tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post3171126248057203284..comments2024-03-19T08:26:47.352-05:00Comments on Althouse: "It's quite striking the way almost every lie the left ever told about the Tea Party has turned out to be true of the government unionists in Wisconsin and their supporters."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87412509566060200682011-02-23T13:25:40.181-06:002011-02-23T13:25:40.181-06:00The reason is simple: projection.
Now we know, f...The reason is simple: projection. <br /><br />Now we know, from their own mouths, what they are.John Cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847795333613154546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-95444533821656652011-02-23T10:22:34.384-06:002011-02-23T10:22:34.384-06:00Those are the people who produce everything inedib...<i>Those are the people who produce everything inedible I see for sale in stores.</i><br /><br />The transportation industry is loaded of American made, American moved products every single day. Do they ever get talked about? No. Hell, Pacific, MO, population around 5400, has an industrial park. They actual MAKE things there. They ship to other people who either sell or make other things with the aforementioned American-made things.<br /><br />You're being purposefully glib. Admit it.Scott Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459388007426664813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15362816550561933512011-02-23T10:14:51.274-06:002011-02-23T10:14:51.274-06:00Thank god we have a group working against the peop...<i>Thank god we have a group working against the people who actually produce things. Otherwise things might be cheaper and more plentiful. </i><br /><br />There's a group working against the Chinese? Those are the people who produce everything inedible I see for sale in stores.former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7140740992536438152011-02-23T09:12:02.908-06:002011-02-23T09:12:02.908-06:00If you feel that Taranto's article is intellec...If you feel that Taranto's article is intellectually sound, then essentially you are conceding that the Tea Party movement is a total waste of time, and that the electorate can't put a halt to excessive spending on public workers by electing tough bargainers. The right constantly rails at the left for selling the electorate short intellectually. Isn't Toranto doing the same thing?Kim Grimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08639749023910113053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31603920802876559372011-02-23T08:21:04.672-06:002011-02-23T08:21:04.672-06:00"DADvocate said...
As so many say, there..."DADvocate said...<br /><br /> As so many say, there is a place for unions. Unions helped bring about many needed changes in labor practices. But, for several decades now, they've moved into the realm of plain, old greed, get everything they can at any cost."<br /><br />This is exactly right. Over time all institutions corrupt no matter how worthy the original cause. The people who successfully navigate through the power positions in an organization are those who demonstrate their ability in making the institution more powerful. My example is MADD. Their original campaign was valuable, and the continuing awareness is also important. But their goals were largely accomplished, so what now? They should cut back operations, but that would impair this fabulous fund raising monster they created. So instead they push ever more restrictive standards and greater punishment in order to claim their mission is not yet finished. And it never will be even were they to bring back prohibition. <br /><br />And what do you think will happen if the anti-death penalty crusaders are successful? Will they declare victory and take jobs in the prosecutors office? No chance: they'll declare life without parole a cruel and unusual punishment and crusade against that. There will always be something they'll be against. <br /><br />Did the anti-smoking people who ridiculed Limbaugh for predicting they'd go after fast food if they win quit when the smoking cases were won? <br /><br />Unions are the same. Industry safety matters were a legitimate concern, hence their wide support. But now we have OSHA taking that role, and conditions are indescribably better even without it. Unions no longer have a legitimate purpose in most industries (not that they ever did for public employees - perhaps excepting police and firefighters whose jobs have significant safety risks). <br /><br />The genius of the free market is to provide institutions a goal which provides value to society as a byproduct of the institution helping itself. The belief that you have to fight against that is just stupid.testhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478829894294731159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53578304342182058502011-02-23T06:53:18.502-06:002011-02-23T06:53:18.502-06:00Thank god we have a group working against the peop...Thank god we have a group working against the people who actually produce things. Otherwise things might be cheaper and more plentiful. <br /><br />Close call.testhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478829894294731159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7617879234825254532011-02-23T06:36:39.468-06:002011-02-23T06:36:39.468-06:00The nation sees them project their cancerous hate,...The nation sees them project their cancerous hate, and are rejecting it. Keep shining a light on the cockroaches, so we may stamp them out.sofahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05980976047602693896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2403612402457958962011-02-23T06:34:05.864-06:002011-02-23T06:34:05.864-06:00I hope we're seeing the 'death throws'...I hope we're seeing the 'death throws' of the union movement.