Tag: mike rowe

Mike Rowe, Scott Walker, Howard Dean, and the merits of pencils.

(H/T: AoSHQ) Mike Rowe comes across as not wanting to get involved in politics unless he absolutely has to be – a sensible notion – so I don’t mean anything scolding when I note that there’s a flaw in these last two paragraphs:

However – when Howard Dean called [Governor Scott Walker] “unknowledgeable,” he rolled out more than a stereotype. He rolled a pencil across the desk, and gave Scott Walker eight minutes to knock it out of the park.

It’ll be fun to see if he does.

Continue reading Mike Rowe, Scott Walker, Howard Dean, and the merits of pencils.

#rsrh Mike Rowe to join Mitt Romney in Ohio tomorrow.

Just got this via email:

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will be speaking at manufacturing plant American Spring Wire Corporation in Bedford Heights on Wednesday. Special guest, Mike Rowe, of the television show, ‘Dirty Jobs,’ will also be joining Romney. The event starts at 12:15 pm. Doors open at 10:15 a.m.

You may remember that Mike Rowe earlier this month wrote a letter to Mitt Romney, asking him for help in rebuilding an appreciation for “hard work and skilled labor.” Mike had written a similar letter to Barack Obama, who (of course) ignored it completely: it’s nice to see that Mitt Romney has more mother-wit.

Yes, I just insulted Barack Obama’s intelligence.  I’m hardly the first one to do so.

Moe Lane

#rsrh Mike Rowe to Mitt Romney: please help us remember the virtues of work.

So I see this in my Twitter Timeline:

“This” being an open letter from Mike Rowe (of Dirty Jobs fame) to Governor Romney, talking in large part about the need to respect real jobs, and a request for assistance along those lines: Continue reading #rsrh Mike Rowe to Mitt Romney: please help us remember the virtues of work.