-=> John Massey wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-   
      
    JM> On 3/26/2012 5:42, DAVE DRUM -> JOHN MASSEY wrote:   
    DD> I read the "view with alarm" diatribe that you cut and pasted ... specious   
    DD> reasoning, faulty conclusions and all. Here's my reply - which you will   
    DD> have to   
    DD> do a little work to get as graphics do not transfer well in Phydeaux.   
      
    DD> http://www.gocomics.com/mikethompson/2012/03/22   
      
    JM> You linked to a cartoon? Is this another subject you "Just aren't up   
    JM> on"  or do cartoons represent  your level of understanding of the   
    JM> subject?   
      
   I have been a union member in the past and probably understand where the labour   
   movement is as well as you do without viewing it through your dung coloured   
   glasses. Unions these day, for the most part are about securing the perks of   
   management for the union officials. They have become as much a business as the   
   businesses that they rail about - for the most part. Their product is   
   memberships and their profits are the dues collected from the rank and file. If   
   they do manage to secure any increased benefits and wages for that rank and   
   file - well, that's just a mitzvah.   
      
   But, you posted a text cartoon. So, I posted a link to an editorial cartoon.   
   And from an artist who has more chops in his field than your fair-haired quotee   
   (from your cut & paste) likely has in his.   
      
   Mike Thompson is the editorial cartoonist for the Detroit Free Press . His work   
   is syndicated to more than 400 publications via Copley News Service. Thompson,   
   who draws for USA Today on a regular basis, has had his work reprinted in such   
   publications as Time, Newsweek, Forbes, The New York Times and The Wall Street   
   Journal . In addition, his cartoons have been featured on CNN, C-SPAN, The CBS   
   Evening News, PBS, the Today show and the Fox News Network. Thompson began his   
   career as contributing cartoonist for The Milwaukee Journal and later worked as   
   staff cartoonist for the St. Louis Sun and the Copley Illinois newspapers   
   before joining the Free Press in November of 1998. His work has won numerous   
   awards.    
      
   Major Awards:   
   Scripps Howard - National Journalism Award, 2010   
   Sigma Delta Chi Award, 2002   
   Sigma Delta Chi Award, 1999   
   National Press Foundation - Berryman Award, 1999   
   Locher Award / Students, 1989   
   Overseas Press Club - Thomas Nast Award, 2001    
      
   BTW - did you even bother to go look at the panel?   
      
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