Mike Barnicle complaining on MSNBC today about union workers making too much money

[NNN0LHI]

And Mika agreeing with him.

Wonder how much money these assholes think we should be making?

Don

[boston bean]

1. Mika and Barnicle were HUGE Obama supporters in 2008.

Says something, don't it?

[adhd_what_huh]

16. I don't know...whats your point?

[dionysus]

27. the point is; "obama bad obama bad, obama bad, lol"

it wasn't their best effort.

[dionysus]

26. ROFL, when the well runs low, let's reallllly stretch for some outrage....

:rofl:

[durablend]

2. Guess they think their production staff makes too much too

Or has (MS)NBC started hiring derelicts off the street?

[catbyte]

3. Dickweek. Didn't he plagerize something a while back?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. That's great, coming from that overpaid plagiarist doucher. nt

[Broderick]

5. Wonder if we will see more of this as comcast settles

into ownership?

[Horse with no Name]

6. It is a mutual thought.

These talking blowhards make millions to tell everyone that makes over $10 an hour that they make too much.

It's pushing to corporate meme to create a permanent serfdom and/or lower class. The talking heads will convince the dittoheads to AGAIN vote against their best interests.

[Broderick]

7. +1

Pawns in a grand bilking mechanism.

[BeyondGeography]

8. Two people who could be replaced in a heartbeat by people making 1/10 as much

and who would do a much better job.

Have a little gratitude, lottery winners.

[Fumesucker]

13. Hell, there's people at DU that would do that for free and do a much better job.

[spanone]

9. mika and barnicle are union workers AFTRA/SAG

[durablend]

12. HEH....the stupid BURNS, doesn't it?

Guess they're telling us they're overpaid then

[Champion Jack]

18. They sure are

[NashVegas]

21. AFTRA Pretty Much Sucks

More than anything, AFTRA is a retirement savings plan. AFTRA never did a single thing to fight anything that eliminated radio jobs. TV hosts know AFTRA won't fight for them, either.

Merging with AFTRA is the stupidest thing SAG ever did or will ever do.

[spanone]

32. it's still a union, with great medical benefits

[Blue_Tires]

23. When Barnicle was with the Globe he was part of The Boston Newspaper Guild (TNG/CWA)

and enjoyed those benefits...

What a piece of shit...

[CarmanK]

10. Corporations make billions, people not so much!

There was not a drop of corporate blood spilled to build this nation and yet these fools say, they think that corporate profits are more deserving than fair reward for workers who make the products that the corps sell. It is amazing to me, management and capital is entitled to THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PROFIT THAT CAN BE GOUGED OUT OF THE PUBLIC, but workers are just serfs making money for the boss. In america, the risk of producing products belong to the workers in the factory as well as management and capital. It is just incredible to me, that these privileged ones who get paid large for their services, don't think others should get a fair compensation for services rendered. They are snobs and arrogant elitists. They are ignorant.

[graywarrior]

11. Barnicle the proven thief and liar.

[chelsea0011]

14. This is interesting coming from him. Barnicle

He has always been a strong supporter of fire fighters and police. I guess he forgot they are union workers. I'd like him to single out them as union workers he thinks are overpaid. He'd be toast.

[Fumesucker]

15. Union workers bashing union workers.. Tell me it ain't so, Joe..

Nobody twisted these elite bloviating pusbags arms to join a union, it was an opportunity they took advantage of, an opportunity the great majority of us never get.

I honestly can't come up with adequately contemptuous language to express how I feel.

[newspeak]

29. well don't forget Ronnie was in the SAG and was head of the union

And, he loved destroying unions for his corporate friends. What I see is corporate media, that's pro-business media, pitting the plebes against each other, especially if someone actually has a decent job with benefits. I mean in today's america, it appears, to be very american to work two or three low paying sucky, no benefits jobs to make ends meet. That's the new american way, and anyone who actually has a great job is the enemy. Not the slave driving, cheap corporations, no the enemy is those who still have a decent job. And, heaven forbid if you mention anything about safe working conditions, especially mining. I mean those greedy businessmen have to make a profit at all cost even if it means a few lives lost or contaminating the water or soil.

[Marrah_G]

17. Dear Mike

GO FUCK YOURSELF YOU PLAGIARIZING PIECE OF SHIT.

[valerief]

19. Turn off that filth. That show is Republicanorama. nt

[LaydeeBug]

20. Don't they belong to AFTRA? Just wondering...

nt

[City Lights]

22. Have they complained about CEOs making too much?

I'm guessing they haven't.

The CEOs are all worth what they're making. :sarcasm:

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. Minimum...

In their mind we should have maximum wage laws, not minimum wage ones.

[Dawson Leery]

25. Dead Intern Joe agrees with this?!?

[The Second Stone]

28. I wonder if he plagarized his comments

and if he is going to pay royalties for them. If anybody is getting overpaid it is Barnicle, the serial plagiarist.

[MisterP]

30. gee, I thought only the left had what the class warriors call "tall poppy syndrome"

where any attacks on obscene wealth are dismissible as mere envy trying to drag "the Successful" down

[Honeycombe8]

31. Which union workers? There are all kinds of unions & union workers, making

various wages with various compensation packages & benefits. There are service workers, steel workers, govt union workers, firefighters, police officers, Conoco union workers, BP union workers....which union workers was he talking about? Just globally ALL union workers? Even though Barnacle can't possibly know the wages and full compensation packages from all those union workers?

[sam11111]

33. NBC owner GE ran tv ads on RR birthday, praising him

Highly repellent