The latest snarky meme seems to be that legitimate gun owners and Concealed Carry applicants suffer from "Small Penis Syndrome." Do the snarks know that a considerable number of new gun owners are women?
"They've awakened a sleeping giant," said King. More like they've aggravated a dormant but festering pustule. This isn't an attack on unions, it's the promotion of freedom. Michigan and Ohio unions will now be motivated to do what they do best: Not work, but cause a disturbance.
Whether the libs or the inattentive knew it or not, this is what they voted for. Since Ohio is not setting up an exchange under ObamaCare, that will complicate matters a bit more. Obamacare was NEVER about providing healthcare to those who don't have it; that could have been done with 1/10th the amount of money now scheduled to be wasted (er, borrowed, THEN wasted) on Obamacare.
Grog is onto something. The mills were faced with a dilemma: make a massive reinvestment of profits into modernized production equipment (to increase productivity), or keep paying more and more to the unions (with no increase in productivity) to avoid costly strike after costly strike. Neither alternative was financially sustainable due to past management and the prevailing financial climate (this was during Carter's high-tax/interest/inflation "Malaise" period, remember). Petulant unions still haven't learned that businesses are started not primarily to provide jobs, but to MAKE MONEY, and in so doing they provide jobs. The necessity of unions to remind businesses that they must be competitive for the best employees as well as solid customers is rapidly diminishing.
What's wrong with discrimination? I'm all for the freedom to enjoy oneself during leisure time, but...
MadScientist and taxme--the next time you fly on an airplane stoned, do you think it would be ok for the pilot to be high, too? Pilots are not banned from using alcohol during leisure time, but usually "24 hours from bottle to the throttle" is the rule of thumb. Similar regs are in place for CDL drivers who drive passengers, big rigs, or cart Hazmats all over without spilling them in your neighborhood. There are tests for substances when these licenses are issued or renewed, and yes, they are discriminatory. If you don't have the self-control to abstain during the renewal process, how can you be trusted to abstain during the critical execution of your job?
So you smoke pot for "medicinal purposes." Fine. You should be able to enjoy your leisure time as you see fit. Pot may very well enhance your talents at writing code, but like alcohol, it affects each individual differently. Just don't be flying my plane while on your meds, please.
Tomcat, gay marriage measures are defeated in every state when offered as a referendum to the general public. Only courts and state legislatures have intervened where it has been made legal.
Newsweek declares him "The First Gay President." Since "First Black President" already went to Bill Clinton (by Toni Morrison), this is a tag that will stick to Obama.
If ages-old traditional marriage between one man and one woman is a slap in the face to homosexual couples who love each other, then limiting marriage to monogamous hetero- and homosexual couples is a bigoted denial of rights to polyamorous threesomes, foursomes, fivesomes, child couples, incestuous pairings, man/boy relationships, necrophiliac and bestial groupings, ad infinitum.
Marriage was invented because heterosexual couples can do what no other combination can--produce children, which is its ultimate (though not compulsory) consummation. It is therefore an institution of the family unit for the protection of children. Yes, heterosexuals have made a mess of marriage, but that is no reason to deliver a crushing blow by totally redefining it, even in the bigoted sense that homosexuals want.
The First Amendment protects free speech even when it is hateful. The Supreme Court as recently as last March upheld the right of Fred Phelps's Westboro Baptist Church to shout and carry signs saying "God hates fags" and worse at military funerals. But the Court also finds no problem with the 43 states that regulate free speech: specifically, that funeral demonstrators must stay at least 1000 feet away. Would the absolutists concede that there are indeed some circumstances where free speech should be regulated?
The OWS free speech debate doesn't even approach that. Local authorities are clearing out encampments of the Occupiers not because of what they are saying, but because of public safety issues, i.e., health concerns and blocking of public access.
Concealed-carry classes, permits on rise in Valley
The latest snarky meme seems to be that legitimate gun owners and Concealed Carry applicants suffer from "Small Penis Syndrome." Do the snarks know that a considerable number of new gun owners are women?
April 18, 2013 at 3:05 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Unions, Dems vow political payback for right-to-work law
"They've awakened a sleeping giant," said King. More like they've aggravated a dormant but festering pustule. This isn't an attack on unions, it's the promotion of freedom. Michigan and Ohio unions will now be motivated to do what they do best: Not work, but cause a disturbance.
