Political Bullying At Work
I have two jobs and two sets of bosses: At my regular job, my bosses treat me fairly, treat me with respect and are great, down-to-earth guys. On election day they tell me to take as much time as I need to go vote, but do not try and intimidate me in any way. These guys truly have my utmost respect.
At my other job, the situation is quite the opposite. I walked into work this weekend to find that our boss had printed a packet for each full-time, regular employee (I was not included) complete with their home address, the address of their polling station, each candidate on the ballot in their district, and EVERY REPUBLICAN highlighted and check-off. Where there were only Democrats on the ballot he had written, "No vote needed.'
To be fair, my boss did not say or write to vote Republican or else, but none-the-less, I feel this is intimidation and political bullying in the work place, so did quite a few of his other employees.
Some employees are sending emails to their employees warning them that if Obama wins, the company may have to cut jobs. Some employees are offering to reimburse employees if they go see the new anti-Obama "documentary".
Maybe if I listen to 620 WTMJ while at work, I can ask for another dollar per hour. Maybe if I tune into Fox News at night, I can clock in for some overtime pay. Maybe if I attend a Paul Ryan rally in Waukesha I can get reimbursed for mileage. Maybe if I am a registered Democrat and don't vote Tuesday, I can get an extra large Christmas bonus this year.
Maybe if my boss treated his employees with respect and dignity and kept his nose out of their politics he wouldn't be seen as "The big bad wolf" at work. I hope your boss isn't trying to bully you into voting a certain way.
Thanks to the Supreme Court "Citizens United" case, this crap is now totally legal. You know, the more money, power and influence you have, the louder your voice is allowed to be and the more rights you are allowed to have. I can't imagine what would happen if I had come to work and handed out to each employee a packet of how I thought they should vote. My guess is I would now have my weekends free and one less job to collect a W2 from next year.
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On a separate note, I now understand that people in the city of Milwaukee are receiving phone calls "allowing" them to vote by phone. To combat this fraudulent B.S., volunteer groups are now printing fliers and pasting them in the inner city at bus stops and corners that read,
No ballot,
No vote!
You cannot vote by
phone or internet in
Wisconsin. If you did not
visit a polling place or
mail an absentee ballot,
you did NOT vote.
Questions? Call the City of Milwaukee
Election Commission (414) 286-3491
Will the right-wingers stop at nothing to intimidate and cheat? This makes me sick to my stomach.
Greg
3:04 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Quit!
Greg
3:55 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Please provide proof of "right-wingers" making the "vote by phone" calls. If you have none you are actually the Political Bully!
On a seperate note, the lefties excelled in Political Bullying At Work all through the recall efforts. Ask any conservative government sector employee.
Bren
3:55 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
I think there's a law on the books about pressuring employees. Sometime back I was involved with an organization that was trying to pressure employee votes. I recommended they discontinue the practice as it was having the opposite effect--employees were paying lip service and voting as they pleased or for the other party out of spite. I won't share which party was being pushed on employees--it shouldn't happen at all. Strife does not improve productivity.
Craig
4:03 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Jason you are a spineless limp wristed liberal wanker. Instead of saying something to your employer directly, you chose to present your one side of the facts. If it is something you don't like- quit. I am sure they will not miss you.
Bren
4:16 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Craig, you have sufficient wit to respond without name calling.
Craig
4:25 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Bren: You have to understand that my comment was directed at the joker writing this crap, and not directed at all you from the left. Jason makes a habbit or writing innacurate accounts of the truth. Do I think all liberals are pansies? No, but I do think Jason is based on his track record. If his version of this story were true, he would not be blogging about it the day before the election, he would be reporting this action to the proper authorities.
Besides, I am sure you must be aware of the actions of Jason recently. The name calling and profanities he used?
Or is denegration of a person only acceptable if it is being done by a liberal?
Greg
4:33 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Bren has very partisan standards.
Randy1949
4:40 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Yes, Jason lost his cool, but how many times is he supposed to suck up being called Panty-waist Patzfahl and the like before he's had enough?
Craig
9:20 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Randy: If you ever lost it like that at work with a customer, how many chances do you think you would be given?
It doesn't matter if you work in a cafe, factory, or Medical Facility. That action would be grounds for termination no matter where one works.
Randy1949
9:50 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
True, but I've never had a customer call me a panty-waist or become otherwise abusive. Nor a wanker.
Bren
8:16 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Craig, I like to think we are capable of making points without name calling. There are some here who may have no other defense (by choice or otherwise), you aren't one of them.
