I got a chance to see the Pink Heals Fire Trucks on I-275 yesterday. What a sight!! Here is the web address for the Pink Heals Tour:
http://www.pinkfiretrucks.org/
My wife Helen Ann Kaup Carnes lost a battle to the death with breast cancer nearly 23 years ago. She fought valiantly for 4 years but lost the war. She never got to celebrate her 40th birthday. When I first heard the Fire/Rescue Service and IAFF members had gotten involved with Pink Heals, all I could do was smile because I knew they would get involved in a big way like always. Her struggle may have been a little less hard on her if she had the Pink Heals guys and gals on her side.
Here is what the Lector found on the Pink Heals website:
For women in their twenties, thirties and early forties, a cancer diagnosis and the journey that follows can be especially devastating. Surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatments can strip young women of their looks, confidence and sense of self – in what would ordinarily be the prime of their lives. After months of exhaustive treatments, finding a ‘new normal’ can be difficult, especially amidst pressure to move forward and get on with life. Pink Heals is dedicated to helping young women regain their strength and beauty with fun, confidence building programming and events. Ladies, put on your favorite heels… it’s time to reclaim your mojo!
Pink Heals Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit organization and is solely dependent on the generosity of donors.
Please join Pink Heals in supporting young women who are recovering from cancer treatment. I think the Pink Heals tour and the Pink Heals Foundation may be separate organizations. The intent is the same. Support your women who are fighting cancer.
And oh yes, have a nice Day?
Wjc
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Caveat Lectores on Recent Absence from the Internet
In answer to the many thousands* of inquiries about why there have been no recent Rants, the Lector must admit to being busy. There is plenty about which to write, but no time.
My home is being renovated to accommodate becoming an office for Lectores Labor Consulting, and I have been doing some of the work. JFTDC, I hate painting 80 year old wood work. I now remember why I quit doing home repair work to go to law school.
Please believe me. When I get back to writing, this experience will have not have mellowed me nor will it have civilized any of the politicos who threaten us daily.
*OK, there have only been a few inquiries, but I may have missed some of the calls.
And oh yes, have a nice Day?
Wjc
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My home is being renovated to accommodate becoming an office for Lectores Labor Consulting, and I have been doing some of the work. JFTDC, I hate painting 80 year old wood work. I now remember why I quit doing home repair work to go to law school.
Please believe me. When I get back to writing, this experience will have not have mellowed me nor will it have civilized any of the politicos who threaten us daily.
*OK, there have only been a few inquiries, but I may have missed some of the calls.
And oh yes, have a nice Day?
Wjc
Caveat Lectores by Jeff Carnes
7500 Readers in 498 Cities, 46 States and 22 Countries
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Friday, September 17, 2010
Caveat Lectores on Greedy Public Employees!
HOO HAA. What am I saying? I take a few days off and change my attitude toward public employees. Fat chance of that. Hell has not frozen over.
Here is a link I want you to go to for some information that you need to know about the differences in pay for public employees and those in the private sector. I could just cut and paste the whole article, but I do not want to get into issues with copyrights and intellectual property.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/09/public_employees_dont_make_mor.html
“Public Employees Don't Make More Than Private Employees” is the name of the news article.
If you are unwilling to learn something that does not fit what you want the result to be, just do not bother. If you think it might be a good idea to arm yourself against those who seek to destroy your future, go ahead and click the hyperlink.
And oh yes, have a nice Day?
Wjc
Caveat Lectores by Jeff Carnes
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Here is a link I want you to go to for some information that you need to know about the differences in pay for public employees and those in the private sector. I could just cut and paste the whole article, but I do not want to get into issues with copyrights and intellectual property.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/09/public_employees_dont_make_mor.html
“Public Employees Don't Make More Than Private Employees” is the name of the news article.
If you are unwilling to learn something that does not fit what you want the result to be, just do not bother. If you think it might be a good idea to arm yourself against those who seek to destroy your future, go ahead and click the hyperlink.
