- Wisconsin Lessons

Personally the actions of the Wisconsin Republicans used to pass their Civil Service Reform bill seem considerably less dubious than the parliamentary tricks that the Democrats used to pass Obamacare. The Obamacare 'deem and pass' specifically ignored the will of the voters, while in this case, the Republicans had the election on their side. The media will never tell you this of course, but it seems pretty clear to me that once again it's the Democrats who are the ones trying to rewrite the rulebook.

But the thing I'm really taking away from the Wisconsin debate is the graphic picture of what Democrats think a person should do to improve their lot in life. for them it's all about getting together, screaming, chanting, and threatening people with whom they disagree. They stopped short of molotov cocktails this time and restricted themselves to threats, and rocking the school bus of the Republican Senators. But I think that's far enough to show what they're really about.

They aren't interested in civil debate, they're interested in getting their numbers (their minority numbers mind you) together in one place and instead of using logic and reason, using shouting, and threats to force people to change their minds.

Once again I think this is an effect of that 60's generation, who believe in the inherent nobility of the angry mob. I personally don't see it. If they really wanted to be noble they should think about going back to work and solving their own problems, or taking care of their own families. It's protected speech, and they're entitled to get together and drum and chant, but I'm also entitled to think less of them for it.

And this is how they think the world should be run. They don't really believe in the will of the people, peacefully expressed - like it was in the last election they lost. They believe in the will of the mob. Whoever can assemble the bigger crowd of loud angry protesters are the people who should be deemed the winners according to them. Unless of course, it's the opposition who has the bigger crowd. Then they probably believing in disbursing them with live ammunition.

I know it isn't saying anything new to accuse the far left of deception and hypocrisy. But I think if ever you wanted to see a graphic depiction of it, this should be good enough for you.



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I wonder if they'll legislate this sort of thing away in the future. You know, a law that says that any member who abandons their seat for 2 weeks or more during a vote will be deemed as having resigned their position - or something like that.