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These quaint,obsessed musings by the stalkers are certainly entertaining, but I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, all the yelping below has to do with Zak Brown.
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It's evident that Moffett was pushing the right buttons and corporate America is now trying to squash him. He just wanted to withdraw the free pilot services provided to the company by the pilots to try and put some pressure on a company that has not been interested in negotiating a contract in over 5 years. The company does not provide a contract because not having one has saved them a bundle of money. Shame on any Republic pilots not standing behind their union leader just because things are getting tough, can you not see such strategic moves by the company as putting the last union president in a corporate position and into THEIR pocket. Do you really believe the last union president is so appalled at the attempts by Moffett, do you not remember his oppositions to the company? We stood behind him. It has been proven over and over again for thousands of years without fail, a man cannot serve two masters. Anyone that believes people vote contrary to their paycheck and livelihood deserve to be taken advantage of, the recent statements by the former union president are laughable as he denounces the current union president from his new corporate position. Have you ever seen a drafted sports player score points for his previous team, it cannot be done, he is not on the pilots side anymore, he gets his money a different way now than you and I do, and he should not be allowed to remain on the seniority list. A drafted player brings strength, credibility, tactical knowledge, and a strategic advantage to his NEW team, he would not be drafted or paid were it otherwise. We are all forced to choose only one side to play for and support, not doing so has many references in life such as insider trading and shaving points, all illegal for good reason. This basic fact is why corporate moguls, scientist, and engineers all sign non-discloser agreements and non-compete clauses, as protection in case they are lured into switching sides as our former union president has done. No NFL coach ever drafted a player so that both teams could benefit and better understand each other, they are recruited to win the game against that former team, period. Likewise the company does not recruit the former union president by accident or mutual understanding, its strategy. Don't confuse playing the game with good sportsman-like conduct in support of common business and prosperity goals, with the requirement to only play for one side. Good men we all love and favor fall subject to this manipulation, often without their knowledge, and it is not a betrayal of their friendship to oppose them when they switch sides. If we did not love and trust them, they would not have been chosen and lured to the other side in the first place. The deception by the drafted player is not made at a conscious level, it's just human nature and it's all about money and power which corrupts our ability to be objective and loyal to two masters. This is why our court system created the defense attorney, and why our military created counter intelligence. Its strategy and its propaganda, and it works, and that's why the "powers to be" manipulate the chess pieces by sometimes changing their colors. Some players know they are being manipulated when their color is changed, but it brings them more money and power so they do not care. The rest have good intentions but do not even realize they are being manipulated. This tactic is also known by another name, Divide and Conquer. In battle sending an imperfect message with an imperfect team is obviously not ideal, but it's still being sent by YOUR team, your union leader, a leader that has common goals and common rewards with you, they are the best, because we have elected them to do a job for us. If you are not backing Moffett but believing the spin by those that have recently switched sides, you are taking food out of your own mouth. Showing unity and backing an imperfect situation still results in taking just as much ground, it's about unity and bargaining power. It's not necessary to wait around for that perfect attack because it will never come, the company will spin and attempt to destroy anyone that gets in their way. Ultimately it's not about any specific attack anyway, ASAP or whatever it makes no difference, it is and always has been only about power. If this company cared about safety it would not build pairings with 8 hour overnights, come on, are you that naive? Besides, do you really think Hoffa cares, no, he got a call from corporate America and was squeezed into denouncing Moffett. If he didn't they would spin the safety card against him and the Teamsters National with implication for truckers, future contracts, insurance rates etc...saying something like the Teamsters use safety as a bargaining chip, blah blah blah... Do you really think any pilot is going to do something unsafe for the contract, absolutely not, the only ones threatening safety here is the company with reduced rest, fatigue, and poverty. Do you not find it odd that Hoffa and the Teamsters are opposing a Teamster president publicly? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and work with one of their own? Why did they not sit down and help him strategize, correct any mistakes, and charge ahead? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and leverage a contract for all those pilots that have been paying Teamster dues, isn't that why we have all been paying Teamster dues in the first place? I sure haven't been paying dues so that the Teamsters National could come along and write this kind of an article undercutting our union leader and our unity. Whose side is the Teamsters National really on, it's obviously not the Republic pilots side.
