Well, turtledoves and pussycats, the time has come for SammieJack and her BFF, Vertexia, to put away the stylus and the cotton tail, respectively. We promised ourselves that when someone in Leadership actually made a declarative statement regarding the status of the Madison facility and the persons and positions contained within, we would cede the floor and let such declarations of intent play out. It was rumored that the President was coming to Madison today to tell everyone that the Madison facility would not be closing. At least any time soon. For some reason, that did not play out. We could interject our usual pointed (some might say ribald, sarcastic, et al.,) commentary here, but frankly, we're played out, too. Activism is hard! We've spent way too much time railing against the machine and not enough time polishing our own resumes. And, while our posts have been replete with“sturm” and “drang,” and perhaps at times we've been a bit too fervent in our disdain of upper (Texas) management's approach and handling of the situation, we stand by the belief that something was needed to balance the“bull” and “shit” we've all had to endure in our day to day meanderings over the last two plus months. Hell, we girls are starting to wind ourselves up - splitting hairs and infinitives in the process - let's just end with this, if anyone, especially an underdog, needs an impassioned champion or two, all you have to do is whistle. To paraphrase Lauren Bacall to Humphrey Bogart in TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT , "...you know now to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together, and blow."
Gig 'em!