And oh yes, have a nice Day?
Wjc
Caveat Lectores by Jeff Carnes
7500 Readers in 498 Cities, 46 States and 22 Countries
Read at your own risk.
Lectores Labor Consulting 813-240-8165
LectoresIT.com
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Sunday, September 5, 2010
Caveat Lectores on Eliminationism and Unsustainabilty
Eliminationism is a new word for the Lector. I have been using other words, like “demonizing” and “scapegoating”, to describe what the right wingnut politicians, media and pundits do to encourage the ignorant and uninformed workers in this country to follow along like lemmings as they usher them over the cliff. After doing some reading on the subject, the more accurate term is eliminationism. “Isms” usually mean beware of what comes next.
Eliminationism is the belief that one's political opponents are "a cancer on the body politic that must be excised — either by separation from the public at large, through censorship or by outright extermination." This whole idea and the relatively newly coined word come from political scientist Daniel Goldhagen and Hitler's Willing Executioners (1996). The book suggests that the German people not only knew about, but also supported, the Holocaust because of a unique and virulent "eliminationist anti-Semitism."
Goldhagen argues that eliminationism is the root cause of every mass murder perpetrated in the 20th and 21st centuries is his follow up Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity (2009). These eliminationist exercises would include: atrocities in Darfur, Islamic terrorist suicide attacks, genocide in Rwanda, Nazi German atrocities and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (I find it uncomfortable to include the WWII atomic bombings that we would like to think ended a war, but how could we have condemned 250,000 civilians to instant death if we did not totally marginalize them to the point of being unworthy of living?)
Eliminationist rhetoric is now the tool of choice for the right wing media, rePuPlicans and tea baggers to provoke hate speech and derision directed toward anyone who does not adopt their views of how we will all be better off if we become a third world country. Remember, there is an alarming percentage of these people who are counting on the Rapture to occur soon to take them out of their misery so they can hook up with Jesus. They want to prepare for the “end times” by making sure the quality of life for everyone is reduced to the point where we are all praying for the end of the word to come soon.
Public employees are certainly not the only ones who are a target of the wingnuts but they are targets none the less. The less taxes, less regulation, less government mantra equates to reducing the jobs available to workers. From that, we see direct attacks on individual sectors such as firefighters, law enforcement, educators and general employees. The accusations are usually factually false but what do they care? They just say whatever they think will enflame the populace to act irrationally. AND it’s working.
Unsustainable is another word de jour in the right wing lexicon. It seems like any right wingnut opponent to a living wage, adequate benefits and reasonable service levels from any entity that employs people (public or private) has learned the use “unsustainable” as the term that will provide a complete defense to layoffs, wage reductions and pension benefit obliteration for employees.
Please understand the right wingnuts who use the term are correct in that, if they continue to starve government and employees, nothing is sustainable. WTF will happen when pensions and Social Security are destroyed, benefits are completely voided, pay is reduced to poverty levels and no one has a decent job?
Our economy is in near shambles. The reason why we are in such trouble is not because middle class wage earners exist. Wages, benefits and pensions that provide a middle class standard of living did not cause the financial crisis we now face. Yes, further reductions in government expenditures and taxes along with reductions in employment for the public and private sector will put more money in the hands of the very rich.
They have enough money to weather any economic storm. How many millions do you have saved up?
And oh yes, have a nice Day?
Wjc
Caveat Lectores by Jeff Carnes
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Eliminationism is the belief that one's political opponents are "a cancer on the body politic that must be excised — either by separation from the public at large, through censorship or by outright extermination." This whole idea and the relatively newly coined word come from political scientist Daniel Goldhagen and Hitler's Willing Executioners (1996). The book suggests that the German people not only knew about, but also supported, the Holocaust because of a unique and virulent "eliminationist anti-Semitism."
