bashing "the 47%" .  Also, MirageGuy, $250K+ earners are most certainly not "middle class".  What really needs done is the ...more

Liberals had to suffer through eight years of Dubya, whose mess is still unwinding.  Now it's your turn.  Go ahead - leave the country.  Quit when YOU don't get your way.  Don't let the door whack you on the behind.

What you cite are business that have failed to keep up with a changing demographic.  The exact same reason Romney lost the election.

Anyone care to explain exactly WHY the Democrats want to destroy America?  What's in it for them?  Ohhhhh, why do they hate this country so???  You're just spouting scare rhetoric.  The election went the way it did because the Republicans never got the memo that demographics shifted while they were actively bashing and...more

The hurricane victims are a perfect example of ignoring climate change, which seems to be a large component of the Republican platform.  Oil and natural gas production are up, food prices are relatively stable, and your CAPS LOCK key is stuck on.

Because both candidates were busy yapping about controlling uteruses and homosexuals.

Too bad job growth isn't keeping up with population growth.