We are “management,” in your fantastical and romanticized “Fight-The-Powers!” scenario.
We are The Man. We: the schlubs who aren’t guaranteed jobs, who have to pay for our own retirements, who pitch in for our own health care, who are expected to actually perform, and who can’t buy wage and benefit increases with votes and money funneled to a single political party.
You know what that makes you?
The minority.
Don’t push your luck, kiddies.
I’m not so sure as you. Add up all the folks on the dole, add the military, civil service, public schools, add political offices and their staffers and the many industries built around propping up the public sector, and we may have passed the tipping point of those who take being more than those who create.
It’s still at “only” about 35%.
But we’re getting too damned close. If we don’t get rid of ObamaCare, we’ll be heading the way of Western Europe, even as they are trying to claw their way back.
We’ve been moving toward a client state run by the left for years. Mostly because “our” own leadership has been entirely feckless for so long. At this point, I’d be willing to vote for Zombie Reagan over half the GOP “leaders” we’ve been propping up.
Um, Joan…?
Seriously?
“New Underground Organization“
I was just about to say the same thing.
And, by “same thing” I mean the “seriously” part.
serr8d,
I’m stealing that to use as my daily FB quote for today.
We’ve a thin veneer of civilization, made possible by the advances in technology that’ve arrived courtesy Capitalism. What amazes me is that these moochers of the Left will ultimately, unexpectedly, undercut those advances if they win their ‘struggles’; thereby dropping us all back in time to earlier, more barbaric states.
I for one value air conditioning and interstate travel sans horse or mule. And a team of oxen? Please. One always seems downwind of the business end of ’em.
these moochers of the Left will ultimately, unexpectedly, undercut those advances if they win their ‘struggles’; thereby dropping us all back in time to earlier, more barbaric states.
Feature, not bug, if you want to order society according to the light of your unsurpassed genius.
Ruh roh. Got umbrella?
No need. But I’m thinking about getting some iodine tablets just in case.
After some review, that map’s likely a fake. It began it’s propagation on 4chan, where there’s little of use or value.
Serr8d
I call “hoax” on that map. At the end of JeffG’s link is this:
Far far more people are now dead due to drowning the tsunami. Yet I don’t hear the Luddites demanding an end to coastal residency.
The level of planning, to undermine, in WI is stunning to me. I found it odd that, weeks ago, someone was walking around with a poster for a WI Supreme court justice. It was out of place with the theme of the day. Although, the theme varied by level of sanity, sure.
Fast forward, and note the open meeting law challenge by Aseemblyman Peter Barca (D). Why did he make a stink over a procedural issue that is controlled by someone non-elected? Procedure is not partisan. It can’t be. The kicker is, when you look at the statute and the procedural code it eludes to the law being null and void if the process of creating that law violates procedure. Hence, if (big if) they can make it stick that they broke procedure they could nullify the bill against collective bargaining.
They appear to be looking for any way to find a loose chink in the armor of the Constituion and the institution itself. And placing big bets on the upcoming Supreme court election as well.
3/10/11 Hour 2 and 3 has Atty Jim Troupis on again. http://www.wiba.com/podcast/upfront.xml
Mr Troupis doesn’t seem concerned about the challenge. though. So, that is reassuring. It’s the idea that they are looking for weak points that I find troubling. Plese correct me, if I misinterpreted the gist here. My political kindergarden graduation certificiate stills smells fresh. I’m weak on the sausage making.
Ann Althouse pointed out something interesting about the Supreme Court candidate too. http://althouse.blogspot.com/2011/03/wisconsin-supreme-court-candidate.html
Is this all part of the ongoing meltdown, or is there a legitimate threat here?
“Recalls would be an opportunity for a chance at a do-over” – Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller
Look, I’m not portraying any moral equivalency here: the military is an expenditure which I’m glad to provide, and I think the majority of them vote Republican. I’m just adding up individuals who receive their support from the common weal, and those whose activities add to the commonwealth. Yes, there are intangibles of structure and safety and security which make us more prosperous, but the bottom line is the bottom line. Except if you’re a congresscritter, then the bottom line happens to be in your own pocket.
If the citizens of WI had any sense they’d start a recall petition for any elected official trying to start a recall petition.
Also, if the Dems succeed in such recalls, I will start a movement that brings back federalism with a fury — so we can make sure not one red cent of my family’s money ever gets to the people of WI.
The first harrassment lawsuit falls.
