| Michael Moore on being in Madison last Saturday |
[Mar. 8th, 2011|06:16 pm] |
The scene in Madison is nothing like what they are showing you on TV or in the newspaper. First, you notice that the whole town is behind this. Yard signs and signs in store windows are everywhere supporting public workers. There are thousands of people out just randomly lining the streets for the six blocks leading to the Capitol building carrying signs, shouting and cheering and cajoling. Then there are stages and friendly competing demos on all sides of the building (yesterday's total estimate of people was 50,000-70,000, the smallest one yet)! A big semi truck has been sent by James Hoffa of the Teamsters and is parked like a don't-even-think-of-effing-with-us Sherman tank on the street in front of the Capitol. There is a long line -- separate from these other demonstrations -- of 4,000 people, waiting their turn to get through the only open door to the Capitol so they can join the occupation inside.
And inside the Rotunda is ... well, it will bring tears to your eyes if you go there. It's like a shrine to working people -- to what America is and should be about -- packed with families and kids and so many senior citizens that it made me happy for science and its impact on life expectancy over the past century. There were grandmas and great-grandpas who remember FDR and Wisconsin's La Follette and the long view of this struggle. Standing in that Rotunda was like a religious experience. There had been nothing like it, for me, in decades.
And so it was in this setting, out of doors now on the steps of the Capitol, with so many people in front of me that I couldn't see where they ended, that I just "showed up" and gave a speech that felt unlike any other I had ever given. As I had just written it and had no time to memorize it, I read from the pages I brought with me. I wanted to make sure that the words I had chosen were clear and exact. I knew they had the potential to drive the haters into a rabid state (not a pretty sight) but I also feared that the Right's wealthy patrons would see a need to retaliate should these words be met with citizen action across the land. I was, after all, putting them on notice: We are coming after you, we are stopping you and we are going to return the money/jobs/homes you stole from the people. You have gone too far. It's too bad you couldn't have been satisfied with making millions, you had to have billions -- and now you want to strip us of our ability to talk and bargain and provide. This is your tipping point, Wall Street; your come-to-Jesus moment, Corporate America. And I'm glad I'm going to be able to be a witness to it. |
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| this morning, trevor says to me |
[Feb. 9th, 2011|08:26 am] |
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"Good morning, kitten. Did you have a good sleep? ...You get to quit your job today!"
thanks, boyfriend. i do indeed. |
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[Nov. 19th, 2010|11:14 am] |
The best way to motivate employees to care about the company and ultimately sell more product is:
A. Threaten them with financial obligation that is ultimately in management's hands
B. Suspend them for coming in for their shift 7 minutes late, even though they stay 15 minutes after their shift has ended
C. Give them a written warning for challenging their mentor's ideas
D. None of the above
The correct answer is _____ |
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[Nov. 19th, 2010|11:02 am] |
In the past week my work has:
A. Told the new employees they just hired 2 months ago that they couldn't afford to hire them in the first place
B. Bought a decal for their new van that costs $3,000
C. Installed new security cameras so they can watch us from home
D. All of the above
The correct answer is: _____ |
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| from my darling |
[Oct. 15th, 2010|03:33 pm] |
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You're asleep right now, and I'm watching you lay there in your bed. And I'm imagining what it will be like in a week when I'm there with you. And I'm falling more in love as each second goes by. |
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[Sep. 30th, 2010|11:02 am] |
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god damn! All i want every single morning is chocolate and coffee. |
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| cleaning out my closet |
[Aug. 11th, 2010|10:21 am] |
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it's been about a year since the wedding in cleveland. she is now divorced/seperated from the dude. and i have no idea what to do with this $150 dress that i wore once. it is the most hideous shade of blue. i will never wear it again. |
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[Apr. 4th, 2010|04:46 pm] |
'our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks'
i've never been more glad, fortune cookie. never. ever. |
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