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Ha ha! Walker won against the recall attempt by organized crime, er... I mean by the communists, er.... I mean by the labor unions and Democrats!
One small step by Walker, one HUGE step toward crushing the public employee unions all over this country.
This is a great day and a great victory.
Now if we could just get that communist out of the White House.
Oh, I forgot to mention... all those protests that shut down the Wisconsin capitol building... hmmm.... I see that didn't help their cause at all, now did it? In fact, I think they probably shot themselves in the foot by doing that because it showed the public what they were all about, and obviously the public didn't like what they saw.
They are waking up the sleeping giant known as the American taxpayer, and we are not amused.
I had assumed you died in a fire. I pictured a very blackened silver spoon due to the severe oxidation that took place in said fire while your friends gathered outside of your residence saying no to big government when the fire department showed up.
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Originally Posted by mjmacky
Nah, just busy with accounting classes.
Silver?! My grandparents actually have gold plated spoons. Mmmm... gold!
Union greed is taking it in the ass and the unions have no clothes.
One may or may not argue over the 'entitlement' of a taxpayer-funded retirement, but it's difficult to defend the idea of feeling entitled to two of them.
I know a shit-ton of people who are embarrassed at how little they make, doing what they do.
Refreshing to see people embarrassed at how much they make, doing what they do...:)
Good, then I'll be sure to rob your house and give them away to fuel cell developmental research projects.Quote:
Originally Posted by 999969999Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
Nah, just busy with accounting classes.
Silver?! My grandparents actually have gold plated spoons. Mmmm... gold!
Florida has long had a stripped down teacher's union, teachers making salaries apropos to the cost of living 20 years ago. They basically only pay enough here to equip our schools with teachers who are married to earning spouses, ones who desperately want to be in Florida, and finally those who are sexually aroused by the students.Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4
You should move to Canada.Our teachers are grossly overpaid,have ridiculous benefits and barely work at all.
That last accounts for the news reports.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmackyFlorida has long had a stripped down teacher's union, teachers making salaries apropos to the cost of living 20 years ago. They basically only pay enough here to equip our schools with teachers who are married to earning spouses, ones who desperately want to be in Florida, and finally those who are sexually aroused by the students.Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4
Doesn't sound like Florida unions will need much crushing, then. :wink:
What kind of students are they churning out?Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
I colleague of my wife got caught recently with a student, it was the second occurrence and he was finally fired and prosecuted. The incidents that baffle me are the hot-ish 20 somethings sleeping with middle school boys (11-13 years old) :huh:Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4That last accounts for the news reports.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
Doesn't sound like Florida unions will need much crushing, then. :wink:
I guess size does matter, just not the way we thought.
A quandary, to be sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmackyI colleague of my wife got caught recently with a student, it was the second occurrence and he was finally fired and prosecuted. The incidents that baffle me are the hot-ish 20 somethings sleeping with middle school boys (11-13 years old) :huh:Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4
I guess size does matter, just not the way we thought.
It's not something that requires skill, or even practice.
Check my grammar and you tell me.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmackyWhat kind of students are they churning out?Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
Anyway you should care if you can afford a vacation home?
Those are both trick questions. I don't see you as a product of a school system, and that second line wasn't even a question.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787Check my grammar and you tell me.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
Anyway you should care if you can afford a vacation home?
Banter, banter.
Banter.
Banter, banter, banter.
How's tricks, guys? :)
Not bad, Kevster.Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4
Didn't you make me a solemn promise to post more when I recently returned from my enforced absence back in, oh, October I think.
You cad.
I have to draw a line here, you don't correct proper colloquialisms in a forum, sexist.Quote:
Originally Posted by mankerNot bad, Kevster.Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4
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Quite clearly, I did.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmackyI have to draw a line here, one doesn't correct proper colloquialisms in a forum, sexist.Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
Do you see your error, there.
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Originally Posted by mankerNot bad, Kevster.Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4
Didn't you make me a solemn promise to post more when I recently returned from my enforced absence back in, oh, October I think.
