First, the Occupy movement is primarily non-violent. The one notable US incidence of violence, in Oakland, was atypical, and reportedly perpetrated by an anarchist bloc outside the mainstream of both liberal and Occupy politics.

Second, even in that case, violence was an offshoot of a broader protest and encounters with riot police, not a targeted action against one or more private business owners who laid off workers.

In other words, even if he were to give his full name, "David" would be more likely to get hit by lightning than to be physically attacked by "violent liberals."

It's of consequence because it's the likely difference between whether this is a random, outlying event or a bellwether. Thus far, it appears to be the former.

A few small business owners are laying off workers to get below the 50-employee cap that requires providing health insurance for full-time employees under the Affordable Care Act. But, stories indicate that these employers misunderstand the Act. They assume their current insurance plans are ineligible and/or their costs will otherwise go up, when nonpartisan studies indicate that a broad array of existing plans will either qualify or be exempted under a "grandfather clause," and that employers' costs for providing the same benefits should typically go down.

Also, the cap doesn't kick in until 2014, which gives employers another year to better educate themselves about the Act and explore alternatives to simply reducing their workforce. "David" simply had a knee-jerk reaction to seeing his guy lose the election. (That's assuming his story wasn't a hoax; hard to tell with an anonymous radio call-in.)

This was due to financial reports from Europe and jitters over the looming "fiscal cliff." There's not much we can do about the former; as for the latter, all that's required is for Boehner and the House Republicans to get their heads out of their asses on a slight (and necessary) tax increase for the wealthiest Americans.

So, basically, you're betting that the market will trend downward indefinitely. Good luck with that.

Progressives explain layoffs by their employees' ethnicity? Can you cite examples?

So, you're saying that, as a group, Latinos have the hardest time finding work? Why?

By appealing to their needs and interests to win their votes? How terribly exploitative it is to actually represent people.