BloggeRhythms 10/9/2012

Yesterday, I highlighted the exodus of successful French businessfolks to other places because they’re tired of carrying the rest of the nation’s citizens on their backs.

 

Then today, gas rose to more than six dollars a gallon in parts of California due to shortages which can’t be satisfied by importing from elsewhere, whereas the state’s environmental requirements for fuel are far too stringent.

 

Consequently, what we see in these two recent examples is how misguided idealism, and perhaps an overabundance of naiveté, have come back to haunt and financially strangle significant populations. And I guess, to some extent it can be understood that there are those unable to grasp the intricacies and perils of ideologies that might sound theoretically preferable, but cannot be successfully implemented in real life.

 

And then there might be others who can simply be sold a bill of goods due to gullibility, lack of knowledge or outright ignorance.

So, in the preceding sense, as far as politics are concerned it seems to come down to a matter of which party or faction does a better job of making it’s case, and painting the rosiest picture in seeking support.
 

But then we have situations that go far beyond the promotion of particular ideologies themselves, and into the realm of outright misstatements, false premises', deceit and political fabrication which brings me to my subject for today.

 

It seems that one of  the greatest bastions of liberalism, equality for all, and ceaseless promoter of socialistic causes, doesn’t quite comply with it’s vaunted image when it’s own bucks are involved. Because here’s part of an article reported by Katherine Fung at the Huffington Post.

 

“Unionized New York Times staffers plan a short walkout on Monday afternoon. The staffers, members of the Newspaper Guild of New York, will meet up and collectively walk outside of the new but iconic New York Times building in Manhattan to protest management’s position on contract negotiations.”

Fung goes on that, “The walkout won’t be the first protest that Times’ staffers have staged over proposed contract terms. Earlier this year, employees held a silent protest outside a meeting of top editors, and demonstrated outside the company’s annual shareholders meeting. Angry staffers also made their demands.”

And here’s the rub: “Employees have become increasingly agitated over the Times' continued call to freeze pension plans and recent demand for separate contracts for print and digital employees. The walkout comes after a recent meeting of 200 staffers, who discussed taking collective action to send a message to management.”

 

So here we have another example of what happens when the real world collides with idealism. However, in this case there’s something far, far worse then simple philosophical rhetoric. Because even though the world’s premiere promoter of any and every socialistic cause on earth refuses to deal with it’s own employees seeking additional compensation, it will go on demanding that others everywhere else acquiesce. And if that isn’t the absolute pinnacle of hypocrisy imaginable, I don’t know what is.

 

That’s it for today folks.

 

Adios