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More outrageous union thuggery

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We Are Ohio had a booth set up at a local event, so I spent a couple of hours around there yesterday. It was generally low-key and subdued, which I attribute to September 11th, mostly because every single person I spoke to referenced September 11th.

Other than that, just quiet, substantive discussion about the repeal referendum itself and some idle speculation on whether we’ll succeed with the citizen veto.

I did get one gentleman who was honest enough to approach and ask me straight up “what is SB 5?”. He had no idea what all the fuss is about and was willing to admit that. I explained that the law removes collective bargaining rights from public sector employees, and he said “that doesn’t sound good”, and it really doesn’t, particularly when I’m the one describing it.

These are some of the union members who volunteered:

One of the people pictured belongs to a public sector union and the other two belong to private sector unions.

I told them I intended to put their photos up on Balloon Juice. None of them had any idea what that means, of course, so I showed them the site on my phone. They all politely looked, but, really, they still had no idea what I was talking about.

So, I told them Balloon Juice is a political site out of West Virginia run by a person who is, to the best of my knowledge, a short-order cook. They seemed satisfied with that answer.

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  1. 1.

    Linda Featheringill

    So, I told them Balloon Juice is a political site out of West Virginia run by a person who is, to the best of my knowledge, a short-order cook. They seemed satisfied with that answer.

    LOL! Great!

  6. 6.

    soonergrunt

    Kay @top, FTW!

    So, I told them Balloon Juice is a political site out of West Virginia run by a person who is, to the best of my knowledge, a short-order cook.

  9. 9.

    Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony

    So, I told them Balloon Juice is a political site out of West Virginia run by a person who is, to the best of my knowledge, a short-order cook and body servant his Tunchiness. They seemed satisfied with that answer.

    Fixt

  10. 10.

    kindness

    ‘To the best of my knowledge a short order cook’. Snark served up with understatement. Very nicely done.

    @BGinCHI: And don’t forget to use the Pot Butter, lots of it.

  11. 11.

    Morzer

    Short-order cook as in:

    Person who serves strapping white furry bucks their steaks bought with Real Americans’ tax dollars?

  13. 13.

    Warren Terra

    @Morzer:

    Short-order cook as in:
    __
    Person who serves strapping white furry bucks toms their steaks bought with Real Americans’ tax dollars?

    Better.

  14. 14.

    Raven (formerly stuckinred)

    What’s interesting to me is that, while no one has ever heard of BJ, I have found so many people that I have one connection or another with.

  16. 16.

    Spaghetti Lee

    Oh my goodness, look at those violent thugs! I’ve never seen such brutality! What is this world coming to?!

  17. 17.

    Morzer

    @Warren Terra:

    Arguably, but I kind of wanted to keep the Reagan reference, you know. Although I guess I should have said T-bone steaks.

    I am a bit worried about Cole after the Baltimore Brutalization yesterday. I worry that Tunch has him pinned down under one mighty paw and is forcing him to watch the seven turnovers time after time.

  18. 18.

    Comrade Dread

    Truly these are the faces of our oppressors who are keeping our economys down.

    Well, also too, I know it’s also my fault for causing the recession with my support for outdated laws against child labor and not dumping toxic shit in my drinking water.

    I’m such a liberal elitist.

  20. 20.

    schrodinger's cat

    Has there been a Tunch sighting recently. Does any one else miss seeing our blog overlord, or is it just me?

  29. 29.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    Kay’s delightful

    I told them Balloon Juice is a political site out of West Virginia run by a person who is, to the best of my knowledge, a short-order cook. They seemed satisfied with that answer.

    is tied for the win with Morzer’s reply to the child earlier:

    No, but I haven’t discussed Kant’s categorical imperative with the crack whore on the corner either.

    when she asked if he’d seen a comment she was so proud to have made.

    Both made me cackle with glee. Thanks.

  30. 30.

    Morzer

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    A turd sanctified by the bowels of the Blessed Palin cannot conceivably be other than healthful and patriotic. Your water supply shall be blessed and great among the nations.

  36. 36.

    Morzer

    @Yutsano:

    Civet cats, I think. Although why they bother to pass beans through an animal when Folgers can achieve a suitably dungy taste experience without any such malarkey, only the FSM knows.

