Martin O'Malley - the Duplicitous Two-Headed Union Champion

Kudos to my college roommate Squirrel for pointing this out to me. Extra kudos because he lives in North Carolina.

Does anyone find it ironic \ funny \ embarrassing \ etc that Maryland Governor, the liberal extremist humanitarian champion of the people Martin O'Mally criticized Republican Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker for his approach to trimming his state's massive budget problem, only to present similar offerings to the Maryland General Assembly, drawing thousands of union protesters to Annapolis to picket? I know. You liberals will say, "Oh, this is different." Whatever. You know I'm right.

As you may know, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker proposed limiting the states' union collective bargaining abilities. Like most states, Wisconsin currently has a structural deficit of several billion dollars. If you attended a Baltimore City public school, a structural deficit is when you have obligations to fund certain programs, but do not have the revenue stream to fund them. So, for example, let's say the economy goes to the crapper and hundreds of thousands of people are unemployed in your state (though most likely not state employees). With less people working there is less income tax revenue. And with more people unemployed, they're obviously spending less money, thus resulting in less tax revenue. This is the money that the state relies on to function.

Now, where is the money going? The unions across the country have successfully signed lucrative contracts with the different state agencies to give their union paying dues members huge pensions, high salaries, and healthcare plans that are funded mostly by the state, not the employees - unlike the rest of us who work in the for-profit world. Now the states can't afford to pay them.

There are options. The state could implement massive tax increases. But that's not popular. And most people would probably agree that the unions are abusing the system. So taking away some of their kitty is probably more popular.

So as you can see, Governor Walker of Wisconsin is in a precarious position. But that didn't stop Maryland Governor Marty O'Malley from attacking him. The future pretty-boy Presidential hopeful said that Walker's actions, "...represents a recipe for failure and ill will..."

Then on Monday, Annapolis was choked full of union members protesting O'Malley's proposals for dealing with Maryland's own structural deficit. According to the Washington Post, Maryland has $19 billion (BILLION) in unfunded pension liabilities and $16 BILLION in retiree health benefits. That's a lot of cussin' money!

After stripping the state education budget of $94 million, O'Malley is now attacking unions with his proposals of cutting said pensions and retiree health benefits.

So while O'Malley is busy nationally painting his personal Dorian Gray picture for his Presidential run, he's locally screwing Marylanders with the exact same tactics that he criticizes Republicans for doing. That, my friends, is the definition of a hypocrite.

Muammar Gaddafi Takes on the Wisconsin Unions...

The public service unions in Wisconsin have all gone to Libya to protest Muammar Gaddafi’s brutal treatment of the teachers union?

No, that’s not right.

People in Libya and Bahrain have taken to the streets to protest Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s attempt to strip the Muslim Brotherhood of their collective bargaining rights?

Nope. Wrong again.

Wait, I’ve got it. Public service employees have taken to the streets of Libya to protest the “Haves vs. Have Nots” discussion started by Karen and continued by Dana?

Oh hell no. That’s not it either.

Well, screw it. I have no idea what anyone is bitching about anymore. I just know that everyone is all pissed off ONCE AGAIN.

Democrat v Republican

Blue v Red

South v North

East v West

Liberal v Conservative

White v Black v Brown v Yellow v Red v whatever

Public v Private


Ever notice something about all these “battles” that break out? It’s always regular people vs regular people. It’s never regular people vs the people who orchestrated this whole thing. Or regular people vs the Wall Street types that blew a TWELVE TRILLION DOLLAR HOLE in our economy and were never held responsible in ANY FUCKING WAY.

It’s by design people. It’s planned. And we as a nation keep falling for it. And while were busy being pissed off because some else is doing better than us, or getting something we don’t get and because we don’t get it they don’t deserve it, we’re getting robbed blind by the people who orchestrate it all.

Jesus we’re so fucking stupid.

They’ve actually convinced us that somehow our lives would be better if we could just make the lives of other middle and working class people a little worse. Not that our corporate overlords should be encouraged to make our jobs and benefits better, but to make the jobs and benefits of others worse. As if that’s gonna make ours better. And all the while, the people not sacrificing one little bit are the corporations, CEO’s and the politicians.

You’d think we actually stop and notice this by now. But, we can’t because we’re too busy being pissed off at each other.

Enough!

Why is there a pension crisis in most states? Because the crooks on Wall Street pissed it all away. And if you think that ANY politician, on either side of the isle really cares and really wants what’s best for you then you my friend are just to stupid to help.

The battle in Wisconsin isn’t about fiscal responsibility. It’s about political power. And dividing people so they won’t notice what the government is doing.

Suckers.

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Anyway, in that spirit on Thursday night Matt-Man and Jayman will host a Day of Rage on “I’m With Stupid” From the Middle East to Madison the world is on fire and we’re here to fan the flames. The protests and anger is spreading to the four corners of the world and you never really know who will join in. We’ve got it all covered. In our own special way, of course.

Plus, we do our own protesting. So join us at 11 pm EST on Blog Talk Radio, and if you’d like to call in, you can do your own protesting too! We’d love to see you there. As you can see, the ladies who are protesting are big fans of Matt-Man and me.

And here we are RAGING AWAY!

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