Petty Harassment in Walker's Wisconsin

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Friday January 06, 2012 · 6:36 PM PST

2012/01/06 · 18:36

Generally, or so I've heard, once the thief has your money, they leave you alone and run off. Because supposedly, it's all about the money. No real need to kick someone in the teeth as well...or so you might think.

But here in Scott Walker's Wisconsin, where state employee unions were assaulted and destroyed at the stroke of pen, supposedly just to save taxpayer's dollars, metaphorically kicking a union man in the head once you've already picked his pocket is not only fun, it's necessary for the survival of the regime. Please read on for the latest example of the petty, small-minded harassment that Scotty's bully boys are inflicting on public servants.

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Monday December 12, 2011 · 4:29 AM PST

2011/12/12 · 04:29

The effort to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, or as Keith Olbermann and I prefer to call him, that "fascist bastard", has been going on and going well for several weeks. Hundreds of thousands of signatures have been collected, and the wingnuts are responding with obscene gestures, felonious behavior, and of course, a few million dollars worth of "Scott is a nice boy....really!" TV advertising.

All of that stuff is well known to any literate person who visits this site occasionally. What wasn't so obvious, at least to me, at least until today, was where to sign one of these petitions.

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Saturday April 16, 2011 · 11:43 PM PDT

2011/04/16 · 23:43

My home state, Wisconsin, has lived through some interesting times lately in terms of politics. You may have heard about some of the controversy. And today, Sarah Palin decided to come to Wisconsin in an effort to make what was already a dreary, cold and blustery day just a little bit worse.

Of course, Palin's mere presence wasn't the worst of it. The worst of it was that she, in much the same manner that manure draws flies, managed to attract a crowd, some of whom actually supported her vision of....ummmm...what does she support, anyway? We know what she doesn't like: any effort by any government to make life better for citizens, because that's socialism. And we ALL know that socialism is EVIL.

Anyway, the crowd of supporters she attracted were, of course, typical tea party people: a coalition of the hopelessly deluded, the semi-literate, the racists, and the obscenely affluent. It's the latter whose grotesque, "I got mine, screw you and yours" villainy I'd like to address today.

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Monday February 28, 2011 · 10:03 PM PST

2011/02/28 · 22:03

Okay, I admit it won't do any good. It was a complete waste of time, I'm sure. One of his flunkies, probably some 20 year old intern, will read the first three sentences and hit "delete". Still, I couldn't help it. I've watched people all over America march and agitate and fight for common decency in my state, and felt very humbled and grateful for their efforts. And then, Haley Barbour, an overfed, pompous and ultimately clueless white guy who presides over a state so troubled that it's literally third world in some important categories, decided to throw in his less than two cents worth about my state, Wisconsin. And so I snapped, and wrote the damn letter.

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Saturday February 19, 2011 · 11:37 PM PST

2011/02/19 · 23:37

I've been a member here for years and have never really written a diary. I never felt compelled to do so, since most of the diaries already here are well-written and comprehensive. Thought I'd write one today, though. Sorry if it's dull, lacks art work or illustrative links or is less than eloquent. It's more of a stream of consciousness or a catharsis, as opposed to being the master's theses we usually see in these parts.

I live in Milwaukee, and today I drove to Madison to take a look at the ongoing demonstrations. My 27 year old daughter lives very near the State Capitol, and since it was sunny and not that far below freezing I thought it'd make for a fun daddy-daughter Saturday afternoon.

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Thursday April 03, 2008 · 1:59 PM PDT

2008/04/03 · 13:59

I just read an AP story which quotes Jimmy Carter as saying his children and grandchildren are supporting Obama and that he "would not disclose who I am rooting for, but I leave you to make that guess." As far as I know, this is the first indication of Carter's preference between Senators Clinton and Obama, and it's very big news. It's also another example of the younger generation influencing an older generation, which we saw recently with Senator Bob Casey in Pennsylvania.

Here's the link Carter Hints at support for Obama

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