HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY.

To our soldiers. The living and the passed.

While there are those who will spit on you and vilify you. Those that try to dishonor you and persecute you. Those that have traded in their love of country for a bumper sticker that says "war is not the answer" or "obama for president"....

You know that there are those (in greater number) that:
Honor you.
Respect you.
Love you...and lift you up in our daily prayers.

You are Hero's. May God bless you all.

The Obama-Card—Inexperienced, Unreliable. The Best Liberal Media Can Buy.

Leftist crazy Maureen Dowd plagiarizes crazy leftist blogger.

GO FIGURE!


Being that lefties don't believe in standards and yet also believe in laziness as a constitutional right..its not big surprise, really.
She is now currently saying that she heard a friend say the line in question and inadvertently stuck it in HER column. (uh huh..)

One of the really fun things about this is that she was at the front of the line when criticizing Joe Biden for his plagiarism some 20 years ago.

Oh Maureen, Maureen, Maureen...What would daddums and mommums say if it turned out to be that you really were what everyone already knows you to be.

A leftist hack.

Me-thinkest they might take away your pony.

No mr. president.

(Lib) government = the crapper.

I don't know if I've ever seen a better metaphor than how he uses the toilet.

Perfect.

Obama roasted as he really SHOULD BE.

My favorite bits are on michelle. So funny cuz its soooo dang true.

>:)

Irish student hoaxes world's media with fake quote

I mean really. With all of the media so obviously putting 'journalism' on the back burner as they so blatantly bury their faces in the man-cubs backside....Is there anyone that would be shocked by the following?

When bias is mixed with laziness...That's dangerous. On so many levels. We are heading into a very very troubled time...and with absolutely no reporting (or bad reporting) from the 'mainstream' media, it puts more and more responsibility on the other 'new' media outlets . My hope is that more and more people wake up in time .


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Irish student hoaxes world's media with fake quote

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK, Associated Press Writer - Tue May 12, 2009 8:57AM EDT

DUBLIN -

When Dublin university student Shane Fitzgerald posted a poetic but phony quote on Wikipedia, he said he was testing how our globalized, increasingly Internet-dependent media was upholding accuracy and accountability in an age of instant news.

His report card: Wikipedia passed. Journalism flunked.

The sociology major's made-up quote — which he added to the Wikipedia page of Maurice Jarre hours after the French composer's death March 28 — flew straight on to dozens of U.S. blogs and newspaper Web sites in Britain, Australia and India.

They used the fabricated material, Fitzgerald said, even though administrators at the free online encyclopedia quickly caught the quote's lack of attribution and removed it, but not quickly enough to keep some journalists from cutting and pasting it first.

A full month went by and nobody noticed the editorial fraud. So Fitzgerald told several media outlets in an e-mail and the corrections began.

"I was really shocked at the results from the experiment," Fitzgerald, 22, said Monday in an interview a week after one newspaper at fault, The Guardian of Britain, became the first to admit its obituarist lifted material straight from Wikipedia.

"I am 100 percent convinced that if I hadn't come forward, that quote would have gone down in history as something Maurice Jarre said, instead of something I made up," he said. "It would have become another example where, once anything is printed enough times in the media without challenge, it becomes fact."

So far, The Guardian is the only publication to make a public mea culpa, while others have eliminated or amended their online obituaries without any reference to the original version — or in a few cases, still are citing Fitzgerald's florid prose weeks after he pointed out its true origin.

"One could say my life itself has been one long soundtrack," Fitzgerald's fake Jarre quote read. "Music was my life, music brought me to life, and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz playing in my head that only I can hear."

Fitzgerald said one of his University College Dublin classes was exploring how quickly information was transmitted around the globe. His private concern was that, under pressure to produce news instantly, media outlets were increasingly relying on Internet sources — none more ubiquitous than the publicly edited Wikipedia.

When he saw British 24-hour news channels reporting the death of the triple Oscar-winning composer, Fitzgerald sensed what he called "a golden opportunity" for an experiment on media use of Wikipedia.

He said it took him less than 15 minutes to fabricate and place a quote calculated to appeal to obituary writers without distorting Jarre's actual life experiences.

If anything, Fitzgerald said, he expected newspapers to avoid his quote because it had no link to a source — and even might trigger alarms as "too good to be true." But many blogs and several newspapers used the quotes at the start or finish of their obituaries.

Wikipedia spokesman Jay Walsh said he appreciated the Dublin student's point, and said he agreed it was "distressing so see how quickly journalists would descend on that information without double-checking it."

Isn't he precious??

I like that you can see a little bit of panic on his face when he realizes his brain (teleprompter) had stalled.

He is already a little bothered with being branded the most teleprompter dependent person EVAH!!

HAH! I love it.

If hes is sooo damn smart..why can't he speak for himself? Why cant he THINK for himself.
Because.. he is exactly what I thought. An illusion. A facade.

