Comments on: Could something like the Writers Guild strike happen in Las Vegas?

By: Pzilla

Pzilla — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:43:04 +0000

I have an awesome Chairman Mao lighter that plays the Chinese national anthem when you flip it open.

By: Walsh, The Draconian

Walsh, The Draconian — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:00:38 +0000

Alright, Pinko, if you keep this pro- taxation diversification rant up, I may just have to ship your ass off to one of Putin's Siberian gulags with a Soviet era Pushkin pin! Observe: http://www.sadcom.com/cgi-bin/pins_search.pl -Might go well with your Mao watch. Just sayin' ;P

By: Pzilla

Pzilla — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:34:39 +0000

Card-carrying KNPR member, baby!

I actually hate A&E stuff usually. Too much useless fluff out there.

However, potential recession notwithstanding, I’m tired of whiny Nevadans who want services and won’t pay for them. I’m tired of businesses coming here to make money off our people but not putting back into the coffers to help provide for those people.

And note, I wrote “Republican dolts such as Jim Gibbons.” I’m no party-line-toter. Most so-called “liberals” can suck it too. 😉

By: Walsh, Esq.

Walsh, Esq. — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:29:52 +0000

Taxation diversification? Are you kidding me? Yah, that's really going to bode well with local Nevadans, and with Bernanke's predictions on the horizon http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7085398.stm you can bet that many will be lining up to cast their ballots for said taxation diversification. Don't be so quick to point the AK-47 at Republicans. Take Raggio, for instance http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2007/nov/04/566665065.html?anti-tax,%20gibbons Not ALL Republicans are dolts, and, if you dig a little bit deeper, you may find that liberals are just as disappointing. Diversification of taxes is not the issue, rather one should investigate allotment of revenue funds. Although, I am extremely impressed by your knowledge of current affairs; I had you pegged for an A & E junkie. Since when did you start caring about the news?

By: Pzilla

Pzilla — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:55:55 +0000

I was just kinda have some fun with speculation. But in the case of the WGA, there is no such thing as “there will always be someone willing to work for lower pay.” As a number of current and former WGA members pointed out to me after I posted something about the strike on my other blog (http://pjperez.livejournal.com/183127.html), pretty much, if you write for TV or movies, you’re WGA, and you’re striking. There are no “reservists.” If that were an option, the next season of “Heroes” would be written by yours truly. 😉

On the flipside, yeah, in Vegas, we’d find cheaper labor in about a week. But don’t ruin my apocalyptic fantasies. Hey, at least I didn’t even mention the fact that because of Republican dolts such as Jim Gibbons, we’d lose all our tax revenue, as well, since they can’t seem to vote for taxation diversification in Nevada.

By: Walsh, Esq.

Walsh, Esq. — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:46:51 +0000

Charming, but don’t you think that you are perhaps running with the ever-so alluring and slightly misleading “Chicken Little” syndrome a tad bit? The Writer’s Guild is, after all, a union.

And not everyone in the aforementioned industries is associated with a union. Being that union membership has declined drastically in the past decade and continues to do so, and with the “right to work” statutes as state law, there will always be someone willing to work for lower pay.

I do believe you are going into overdrive on this one, however, the IHT citation was enough to have me forget the melodramatic, hyperbolic scenario and admire your choice of sources.