tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post5014910926032749524..comments2024-02-12T06:10:14.590-08:00Comments on Culture Shock: Lars and the Real Cow.culturejockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14263465772349376129noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post-25602293901493745752009-01-11T10:30:00.000-08:002009-01-11T10:30:00.000-08:00Thanks for commenting Floyd. My comment on the au...Thanks for commenting Floyd. My comment on the auto union was indeed written facetiously, reflective of Mr. Larson's opinions not my own. Like you, I'm tired of labor unions being scapegoated for the ills that were caused by the management decisions made by auto execs driven by the allure of year-end bonuses and whipped to perform by stockholders only interested in short-term returns.MightyToyCannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523823158706838012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post-37982128144354163862009-01-11T09:10:00.000-08:002009-01-11T09:10:00.000-08:00I hope your comment about unions ("now that union ...I hope your comment about unions ("now that union workers have single-handedly destroyed the American auto industry") is indicative of Larson's opinion and not your own. <BR/><BR/>Unions certainly did not destroy the auto industry. Management did; by making bad decisions including producing cars no one wants and not investing in alternative energy sources or fuel-efficiency (in fact to fight every opportunity to raise CAFE standards).Floyd Sklaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383590184897638709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post-2518026752779214102009-01-09T11:10:00.000-08:002009-01-09T11:10:00.000-08:00The real mistake here is in assuming that all farm...The real mistake here is in assuming that all farm animals are Liberals. Why, just the other day I saw a dancing cow with a copy of The Weekly Standard, right after he parked his Ford Excursion on an illegal immigrant.<BR/><BR/>I'm still trying to think of a good "pulling Maplethorpe out of one's ass" joke....shobizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01471300080193371502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post-17134511338833282882009-01-09T11:02:00.000-08:002009-01-09T11:02:00.000-08:00Rich: Thanks for adding your comments. Along with...Rich: Thanks for adding your comments. Along with you, I'm getting tired of the union-bashing. Yeah, the system doesn't always work, but collective organizing has done a heck of a lot of good for people through the years. And what's wrong with giving working people the opportunity to earn decent, middle-class wages?MightyToyCannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523823158706838012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post-68769929001177616952009-01-09T10:59:00.000-08:002009-01-09T10:59:00.000-08:00CJ: Your phrase "pulling Mapplethorpe out of his a...CJ: Your phrase "pulling Mapplethorpe out of his ass" was quite vivid. Thanks for sharing your Lars sighting. My Lars story is that I was once shopping for a used Saab convertible and was told by one seller that his car used to be owned by Lars. I didn't buy that one, but thought it was curious that he had a foreign car -- albeit owning a Swedish car is appropriate if your name is Lars (my grandfather was Olaf, so a Saab was appropriate for me as well).<BR/><BR/>Mead: I agree with your assessment of Stan's awesomeness. What makes him a great director is that he is a great teacher at heart.MightyToyCannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523823158706838012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post-37828236263370549842009-01-09T10:46:00.000-08:002009-01-09T10:46:00.000-08:00I'm a stagehand, a union member and an occasional ...I'm a stagehand, a union member and an occasional employee of OCT. This would make me at least two things that Lars doesn't like.<BR/><BR/>Along with the unending need of reactionaries to get people outraged about pretty unconsequential things simply for the purpose of entertainment, there's this knee-jerk union bashing that's getting more and more ubiquitous as the economy gets worse.<BR/><BR/>Of course, people like Larson use the opposite argument when times are good: If things are so wonderful, then we don't need unions, right?<BR/><BR/>Wrong, dick. Despite obvious corruption in some unions, they remain one of the very few ways that an average worker may hope to see anything proportionate to the extraordinary profits made by their bosses, and even that is still a very small percentage indeed. <BR/><BR/>I've ran three labor actions in my life without ever involving a union, and every time it was simply because the employer wasn't even following the law. In each case, the employer had decided to blithely ignore basic aspects of labor law simply because they felt they could, and knew damn well that they would get away with it. When their staff responded with civil collective bargaining, it surprised them, and ultimately they went with our suggestions.<BR/><BR/>(I should probably just write a blog post about this. Sorry.)rich bachelorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16273482345189891431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post-47566238295754766672009-01-08T18:07:00.000-08:002009-01-08T18:07:00.000-08:00Stan Foote is so awesome.Stan Foote is so awesome.Meadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02157076523366054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128825.post-70034365642040183712009-01-08T17:37:00.000-08:002009-01-08T17:37:00.000-08:00Well it's nice to hear that Lars didn't set out to...Well it's nice to hear that Lars didn't set out to TOTALLY skewer Stan, and it sounds like Stan was well prepared! I do have a bad habit of turning on the Lars Larson show if I happen to be driving in my car at that hour (trips to Salem are the most common cause) but I think it's important to know what he and all of his scary followers are thinking. I used to love it when Randy Leonard would go on the show -- he really knew how to push Lars's buttons.<BR/><BR/>One time, I was sitting next to Lars at the Grand Floral Parade (I was only there because we were hosting the AFTA conference that year) and I got into a fight with him about public funding for the arts. He surprised me then too by not pulling Mapplethorpe out of his ass or some ancient incident like that; instead the best argument he could come up with is that public funding is "so small that it must not really be necessary." Also some strange analogy of how he paid for the artwork above his fireplace with his own money.<BR/><BR/>Be prepared for Lars to become even more obnoxious now that everything around him is completely Democratic. And keep staging them scary dancing cow plays!culturejockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14263465772349376129noreply@blogger.com