The entire tenor of political discourse has been poisoned. How is social progress to be made in such an environment.
CowDung
8:39 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Bren:
Since you are chiding Craig for name calling, why do you always seem to post in support Jason Patzfahl's blog articles? His entire career of blogging on Patch consists of calling names, spreading lies and spewing naughty words...
Craig
8:45 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Bren and Randy: I will give Jason a get out of jail free card. The truth is if he had said those things to you, it would make you feel differently. If you saw what he said before the editor removed his comments, you would think panty waist wanker wasn't so bad.
Trust me, I had considered much stronger words than the ones I used here.
Randy1949
9:02 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
@Craig -- I've been called far worse and kept my temper, at least visibly. Different boards have different rules about the use of vulgarity and profanity. My feeling has always been that if you stir up mud you can expect to get splattered back.
Craig
9:08 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
I agree Randy. Usually I enjoy when the insults are coming my way, in some twisted way I feel like I won.
c
9:59 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Can't blame Craig for telling 'da trufff
Craig
11:06 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
@C: I am an asshole, and I approve this message.
Jaime Lannister
7:43 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
I'm pretty sure that's what news columnists do Craig; present opinions and their side of the facts. Why is that so offensive to you? If you don't like it then write your own article and get it published.
Craig
8:52 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Jaime Lannister: Welcome to the Patch.com
Apparently you do not understand that this is not news, nor is it a column. Jason is also NOT a journalist or writer. This is just a blog.
If you had read any of his prior blogs you may understand he never writes about facts. In fact his last blog was proven to be a totally fictional piece. It was after several people pointed out this fact that he responded with language that would make a drunken sailor blush. The Patch editors actually removed his foul comments. Finally, this "blog" is not published work.
Hopefully with time you will come to understand that.
atthec44
4:03 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
"I won't share which party was being pushed on employees"
Must've been Democrats. Otherwise, Bren wouldn't have been able to keep this dirty little secret.
CowDung
4:13 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Is this another work of fiction from Patzfahl?
GearHead
4:17 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Jason, where was your outrage when WEAC, SEIU and countless other unions hand-picked the likes of Falk, Klop and Baldwin, making certain there was only one way for their membership to vote the union way?
And why shouldn't an employer candidly point out the real-world consequences of voting for more socialism? As business invarably declines, employee losses are a certainty.
As for asking for another dollar per hour, why don't you find a way to add value to whatever it is you are doing, instead of conning yourself into thinking business rewards political activism? It doesn't but most businessmen understand the difference between takers and makers. Too bad for you.
The Anti-Alinsky
5:41 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Patzy was pseudo-volunteering to serve in the cub scouts.
Greg
4:28 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Has anyone else seen anything on Jason's "vote by phone" claim? I did a search and the only thing that came up was Jason's Patch Blog. Is it more satire? Is this what Patch is for?
Randy1949
4:36 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Um, it's apocryphal, but someone I know was laughing on a blog today about how his business partner was calling random phone numbers in a black area of Cincinnati and telling them the election had been postponed until Dec. 2 because of the hurricane.
I'm not going to copy/paste for privacy and security reasons. I hope this kind of dirty trick is a scattered thing.
Greg
4:54 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Check, December 2nd. Got it.
The Anti-Alinsky
5:39 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Really Randy? Those types of jokes have been going around since 2000. I got one from a friend that said since voter turn out was expected to be heavy, Democrats should vote on Tuesday and Republicans on Wednesday.
IT'S A JOKE! And now an old one at that.
Craig
9:21 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Anti: I just used that one on MF Patch. Dunno if any Democrats will fall for it, but you can't blame a guy for trying.
patchreader 123
4:32 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
"Maybe if I listen to 620 WTMJ while at work, I can ask for another dollar per hour. Maybe if I tune into Fox News at night, I can clock in for some overtime pay. Maybe if I attend a Paul Ryan rally in Waukesha I can get reimbursed for mileage. Maybe if I am a registered Democrat and don't vote Tuesday, I can get an extra large Christmas bonus this year."
Or maybe if you attend a recall rally in Madison, you can be paid after calling in "sick."
Bob McBride
4:40 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
I would recommend not voting as instructed. The 2nd shift assistant manager/head burger assembler really doesn't know that much more about politics than you guys and gals working the drive-thrus.
Gunnar Larson
5:26 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
If you vote for Obama ...
Beware - there may be blood on your hands!
In times past, God's people had no choice in regards to the laws that governed them. Ruled by kings (or sometimes judges or consuls), the Israelites had no choice other than to obey laws as they were decreed---or to rebel (risking their life doing so).
