Well done. Especially the "Guys," opening.

No avatar, Shouldnt get you without an avatar. That is what makes long time mult so hard to catch

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

I think a good part of it is middle class people want to keep those beneath them....beneath them.

Please make this a good mult. Commit to it ... or we'll get you upstairs and get you outta here.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Yes looking back that is true. But just reading what he wrote made me go hmmm.....

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Hawaii (fuck) You

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Speaking of the middle class, don't forget all the shows that featured those who weren't so poor.

Guys, "Remington Steele" still airs Sunday at 2P on WWME 23, flagship of the MeTV Network. For the record, when "Remington Steele" initially aired weeknights, the ratings stunk and MeTV removed it from its schedule.

As for "Cannon" & "Kojak" being removed, consider this. MeTV has over 100 classic TV shows in its library now. They would like to air as many different shows as possible and create a rotation of sorts.

For the record, there are different shows coming to MeTV. "Quincy, M.E.", starring the late, great Jack Klugman, "Matlock" with the late, great Andy Griffith and other shows will be debuting on Me in the coming years.

Anyway, I'm a communist, guys.

Except we're talking millionaire athletes vs billionaire owners, both of which are higher on the food chain than Joe Sixpack.

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I know who this is. Only one man could pull this off.

Same guy running the Goggles account.

No, we aren't. That's the other thread, which just inspired this thread on the larger issue.

and deni$dman aka D-12pack.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

There is a lot to unpack here.

When it comes to the NFL the owners have a big edge from one point of view as opposed to the other sport's players. That said, they do give a lot of their starts guaranteed money in bonuses and full guarantees even if not the full contract. Also, the players have an edge in those contracts with hard money and they do get hurt very often.

Regarding normal society I think it is spot on that the battle is really more the person making 75k versus the one making 50k versus the one making nothing. These people are more inclined to keep their own lot in life. I see those arguments a lot more than the 1% only wanting to kill all unions on principle.

Lastly, I just had another thought about sports people over others in the general discussion of life. At some point it began common to talk about how being a pro athlete was a lottery ticket to a life of leisure until your dying days. We often hear they need to plan forever on that 5 year deal. Why is that and when did it start? Why can't they just max what they get for the time they play and move on to the next thing?

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Elections have consequences.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

I don't think it's even close to that sinister. I find it far more likely that people have been trained to identify with authority and management.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Q: What's more American than deciding a football player is making too much money and therefore rescinding your "first dibs" on his services for the upcoming season/s and letting the free market decide what he's worth?

A:

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I don't think it's even that sinister. If you're running a race with 10 people and running 8th, it's probably natural to want to keep those two behind you to avoid being last as much as just trying to run your best race.

I think what you mention is part of it, too.

People who are running a race clearly see the people behind then. If someone moves into your neighborhood you might compare yourself to them, but I doubt you are saying if they came from LeRoy it means I'm losing the economic race now.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Even Hub is taking management's side: https://www.dailyherald.com/sports/2018 ... cago-bears

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Many think unions are bad for business.

They really don’t have to be. One side of the business/union equation needs to work with the other.

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Teachers are leeches upon taxpayers? That's a strange and awful opinion.

Firefighters are leeches upon taxpayers? That's a strange and awful opinion.

"WE" ???

There are obvious problems with public sector unions.

“It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government.”- George Meany, President, A.F.L.-C.I.O.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

It's easier to write off the concerns of unions and union members. But if something is bad for business, many believe that America will crumble within days.

Quite a jump from problems with public sector unions to "simply leeches upon the taxpayers."

Since our new team took over the site.

And we would like to thank you all (most of you anyway) for your wisdom in having chosen to do so.

Sincerely,
Management

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You must act as a man, not a boy.

so what America needs now: more Laverne & Shirley reruns.

I am management and I don't even side with myself. I'm like Unfrozen Cave Man Lawyer. Your world is strange to me.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
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