this is an example of what I hate about the Republican mindset...

I used to work for a VERY conservative newspaper in Colorado. One day, I wore to work a button up, long sleeved blouse that made righteous display of my shoulders - my shoulders, kids, not my boobs, not my belly button, not my clit, but my round, translucent skinned shoulders. It even had a collar. I also had on a long skirt and heels. I noticed that day a greater flow of traffic from the higher ups into my office space.

The very next day the company instilled a new dress code. Apparently, I had crossed a moral boundary and was made well aware of how close I came to being fired for being a slut on company time. I was shamed for my shoulders.

"Thanks a lot, zippy!" cried my female coworkers, all of whom received the brunt of this new policy. all were made to purchase new wardrobes or lose their jobs. none of the men, btw, were remotely moved to buy, oh, say, black socks to go with their black pants versus their white baseball socks they wore with everything.

there is a person mr. zippy works with at this same neo-conservative paper in Colorado (so conservative, they passed - I kid you not - they passed on the expose of the tobacco industry HAND DELIVERED TO THEM because the person doing the talking was a local and wanted her local paper to have first option, but they PASSED on it because said person was a known "crazy" liberal - "she belongs to the Sierra Club for crying out loud!" - who only turned around and gave the story to CBS and the rest is history).

This person whom he's had to go to said paper to help work for three weeks at a time because the man said over and over again that it wasn't his fault, it was the fault of the technology or the fault of the producer or the fault of the universe, the stars were aligned against him; this same man has cost the company LITERALLY millions (seven digits, plural) of dollars in revenue due to his callous disregard for company policy and direct order from his superiors, this man who has openly lied about his job performance ("yeah, I did it, everything's complete!") when those he's lied to KNEW he was lying, KNEW the ramifications of his inaction would have a ripple-effect across the nation, and yet, this man kept getting promoted by those same people. At least three people in said man's department either left the company or retired early because of his antics and the lack of judicious response to them.

it was so awful, mr. zippy filed a six page written complaint against the man after the last three week stint he undertook to bail his sorry ass out of trouble. mr. zippy, who not only did the man's work, but his own work the entire time he was away for those three weeks. but no one at the neo-conservative paper wanted to read it. they rather preferred ignoring the problem as though it would go away of its own accord. not unlike their brainchild for the tobacco industry scandal.

this man, finally, was caught surfing porn on his office computer when he reported as having been slaving over the work situation.

"WELL! THAT'S TERRIBLE!" says his Republican bosses. "He's out of here! He's fired!"

So, the moral of the story is:

1. if you have breaking news that will blow the lid off the illegal practices of one of the biggest industries in the US that have contributed to the illness and death, not to mention soaring health care costs, of countless Americans - ignore it.

2. if you have an employee who is purposefully sabotaging everything he touches - ignore it.

3. if said employee costs the company millions and millions of dollars in lost revenue and time due to his neglicence - accept his reasoning that God had transpired against him - promote him.

BUT

if you have an employee who looks at naked boys and girls getting it on on his office computer, WELL..... that's a moral outrage and a crime against humanity that shall not be overlooked!!!!

and GOD FORBID you have a good looking zippy on your staff who dares to wear a tasteful outfit to work that doesn't make her look like a granny or a lost character from Little House on the Prairie.

THE GOOD NEWS IS

the lout is getting the boot tomorrow a.m. mr and mrs zippy are a happy couple.