I don't often write angry; however, after over a year of listening to Gov. Scott Walker's bullshit I have had it with that union-busting bastard.
The Wisconsin State Journal, a right wing rag, quotes Walker puppet Cullen Werwie as saying,
"The latest letter from public sector union bosses shows clearly that Democrats and their allies put their politics before everything else, even their own members' jobs."
"Union bosses"—I am sick and fucking tired of hearing that nonsensical term. Want to know who the "union bosses" are, Walker? See that guy running the jack hammer fixing the public street? Yeah, that guy. He is the vice president of a union. That woman who took care of me in the hospital after I had neck surgery, she is a union president. That guy driving the snowplow ... he is the secretary of the union.
In other words, these "union bosses" you keep talking about are my friends and neighbors. My brother was a "union boss" for a time. He was a carpenter for a local school district. But according to you, he was some big union fat cat. Gov, Walker, you have obviously never met my brother.
It is obvious why the Glorious Grand Poobah of Wisconsin uses terms like "union boss" and "union thug" ... it is one hell of a lot easier to demonize a so-called "union boss" or "union thug" than it is to denigrate a kindergarten teacher. It is time to end the politics of division that the GOP is perpetrating. Shame on the Wisconsin State Journal and other media outlets for not calling Republican politicians to the mat for using these slurs when referring to our friends and neighbors. Teachers, county, municipal and state Workers are not the enemy. People in unions are not the enemy. Stop blaming the working class for the problems your rich fucking friends, I am looking at you Koch brothers, created!
We need to re-frame the unions in the media. If a politician or other rich asshole says "union thug" or "union boss" then we must respond with, "Why are you attacking our friends, neighbors and loved ones?" Turn it around on them make the GOP bastards explain why they are attacking working folks. We need to take the offensive!