tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post41693395538064364..comments2024-03-29T06:08:20.938-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: The Squeaky WheelOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86987632098222632572018-07-10T22:41:43.169-07:002018-07-10T22:41:43.169-07:00There is much more continuity than people dare to ...There is much more continuity than people dare to admit in the Bush-Obama-Trump administrations.<br />All of them have been villified with reckless abandon by their respective opponents.<br />Reality has a way of enforcing kind of continuity as a range of realistic options is often not too wide...Paweł Kasperekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17636249014878876718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-33389419122298490442018-07-10T18:46:42.513-07:002018-07-10T18:46:42.513-07:00Of course!Of course!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-3146332945195036932018-07-10T18:09:15.536-07:002018-07-10T18:09:15.536-07:00It's all about the ventail, baby.It's all about the ventail, baby.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-60729932435213947862018-07-10T16:37:30.221-07:002018-07-10T16:37:30.221-07:00Itsa very nice...Itsa very nice...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-90564915861422427262018-07-10T16:31:29.705-07:002018-07-10T16:31:29.705-07:00These are not the dead you are looking for, move i...These are not the dead you are looking for, move it along, move it along...Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86459986595251644622018-07-10T16:29:05.852-07:002018-07-10T16:29:05.852-07:00Yep. What you said. We now see the same thing wi...Yep. What you said. We now see the same thing with the $15/hour min wage. Lost opportunities, lost jobs, going elsewhere. <br /><br />My experience is that modern unions serve to funnel money into the pockets of union officials and the DNC. It was a shock two years ago when mining unions and some others put their support behind President Trump. I think you could hear jaws dropping from Mars!<br />Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-5793903475509298272018-07-10T16:25:54.254-07:002018-07-10T16:25:54.254-07:00So do I, miss MV, that is. Cranky, opinionated, s...So do I, miss MV, that is. Cranky, opinionated, sometimes not a nice person. Kinda like me, except he was much more gruff.<br /><br />I see the JebReps heading left. They left me. I didn't leave them. And I liked Jeb as the Governor of Florida (especially considering the idiots before and directly after.) He was mostly harmless, which is what I look for in most politicians.<br /><br />(Hey, I finally get a neat picture and stuff, yay, it worked!)Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-61509693683825991282018-07-10T16:11:36.760-07:002018-07-10T16:11:36.760-07:00I know many of my fellow Blue Dog Democrats are mo...I know many of my fellow Blue Dog Democrats are moving right. Of course, we old, grey, and dying out. Damned if I will ever align with the Jeb' Republicans but thinking better of President Trump everyday. <br /><br />The late Mike Vanderboegh (Sipsey Street Irregulars)saw this coming. Really miss his insights.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70729444588387948612018-07-10T15:16:56.968-07:002018-07-10T15:16:56.968-07:00There was a time when the unions did a lot of good...There was a time when the unions did a lot of good for the working stiff. Then the union bosses got greedy, and over time priced American labor right out of the world market. Surprise, the jobs moved off shore. The workers were still here, and had to find other ways to survive. A LOT of technical knowledge and manufacturing expertise just faded away. Really warms my heart to see some of it coming back.RHT447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-12759742469123371482018-07-10T14:06:58.283-07:002018-07-10T14:06:58.283-07:00And, I cannot get enough of watching Joy Reid get ...And, I cannot get enough of watching Joy Reid get that constipated look of amazement when Ann Coulter says Trump would win. It's just... perfect. Goes to show how slanted media is right there at one little clip.Beansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70953625432763247862018-07-10T14:05:05.316-07:002018-07-10T14:05:05.316-07:00I don't have a problem with unions in the priv...I don't have a problem with unions in the private sector, right until they actively work against the companies they supposedly represent the employees of and run said business out of business.<br /><br />I also don't like watching the private-labor unions using strong-armed tactics on government to force positive (for a few select individuals) results out of the masses.<br /><br />And no union should be able to force members to join. Unions are supposed to be a solidarity of the workers, not a self-governing prison racket.<br /><br />Sorry, kinda worked up over these issues. Hope there's some planes in the future. (I miss our noble host just randomly popping up Phantom pics. Or Eagle pics. Heck, I'd take a Starlifter pic right now.)Beansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-25916631235416144922018-07-10T13:58:58.195-07:002018-07-10T13:58:58.195-07:00And, unfortunately, it has reached the point where...And, unfortunately, it has reached the point where the security details will be forced to use violence to protect their charges, and that's when the handle will totally fall off the cart.