Wisconsin Kickfest

So. Gov Walker won the recall vote in Wisconsin last night, eh? What happened to all the lefties who were going to kick his rear end? Guess their shoe closet was emptier than they thought. Lost 'em before the kicking started. And while this vote has little to do with the general elections, it did provide a nice window-view of how tired conservatives are of the whole liberal agenda. Unions would have a place in America, but they over-stepped their bounds a very long time ago. Their power has grown over-bearing. Even back in the early years of labor unions, corruption was rampant. Give power hungry people access to lots of money and you have complete flippin' disaster. Federal Congressional hearings from back in the early years showed favoritism and graft were the order of the day. (Still are). Not to mention an occasional murder to round things out. People think that we can't function without unions, but I submit that if employers and employees were not so all-fired greedy they could come to agreements mutually beneficial to both. The unions were started to help the workers. But from forced extrication of dues from worker's paychecks to the whole beating-people-up-because-they-cross-a-picket-line thing. It's not the way civilized people are supposed to act. Add that all to the fact that they have become extremely socialist in nature. Grrrrrr I remember a rule that I was taught in management school: never give a person who treats others poorly a position of power over your workers. They will ruin your business, your nation, the lives of the employees. I once remember a sleezy guy who was given a position of power in our local city government. He was so bad that no on liked him and most of us wanted to shoot him on sight. His secretarial staff started having to take anti-depressants and bump their hours back severely. He smirked at us and tried every way he could to control our behavior and our work. His efforts were a dismal failure- a few of us stood up to him and backed him off. He finally quit, but not before he wreaked havoc in the lives of employees. I very much hope that our nation is not destroyed completely by the greed, the control, the narcissistic behaviors we have witnessed over the last 4 years. I pray that we can turn it around, and do that this year. The recall election was a sweet victory for common sense. But the main ballgame is coming up- and we'll see which way the batter hits the ball.