So much stuff has been happening here lately its silly. Republicans making statements about unifying the Budget Reform Bill. Death threats and physical assaults. Justice Prosser swearing in the halls of the capitol building. Recall signatures and lack thereof, for the G.O.P. Shenanigans with DefendingWisconsin and breaking news from Politiscoop.com. Cops and troopers and senators oh my.
And it's not even Saturday yet and the huge 'Thunda around the Rotunda' motorcycle rally. That should really be some serious fun I hope. Love to see as many as possible of you there.
On Wisconsin! FORWARD!!!!
Friday, April 29, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
April 25, A good day to ask yourself some questions like..................
A lovely sunny spring day in Wisconsin, enjoy it while you can as the administration of tyrant, oops I meant Governor Scotty Walker will be clouding up the skies soon. Sometime in the next two weeks Scotty will attempt to pass his new legislation allowing himself to declare martial law in Wisconsin. He will most likely try to sneak this through on a Friday evening. So here's some questions to ask yourself.
Do I like the idea of losing democracy and living under marital law ?
Has the G.O.P. really pushed things intolerably far ?
Do I want to join ten or fifteen thousand protesters who intend to occupy and shutdown the capitol when martial law legislation hits the assembly floor ?
Would it be fun to hang out with Segway Jeremy Ryan and Hungry Guy and the whole gang while taking part in history ?
Can I afford not to take part in whats happening in Wisconsin ?
Do I want to e-mail Matt (hungry guy) and have him put me on the list of people to contact as soon as martial law is introduced in legislation ?
Am I prepared with a bag or pack ready to go to bring with during the occupation ?
Does the bag have a change of clothes? non-refrigerated food stuffs ? any medication I may need ? cell phone, smart phone, laptop and spare batteries/chargers ? A good book ? Plenty of water ?
On Wisconsin ! FORWARD !!!!
Do I like the idea of losing democracy and living under marital law ?
Has the G.O.P. really pushed things intolerably far ?
Do I want to join ten or fifteen thousand protesters who intend to occupy and shutdown the capitol when martial law legislation hits the assembly floor ?
Would it be fun to hang out with Segway Jeremy Ryan and Hungry Guy and the whole gang while taking part in history ?
Can I afford not to take part in whats happening in Wisconsin ?
Do I want to e-mail Matt (hungry guy) and have him put me on the list of people to contact as soon as martial law is introduced in legislation ?
Am I prepared with a bag or pack ready to go to bring with during the occupation ?
Does the bag have a change of clothes? non-refrigerated food stuffs ? any medication I may need ? cell phone, smart phone, laptop and spare batteries/chargers ? A good book ? Plenty of water ?
On Wisconsin ! FORWARD !!!!
Friday, April 22, 2011
Unity and Vigilance
It's martial law talk time again folks. Hopefully you are keeping up to speed on national news. Wait a minute if you read this your most likely really up to speed on the news. Well then, my hat is off to all of you that read this blog, way to stay informed. And while I'm at it I would like to thank all of you who still subscribe and/or read my postings. Now that my hunger strike is suspended by Scotty Walkers bill being tied up in the court system and I'm no longer slowly dying Ive lost my media sex appeal. Therefore I really appreciate your continued readership and commitment to the issue's.
Now back to it! Martial law. As I'm sure you've heard the Detroit police yesterday, in a blatant display of moral corruption, arrested the protesters who were occupying their school in support of unionized teachers and opposition to funding cuts. Theirs is a specialized school for women who are teenage mothers. These young women are devoted to improving their situation by staying in school, completing their education in anticipation of finding worthwhile employment with which to provide for their young families.
So they decide as a last resort, to engage in civil disobedience in an effort to protect their interests and the interests of their peers. These women weren't just removed from the school they attended and were so devoted to but they were actually arrested and charged as criminals. That is itself should be aggravating enough to the average concerned citizen. But now ...........
These young women taken into custody, as mentioned, are teenage mothers. That means they're children also were taken into custody as wards of the state. I would imagine that the oldest of these children is perhaps four to six years old at most. And the bulk are probably quite younger. Imagine how those young children and babies are feeling, Separated from their mothers by armed uniformed officers and placed (incarcerated?) into unfamiliar surroundings. I'm honestly surprised that the officers took these women into custody. Of course they were following orders and I understand that somewhat. The person who really has me ticked off is the departments chief of police. How dare he place these women (and their teachers and supporters) into custody? How dare he compromise his office and the integrity of his officers. I don't care if the Governor of Michigan demanded these actions, he should have refused to comply. He would have had all the support in the world if he had refused.
