tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post231626696537334732..comments2024-01-05T06:18:18.086-05:00Comments on CommentaramaPolitics: No News Is....Good News?AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-67660113838283370472012-12-15T00:19:56.702-05:002012-12-15T00:19:56.702-05:00T-Rav & Doc, If I haven't said that before...T-Rav & Doc, If I haven't said that before, then let me second Doc's thoughts! :)AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-82222403342659355122012-12-14T23:09:26.813-05:002012-12-14T23:09:26.813-05:00T-Rav, In case no one has told you, your articles ...T-Rav, In case no one has told you, your articles are quiet excellent. Thanks! :)Doc Whoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283308866886912377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-13320422059579560092012-12-14T22:19:26.974-05:002012-12-14T22:19:26.974-05:00wahsatchmo, I couldn't agree more. I wonder wh...wahsatchmo, I couldn't agree more. I wonder what twisted logic liberals employ to justify their baiting of the Tea Party--because episodes like this make me certain they know full well the threat of violence does not come from that quarter.T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-26773642903263392642012-12-14T22:16:12.791-05:002012-12-14T22:16:12.791-05:00Jen, somehow that does not surprise me at all. I i...Jen, somehow that does not surprise me at all. I interned in our state House for a few months once, and as part of my job, I periodically read some union newspapers. Not only did they do all that, their attacks on Republicans verged into conspiracy-theory territory. No surprise that they would tell the rank-and-file how to vote.T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-28951646446741606632012-12-14T21:02:37.845-05:002012-12-14T21:02:37.845-05:00T-Rav, I forgot to add that during election cycles...T-Rav, I forgot to add that during election cycles, the only literature that was on the breakroom tables was support for the Democrat Party, and on the union bulletin board, they even had <i>who</i> to vote for. Not a Republican in sight. Imagine that. And, I live in Red county, and it's been that way since I moved here in the 90s.<br /><br />One thing though, at least the department I worked in totally ignored the Dems crap--we were solid Red (polar opposite of the department I had been in). One of the guys was even a union steward, but voted Republican nonetheless.Jennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-89977863635994015832012-12-14T20:57:15.278-05:002012-12-14T20:57:15.278-05:00rla, I suppose we technically have a teachers'...rla, I suppose we <i>technically</i> have a teachers' union in Missouri, but it's essentially non-functioning. Surely it's no coincidence that my public school education was well above the average. Funny how that happens when teachers are concerned about doing their jobs and not getting a pay raise every six months.T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-17386766804692285802012-12-14T20:39:30.769-05:002012-12-14T20:39:30.769-05:00Bev and Jen, I yield to your own expertise. It sho...Bev and Jen, I yield to your own expertise. It should be obvious to everyone how big of a problem nepotism is in these unions, in addition to everything else.T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-57014935148708801862012-12-14T20:20:41.240-05:002012-12-14T20:20:41.240-05:00Folks, no apologies necessary. If I'd had Inte...Folks, no apologies necessary. If I'd had Internet access this afternoon, I would have hijacked my own thread. I didn't hear about this until after lunch and then was violently gesturing up and down in the car and swearing. So again, no need to apologize.T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-32673119207421849662012-12-14T20:09:00.917-05:002012-12-14T20:09:00.917-05:00I originally posted this in response to Bev on 12/...I originally posted this in response to Bev on 12/8:<br /><br />I hadn't heard that the Right to Work passed in Michigan, I only heard about the protests, and that some people were arrested. I caught part of the protest on a local TV channel, and couldn't make out their chanting except for "...right to work has got to go..." Idiots. I'm glad it passed as it did in my state earlier in the year.<br /><br />What I did catch on TV was the governor originally didn't have that as part of his platform, but he was worried about competition from my state.<br /><br />---------------------- <br /><br />T-Rav, I once worked somewhere in which I had to join a union, and I agree with what Bev said about her experience. <br /><br />There was no such thing as merit raises, but the company violated it to give an undeserved raise to someone who wasn't qualified for the title & pay increase, and another co-worker told me about it. I filed a grievance because I was turned down for the same title over a year prior to this, and was told <i>I</i> (read--wasn't qualified) didn't know enough, which was total bullsh*t. The guy in question didn't know <i>half</i> of what I did, but he threatened to quit if they didn't up his pay. He was a slacker/lazy, as many others in that store were as well. They couldn't be fired, and the ones who actually did do their job never got anything for it--they just had to pick up the slack.Jennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-30339905800342904562012-12-14T17:51:39.910-05:002012-12-14T17:51:39.910-05:00Scott and Bev, I just don't want to steal T-Ra...Scott and Bev, I just don't want to steal T-Rav's article.<br /><br />Totally agree about Bloomberg, Maher and Stewart, they will do what they always do -- exploit this for their own gain while acting smug about it.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-37740479333738269622012-12-14T17:50:23.028-05:002012-12-14T17:50:23.028-05:00Bev -
Add away!
