02-28-2011, 08:32 PM
$tevie wrote:
A unionized public employee, a member of the Tea Party, and a CEO are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table there is a plate with a dozen cookies on it. The CEO reaches across and takes 11 cookies. He looks at the Tea Partier and says: "Look out for that union guy--he wants a piece of your cookie!"
Given the implications of the Citizens United decision, this is even more illustrative now.
davester wrote:
“He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt.
He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Benjamin Franklin
If you intend this quote as indicative of Franklin's attitude toward organized labor, it is out of context and misattributed.
The correct quote is from Albert Einstein and refers to war parades:
"He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."
And, FWIW, since I've been asked several times lately, my handle is a reference to my chess exploits, not union.