Monthly Archives: February 2011

The Maddow Blog – Wisconsin gov made his own problem

It turns out that Wisconsin’s “budget shortfall” it the direct result of Governor Walker and his allies pushing through tax cuts that CREATED the problem he’s supposedly trying to “fix”. Some more detail here.

As for taking rights away from public workers, there is no explanation how that saves money in the immediate future. With no rights, teachers and sanitation workers won’t be able to bargain for a fair wage and benefits in the future, but that’s not what the Governor purports to be doing.

No, Scott Walker is beholden to the evil bastiches who paid for his campaign, among them the Koch Brothers from Texas, who are working hard to destroy unions in our nation.

Jimmy Hoffa aside, unions have done a lot in this nation. You have weekends, usually 8 hour shifts, no kids in coal mines, and so on because of unions. Carnegie might have build a lot of libraries but he didn’t give a rat’s ass about the common man. And it wasn’t his job to. No company is paid to worry about what workers need. That’s kind of the point of capitalism and to believe otherwise is to be an idiot.

And so while carpet-bagging Tea Baggers are going to Wisconsin to “support Walker” even though THEIR jobs aren’t on the line, it’s mostly a sham to screw Americans out of even more rights.

And this isn’t just a Wisconsin or tea bagger thing. It is part of a national plan of attack on working men and women. And that’s as simple as it gets to explaining the situation there and across this land.

Robert Reich: The Attack on American Education

I was reminded of this post from a few weeks back when thinking about the situation in Wisconsin.

It isn’t just unions Republicans hate. Or common folks having the audacity to believe they have rights – or to even speak up to defend those rights. Nah, they just sic the National Guard on folks like that and act like the dictators we support around the world.

No, it’s learning they hate. People who work to learn things, particularly things they don’t even have to use for a job, scare them. Learning for learning’s sake confuses them. Knowing things that make you a better, more well-rounded person does not conform to the Republican belief of take orders, obey them, and shut up.

Knowledge is power and conservatives only can compute that money equals power. Anything outside that equation confuses them.

So learn something people. Do it just because you are curious. If you better yourself financially, great! But do it for your SELF, not your wallet.

I was actually argued with by a Facebook “friend” for posting the following: “Try to learn something new every day, because the more you know, the smarter you’ll grow.” That was Miss Rosa on the PBS kid’s programming block. I mean, seriously, who hates that kind of mentality? Why the fear and loathing of knowing more tomorrow than you do today?

The Maddow Blog – Wyoming sends abortion bill to farm committee. ‘Men think we’re livestock?’

In order to expedite taking rights away from women, Wyoming Republicans have gone all out to take the very concept of humanity away from women moving an anti-abortion bill to the state Agriculture committee.

If you pay attention to what Republicans are really saying, you’ll understand their stance on things. Women are no better than cattle is the message in this case.

Republicans Hate….

The latest batch of Republican “leaders” are going full out to take rights away from women, minorities, state employees, even Elmo.

Here’s a look at just the latest headlines. Republicans are on record in the past week for hating:

Women. Republicans are out to make abortions illegal again. That’s no surprise. What *is* a bit more insidious is that they are moving to pass bills that kill funding for preventative testing and screening for women. You know, because paying for a breast cancer check is anti-American or something.

Teachers. Wisconsin’s new governor, Scott Walker, is ready to call out the National Guard to force teachers back into the classroom as he prepares to take away their collective bargaining rights. He’s also the fink who has killed a high speed rail system between Madison and Milwaukee that voters has already approved. So much for the will of the people too.

Elmo. Also, Muppets in general. And Miss Rosa.

I don’t know why either except that John Boehner is the right color to actually BE a Muppet so it is probably self-loathing. Seriously though, Republicans have hated public broadcasting for many, many years. I get it too. They say public broadcasting like NPR and PBS are liberal. I can see where they would get that. Sesame Street is full of people of all colors, creeds, and, well, species living together in harmony. Shows like NOVA show that science is a GOOD thing and that we should be responsible with what we know. Charlie Rose doesn’t browbeat his guests or call them Nazis.

This type of propaganda might show that reasonable people have the right to disagree and yet respect each other as long as they base their arguments on facts and sound thinking. This is COMPLETELY anathema to the conservative mantra.

Plus, they hate having a black President and First Lady:

Okay, I’m just going to let it go at that for now. I feel dirty just for passing on this much.

Defector admits to WMD lies that triggered Iraq war | The Guardian

Here’s a variation on the bumper sticker: Iraqi lies to Bush, people die.

Turns out we based the whole “Iraq has WMDs” argument on one guy. Who apparently lied about the WMD program under Saddam’s rule that caused us to invade the country.

Personally, I had always believed they made the whole damn thing up because they were gonna invade anyways but got sidetracked by 9/11. It turns out there actually was a guy, and he was a liar. You know, just like Powell, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Bush, Yoo, Rice, and the rest of the Apocalyptic Scooby gang.

Ya know, if you are gonna take the word of one guy before taking this nation to war, couldn’t you at least pretend to investigate his claims?

I mean, I’ve got no use for Reagan, but if these folks are gonna treat him like Right Wing God, couldn’t they AT LEAST adhere to the “Trust but VERIFY” commandment?

South Dakota Moves To Legalize Killing Abortion Providers | Mother Jones

Apparently abandoning both the concepts of “Thou shalt not kill” and “Though shall have no other gods before me”, South Dakota is looking to legalize the killing of anyone working at an abortion clinic.

You know, because Republicans have a better handle on this judging other’s sins business than to wait for any possible atonement in the afterlife.

Um, assholes? This is EXACTLY the kind of crap people were referring to when saying some GOP members are endorsing violence. Guess you decided to double down on the bloodshed.