More trouble for us California Hollywood Elite Liberals?
SAG calls for strike vote. If you don't feel like reading that story and don't remember what the writer strike did to my city last year, allow me to sum this up for you with one paragraph from that story:
Another major Hollywood strike so soon after last year's Writers Guild of America work stoppage would be devastating to the economy in Los Angeles, where one in 10 jobs is said to be in the creative sector. As it is, Bloomberg News just reported that foreclosures in L.A. have tripled, and a strike would not only affect those who directly work in the entertainment industry, but those who make a living off of the biz peripherally, like interior designers and architects, for example.
Brian wasn't affected by the writer strike because ______ had a completed script and was well in progress, though friends of his lost their jobs due to being on movies that still needed script writers.... _____ is filming now and could potentially affect him, if actors strike.
This is why I get so pissy when the McCain camp has bashed Obama as just some Rock Star, Hollywood, Famous... blah blah blah... whatever. I've said it before they always say California, Hollywood, San Francisco, etc as though they're the foulest words on earth. They add elite and liberal to them with such disdain that it makes me want to vomit. They make it sound like THAT state, well that state would never vote for me anyway and THOSE people there they ain't like YOU, you're real Americans, THOSE liberals out there I'd never want to go see them anyway. Well got news for you MY FRIEND, not only have we been hit as hard or harder by this crisis, we could soon be hit again by a strike that will make it WORSE. So take your California Hollywood Elite Liberalism hating and shove it, because we're screwed buddy. And you ignoring it and us and treating us like lepers as you have makes me resent you. Yup, I'm so freaking elite -- With my BF who has worked at times LITERALLY 7 days a week for weeks on end, sometimes 18 hours a day, with NO benefits. Yup. And now even though he's not in a union, he could be losing work for who knows how long. Our city could lose millions. In a state that already can't pay its bills, in a state losing jobs and homes like crazy.
We're just those stupid rich elite. Screw you. Just because you can't win this state is no reason to treat us as you have. You could have ignored us. But I watch your speeches in... I dunno Iowa, or Ohio, or whatever good down home American state you are in when you laugh about how horrible it is that Obama would dare go to California where the rich people are when you'd rather be with factory workers who really represent what America is about... I have one of them modern day tv thingies. So as my state falls apart and could get worse if this strike goes through, I remember things you've said this election. I remember that while I'm supposed to believe you're just like me, you've talked as though you hate me.
Ugh. Do not like this. Brian is torn... a strike could give him a short break and though he's not union, one way or another he would almost certainly be affected, he has enough saved up to cover a few month of rent/bills just in case this happens. They could keep his department working on art stuff even without actors filming... or... ??? We have no clue. Neither of us likes what it does to the city as a whole though. EEEk!
He's been considering looking into buying a house as prices probably won't get cheaper thanks to all of the foreclosures and the hit our market took. But now, not a good time to look with strike looming. We thought about health insurance too but realized quickly even with his income no way can we afford it for me with my pre-existing conditions (and no John McCain's idea of a $2,500 tax break wouldn't even touch the cost of insuring me). Filled out my Copaxone app, it now has in big bold letters you might not get it even if you did before as it depends on their funding etc, never used to have that warning. I'll stop taking it if denied, we can't pay $36k a year for one med. App gets mailed Tuesday as we have no working printer at home so Brian's gonna print my bank statement at work tomorrow.