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No matter what Moffatt does the company is going to spin it like he is the terrorist and brainwash people like you into believing it, wake up, back your players that are trying to change things for you and your livelihood. Where has Hoffa been for the last 6 years, except collecting our dues. Seriously, do you really think an FO going for upgrade, signed off by a checkairman ready for the upgrade, who then fails, is not even capable of returning as a First Officer.
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My brother sent me the novel HOUSEKEEPING, by Marilynne Robinson. It looks interesting!
One of my cousins who is a multi-media artist sent me a tiny piece with a magnet on the back to put on my refridgerator. It is very fun! I like to think that the two little people hiding in the bushes are journalists but they are probably just soldiers.
A friend gave me a kit to plant paperwhites - bulbs that will bloom in 6-8 weeks and add beauty to my kitchen.
My father sent me a check that will come in handy for a number of reasons but I plan to spend part of it seeing multiple performances of Edges: A Song Cycle. This is the show that a new theatre company called Programs is presenting at Theatre on the Square January 2-4 (next weekend.)
I used to love seeing the same show more than once, but since I started my theatre blog, it is more than I can do to even begin to cover the theatre being offered in the Indianapolis area.
(By the way, Lou, I loved your recent print piece about the ten arts events you loved best this year. Thanks for covering as much as you do! You expanded my horizons more than once in 2008.)
I haven't been able to indulge myself in seeing multiple performances of one show in over a year. So...since I am the boss of my own business when it comes to my blog, I am giving the staff (me) Edges tickets as her holiday bonus.
Not opening night, though, because I am looking forward to blushing and reviewing A Night in Vegas at Theatre on the Square on January 2.
I might spring for a ticket to the Wizard of Oz sing-along at the Indianapolis Civic theatre on New Year's Day (Thursday, 7pm). That sounds like fun, too, and unfortunately I have missed most of its run. However, that will depend on how much work I have completed on my own projects by then.
If I could be two places at once, I would see This Wonderful Life at the IRT again two or three times. It runs through January 4 as well. I liked it more than you did, Lou. (But I liked reading your review even so.)
Are you including the fashion arts in your question? I would like to spend part of my father's check on new clothes, if I can find time to order some!
Hope Baugh
www.IndyTheatreHabit.com
I also bought myself a Christmas gift, which was a plane ticket to New York City in mid January to catch some Gustav Mahler concerts, one at Carnegie Hall (collaboration of musicians from many orchestras) and one at Lincoln Center, with conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the New York Philharmonic. I can't wait!
My gifts included a two-CD retrospective of Pete Seeger (icon, legend and, I'm proud to say, a Unitarian Universalist like the late Paul Newman). Also a gift of iTunes so I can download the irresistible.
Perhaps the most fun will be a spiffy DAK turntable and mixer so I can take my vintage albums and create MP3 files or burn CDs using my laptop.
Also--for birthday but I'll mention it since it was in December--my first 12-string guitar! I've played guitar since LBJ was president but never owned a 12. I'm greatly enjoying some new techniques and improvising with this very different instrument. Leo Kottke has nothing to fear, but what a hoot for me!
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Enjoy Pete.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Seeger at length for a story a few years back. It was an as-told-to piece so I had to translate the interview into an essay by him and go back and forth with him on the editing. Alas, the magazine went out of business before it could be published. A charming, introspective, interesting man and a very important part of American music history.
Have fun with teh 12-string.
Lou
We caught Wicked (our second viewing) and enjoyed it every bit as much the second time around.
We were thrilled to get tickets to experience William Peterson in Dublin Carol. A dark but beautiful production. Mr Peterson was smooth as silk.
And we wrapped up the weekend seeing a delightful French farce, Don't Dress for Dinner.
And to cap off our weekend of the arts we walked our little feet off and shopped our way through the One of A Kind art show at the Merchandise Mart. If you've not been before (this was our second year), I highly encourage you to put it on your schedule for next year. A plethora of artists in all media and an abundance of gifting in all price ranges.