Comments on: Yearly Kos morons wonder: Should bloggers unionize?

By: Word Around the Net

Word Around the Net — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:32:10 +0000

BLOGGERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!…

There’s a basic confusion about blogging and what unions are and what bloggers do here, and it’s coming from bloggers and encouraged by the unions. If I don’t have an employer, how can I use the union to give me leverage against him? Other than payi…

By: YearlyKos Highlights » The American Mind

YearlyKos Highlights » The American Mind — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:47:18 +0000

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By: Tantor

Tantor — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:05:12 +0000

According to my union steward at the International Brotherhood of Bloggers Local 456, Hot Air owes me $29.50 for posting this comment. It only took me thirty seconds to write it, but union rules say I must be paid for a minimum hour of work. If you contest this rule and force me to write a response, we go into overtime. I’m going on my union-mandated break now.

By: georgej

georgej — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 18:23:37 +0000

These idiots continue to prive that “progressives” (code for Stalin-lovin’ traitorous liberals) are barking mad and foaming at the mouth.

By: Pirate’s Cove » >>Americans Never Quit » Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 14:10:56 +0000

[...] Hot Air has more on the YearlyKosBat. Now they want to unionize. Guffaw! [...]

By: BKennedy

BKennedy — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:39:45 +0000

LOL at Kos, you can’t force anyone to unionize. If Democrat bloggers want to form a Union be our guest, your union fees are going to who you want anyway, though probably not to any specific campaign. Thanks for giving in the AFL-CIO, the biggest big labor lobby there is. Hilldog would be proud Kossacks.

I’m also LOL at the idea a non-union blog wouldn’t be able to compete with a union one. Look at any two companies that do the produce the same or similar products, one union and one nonunion. Who, generally, has the higher quality and lower cost product? The one whose employees aren’t sitting on their duffs because the union boss told them they could.

By: Warner Todd Huston

Warner Todd Huston — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 10:47:36 +0000

But, but… I thought they did their work for the good of mankind? Isn’t the thanks of a grateful nation enough!?

By: mojo

mojo — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 05:54:26 +0000

The UFO/CIA?

By: MirCat

MirCat — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:20:54 +0000

Bloggers forming a union is as worthwhile as the French forming a military.

- The Cat

P.S. I mean doing what PJs has done makes sence but this is like ummm what??!

By: sonnyspats1

sonnyspats1 — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:08:18 +0000

Maybe it’s just their way of applying the Fairness Doctrine to the ‘Net. Free expression by Allahpundit
Me and Rush are safe. Florida is a right to work state, which means there is no such thing as a closed shop.

By: deepdiver

deepdiver — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:00:51 +0000

So if they go on strike, whose basement do they picket?

James on August 4, 2007 at 4:30 PM

Funniest thing I have read all day!

Talking to raging liberals is like talking to a tantruming 6 year old. They have no concept of history and while they think their world view is all encompassing, in reality, it reaches barely past their juvenile emotional development.

By: oakpack

oakpack — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:47:58 +0000

What will they have to say when the government sends them their daily blog.

By: Jaibones

Jaibones — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:53:43 +0000

Heh. Jump! Juuummmmpp!

By: Bad Candy

Bad Candy — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:14:35 +0000

*Singing* Look for, the Nutroots label
when you are typing that hate screed or rant

By: MamaAJ

MamaAJ — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:48:45 +0000

Over the last few days, I’ve seen a couple of threads on DU about the atrocities being committed by Walmart in Mexico because they have thousands of grocery baggers that receive no wages from the company.

Don't anyone tell them that it happens in this country at Commisaries (on military bases)! They'd blame Bush and assume it's part of the Patriot Act or something equally stupid.

By: infidel4life

infidel4life — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:16:56 +0000

These people are truly living in a fantasy world.

By: Kevin M

Kevin M — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:00:39 +0000

I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night…

By: Ordinary1

Ordinary1 — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:59:57 +0000

WHEN CAN WE HAVE OUR OWN “YEARLY HOTAIR” CONVENTION?

NightmareOnKStreet on August 4, 2007 at 5:40 PM

How cool would that be?! The teamsters could set up a booth in the convention hall… I guess Apple could too!

By: rw

rw — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:38:26 +0000

Grocery baggers in military commisaries in the US work for tips only. Waitresses in some states work for tips only. Is it only bad if Walmart does it?

I didn’t make a judgment either way. I just reported that DU viewed the practice as a crime against humanity and then pointed out that the Kos business plan uses an even more slavish model.

The bloggers in the linked article seem to be confusing unions with guilds, cartels or trade associations. Blogs are small businesses, not employees.

dKos brings in a lot of revenue, but has almost no labor cost because 99% of its content is generated for free. Kos could have his business threatened by labor organizing liberals that see the inequity of the profit distribution in his business model. A prankster could have a lot of fun organizing a union of dKos diarists. Progressive dogma would demand that Kos allow his diarists to unionize and negotiate compensation for their content production, but the bottom line would demand that Kos work to defeat the unionization of his content providers. Labor would then push boycotts by both advertisers and readers. O’Reilly can show all the photoshops he likes to discredit dKos, but if someone were to tag Kos with a “unionbuster” label, then his progressive days would be numbered.

An enterprising progressive could take down dKos by attacking its capitalist practices and progressive hypocrisy while offering an alternative online community that operates as co-op.

By: JammieWearingFool

JammieWearingFool — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:27:47 +0000

“Mark Warner bought them off with a fountain and some chocolate strawberries.”

A lot of good that did him!

By: canopfor

canopfor — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 21:54:39 +0000

Full steam ahead and let them unionize.
Who reads their propaganda anyhow.
If they strike who cares.

By: speed911

speed911 — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 21:49:36 +0000

rw on August 4, 2007 at 3:35 PM

Grocery baggers in military commisaries in the US work for tips only. Waitresses in some states work for tips only. Is it only bad if Walmart does it?

By: NightmareOnKStreet

NightmareOnKStreet — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 21:40:16 +0000

Possibly to be filed under "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!" category, but SERIOUSLY WHEN CAN WE HAVE OUR OWN "YEARLY HOTAIR" CONVENTION?

By: quixote

quixote — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 21:34:07 +0000

For some reason, the federal antitrust laws come to mind. As the left-o-blogs are presently constituted, they simply may not agree to dictate uniform terms to advertisers. Don’t tell them, though, they might stop broadcasting their ~~conspiracies~~ forums.

By: TheSitRep

TheSitRep — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 21:32:44 +0000

If they unionize, will we start seeing illegals doing the blogging they are to lazy to do?