April 4th Rev. J. Jackson, Michelle Shocked, bagpipes

A sunny day but with a strong and cutting wind.  After all that we have been through in the last two months does anyone think some freezing wind will stop us?  Of course not, so at four this afternoon I threw on some extra clothes and returned to the Capitol square.  Although early there were still thousands who had already assembled for the marches and rally.  It's an awe inspiring sight to see so many people still so driven and committed to the cause after so long.  But then again with so much at stake in Wisconsin how could you expect anything different?
By the five o clock start time thousands more assembled all around the stage on the State st. corner of the square.  I took a position next to Jeremy Ryan who has been an invaluable friend as the band VO5 started to perform.  After a couple of songs they were joined by Michelle Shocked and some serious funky up-lifting of spirits was commenced.  During the set songs were played that ranged from the spiritually fulfilling to some outright awesome eclectic fusion of funk and bagpipe.
All the while the crowd was growing as marchers came up to the square from State st., representing many diverse groups of concerned and dedicated citizen's.  Also the different unions were arriving in force, their numbers swelling the already numerous crowd.
After Michelle with VO5 had finished playing the Reverend Jesse Jackson took the microphone and delivered a powerful and very motivational speech honoring the late Dr. Martin Luther King and drawing powerful comparisons between the civil rights movement and the current labor and human rights movement taking place across the nation.  Wisconsin is ground zero in this epic struggle and if this state falls then likewise, across the country the others will follow suit most likely.
Remember that what is happening in the Badger state is much much more than merely unions issue's and collective bargaining rights, it's about something far larger.  It's about unrestricted class warfare brought on by Republican and tea party attacks on 97 % of all Americans.  The conservatives under the directions of those who control them (faceless inhuman corporations) are making a desperate push to turn the majority of citizens into wage slaves.  Perhaps if Scott Walker resorted to typical divide and conquer tactics he may have stood a chance of winning.  Instead in his arrogance and greed he took on nearly the entire citizenry of the state at once and it backfired on him horribly.  Did he really think he could blatantly destroy the state unions while simultaneously stripping schools and public services of their funding while also destroying the health care infrastructure, veterans rights, farmers rights as he simultaneously wiped out the environmental protection laws of the state and federal government?  Apparently he did and equally apparently it never crossed his mind that anyone or anything could stand up to his will.  Why else would he have the gall to call himself the person who could save the economy as he blatantly hired a pro-G.O.P. lobbyist's prodigal son to a important government position and then give him a 26% raise!  To a unqualified person that never completed their education and has multiple run ins with the law.  Is that the sound act of a fiscally responsible leader?  Or is it the behavior one would associate with a power hungry and out of touch corporate pawn?
The answer is obvious to all with a human heart and mind.  Obvious to all the consider themselves patriotic, educated, moral, religious and logical/reasonable. Corporations are the only corporate interest.  People are only tools to such institutions.  Rise up, read up and wake up citizens for the wolves are attacking.  Much like the founding fathers understood the need for separation of church and state, now we need to demand and implement the separation of business and state!

On Wisconsin!    FORWARD!!!!