Today we have different - but just as weighty - decisions! We hold in our hands the lives of millions of innocent children. As voters we are responsible for the laws that govern this land and for the elected officials we put into office.
God's Word has made His opinions very clear on some issues. God has said that He is the Author of life---He is" the giver and the taker of life...."
"For a Christian not to vote or not to vote upholding justice (God's laws) is therefore an act of rebellion against God. Voting for a politician or a political party that advocates ending a life that God has begun means that YOU have made abortion the law of the land and have chosen a government in direct opposition to God.
The blood of each and every one of these innocent children is on the hands of those who vote(d) for abortion and abortion advocates! Forty plus million helpless little children have been murdered because many have chosen to do nothing.
May God have mercy on us! Let's ask for His forgiveness and repent ...
That is - to do what is right from here on out - If your a Catholic a Protestant a Mormon or a Jew - Save the Life of the Unborn!
Randy1949
5:31 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
@Gunnar Larson -- You need to read the Constitution, especially the First Amendment.
Bob McBride
5:33 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
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Randy1949
5:35 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Invoking the Almighty is bringing in a bigger gun than the Boss, even. I noticed he was out of state and posting this comment multiple times when I checked his profile out of curiosity.
The Anti-Alinsky
5:37 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Randy1949 wrote: "@Gunnar Larson -- You need to read the Constitution, especially the First Amendment."
Apparently so do you Randy. Why couldn't you say his post was over the top rather than trying to imply some type of anti-patriotism?
Randy1949
5:41 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
What does patriotism have to do with not understanding that one person's idea of God mustn't affect everyone else?
The Anti-Alinsky
5:44 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Randy, then why didn't you say that instead of the "read the constitution" comment?
Randy1949
5:51 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
So sorry. I was counting on most of us having the brains to understand the Bill of Rights, which people like Gunnar seem not to be aware of.
Lyle Ruble
6:45 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
@Gunnar Larson...I couldn't disagree with you more. Your selective interpretation of biblical literature is misleading and potentially damaging. Whenever you mix religion and politics it results in something that doesn't do justice to either. We Jews have various interpretations and traditionally do not count human zygotes and fetuses as classified as being fully human. So in the future when appealing to religion, please leaves us Jews out. We view a number of issues much differently from general Christian theocracy and dogma.
The Anti-Alinsky
6:58 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Lyle, thank you for a much more reasoned and relevant response.
H.E. Pennypacker
7:16 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
I am shocked that the high IQ Lyle Ruble doesn't understand the difference between a human person and a human being.
Lyle Ruble
7:40 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
@H.E. Pennypacker....The difference between a human being and human person? I don't follow. I look at the unborn as having human potential only. However, I don't understand the relevance with regards to your distinction.
Bob McBride
8:54 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Might as well be talking to the wall. The Gunnars and Jeans and Joe Bobs just hit and run with this stuff.
Waukytalk
5:38 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
1) Sounds like the boss was giving information to remind everyone to vote. Bullying is the use of force or coercion to abuse or intimidate others. Doesn't seem like the boss was using any force to try to intimidate or coerce others.
2) The reality of the situation is that if Obama is elected, some companies will have to lay off people. That will affect a lot of us.
P.S You work two jobs and have time to post on the internet in the middle of the day? How do you do that? Please share your secret.
Sunrocket
6:44 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Waukytalk - ha! " P.S You work two jobs and have time to post on the internet in the middle of the day? How do you do that? Please share your secret."
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Keith Schmitz
6:59 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Giving information is one thing, but most of what White talked about was bogus.
What this does is it creates an environment at work that if your are a Democrat, better keep your yap shut or your career goes nowhere. I've worked places where that happened.
But this is ultimately what the right wing wants. Where coporate dukedoms control people's lives. This is the T-bagger concept of "freedom."
Craig
8:50 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Come on Keith, you never worked for a Democrat?
I bet they disliked you just as much, and your career still went nowhere.
H.E. Pennypacker
5:57 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Must we all indulge the lies of Jason Panty Waist?
WEACHATER
6:20 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Just another "Hey look at me Im the great Jason Patzfahl"
I would bet that this is just another fictional character.
Dirk Gutzmiller
6:24 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
I am more concerned about the intimidation of a million Tea Party poll watchers, tomorrow, mostly in minority neighorhoods, yelling and challenging voters. We will be hearing about these Suppressionists (modern KKK types) and their attempts to keep others from voting. Every American deserves the chance to vote.
