3/18/2011
Beck - Limbaugh's Take on Japan Tragedy
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GOP Blitzkreig on the Middle Class
This is about a whole lot more than teachers unions.
This is part of a Repbulican Blitzkreig on the middle class.
What is a Blitzkreig you ask?
Wikipedia explains it here. It's a "Lightining War".
"Through constant motion, the blitzkrieg attempts to keep its enemy off-balance, making it difficult to respond effectively at any given point before the front has already moved on."
Compare that notion with what is happening throughout the Midwest.
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3/17/2011
3/15/2011
Which Union Would Jesus Bust? - Ask Scott Walker
Perhaps he'd start with the Carpenter's Union?
"As the stand off between workers and Governor Scott Walker continues in Wisconsin, religious leaders have weighed in on the dispute. Roman Catholic bishops came out on the side of the unions, urging the governor to protect worker’s rights. Many mainline pastors, including Lutherans, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, Congregationalists, and American Baptists have written letters, issued statements, and preached sermons supporting labor, unions, and collective bargaining. In Madison, interfaith prayers and proclamations have upheld and encouraged the teachers, police, firefighters, and other public employees in their resistance to the governor’s plan to break their union.
This is an impressive religious group by any standards — particularly so in Wisconsin where traditional faith still plays an important role in the life of a large number of its citizens. Wisconsin is almost evenly split between the three largest American religious groups: 29 percent are Roman Catholics; 24 percent are evangelical Protestants; and 23 percent are mainline Protestants.
Yet none of these prayers or sermons has swayed Scott Walker. He has steadfastly stayed on his original course, unfazed by the full weight of Roman Catholic authority or the mainline social justice tradition pressing upon him and urging him toward compromise and change."
Full Article Here:Sojourners.
"And this is why Scott Walker’s religion is actually dangerous in the public square. Because it lacks the ability to compromise, it is profoundly anti-democratic. Many faith traditions actually possess deep spiritual resources that allow them to participate in pluralistic, democratic, and creative political change. But those sort of traditions tend emphasize the love of God and neighbor over strict obedience to an unyielding God. Despite anything Scott Walker might say, the confident dictum of the old hymn, “Trust and Obey” is not the best way to govern a state."
3/14/2011
3/13/2011
Even Bullshit Goes Stale...
"Like other factors of production, labor is also valued according to its usefulness in satisfying human wants."
Ludwig von Mises
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