I love being prescient. I should go down to pick a MegaMillions number. Since the James Hoffa kerfluffle, I get to say "See, that's the way to do it!" from my diary of two weeks ago.
WED AUG 24, 2011 AT 03:00 PM EDT
I have to stop watching TV
byjoemac53
I just came in for a minute to catch up on Irene. I clicked away from the Weather Channel during a commercial and clicked onto Fox News (they are close together on my cable system). I see a screen divided into three parts, male with glasses (Union guy), the beautiful blonde host, and raven-haired commentator. The host wants to know if the unions are being hypocritical for pouring money into political campaigns since they had been opposed to the Citizens United ruling.
Union guy starts to say no, that labor's voice needs to be heard. Raven-hair smirks on the other side of my screen. I had lasted 10 seconds and I turned off the TV.
The Union guy should have said "We wish it were otherwise, but Corporate America (read-Republicans) are our sworn enemies. They have said over and over that they wish the Union movement would die, and they have declared all-out war on Unions. They wish to return America to a time of serfdom. They suck. We have to fight with everything we have just to survive."
Cut the bullshit and get out there and fight!
I give James credit for being a better public speaker than I.