"The Tea Pity Rally:" You and Christopher Hitchens have hit on a good line to describe the Tea Party people, which should catch on in a big way to punch holes in their presumed power. Self-pity is not an attractive trait, not a trait of true grown-ups. Regarding the signs they carried warning that next time they'll bring their guns, also indicates a lack of authentic self-confidence, which is assuaged by showing a big fat pistol.
Waukesha County, Republican pols failed to kill it.
The Calatrava Addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum
Sunset on the lakefront, summer 2018
Milwaukee River empties into Lake Michigan
Wisconsin wind farm, east of Waupun
86 turbines overcame Walker's blockade
Skylight illumination in Milwaukee City Hall
The historic 19th-century building has stone floors, copper decoration, and iron work by the famous artisan Cyril Kolnic. Stop in and walk around.
What water, wetland protection is all about
"A little fill here and there may seem to be nothing to become excited about. But one fill, though comparatively inconsequential, may lead to another, and another, and before long a great body may be eaten away until it may no longer exist. Our navigable waters are a precious natural heritage, once gone, they disappear forever," wrote the Wisconsin Supreme Court in its 1960 opinion resolving Hixon v. PSC and buttressing The Public Trust Doctrine, Article IX of the Wisconsin State Constitution.
Lake Michigan in winter
Milwaukee skyline
James Rowen's Bio
James Rowen is an independent writer based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He worked as the senior Mayoral staffer in Madison and Milwaukee and for newspapers in both cities. This blog began on 2/2/ 2007.
3 comments:
What is sad is that yes they feel persecuted, but they are campaigning to keep their persecutors in power.
"The Tea Pity Rally:" You and Christopher Hitchens have hit on a good line to describe the Tea Party people, which should catch on in a big way to punch holes in their presumed power. Self-pity is not an attractive trait, not a trait of true grown-ups. Regarding the signs they carried warning that next time they'll bring their guns, also indicates a lack of authentic self-confidence, which is assuaged by showing a big fat pistol.
The fact that you think the Beck Rally was a Tea Party event just highlights how clueless you are.
Just as clueless as you will be on November 3rd when you are asking yourself "What just happened"?
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