{"id":11952,"date":"2010-07-09T09:10:55","date_gmt":"2010-07-09T14:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=11952"},"modified":"2010-07-09T09:23:15","modified_gmt":"2010-07-09T14:23:15","slug":"mn-progressive-project-what-wcco-cant-say-about-waitergate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=11952","title":{"rendered":"Questions Answered While You Wait"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe Bodell at Minnesota “Progressive” Project\u00a0 thinks he’s onto something<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Although I will take credit for “Waitergate”. Seriously, why has no one thought of that yet?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m nothing if not eager to answer questions.<\/p>\n

There are two reasons, Joe:<\/p>\n

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  1. The Association of Sentient Pundits has declared a ten year moratorium on “…gate” analogies, over a year ago.\u00a0 “They’re overused to the point of self-caricature”, said Rajiv-Bob Singh, spokesman for the ASP.\u00a0 “We found it necessary to declare a moritorium for the preservation of the pundit trade”.<\/li>\n
  2. Um, because while very few waiters make $100K, allowing for the Tip Credit will allow restaurants to hire twice as many waitstaff (or make other improvements, or take a profit in the notoriously lean hospitality industry), while all but a thin film of waitstaff won’t notice the difference, since they’re getting their money from tips anyway. \u00a0 In other words, “Waitergate” (sorry, ASP) is a cutesy label in search of a controversy – and try as the media and the leftyblogs may to manufacture a controversy, the dog just don’t hunt.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I’m always happy to help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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