Welcome to Cairo, Wisconsin!
The video is actually a compilation of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) making the analogy of the recent unrest in Egypt with what is going on in Wisconsin. The links and quotes are from Heather's earlier post on Ryan.
Via TPM:
Speaking on Morning Joe Thursday morning, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) compared the current situation in Wisconsin, where Gov. Scott Walker (R) has inspired days of protests by proposing a budget that would remove key bargaining powers for public employee unions, to the recent unrest in Egypt that toppled the 30-year authoritarian rule of Hosni Mubarak, saying it's "like Cairo has moved to Madison these days."
..and another from NBC evening news where a protester in Madison makes the same comparison, albeit from the protesters point of view. Ryan seems to be equating Republicans austerity measures with the oppression of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt. And pointed out by many, including Andrew Leonard at Salon.com:
On Thursday morning Ryan topped that headscratcher with a real doozy: He compared the protests currently raging in Wisconsin over Gov. Scott Walker's plans to crush public sector unions to the upheaval that brought down President Mubarak in Egypt. [...]
But when a Republican legislator voluntarily places his own party in the position of Mubarak, you have to wonder what's in the tea these people are drinking. Yes, yes, I know conservatives are worried that democracy in Egypt could lead to the Muslim Brotherhood taking power. But to the vast majority of people on this planet who paid attention to what happened in Egypt, the protesters were the good guys and Mubarak was the bad guy. The sight of people gathering peacefully in Tahrir Square was incredibly inspiring.
Ryan sees riots and Cairo-style destabilization in the masses who have risen up in Wisconsin. But that's not what Democrats and union members and Americans who don't share the Tea Party ethos are seeing. They're seeing the dramatic, exciting beginning of a pushback against Republican over-reach. If Paul Ryan thinks it looks like Cairo, well then, maybe he's right.
Harold Meyerson at the Washington Post quipped that Walker was the "cheesehead pharaoh of Wisconsin."
Protesters have seized on the idea as well.
Real cheeseheads stand up for collective bargaining.
... hate Leninist revolutionary tactics.
Of course this is not like Egypt. They have no camels in Wisconsin. I have not seen one camel or riders on horses.
Let's have a little fun with Mika. This morning they showed a security video of a club house and it showed a naked man running around in the house taking things. Seems he had stolen some things including sausage. Mika asked, "Where did he hide it?" It took her about 15 seconds to realize what she had said and then she was so embarrassed she couldn't show her face. I didn't know I could laugh that hard that early in the day.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
...right here in Madison. The Zor Shrine gives free camel rides to the kids at the Henry Vilas Zoo every Sunday in the summertime. Probably won't let anyone borrow one, however.
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If you're not riding a camel, you ain't shi'ite.
Too bad about Eygpt, though.
I laughed.
I just heard on fox that Walker will be on Fox News Sunday this Sunday.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
He will probably be on all the Sunday talk shows don't ya think?
Lindsey and a democrat are the headliners on one of the shows. I think Walker would be much happier on Fox than any other show.
There was a guy on fox who said he is organizing a pro-Walker demonstration for tomorrow and that groups were bringing in people from all over the state and perhaps the country. This is where it could get ugly but I sure hope not.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Knock Knock
Who's there!
Sphinx!
Sphinx who?
Sphinx your tax structure Gov Wilson, not your unions!
This is pure Rove--get them used to it in baby steps, and then drop the big bomb. I smell Rove and his minions all over this. The GOP is proactive, while we are reactive. This also seems like a Dem strategy meant to set the GOP up for the 2012 elections. Let the GOP have their heads on every issue unopposed, essentially, and then use the damage they have either accomplished or proposed against them later. It's the "accomplished" part that is worrisome. They are playing political games with people's lives.
Did you watch Rachel last night? According to her this is about doing away with unions, the biggest voting bloc and contributors to the democratic party. When the Supreme court said corporations had the same rights as people the biggest contributors became corporations. In 08 unions were like the second and third biggest contributors but now with the Supreme's ruling the unions are now like sixth and lower.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Don't fuck with the unions.
Bite my shiny metal ass.
http://www.startalkradio.net/
doing fly overs like the media and politicians.
But it looks like Obama may have finally pulled his head out of the sand an at least acknowledged what is being done to the unions, and thanks to Rachel the actual words have been said out loud so the Main part of MSM will have a hard time not addressing it.
