A Plea to My WGA Comrades

To my WGA brethren and sistren,

I urge you in the strongest possible terms to cease this senseless strike. Have we forgotten that studios, such as Paramount which bestowed upon us the "Mission Impossible" series and a movie about the mafia, I think, wish nothing more than to provide all with much needed respite from the tribulations we all endure here on the planet I like to call earth? Who are we to interfere with the means of production of so selfless an entity? Are we to deny these humble public servants the right to eke out a meager living? To continue this pointless action would be an act of inhumanity on par with the rape of Nanking, which trust me, was no stroll in the park,nor, I daresay, a walk on the beach for that matter. We must terminate this impudent action , as Abraham "Abe" Lincoln once quipped, "with malice towards none, with charity for all." He might have amended that to say, "except for hot-headed actors," for he was nothing if not ironic.

Which brings me to a second point: Not that anyone cares about theater, it being faggy and all that, but there's no need for us to support those Broadway stagehands. These blue-collar goons have no use for the written word save for "Moving Things Around For Dummies," so why should we scribes give a rat's rectum about them? They're basically truckers without trucks; let them lose their souls.

And while I'm on my soapbox (not literally, I'm at my workstation, LMAO!!!) How about we show a little support for our local oil companies by purchasing as much premium grade fossil fuel as we can. These gentle giants need to scrape together every penny to continue their environmental R&D so that our world will be a better place for our children whom I like to think are our future as well as our most precious natural resource, next to young women who fuck older men because they like to, not for financial security and/or expensive gifts.

Read more about the strike on the Huffington Post's writers' strike page.

Comments

[Atticus]

TV, Movies and the Theatre are of importance to this country. I believe that the writers and all the auxilliary staff dependant on them should have a guaranteed income. $15.00 an hour with basic medical coverage should be ironclad in this country, at least for the next decade. NO writer or support worker should be able to be fired, for whatever reason (barring murder, thievery, pederasty and pedophilia), PERIOD.

I also believe that nepotism should be guaranteed. A writer's or worker's children should have an absolute preference in hiring, when they are of age.

This is fair.

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(I posted this comment on a similarly themed post earlier, and I'm reposting it here, just this once)

The time has come for a New Media Consortium to form their own contract with the WGA. Let the web be the premiere location for their work, and let the TV networks pay for broadcast rights subsequent to securing the web and DVD residuals.

We have been chasing our tails over the last few years, arguing for an amended business model in the light of the Internet's rise to popularity. Is this not the perfect time to break the oligarchy and ensure fair rights for all the creative professionals rather than the middle managers currently reaping their rewards?