Nuitari
7:33 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Oh please Dirk, you sound paranoid beyond comprehension. There are black Tea Party members, but I guess your sources never tell you that.
Bob McBride
9:24 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Dirk, rather than waiting to "hear about" it, you could always swing by the polling places in our minority neighborhoods and attempt to document instances of this happening yourself. What with millions of Tea Party poll watchers being out there yelling and such, you shouldn't have too much trouble running into more than a few instances here, right?
Jay Sykes
4:52 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
@Dirk Gutzmiller... Thanks to the cellphone camera, an example of intimidation at the polls. (Black Panthers with nightsticks)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neGbKHyGuHU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpnF8MXfdgE
Keith Schmitz
7:01 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Give it a rest Jay. These were a handful of jokers, though it is true that a lot of you get all tight when you are in the presence of black people. Just like the Tammy Baldwin "you're damned right" ads are designed to intimidate those among the right with tiny weenies at the thought of an assertive woman.
WEACHATER
7:29 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
"Just like the Tammy Baldwin "you're damned right" ads are designed to intimidate those among the right with tiny weenies at the thought of an assertive woman."
Keith Im pretty sure that Tammys has a bigger weenie than you do. Maybe tonight while your both crying you can compare.
Craig
8:53 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Tammy's is removable while Kieth's dried up and fell off. He was self projecting.
WEACHATER
6:26 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Jason, here is a real story unlike your fantasy world.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/265925-gop-senators-thousands-of-ballots-unlikely-to-reach-military-voters
Sunrocket
6:42 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Jason - you are always looking for some way to be a victim. In my 30+ years of working the subject of voting has never even come up with the exception of people saying "did you vote today?" or "don't forget to vote" In a case like this you can only be "bullied" if you allow yourself to be. Man up, stop looking for the boogie man under your bed and quit whining.
c
10:05 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
wahh wahh wahh I am Jason everyone look at me! I am oh so special because I work 2 jobs and my boss bullys me.
Oh poor me, I am a victim! Hey everyone, look its me Jason, hey look over here and give me attention. I need more attention than a 13 yr old girl.
Hello anyone listening? The GOP called me and issued death threats. Hello?! My boss threatened to fire me! HELLO?!
MITT ROMNEY KILLS BABIES!! SOMEONE GIVE ME ATTENTION - HELLO?!
Cricket
6:49 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
The boss says take as much time as you need to vote? Sounds like you are not really needed there or they are glad to have you gone for a while - yea! Jasons gone! . Not too many jobs let you leave during the day to go vote. Most of us commoners do it before or after work if we are 9 to 5ers.
c
10:17 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Cricket, I think his boss really needed a break from the constant whining and complaining.
My guess is that Jason is incompetent, high maintenance, and really isn't all that much help.
Nuitari
7:09 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
What would stay-at-home-wife Jason know about this subject??
Mike in OC
7:21 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
how about writing a blog about political bullying on "The Patch" .... that's all you do.
NObama 2012
7:22 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
At least the Progressives are now being honest: they hate that their political opponents possess freedom of speech i.e. Citizen's United.
Nuitari
7:31 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
We knew that, but I love how time goes by and every new blog brings out the whiny crybaby that is Jason more and more.
jet
8:43 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
And this is why I vet all new hires with www.iverifytherecall.com Just to make sure
Mike in OC
8:46 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
@jet.... why would you do that? you still need some, like jason, to take out the trash.....
Jason Patzfahl
6:37 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
I'm pretty sure that practice is illegal, and if not, it is at least slightly immoral. And how boring a world this would be if we all saw everything the same way...
Mr. Independent Voter
11:30 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Romney paid ZERO taxes between 1996 to 2009, but we did, So shove it to these CEO's at the voting booth.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-29/romney-avoids-taxes-via-loophole-cutting-mormon-donations.html
Steve ®
11:57 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
http://limerick.patch.com/users/mr-independent-voter
Luke
12:03 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
@Mr. I Voter - You need to read a little more carefully. Just because someone gets a tax exemption on a portion of their finances does not mean that they did not pay taxes on the rest of their income.
If your link is "food for thought," you missed your mouth.
Brian Dey
6:46 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Paid for Pennsylvania partisan hack. And not a good one at that...
Steve ®
12:04 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
The patch toilet continues further down the sewer with this chunky diarrhea.
Richard Head
12:04 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
"To be fair, my boss did not say or write to vote Republican or else, but none-the-less, I feel this is intimidation and political bullying in the work place, so did quite a few of his other employees."
Grow a pair. It's just pathetic.
