Wednesday, April 15, 2009

[Skeet] Surrency Comment Fallout



"It's being taken somewhat out of context. I took it as Skeet saying Machen was an ally on the issue of raising the sales tax."

Mark McShera
Fmr. O&B Party Presidential Candidate



"I mean a bunch of lefties supporting higher taxes doesn't surprise me.

Sam Miorelli
Fmr. Student Senator
Fmr. O&B Party President



It shows that Skeet believes in his goals enough to not act in the manner of a petulant child. He doesn't take the opposite stance of the administration and Machen just for the sake of being in opposition to them. Any good movement should recognize and be able to exploit opportunities within an established power structure that may present themselves.

Machen can be an ally today on one issue and an arch nemesis tomorrow on another. The world is not black and white and this is how mature and well adjusted individuals conduct themselves. There is no benefit to being shrill for the sake of being shrill. Screaming out, "It's Opposite day!" is the stuff of elementary school yards and high school spirit weeks, it is in now way a manner in which leaders need conduct themselves.

Joseph Trimboli
O&B Party Chairman


"I think the Alligator quoted Skeet out of context. I believe that Skeet would only be refering to Bernie as an ally when it came to the educational sales-tax (since Bernie has publicly supported it) It is well known that Skeet disagrees with Bernie on nearly every issue except this and the Alligator is well known for misquotes."

Frank Bracco
Fmr. O&B Party S.B.V.P. Candidate


"Skeet is a loser that is graduating, and only cares about this stuff because he is a media whore. All his activism is focused around how much he can get his name in the paper."

Justin Wooten
Progress Party Organizer


I don't know what was said or how deserved it was, but I'm skeptical of calling a guy that honestly thinks he deserves a bonus big enough to prevent several faculty being laid off an 'ally of the students,' but hey, if he really is, then he's a great ally to have."

Joe Bennett
Fmr. Student Senator


"Justin Wooten made a very apt analogy by comparing the study-in at Tigert Hall to the London protest referenced in Zizek's seminal essay, "Resistance is Surrender". My fear is that if the student opposition movement to the budget cuts gets too close with administration, it will compromise its autonomy and message.

Dave Schneider
Student Senator, Progress Party Leader


Officials, Progs DIVIDED On Skeet

People have been hammering me as of late for implying that Skeet Surrency is an Official, yet it's interesting how factional-lines distinguish between support and skepticism.

In a post-election [SG]-world, it would seem that the divisions that broke the back of the Indie movement would be all but healed. One would think that 'the movement' is on the money again, waiting to give the machine a bloody nose in Fall! But not the case just yet.

Unlike SG as a whole, SDS is supposed to represent a certain fringe, a certain sector willing to take the fight one step further than the mainstream kids. It's quite unnerving that SDS, a group Skeet Surrency has largely associated with and which is credited with the protest in question, is now considered a Pro-Machen support group. It's not only sad for SDS, it's sad for the entire Independent movement.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wooten won't be in SDS for long.

francisco said...

Yet again, FUNNY!

Anonymous said...

Why is Joe Bennett commenting at all? He has no right to have an opinion on SG.

Anonymous said...

A lot of people disparage TR. They claim it is useless.

I disagree.

If nothing else good comes from this blog it will, at the very least, keep Justin Wooten from ever serving in any elected and/or appointed capacity in government in this country at just about any level (save for dog catcher perhaps).

GimmeTheGrundy said...

Where is Armando Grundy in all this?

Anonymous said...

1. Christian, not sure if you even caught this, but the divergence of opinion on this minor issue provides almost conclusive evidence that the deep undercurrents that you maintained were the true animosity between the Progressives and Officials ran deep...much deeper, in fact, than the personality of Ben Dictor, mud-slinging over GMG, and the debacle that is 12/11 that your critics insisted on. The two sides clearly harbor different and largely irreconcilable views over political philosophy, independent party identity, and the relationship between students and the administration. Until these differences are resolved, the System will march on.

2. I now understand that, contrary to the absurd rumors that floated around election time, the former politcos that have moved on to law school and the professional world have actually left UF politics entirely. Maybe you could snag them for an interview and breathe some life back into this blog.

Some possible scoops (off the top of my head):
Will Foster
Sarah Badawi
Rose Clouston
Ben Grove
Allison Cullin
Mackenzie Moritz
John Clayton Brett
Lacey Logsdon
Jesse Kirsch
Josh Weiss
Ryan Day
Kim Cruts
Girugamesh
Lydia Washington

Christian Duque said...

Will Foster (who's that?)
Sarah Badawi (no interest)
Rose Clouston (maybe)
Ben Grove (def. pass)
Allison Cullin (def. pass)
Mackenzie Moritz (pass)
John Clayton Brett (attempted)
Lacey Logsdon (pass)
Jesse Kirsch (pass)
Josh Weiss (maybe)
Ryan Day (no interest)
Kim Cruts (less interest)
Girugamesh (...)
Lydia Washington (maybe)

Anonymous said...

Still waiting for ryanmoseley.com

Justin Wooten said...

Anonymous Coward 12:48 AM, there is no structure to SDS to say who is and who isn't a member. The college Republicans could show up to a meeting and take over the organization if they felt like it. I also haven't considered myself a member since before the elections, as I stopped attending meetings.

Anonymous Coward 1:24 AM, I don't have fantasies about serving in our government. I know a lot of people think this is training for real politics, and it certain ways it is, but I don't have any aspirations to go on to become a pawn of the Democratic or Republican parties. If anything, this is only experience to me about how to be an effective organizer. But people who have said/done stranger things than me have got as high as the Senate. Just look at Bernie Sanders.

Anonymous said...

Lol the people who think that Skeet is on either "side" in SG are retarded. Skeet figured out that SG is a waste of time after they took a big fat dump on his SRI project, and hasn't had anything to do with it since.

Anonymous said...

A O&B senator is just like being a "Progress Party Organizer" but with responsibilities.

Christian Duque said...

Justin Wooten's days in SDS are numbered. He will be voted out by the membership in the coming days.

Anonymous said...

Justin Wooten is shrill.

Anonymous said...

Dave Schneider and Ben Dictor take note: Slavoj Zizek is a nutcase and an idiot.