I try not to write about this stuff, because it just makes me mad. In a letter to SAG members last week Doug Allen,the guild’s national executive direction, made the absolutely insane claim that a SAG strike would not “shut down” the industry.

“If the SAG National Board is authorized to call a strike, we all hope a strike will not be necessary,” Allen wrote. “But, if the National Board decides to call one, it will not ‘shut down’ the industry. Why not? Because the national board’s decision would have no effect on work done under the Guild’s other contracts.”

I HATE that they’re putting me on the side of the AMPTP here, but I have to agree with their follow-up statement which read: “Today’s SAG statement suggesting that a SAG strike would not have a devastating impact on our industry, in the midst of the greatest economic turmoil since the Great Depression, simply defies reality,”

I sincerely hope that this crap stops soon – because if we end up losing another season of our favorite shows over a strike – I may just not come back to television.