(And I 100% agree with you but ...Bev - <br /><br />Add away!<br /><br />(And I 100% agree with you but I seem to have more venom for some folks versus others.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-71065005646941545502012-12-14T17:47:09.350-05:002012-12-14T17:47:09.350-05:00Scott - I agree. And we can continue this on whate...Scott - I agree. And we can continue this on whatever other thread. BUT Michael Bloomberg, the Mayor of Boston, and probably Bill Maher, John Stewart et al. who I am sure will weigh in shortly, are also schmucks, but they are never called out for the schmuckness. Quite the opposite, they are lionized for their schmuckness. [I just like writing the word "schmuckness" and I think I will add it to our Commentarama-nary)...BevfromNYCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-29379914724574078142012-12-14T17:38:39.829-05:002012-12-14T17:38:39.829-05:00Bev -
I guess Andrew wants to continue this in t...Bev - <br /><br />I guess Andrew wants to continue this in the other thread.<br /><br />I agree that, when religion was more prevalent, there were less tragedies like this. The schmuck's entitled to his opinion but he's no better than his counterparts on the other side when it comes to horrible timing and the newsworthy faux pas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-49394431471379254462012-12-14T17:20:38.311-05:002012-12-14T17:20:38.311-05:00But Scott, who is to say "the nutjob at the A...But Scott, who is to say "the nutjob at the AFA" is wrong? Mayor Bloomberg thinks it's because we have guns and if there were no guns there would be no more violent crimes. Both may be deluded, but I am much more inclined to believe that when "God" was in the schools, we had much less violence in our schools yet there were many, many more guns on the streets and in homes.BevfromNYCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-80563342569545250452012-12-14T17:13:31.221-05:002012-12-14T17:13:31.221-05:00Scott and Bev, I moved this to an article because ...Scott and Bev, I moved this to an article because I don't want to steal T-Rav's thread.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-32681642023127821692012-12-14T17:01:13.311-05:002012-12-14T17:01:13.311-05:00Andrew -
I don't think any apology is necess...Andrew - <br /><br />I don't think any apology is necessary.<br /><br />And as I'm fond of saying, my gun philosophy (which I imagine is shared by many folks here) can be summed up with a Charles Bronson line from one of the <i>Death Wish</i> movies: <br /><br />"Guns don't scare me. Idiots with guns do."<br /><br />But how do we make sure idiots don't get access?<br /><br />Naturally, the nutjob at the American Family Association has proven yet again <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/online/christian-radio-host-god-didnt-stop-ct-shooting-because-we-took-prayer-out-of-the-classroom/" rel="nofollow">what a total dick</a> he is.<br /><br />And I do wish the reporters would just let these kids go home without barraging them with questions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-50306521086272190082012-12-14T17:01:04.122-05:002012-12-14T17:01:04.122-05:00Andrew - You are absolutely right. I was railing ...Andrew - You are absolutely right. I was railing about this for exactly same reasons. It isn't about the guns. It's about the glorification and prevelence of violence in our global culture. It could just as easily have been a bow and arrow like the guy who shot his stepfather a few weeks ago, or knives like the hundreds of Chinese schoolchildren who have been murdered in the last few years.<br /><br />But it will BE about the guns and I am sure that the Tea Party will be blamed when in fact it is our lack of proper mental health laws that are to blame.<br /><br />BTW, is anyone else having trouble logging in to Blogger?BevfromNYCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-87800056761213327272012-12-14T16:19:30.510-05:002012-12-14T16:19:30.510-05:00My apologies to T-Rav for hijacking his thread, bu...My apologies to T-Rav for hijacking his thread, but this is really upsetting.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-24390243481996348502012-12-14T16:19:05.174-05:002012-12-14T16:19:05.174-05:00You know what, I'm seeing a lot of people argu...You know what, I'm seeing a lot of people arguing about guns again. Let's be honest here....<br /><br />THE GUN ARGUMENT IS AN EXCUSE!<br /><br />This is the fault of his parents... his friends... his teachers... his neighbors... his employers for refused to see the signs that this asshole needed to be locked up. This is the fault of liberals who decided that society should not lock people like this up. This is the fault of lawyers who sue anyone who gets involved.<br /><br />This is the fault of Hollywood for glorifying gun violence. This is the fault of the media for making these people famous. This is the fault of politicians for spewing hate and telling people that hate and spite are legitimate feelings.<br /><br />This is the fault of everybody who calls into sport shows and talks about hurting people, everybody who posts death threats on the net, everybody who spews hate day after day after day.<br /><br />This is the fault of a society that is genuinely hateful and spiteful and who mix fantasy and reality and who are unwilling to take responsibility for their own actions and certainly won't responsibility to do something when they see something wrong.<br /><br />This is really depressing.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-18618309477500622672012-12-14T16:07:04.103-05:002012-12-14T16:07:04.103-05:00Anthony, I can't imagine either. I just know s...Anthony, I can't imagine either. I just know something is very wrong with humanity.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-63071018291390581792012-12-14T15:40:08.805-05:002012-12-14T15:40:08.805-05:00I have two elementary school aged daughters. I ca...I have two elementary school aged daughters. I can't imagine what the parents are going through. Heaven just got a lot of little angels.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124128949343301445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-57567989646975643642012-12-14T14:46:50.359-05:002012-12-14T14:46:50.359-05:00I pray for the families of the deceased and the wo...I pray for the families of the deceased and the wounded and I hope Hell is hot enough for the killer.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124128949343301445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-62036706125922809742012-12-14T14:29:56.517-05:002012-12-14T14:29:56.517-05:00"If we want to discus something interesting, ..."If we want to discus something interesting, ACE of ACE of Spades wants billionaire Republicans to start buying up media so there can be a real non-Democratic party option. He would start with women's magazines first as the most cost efficient. "<br /><br />Obama will start governing to the right of Reagan before that happens!Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-41488778054521179072012-12-14T13:53:00.939-05:002012-12-14T13:53:00.939-05:00(assuming y'all have seen the Conn. shooting -...(assuming y'all have seen the Conn. shooting - I reiterate: We live in a screwed up world!)rlaWTXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319344164726195144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-22208663258171138432012-12-14T13:23:11.530-05:002012-12-14T13:23:11.530-05:00we live in a seriously screwed up world...
T-Rav:...we live in a seriously screwed up world...<br /><br />T-Rav: good luck herding those cyborg cats.<br /><br />I while back I asked my fb friends, among whom are a number of teachers (including some flaming liberals), for something GOOD the teachers' union had done for them. Not a good thing was mentioned, but several bad things were...rlaWTXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319344164726195144noreply@blogger.com