tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post3561452143572370396..comments2024-02-08T07:32:20.315-06:00Comments on Steve Bates - Yellow Doggerel Democratic Views: Wisconsin Republican: Weekends For Me, None For Thee!Steve Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-53398530143479654582015-03-25T08:48:09.742-05:002015-03-25T08:48:09.742-05:00ellroon, I've often asserted that conservative...ellroon, I've often asserted that conservatives maintain a serious misconstruction of human nature, of what makes people do one thing or another, and this is another example.<br /><br />I worked in one government employed position in which my boss grew super-strict about when I performed what duties; basically, he wanted to employ me not as a technical professional but as a general gofer and flunky. I responded... silently... by reserving every Friday for my personal professional education, using my employer's resources as needed to acquire new professional skills. That didn't last long, but that's what I intended: when I resigned (and yes, I initiated the process), I left the bastard in a difficult position with his own supervisor and faced with doing his own flunky work. That was my last employed position before I switched to full-time independent contract work, where I thrived for 20 years before retiring.<br /><br />Two behaviors of conservative supervisors simply don't work, in government or elsewhere. One is the "shine my shoes" attitude; the other asserts "the beatings will continue until morale improves." To Hell with both of them and the people who attempt to enforce them.Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-32771187489995465592015-03-25T01:36:08.198-05:002015-03-25T01:36:08.198-05:00They are bound and determined to destroy all of th...They are bound and determined to destroy all of the evil FDR's New Deal? They want to see liberals cry? They are getting wads of money from the Koch brothers who want to see Victorian era work houses and pollution? I can't imagine what on earth they're assuming will happen... but they are making sure people are going to get good and pissed off. ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.com