This is all very pertinent to us here in Wisconsin because our Governor is planning to set us up with similar martial law legislation here. Remember that, especially if you've stopped coming to the capitol with the protesters. Especially if you've stopped following all that's going on. Especially if your part of the non-voting citizenry. We must remain vigilant, informed and united in opposition to Scotty Walker and the tea party violent, racist, homophobic radicals. Never forgive folks and never forget.
On Wisconsin! FORWARD!!!!
Oh Yeah,
Now back to it! Martial law. As I'm sure you've heard the Detroit police yesterday, in a blatant display of moral corruption, arrested the protesters who were occupying their school in support of unionized teachers and opposition to funding cuts. Theirs is a specialized school for women who are teenage mothers. These young women are devoted to improving their situation by staying in school, completing their education in anticipation of finding worthwhile employment with which to provide for their young families.
So they decide as a last resort, to engage in civil disobedience in an effort to protect their interests and the interests of their peers. These women weren't just removed from the school they attended and were so devoted to but they were actually arrested and charged as criminals. That is itself should be aggravating enough to the average concerned citizen. But now ...........
These young women taken into custody, as mentioned, are teenage mothers. That means they're children also were taken into custody as wards of the state. I would imagine that the oldest of these children is perhaps four to six years old at most. And the bulk are probably quite younger. Imagine how those young children and babies are feeling, Separated from their mothers by armed uniformed officers and placed (incarcerated?) into unfamiliar surroundings. I'm honestly surprised that the officers took these women into custody. Of course they were following orders and I understand that somewhat. The person who really has me ticked off is the departments chief of police. How dare he place these women (and their teachers and supporters) into custody? How dare he compromise his office and the integrity of his officers. I don't care if the Governor of Michigan demanded these actions, he should have refused to comply. He would have had all the support in the world if he had refused.
This is all very pertinent to us here in Wisconsin because our Governor is planning to set us up with similar martial law legislation here. Remember that, especially if you've stopped coming to the capitol with the protesters. Especially if you've stopped following all that's going on. Especially if your part of the non-voting citizenry. We must remain vigilant, informed and united in opposition to Scotty Walker and the tea party violent, racist, homophobic radicals. Never forgive folks and never forget.
On Wisconsin! FORWARD!!!!
Oh Yeah,
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Attn. Wisconsin, Illinois sent you a wake up call !
So I was networking (hanging out) outside of the capitol building last night discussing the politics of the day with my fellow protesters when the subject turned to home towns. I of course call New Lisbon, WI home (speaking of wake up calls, I think Chicago natives now own my entire home county) after inquiring about my fellow protesters I was surprised to learn that most of them are Illinois residents. Solidarity is a wonderful thing but aren't we supposed to be the one's threatened by Wisconsin's Republicans ? Are we once again becoming so complacent that were forgetting our own struggle ? Was it really that cold yesterday evening ? Did every resident of the badger state really have something better to do than defend their rights and freedoms ? What next we let the Bears beat the Packers at holy Lambeau field because we will be too busy watching television ? Come on people, get up, stand up, go down to the capitol whenever you can. Even if you just drive around the square in the evening honking your car horn in solidarity it helps. Come down and sing with us in the rotunda daily at noon on your lunch hour. And don't forget Saturday April 30th the huge motorcycle rally on the square. Fire up that bad moto-scooter and get down here folks, were winning and gaining momentum but only for as long as we all keep up the fight.
On Wisconsin ! FORWARD !!!!
On Wisconsin ! FORWARD !!!!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
A open letter to the Wisconsin Army National Guard
Greetings service women and men of the WI National Guard. A few of you know me personally from when I was growing up in central WI near Fort McCoy or Volk Field in Camp Douglas where my father was stationed at for years. Most of you fine citizen-soldiers don't know me of course I'm the guy that was slowly dying in the Capitol building in Madison. I was on a hunger strike to put pressure on Scott Walker our fraudulent Governor representing the Republican party and the radical tea party fringe. You of course remember the Republican party from past occurrences like cutting funding to Veterans Administrations hospitals and programs and screwing up the first Gulf War by not taking out Saddam Hussein.
The tea party is a small radical group of people who take their orders straight from corporate powers and they are very likely going to ask their mouthpiece Gov. Scott Walker to order you to kill me soon, as well as many of your friends, neighbors and your own family members.
Why you may ask, would they want you to kill us. Very good question and I will try to answer it for you now. When you bravely enlisted into the armed services you took an oath which (basically) stated that 'On your life and your sacred honor, that you would uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.'