December 11, 2012 at 11:38 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Obamacare prompts YSU to cap hours for faculty
Whether the libs or the inattentive knew it or not, this is what they voted for. Since Ohio is not setting up an exchange under ObamaCare, that will complicate matters a bit more. Obamacare was NEVER about providing healthcare to those who don't have it; that could have been done with 1/10th the amount of money now scheduled to be wasted (er, borrowed, THEN wasted) on Obamacare.
November 30, 2012 at 10:24 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Sandy sidelines Obama; Biden to join Clinton here
The Perjurer and The Plagiarist! Together on one stage!
October 29, 2012 at 7:17 a.m. permalink suggest removal
'Black Monday' now symbol of Valley's resilience
Grog is onto something. The mills were faced with a dilemma: make a massive reinvestment of profits into modernized production equipment (to increase productivity), or keep paying more and more to the unions (with no increase in productivity) to avoid costly strike after costly strike. Neither alternative was financially sustainable due to past management and the prevailing financial climate (this was during Carter's high-tax/interest/inflation "Malaise" period, remember). Petulant unions still haven't learned that businesses are started not primarily to provide jobs, but to MAKE MONEY, and in so doing they provide jobs. The necessity of unions to remind businesses that they must be competitive for the best employees as well as solid customers is rapidly diminishing.
September 20, 2012 at 10:03 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Lack of clean drug tests to hold back Valley hiring
What's wrong with discrimination? I'm all for the freedom to enjoy oneself during leisure time, but...
MadScientist and taxme--the next time you fly on an airplane stoned, do you think it would be ok for the pilot to be high, too? Pilots are not banned from using alcohol during leisure time, but usually "24 hours from bottle to the throttle" is the rule of thumb. Similar regs are in place for CDL drivers who drive passengers, big rigs, or cart Hazmats all over without spilling them in your neighborhood. There are tests for substances when these licenses are issued or renewed, and yes, they are discriminatory. If you don't have the self-control to abstain during the renewal process, how can you be trusted to abstain during the critical execution of your job?
So you smoke pot for "medicinal purposes." Fine. You should be able to enjoy your leisure time as you see fit. Pot may very well enhance your talents at writing code, but like alcohol, it affects each individual differently. Just don't be flying my plane while on your meds, please.
June 24, 2012 at 3:07 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Former Valley pair applauds Obama’s gay marriage stance
Tomcat, gay marriage measures are defeated in every state when offered as a referendum to the general public. Only courts and state legislatures have intervened where it has been made legal.
May 15, 2012 at 9:24 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Home Depot’s policy on theft puzzles Boardman police
HellaBB nailed it. All the more reason for tort reform.
May 13, 2012 at 5:39 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Former Valley pair applauds Obama’s gay marriage stance
Newsweek declares him "The First Gay President." Since "First Black President" already went to Bill Clinton (by Toni Morrison), this is a tag that will stick to Obama.
If ages-old traditional marriage between one man and one woman is a slap in the face to homosexual couples who love each other, then limiting marriage to monogamous hetero- and homosexual couples is a bigoted denial of rights to polyamorous threesomes, foursomes, fivesomes, child couples, incestuous pairings, man/boy relationships, necrophiliac and bestial groupings, ad infinitum.
Marriage was invented because heterosexual couples can do what no other combination can--produce children, which is its ultimate (though not compulsory) consummation. It is therefore an institution of the family unit for the protection of children. Yes, heterosexuals have made a mess of marriage, but that is no reason to deliver a crushing blow by totally redefining it, even in the bigoted sense that homosexuals want.
May 13, 2012 at 5:12 p.m. permalink suggest removal
There is a right to hold a sign; pitching a tent isn’t the same
The First Amendment protects free speech even when it is hateful. The Supreme Court as recently as last March upheld the right of Fred Phelps's Westboro Baptist Church to shout and carry signs saying "God hates fags" and worse at military funerals. But the Court also finds no problem with the 43 states that regulate free speech: specifically, that funeral demonstrators must stay at least 1000 feet away. Would the absolutists concede that there are indeed some circumstances where free speech should be regulated?
The OWS free speech debate doesn't even approach that. Local authorities are clearing out encampments of the Occupiers not because of what they are saying, but because of public safety issues, i.e., health concerns and blocking of public access.
November 27, 2011 at 7:46 a.m. permalink suggest removal