<br /><br />Exposed for all to see, "unionism" is a repugnant philosophy of greed and coersion.sofahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05980976047602693896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1197429236002604552011-02-23T01:55:47.442-06:002011-02-23T01:55:47.442-06:00@Jay
No - according to a CA state representative...@Jay <br /><br />No - according to a CA state representative "We don't have a SPENDING problem. We have a REVENUE ENHANCEMENT problem."<br /><br />That's kinda like a "man caused disaster."Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023852057418281003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11679179608121065512011-02-23T01:44:35.064-06:002011-02-23T01:44:35.064-06:00I'm a Shaaaaark said... Not that striking. I&#...I'm a Shaaaaark said... <i>Not that striking. I've always subscribed to the 'Want to know what a Leftist is up to? Just look at what they accuse others of' school of thought.</i><br /><br />Amen to that. It's quite shocking.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023852057418281003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2979723731814778722011-02-22T23:41:44.043-06:002011-02-22T23:41:44.043-06:00Alinsky rules dictate that you need a boogey man, ...<i>Alinsky rules dictate that you need a boogey man, a demon, etc. and that's what the libs have tried unsuccessfully with the Tea Party.</i><br /><br />Alinsky trained ordinary folks to exert power over the Establishment.<br /><br />The Tea Party are ordinary folks looking out for the Establishment's interests. Joe the Plumber thought he was the third Koch brother.former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69511039780314350392011-02-22T23:35:00.044-06:002011-02-22T23:35:00.044-06:00James Taranto explains it all.
He sure does!
Joh...<i>James Taranto explains it all.</i><br /><br />He sure does!<br /><br /><i>John Kerry is ... [t]he haughty, French-looking Massachusetts Democrat, who by the way served in Vietnam</i><br /><br />Then Taranto asserts the US is a classless society:<br /><i>Outside of university faculties and Marxist fringe groups (but we repeat our self), Americans do not divide ourselves up by class</i><br /><br />before delineating the difference between elites (such as "state employee Ann Althouse) and commoners:<br /><i>If any government workers are undercompensated relative to their private-sector counterparts, it is those with special expertise--lawyers, scientists, economists, top administrators. Public-sector union members mostly have commoner abilities, for which they are overpaid.</i><br /><br />Yes, James Taranto knows exactly what everyone should be paid. How much does Toronto make, anyways?former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50939936684519401292011-02-22T23:19:20.493-06:002011-02-22T23:19:20.493-06:00PETER V. BELLA said...
has the slandering treasono...<i>PETER V. BELLA said...<br />has the slandering treasonous fake war hero gigolo released his discharge form? He promised to do so what was it six years ago. Must be located in the same file cabinet as Obama's long form birth certificate.</i><br /><br />Cubanbob or whatever the fuck your name is:<br /><br /><b>I have never stated the above. You, sir are a liar, a charlatan, and a fraud.</b> <br /><br />You are lower than a New York Times reporter. You cannot get lower than that. They are like whale shit, lying on the bottom of the ocean.<br /><br />This is now war!!!!!!!!!!!Peter V. Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209902525167395224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75824913593446104572011-02-22T23:17:47.285-06:002011-02-22T23:17:47.285-06:00This has to be the ultimate nightmare for Taranto ...<i>This has to be the ultimate nightmare for Taranto and the WSJ. A real populist worker rebellion spreading around the country.</i><br /><br />Oh no! The government workers are going to rise up, and seize the means of seizing the proceeds from the means of production!<br /><br />It's just like Karl Marx predicted, except <b>completely retarded</b>.Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29010375436154317602011-02-22T22:38:02.558-06:002011-02-22T22:38:02.558-06:00Also, James Taranto thinks John Kerry is "Fre...<i>Also, James Taranto thinks John Kerry is "French-looking"<br /></i>It's a joke, but Kerry actually does have French ancestors and spent part of his childhood in France with relatives.Ralph Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915708905660273961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27746187068743455302011-02-22T22:23:38.772-06:002011-02-22T22:23:38.772-06:00J, do you happen to own a recently closed YouTube ...J, do you happen to own a recently closed YouTube account?Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18412113204547746762011-02-22T22:21:56.588-06:002011-02-22T22:21:56.588-06:00Flash mob your Congressman.Flash mob your Congressman.Luke Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290760894780619646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34713178970869278942011-02-22T22:16:10.451-06:002011-02-22T22:16:10.451-06:00"A real populist worker rebellion spreading a..."A real populist worker rebellion spreading around the country."<br /><br />Hot damn! And about time. I was afraid we were a nation of sheep. But who will lead them? Not a bunch of self-identified old new-left self-styled progressives I hope. They simply don't have the answers. I doubt they can be co-opted and manipulated by behind-the-scenes money (as the Tea Partiers can, poor things). Demagogues are always a danger -- but then anyone who leads such a movement is automatically branded a demagogue. We don't have a positive word for the role! And of course any popular movement will be branded populist, meaning racist, anti-Semitic just waiting to jump out.<br /><br />My prediction (or maybe my hope): wealthy upper-class Ashkenazis.<br /><br />And when the cause gets sexy Ann will be on its side, I predict. And good for her.Luke Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290760894780619646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83359166686968906812011-02-22T22:00:16.981-06:002011-02-22T22:00:16.981-06:00Actually there has always been class in America. ...Actually there has always been class in America. Remember, FDR was a traitor to his.<br /><br />Take your blinders off conservative Althouse fans.Luke Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290760894780619646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65285665217761652122011-02-22T21:57:36.743-06:002011-02-22T21:57:36.743-06:00Loved this: "There are several problems with ...Loved this: "There are several problems with this line of thinking. First, to talk of America in terms of "class" is to speak a foreign language."<br /><br />Welcome to the new America!Luke Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290760894780619646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27734941789396449012011-02-22T20:37:14.613-06:002011-02-22T20:37:14.613-06:00They're the only large-scale movement left tha...<i>They're the only large-scale movement left that persistently acts in the economic interests of the middle class. . . .</i><br /><br />This is one of the persistent lies being purveyed by the protesters. They're only concerned with their own economic interests, period. What they want puts a heavier economic burden on the non-public employee middle class, much the same as does the UAW when they cause the price of cars to rise by demanding higher pay, more benefits, etc.<br /><br />As so many say, there <i>is</i> a place for unions. Unions helped bring about many needed changes in labor practices. But, for several decades now, they've moved into the realm of plain, old greed, get everything they can at any cost.DADvocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621021178600799126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40999580030504939842011-02-22T20:36:50.969-06:002011-02-22T20:36:50.969-06:00So AA's death threat gets explicit coverage in...So AA's death threat gets explicit coverage in the WSJ. Cool. Just the type of thing I said needed to happen last night.<br /><br />Slowly, the real story gets out there, and one by one, the regular folk are waking up.<br /><br /><br />wv: wessess - what wussess are without u.iftheshoefitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09891632296334158056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13551366099412702892011-02-22T20:33:10.681-06:002011-02-22T20:33:10.681-06:00Yr lying once again
Something you couldn't po...<i>Yr lying once again</i><br /><br />Something you couldn't possibly prove.<br /><br />Is English your 2nd language, clown?<br /><br />Anyway, I did enjoy this:<br /><br />IN 2008:<br /><i>The top-earning 5 percent of taxpayers (AGI over $159,619), however, still paid far more than the bottom 95 percent. The top 5 percent earned 34.7 percent of the nation's adjusted gross income, but paid approximately 58.7 percent of federal individual income taxes.<br /></i><br /><br /><br />Keep flailing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3485068209721193612011-02-22T20:30:34.519-06:002011-02-22T20:30:34.519-06:00See previous note on Reagan's first term tax r...<i>See previous note on Reagan's first term tax rates.--about 10% higher than present.</i><br /><br />Laugh out loud funny.<br /><br />I love your "facts"<br /><br />Is English your 2nd language? It sure seems that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65624702205817730832011-02-22T20:29:23.425-06:002011-02-22T20:29:23.425-06:00Insufficient tax revenues, due to foolish supply s...<i>Insufficient tax revenues, due to foolish supply sider econ, </i><br /><br />Um, the state of Wisconsin was controlled by Democrats who left a $3.6 Billion dollar shortfall. <br /><br />And of course "supply side econ" had nothing to do with said shortfall.<br /><br />You are incoherent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com