And really? Are you sure you didn't make this stuff up since you seem like a natural born whiner! I mean, it fills your otherwise empty life and gives you something MORE to complain about.
Woe is me!
Richard Head
12:08 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Ya know too, you could always just agree with that big meanie Boss and say you agree - then go and vote Democrat, yet tell the Boss you voted Republican!
And keep it to yourself - don't shoot your big mouth off - or you might get caught!
Kiss his ass a little and do some brown nosing - you might get a dime raise!
Jason Patzfahl
6:58 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
"Richard (Dick) Head" over here uses a sassy word for butt and does not get flagged by the patch police or berated by the right wing bullies for using vulgar language???? When I used a three letter adult word for butt you guys tried to get me kicked off the patch.... Just a little hypocritical here?
But I wont flag his post. No 12 year olds are reading these posts.
CowDung
8:35 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Jason:
Do you honestly think that a single use of that 'three letter word' is what got you in trouble?
Have you forgotten about all the other terms of use violations you have posted and have had removed from the site?
c
10:00 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
A dime raise would double limptard's pay!
c
10:07 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
wahh wahh wahh I am Jason everyone look at me! I am oh so special because I work 2 jobs and my boss bullys me.
Oh poor me, I am a victim! Hey everyone, look its me Jason, hey look over here and give me attention. I need more attention than a 13 yr old girl.
Hello anyone listening? The GOP called me and issued death threats. Hello?! My boss threatened to fire me! HELLO?!
My name is Jason and I am the world's biggest whiner. My wife bullies me, my boss bullies me, and the patch bullies me. Oh poor me. What ever can I do? Maybe I should stop posting all this liberal crap and educate myself?
Nah, I'll keep whining and lying like a weak little girl...
wahh wahh wahh I am Jason everyone look at me! I am oh so special because I work 2 jobs and my boss bullys me.
Oh poor me, I am a victim! Hey everyone, look its me Jason, hey look over here and give me attention. I need more attention than a 13 yr old girl.
Hello anyone listening? The GOP called me and issued death threats. Hello?! My boss threatened to fire me! HELLO?!
MITT ROMNEY KILLS BABIES!! SOMEONE GIVE ME ATTENTION - HELLO?!
Jason Patzfahl
6:34 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
I agree that unions should not TELL people how to vote either. The differences between a union and an employer "suggesting" how to vote are: The employer owns the business and can fire you - Union members are fellow employees who cannot fire another fellow employee.
And when I write satire, I acknowledge it within the title or the piece itself. I have not done so here because it is 100% true. My employer pulled this same bullying technique in 2008, but as he handed out his pre-printed cheat sheets back then he said, "The world as we know it is going to end tomorrow and a black man will become President if we don't vote."
If you are claiming that you don't believe an employer would do this, than you agree that an employer SHOULDN'T do this, but this boss is a right wing as you get. And I am no constitutional lawyer, but from what I understand, this type of "political free speech" in the workplace is now legal since that crappy Supreme Court "Citizens United" decision. - But just in case, I will take your advice and call the proper offices today to make a formal complaint. And since you are so interested, I will keep you updated...
Brian Dey
6:48 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
No but the union can flatten your tires, picket your family home, burn your yard sign, pull your kids out of school and whatever thuggery strikes them. Un less you were terminated because of how you voted, you have nothing to worry about.
WEACHATER
6:50 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
We will be waiting with baited breath. Trust me we will be waiting..
CowDung
8:28 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Jason:
I want to find out more about these 'vote by phone' calls you are claiming. I haven't been able to find anything on the internets about them happening in Milwaukee...
Craig
9:05 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Private unions used their muscle to get the membership to protest ACT 10. Even retirees were called on by their local, asking if they could count on them to vote for the right guy. Unions have a brotherhood code, ratting out a fellow brother in the union is punishable. Does anyone remember the guy who worked at the paper mill in Northern WI. They found him in a pulp silo with a weight around his neck! This was all over a stolen extension cord. Voter intimidation is alive and well in the unions and workplace. Compared to business owners I would guess it is a 10-1 ratio.
c
10:02 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
wahh wahh wahh I am Jason everyone look at me! I am oh so special because I work 2 jobs and my boss bullys me.
Oh poor me, I am a victim! Hey everyone, look its me Jason, hey look over here and give me attention. I need more attention that a 13 yr old girl.
Hello anyone listening? The GOP called me and issued death threats. Hello?! My boss threatened to fire me! HELLO?!
