tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post471630640387671065..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-27615858178301677702014-01-28T18:34:57.867-05:002014-01-28T18:34:57.867-05:00Thank you, Victor. Thank you, Victor. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812221895719217031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-77626597270482399392014-01-28T12:06:14.483-05:002014-01-28T12:06:14.483-05:00Bottom-end wages have been eroded by inflation. Th...Bottom-end wages have been eroded by inflation. This is a great way to put pressure on Congress to raise the minimum at least <i>back to where it used to be</i>. I suspect they can resist that pressure ... but hell, it's the right thing to do, and related Living Wage campaigns have actually been successfully at state and local levels.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830774223073462725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-46327752197138105972014-01-28T11:46:44.562-05:002014-01-28T11:46:44.562-05:00I'm not going to let the GOP off the hook for ...I'm not going to let the GOP off the hook for their intransigence, but Obama doesn't get a pass either. Elected Republicans seem to hate him, and certainly seem to benefit from opposing him - he's not going to convince them by inviting them over for tea. But he could have done a better job of making it politically untenable for them to oppose him on everything.<br /><br />The GOP finds it so easy to obstruct him because Obama can't figure out a way to punish them for doing so. That's his failing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12994009750649527356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-30973910540272797342014-01-28T11:02:53.575-05:002014-01-28T11:02:53.575-05:00One of the great propaganda coups of the last few ...One of the great propaganda coups of the last few years has been the right-wing meme that public sector workers are getting special benefits. What they are getting are the same benefits that we wish everyone was getting and would get were the private sector not so intransigent. But it is the public sector who gets blame for getting more instead of the private sector who gets blamed for giving less.Chris Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139817527808942227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-65120173018646448542014-01-28T10:56:01.459-05:002014-01-28T10:56:01.459-05:00Well, the president has cranky approval on this o...Well, the president has cranky approval on this one. Sometimes doing the right thing can sway us, one voter at the time.<br /><br />(I don't really know what that means, but it felt good to write it.)<br /><br />Yours crankily,<br />The New York CrankThe New York Crankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04489472134701718697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-88066708394242295152014-01-28T10:49:34.287-05:002014-01-28T10:49:34.287-05:00I really think of all the things one can accuse Ob...I really think of all the things one can accuse Obama of --unwarranted expectations of being wildly cheered by people who are on record with wanting to have him and his family killed is not one of them. The guy is more willing to do what is right with ZERO hope of electoral or popular approval than any political figure I can think of other than Bernie Sanders.aimaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956073425680585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-25899844978289713812014-01-28T10:34:36.684-05:002014-01-28T10:34:36.684-05:00Here's a crazy thought - maybe Obama is just t...Here's a crazy thought - maybe Obama is just trying to do the right thing. <br /><br /><br />Sometimes we overthink the triple-bankshot political implications.biz5thhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274752715396083700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-51753677457278230002014-01-28T09:26:22.273-05:002014-01-28T09:26:22.273-05:00Good luck at the new job, Peabody!Good luck at the new job, Peabody!Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-73231859494905973852014-01-28T09:12:07.176-05:002014-01-28T09:12:07.176-05:00It works out pretty well for me, at least. I just ...It works out pretty well for me, at least. I just started a job as custodian at a local middle school a few weeks back. They started me at $8 bucks an hour, so the extra couple bucks an hour will certainly be welcome.<br />It's a shame that a large portion of the electorate can't identify the cause of our political and economic dysfunction. At least the Dem reps are starting to push back a tiny bit, pointing out that Obama's policies haven't had a chance to fail; he hasn't been allowed to implement them.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812221895719217031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-75940434202577716292014-01-28T08:23:29.760-05:002014-01-28T08:23:29.760-05:00On the other hand, increasing the minimum wage has...On the other hand, increasing the minimum wage has to start SOMEWHERE!<br /><br />I understand your point, though, Steve.<br />I'll just hope for the best.<br /><br />The Conservatives will ride this 'ObaMauMau is a Fascist Dictator' meme for a while.<br /><br />Then, when it suits them, they'll fit him into the 'Obumbler' meme.<br /><br />And then, later, the 'Odumber, that N-word's worthless without a teleprompter' meme.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com