Union Craziness
My manager is boxing up his desk to move two desks over, because union rules forbid him from carrying the items the three steps himself. The movers, meanwhile, pick up boxes, walk a few feet, and set them down.
Topic
politics
A collection of 26 posts
A Car for Every Student
Cherokee County's 2007 education budget is $600M for 35k students: a little over $17k each. That's a nice private school tuition plus a very nice used car, per student, per year. I think I pay too much in property taxes.
Unions are Evil; Stand on Your Own, Whiny Brats
Do the striking MTA union workers even understand the issues, or are they blindly following their leaders? Either they walked off the job knowingly, or they're dumb. Either way, fire them all; plenty of people would be grateful for the work.
Crip Memoir Resurrects Slain
Stanley Tookie Williams founded the Crips, killed some people, and got death row. Now Hollywood stars petition that he made amends by writing children's books. I went and looked up what amends actually means.
When in Doubt....
Everyone's heard about the air marshals who shot the man claiming to have a bomb. Investigators then spread the bags on the tarmac and blew up two of them. So much for the art of defusing; apparently the easiest way to neutralize a bomb is to detonate it.
They're Lucky We Allow Them To Exist
A collection from mediamatters.org of commentary on Canada, starting with some amusing Ann Coulter and building to a CNN segment that is entirely hysterical. Turn up the volume and listen carefully.