That is where the problem lies because you see the Republicans are not very big supporters of the Constitution as it interferes with their efforts to steal most or all of our money and keep it for themselves. Now the tea party folks on the other hand HATE the Constitution because it is offensive to their corporate masters whom tell them what to say, do, think and feel. Another reason most tea party folk hate the Constitution and the oath you swore to it is:
1. They have no honor and don't like people that do.
2. They only believe that money is sacred.
3. They don't believe that American citizens should have rights, they believe rights are for big business's only.
Now here is where all of you Guard members come in. Gov. Scott Walker is getting ready to start declaring martial law in Wisconsin. Martial law is basically stripping away peoples rights and they don't like rights getting in the way of their big shiny piles of dirty money. So sooner or later here Walker will declare martial law, and probably in Madison first because it is the center of our state government and also it will make him feel big and powerful. Scott Walker doesn't feel big and powerful now because he likes other people to do things for him, like yourself. You see Scott Walker like most rich Republicans and tea party folk is too cowardly and fearful to do something brave like join the military. And also it would really upset them if they had to swear to uphold and defend our Constitution (which they hate) on their (non-existent) sacred honor.
So soon they will declare martial law here in Madison, or maybe even in your home town and then when the majority of Wisconsin's citizens get really upset about it and march to complain about this they are going to ask you to come in and stop us. They will tell all of you in the Guard to just guard the capitol building. But they will also tell a few of you to go ahead and kill a few people to scare the rest of them. Please remember that your oath prevents you from being able to murder American citizens. They will try to tell you otherwise. My family has been military for longer than any of us can remember. And part of being in the service and living that decent and honorable life means that you wont get rich. Almost all the brave folks in all the branches of the service have that in common. They are not rich. They work for a living just like your friends, neighbors and family do.
So I'm asking you to please not listen if they tell you to kill us. Instead just join up with us. And the firefighters. And the police. And the paramedics. And all the other people who are very important to Wisconsin, like yourselves.
As a matter of fact WE ARE THE MAJORITY and Scott Walker and the tea party folks are just a small group of people that hate America. And they are cowards without any power. And if we don't give them power then it doesn't matter what they try to do because they need us to get anything done. That's because they want us to do all the work and take all the risks so they can get rich off of OUR LABOR AND OUR DEVOTION TO AMERICA.
So just let us run them out of the government and then all of us decent and honorable Americans can get back down to the business of fixing all the stuff that the right wingers broke in America. Then we can all live out our lives in peace and prosperity as we deserve. Wisconsin loves you Air and Army Guard. In solidarity.
On Wisconsin! FORWARD!!!!
The tea party is a small radical group of people who take their orders straight from corporate powers and they are very likely going to ask their mouthpiece Gov. Scott Walker to order you to kill me soon, as well as many of your friends, neighbors and your own family members.
Why you may ask, would they want you to kill us. Very good question and I will try to answer it for you now. When you bravely enlisted into the armed services you took an oath which (basically) stated that 'On your life and your sacred honor, that you would uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.'
That is where the problem lies because you see the Republicans are not very big supporters of the Constitution as it interferes with their efforts to steal most or all of our money and keep it for themselves. Now the tea party folks on the other hand HATE the Constitution because it is offensive to their corporate masters whom tell them what to say, do, think and feel. Another reason most tea party folk hate the Constitution and the oath you swore to it is:
1. They have no honor and don't like people that do.
2. They only believe that money is sacred.
3. They don't believe that American citizens should have rights, they believe rights are for big business's only.
Now here is where all of you Guard members come in. Gov. Scott Walker is getting ready to start declaring martial law in Wisconsin. Martial law is basically stripping away peoples rights and they don't like rights getting in the way of their big shiny piles of dirty money. So sooner or later here Walker will declare martial law, and probably in Madison first because it is the center of our state government and also it will make him feel big and powerful. Scott Walker doesn't feel big and powerful now because he likes other people to do things for him, like yourself. You see Scott Walker like most rich Republicans and tea party folk is too cowardly and fearful to do something brave like join the military. And also it would really upset them if they had to swear to uphold and defend our Constitution (which they hate) on their (non-existent) sacred honor.
So soon they will declare martial law here in Madison, or maybe even in your home town and then when the majority of Wisconsin's citizens get really upset about it and march to complain about this they are going to ask you to come in and stop us. They will tell all of you in the Guard to just guard the capitol building. But they will also tell a few of you to go ahead and kill a few people to scare the rest of them. Please remember that your oath prevents you from being able to murder American citizens. They will try to tell you otherwise. My family has been military for longer than any of us can remember. And part of being in the service and living that decent and honorable life means that you wont get rich. Almost all the brave folks in all the branches of the service have that in common. They are not rich. They work for a living just like your friends, neighbors and family do.
So I'm asking you to please not listen if they tell you to kill us. Instead just join up with us. And the firefighters. And the police. And the paramedics. And all the other people who are very important to Wisconsin, like yourselves.