John Taxthepoor
6:42 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Your an idiot, the employer looks out for his self interest and that equates to any give back the employee gets. If you don't like it there, leave. You work as a privilidge. if you want more, get it on your own. Unions are just as thuggish and control the work production and cause havoc in making the product and the profit. If I own a business, I will express my view and help with the right way of voting.
Jason Patzfahl
6:46 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
A side note on my other employers: Best people I have ever worked for in my life. I'm not exactly sure of their politics, but these guys have a great sense of humor and they even remind me to go vote while I'm out on the job, but NEVER, NEVER say who they think I should vote for. - Well, that's not true. . . one of them did just say yesterday, "Hey, who are you going to vote for, Giant Douche or Turd Sandwich?" ~ Which is a reference to a hilarious South Park episode.
These guys are in the Employer Hall Of Fame just for having a super sense of humor!
c
10:03 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
wahh wahh wahh I am Jason everyone look at me! I am oh so special because I work 2 jobs and my boss bullys me.
Oh poor me, I am a victim! Hey everyone, look its me Jason, hey look over here and give me attention. I need more attention than a 13 yr old girl.
Hello anyone listening? The GOP called me and issued death threats. Hello?! My boss threatened to fire me! HELLO?!
c
10:08 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
My name is Jason and I am the world's biggest whiner. My wife bullies me, my boss bullies me, and the patch bullies me. Oh poor me. What ever can I do? Maybe I should stop posting all this liberal crap and educate myself?
Nah, I'll keep whining and lying like a weak little girl...
wahh wahh wahh I am Jason everyone look at me! I am oh so special because I work 2 jobs and my boss bullys me.
Oh poor me, I am a victim! Hey everyone, look its me Jason, hey look over here and give me attention. I need more attention than a 13 yr old girl.
Hello anyone listening? The GOP called me and issued death threats. Hello?! My boss threatened to fire me! HELLO?!
Jason Patzfahl
6:51 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Where were you guys who constantly try and bully me off of the Patch during the Jeff Stone/Kathy Vincent, Mary Lazich/Jim Ward debates? I was hoping some of you would have shone in person so you could find out just how "limp-wristed" I am in person. But none-the-less, no right-wingers bothered to step away from cyberbullying long enough to confront me in person.
When this election season is all over I suggest we all "meet" for a public round table debate. I will even reserve the meeting room at the Greendale Safety Center for our discussion. I truly hope some of you bullies show up, bet I won't hold my breath . . .
c
10:03 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
wahh wahh wahh I am Jason everyone look at me! I am oh so special because I work 2 jobs and my boss bullys me.
Oh poor me, I am a victim! Hey everyone, look its me Jason, hey look over here and give me attention. I need more attention than a 13 yr old girl.
Hello anyone listening? The GOP called me and issued death threats. Hello?! My boss threatened to fire me! HELLO?!
MITT ROMNEY KILLS BABIES!! SOMEONE GIVE ME ATTENTION - HELLO?!
Greg
1:39 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Did you ever consider that the people that you listed don't represent the people that try to bully you off of Patch?
Why would anyone want to bet that you won't hold your breath?
Sunrocket
6:59 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
So it's ok for you to be a bully but no one else Jason? Per your definition of being a cyberbully you are right up there. Pathetic as usual
Bob McBride
7:30 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
I'd just like us to get away from the whole "bullying" nonsense. Everything doesn't have an equivalency found in elementary school.
Seriously, buck up and deal with it. I've had bosses over the years that have done all sorts of crazy crap that makes this look just another day at the office - I'm sure most people have also. If he did this in 2008 and you were working for him at the time, you pretty much should have expected it again this time around and you've had 4 years to attempt to avoid having to deal with a second occurrence. I think you're just running out of legitimate stuff to take offense at. Face it, it had to happen sooner or later.
Keith Schmitz
7:33 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
The sad thing about the GOP is what is it has become. This once great party has brought out the worst in people, and you guys prove that every day, hour after hour.
Hopefully this pending loss will change that, but it is doubtful, because the crazy right will only double down. After all, this is the crowd that believes that more guns results in less violence.
Best of luck to sane moderate Republicans finding a new home. Maybe we'll get a third party.
Bob McBride
7:47 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
What, nothing about weenies?
Craig
9:00 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
That might make more sence after a half bottle of Ole Thompson.
CowDung
9:10 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Ole Tommy Thompson?
Craig
9:28 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Ole Thompson= cheap wiskey
c
9:58 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Good ol drunk lying cowardly Keif the Thief.
Sunrocket
12:15 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Are you serious? Which political affiliation continues to haunt the Capital and bang their drums? What is it about liberals that can't see themselves for how the truly are?
