a) “False entitlement” is the wrong term. You may want to replace it with “literary property”, because between writing a book and writing a script, there ultimately isn’t much of a difference.
Following your argumentation, the only ones who should get money after their initial payment for the act of producing the movie/show/… would be the manufacturers pressing the DVDs. That would be the ultimate conclusion, and if this isn’t your opinion, then your entire speech looks rather hypocritical.

b) You may want to look up the definition of greed. If the writers were demanding an increase to, say, 20% of the profit made on their work, I may be inclined to consider you have a point there, seeing as how many people work on the realisation of a movie etc. However, while the increase is BY a hundred percent, it still only aims at roughly 5% of the total profit. Now, if you check what music artists and writers get, you may realise that this so-called “greed” is simply the demand to be treated like everybody else working in the creative field.

You cannot argue with the values of the USA by violating those very values at the same time. I see “freedom” mentioned a lot. Here’s another one for you, maybe you’d like to write it down for future reference. It’s called equality.

and if there are any SAG members, or members of
any other Guilds or Unions who disagree with the
Writers Strike and demands, one can assume they
dare not speak out for fear of losing their jobs
and being blacklisted …

what would one call succumbing to the mediocrity
of a disease and support like this? …
Orwellean, McCarthyism, Fascism, Authoritarian,
Ideologism, Collectivism, Holism, Organicism?

and btw … are the Actors supporting the Writers
only because their contracts are coming up
pretty soon for negotiations?

and what about the janitors? … shouldnt they get their cut too?

and how about the guy who holds the boom mike?
doesnt he deserve his cut too?

and dont forget the sound editors, set designer,
costumers, the film editors, the grips, the lab,
the cameraman, the film loader, and the script girl …

why not give them all their cuts too …
after all, they got paid for the work they did
just like the writers got paid for the work they did

yea i sure feel sorry for a writer who got paid for
writing a script, and then cries that they need
residuals forever in perpetuity, to carry them
through between assignments when they are not working

cant they get a second job like at Burger King like a
lot of people have to do, to carry them through the
slow times?

actors often get secondary jobs …
why cant the writers?

not to mention all of the people who lost their
income and jobs, putting them into financial crisis
due to the outrageous demands and greed
by the Writers Guild …

and i dont mind adding that …
most people believe it was bad enuf
that the current administration and the federal government
have lessened and restricted freedoms in America
based on the hysteria of a climate and situation
they themselves created, and are responsible for …

the Writers Strike only perpetuates and adds more to
the lessoning of freedoms in America, thru censorship,
and by restricting the freedom of the free exchange
and sharing of information and ideas in perpetuity,
unless of course, the Writers get paid for it …

and they also demand they get a cut from the Internet?

the amount of pennies they will gain,
is not worth the price of the loss of those freedoms

the Writers and Writers Guild only demonstrate,
how they are another example of how greed, inflation,
false entitlement and blackmail, further denies freedom
of access and availability to any and all information
by all people, including those who are not as rich as others.

its really very simple … if they do not own a piece
of the show to begin with, they are not entitled to a cut of anything.

Artists should get a bigger cut, plain and simple. I know that it takes money to make money, and there would be less incentive for the big companies to invest in an idea if their profit margins are reduced because of this, but they have to realize that it takes money to make it too… Spend a little more in your talent pool, you’ll be pleasantly surprised how much more you will get out of them.

Felicia, don’t release the next episode if you don’t want to, instead make a PSA with the cast and post that…

I love Courtney’s comment on blank picket signs… That would be great… to have some of those out there.