WGA On Strike

The Writers Guild of America is on strike (story care of Variety). CNN is also on the picket lines. Slate, always a groovy source for all things newsy, has a story entitled TV Writers Script Their Upcoming Strike.

Get ready, folks, for plenty of reruns until this thing gets worked out. And, please, let's work it out. Give writers their due!

Now, sing with me the old Julius Margolin chestnut, "A Union Man"

When I die throw my ashes to the winds
When I die throw my ashes to the winds
When I die throw my ashes to the winds
I've lived my life the best way I can

I've always been a hardworking man
I've always been a hardworking man
I've always been a hardworking man
I've lived my life the best way I can

I've always been a damn good union man
I've always been a damn good union man
I've always been a damn good union man
I've lived my life the best way I can

I've been a seaman, electrician, and in construction too
On assembly lines and factories and did some farming too
Fought company scabs, union-busting laws, walked many a picket line
For musicians, electricians, and workers in the mines

So when I die throw my ashes to the winds
When I die throw my ashes to the winds
When I die throw my ashes to the winds
I've lived my life the best way I can
Proud to live my life the best way I can!