It wasn't convervatives/republicans out protesting for months and months and assaulting representatives of our government - it was liberals. You guys are the haters - and poor losers - not us. Best of luck in 4 years.
Keith Schmitz
7:58 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Romney is like Heinz Ketchup. He's thick and rich.
c
10:20 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Keif, as oppose to you? Thick and ....?
Greg
9:14 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Jason puts out an entire blog of flat out lies and Keif blames the GOP. Typical lefty crap!
Katherine
9:36 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
ALERT!
MUST read:
"Support for Kill List and NDAA make Obama and Romney Unfit for Office"
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/reawakening-liberty/2012/nov/2/support-kill-list-and-ndaa-make-obama-and-romney-u/
c
9:57 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Wow, more lies from a liberal limptard like Jason. He is just trying to draw attention to himself.
"Look at me, I work 2 jobs, and my boss bullys me!". How about you grow up and grow a pair?
Why no outrage at the vote fraud being committed in PA this very minute by liberals and also by the Black Panthers?!?
c
10:15 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
After seeing numerous lies and other attempts to get attention, we should all just call him the girl who cried wolf.
c
10:19 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
OH MY GOD: Jason just said his boss said the following, and I quote directly:
""The world as we know it is going to end tomorrow and a black man will become President if we don't vote."
WTF?! Only a fool would think we would believe this. Unless his boss was saying it in total jest.
Anyone ever see a 6 year old tell lies, lies that THEY think are believable, but adults see right through them? Ladies and Gents - i give you Jason.
Dave Koven
10:30 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Are you guys all nuts? It's a secret ballot, for cry-eye! Unless your boss crowds into the voting booth with you, vote the way you want to vote. I think this campaign has gone on a tad too long. You're all running around looking like a guy who doesn't know if he's lost his horse or found a rope.
Richard Head
11:26 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Well Jason, why don't you quit your job - and go into business for yourself. The self-employed route? That way you can be your own Boss - charge what you are really worth, make what you are really worth - and have the good life.
Then your only other Boss will be your favorite one - the Government.
That way you can pay unemployment taxes on yourself - but discover that self-employed people are unable to collect that unemployment that they pay. You can discover that you can set any hours you want - as long as you are available and ready 24 hours per day - 7 days a week, 365 days a year. That way you pay directly pay the FULL SS cost - and see what the cost truly is.
Here is a video that will help you with understanding your wonderful new partner in your business - the Government.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flfggITqnMM
Richard Head
11:29 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Political Bullying at work?
How about the poll place?
Would a SWPL DWL like you even go near a polling place with Black Panthers patrolling?
"What would Philadelphians do if they couldn’t depend on the Black Panthers to protect the polling places? This is only a few miles from my current location. Maybe I should do some on the ground reporting and attempt to enter this polling place. This dude wouldn’t have a problem with me trying to enter, right?"
http://www.theburningplatform.com/?p=43589
James R Hoffa
12:49 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Hoffa can't wait to read Patzfahl's post-election blog about how the Republican's supposedly stole the election by suppressing the vote or some other harebrained liberal conspiracy theory!
ROMNEY/RYAN/THOMPSON 2012!!!
$$andSense
5:50 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
So Doofa
Thinking about slitting your wrists or is seppuku more your style? Moving to another country (please)? Take your buddy Saul with you on any of the above.
While you and your kind sit and wimper, pout and bitch, the rest of us adults will deal with the results, whether we like it or not. The world does not end when things don't go your way. Grow up and try to be a man.
James R Hoffa
6:56 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
@$$andNonsense -
You don't see Hoffa encouraging his representatives to flee the state or country to prevent a quorum, staging a fraudulent sickout in our public schools, occupying the Capitol buildings, marching around the Capitols with signs depicting his political opponents as Adolf Hitler, launching frivolous recalls, filing a multitude of frivolous litigation, pouring beers over the heads of the member of the opposition political parties, etc, do you?
And yet, that's exactly what you and your ilk have been doing for the last two years when you didn't get you way in this state, remember?
BTW - The Wisconsin GOP reclaimed a definitive majority in all branches of the state government: Senate, Assembly, Governor's mansion, and Supreme Court! Thanks for wasting millions of our taxpayers dollars on your frivolous and meaningless recalls. Suck it!
Dave Koven
10:09 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Well Hoffa...It's time for you to be a man and start thinking like a patriot and support your President as he endeavors to get some things done in our country. What can you do to help him? There are enough terrorists out in the world who would look with glee at an America that goes over the fiscal cliff. Don't you be one of them. "We all hang together, or we hang separately".