A nothing.

(except a fairly good reader.)

Let me get this straight....

Obama thought that flying a jet at a very low altitude..over the world trade center....for a PHOTO OP!!
obama actually thought this was a great idea??

Man-cub..you got some growing up to .

(I thought this guy was supposed to be 'smert')





In THIS clip of the same event...Whats interesting in watching this throng of freaked out NY"ers actually RUN in panic..Is that I couldn't help but wonder how many of these people (in very leftist NY) actually voted for the man/boy?
Folks...get used to this. Its only going to get worse. And I hope that when the time comes..that when we get hit again..(and due to obamas child like way of looking at the world, its safe to say we probably will.)..I only hope that you look back and not only hold HIM accountable, but yourselves as well.

The OBAMA Song! (Official Version)

woot!
100 days of diminishing America.

VIVA OBAMA!! VIVA MAN-CUB!!

"STATE OF THE UNION"--PART TWO!

(thank you for waiting. Your patience is sexy.)

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As I said, I had several discussions and arguments with Steve Hulett. Pretty much amounting to nothing more than me venting my displeasure with the wasting of funds.
There really was very little that could be done about it from a 'member' standpoint.

Frustrating? Sure! you bet...but it is what it is. You voice your two and a half bits and move onto other things in your life.
That frustration kicked up a notch when the industry was really starting to feel some of those pains. Many people were being laid off in pretty much all the studios. Disney, Dreamworks, Warner Brothers, etc. Many people were gravitating towards the television studios. Places like Philm Roman, Nickelodeon, Klasky Csupo, Cartoon Network, WB TV....These places were doing things and.. were hiring.
What irked me, is that the illustrious fearless leader of the union...a one Tom Sito...sent out a letter in the union newsletter (The "pegboard") slamming those who would work in Television. slamming those that are working in 'non union houses'. People that (like those in the union) have families and bills to pay and mortgages hanging overhead.
People with responsibilities.
Slamming them and besmirching them, saying that they are hurting the animation industry by doing so. Harming the industry and harming those in the industry by daring to go against the union grain and work in 'non union' houses.
In short...vilifying them.

"DON'T WORK AT THEM UNTIL THEY COME AROUND AND SEE THE LIGHT! UNTIL THEY JOIN!"

"Of course. I mean after all numbskulls, they (non union shops) don't care about you. All they (non union shops) want to do is get cheap labor, send things over seas, lay you off at a moments notice. Take advantage of you! YOU NEED US ( the 'Union') to PROTECT YOU!"

Uh huh...yeah.

IT was no big surprise...(not to me anyway) to learn that Warner Brothers Feature Animation back in 2000 was (yup..you guessed it) OUTSOURCING WORK.
To Canada (and other places if I'm not mistaken. But definitely Canada). Animation, Clean-up, Inbetween, you name it.

"WHOA WHOA WHOA! Handel...Isn't Warner Brothers a Feature Film studio? That would make it a UNION SHOP, right?"

Yuuuuuuuuuup. That would make it a union shop. The very same Union that REQUIRES you to join the Union in order for you to work at feature film studios like Warner Brothers. Cuz after all, You need to be UNION so that they can protect you! After all..you don't want things to be like the NON UNION houses (like Television) where your jobs are shipped somewhere else do you?

Here's the real kicker though. Who do you think was the animation Director on the Warner Brothers release ('osmosis jones') at that time ?

TOM SITO...... UNION PRESIDENT

How do ya like them cranapples?

The very same Tom Sito that chastised people for working in non union houses. Slammed those who would dare work in television.
He was working as an ANIMATION DIRECTOR at a UNION SHOP, on a film that was indeed OUTSOURCING animation gigs. To Canada.
Now...wouldn't you think that that might warrant some sort of dialogue around the round table at the union offices about possible conflicts of interest..or maybe how doing so would in essence make him (Sito) the epitome of the 'ultimate hypocrite'?
How utterly ridiculous this would make him and the precious Union look?

Now, I know that there was some blow back on this. ( I know I put my two bits in).
There was a response from him saying that its out of his control. He's just an employee at the studio.. and people have to work and so does he...(or some such nonsense).

Mind you...its not so much nonsense, because that's what everyone who were clamoring for the non union gigs when features hit the skids...that's what THEY were saying.
But to hear Tom Sito (union prez) say something even remotely close to that, especially after bashing those that were working in TV for doing so....
It seems to me, just out of sheer principal...it seems as though he should have stepped aside and said (and said loudly), that I can NOT accept this position as animation director for this film...as long as you are following policies that are against what my hard fought beliefs are."
"VIVA UNION !"

But again...that is only if you are a principled person.