Goldhagen argues that eliminationism is the root cause of every mass murder perpetrated in the 20th and 21st centuries is his follow up Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity (2009). These eliminationist exercises would include: atrocities in Darfur, Islamic terrorist suicide attacks, genocide in Rwanda, Nazi German atrocities and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (I find it uncomfortable to include the WWII atomic bombings that we would like to think ended a war, but how could we have condemned 250,000 civilians to instant death if we did not totally marginalize them to the point of being unworthy of living?)
Eliminationist rhetoric is now the tool of choice for the right wing media, rePuPlicans and tea baggers to provoke hate speech and derision directed toward anyone who does not adopt their views of how we will all be better off if we become a third world country. Remember, there is an alarming percentage of these people who are counting on the Rapture to occur soon to take them out of their misery so they can hook up with Jesus. They want to prepare for the “end times” by making sure the quality of life for everyone is reduced to the point where we are all praying for the end of the word to come soon.
Public employees are certainly not the only ones who are a target of the wingnuts but they are targets none the less. The less taxes, less regulation, less government mantra equates to reducing the jobs available to workers. From that, we see direct attacks on individual sectors such as firefighters, law enforcement, educators and general employees. The accusations are usually factually false but what do they care? They just say whatever they think will enflame the populace to act irrationally. AND it’s working.
Unsustainable is another word de jour in the right wing lexicon. It seems like any right wingnut opponent to a living wage, adequate benefits and reasonable service levels from any entity that employs people (public or private) has learned the use “unsustainable” as the term that will provide a complete defense to layoffs, wage reductions and pension benefit obliteration for employees.
Please understand the right wingnuts who use the term are correct in that, if they continue to starve government and employees, nothing is sustainable. WTF will happen when pensions and Social Security are destroyed, benefits are completely voided, pay is reduced to poverty levels and no one has a decent job?
Our economy is in near shambles. The reason why we are in such trouble is not because middle class wage earners exist. Wages, benefits and pensions that provide a middle class standard of living did not cause the financial crisis we now face. Yes, further reductions in government expenditures and taxes along with reductions in employment for the public and private sector will put more money in the hands of the very rich.
They have enough money to weather any economic storm. How many millions do you have saved up?
And oh yes, have a nice Day?
Wjc
Caveat Lectores by Jeff Carnes
7500 Readers in 498 Cities, 46 States and 22 Countries
Read at your own risk.
Lectores Labor Consulting 813-240-8165
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Caveat Lectores on Thoughts in Celebration of Labor Day
Here is the Caveat Lectores annual message for Labor Day. The simple truth is that no matter what we do, we are all laborers in one manner or the other. Please note that President Jimmy Carter is the only person in the group below who is still with us. We need some new heroes for labor to follow. The old guard has nearly disappeared.
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if Labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.1 With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in men, than any other association of men.2 Every advance in this half-century -- Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another - came with the support and leadership of American Labor.3 It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation to have free and independent labor unions.4
Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice.5 If capitalism is fair then unionism must be. If men have a right to capitalize their ideas and the resources of their country, then that implies the right of men to capitalize their labor.6 In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, as 'right-to-work.' It provides no 'rights' and no 'works.' Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining.…7
If you are making a decent salary in a non-union company, you owe that to the unions. One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts.8 If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.9
The words of...1 Abraham Lincoln, 2 Clarence Darrow, 3 Jimmy Carter, 4 Franklin D. Roosevelt, 5 Dwight D. Eisenhower, 6 Frank Lloyd Wright, 7 Martin Luther King, Jr., 8 Molly Ivins, 9 Lane Kirkland
And oh yes, have a nice Day?
