i'm blaming george bush, again
so, it looks like this transit strike is a bit of an inconvenience. on the positive side, i am at home and not planning on going to work. i would like to say that the majority of the media, commuters, etc. are blaming the TWU and their "selfishness" for this strike. hey people, let's blame the freakin' MTA instead. the MTA sucks, and we all know it. did the MTA need to offer half price holiday fares this year? no, and it was impossible for anyone to take advantage of the offer unless you were a tourist. did the MTA need to spend $2 million on advertising for the half price holiday fares campaign? i don't think so. hey MTA, stop being such stingy a-holes, and give the TWU the money they deserve. also, peter kalikow (MTA chairman), i'm on to you, you republican crony to governor pataki. and mayor bloomberg, you are sooo awesome walking across the brooklyn bridge this morning. you are so down with the common person. i still can't believe that you claim to be a democrat who chose to run on the republican ticket, so you could easily win the mayor's race. i fell for that crap during the first election, but i didn't vote for you the second time. i'm still mad that bloomberg allowed the republicans' to hold their convention here last summer. talk about an inconvenience to the people of nyc. i haven't even drunk a budweiser since august 2004 because they were such a visible sponsor of the convention. okay, i guess i'm a little off topic here, but in the bigger picture of politics, we need to not fall for such republican trickery such as played by bloomberg and stand behind our liberal candidates, no matter who they are. that's why i'm blaming george bush. are you with me?
posted by hazeldove at 9:11 AM
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I'm with you on Bloomberg. I never liked him, never voted for him, always thought he was a corporate apologist, Democrat or Republican. Also, not a single source I've seen has pointed out that Bloomy lives in swank digs on the UES. So, question is, how did he get to Brooklyn, where he doesn't live? I'm guessing he didn't walk and I *know* he didn't ride his bicycle. He's encouraging people to ride their bikes to work today? How about you stop arresting cyclists and put in more infrastructure you asshole? You know, like more bike paths and more locks on the street, so you can quite seizing bicycles chained to street lamps.
BUT, I can't be with you on the striking workers. Yeah, I hate MTA, and yes they are completely aided here by the most corrupt governor in the country, but that doesn't mean the TWU demands aren't absurd. The major sticking point is that they want to retire with full benefits at 55. Are they kidding? This isn't 1945 anymore. They're lucky to be able to retire at all. Today is a paid vacation for the salaried, but working-class wage earners are losing money. They don't make the steady paycheck or get the cush benefits that those MTA crybabies already have. And I'll only end by asking: have you *ever* encountered a friendly, helpful, knowledgable MTA employee? I'd take their package in a second, as I'm sure millions of workers who today are suffering would also.
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