<br /><br />I know, already happened with Scalese, but what I am referring to is the subtle protective detail that is around all of these people that no one really sees, that will react when their primary is threatened. Each one of these acts of uncivil discourse is pushing the sec-det that much closer to, well, pulling the trigger in one way or another. <br /><br />It is almost like that is what the victriol-filled arse-buckets have planned. As to why, I do not know. None of us, especially those on the left, are going to like the way things fall out if They do push too hard.<br /><br />The truly sad thing is that the Left used the Right's inner sense of consciousness against them. Imagine if the Right had acted this way during Billy Jeff's presidency? I know what would have happened under Barky McMoonbat's reign of terror, there would have been many more arrests, many more seizures of assets, many much more instances of illegal lawfare against us (notice the use of many-more? That's because the last administration openly attacked vocal right-wing opponents using assets of the FedGov including the IRS, ATF, FBI, NSA, the FED and various federal financial regulation institutions, the FCC, and on and on and on. And I can say that without wearing a tinfoil anti-conspiracy hat, without speaking from some hidden location that is actually my mom's basement.) And that whole left beating the right with their own stick stuff is just sad.<br /><br />I don't know where this will end up. I hope with the #WalkAway movement now hitting the Dems hard, the more conservative and middle sections of the (un)Democratic party will shed away, only leaving the mad bombers and hard liners left, for everyone to point towards and laugh at. That's what I hope.<br /><br />And now, it seems Grandma Hills is testing the waters for yet another run at the Oval Office. Oy Vey! Way to hand the rest of the nation right into Trump's hands, lady.<br />Beansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-13671935076285264632018-07-10T13:45:40.148-07:002018-07-10T13:45:40.148-07:00My bad, it was the Women's March people who pu...My bad, it was the Women's March people who pulled off that spartacular piece of un-editing.Beansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-19627360134519780922018-07-10T10:53:11.095-07:002018-07-10T10:53:11.095-07:00I don't have much against Unions in the Privat...I don't have much against Unions in the Private sector. Both sides have skin in the game and the economics of their market influence the outcome. I am adamantly opposed to unions in the government. It's one hand greasing the other with the taxpayer getting screwed, so Tuna, I'm in complete agreement with you. And...yes...The volume of the Howler Monkeys is way to loud to be condoned.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-88535832492678430552018-07-10T10:35:59.445-07:002018-07-10T10:35:59.445-07:00As to unions, ask the former employees of American...As to unions, ask the former employees of American Airlines how they feel about unions now. Or American Airlines.<br /><br />It's one thing to have a union fight for actual safety and fair compensation. But unfair compensation? To the point of ruination of the company that is paying the union employees? <br /><br />Like all those places going for $15/hour minimum wage and 'living wages.' All they are doing is forcing the automation of the workforce, which means less workers, which means less union and leftist employees, which means less money for the left, which means they push for higher minimum wages and higher union wages, which results in …<br /><br />Unions also destroyed the American Garment Industry. Pretty much destroyed the American Car Industry. They've screwed over Boeing and LockMart, also. <br /><br />The days of the Unions fighting for real rights and real workers are long over. Funny, the one industry that might still need a union, the Coal Industry, was pretty much killed by Barky the Magnificent. Fortunately, that industry is roaring back, now led mainly by employee-owned companies, which kinda rules out unions yet again.<br />Beansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-88064507404605491182018-07-10T10:25:25.077-07:002018-07-10T10:25:25.077-07:00The Donald is having fun with them also. Here'...The Donald is having fun with them also. Here's one of his latest tweets, which is a real side-splitter, at least, to me.<br /><br />https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1016079192604139520<br /><br />hahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahaBeansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21091062543802261022018-07-10T10:24:00.401-07:002018-07-10T10:24:00.401-07:00The media is definitely showing us who is their ma...The media is definitely showing us who is their master. <br /><br />And, funny, I seem to remember after the fall of the Soviet Union that records from the KGB proved that the KGB had successfully infiltrated and taken over all of the USA's colleges of journalism and actually controlled most newsrooms. <br /><br />So, who was colluding with the Russians again?