Wjc
Caveat Lectores by Jeff Carnes
7500 Readers in 498 Cities, 46 States and 22 Countries
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Lectores Labor Consulting 813-240-8165
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Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if Labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.1 With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in men, than any other association of men.2 Every advance in this half-century -- Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another - came with the support and leadership of American Labor.3 It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation to have free and independent labor unions.4
Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice.5 If capitalism is fair then unionism must be. If men have a right to capitalize their ideas and the resources of their country, then that implies the right of men to capitalize their labor.6 In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, as 'right-to-work.' It provides no 'rights' and no 'works.' Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining.…7
If you are making a decent salary in a non-union company, you owe that to the unions. One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts.8 If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.9
The words of...1 Abraham Lincoln, 2 Clarence Darrow, 3 Jimmy Carter, 4 Franklin D. Roosevelt, 5 Dwight D. Eisenhower, 6 Frank Lloyd Wright, 7 Martin Luther King, Jr., 8 Molly Ivins, 9 Lane Kirkland
And oh yes, have a nice Day?
Wjc
Caveat Lectores by Jeff Carnes
7500 Readers in 498 Cities, 46 States and 22 Countries
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Lectores Labor Consulting 813-240-8165
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Caveat Lectores on Statistics, Lies and Damned Lies
The Lector has been doing some in depth research into what the American public thinks about certain subjects. Frankly, I was shocked. Below is what I found and below that are the citations for the sources of this knowledge.
• 62% of the American public believes there is an afterlife.
• 71% have adopted a religion.
• 14% are gay but only 30% of gays are women.
• 18% of the American public thinks Obama was not born in the U.S.
• 46% of Republicans believe Obama is Muslim.
• 77% of Tea Partiers believe Obama is Muslim.
• 86% of Tea Partiers do not know what “tea bagging” means.
• 12% of the American public thinks there are extraterrestrials in our midst.
• 44% of Republicans think the US would be better off without government interference.
• 98% of Democrats think taxes are necessary for government to operate.
• 100% of what you have just read was made up by me with no factual basis whatsoever.
See how easy it was to just spout “facts” with no basis. Some of you believed the bullshit at least for a few seconds. If it was a Fox News analyst spouting the falsehoods, think how many people would still believe the bullshit?
And oh yes, have a nice Day?
Wjc
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• 62% of the American public believes there is an afterlife.
• 71% have adopted a religion.
• 14% are gay but only 30% of gays are women.
• 18% of the American public thinks Obama was not born in the U.S.
• 46% of Republicans believe Obama is Muslim.
• 77% of Tea Partiers believe Obama is Muslim.
• 86% of Tea Partiers do not know what “tea bagging” means.
• 12% of the American public thinks there are extraterrestrials in our midst.
• 44% of Republicans think the US would be better off without government interference.
• 98% of Democrats think taxes are necessary for government to operate.
• 100% of what you have just read was made up by me with no factual basis whatsoever.
See how easy it was to just spout “facts” with no basis. Some of you believed the bullshit at least for a few seconds. If it was a Fox News analyst spouting the falsehoods, think how many people would still believe the bullshit?
And oh yes, have a nice Day?
Wjc
Caveat Lectores by Jeff Carnes
7312 Readers in 498 Cities, 46 States and 22 Countries
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Caveat Lectores on Labor Day at the Devil’s Neck
Once again Caveat Lectores (CL) and Lectores Labor Consulting (LLC) is sponsoring the 25th Bi-annual Public Employees Labor Day Labor/Management Kumbaya Retreat (BAPELDL/MKR) at the Devil’s Neck Convention Center (DNCC).
CL and LLC spend a lot on money putting on this BAPELDL/MKR, and we like to promote it to maximize attendance. The first BAPELDL/MKR the CL and LLC sponsored was scheduled for Labor Day weekend 1985 when hurricane Elena spent the weekend stalled off the west coast of Florida. Things were a little wet and windy. Attendance suffered. Since that time, the BAPELDL/MKR has grown to an turnout of less than 15,000 attendees from all over the world.
This year, the political climate has made getting politicos, pundits and candidates to attend a breeze. We expect Sarah Phalin and Glenn Feck to be here early on Monday to explain to the working people of the world just why they should support tea baggers who are intent on destroying their careers and future. This should provide for some fun filled discussion.
