tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148048131502110089.post1596408954536149303..comments2024-02-08T03:37:01.136-06:00Comments on Heretic, Rebel, a Thing to Flout: Why I am a Hypocrite and Politically UnreliablePatrick Murfinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05191688376908660270noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148048131502110089.post-65666865053289214532012-01-26T19:44:25.138-06:002012-01-26T19:44:25.138-06:00This bears repeating:
if you think there is no di...This bears repeating:<br /><br /><i>if you think there is no difference between the two parties your are just plain crazy. If you think a boycott of elections will “get their attention” you are delusional. If you think that allowing the Republicans to win to “clarify the class relationships and force the people into rebellion” you are psychopathic.</i><br /><br />The only patriotic vote is an anti-Republican vote, and the only way to vote against the Republicans is to vote Democratic. Hold your nose if you have to, but do your duty.R W Rawleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602434711520754614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148048131502110089.post-73371951383555165472012-01-26T15:10:47.652-06:002012-01-26T15:10:47.652-06:00I have never known being anything other than a Dem...I have never known being anything other than a Democrat and a Union man. I was put out of the "best job I ever had" by the man whom Reagan put in charge of the FAA that hence fired the PATCO folks. I have been "replaced" the only time I ever went on strike - 25 years ago. I have often said that the only thing i learned from that experience is that "STRIKE" is NOT a defensive word! I campaign for and promote solidarity, collective bargaining, and worker's rights - to organize and otherwise. I have watched over the last year as the 2010 mid-term election victors have hastened to take their spoils. The ALEC-written, Koch-funded, right-wing agendas are both blatant & sneakily insidious. The standard favorite practice of the UNION-BUSTERS has become to demand unacceptable concessions, then when unionized workers vote to reject, simply lock them out , hire one of the GREEDY CORPORATIONS who specialize in mobile strike-breaking, and begin to hire SCABS. Two things occur to me; 1) Greedy corporations are NOT our worst adversary- that would be our neighbors who vote for & support those ideals...2) The only remaining choice that workers have to be effective, is to "take them on from the inside"- that's right, either work & control productivity under the worker's terms, or flat-out sit-down & await the inevitable arrest. Perhaps, eventually then, those neighbors would come to see, but if nothing else, long, drawn out, costly strikes will be avoided . America will decide whether we continue our race to the bottom, or if we determine to rebuild our middle class.WorkingClassHeroeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05047014549957149040noreply@blogger.com