tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post1648624852650887857..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: What he saidBadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-25039543492834678082011-02-21T19:37:59.452-08:002011-02-21T19:37:59.452-08:00Rachel reported tonight that Gov Wanker pulled a s...Rachel reported tonight that Gov Wanker pulled a similar scam in is previous job with the county. He ginned up a budget crisis and fired the {I think it was the security at the court house.} The company he hired did a shitty job, and saved about half of what was expected.<br /><br />Now there's a legal challenge and the Co. might have to hire back the fired staff - and restore all back pay, at an enormous loss. <br /><br />What a fucking shit head.<br /><br />Rachel has been all over this for days, but the real hero is Ed Schultz, who's been on top of this from the beginning.<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-70850123050419576122011-02-20T10:01:34.435-08:002011-02-20T10:01:34.435-08:00I've often wondered why newspeople don't h...I've often wondered why newspeople don't have more of an attitude of "I must challenge authority." When I was a reporter -- admittedly, one far lower on the food chain than CNN squawking heads or those on the WaPo/NYT level -- busting chops of the powerful was always on my mind. I was not always successful at it, but at least my underlying motivation was, as the non-cat Mencken said, "to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." Part of it was my personal psychology. I was raised in a military household, and rebelled against it, so I extended that to my professional life. Maybe the media-ites have just come up too comfortable.<br /><br />As I write this, though, my mind is flashing back to some of the co-workers and competitors I had. There were a lot of complacent ones, especially on the small-town weeklies. They wanted to be friendly with the sources. They had local pride, especially in the little papers tied to one town, and rocking the boat was seen as suspicious by them. The difference between then (1980s-early 90s) and now is that THEN, the hacks stayed at the low level. Somehow, it's changed so that now the drones are elevated, and with rare exceptions like Taibbi (see your post above), the hard chargers get nowhere.<br /><br />The truth is out there, but it's on the blogs.Bukko Boomerangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424677168216647964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-27336368227544741522011-02-19T20:59:05.750-08:002011-02-19T20:59:05.750-08:00It's about education, it's about understan...It's about education, it's about understanding these type of folks were FOR child labor, those who saw NO foul in cheating the workers and in killing them…grinding them in the industrial machinery…that led to…..the Molly McGuires, Triangle Fire, Matewan, UAW and the auto industry, this all started to die w/ post WW2 congressional meddling w/ labor's rights...and with Right wingers watering down HISTORY courses in HS cause we can't have our actual history being taught...."you don't get me I'm part of the Union..."<br />Now it’s popular with some alleged “people” like Limbaugh and others to call Union members, (Teachers, Fire Fighters, Police) parasites….really? <br /><br />We have to ask ourselves where are the Molly McGuires now that we need them…tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12900119600864490344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-19985373888481566662011-02-19T15:52:23.419-08:002011-02-19T15:52:23.419-08:00A Republican giving tax breaks and other lavish em...A Republican giving tax breaks and other lavish emoluments to his rich friends and asking for everyone else to pay for it is not really news. It happens every day somewhere.montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333471337818106739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-9249584789056096732011-02-19T14:21:49.945-08:002011-02-19T14:21:49.945-08:00I read somewhere on some commie blog that Wisconsi...I read somewhere on some commie blog that Wisconsin will actually be in surplus this year and that the attack on regular folks is not only vicious & spiteful, but wholly unnecessary.<br /><br />OK, I just looked it up. All the crazy right-wingers are attacking Rachel Maddow for reporting this, so it must be true. And she's not a commie.dah_sabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02600893678085625549noreply@blogger.com