You cad.
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Originally Posted by mjmackyI have to draw a line here, you don't correct proper colloquialisms in a forum, sexist.Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
I believe manker was having a poke at one of my favorite habits - if allowances are to be granted, I grant them, and gladly. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
Yes, I think you're right, manker, I've an assortment of broken promises, by now.
Has the chrome bin tarnished at all (at all).
I responded to JP a few minutes ago, I wonder if he's around?
Have you been regular, hereabout?
Welcome back again!Quote:
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Originally Posted by manker
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Originally Posted by mjmackyI have to draw a line here, you don't correct proper colloquialisms in a forum, sexist.Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
I believe manker was having a poke at one of my favorite habits - if allowances are to be granted, I grant them, and gladly. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
Yes, I think you're right, manker, I've an assortment of broken promises, by now.
Has the chrome bin tarnished at all (at all).
I responded to JP a few minutes ago, I wonder if he's around?
Have you been regular, hereabout?
I get to see the chrome bin once in a while. Not as often as I'd like but, you see, myself and the bin's owner parted ways shortly after the bin impinged upon our intertwined lives.
This is an actual true story and I'm not quite sure whether the bin had anything to do with it.
:eyebrows:
I have been particularly regular here for the best part of a year, now. JP came back just last week, I'd not seen him at all until then.
It seems a few of the longer standing members have returned recently, which is fantastic because it's coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the board's inception (this Sunday, I believe).
So stick around :D
Sorry to hear about you and the bin recipient.Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
That's a tough go all around; hope you're doing well and are whole in body, spirit, mind, and wallet.
I may just stick my head in here, now, if the older crew has re-appeared.
I believe Clocker still posts?
Only one on this forum does try to correct colloquialisms, do you see your error? In this case, your prior is as correct as my latter.Quote:
Originally Posted by mankerQuite clearly, I did.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
Do you see your error, there.
/x-thread ref
Yield to my colloquial imperative.
Doesn't the imperative accrue to the author of the...oh, nevermind.
Infrequently, more's the pity.Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4Sorry to hear about you and the bin recipient.Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
That's a tough go all around; hope you're doing well and are whole in body, spirit, mind, and wallet.
I may just stick my head in here, now, if the older crew has re-appeared.
I believe Clocker still posts?
And don't be worrying about the bin's rightful owner. I didn't contest custody (of the bin) and found myself with a less shouty model (of a female) who is now quite settled within our chrome encrusted dwelling.
LOL! You'd be in for quite a surprise if you tried something like that. You would have to try to do your fuel cell development research projects in your coffin.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmackyGood, then I'll be sure to rob your house and give them away to fuel cell developmental research projects.Quote:
Originally Posted by 999969999
I'm glad to see Kevin is back.Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4
Clocky will probably show up around here soon.
I actually heard from Bob (BigBoab), but he doesn't seem to be posting here anymore.
Whatever happened to Lucifer (devilsadvocate) ?
I mean when I pry them from your warm dead hands, before the volunteer fire crew shows up to watch your house burn down while they wait outside for someone to come running out and pay your fees.Quote:
Originally Posted by 999969999LOL! You'd be in for quite a surprise if you tried something like that. You would have to try to do your fuel cell development research projects in your coffin.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
Both cocky and confident.
I like this. :wink:
And you assume that we couldn't or wouldn't pay the fees? How hard is it to pay the fees on time? I would much rather pay a non-union, private fire service like Rural Metro than pay taxes for some bloated bureaucracy to do the same thing at much higher wages and legacy costs.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmackyI mean when I pry them from your warm dead hands, before the volunteer fire crew shows up to watch your house burn down while they wait outside for someone to come running out and pay your fees.Quote:
Originally Posted by 999969999
What no one has responded to in these last few pages of posts is the fact that Walker won the recall election by a landslide in a formerly democrat stronghold.
Is doesn't look very good for unions, now does it?
Is doesn't look very good for Obama, either, now does it?
