>From Peatbog: > > http://www.youtube.com/user/OrionworksVideos?feature=mhum#p/u > > > > In the dark of the night, without notice to the public, without > > any debate, without even printing copies of the bill, 18 > > Republicans used procedural trickery to strip hundreds of > > thousands of workers in Wisconsin of their collective bargaining > > rights. > > The picture of the democrats abandoning their place in the > legislature and hiding out in another state makes them look > irresponsible it seems to me. > > I am pleased the Republicans found a way to put the will of the > people into effect despite the worst efforts of the democrats.
An astute observer sent me the following bing link: Rachel Maddow reports on the passage of a Michigan bill that allows the governor to dissolve democratic institutions in the event of a "fiscal emergency." http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/gop-strategy-disaster-capitalism/6iz4 kh2 http://tinyurl.com/6dqnsqz Let's be clear about what's happening in our nation. This is not just Wisconsin's fight, though we are currently "ground zero" for the Republic agenda financed by Koch Industries and their followers. This is what many states and perhaps our nation may soon be fighting against - the destruction of democracy, especially democracy in the workplace. Too many people have gotten apathetic about protecting their democratic rights. And now they must either wake up fight back and restore their democratic rights - or we will soon be headed for "Roller Ball". A corporate monopoly state. What the Wisconsin republican senators did yesterday was a travesty of democracy. They performed their trickery without proper notice and democratic debate. Keep in mind, weeks ago our public unions had agreed to ALL the fiscal financial constraints our governor had demanded. Then, the republican senators behind the public's back through procedural trickery separated out the collective bargaining point from the governor's "budget repair bill" (which was the only part of the "budget repair bill" which unions objected to) AND PASSED IT! NOW, THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND. The republican senators passed the portion of the "budget repair bill" that has nothing to do with balancing the budget. They trashed the right to bargain collectively, a democratic right that had been in place in Wisconsin for 50 years. This fight is no longer about balancing the budget. It never was, though it SHOULD BE. THE REPUBLICANS HAVE SHOWN US THEY WERE NEVER FIGHTING TO SAVE THE STATE'S BUDGET though they claim getting rid of collective bargaining will somehow make it easier to balance the state's coffers. This fight is about saving democracy - democracy in the workplace, and soon it may be a fight the entire nation is going to get embroiled in. One can either fight this travesty, an onslaught against the rights of democracy in the workplace and stop it here in Wisconsin, "Ground Zero", or start fighting in across the entire nation as if a masticating cancerous growth was taking hold. I'd prefer to stop it here in Wisconsin. This republican action is going to the courts. Recall efforts to remove Governor Walker and especially the republican senators responsible for chopping up the "budget repair bill" and attempting to destroy the democratic right to bargain collective as a pretext to help balance the budget are well under way. There will be huge demonstrations today, Thursday. And Saturday. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
