Showing posts with label State Workers Wages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label State Workers Wages. Show all posts
Thursday, February 17, 2011
On Wisconsin!
These things don't usually end in our favor (or if they do, we usually end up with crumbs), but still, it's 10:30 in the evening and I'm watching The Ed Show, and thousands, literally thousands, of working men and women in Wisconsin are still rallying to protect middle class jobs, middle class wages, middle class benefits, and our standard of living. And fourteen courageous Wisconsin state senators are on the run to keep the state from enacting draconian cuts to middle class pay, to middle class benefits, and to the right, the fucking right, to collectively bargain and belong to a union.
Man, we liberals fuck up as much as we do good, but when we do good, we really do good. How can you not be proud of our agenda after watching the people of Wisconsin rally for the common good? Not for the wealthy. Not for the corporate elite. For all of us who actually work for a living. All of us.
Here's to hoping Wisconsin turns into a crescendo for turning the tables on the motherfucking wealthy elite....
Oh--Wisconsin's governor, Scott Walker, is a toadie tool (probably a hall monitor when he was in high school--you know the type).
Workers of the World, Unite!
emaycee
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Ahem...
In the immortal words of Alvin (yes, the fucking chipmunk), not to toot my own horn, but beep-beep-b-b-b-b-beeeeeeppppp....
Earlier this week, I mentioned that it seemed a bit premature to be anointing Gov. Snyder St. Rick of CEO--that sure enough, he might just be a plain ol' republican politician with his meeting with "business leaders" on state employee wages. While I wouldn't say either Brian Dickerson or the Free Press have ended Gov. Snyder's honeymoon just yet, Dickerson at least points out that the Governor needs to be careful if he wants to keep his above the fray persona intact, while the Free Press pretty much says what I said: the numbers do, indeed, lie. This was also pointed out by Meteor Blades in the Daily Kos, and, two days too late, by Chris Christoff in the Free Press. Problem is, these pieces were all after the fact, and what most (not so thoughtful) people will remember is the $87,000 state employee wage, not that it was wrong.
If memory serves, it seems once I heard tell someone mentioning to beware of a wolf in sheep's clothing....
Peace,
emaycee
Earlier this week, I mentioned that it seemed a bit premature to be anointing Gov. Snyder St. Rick of CEO--that sure enough, he might just be a plain ol' republican politician with his meeting with "business leaders" on state employee wages. While I wouldn't say either Brian Dickerson or the Free Press have ended Gov. Snyder's honeymoon just yet, Dickerson at least points out that the Governor needs to be careful if he wants to keep his above the fray persona intact, while the Free Press pretty much says what I said: the numbers do, indeed, lie. This was also pointed out by Meteor Blades in the Daily Kos, and, two days too late, by Chris Christoff in the Free Press. Problem is, these pieces were all after the fact, and what most (not so thoughtful) people will remember is the $87,000 state employee wage, not that it was wrong.
If memory serves, it seems once I heard tell someone mentioning to beware of a wolf in sheep's clothing....
Peace,
emaycee
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