Archive for June, 2010

Ah for the good ole days when Unions…

Posted: June 17, 2010 by datechguy in elections, opinion/news
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…were concerned about protecting their members against management stepping on them:

“We’ve never really had this broad and direct an attack before,” said CWA Area Director Hetty Rosenstein. “We have in 30 years never raised our dues. We never had as great a need.”

I can see the reasoning, after all tighter time, management might be leaning heavy, perhaps firing people without cause. I’m sure the unions will be using those funds for that kind of thing won’t they?

the Communications Workers of America is asking its 40,000 state employee members to accept higher dues to pay for advertising campaigns that would push back against Gov. Chris Christie and other critics. emphasis mine

You know the union members had better get it through their head that their dues have basically become political slush funds that the leaders. And the people know it. If they didn’t then you wouldn’t have unions pushing laws to get rid of the secret ballot to get shops to unionize.

Christmas Music cures a lot of ills

Posted: June 16, 2010 by datechguy in personal
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Today as I was installing AVAST on a system in the house I noticed an icon for Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey the song was only my mind so I played it and got back to my install.

As my install continued iTunes went to the next song on the list. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear by the Percy Faith Orchestra.

We’ve had a pretty tough time of it around here this week and I’m pretty low, but once the sound of that Christmas Music came on, it really hit me and raised my spirits.

It’s been said that song is a form of prayer and that one should keep the spirit of Christmas with them the entire year. I can now speak from experience

Steve Den Bestie reminds me why…

Posted: June 16, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/news
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…the USS Clueless used to be a daily stop in the days when it was in flight:

A number of people see Obama and the left acting in curious ways and don’t seem to understand them.

Let’s get the groundwork out of the way. To the left, it’s an article of faith that America is too powerful. America is too influential. America is too rich. America consumes too much. Americans as a group are too independent, too rowdy, not controlled enough. Americans are too nationalistic, too unwilling to give up part or all of their sovereignty to “emerging world governance”.

America needs to be humbled. Americans need to have their confidence shattered, to become introspective, to consider (finally, at long last) “why they hate us”. America needs to bow to world opinion.

Read the whole thing, when I did it sure sounded like another chapter of my “If you start from the idea they are all Marxists it makes perfect sense” series of posts

These days SDB can be found writing about Anime here. Life is too short not to enjoy what you actually love.

I’m not a World Cup fan but the Spain Swiss match was really something

Posted: June 16, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/news
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While browsing the net I had the Switzerland v Spain match on the TV in the background.

The Spanish played Soccer in an actual exciting fashion constantly on the attack they were pressing the Swiss so hard that is seemed every few min there was a shot on or near the goal.

But it seemed each one went wide or hit the crossbar or post or just went wide or was saved. I’ve never seen a team with so many chances.

The Swiss only had a few chances, but managed to score on one of them.

Even in Penalty time Spain had at least 5 chances none of them worked.

Spain is ranked 2nd in the world. The Swiss 26th.

If Soccer was actually LIKE this game on a regular basis Americans would enjoy it, but unfortunately this is more of the exception than the rule.

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