Okay, I think we need to re-clarify what was meant when it was first said that public service is a great sacrifice.
Okay, any questions Wisconsin public employee union members?
Posted on 02/18/2011 6:14:37 AM PST by Greg Swann
A Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie story
"It's important to remember. That public service. Is a great sacrifice."
"Good... Good..." Manny Kant said that.
"Most of the government employees I know. Are at their desks. As early as ten every morning. And few of them ever make it home. Before three in the afternoon."
"Yeah... That's not so good."
"I myself. Have given my whole life. To public service. So I know just how much. Sacrifice is required."
Manny Kant could swear profusely with his eyes, but what he actually said out loud was nothing.
"On any given day. The typical public employee may not know. If the man he has just met. Is a peaceful villager. Or a Taliban irregular."
"No! Madison, Wisconsin, not Afghanistan."
"That public employee. Could lose a limb. At the slip. Of. A simple chainsaw."
"Schoolteachers! Not lumberjacks."
"That public employee. May have to work. In searing. Heat. For hours on end."
"Yeah," said Manny, well beyond frustrated. "That guy works in a foundry." To me he said, "You wondered about the teleprompter?"
Brainstorming session to script a reaction to the schoolteacher sick-out in Wisconsin. And don't even ask how I got there. I've been a lot of places with Manny Kant, but I think it was Bubba who got me in so close. There are friends and there are enemies, and then there are folks who think they might-could use you to get something they want.
And do not even think that I would ever, ever, ever even consider making fun of Our Fearless Leader. This is strictly forbidden. As is, apparently, taking notice that his wife, the Empress of Fit Living, has a really interesting back-story -- a universal tale, a boundless globe full of pith and moment -- even if she always seems to be trying to leave it behind her.
I went unnoticed, thankfully. Manny moves with a huge entourage by now, so no one stands out except the man himself. He's been doing this political schtick, this image-maker crap, on and off for years. I'm thinking it must pay him well.
"What this is really about. Is unions."
"Better. Safer ground."
"And as we all know. No one works. Harder than a union member."
"Eh... That's a stretch, even for TV..."
"And no one campaigns. For me. Harder than. A union member."
Manny didn't even bother to stage a reaction. He just said: "Schoolteachers..."
"Schoolteachers. They struggle all through. High school. Finishing. In the bottom. Half of their class. Then. In college. They finish in the bottom third. Of their graduating class. But even then. Undeterred. They devote their. Lives. To educating young Americans. And all they ask--"
"This is not helpful..."
"All they ask--"
"Stop! Stop! This is not working!"
"All they ask--"
"Why don't they ask for donations?" I said that. Regretted it right away, but you can't unring the door-knocker, you can't unbell the cat, you can't get your foot out of your mouth when it's all they way in there.
"What. Did he say?"
Manny glared at me, but I took my shot: "Why don't the teachers just ask for donations from their students, or from the parents of their students? All my life I've had to listen to the claim that teachers are underpaid. If they think they're worth more, why don't they make their pitch directly to the clientele? Any good boss will be happy to tell you how the world works: If you think you're worth more, go get it."
"Who. Is this man?"
"He's a reporter," Manny lied. "He's shadowing me for some feature thing."
"Ask. Me. A question."
Manny was shaking his head no-no-no-no, faster and faster, no-no-no-no-no!
You know what? Life is short. The only question worth raising is the one no one else dares to ask.
I said: "Mister President, would you agree that your wife has an enormous ass?"
The whole room burst out laughing, everyone except Manny Kant and The Man Who Must Not Be Mocked.
"C'mon, its not that big a deal," I said. "Who hasn't had to listen to loopy lectures about nutrition from a bossy woman with an angry face and a huge caboose? Everyone has a grandma..."
"My grandmother. Was a schoolteacher."
"No," Said Manny. "She wasn't. She was a banker."
"Banking is. A very dangerous. Profession."
"No. It's not, Mister President."
"This is why bankers. Need unions."
Manny said, "...I don't think we're going to do this without the Teleprompter."
"I think I might be. More comfortable. With the Teleprompter."
Manny looked at me and shrugged, grimaced, smiled, smirked and winked all in one barely perceptible flash. He said, "The man's a genius..."
What a great way to demonstrate how 0bama “tennis matches” his speeches, switching from one prompter to the other.
Lumberjacks don’t need unions. They already have OSHA to take care of them.
*snicker*
Thank you for posting this picture. God Bles them and all their Families for their Sacrifice for this Country, Regards, Respectfully and in Memory of My Late Father who served Proudly in The United States Army. Need tissues right now for my eyes.
Professing a need for unions is one thing. Mandating union membership as a prerequisite for public sector employment is something entirely different.
Obama does not unify and lead the nation.
He divides it.
Ask yourself why?
Obama wants crisis and disorder.
Obama destroys America.
He wants to build a nationalist socialsist Utopia from the ashes.
Obama is a liberal fascist.
We need rid of him.
Elect Sarah Palin for President 2012
Re-Elect President Sarah Palin 2016
I’ve really missed the Browning Crew this season. Jay is the best TV logger there is. I’m still hoping The History Channel will discover that there are several logging crews in Upper Michigan that would be worth putting on their show.
obama is fullfilling the dreams of the hardcore liberals. Destroy this country then rebuild it in their socialistic idea of a perfect society. Problem with that is someone in the process we will be a destroyed country. Then the libs will preside over a seriously weakened country with lots of bad guys around the world waiting to take advantage of the situation. Bet they didn’t think that through.
If I had a choice of working forb the loggers, Browning would be my choice.
You mentioned OSHA earlier and my congressman (walberg) has targeted them for funding cuts due to the fact that they kill small business. OSHA does some good but all too often they do harm.
the problem with public unions is that things were far worse before they cam e about, if we throw them out, things will revert back to the bad old days - open bribery, political patronage run amok, shaking down employees for campaign financing, far worse treatment of the public... we need to think about how to realistically bring about cost savings without throwint eh baby out with the bath water.
Lumberjacks don’t need unions.
Oh, he’s a lumberjack
and he’s okay
He drinks all night
And views porn all day
I call in sick
Sandbag the boss
I milk disability
On Tuesdays I’m protesting
And bring 20 thugs with me
He’s a lumberjack
And he’s okay
Playing slots each night
Water skiing by day
File grievances
Have booze for lunch
Come back at half past two
Just like my worker comrades
Who are in SEIU
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