Later in the morning, we will enjoy the reptile show when Alliburton Gator reenacts the suntan oil spill he created earlier in the summer. E/S will be there once again to save the day by sawing down yet another 100 year old Cypress tree to harvest the Spanish moss to soak up the oil. Remember how much fun we had earlier in the year when we burned the oil soaked moss. The mosquitoes are just beginning to return. Wow.
Dr. Hooby Boo will run the Wet T-Shirt Contest concession where the attendees can pour cold water on political candidates who volunteer to spread their spin on how they and they alone will save the world from politicians. That is always a hoot.
After that we open the free beer kegs and things will get a little fuzzy, but we always have a good time. Admission is free but parking is $100.00 per car. Cash only.
The history of Labor Day is vague enough to dissuade me from writing endlessly about how and when it all started. He are some Labor Day facts that you should know:
• About 1 out of 10 workers (9.6%) in this country do not have any work to do. It is called unemployment.
• The first American Labor Day celebration was in NY in 1882. The uniquely (?) American holiday probably started in Canada in 1870 because of a strike protesting a 58 hour workweek.
• The first state to recognize Labor Day as a state holiday was Oregon in 1877, then Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York joined the party later that year.
• In 1894, Congress made the first Monday in September a national holiday to celebrate working people.
"Labor Day differs in every essential from the other holidays of the year in any country," said Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor.
"All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day...is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or nation." Samuel Gompers was a cigar worker and reputed to be a Lector early in his labor career.
And oh yes, have a nice Day?
Wjc
Caveat Lectores by Jeff Carnes
7312 Readers in 498 Cities, 46 States and 22 Countries
Read at your own risk.
Lectores Labor Consulting 813-240-8165
LectoresIT.com
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CL and LLC spend a lot on money putting on this BAPELDL/MKR, and we like to promote it to maximize attendance. The first BAPELDL/MKR the CL and LLC sponsored was scheduled for Labor Day weekend 1985 when hurricane Elena spent the weekend stalled off the west coast of Florida. Things were a little wet and windy. Attendance suffered. Since that time, the BAPELDL/MKR has grown to an turnout of less than 15,000 attendees from all over the world.
This year, the political climate has made getting politicos, pundits and candidates to attend a breeze. We expect Sarah Phalin and Glenn Feck to be here early on Monday to explain to the working people of the world just why they should support tea baggers who are intent on destroying their careers and future. This should provide for some fun filled discussion.
Later in the morning, we will enjoy the reptile show when Alliburton Gator reenacts the suntan oil spill he created earlier in the summer. E/S will be there once again to save the day by sawing down yet another 100 year old Cypress tree to harvest the Spanish moss to soak up the oil. Remember how much fun we had earlier in the year when we burned the oil soaked moss. The mosquitoes are just beginning to return. Wow.
Dr. Hooby Boo will run the Wet T-Shirt Contest concession where the attendees can pour cold water on political candidates who volunteer to spread their spin on how they and they alone will save the world from politicians. That is always a hoot.
After that we open the free beer kegs and things will get a little fuzzy, but we always have a good time. Admission is free but parking is $100.00 per car. Cash only.
The history of Labor Day is vague enough to dissuade me from writing endlessly about how and when it all started. He are some Labor Day facts that you should know:
• About 1 out of 10 workers (9.6%) in this country do not have any work to do. It is called unemployment.
• The first American Labor Day celebration was in NY in 1882. The uniquely (?) American holiday probably started in Canada in 1870 because of a strike protesting a 58 hour workweek.
• The first state to recognize Labor Day as a state holiday was Oregon in 1877, then Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York joined the party later that year.
• In 1894, Congress made the first Monday in September a national holiday to celebrate working people.
"Labor Day differs in every essential from the other holidays of the year in any country," said Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor.
"All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day...is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or nation." Samuel Gompers was a cigar worker and reputed to be a Lector early in his labor career.
And oh yes, have a nice Day?
Wjc
Caveat Lectores by Jeff Carnes
7312 Readers in 498 Cities, 46 States and 22 Countries
Read at your own risk.
Lectores Labor Consulting 813-240-8165
LectoresIT.com
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