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That’s a cheaper bonus than many Wal-Mart employees get.

greedy union writers?

I guess its greedy to demand payment priced at the value of your work. Don’t believe that their demands reflect the value? Okay, keep watching reality shows until you do.

I suggest you research why the writers’ union exists (read: why they are excepted from Sherman Antitrust) before you toss them into any particular category.

“Behind Communism, Fascism, behind all occupations and invasions lurks a more basic, pervasive evil… a parade of people marching by with raised fists and shouting identical syllables in unision.” - Milan Kundera

Bukher!  WHIIIINNNYYY

What can I say? I feel for the writers.

“Behind Communism, Fascism, behind all occupations and invasions lurks a more basic, pervasive evil… a parade of people marching by with raised fists and shouting identical syllables in unision.” - Milan Kundera

I assume you’ve seen Young Frankenstein.  If not, you need to.

In high school, I barely remember it.

“Behind Communism, Fascism, behind all occupations and invasions lurks a more basic, pervasive evil… a parade of people marching by with raised fists and shouting identical syllables in unision.” - Milan Kundera

That’s a cheaper bonus than many Wal-Mart employees get.

Not quite - Wal-Mart employees typically get a 20% discount on any one item.  They’d have to be able to afford a $500 item just to get the hundred bucks which most of them can’t, not to mention it’s not really a bonus if it requires you to spend your own money to earn.  Just thought I’d clarify that.

On another note - those greedy bastards had better get back to work ASAP - we’re running out of episodes of House fast and I’m starting to get nervous.

David Mamet called it years ago, Hollywood lost the art of storytelling to eye-candy images which explains why everything coming out of Tinsel Town’s closet these days are tired cliches in re-tread costumes.

When writers rely on DDD-sized siliconed breast with stiffened botoxed faces in order to be taken seriously then you know their writing sucks.

In any case, Hollywood’s end time has arrived; the unions have seen to this demise.

I saw that $100 business…
I figured it was a typo and they meant $1000…
What’s HE get, 30 million or something?

Hell, it costs $100 in LA to PARK!

This strike isn’t about job
security , there is none.

It’s about DVD, net etc residuals.

Woof is right, the strike is about DVD and net residuals—a product of the writers’ efforts for which they are not being compensated. How much more money they earn than average Joe is irrelevant (at least to someone who doesn’t believe in the “from each according to his ability, to each according to his need” philosophy of thinking).

As for Syn’s rant. I dunno what kind of movies he’s watching, but I suggest picking up a few that don’t have the word “busty” in the title.

“Behind Communism, Fascism, behind all occupations and invasions lurks a more basic, pervasive evil… a parade of people marching by with raised fists and shouting identical syllables in unision.” - Milan Kundera

about DVD and net residuals

Goodbye outtakes and deleted scenes from DVDs.  Nobody’s gonna want to track down every writer and grip for permission just so they can add a 30 sec blooper to a DVD.

And I happen to think that a $1000 Christmas bonus after 10 years with a company is quite a lot of money.

So… why the sudden spate of strikes?  Draws attention to the liberal Democrats and why America NEEDS them in office to help the poor working stiffs. They all smell a victory here.

That’s maybe true Nix, but we’re talking about a VERY high paid industry here.

What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.

This just goes on and on.

Let’s get it over with. Find the first rich guy you can and give him all your money and possessions.

Why be slowly tortured into a serfdom with a when you can just get it over with. Then, instead of having to constantly fight for everything you get and being called greedy because you want your share, you can just accept your place and suffer.

By the way - why pay all of those professional sports players the big bucks when you can just enslave them, keep them locked up in the basements of the coliseums, and just let them out on game day.