Art Sandusky 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2006 http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/23/ill...f.ap/index.html This dude didn't get that he was in the midst of a joke interview. Funny stuff. I always wondered how exactly they conducted those on The Daily Show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2006 When you said "funny stuff," I hope you weren't talking about the Daily Show's content but rather the governor of a state got "served," or whatever you kids call it today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2006 Dude, any of us who have lived in Illinois during Rod Blagojevich's term could have told you that the man is an idiot. I didn't vote for him. My current governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is a million times better, and, well, that says it all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted February 24, 2006 I really, really want to go off on that Arnold comment, but I won't. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2006 I really, really want to go off on that Arnold comment, but I won't. Please do, I'm interested in what Arnie is fucking up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted February 25, 2006 Special Election was a waste of money, and he's fucking with pensions. Fucking with pensions has me angrier than anything. He cut flood control funds too, and floods are a problem in the LA area. Other than that, he's alright and a hell of a lot better than any alternative. Matt Young doesn't care because he probably won't ever have one of those jobs in which the pension wouldn't be taken away. I do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2006 Then don't expect that pension to be around. I'm about as anti-union//etc. as one can be, but when you make a deal with your workers regarding pensions and that shit, you better back it up. Don't come crying down the road because you overpaid for the labor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted February 25, 2006 I don't expect it to be around for me, but when my father retires in 15 years, it had better be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2006 Tell me Social Security isn't going to be around when I retire. That's fine. I accept that. But what the hell do you expect some person who's worked 40+ years and was told that pension/etc. was going to be part of his retirement? If those packages were going to bankrupt the system/company then they never should have been given in the first place, and management should have had the stones to say "no" to promising them in the first place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USC Wuz Robbed! 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2006 Yeah Arnold isn't great shakes as governator. All he does is make promises and then never follows through. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted February 25, 2006 Tell me Social Security isn't going to be around when I retire. That's fine. I accept that. But what the hell do you expect some person who's worked 40+ years and was told that pension/etc. was going to be part of his retirement? If those packages were going to bankrupt the system/company then they never should have been given in the first place, and management should have had the stones to say "no" to promising them in the first place. Especially when my dad had to pay into the pension system. If he's told he won't get it, that's pretty shitty. He gets his normal pay every month when he retires, plus retirement money he paid into. If he doesn't get that, he has to work until he dies. He works for LA County. That's what pisses me off further. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2006 What kind of pension are you referring to? And notice I didn't say Arnold was a good governor. I said he looks good compared to Blagojevich. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted February 25, 2006 Pension for firemen, policemen, and government workers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2006 Okay, then you're right, at least on the first 2. I have no desireto be a public defender. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Ol' Smitty 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2006 We need more threads with Matt Young's expert political analysis. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vampiro69 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2006 I thought all people in politics had heard of the Daily Show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2006 Pension for firemen, policemen, and government workers. Be glad he's not in NYC, they would have cut his pay and his pension then fired him. My friend in NY wants to strangle the Governor and the Mayor about once a week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2006 Illinois needs a governor that isn't fucking awful. Drag Jim Edgar out of retirement if need be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Young 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2006 We need more threads with Matt Young's expert political analysis. I know very little about politics. I just don't care. But I know enough to say what I said on this one subject. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
