Wow I'm totally blown away by the response to yesterdays posting. Tons of readers and lots of comments. The ((holy poop) surprising part is that almost every response was in favor of Walker getting shot through the head. Darn! Talk about an unpopular Governor, but then again maybe I shouldn't be so surprised.
Although I'm not advocating violence, well at least not yet anyway, I'm surprised by the anger and frustration of the people. Then again I know where they are coming from. This has been happening for over a 100 days now. People are getting tired and frustrated. So my message today is this.
Stay tuned in to the issue's but don't subject yourself to 24/7 365 politics. Have some fun and hang with family and friends, take a break once in awhile. Even I do that from time to time. Five weeks or so from now will be the recall elections and we are going to need all of you to turn out to the polls. After that things will get better once we control the senate again.
And from then on we can all kick back and watch Walker sweat out his last few months as a lame duck, Wisconsin's only one year Governor. And that will feel mighty good. So be patient as of today we still don't need to kill the bastich. Besides a long life looking back in shame on his failure will be due reward for the son of a gun. Yes I wanted to say something different that son of a gun but I try to be civil here. Thank you all for your dedication and will talk to you again soon. Thank you to Cori
On Wisconsin! FORWARD!!!!
Although I'm not advocating violence, well at least not yet anyway, I'm surprised by the anger and frustration of the people. Then again I know where they are coming from. This has been happening for over a 100 days now. People are getting tired and frustrated. So my message today is this.
Stay tuned in to the issue's but don't subject yourself to 24/7 365 politics. Have some fun and hang with family and friends, take a break once in awhile. Even I do that from time to time. Five weeks or so from now will be the recall elections and we are going to need all of you to turn out to the polls. After that things will get better once we control the senate again.
And from then on we can all kick back and watch Walker sweat out his last few months as a lame duck, Wisconsin's only one year Governor. And that will feel mighty good. So be patient as of today we still don't need to kill the bastich. Besides a long life looking back in shame on his failure will be due reward for the son of a gun. Yes I wanted to say something different that son of a gun but I try to be civil here. Thank you all for your dedication and will talk to you again soon. Thank you to Cori
On Wisconsin! FORWARD!!!!
5 comments:
Matt, Your writing keeps on getting better. Thanks for this particular service you provide. I will respond to each section is a very disjointed fashion...We have to remember first and always that this is a peaceful protest. The sweetest revenge we have is to ignore wanker, but at this point we do not have that luxury. All we can do now is name calling and exposing him/them. Before July we have to also help with door to door lit drops and canvassing where we can...not just the party faithful but as many regular voters that we can reach. Also, we have a cold job coming up next winter and then in the spring again. I can see the tulips already. Our new roles will never go away. We have to be more well informed and keep our networks up and always be ready to storm the walls. I personally am very frustrated and impatient and I have been going off the verbal deep end...like this...wanker went to my high school. did he pay any attention in class. He has no sense of history and he is a sociopath and actually quite stupid. I hope the pricks ears are burning...and furthermore...
There, I feel better now.
Thanks Cori and Matt,
Frank
It is always amazing when tens of thousands of people come together spontaneously in peace or for a peaceful cause. You can't plan this, and you can't point to a leader, party or organization for credit. These are moments of peace on earth: Woodstock, New York; Madison, Wisconsin; Plaza del Sol, Spain. In Spain, the masses of mostly young people faced police with palms raised up and peace signs, and still they were beat by the uniformed, shielded baton-weilders. Not surprizing, but still it kind of made me sick to the stomach. But my attention is mostly focused on Wisconsin, at the heart of my country. My lady says I spend to much time at the computer, but I tell her I think something big and very important is happening, but I say I won't spend too much time trying to explain it to her or convince her until it happens right here and you can see it televised on every news station. Because now, she is not convinced, nor does she understand the way I do as a former pro-education activist here in the west coast. That is why to you in Wisconsin, and all of us in the rest of the country, I know the recall elections and the battle against the union-busting bill is top priority. But I believe just as critical is an awareness that the mainstream media is watering down the message coming from Madison. So if you see thousands protest at Lansing or Madison, but the papers in Detroit or Milwakee say nothing about it, tweet it and re-tweet it, and blog it. Restricting access to the capitol has the same effect. It is as if there is an ideological wildfire starting around the great lakes, and they are trying to use their re$ource$ and legislative power to keep it under control. The power of peace coming from Europe and Madison, and the rest of the U.S. is to me, awesome. So Matt, my vote is go easy on the metaphorical trigger. I advocate for peace, but I understand when sometimes there is a "shot across the bow", as occurs when dedicated activists supposedly disrupt a legislative session when the majority "leaders" completely ignore the Democratic representatives (also elected by the people). And I totally agree with you: TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. Being an activist can be full time work, and doesn't pay too well if you only count pay in dollars.
Be carefull when you chose to send that "shot across the bow", because sometimes it can land on your own foot. I stopped by the library on the way home around the time Sen. Jauch was on "Wisconsin Eye" beginning to present in the JFC. I checked Twitter and many #wiunion folks were complaining about a disruption in the JFC. Some thought the shouters were GOP plants. Remember, the whole world is watching, not only "them", but "us" too. By the way - not making this up - the word verification for this blog was "PLEAD".
Not the kind of excitement I like to see on twitter. Most of the #wiunion are pissed off.
I saw the video. It wasn't pretty. I think the timing was bad. But you shouldn't fight these people. They're not the GOP. I think they want the same as you but have a different idea of how to get there. I hope you find a way to communicate with one another. You could learn from one another. I was very moved a few weeks back when one individual of this group spoke to legislators in a public meeting - a young man, around 19 years old, in the university. Some of what he said was: "you don't talk to us when we are at your office. You don't talk to us in the hall. But here, you have to listen." Peace, Madison
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