<br /><br />I barely trust the 'right-wing' media. The Main Stream Media? Not a chance. It's bad when the conspiracy sites have more truth in them than the MSM.Beansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-52332519318623641572018-07-10T10:14:37.724-07:002018-07-10T10:14:37.724-07:00Planned Parenthood (yet another lefty oxymoron) is...Planned Parenthood (yet another lefty oxymoron) issued a press release after the announcement of Judge Kavanaugh soundly denouncing the candidate, whom they called "XX." So. So... So stupid. It goes to show us that no matter who was selected, they (PP)(followers of Bael, really) already had the same opinion, the same canned response to whatever happened. This is not learned discourse.<br /><br />This level of incomprehensible civil violence towards one side hasn't been seen since, oh, the days leading up to the Great Unpleasantness of 1861. Which is funny, because during the reign of Barky the unMagnificent, when 'we' talked about succession, they (The Left) made fun of it. But now that the Hills didn't ascend to her majesty, They are talking about succession as a viable political alternative to the 'literally Nazi Germany' that this nation is now after the selection of 'Reichsfurher von Trumpenstein' (no, not making it up, one of my many ex-friends who is a barking moonbat but was tolerable in the previous 8 years spouted this out, at her job, at a major university, when I went to her area to do some business, sigh.)<br />Beansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85632969700702901592018-07-10T09:44:45.652-07:002018-07-10T09:44:45.652-07:00They just keep on keeping on letting their mouths ...They just keep on keeping on letting their mouths overload their a****. Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-622235489931320082018-07-10T09:30:01.104-07:002018-07-10T09:30:01.104-07:00Well, Tuna, the ATC did decide to not show up one ...Well, Tuna, the ATC did decide to not show up one day. And President Reagan canned all their asses, and had military people fill in as needed until a new batch could be brought up, or canned ones brought back. So... Yeah... Probably one of his most memorable moments. But that's what happens when a non-strike union strikes. They violated their own accords, so, well "bu-bye!"Beansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-4261569865003819772018-07-10T08:38:54.548-07:002018-07-10T08:38:54.548-07:00It’s the freakin’ escalation and further swinging ...It’s the freakin’ escalation and further swinging of that proverbial pendulum that disturbs me. There is no longer any reasonable discussion. A prime example on the prog’s side is the rhetoric spewed by NYU students regarding the SCOTUS selection before the selection was even made. Talk about premature ejaculation.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-89379534378266098912018-07-10T07:10:59.768-07:002018-07-10T07:10:59.768-07:00Stalin wasn't evil, he was, um, misunderstood,...Stalin wasn't evil, he was, um, misunderstood, yeah, that's the ticket.<br /><br />;)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-11834505575831495882018-07-10T07:02:08.108-07:002018-07-10T07:02:08.108-07:00Got a few typos in there because I'm dictating...Got a few typos in there because I'm dictating this into my phone before I go into work. I expect everyone will get the gist though.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-76965328847566839022018-07-10T07:00:21.570-07:002018-07-10T07:00:21.570-07:00Those people on the left are very smart, smarter t...Those people on the left are very smart, smarter than me, I'm pretty sure they know best and have my interest at heart...still...F*ck em!joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68397968930747588962018-07-10T07:00:11.572-07:002018-07-10T07:00:11.572-07:00James, I appreciate your comments, but they are co...James, I appreciate your comments, but they are completely off topic. It's not that there is rhetoric being thrown it's how it is being thrown. Disrupting staffers Diner when her kids are with her with constant heckling is completely out of line. There was another instance I did not write about when the president was meeting for a photo op with the prime minister of the Netherlands. Reporters were just screaming mr. Trump, mr. Trump how can you this or that regarding is immigration policies. They were YELLING, this, not at a press conference but just a photo op. Where's the decorum? Sure, people didn't like Obama, but they weren't harassing his staffers out in their public and private lives.<br /><br />And I said nothing about the value of unions. I only commented on their huge political power which I disagree with. Unions also have someone been superseded by a variety of well enforced health and safety regulations in the workplace. I I don't believe that without a union public sector workers would not have health and safety regulations, nor would they not get a fair pay or Healthcare. Even Roosevelt thought that collective bargaining by public sector unions could be disastrous for the government. Talk about health and safety, think of what would happen or at least what could happen if the Department of Homeland Security airport screeners decided to not show up for work one day. Or if air traffic controllers did the same. Unions are great at ensuring that profits are shared among workers, but the government doesn't make a profit. Thank you for commenting, but I'm only railing against the volume.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.com