[tomder55]

Who do I route for... the Slimes or it's unions ?

Globe issues ultimatum: unions must settle or face closure - Local News Updates - The Boston Globe

[excon]

Hello tom:

How about those Mariners?

excon

[speechlesstx]

On one hand you have to root for the Slimes to break those "lifetime job guarantees" and all. On the other, you'd love to see the Slimes get hammered for their hypocrisy. Tough call.

[tomder55]

Ex
The AL West is up for grabs . Any of the teams could win.

I have Beltre and Branyan on my fantasy roster.

[speechlesstx]

Hello tom:

How about those Mariners?

excon

Speaking of the Mariners, we should be rooting for Dallas Cowboys scouting assistant Rich Behm who was paralyzed when their practice facility was blown to bits.

I know, it has nothing to with Mariners or the Slimes, but it is news.

[tomder55]

Yes that was tragic. Are his injuries permanent or is it too early to tell ?

Since we are co-mingling politics and sports . I'd like to offer a goodby and rest in peace to Jack Kemp. He was a true exemplary athlete role model in his time and one of the few remaining true believers in supply-side economics and a believer in promoting economic freedom to all Americans.
From his 1990 address calling for a new war on poverty :

In 1984, Mario Cuomo of New York electrified the Democratic Convention with his tale of America as two cities, one rich and one poor, permanently divided into two classes. He talked about the rich growing richer and the poor becoming poorer, with the conclusion that class conflict, if not warfare, was the only result, and redistribution of wealth the solution.
With all due respect to Gov. Cuomo, he got it wrong. America is not divided immutably into two static classes. But it is separated or divided into two economies. One economy -- our mainstream economy -- is democratic and capitalist, market-oriented and entrepreneurial. It offers incentives for working families in labor and management. This mainstream economy rewards work, investment, saving and productivity. Incentives abound for productive economic and social behavior.
It was this economy, triggered by President Reagan's supply-side revolution of tax cuts in 1981 that generated 21.5 million new jobs, more than four million new businesses, relatively low inflation and higher standards of living for most people. This economy has created more jobs in the past decade than all of Europe, Canada and Japan combined. And according to the U.S. Treasury, federal income taxes paid by the top 1% of taxpayers has surged by more than 80% to $92 billion in 1987 from $51 billion in 1981.


There is another economy -- a second economy that is similar in respects to the East European or Third World socialist economies. It functions in a fashion opposite to the mainstream capitalist economy. It predominates in the pockets of poverty throughout urban and rural America. This economy has barriers to productive human and social activity and a virtual absence of economic incentives and rewards. It denies black, Hispanic and other minority men and women entry into the mainstream. This economy works almost as effectively as did hiring notices 50 years ago that read "No Blacks -- or Hispanics or Irish or whatever -- Need Apply."
The irony is that the second economy was born of desire to help the poor, alleviate suffering, and provide a basic social safety net. The results were a counterproductive economy. Instead of independence, the second economy led to dependence. In an effort to minimize economic pain, it maximized welfare bureaucracy and social costs.

Full text of "SECRETARY JACK KEMP TALKS ABOUT A NEW WAR ON PROVERTY"

[speechlesstx]

It's permanent, it severed his spinal cord. RIP Jack Kemp, he was one of the good guys.

[excon]

Hello again:

I read about the guy in Texas. Bummer. I read about Jack Kemp. Super bummer. He was a GOOD Republican. You guys could learn a thing or two from him...

The print media is going the way of the Pontiac. They've both served us well, and their time is over. I'd love to support the Times AND the union, but they're both engaged in losing business's.

Beltre will get on it. Branyon already is.

excon

[tomder55]

The despicable Arlen Specter blamed GOP polices for Kemp's death yesterday.
Specter hints Kemp died of GOP agenda - Washington Times

He's come a long way in learning the language of the left.

[speechlesstx]

I would say "you've got to be kidding" but it's no surprise. Specter should feel "much more comfortable with the Democrats' approach" now, he's home again. When will he start blaming Bush for Ted Kennedy's illness?

[tomder55]

Besides that ;Specter is himself a cancer survivor so he should be well aware about how much money gets spent in this nation ,both publicly and privately on cancer research and treatment .

