tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22720759.post4034559072815715453..comments2024-03-25T08:50:10.516+00:00Comments on Was it something I wrote?: More thoughts on the strikeEnglish Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04686490554533309973noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22720759.post-55365159043942665742007-11-15T07:58:00.000+00:002007-11-15T07:58:00.000+00:00Cheers Will. This will be my task for the day!Cheers Will. This will be my task for the day!English Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04686490554533309973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22720759.post-86074712128189336112007-11-15T04:41:00.000+00:002007-11-15T04:41:00.000+00:00Dave, Dave, Dave...Regarding your query as to how ...Dave, Dave, Dave...<BR/><BR/>Regarding your query as to how to embed a video (on Dead Things) I'll endeavour to give you another walkthrough.<BR/><BR/>Go to the You Tube video you want on You Tube. To the right of the video you'll see some code in a box and the word: 'Embed' above it.<BR/><BR/>Copy that entire code.<BR/><BR/>Now go into Blogger and your new post. Instead of working in Compose mode, click on Edit Html mode.<BR/><BR/>Write your post, and wherever you want to place the video, paste that code in. It'll appear as several lines of numbers and letters, but if you then click back to Compose mode, it should appear as the You Tube box.<BR/><BR/>Publish.<BR/><BR/>Let's make it happen Reg, and next time I'll walk you through linking to something.wcdixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511429457006302795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22720759.post-27346118926215667992007-11-14T23:50:00.000+00:002007-11-14T23:50:00.000+00:00Amen David. I feel sympathy for those non WGA memb...Amen David. I feel sympathy for those non WGA members who are suffering. But without writers they wouldn't have a job to begin with. It is the undeniable truth no matter how you cut it. <BR/><BR/>I think most non writers know that and while I understand anyone complaining about the effects the strike has on them,in the long term the WGA are fighting for their jobs too.English Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04686490554533309973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22720759.post-8813837955653542972007-11-14T23:22:00.000+00:002007-11-14T23:22:00.000+00:00There's an old saying in the labor movement, "the ...There's an old saying in the labor movement, "the longer the picket line, the shorter the strike."<BR/><BR/>If the AMPTP thinks that WGA members will come crawling back to them in a week or two, they'll hold out. If they think that they can get scabs in there and keep running the show, they'll hold out. They will only return to the table when forced to. At this point, its about power. Calls to play nice are either hopelessly niave or traitorous to the cause. <BR/><BR/>The WGA admittedly starts from a weaker position than some unions because a) they are a craft guild, which is inherently weaker than an industrial union (imagine if SAG, WGA, IATSE, AFTRA, The Newspaper Guild, and the various Teamster locals all involved in the infotainment business were all in one News and Entertainment Workers Industrial Union. They'd be unfuckingstoppable) and b) they have a job that many people would give their right nut for even at shitty pay and no benefits. <BR/><BR/>The fact that the WGA has come this far is awesome, and the fact that the showrunners and SAG are standing with them is even better. If folks really want this to be over quickly, the production crews on reality shows need to come out on strike. The networks will have nothing left but reruns, and they'll cave.<BR/><BR/>And hopefully the writers will remember all of this not only when other entertainment industry unions are in contract negotiations, but whenever they are writing the shows and movies that ultimately help shape our culture in which "union" is generally an unspoken or dirty word.David Grenierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07528086449155329742noreply@blogger.com