You could easily get behind with all the money you're dishing out to fedex handling all of your mail, a private security agency handling your neighborhood crime, a construction firm you contract with directly to handle your potholes and road maintenance, etc. Or maybe you're filthy rich from exploiting others and you could afford it, but had a difficult time keeping track of all the separate bills, so you hired someone else to just pay your bills, and they forgot to pay Rural Metro that month.Quote:
Originally Posted by 999969999
Because I don't give a shit about that idiot. There are other governors, more idiotic and corrupt, that draw my attention, e.g. Rick Scott.Quote:
Originally Posted by 999969999
It seems that the majority of Wisconsin voters agree with me on this issue.
Does that worry you?
I see what you're doing there, but I kind of already feel like most people are idiots. What additional concern is necessary?Quote:
Originally Posted by 999969999
Most people are idiots.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmackyI see what you're doing there, but I kind of already feel like most people are idiots. What additional concern is necessary?Quote:
Originally Posted by 999969999
Non-idiots are loathe to change this, I think you'll find.
I kind of want to stick to stating opinions to 9s, even if they are facts. That's mostly on the account that he's obviously not real and it would seem a bit strange to freely give tangible information.Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4Most people are idiots.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
Non-idiots are loathe to change this, I think you'll find.
Comrade Macky is either the member of some sort of union or has some other reason to like them, but what happened in Wisconsin is quite obvious. Governments simply cannot afford to pay their employees such high wages, give them lavish benefits, and enviable pensions anymore. Those days are over. Public employee unions are dinosaurs. All unions, for that matter, are dinosaurs. When given the chance under the new Wisconsin law, union members left their union in droves and stop paying their union dues. When give a choice, people choose not to be in a union. This spells the doom of unions throughout this country.
The socialist governments in Europe are being crushed by their debts, and whether they like it or not, the days of their government employee driven economies are coming to an end.
Our debts will eventually push us over a cliff and we will have to slash our government to the bone as well.
Something the world seems to refuse to accept is this-- you cannot continue to spend more than you take in forever. Eventually it has to come to an end.
For some strange reason, we fooled ourselves into thinking that we could continue to run trade deficits indefinitely, and these trade deficits eventually forced us to borrow money to keep the economy moving forward, and to keep expanding the government. Government deficit spending and debt is really just a symptom of the underlying cause-- our constant year after year, decade after decade trade deficit. And military spending, too, of course. We have been at war almost constantly since World War II. Unlike Rome we didn't demand tribute. We just borrowed more money to pay for it. Well, it must also come to an end.
We tried to build a global economy on debt, and it seems like we are still trying to go right back to doing this. It simply will not work forever.
The big looming question is not whether this collapse will happen (because it will happen) or when (soon), but what will the world be like when the European Union and the United States are in the middle of the worst economic depression ever experienced?
Another dark age?
Did someone hijack Kevin's account?Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4Most people are idiots.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
Non-idiots are loathe to change this, I think you'll find.
Rather, I see the purpose unions function to serve, and the exploitation of wage earners without them is just as obvious. They also served as a political balancing force that opposes complete manipulation of government policy by businesses that have enough money to directly influence government. Now that there are no limits to corporate contributions to political campaigns and unions being stamped out, I guess we can now envision how we approach a completely fascist state of the profit oligarchs.Quote:
Originally Posted by 999969999
Absolutely not.Quote:
Originally Posted by 999969999Did someone hijack Kevin's account?Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4
I'm sure you will find as your years go by that the masses of people, if not totally ignorant and detached from significant events, are either seeking a way to order their information so it makes sense, or waiting until they are 40-ish before they take the brakes off their mental faculties.
The result is that (slight guess here), at any given time, a slight majority of people don't have a clue, and it only takes a half-wit to stay on top of that lot.
Smart people will that call that crowd content and let them be what they are, because the 'quick-think mentality' of these people leads to things like...Obama.
Speaking of which, when are we going to get a socialist Obama, I've been waiting 3.5 years.