[speechlesstx]

besides that ;Specter is himself a cancer survivor so he should be well aware about how much money gets spent in this nation ,both publicly and privately on cancer research and treatment .

When you cross that line to the left I think the portion of your brain that processes the concept of charity gets scrambled.

[tomder55]

Ed Morrissey says this about Benedict Arlen's claim :

During Republican control of Congress, federal spending on health research and regulation increased 46% after inflation, from $49 billion a year to $72 billion a year, or about 7% increase each year. That's almost the same rate of increase as Defense spending got in the same period (48%), when we actually had a real war on our hands, and not a political contrivance for excusing federal spending.

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Specter says he would have cured Kemp if GOP had listened

[ETWolverine]

Who do I route for ......the Slimes or it's unions ?

Globe issues ultimatum: unions must settle or face closure - Local News Updates - The Boston Globe

This reminds me of another moral dilema I cam across years ago.

Let's assume you are a photo-journalist (I know, I know, an extinct breed). You are walking in the mountains of Afghanistan. You look up, and lo-and behold, hanging from his fingertips from a cliff-edge is Osama bin Laden. You can tell that he's struggling to keep from falling and that he will soon lose all his strength and plunge to his death. You can either save him thus proving your moral superiority over terrorists and acting in a humane manner, or you can follow your journalistic instincts and capture the image of him dropping to his death without interfering in the story as a good journalist should.

Your dilema:

Should you use the wide-angle lense or go for the close-up?

Elliot

[speechlesstx]

Your dilema:

Should you use the wide-angle lense or go for the close-up?

The wide angle would give you a nice panoramic view, show the magnitude of his peril. You can always go for the closeup at the bottom.

[ETWolverine]

The wide angle would give you a nice panoramic view, show the magnitude of his peril. You can always go for the closeup at the bottom.

Yeah... but I might just want to see his expression as he drops. It's a coin toss.

[speechlesstx]

Yeah... but I might just want to see his expression as he drops. It's a coin toss.

If you used video you could start with the closeup, pan out and catch his scream at the same time.

[ETWolverine]

If you used video you could start with the closeup, pan out and catch his scream at the same time.

Cool... video rights.

Mustn't forget the boom mike.

[tomder55]

The Slimes says that the Globe has a temporary reprieve even though negotiations went no where yesterday . The Globe is targeting losses of $85 million if the unions don't make concessions.

When asked about the devlopments White House flunky Robert Gibbs had this to say.

Q. A quick question on The Boston Globe today, the news that they may have 30 to 60 days to live. What's the White House's thinking on the newspaper industry right now and whether or not it may need a bailout, since there are a lot of jobs at stake just as with the auto industry; a lot of people talking about the impact on communities like Boston, Seattle, and places that are losing newspapers? How do you evaluate all that?

Mr. Gibbs: I have not asked specifically about assistance. I don't think — I think that might be a bit of a tricky area to get into, given the differing roles. Obviously the president believes there has to be a strong free press. I think there's a certain concern and a certain sadness when you see cities losing their newspapers or regions of the country losing their newspapers. So it's certainly of concern.
I don't know what, in all honesty, government can do about it.

Then he added this strange comment:

I would note that, looking at some of the balance sheets, I wondered how you guys didn't think $100 million meant a lot a few weeks ago, but looking at some of the balance sheets, $100 million seems to me a lot.

This was a reference to the President asking his staff to cut $100 million from his multi-trillion dollar budget . In other words ;there is no comparison . The equivalent would be the Globe reducing it's paper clips purchases.

[speechlesstx]

I would note that, looking at some of the balance sheets, I wondered how you guys didn’t think $100 million meant a lot a few weeks ago, but looking at some of the balance sheets, $100 million seems to me a lot.

This was a reference to the President asking his staff to cut $100 million from his multi-trillion dollar budget . In other words ;there is no comparison . The equivalent would be the Globe reducing it's paper clips purchases.

Gibbs is so clueless, either that or the administration really thinks we're idiots... or maybe it's both.

$100 million to the feds is like .003 percent of Obama's budget, not counting all the other sepnding. That's not 3 percent, it's not 3 tenths of one percent, it's not 3 hundredths of one percent, that's 3 thousandths of one percent if my math hasn't failed me. That's less than paper clips for the Globe, it's like someone with $100k income cutting out a six-pack of Cokes a year from their budget.