Worse Than You Think

Apparently, London subway workers decided to be incredibly stupid like their New York counterparts and go on strike. Londoners say that they were just confused, but the strike didn't affect New Years at all... Well have a g'day ye confused ol' chaps. No, but seriously -- are unions stupid or what? I mean, the idea behind a union isn't all that bad -- they protect the workers from the big bad company, which makes them sound like a good thing. But who the hell thought of strikes? I mean, there are geniuses like Thomas Edison who made mankind seem half-decent, and then there's the guy who invented the concept of a strike. His mom must've had a bit too much crack when she was pregnant. I mean seriously, protesting is great and all, but ruining the lives of others in the process? You might think that you're going through shit, and really, you might be, but there is no good reason behind making other people go through shit as well. That makes you no better than your big, bad employer. Strikes might be serving their intended purpose, as everyone is eventually going to get overwhelmed and give up, but is that an uncivilized protest or what? It shouldn't be allowed. Here's what I think the Londoners should do. It's too late for New York, but I think London is still salvageable. Boycott the subway system until the dumbass union gives up. They can't remain on strike forever. The fees that the unions take are supposed to help support workers during a strike, but there aren't enough fees to last out say 2 or 3 months. That should be ample time for the union to completely give up. Then the workers would give up on the union, the union would get screwed over, and then you are left with some happy Londoners!

Sure, this may end up being somewhat of a nuisance, not to mention slightly expensive, but if this plan is implemented, it will break the union altogether. The workers will lose all of their trust in the union and other unionized workers will follow suit. Nobody will go on strike anymore, and everyone will be happy. And until somebody thinks up a new way to protect the workers, the big bad companies will become more powerful, but hey -- we can't have anything.

asian tsunami




1 year old mourns the death of his fallen father




israeli settler weeps as she is deported




blind dog frolics in this years extra snow




the death of rosa parks




goose wanders around desperately in its search for weed in the remains of new orleans




the death of pope john paul II




people crowd around a hotel in new orleans




a british soldier catches fire and jumps off a tank in iraq






bomb explodes in iraq





soaring gas prices (yes, the rain is going up somehow)




iraqi civilians protest us inhabitance




woman is soo ugly that normal plastic surgery won't do...




allah sends a dust storm to us soldiers



first shuttle launch after the columbia disaster




buy basket, and chubby chinese baby come free!




new orleans then and now




aftermath of the london subway bombings




bush doesn't care about black people!







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Merry Christmas everyone! Hopefully you got what you wanted and are enjoying yourself on this fine day. Funny isn't it -- more than a month of running around frantically (see preparation), throwing away money (see shopping), and watching your mouth to make sure you don't accidentally say Merry Christmas (see idiotic) -- all for one day of the year. Well I suppose it's worth it. That is, if you're the Chinese worker putting together an iPod for some American or the Saudi worker pumping oil so that another some other American can go buy his/her iPod. It seems like everything we do helps the world economy. It's kind of retarded, because if you think about it, all of the terrorists trying to blow up America won't get a penny from their precious oil if there's no America left to buy it from them. They hate us, but they need us at the same time. But sadly enough, I think we need them more than they need us. If you think about it, that would be an incredibly effective terrorist attack. If the Middle East all of a sudden severed ties with the United States and refused to sell us any oil or agreed to sell it to us, but only at exorbitant prices, we would be brought down to our knees. Sure, we could turn to Alaska but how long is Alaska going to last? We can't rely on Alaska alone. And besides, we'd be destroying whatever little wilderness we have.

Moral of the story: Count your blessings and be prepared to screw over all of the grizzlies.