Another issue is the stalling by the Secretary of State, for the full 10 days, to publish the bill. The accusation is that the stall allows the districts time to push those sweet local union contracts; before the bill is official. McKenna and guest are warning that those localities/municipalities will have a dilemma in meeting those contacts when the State money does not arrive.
“If the citizens of WI had any sense they’d start a recall petition for any elected official trying to start a recall petition.”
I agree, with reservation. The cost of these elections; what a waste. Also, I’d like to hear bh’s thoughts on that. Since he’s in one of those districts.
As if the recall process isn’t hard enough. wtf!
http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/2011/03/union-thugs-threaten-harass-wi-tea-partiers-rip-up-their-recall-petition-video/
I was thinking about that very thing the other day. The union goons are harrassing us, but they likely have no resistance to their efforts. We respect the process and the institution; they do not.
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Joan, you may not have intended any moral equivalence, but it’s hard not to read it that way based on what you wrote and how you phrased it.
Including the military in a statement like that cannot help but appear to draw a moral equivalence.
This unholy alliance between Democrats and unions had to end, one way or t’other. It’s t’other that’s most troubling; let’s hope we can work this out in the legislatures.
Oh, has anyone found Jimmy Hoffa yet?
The military ‘creates’ our freedoms, lest you wonder what we pay them for.
Thanks McGehee, I got that the first time around; that’s why I clarified it. See how that works?
Joan, speaking as a member of the military, I have to say that I, too, read your statement as drawing an equivilence between the utility of the welfare class and the utility of the military. You state that you didn’t intend that, and I accept that.
That said…I got out in one RIF, and reenlisted when our enemies reared their heads. If the nation doesn’t value that, don’t come calling.
And I thank you for your service, as I always have. I’ve been commenting on blogs since 2000 and have been hanging around Jeff’s for years. I’ve even sent him money fer cripes n’ all.
I AM SORRY TO HAVE EXPRESSED MYSELF HASTILY AND HAVE CAUSED ANY MEMBER OF THE MILITARY ANY SENSE OF DISMAY. I am not covering up anything. It was a mistake. I corrected it. Did I misspeak? I am so terribly annoyed at myself. Did it seem like, when I clarified my statement, that I didn’t realize that, by the reactions in the room that I had posted in haste without editing my thoughts to better suit the folks who don’t know me? Did Jeff give me any grief or worry about my comment when he spoke to it? No? Maybe that’s because he knows me and knows I would NEVER degrade the military. He guessed my meaning to be, on its face, a mere calculation of amount, not portent. Am I distressed that I may have offended any member of the military? Yes! Did I not clarify it? I think I did.
If ya’ll just miss happyfeet and need someone to be mad at, I’m NOT your girl. I may just go back to a non-descript moniker and avatar like I used to have to avoid this nonsense.
Jeff, I luv ya, nice place you had here at one time.
“If ya’ll just miss happyfeet and need someone to be mad at, I’m NOT your girl.”
no need to make a mountain out of a swiss cake roll cupcake
I didn’t think you were degrading the military at all. I thought it was obvious, frankly.
no need to make a mountain out of a swiss cake roll cupcake
You noticed that, too? I was surprised that an apology wasn’t enough. It’s apparently a BIG DEAL on a dead thread!
Hopefully, silly hyperbole will win the day, if not the hearts and minds of the pea-shooters.
ps to joan
i think the gov’t spending should be 25% from 2007 levels including the military
Thanks Jeff. I don’t expect you to ride herd on your commenters, of course, since I can give as good as I get (and enjoy it— is that naughty of me?)
Who does that?
Oh.
Heh.
Actually Joan, an apology was enough. I said so, right in my comment [“…and I accept that.”]
I guess I missed the part in my response where I questioned your vast blog commenting experience. I, too, have been commenting on Jeff’s blog for years, altough not as prolifically as many others…so I guess my comment-fu doesn’t quite match your black dragon style.
I guess I also missed the point where I expressed great dismay. I simply noted the general sense that if the nation – not the nation of ARGGHH, but the US of A – didn’t feel it needed my services, then that was fine. I’m going to be alright either way, not that you give a rat’s ass – or should, for that matter.
I don’t miss Happyfeet, and I am again missing where I came across as mad….although I’m sure all these things about me are true, as I am clearly not one of the smart set with vast blog commenting experience. Probably it’s all that time I spent pea shooting, when I should have been getting some of that thar book-learnin’ instead.
Sheesh, all I was really trying to do was to engage in a little discourse. But since apparently I suck at it, I’ll go back to lurking and leave the thinking to the smart set.
Somewhere, Rodney King is crying that we can’t just get along.