To Obama: "With all due respect, please take off your pink tutu..."

[kpete]

11.15.10 - 10:32 AM
The Rich Still Get Richer: No More Tutus, Please

by Abby Zimet

New figures show the richest CEOs are making more money than ever, the recession and the rest of us be damned. Head of the list: Gregory Maffei of Liberty Media, who last year pulled in $87.1 million, four times his 2008 package. Overall, annual bonuses rose nearly 11%. Who precisely is in charge here, asks Michael Moore on Bill Maher.

To Obama: "With all due respect, please take off your pink tutu, because it’s time to put on the boxing gloves and go fighting for the people.”


VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZxwxol-q2M&feature=player_embedded
more: http://www.commondreams.org/further/2010/11/15-1

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* NOVEMBER 15, 2010
Paychecks for CEOs Climb

By JOANN S. LUBLIN

The chief executives of the largest U.S. public companies enjoyed bigger paydays in their latest fiscal year, as share prices recovered and profits soared amid the country's slow emergence from recession.

At these 456 companies, the median pretax value of CEO salaries, bonuses and long-term incentives, such as grants of stock and stock options, rose by 3% to $7.23 million, according to an analysis of their latest proxy filings for The Wall Street Journal by consulting firm Hay Group.

more:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704756804575608434290068118.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop

[SidDithers]

1. Unrec...nt

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[dkf]

3. Hmm the pink tutu thing is going to grate for some time it seems.

[Poboy]

5. Let the clutching of pearls begin.

[superduperfarleft]

7. Yeah, getting annoyed by sexist bullshit is so gay. n/t

[blondeatlast]

17. Thank you--and well done. nt

[seabeyond]

13. wtf does it have to do with sexism. the clutching pearl bullshit is a stupid anti sex thing

if you are going to use a tired old label, get it right anyway.

[Poboy]

19. Thanks for the kick!

[seabeyond]

20. bah hahaha, you even got that wrong. thanks for a kick goes to op, when you want a thread

to sink, and say so.... ergo, kick.

roflmao

[Poboy]

21. Again, thanks...let keep this one going!

[seabeyond]

22. i am more than happy for people to see once again, sexism dismissed for the sake of agenda.

why do you think i have a problem with it being front and center. or for people to see post about the dreaded "pearl clutcher" gasp.

i have had interaction with you before, havent i. reduced to about this level, then, too

[Poboy]

26. I don't think so. I have no idea who you are, and you certainly don't know me.

but please do keep this on page one.

[stray cat]

4. THE MAN UP brigade?

[tularetom]

6. I don't think that pink tutu stuff will work with Obama

It works much better with insecure guys like bush, the kind of guy who would stuff a sock in his space suit.

Obama has the self confidence not to let that kind of talk get under his skin.

[Whisp]

10. Exactly. If anyone thinks this kind of tripe will hurt Obama personally

they are mistaken.

It would hurt little insecure weasels like Georgie Gorgie,

and it may hurt people that support Obama and people that are sick of this shit already.

very dissapointing OP from that particular OP.

unrec.

[seabeyond]

14. very dissapointing OP from that particular OP. +1. nt

[TBF]

25. Wow, singling folks out for abuse now. Nice. nt

[seabeyond]

27. wow, being disappointed in a favored poster is abuse? odd. nt

[MineralMan]

8. Gosh, I hadn't heard about that...

But, now you've posted it twice, so I've heard of it now. :sarcasm:

Unrecced for playing on the divisions here on DU.

[ihavenobias]

9. (Sigh)

Moore's main point is so important and so true. It's unfortunate that his choice of words gives the people who most need to hear the message an easy excuse to dismiss it (and encourage others to dismiss it).

[seabeyond]

15. i am the one that needs to hear the most? i cant be pissed people play women weak, men....strong

and still get what the man is saying. further, even agree?

i guess if you believe women are weak, inept, emotional, you would see it that way

[blondeatlast]

16. All he had to do was leave off the goddamned "pink tutu" reference.

That's all it would have taken.

He's right, but that was a stupid, stupid way to put it.

[Scruffy1]

35. Really-as much as I like KPETE

I have transgender friends who are a really gutsy. I think you have to be to be openly GLBT. Chane is never led by the accepted.

[seabeyond]

11. quit being a weak and timid female.. be a man. thanks kpete. nt

[TBF]

34. A personal message would be appropriate -

in this case it's been you calling out the OP 3 times in a particular thread. Nasty.

[seabeyond]

37. thanking her for reenforcing i am weak, timid and inadaquit, is calling her out?

i guess by your definition i could consider i was called out being 'ismed as moore did. i understand he and maher was full of a whole lot more "ball grabbing to ensure they are there" sexism thru out interview so they could feel like a couple manly men.

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[TBF]

24. Calling folks out again, huh?

:eyes:

[seabeyond]

28. i saw it as talking to op. go figure. nt

[ampad]

23. Ah the pink tutu once again

I guess putting the "with all due respect" in the front of the statement makes it tolerable?

[seabeyond]

29. since respect is lacking promoting isms.... hey, was that there initially

didnt even notice that and wondering if added.

[queerart]

30. Why Is It When The GLBTQI Community On DU Mentions

Pink TuTu's the thread gets locked....


But yet here in General Discussion it flies?


Does one have to be straight to use the term with impunity?

[Orsino]

31. Man pants.

:eyes:

[Puglover]

32. We are going to leave this open.

Please take a look at Skinners post regarding the use of "Pink Tutus"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=9552279&mesg_id=9552469

[KittyWampus]

39. somehow it seems totally appropriate for a DU Moderator to have a self-immolating stick figure

as their signature :)

[Rex]

33. Sounds like a 'grab your balls', 'man up' kinda thingy.

When will people learn that certain terms will turn off people instantly, no matter what your message. Hum, evidently not today. :eyes:

Stupid thing to say, especially to guys that box IN pink tutus (and could knock your ass out with one punch).

Times change, seems people don't.

[blondeatlast]

36. Had he stuck with only the boxing analogy--no problem.

Women box, men box, gays box, old folks box, kids box--it takes incredible training and strength.

The larger message is fine, the "tutu" analogy is, well, just plain stupid.

[seabeyond]

38. between the two encouraging each others, seems like the whole interview was just about that. nt