Sykes: Apparently not the biggest stick in the state

Listeners to Charlie Sykes on Monday were treated to the revelation that when Charlie Sykes was a kid he would "cover his jewels" in the locker room after phy ed. The reason: At some point, a phy ed teacher warned that towel snapping could inadvertently shatter a testicle!

As Capper, the Sidney Freedman of the hate left might say, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. But what's the fun in letting it go at that?

The Brawler's analysis of Sykes' behavior:

1. Sykes is unusually susceptible to made-up threats. Hence his support for Bush's invasion of Iraq. Indeed,"fear" is the GOP's best friend. And Sykes, the tough guy who at least twice called Obama a "sniveling, snot-nosed community organizer" has fear in spades.

2. Sykes is gripped by a profound sense of inadequacy leading him to side with politicians or policies that strike him as tough and heap abuse on those he views as "weaker" (the poor).

3. Both.

4. Neither.

5. Something else.

Whatever the case, the Brawler can state with metaphysical certitude that Sykes needs to ponder the meaning of the letters "TMI".

Update: Much of this post has been restored after mysteriously being lost in the intertubes.

Comments

[Ted]

Sykes continues to moan about the deficit that will increase in Obama's term, but not a peep about the the reckless spending by the republicans in the last eight years that resulted in this enormous debt and deficit. Also, the ten billion dollars a month for the Iraq war equates to a million dollars each DAY for the County of Milwaukee. Do the arithmetic: $10 billion per month is more than $300 million per day. Milwaukee County with about a population of one million-- its share is about $1,000,000 PER DAY.
Where is the outrage from all the people yammering about school spending or other govenment spending? By the way-- Sykes and others who are constantly whineing about the need for "less government" ought to consider living in Somalia.

[capper]

To paraphrase my alterego: "I'd like to talk to Sykes, but with his schizophrenia, I'd have to charge him double rates."

[capper]

BTW-

"the Sidney Freedman of the hate left" is so going on my wall of fame comments. Thank you, thank you very much.

[David Livingston]

This sick day thing will probably pan out somewhere between the conservative data that people take 1.8 days and Charlie's 9 days as soon as possible.

First the survey data probably did not include hard core inner city types who had 9 days coming to them. So certainly expect some abuse.

Most people when negotiating their employment usually have a sick day clause that is tied in with short term and long term disability.

However people with no skills that can be easily replaced have no negotiating power and they need some protection. Nine days might be extreme but something should be available such as 3 or 5 days.

Some businesses will suffer. Especially those who have business models based on high turnover of employees such as fast food, Wal-Mart etc. Those businesses that cannot afford to keep training workers generally have a reasonable sick day policy and will not be affected.

Some Milwaukee businesses will be at a disadvantage, such as supermarkets that now have to compete with Wal-Mart, Woodmans, Costco, etc that are located just outside the Milwaukee city limits. It was hard before and now its even harder.

Despite the loss of some jobs and businesses, the trade off is a better standard of living for low level workers.