As a matter of fact WE ARE THE MAJORITY and Scott Walker and the tea party folks are just a small group of people that hate America. And they are cowards without any power. And if we don't give them power then it doesn't matter what they try to do because they need us to get anything done. That's because they want us to do all the work and take all the risks so they can get rich off of OUR LABOR AND OUR DEVOTION TO AMERICA.
So just let us run them out of the government and then all of us decent and honorable Americans can get back down to the business of fixing all the stuff that the right wingers broke in America. Then we can all live out our lives in peace and prosperity as we deserve. Wisconsin loves you Air and Army Guard. In solidarity.
On Wisconsin! FORWARD!!!!
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Orwell saw the future not Nostrodamus
Nostrodamus brought us riddles that are so open ended they could mean anything and thus they mean nothing. George Orwell took a look at mid-century global politics and wrote a novel that darn near spells out everything that is happening now. Like tyranny overcoming democracy and freedom through a government controlled media that plays on peoples fears.
Peace being destroyed by a series of wars that should not be fought because they can not be won. But they are good for playing on peoples fears though.
One of my personal (least?) favorites is Orwellian double speak where you simply provide deniability via manipulation of language and its usage. For instance, don't amass the citizens against you with terms like 'martial law' when you can simply re-name martial law something neutral sounding like 'fiscal crisis intervention' ?
Pretty smart huh ? Now we can apply that to social issues. Say for instance that you or your party are inherently homophobic and would like to oppress the LGBT portion of our nations population. Don't come out honestly stating that your taking away or keeping away Americans constitutional rights. Say that your denying them 'special rights' that they are demanding for themselves. Just spend a lot of time beforehand getting people used to hearing double talk so they don't try to think they're way through it.
If you can convince people that equal rights and special rights are the same thing, your half way to dividing and conquering the nation right there. Then you just install MARTIAL LAW oops I mean fiscal crisis intervention and next thing you know you may be able to become president for life (as opposed to tyrant.) If you already dumbed down your core support group with double talk and fear of independent thought it's just a walk in the park. Just hope there isn't a God waiting for you in the afterlife.
On Wisconsin ! FORWARD !!!!
Peace being destroyed by a series of wars that should not be fought because they can not be won. But they are good for playing on peoples fears though.
One of my personal (least?) favorites is Orwellian double speak where you simply provide deniability via manipulation of language and its usage. For instance, don't amass the citizens against you with terms like 'martial law' when you can simply re-name martial law something neutral sounding like 'fiscal crisis intervention' ?
Pretty smart huh ? Now we can apply that to social issues. Say for instance that you or your party are inherently homophobic and would like to oppress the LGBT portion of our nations population. Don't come out honestly stating that your taking away or keeping away Americans constitutional rights. Say that your denying them 'special rights' that they are demanding for themselves. Just spend a lot of time beforehand getting people used to hearing double talk so they don't try to think they're way through it.
If you can convince people that equal rights and special rights are the same thing, your half way to dividing and conquering the nation right there. Then you just install MARTIAL LAW oops I mean fiscal crisis intervention and next thing you know you may be able to become president for life (as opposed to tyrant.) If you already dumbed down your core support group with double talk and fear of independent thought it's just a walk in the park. Just hope there isn't a God waiting for you in the afterlife.
On Wisconsin ! FORWARD !!!!
Friday, April 15, 2011
Benton Harbor, Michigan
In the blog I posted earlier today I told you about the possibility of Walker getting the power (try to anyway) to dismiss any town or cities government and appoint his own uber-commander. That is 'economic (supposedly, in theory) martial law, except it works like regular martial frackin law ! It should be terrifying to even think of to any sane and reasonable American !
Well it happened this afternoon in the unfortunate city of Benton Harbor, Michigan after our neighbour states Republican Governor declared that city in crisis and installed martial law, though he calls it by a different name. Be very afraid
people, the right wing led by the tea party radicals and the corporate powers that be and trying to take over our homeland. Listen up. Look around. Stand up. And take action !
These are very serious times we are living in my sisters and brothers. SOLIDARITY !!!!
On Wisconsin ! FORWARD !!!!
Well it happened this afternoon in the unfortunate city of Benton Harbor, Michigan after our neighbour states Republican Governor declared that city in crisis and installed martial law, though he calls it by a different name. Be very afraid
people, the right wing led by the tea party radicals and the corporate powers that be and trying to take over our homeland. Listen up. Look around. Stand up. And take action !
These are very serious times we are living in my sisters and brothers. SOLIDARITY !!!!
On Wisconsin ! FORWARD !!!!
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