James R Hoffa
7:00 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
@Koven -
Sorry, but Hoffa refuses to roll over and play dead. You and your fellow blue fisters didn't in 2010 when Walker and the GOP was rightfully elected to control our state government, so how can you now expect conservatives to just cave on their values and believes? COME ON Koven - get real!
BTW - The GOP retook majority control of the State Senate, by a 3 seat margin (new balance is 18-15), and maintained their control of the State Assembly. Not to mention that we still have the Governor's mansion and State Supreme Court!
Will you guys go all ape again over Walker's next budget - that's the next round of fun that we have to look forward to!
Dave Koven
2:33 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Hoffa...If you Republicans refuse to work with our President, we will ALL go over the fiscal cliff, and that's just plain dumb. Grow up, get over your disappointment, and start thinking like an American instead of just a Republican.
James R Hoffa
2:48 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
@Dave Koven -
Why didn't you guys do that when Walker proposed and passed Act 10 into law? Instead, you were thinking like a Democrat instead of like a Wisconsinite.
Greg
3:12 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Yes Hoffa, stop thinking like a Republican, think like an American. Don't worry about the future, live for today. It's a free country, everything is freeeeeeeee. You worry about where all the money is going to come from, it comes from Obama, no worries. Freeeeeee, it's freeeeeeeee.......What happens when the well is dry? Oh, that will never happen. Will it?
Dave Koven
3:00 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Hoffa...It's your funeral. Enjoy.
James R Hoffa
3:11 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
@Koven -
Why do you refuse to explain your childish behavior during the Walker / Act 10 controversy?
Dave Koven
3:19 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Because it wasn't childish. Simple enough for you?
CowDung
3:26 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Since when have temper tantrums not been childish?
Dave Koven
4:42 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Cow Dung...You've got me. If I ever have any childish behavior in mind, I'll warn everyone. LOL
CowDung
4:47 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Better than a warning is to just act your age and don't pitch a fit when things don't go your way...
Dave Koven
5:24 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Oh, Oh, Warning, Warning! Still LOL. I AM acting my age, it's just that I'm more cheerful than you. Don't worry Mr. Dung, you'll get over the election in the fullness of time. Welcome to the real world.
CowDung
5:58 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
How exactly am I in need of 'getting over the election'? I'm not staging protests, circulating petitions, making threats or carrying on like the folks in Madison over Walker's budget...
Dave Koven
9:49 am on Friday, November 9, 2012
Cow Dung...You are the very paragon of virtue. It's a good thing you weren't around when this country was trying to gain its independence from the King of England. The King never would have known you were unhappy because you would never "protest, circulate a petition, make threats, or carry on".
CowDung
9:54 am on Friday, November 9, 2012
OK Dave, whatever you say. Would it make you feel better if I made it a point to follow Obama around so I can make noise and disrupt his speeches similar to what is done by your kind?
Dave Koven
10:02 am on Friday, November 9, 2012
Dung...Do what you have to do. Why not wait a while, though, to see how things work out? You might be pleasantly surprised.
CowDung
10:15 am on Friday, November 9, 2012
Haven't I already had 4 wasted years of waiting to be 'pleasantly surprised'?
Funny how you want me to wait a while, but nobody on your side wanted to wait and see how things would work out when Walker proposed his budget repair bill. You all pitched a fit immediately and soon went to full temper tantrum mode...
Jason J
10:20 am on Friday, November 9, 2012
I call B.S. on this garbage article written by some hack.
Jason the election is over there is no need for more lies as the liar in chief has won.
Patch it is time he is banned from posting. His blogs bring your reputation down to the gutter
Dave Koven
10:26 am on Friday, November 9, 2012
Dung...It's not like you have a lot of choice. Why not encourage your Republican electees to cooperate with the President? We have a fiscal cliff we have to avoid. Put your effort there, rather than railing at me.
CowDung
10:32 am on Friday, November 9, 2012
One reason would be that cooperating with the President will just get us over the fiscal cliff and to our doom more rapidly. Even the Dems don't want to buy what Obama has been selling--they voted against Obama's budget proposals too.
Dave Koven
10:37 am on Friday, November 9, 2012
Cow Dung...At the very least, work with the Democrats to find a workable compromise. Being angry, at THIS time, is not going to be helpful for either party. SOME action is going to have to be taken. No one party is going to get their way 100%.
CowDung
8:21 am on Monday, November 12, 2012
How far below 100% have the Democrats been willing to come? The way I see it, both sides are trying to get what they want and neither are willing to compromise.