tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post4488325861349303132..comments2023-10-30T05:28:11.795-04:00Comments on All Education Matters: What The Protests In Wisconsin, Ohio, And Indiana Mean For The Indentured Educated ClassCryn Johannsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08452412213997621242noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-91482460048504514022011-03-16T13:56:02.476-04:002011-03-16T13:56:02.476-04:00Professors aren't unionized. At least at my sc...Professors aren't unionized. At least at my school, the professors made up to a quarter million a year, administrators made six figures, and actual staff were all in the low, low five-figure range. <br /><br />So no, I don't think lowering wages for people who do the work, or busting unions, can at all be equated with lowering professor salaries - although I agree professor salaries are a large part of the problem.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765709902686717379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-12480036276810667022011-03-14T18:53:52.278-04:002011-03-14T18:53:52.278-04:00I am a bit confused by your position on the Wiscon...I am a bit confused by your position on the Wisconsin union issue. You claim to represent the indentured educated class, but are these class members largely indentured due to the fact that public and private non-profit university tuition increases over the last 20 years have vastly outpaced inflation? Isn't the largest expense for universities labor costs? Isn't a big chunk of the money that made you indentured going to make sure that baby boomer professors have comfortable defined benefit pensions, lifetime healthcare benefits, low-workloads, tenure and nice salaries? <br /><br />Wouldn't lowering the university cost structure help keep future students from becoming indentured?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-88429854920871655952011-03-13T17:48:09.496-04:002011-03-13T17:48:09.496-04:00I just drafted a 1 point list for why I criticize ...I just drafted a 1 point list for why I criticize President Obama:<br /><br />1. Obama, like virtually every other elected representative in Washington, as well as the voters who support them (from either party), places politics above government.<br /><br />"Should we do this?" takes a back seat to "will we win the next election?"BL1Yhttp://www.constitutionaldaily.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-25063425709488259022011-03-13T15:33:01.458-04:002011-03-13T15:33:01.458-04:00I drafted a long list (13 points with links) for w...I drafted a long list (13 points with links) for why I continue to criticize Pres. Obama. I lost it! Even though I copied and pasted, I made a terrible error and lost my response (I had to ask my husband for a hug, and then I got back to work). Since I respect all of you - even when we disagree strongly - I have drafted a new version and will be putting it up as a post. I am going to quote a few of you as a departure point for this piece. Thanks for the feedback and willingness to debate about very important issues.Cryn Johannsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452412213997621242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-3122831943913474682011-03-13T12:20:30.189-04:002011-03-13T12:20:30.189-04:00Did any of you see the 2010 election returns? Whe...Did any of you see the 2010 election returns? Where were all of the outraged demonstrators when they had a chance to keep the Dems in control of the House of Reps? Where was the "large majority of Americans" cited above when it mattered? <br /><br />Now the Left will be immensely fortunate to keep the Senate in 2012, mostly because the Dems have more than twice as many seats to defend as the Repubs. It does look like Obama will be reelected but without control of Congress, NOTHING will change in the bankruptcy or other laws and spending decisions will be largely dictated by the Repubs, with only Obama's veto for defense.<br /><br />And I don't understand Cryn's harsh treatment of Obama. No one to the left of Obama is electable and even he must move to the center for purposes of reelection. If he somehow loses in 2012, the Repubs will run wild. Again, just revisit the 2010 election results - it was a bloodbath on the federal, state, and local levels. Just my two cents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-36210662259900040372011-03-13T10:14:06.200-04:002011-03-13T10:14:06.200-04:00A CEO, a union member, and a tea partier are in a ...A CEO, a union member, and a tea partier are in a room together.<br /><br />A table stands in the center of the room.<br /><br />On it are 10 chocolate chip cookies.<br /><br />The CEO takes 9 of them and looks at the tea partier and says, "Watch it, That union guy wants your cookie".<br /><br />Then the union guy speaks up and says "Hey tea parties, can't you see that the CEO is the real problem? We need to unite against evil corporate America."<br /><br />So, the CEO gives the union guy 3 of his cookies.<br /><br />Tea partier looks at his one cookie and union guy's three cookies and says "Would you mind giving me one of your cookies so we can be even?"<br /><br />Union guy says "Fuck no! I earned these cookies and they're mine."BL1Yhttp://www.constitutionaldaily.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-36609517833438879742011-03-12T23:08:07.566-05:002011-03-12T23:08:07.566-05:00I love that union joke!I love that union joke!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765709902686717379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-27489518375090702692011-03-12T23:07:25.282-05:002011-03-12T23:07:25.282-05:00When Obama tried to fill his campaign pledge and c...When Obama tried to fill his campaign pledge and close Guantamo, conservatives freaked out about "moving terrorists to American shores..." and no one on the Left did anything about it. <br /><br />When he tried to hold trials in New York City, as an inspiring and real-life embodiment of the principal, "We don't need to be a slave to our fears..." conservatives freaked out about "Shutting down the NYC economy..." and no one on the Left did anything about it. <br /><br />But now the people who were NOWHERE when Obama tried to change, are all, "Hey, what happened to Guantamo? Wasn't someone else supposed to fix that for us?" What did you THINK was going to happen when a well-organized and well-funded opposition faced off with... pretty much just the president, most of the rest of the party, and definitely a lot of the now-critics, were AWOL. <br /><br />I wish Obama could do more too, but honestly, I don't blame him for not taking the executive power to its furthest limit on every single possible issue - it's been MORE THAN CLEAR that whatever position he takes, he'll put up with an epic and dishonest freakshow from the right, while way too many people on the Left whine about specific policy positions rather than getting out there and fighting. <br /><br />Things are finally changing - Wisconsin has me very fired up too - but I don't want to let the Left off the hook with some easy criticism about Obama. WE ALL let this happen, and the things that were accomplished were, to be honest, kind of miraculous, given the intense and well-paid opposition.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765709902686717379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-63279385380048139852011-03-12T17:59:18.538-05:002011-03-12T17:59:18.538-05:00A CEO, a union member, and a tea partier are in a ...A CEO, a union member, and a tea partier are in a room together.<br /><br />A table stands in the center of the room.<br /><br />On it are 10 chocolate chip cookies.<br /><br />The CEO takes 9 of them and looks at the tea partier and says, "Watch it, That union guy wants your cookie".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3481083477379506990.post-60329669795249043032011-03-12T17:19:43.131-05:002011-03-12T17:19:43.131-05:00Obama is a neo-liberal. Others have noted that Ob...Obama is a neo-liberal. Others have noted that Obama is an admirer of the piece of rotting waste known as Ronald Reagan. Even Clinton was a "New Democrat." This country is firmly in corporate control - and has been for some time.Nandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06423524039657355134noreply@blogger.com