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Saturday, February 5, 2011
Unions and Pimps
So what makes this country great? Unions, that's what. For the last century all of the best jobs and opportunities have come with one. Teachers have one, doctors, actors, even midgets... I mean Little People. See, that's exactly what I am talking about. There is a union out there just waiting to sue me for simply using a term like "midget". What a life. Over the past ten decades union organizers have done everything from shutting construction on major projects to almost shutting down Hollywood a few years ago.
Don't get me wrong, I get what the unions are about, hell I am a member of two of them myself. At their best unions serve as rich, over-protective parents ready to slay dragons or give wedgies to corporate bullies and billionaires. At their worst they serve as one of the signs of the decaying fabric of America. Unions have become one of the bullies that they once protected us from. Joining a union is no longer a choice, it is forced upon anyone who wants to work and be successful in a particular field. You want to be a doctor, pay dues to the AMA; actor, Screen Actors Guild. Even every major American sport has a "players union" disguised as an association to make the player's position stronger. Huh? Now we live in a world where millionaires need a rep to bargain with billionaires?
And here is the point to this rant.... Enjoy the Superbowl on Sunday because it may be the last one that we see for a couple of years. Due to the end of the current collective bargaining agreement between the NFL owners and the Player's Association and what many see as the likely unlikelihood of new terms being agreed to before the start of the next season, we may see a lock-out of players in August. And why? Because the billionaire owners cannot come to terms with the millionaire players. The Energy in this country has gotten so foul and funked that the more money and power we achieve the more we try to keep to ourselves.
Scratch that saying from Lady Liberty and make it say "Don't bring us your tired, poor, huddled masses... unless we can unionize them". After all, isn't that what we used to do. Snatch them off of the boats, feed them, clothe them, and sign them up for votes. Why am I even surprised or upset that this is the way that America continues to work. We are just one big band of unions or better yet, gangs, each with its own lobbying monster pandering for us. I guess everybody needs a pimp to make sure that they get the best price for their work.
Don't get me wrong, I get what the unions are about, hell I am a member of two of them myself. At their best unions serve as rich, over-protective parents ready to slay dragons or give wedgies to corporate bullies and billionaires. At their worst they serve as one of the signs of the decaying fabric of America. Unions have become one of the bullies that they once protected us from. Joining a union is no longer a choice, it is forced upon anyone who wants to work and be successful in a particular field. You want to be a doctor, pay dues to the AMA; actor, Screen Actors Guild. Even every major American sport has a "players union" disguised as an association to make the player's position stronger. Huh? Now we live in a world where millionaires need a rep to bargain with billionaires?
And here is the point to this rant.... Enjoy the Superbowl on Sunday because it may be the last one that we see for a couple of years. Due to the end of the current collective bargaining agreement between the NFL owners and the Player's Association and what many see as the likely unlikelihood of new terms being agreed to before the start of the next season, we may see a lock-out of players in August. And why? Because the billionaire owners cannot come to terms with the millionaire players. The Energy in this country has gotten so foul and funked that the more money and power we achieve the more we try to keep to ourselves.
Scratch that saying from Lady Liberty and make it say "Don't bring us your tired, poor, huddled masses... unless we can unionize them". After all, isn't that what we used to do. Snatch them off of the boats, feed them, clothe them, and sign them up for votes. Why am I even surprised or upset that this is the way that America continues to work. We are just one big band of unions or better yet, gangs, each with its own lobbying monster pandering for us. I guess everybody needs a pimp to make sure that they get the best price for their work.
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