I worked in Union feature houses, and I worked in non union television houses..and then I went back to features again. I, like most people in animation can speak about both working conditions.

when I went back to features, I worked at Sony Imageworks. Mind you...things were really bad in animation. And everyone knew it. That obviously included the studios.
It was a buyers market baby...and boy were they picking the fruits!!

Rampant exploitation. The studios were making people work longer hours with no overtime.
Coming right out and saying that if you didn't do what they (the studio) wanted and how they wanted it done...sayonara baby.

Steve Hulett, who is and has been the Union business rep...one of his duties (apparantly) is to walk the halls of the studios, and say...""So..hows everything going?""

I saw him quite abit, and spoke to him (as many others did, no doubt) about what was happening at Sony.
His response was this...""Well..You could fill out a form..File a complaint...""
When asked about protection from being fired if we did so...He said:""Well..that is always the risk""

I asked : So what happens after a report is filled?

Hulett: ""We would call them and speak to them about it, bother them...."
ME: "that's it?"
Hulett: ""Well..that's about it, there's really not that much we could do at this point. The industry is really hurting. Buyers market...""

So...That's that.

Again...You are told that you are REQUIRED to join the union. For protection against the BIG BAD STUDIOS. But what it comes down to..is that there really is not alot that the union can do.
Other than bitch and whine about the non union houses that still hasn't bowed and kissed the union ring. Its not so much about protecting you the worker. It is very much about getting more people signed in.
CORRECTION!
Getting more studios signed into the union and therefore EVERYONE IN THAT STUDIO (like it or not) forced to be in the union.

Why?

The more people signed...the more union dues that are collected. The more money taken away from you. The union stays fat and happy (see picture above).

Its a bizness folks! The Union is a bizness. Based on extortion.
Its Jesse Jackson without the black, and without the rhymes.

Now...while the union is yelling at the people who are working in non union houses ( Being scolded for doing so, by a union president who is himself - working at a FEATURE studio as an animation director....WHO IS OUTSOURCING WORK TO CANADA)
While all of that is happening...those people who have worked at both Union and non union shops find out some very interesting tidbits.

I can safely say that the most fun I've had was working in development at a feature house. The second MOST FUN I've had has been in NON UNION shops.
I have been more poorly treated at 'Union shops' then I have at non union shops. There is pretty much absolutely no difference in security. You can be laid off just as easily and just as quickly at a union shop as a non union shop.
You can also stay just as long at a non union shop as you could a union shop.
It all depends on what is happening at either place, really.


So lets look at it this way.

The union tells you its BETTER to be in the union than out of the union. But is it?

**There is no more security being IN the union than that of NON union.
**You can be taken advantage just as easily at a UNION shop as you could a NON union shop.
**The union says that the non union shops send stuff overseas but..so will ( AND DO) the union shops. By the UNION PRESIDENT himself!
** There's not much a Union can do (they're own words) if the studio starts to rip you off. The only difference is that the union is forcing you to pay them (the Union) so that they can tell you that!
At least with a non union shop, you are KEEPING that money.

I have, since that time, worked at non union shops exclusively. And I can tell you, that like any entertainment industry..you have ups and downs. But in the downs...there are the feelings of more control over things. Mainly because the jobs are more abundant, so that there is SOMETHING to always grab onto. Something to do.

A great deal of the reason that there are, is that the union is not there...screwing things up!
Unions can be a cancer. Not always..but often, they are. They can make things so difficult that they would rather people be out of work than compromise on an issue.
They would argue that, and argue that with vigor and passion no doubt!
But lets look at some examples.

Michigan: A bastion of Union activism...Michigan is in the toilet.
Most places that have a union at the helm are in the toilet.

Teachers Unions are killing American education. making it difficult to impossible to get rid of terrible teachers, and dumbing down our education to cover up for their incompetence.

The entertainment areas: When the writers strike hit, it affected TONS of other people in the industry. Besides the writers. So many people were hit and hit hard. People such as those that work as camera people, set builders, craftsmen, designers, etc etc. All because the union wanted to hold firm on a point.
People were hurt. People with families . And the union didn't give a damn.

There are so many examples of union caca..its not even funny. you see...Its not about teaching our kids. Its not about protecting the worker.

It is about acquiring power. And keeping it.

It's politics.
It means dragging money out of you or you don't work. It means pushing candidates that meet the unions political needs, To benefit the union--not the workers.

Baby cakes..you aren't even in the equation. BUT your invited to the meeting.
Have a slice of pizza (after all..you paid for it) and a beer, and shut the hell up.

The places with worker unions are in desperate desperate times. Across the country.
The ones that aren't shackled to the unions..... are doing better. Growing.
People are working, and people are thriving.

The people/workers as WELL as the businesses!
While the Places with Unions and the people forced to work under them are NOT.

Now tell me...isn't it time someone asks........."why"?


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(ground properly scorched? Yes? moving on then..)