Why it's Hard to Side With the Wisconsin Protesters...

Okay, so I hit on this a little on “I’m With Stupid” but my good friend AverageChick encouraged me to expand on it a little here.

So I’ve been watching the protests in Wisconsin for what seems like months now and I think I understand where most Americans stand on this whole thing. In general, most Americans like me support collective bargaining rights and the right to unionize.  And, most Americans like me support the right to protest and organize and petition one’s employer. 

But, the problem here is we’re talking mostly about teachers and that just changes things a bit. 

See, first of all, teachers always like to call themselves “professionals” much like doctors and lawyers and such.  But, just as my old friend from college Brian pointed out after the Fayetteville, AR teachers lost a local vote that would have increased taxes to pay for pay raises for teachers and the teachers responded by all refusing to show up for work, teachers aren’t really professionals. Not like doctors and lawyers anyway.  And, as a high school drop out who was assistant manager of a pizza joint at night and cashier at a Stop and Go during the day, he was clearly an expert on the subject.

But it goes further than that.

And I’m not talking about how overpaid and under worked teachers are either.  You know, they make a big salary for only working 8 am til 3:15 pm five days a week for only about 8 months out of the year thing.  Yeah, that’s a problem. And given how they all get at least one free hour during the day and in general have pretty cushy jobs.  Not to mention all those holidays, plus two weeks at Christmas and spring break. 

I see that, but even that it isn’t it.

Oh sure, there’s also tenure. If they work for just a few years they suddenly can’t be fired no matter how bad they suck.  And after that they never do a new lesson plan again. I mean, you can change the book every year if you want, but 2+2 will always = 4, right? Not that most of my teachers knew that. 

No, that’s not even it really. Basically there’s one big thing that stands out as the reason most Americans can’t really come out in full-throated support of the teachers.

Teaching is basically women’s work.

Since teachers are mostly women, it only stands to reason that they would make less.  Women not being as important as men and all.  Also, most women only go into teaching to give themselves something to do during the day while their husbands are working at real jobs. 

Teaching is the perfect job for women. They don’t have to be there until after they’ve made breakfast for everyone and gotten the kids off to school and can then pick the kids up after school and be home in time to have dinner ready for their husbands when they come home after a hard day of actual work. 

This short work day schedule makes it easier for women to have time to keep the house clean and do their .. uh … “womanly duties” keeping the man of the house happy and relaxed so he can focus on his very important and busy job that allows him to take care of the family.

So, when you look at things in this sense and keep all this in perspective, you can see how it’s difficult to take sides with the teachers protesting in Wisconsin.

But, I do want to thank the teachers for support of “I’m With Stupid” every Thursday night at 11 pm EST!!  Thanks guys. Y’all rock! 

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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