"Bush-league brownshirts
We were mistaken last week to credit Secretary of State Doug LaFollette for refusing to delay publication of the collective bargaining bill. He now says he’ll take the full ten days he’s allowed. In perspective, though, LaFollete’s actions are obnoxious but legal. Contrast him with the two candidates for Mayor of Madison.
Incumbent Madison Mayor David Cieslewicz ordered his police chief not to allow his officers to remove any protesters from the Capitol and he and his challenger, former Mayor Paul Soglin, both have called for boycotts of local businesses that support Governor Walker or don’t support the government union agenda. In other words, whoever is elected April 5, Madison’s mayor will be someone who has openly threatened the livelihoods of people in legitimate, taxpaying businesses. Businesses that employ untold thousands of other taxpaying citizens who foot the bill so the thugs who threaten them can have their fat pensions and cheap health care.
"Let us not shrink from calling this what it is. Modern society’s short attention span tempts us to say nothing like this has been seen before. But this is a training-wheels version of things we have seen before; things that escalate so long as they succeed. You can watch them unfold on TV almost every night. Check the History Channel."
Just so we're clear:
Brownshirts? Really? Let's check the dictionary:
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Let's not forget what brownshirts were there for - to brawl with socialists, to beat up on union members.
ReplyDelete"...openly threatened the livelihods of people in legitimate(?) taxpaying(?)businesses."
ReplyDeleteIf 2/3rd of corporations doing business in Wisconsin don't pay taxes, I think the protesters have a point. If some of the taxpaying businesses support candidates whose policies steal taxpayer dollars and funnel them to corporations, they deserve protests for their foolishness. The customer is always right. Don't mess with the families and communities of your customers and your business will succeed.