  42. 42.

    Morzer

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Well, I guess we have to agree that human beings are animals too. I am kind of fussy about my drugs. I just don’t like them … pre-filtered. Liberty, baby, liberty. If the Founding fathers had wanted us to drink cat dung coffee, they’d have put it in the Constitution.

  44. 44.

    Morzer

    Anyway, the New England Urukhai are moving towards Miami-Edoras as we speak. Time for me to see whether Theoden Sparano is ready to saddle up and ride forth.

  47. 47.

    Morzer

    Some day before I die, I hope to hear the national anthem actually sung, instead of screeched before a football game. I guess that makes me a short-order cook liberal elitist.

  48. 48.

    Fulcanelli

    Kay’s post and comment #12 point out nicely the reason the Democrats successfully can’t put these feral republican pricks down like the diseased, rabid animals that they are:

    Messaging FAIL.

    Too many people don’t understand what it was all about.

    If this was a wingnut event, you’d be able to tell exactly what it was about from 10 miles away. In braille.

  50. 50.

    Raven (formerly stuckinred)

    @Morzer: You should have been at the 98 Music City Bowl

    n. Jazz musician Larry Carlton performed the traditional pre-game playing of the national anthem, but his rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner did not meet with the crowd’s approval, and he was booed.

    That really doesn’t tell the story. The matchup was Virginia Tech and Bama and people were livid. The Tech band sang it acapella to great applause.

  55. 55.

    Morzer

    Well, hot damn. That’s a nice piece of work by Chad Henne. Now let’s see what Miami’s D is worth.

  62. 62.

    Cat Lady

    @Morzer:

    Yeah, I’m getting worried about Cole. The last picture of Tunch who looked like he’d eaten a human may have been posted by an accomplice.

  64. 64.

    arguingwithsignposts

    Why does Erick son of Erick have a job as a CNN commenter, and Cole doesn’t even get a gig on MSNBC? Surely they could disguise his voice, do the back-lighting thing, or hold up an image of Tunch.

  65. 65.

    jl

    Short order cook of liberal foods, failed gardener, and prissy household neatnik (also failed), owned by three unmarried cohabitating domestic animals.

    In West Virginia?

    I’m more and more convinced that ‘John Cole’ does not exist, and never did. I attribute his rarer and rarer blog appearances to DougJ spoof fatigue.

  67. 67.

    Gin & Tonic

    @Morzer:

    Although why they bother to pass beans through an animal

    The partial digestion of part of the beans is supposed to remove much of the bitterness. The coffee is expensive enough, though, that I never tried it when in Asia (it is primarily an Indonesian thing, but also available in Vietnam and the Philippines.)

  76. 76.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    One thing to remind the Lumpen, it was public sector employees who went in to rescue the Private Sector Employees on September 11th,at WTC on Sept 11th. Also security at the airports was maintained by the Private Sector on September 11th.

  78. 78.

    Triassic Sands

    If we could eliminate all unions by Tuesday, we’d have 10% growth by Wednesday. Cancer would be cured by Thursday, and everyone would be a mbillionaire in time for the weekend. If you don’t believe me, just ask a Republican.

  81. 81.

    Ruckus

    So, I told them Balloon Juice is a political site out of West Virginia run by a person who is, to the best of my knowledge, a naked short-order cook. They seemed satisfied with that answer.

  83. 83.

    CT Voter

    Kay? Thank you.

    Your posts, and pictures, motivate me to call my rep, and my Senators.

    In a way that all the snarky doomsday bullshit that goes on here doesn’t.

    So thanks.

  84. 84.

    kay

    @Fulcanelli:

    Messaging FAIL.
    Too many people don’t understand what it was all about.

    You’ll think this is naive, but it’s actually sort of dark and cynical. Many people don’t believe anything they read or hear from political or other advertising. They know they are being marketed to. Relentlessly. Constantly. Everywhere.
    The people that approach one at these things want to speak to a human being. He knows I’m an advocate for one side, but it’s an exchange, because I’m standing there. It goes both ways. The sort of person who would approach and ask that question is looking for a two-way dialogue.
    “Messaging” involves a passive recipient of a message in a way that many people (thank God) still resist. It isn’t really what these things are about. We’re standing there because we’re inviting an exchange.

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