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Georgia Street honorees. Who's missing?
December 16, 2011
Comments(19)Was Cole Porter more influential than Wes Montgomery? Kurt Vonnegut more deserving than Lew Wallace? Should there been a place
for Eugene Debs? John Wooden?
MoreMore museum retail on the canal?
August 17, 2010
Comments(8)The canal-side institutions are having trouble luring White River State Park visitors. Why not use retail to get them in the
doors?
MoreWarhol flashed on Monument Circle
August 13, 2010
Comments(2)Dancers push upcoming Indianapolis Museum of Art show.
MoreOutside views of '100 Acres'
June 29, 2010
Comment(1)The Indianapolis Museum of Art's new art and nature park is the rare Indy arts creation attracting national attention.
MoreYou-review-it Monday: 100 Acres and more
June 21, 2010
Comments(7)The Indianapolis Museum of Art's new art and nature park was the place to be this weekend.
MoreFamous Monsters coming to Indy
May 21, 2010
Comments(2)Magazine's rebirth accompanied by Indianapolis convention.
MoreTicket giveaway: Sinatra on the canal
May 17, 2010
Comments(59)Indiana History Center prize package include entry into The Indiana Experience.
MoreFirst Indiana "official artist" for the 500
May 12, 2010
Comments(15)Not sure why it has taken this long.
MoreTicket giveaway: Broad Ripple Art Fair
April 21, 2010
Comments(118)Yes, it's almost time for the Indianapolis Art Center's big bash.
MoreTicket giveaway: Stutz Artists Open House
April 13, 2010
Comments(44)We've got a pair of passes each for two lucky winners.
MoreReview: Bracket Town
April 2, 2010
Comments(0)Interactive Final Four activity fest at the Convention Center is a winner.
MoreVonnegut Library gets a home. So it goes.
March 30, 2010
Comment(1)Tribute to Hoosier literary icon to set up shop in former IMOCA spot.
MoreMuseum attendance, and museum stress, up
March 3, 2010
Comments(4)A report from the American Association of Museum's notes increases, particularly in Midwest.
MoreIndianapolis (Museum of Art) vs. New Orleans (Museum of Art)
January 27, 2010
Comments(12)It's an art-world smack-down.
MoreWhy is the room - and that vase - spinning?
January 25, 2010
Comments(5)Indianapolis Art Center adds drinks to pottery class.
MoreSnow business like show business
January 8, 2010
Comments(12)Does the over-dramatization of weather conditions keep audiences away?
MoreWhere do you stand on Barbie?
December 20, 2009
Comments(13)The iconic doll is the subject of a Children's Museum exhibition. Join in on the debate here.
MoreTouring the new Rhythm! Discovery Center
November 19, 2009
Comments(5)Take a video tour--and hear a favorite drummer joke.
MoreNotes from the blogroll
October 15, 2009
Comments(0)"Carol" in Chicago with familiar faces, artists take on graffiti in Boston, and I strike out on this year's National
Book Awards.
MoreArtPrize: Do you trust the public to judge art?
September 22, 2009
Comments(3)Call it the American Idol-ing of art. Starting Sept. 23, what's being billed as the world's largest art prize competition
begins in Grand Rapids...with you as judge.
MoreSmoking pics, Julia Child, etc.
August 25, 2009
Comments(7)In England, Lynn Barber, author of the memoir "An Education," withdrew from the Books Now festival because the event organizers
refused to print her photograph in the program. Why?
MoreWhite Rabbit news
August 10, 2009
Comments(2)Wondering what's up with Fountain Square's new White Rabbit Cabaret? (See Property Lines blog here.)
Debra Silveus, a partner in the new 2000-square-foot, 100-person capacity venue, tells me that her new space
will include, but won't be limited to,...
MoreCultural Trail Peace Walk first look
June 25, 2009
Comments(2)Ground will be broken today for another leg of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail. Also being touted: A $2
million memorial to great humanitarians (including Susan B. Anthony, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Albert
Einsten).
Take a look at renderings of the...
MoreTicketing Tut
June 24, 2009
Comments(26)The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is hoping to make a big splash with its about-to-open King Tut exhibition.
(For details, click here.)
But are artifacts from the boy king a big enough draw to get you to part with $25...
MoreTop 200 artists since 1900
June 9, 2009
Comments(3)Yesterday, the London Times published a list of the top 200 artists since 1900. The rankings were based
on over 1.4 million votes.
Before you click over and take a look, let's have some fun:
1. See how many of the top...
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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.
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.
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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