Republican fat cats beg for money to conquer "fat cat labor bosses"

[davester]

rankandfile wrote:
[quote=davester]
“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:
You're right, and I knew that it was an Einstein quote but I somehow had Ben Franklin inserted in there and hadn't even noticed my error. It's been my sig for a while and it wasn't intended to have anything to do with organized labor, but is more a poke at the drones who regurgitate the rantings of their talk radio masters in lieu of using their brains.

[rankandfile]

davester wrote:
is more a poke at the drones who regurgitate the rantings of their talk radio masters in lieu of using their brains.

I haven't seen anyone like that on this forum.

[davester]

rankandfile wrote:
[quote=davester]
is more a poke at the drones who regurgitate the rantings of their talk radio masters in lieu of using their brains.

I haven't seen anyone like that on this forum.
Me either. I just keep that posted as insurance should anyone answering the description appear. It's sort of like sleeping with garlic braids around your neck to ward off vampires.

[seeing.the.unseeable]

rankandfile wrote: "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."

Sorry to continue the OT element of this thread, but I can't help but think how ironic it si that Einstein's other achievements are so often overshadowed by his significant and direct contribution to "so base an action."

I understand why he did what he did, and why the U.S. did what it did - my grandfather worked with him on the Manhattan Project - but I also understand his qualified regrets ex post facto.

[Gutenberg]

People love misquoting poor Einstein--like the "God does not play dice with the universe" misquote, which is used to argue all kinds of points.

[Grace62]

Dakota wrote:
[quote=Gutenberg]
[quote=Dakota]
And what is untrue about those statements? Actually, they haven't even told half of the story. How about expressing a fraction of this "outrage" when state acts as an obedient collection agency for union dues? It is such a popular institution that just about everything about it has to go down by force.

As soon as you find that state that is an "obedient collection agency for union dues" I'll consider outrage. Where did you hear this, Beck, Limbaugh or O'Reilly?
Umm, Wisconsin?
I heard you also have to give those unions a spare key to your house.

[Grace62]

$tevie wrote:
Making the rounds via Facebook & the 'net:

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!"

awesome

[rankandfile]

seeing.the.unseeable wrote:
[quote=rankandfile] "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."

Sorry to continue the OT element of this thread, but I can't help but think how ironic it si that Einstein's other achievements are so often overshadowed by his significant and direct contribution to "so base an action."

I understand why he did what he did, and why the U.S. did what it did - my grandfather worked with him on the Manhattan Project - but I also understand his qualified regrets ex post facto.
It's my understanding that Einstein was never cleared to work on the Manhattan Project.

He was responsible for alerting FDR to the German splitting of the uranium atom.

[hal]

seeing.the.unseeable wrote:
[quote=rankandfile] "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."

Sorry to continue the OT element of this thread, but I can't help but think how ironic it si that Einstein's other achievements are so often overshadowed by his significant and direct contribution to "so base an action."

I understand why he did what he did, and why the U.S. did what it did - my grandfather worked with him on the Manhattan Project - but I also understand his qualified regrets ex post facto.
Einstein did not work on the Manhattan project or los alamos and you have to be able to imagine a world before mushroom cloud pictures before you can judge anyone that worked on these projects. They were working to defeat hitler, to get the bomb before he did.

[Mac1337]

If that gobbledygook is indeed Einstein's then I am glad he stuck to working on his relativity theory.