What is going on with Wisconsin? Who are the people supporting this crazy criminal Walker guy? Why people are so self destructive? Giovanni
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 9:41 PM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson < orionwo...@charter.net> wrote: > This is another OFF TOPIC Wisconsin Political commentary. If not > interested, please skip this post! You have been warned!**** > > ** ** > > * * ***** > > ** ** > > In less than 24 hours Wisconsin polls will close on a historic recall > effort to determine whether governor Scott Walker keeps his job or not.*** > * > > ** ** > > It's been an all-out political war since Scott Walker began a "divide and > conquer" campaign against Wisconsin state unions over a year ago. "Divide > and conquer". Those were Scott Walker's exact words which he used to > describe what he was going to do to the collective bargaining issue. Scott > spoke those words to Diane Hendricks a local billionaire who donated more > than a half million dollars to support Walker's campaign when she asked > what she could do to help turn Wisconsin into a "red state".**** > > ** ** > > Here's a so called "balanced" video of the controversy that surrounds > Walker's use of the phrase, prepared by FOX news:**** > > ** ** > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDOKhqLguwg**** > > ** ** > > You had to have been here, to have seen the tens and thousands of > protestors who surrounded the capital and occupied it day after day, week > after week, often enduring horrid freezing weather. I was one of them. I > was there. The last time I saw demonstrations of this intensity was during > the Vietnam protests back in the late 1960s. I was about 15 at the time, > and I wasn't allowed out on the streets. **** > > ** ** > > Insofar as the pro-walker demonstrations that I personally witnessed that > surrounded the capital, those rallies were a tiny fraction compared to the > rest that did not like what Walker was doing to the state. There is > obviously considerable disagreement that divides us on the ideological > front. BUT THERE WAS NEVER ANY VIOLENCE this time around and very few > threats, this despite what FOX news often attempted to imply in some of its > reporting.**** > > ** ** > > The latest polls indicate it's down to the line: 50-50. It could go either > way. Walker has many supporters and many of them are rich, powerfully rich. > Walker's financial benefactors easily outspent Tom Barrett, the democratic > challenger, several times over. As just one ordinary citizen trying to meet > his mortgage payments very month, I contributed what I could to what I > believe was the right thing to do. Over the past year I estimate I have > contributed enough money to have purchased a top-of-the-line i7 Laptop - in > support of Tom Barrett.**** > > ** ** > > Whoever wins this election he will need to reach out to the other side. > The losers will feel hurt, angry, and outraged. They will feel desperate > too. An important point we shouldn't lose sight of is the fact that the > losing side is still a huge and powerful voting bloc, and they are citizens > just like me. The losing side, their opinions and concerns will have to be > addressed. They will have to be heard just as much as those who are the > victor. The newly elected governor will have to say: Come, let us reason > together.**** > > ** ** > > I hate to say this, but I suspect Scott Walker could very well win this > election - again. What concerns is the fact that not once during this > entire political battle did I ever see any interest on Walker's part to > "reason together". Not once. I suspect that is because Walker sincerely > believes he doesn't have to.**** > > ** ** > > That worries me the most.**** > > ** ** > > But now we choose.**** > > ** ** > > Regards,**** > > Steven Vincent Johnson**** > > www.OrionWorks.com**** > > www.zazzle.com/orionworks**** >
