Wisconsin Woes
As the Wisconsin state legislature set to vote on limiting collective bargaining for certain public employees in order to help balance the state budget (what the Mainstream Media calls an "anti-union" bill) state senate Democrats fled the state, refusing to take part in the vote (Yahoo).
Here's another shining example of statist ideology at work in our government. What's the message? If you won't vote the way we want, despite the democratic process, we're going to take our ball and go home.
With such tactics as this, who needs democracy?
Obama Weighs in on Wisconsin
President Obama weighed in on the protests against Wisconsin's Governor Walker and the state legislature by sending community organizers to help protest (Washington Post).
The president's political machine worked in close coordination Thursday with state and national union officials to get thousands of protesters to gather in Madison and to plan similar demonstrations in other state capitals.Thank you, Mr. President, for proving once again what a community organizer you are - obstructing the democratic process by sending federal organizers to interfere in state matters. You certainly show your true colors in this matter. Why not just send in the National Guard next time? That would certainly tilt government more in your favor.
Jesse Jackson the the Rescue
Jesse Jackson also showed up in Wisconsin to rally protests against the governor because....well, because, quite frankly, Jesse Jackson was feeling left out and hadn't gotten any press lately.
Of course Jesse Jackson also said that the protests in Wisconsin were akin to those in Egypt and Tunisia, I suppose because the people of Wisconsin are now ruled by a dictator and must take to the streets to overthrow the system and send Governor Walker into exile.
Good News
An aide to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told Democrat Chiefs of Staff that a government shutdown is likely due to the wrangling over passing a budget (Politico). Pelosi couldn't shove through a budget of her own last year despite the Democrat majority, the current Senate under Harry Reid refuses to pass anything that comes out of the House, and Barack Obama says he'll veto any budget the Republicans come up with.
And yet, Pelosi's aide reports that it's the Republican's fault?
I just don't get what the problem is. Help me out here: Shutting down the federal government is a bad thing because...?
No More Janet?
The LA Times reports that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will not run for the Senate seat to be vacated by Arizona Senator Jon Kyl in 2012. That means that once Obama does not get reelected, we can also be free of Napolitano as well.
To Obamacare or not to Obamacare
House Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz complained to the Chairman of the House whether the "disparaging" term Obamacare should be allowed to be spoken on the House floor (The Hill). This is a typical leftist tactic - renaming things in disparaging terms (see the note above about Wisconsin's "anti-union" bill. Is it any wonder that the Republicans have adopted the tactic?
What's in a name? A nose by any other name would still smell. And so does Obamacare.
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