August 22, 2004

• The company was perfectly within its rights to fire him. He did indeed potentially offend a client. That said, bravo. I wouldn't want to work for a company that kissed any politician's ass. Best part was this: "All I thought was it's not the time or place to be disrespectful of the president of the United States," It's about time someone was. If the boy king can't stand up to some real questions rather than the carefully choreographed shams they call Q&As now, then maybe he shouldn't be the president.
• He would do it again, good for him. Too bad he lost his job though.
• I think more disgusting are the comments from people who said it wasn't the time or the place to be disrespectful to the president. I'm sorry, but there's a reason why he's called MR. President and not your magesty or some other more honorable name. Like it or not, he works for us. He needs to show US respect, not the other way around. In fact, there is no BETTER place than in invitation only event to show displeasure. I don't have a lot of respect for Yale educated millionaires at any rate...
• Bush don't work for the thousands of people he has killed since taking office. There is only one way to get rid of such a dictator, as the American colonists showed King George. I support armed insurgency (morally, of course, since I don't know any freedom fighters to throw money at).
• Here's the CNN version with a really fucked up digression at the end. "...Last month, Charleston City Council apologized to two protesters arrested for wearing anti-Bush T-shirts to the president's July 4 rally. The pair were taken from the event in restraints after revealing T-shirts with Bush's name crossed out on the front and the words "Love America, Hate Bush" on the back. Trespassing charges were ultimately dismissed." I didn't know that you could be arrested and charged for being in a location because of your political beliefs, apparently you can. As far as this guy getting fired; he should have seen that coming, considering the current ridiculous atmosphere of mortal partisanship.
• And a black shame that is on the city of Charleston -- West Virginai, too, I assume.
• Afterthought: The only thing this administration could do to be more hostile to its critics would be to reinstitute the seditious libel laws. If they are reselected, it would not surprise me if something similar to them came back into existence. The worst part being that most American news agencies would tell the people how the new laws benefit them. Truth was not a defense
• i think hiller has a case to sue. he was not at work nor (i assume) was he contractually obliged to represent the company at political events; he has a right to voice his opinions; i doubt when he took the ticket he signed anything that would restrict his behavior at the event. so what if the tickets came from a client? let's say your company gets tickets to a sporting event from a supporter of team a. you attend and vociferously support team b. is your company justified in firing you? completely off-topic, but dubya looks quite bloated in the cnn story testy cod links to.
• so what if the tickets came from a client? let's say your company gets tickets to a sporting event from a supporter of team a. you attend and vociferously support team b. is your company justified in firing you? Actually, as a former staff member for the NHL, I was told that I should refrain from rooting for any one team whenever I used any of our executive skyboxes, so there is a bit of precedent for this.