Wisconsin Governor Plays His Hand. A Dirty Hand!

For some reason, the actions of the Republicans and Govenor Walker are making me ill.  Not just queasy, but physically ill. 

From MSNBC

"Republican senators separated the provision from Gov. Scott Walker's controversial budget bill, removing the requirement that 20 senators be present for a vote on the anti-union measure.

The vote in the Senate was 18-1. Sen. Dale Schultz was the sole no vote. No Democrats were present.
"You are cowards!" spectators in the Senate gallery screamed as lawmakers voted. Within hours, a crowd of a few hundred protesters inside the Capitol had grown to several thousand, more than had been in the building at any point during weeks of protests.
"The whole world is watching!" they shouted as they pressed up against the heavily guarded entrance to the Senate chamber."

These are people who claim to be the more patriotic party; the party that loves to wear that little American flag lapel pin; the party who staunchly advocates family values.  Dare I say, this is the party that stands for truth, justice and the American way?
What happen in Wisconsin was not truth, it wasn't justice and it certainly doesn't reflect the American way.
What happen in Wisconsin was a travesty. 
The only recourse the Democrats have is to go to the Wisconsin AG, who happens to be a Republican.
It seems that the lawmakers violated the Wisconsin Open Meeting Law. 
Yes, the people are protesting, as well they should. 
Yes, it is making me ill.  Fifty years of employee rights are eliminated.  Yet, Gov. Walker claimed that collective bargaining was tied to the fiscal health of the state.  He didn't come out and say he was in the process of union busting.  Today's vote had nothing to do with Wisconsin's budget.  It had nothing to do with the fiscal health of the state.  It had EVERYTHING to do with union busting.
Other GOP governors will take notice of the actions in Wisconsin.  Their mission is to repeat the same in their own states.  Eliminating the unions drys up donations to the Democrat candidates.  Yet, these same governors reap the benefits of the donations by big business.  The GOP war chest overflows from those who benefit from corporate welfare.
Will this backfire on the GOP and their govenors?  I hope so.
Not because of the lack of funding to my party but because Walker and his counterparts are using the very people who chose to make public service their careers.  Union stripping may be the goal of the Republican governors.  Push back and protests may be the answer.

Anonymous Press Release, Koch Brothers and Wisconsin.

Dear Citizens of the United States of America,


It has come to our attention that the brothers, David and Charles Koch--the billionaire owners of Koch Industries--have long attempted to usurp American Democracy. Their actions to undermine the legitimate political process in Wisconsin are the final straw. Starting today we fight back.



Koch Industries, and oligarchs like them, have most recently started to manipulate the political agenda in Wisconsin. Governor Walker's union-busting budget plan contains a clause that went nearly un-noticed. This clause would allow the sale of publicly owned utility plants in Wisconsin to private parties (specifically, Koch Industries) at any price, no matter how low, without a public bidding process. The Koch's have helped to fuel the unrest in Wisconsin and the drive behind the bill to eliminate the collective bargaining power of unions in a bid to gain a monopoly over the state's power supplies.
The Koch brothers have made a science of fabricating 'grassroots' organizations and advertising campaigns to support them in an attempt to sway voters based on their falsehoods. Americans for Prosperity, Club for Growth and Citizens United are just a few of these organizations. In a world where corporate money has become the lifeblood of political influence, the labor unions are one of the few ways citizens have to fight against corporate greed. Anonymous cannot ignore the plight of the citizen-workers of Wisconsin, or the opportunity to fight for the people in America's broken political system. For these reasons, we feel that the Koch brothers threaten the United States democratic system and, by extension, all freedom-loving individuals everywhere. As such, we have no choice but to spread the word of the Koch brothers' political manipulation, their single-minded intent and the insidious truth of their actions in Wisconsin, for all to witness.

Anonymous hears the voice of the downtrodden American people, whose rights and liberties are being systematically removed one by one, even when their own government refuses to listen or worse - is complicit in these attacks. We are actively seeking vulnerabilities, but in the mean time we are calling for all supporters of true Democracy, and Freedom of The People, to boycott all Koch Industries' paper products. We welcome unions across the globe to join us in this boycott to show that you will not allow big business to dictate your freedom.
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