Day: February 28, 2011

Better Later Than Never

Yes, I will be talking about the doings in Wisconsin….and yes…again!

There is a report on a poll out today about the governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker…….

Wisconsin voters already have buyers remorse about electing Gov. Scott Walker (R).

In a PPP poll released Monday, a majority of registered Wisconsin voters say that in a hypothetical re-do of last year’s gubernatorial election, they would vote for Democrat Tom Barrett, whom Walker defeated in November. That finding comes as Walker continues to stand firm on his budget proposals that would strip most state public employees of long-held collective bargaining rights.

Fifty-two percent of respondents said they would vote for Barrett if the election were held today, while 45% said they would vote for Walker. That’s almost exactly the opposite of what happened in the election, when Walker won the governorship with 52% of the vote to Barrett’s 47%.

The huge shift comes, not surprisingly, from union members. In releasing the findings, Tom Jensen at PPP wrote:

Thanx to Talking Points Memo for the update…….

All I have to say about this is…..see what happens when you are lazy and depend on morons on the tube to tell you where to vote?  Maybe, just maybe  you people should exercise your most important muscle….no not the abs or the pecs or the penis……but rather the BRAIN!  If you would have used it more maybe you would not have the massive problem you have now…..if you pay attention to what you are voting for then sneaks and thieves cannot easily influence you……

You have NO one to blame for this but yourself and your damn laziness!  Ignorance hurts, huh?

Wait For It—-It’s Coming

No I am not talking about some blue eyed, blond dude from the Middle East…..I will be giving my observations on the whole situation in Wisconsin and its after math…..

By now everyone that has an interest in this country should be aware of the situation in Wisconsin, as well as other states that are industrialized (though not much industry remains)……workers rights are involved, whether you are a member of a union or not, it will impact on your working life, somewhere do the road….

I see the possibility of four scenarios that could play out in the US and effect all of us in the long run….

Scenario #1–If Wisconsin’s governor (who looks like a weasel)  is successful in his attack on the unions and collective bargaining, then it will steam roll through the rust belt through states that have GOP govs and legislatures…yes, some of the other states have backed off their stances on this, but it is a prudent political decision, not that think it is a bad idea…they will see that unions have been weaken and they will go for the jugular….

Scenario #2–Let us say that all challenges to the unions  bills are successful….then the American worker will see wages start in a downward spiral and with that the Middle Class will get smaller and smaller and eventually there will be two classes in our society…you will be either rich or in poverty….

Scenario #3–With the unions gone…the GOP will be in the drivers seat almost everywhere….we will have a one party control of the government…..with union support we have remained basically a two party system….without union support the Dem Party will become a minor party kinda like the Green Party in the US….all decisions will be made in favor of corporations and their interests….e poor will suffer immensely…..

Scenario #4–If all the predictions come into being then I see a return of the situation we had a century ago……there will be a new labor movement…and this time it will be organized around industries and not trades…..it could be as bloody and violent as the original, a hundred years ago …….

OK, hear that?  What is that chomping and snapping sound?  That is your loss of rights snapping at your butt….Americans need to recover their huevos or grow a pair and take on these self-serving highly manipulated and paid for fools that we have put our trust in for so many decades….they are liars and cheats and thieves…and yet we allow them to continue preying on the middle class and we reward them with even more chances to continue……one day we will wake up and find that most of America is in the poor house, with NO one caring…….

To be honest (yes, I am capable of that) as an aging radical, deep in my soul I yearn for the days of protests and radicalism…the good old days of the 60’s and 70’s….you know…those years when the American people actually had principles and ideals….we did not hide behind the rantings of morons, we took to the streets and the lot…….a return to my days of working on a plan that was larger than myself….so much larger…the days, right or wrong, when it felt good to be an American politico….those days are gone and I want them back!