Definition of "political correctness": The art of picking up a turd from "the clean end".

The administration should just burn one and chill ... I'm sure they would come to their senses.

Great list as always. Thanks John.

CPT Freedom, Would you care to explain how the terminology negates the opinion expressed? How does the debilitating effect of public employees unions differ from a “democracy” to a “constitutional republic”? Unless you respond with a detailed fact laden explanation, you are splitting hairs here for no reason. I guess you can’t resist the easy pot shots at widely accepted terminology (to use your rhetoric, any citizen should recognize by now the shorthand for our countries system of government, and understand that “democracy” refers (in this case, and many others) to our system which is a constitutional republic based on principles of democracy.

Instead, that role goes to our corrupt politicians, who can spend oodles of taxpayer monies to fund pensions and other goodies for the unions in order to buy their political support. End result: Public employees unions need not increase productivity to earn rewards, and politicians can “buy” votes using someone else’s money (taxpayers). Public employees unions should be banned outright, immediately.

The situation is really quite simple. In the private sector, unions represent labor against management. The two sides quibble over how much of the “pie” (profits) each one should receive, but they are both restricted by how much “pie” is available, depending on how productive labor is, and how effectively management has marketed and distributed products or services. Everyone involved has a seat at the negotiating table. Contrast that with public employees unions, who have no such restrictions on how much “pie” is available, nor any connection whatsoever between their own performance and the amount of “pie” available. In addition, taxpayers who put up ALL the money for public employees, have NO seat at the negotiating table. Instead,...

or obstruct the operations of Government until their demands are satisfied. Such action, looking toward the paralysis of Government by those who have sworn to support it, is unthinkable and intolerable.

from a Letter from FDR Regarding Collective Bargaining of Public Unions written August 16, 1937. All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. The very nature and purposes of Government make it impossible for administrative officials to represent fully or to bind the employer in mutual discussions with Government employee organizations. Particularly, I want to emphasize my conviction that militant tactics have no place in the functions of any organization of Government employees. A strike of public employees manifests nothing less than an intent on their part to prevent or obstruct the operations of Government until their dem

Thank you, Elisabeth, for correctly identifying our furry friend as “Smokey the Bear”.

attempt by your physician to find the right medicine, or combination of medicines to treat your particular condition. Just as there is no free lunch, there is no magic bullet. Having said that, I have some observations about milk. I am not aware of any other animals that consume the milk of another creature. I also note that a large portion of the world’s peoples are lactose-intolerant by ethnic division. I believe tolerance to lactose has evolved through consumption, and is not a trait that humans come by naturally. Calcium and other nutrients found in milk are indeed important. All those nutrients are available elsewhere. I tend not to drink milk myself.