If Fox is pushed un and people like Rachel to have to slam unions day after day to rebut the spineless dims and MSM, they will be alienating a goodly chunk of their blue collar red neck viewers who used to be Democratic.
Who loves ya baby?
Who will stand up for you and your family in the tough times?
More than just baby steps. This is the party of “Deficits don’t matter”. They created the budget deficit. They overspent for decades. They robbed SS. And NOW they are using the deficit – they’re greatest weakness – in an attack against the opposition.
“Use your greatest weakness/vulnerability against your opponent.” Yeppers, it has Rove written all over it.
US Businesses, Republicans and Conservatives, believe they are a Monarchy, by way of there Wealth, they believe they have the Right, to take Workers Rights, and keep there Rights, they believe workers are surfs, peasants and subjects and they treat them that way in their businesses and a workers Union is insult and assault, on their Monarchy, all derived from the Money, position.
How dare a worker, want to maximize his profit, his wages, how dare you that is a right and privilege of the Wealthy Business person and in Wisconsin, were here to take that Right away and return workers to serfdom and peasant, as a subject of the Business Monarchy.
Remind anyone of the British Crowns attitude toward, upstart Americans?
Oh, and TPublicans are Overseer’s, who do there bidding, but sometimes are flummoxed about, their Jobs.
How do you pronounce a Legislative fiat’… RIGHT too TAKE my RIGHTS? And keep your Rights, once you allow this, “we the people” will have returned to the British Crowns way of thinking of the People.
The Chamber and the Manufacturers Alliance are BUSINESS UNIONS and have Lobbyist, just like Workers Unions. Business Unions have ten to twenty times the money for political lobbying than Workers/Labor Unions have and if they can kill Workers Unions and Rights, they will cripple Democrats Political abilities and that is the focus of the Republicans, they cannot get enough “we the people” to vote for them, with out fear and Cultural, Race and Faith attacks.
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They NEVER mention that PRIVATE sector emnployees get HIGHER SALARIES the PUBLIC sector employees. Those in the public sector are told "its the benefits" and that makes up for the pay gap.
Cutting the benefits IS CUTTING THEIR/OUR pay...
and it is done all in the name of destroying the middle class.
Where is the Democratic Party on this one?
it is the medical inflation associated with the benefits that gives an appearance that public employees are benefitting.
Where is the Democratic Party? Well, they are attempting to give the GOP everything they want, but, as we all know, it will never be enough.
On the federal level, cost of living increases are gone, salary increases are gone, a hiring freeze is in effect, and furloughs are being discussed. This is happening even though the GOP has not had their own opportunity to slash spending yet: this is a warm up freebie.
By the way, I really hope that the GOP continues to compare the Wisconsin protesters to the protesters in Egypt. What an honor. Hopefully, they get the same result.
I am proud, as a retired hippie and unrepentant Wisconsinite, that all the protest signs seem to be spelled correctly.
Proud DFH, emeritus!
...and nary a tea-bag to be seen?
Heh.
... the piece from Greta van Susteren from last night when she interviewed a HS student (Jacob Fiksel) who made more sense, and acted more mature than the repugs in Wisconsin.
Seems like there are children in the State Senate and the Senators are in kindergarten.
If you need funds to pay for essentials, you have a revenue problem
If you need funds to pay for frivolity, you have a spending problem
I'm in the car yesterday listening to Thom Hartmann and it was Russ Feingold he was speaking with and the conversation came up about the Citizens United case and it's effects on organized labor coupled with unions. ( my emphasis) Mr. Hartmann ran the idea past Mr. Feingold the idea of a constitutional amendment of ridding us of Citizens United. The conversation went back and forth until Mr. Hartmann proposed a simple word introduction to the 14th amendment that would strip corporations of the right to be considered people.
To;
Russ agreed wholeheartedly with the proposal. What say you all?
Could the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision soon be overturned?
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Where does the word 'natural" need to be inserted? I'm no legal eagle. If I have to, I will post this once again in it's entirety in an open thread.
"No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master." - Hunter S. Thompson
This is so apropos. Kudos to the working class of Wisconsin for standing up to this dictator and protesting their rights!
This description is so apropos.
Really the private sector employees are getting screwed over health care and pensions..
But Ryan et alii turn it around so that they can give more to their wealthy backers..
And of course he soft pedals collective bargaining rights..
But he is cute.. ain't he cute?
this is hilarious :D
--= Proud to live in The New Pharaohs Era =--
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"If you can read this thank a teacher" poster.
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