tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post750989220545599711..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: I'm calling it: Walker jumped the sharkJames Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-56142615193704328992015-06-24T19:35:27.079-05:002015-06-24T19:35:27.079-05:00Jim, the expression "jump the shark" ori...Jim, the expression "jump the shark" originated with Fonzie literally jumping over a shark,signifying that "Happy Days" was past its prime and had irretrievably descended into silliness- much like Walker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-23698582096214617642015-06-24T07:23:35.561-05:002015-06-24T07:23:35.561-05:00Will any of it matter come 2018 (assuming Walker f...Will any of it matter come 2018 (assuming Walker fails in his presidential run and tries to run as governor again)? Or will people just sit on the internet posting cute memes on Facebook/Twitter, and do nothing to get out the vote come Election Day?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-65880729809458831482015-06-23T23:09:57.510-05:002015-06-23T23:09:57.510-05:00Walker is facing GOP discord in Wisconsin and prom...Walker is facing GOP discord in Wisconsin and promises "bold leadership" while his presidential aspirations evaporate on a national stage. This is justice for all the crap he has put Wisconsin through. Is that pee I see running down your leg, Governor Unintimidated? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-9588165770291702602015-06-23T22:49:33.788-05:002015-06-23T22:49:33.788-05:00Wait a darn second here...Walker is saying it is a...Wait a darn second here...Walker is saying it is a shame to pit one group against another group???? <br /><br />Walker, of divide and conquer Walker?? <br /><br />When are we finally going to be rid of this moronic insting stooge????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-68536042748664866212015-06-23T20:06:29.024-05:002015-06-23T20:06:29.024-05:00(in walks the Fonz) Heyyy...."hey, Fonzie is ...(in walks the Fonz) Heyyy...."hey, Fonzie is here."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-91179798417821751062015-06-23T19:50:03.620-05:002015-06-23T19:50:03.620-05:00About the Fonz. What had he done to deserve that?About the Fonz. What had he done to deserve that?James Rowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-2397978635208291902015-06-23T19:46:48.781-05:002015-06-23T19:46:48.781-05:00Anon 4:49 PM -- I know you can't make sense ou...Anon 4:49 PM -- I know you can't make sense out of Republican beliefs, but I guess I have too much faith in humanity that you should be able to understand who people are and what makes them tick, so to speak. I do also understand why what they do doesn't make sense (I also wonder it if makes sense to them). I always look for good even where there is none and I don't expect to find any. I guess it is called hope that I will find that one little spark of hope that they see the damage they are doing to so many before it is too late. I was raised to care about all living things on earth, but not to the extreme. The family business was dairy farming, so you have a clear picture of where I come from. They hunted, fished, and lived off the land to survive, but the farms are all gone now.my5centshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942220162477583126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-57577461093180694472015-06-23T19:23:25.471-05:002015-06-23T19:23:25.471-05:00Maybe they can put a statue of him next to Fonzie....Maybe they can put a statue of him next to Fonzie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-88581493157377347872015-06-23T19:07:33.690-05:002015-06-23T19:07:33.690-05:00"pit one group of Americans against another.&..."pit one group of Americans against another." He doesn't really say who is being pitted against whom. We who hate Walker assume he means men against women, husbands against wives but he doesn't really say. Walker supporters will have to weigh in on what they think he was talking about. And I hope some reporter follows up on this. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-27338953800004539072015-06-23T17:22:07.761-05:002015-06-23T17:22:07.761-05:00Who wins when you pit male workers against female ...Who wins when you pit male workers against female workers? The boss, that's who. First you tell the women that they don't deserve to be paid as well as the men -- besides, anything is better than being paid nothing at home, right? -- then you tell the men that they're lucky to be getting more than the women... and maybe your job's at risk in you don't keep your head down and your ass in gear. 'Cause a woman will work for less.<br /><br />And so it goes, around and around. Walker's just another gear keeping his donors' great money machine in motion. Some might even call him a tool ;-)MadCityVoternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-53618820963467234482015-06-23T17:13:13.544-05:002015-06-23T17:13:13.544-05:00When conservatives get into a frenzy about depende...When conservatives get into a frenzy about dependency on government do they know that those founders they pretend to revere were actually most concerned about the opposite? http://thegloomyhistorian.blogspot.com/2014/02/dependency-part-one-slavery.htmlThe Krakenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09384401125404650604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-89544998681112816362015-06-23T16:49:49.104-05:002015-06-23T16:49:49.104-05:00"This is what makes no sense to me."
So..."This is what makes no sense to me."<br /><br />Sorry, 5cents, I'm on your side here -- but your first problem is trying to find reasons why the current crop of Republican pres. candidates do what they do. This is a party that long ago substituted religious dogma and fantasy for science and reason.<br /><br />When you have a party where the MAJORITY (54%) believe that deep down, Barack Obama is a Muslim; where Donald Trump polls second in New Hampshire; where the candidates waffle and hide behind each others' cloaks before saying that the Confederate flag --<br /><br />It's beyond reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-81124542085408621662015-06-23T16:14:46.396-05:002015-06-23T16:14:46.396-05:00You see, that’s what Walker does. He takes one li...You see, that’s what Walker does. He takes one little snippet and distorts it into something entirely different than what it is. Equal pay for women would mean independence; the ability to sustain themselves; the ability to take care of their children without government help; the ability to retire with a decent income. But Walker skews it into one group versus another group. He really has no clue how absurd that really sounds, does he? I know that’s what all of the right wingers think. I have not heard any right winger whose wife earns twice what he does complain and make her quit her lucrative job. Have you? I mean, look at Ted Cruz. Do you think he complained about his wife making hundreds of thousands of dollars every year? No, not hardly. All of this boils down to one thing, the right wingers are afraid of women; afraid of their work ethic; afraid of their earning power; and afraid they will one day be in charge thereby emasculating all of them. The things they are trying to do and the things they are saying tells me that they are scared out of their minds that women will outsmart them and make this country a good place for all to live, work and thrive. <br /><br />This is what makes no sense to me. Walker wants people off the government dole (except for himself), doesn’t want to provide Medicaid, food stamps, or health care, but he doesn’t want them to earn a living wage either so they can get off Medicaid, food stamps, and pay for their own health care. You cannot have it both ways no matter how you slice it. Their way of thinking is so ignorant it makes a person feel ashamed to be a part of the human race some days. We are much better than that.my5centshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942220162477583126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-30892982341351732092015-06-23T14:19:09.564-05:002015-06-23T14:19:09.564-05:00Yup, keep us women bare foot and pregnant. Sorry, ...Yup, keep us women bare foot and pregnant. Sorry, that is 1950's America. It takes 2 incomes to provide the standard of living my parent's of the greatest generation had. Politicians like Walker have gutted the American middle class safety nets of pensions, job security, and the ladder to the middle class. By the way Scooter, my spouse see's me as a partner and equal. Not as an adversary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com