I disagree. Yes the GOP will whine regardless. But this was an unusually bad sound bite even as these things go. Most politicians are more savvy than that. But Bubba just can’t resist running his mouth.

Yes, as I conceded in another comment, the trade-off would indeed be fewer people working more hours. But as I also pointed out, and as you yourself seemingly acknowledge, that’s not necessarily a bad thing if the jobs those people are working are good ones. The problem is employers often have a perverse incentive to…

True... but even so, it was the kind of line he should have known would be ripped out of context by the Republicans.

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Yes, I’ve read some other articles on the debate and am drawing upon what I learned from them. And yes, the trade-off would be fewer people working more hours. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing if the jobs those people are working are good ones. The problem is employers often have a perverse incentive to hire…

But that’s just begging the question. The workers are saying it could be a full time job if the university compromised and structured things differently. At Yale, for example, dining hall workers have year-round jobs but switch to different roles during the summer months.

On what planet is preparing and serving three meals a day, plus cleaning and maintaining the equivalent of a restaurant kitchen and dining room, 1/3 of a workday?

Rumor has it martyrs get 72 Gurleys in Paradise.

I know it’s not pc... but they all look alike.

+1 Zapf Dingbat

Fuck that fan and his flower. If you’re in your backyard, and some drunk stranger jumps the fence and comes charging toward you, are you going to stand there and do nothing?

Thank you. My first thought, too.

Whoop whoop?

If he hit a homer, is he still a virgin? Homersexual?

Thanks Obama!

I dunno. It’s not like she had to hug him. He didn’t hug her first or anything. Looked spontaneous and genuine to me.

It’s not your fault! He was touching your bum!

Do you feel it? There’s a disturbance in the Schwartz!

+1 Circle of Life

Cats and cocks! Living together!