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Of all of the potential lessons that one could gleam from the Wisconsin election results, the one few will ever talk about is the weakness of the voters.   Faced with a golden opportunity to restore their state, their citizens and possibly a nation, they shrunk, bowed their heads and cried “yasa masa”. In one of the best article written to date Walter Shapiro explains better than most in his titled What Scott Walker can teach Barack Obama .   In it is reports that “Republican Gov. Scott Walker declared, “Tonight, we tell Wisconsin, we tell our country, and we tell people around the globe that voters really do want leaders who stand up and make tough decisions.”   And while he is correct that Walker and those like him will undoubtly make this claim and has plenty of evidence to back it up.   The voters was handed an opportunity but failed to send a more inclusive message.   While his article clearly shows the reasons why recalling Walker was the right messag...

The more I consider the “War on Women” and all of the bills being pushed and passed by Republican-led State Houses as well as those being crafted in Washington, I cannot help but wonder where are the female lawmakers and why are they voting for things like this? Take for example the information found in the article by Amanda Terkel of the Huffington Post titled Scott Walker Quietly Repeals Wisconsin Equal Pay Law.    There had to be some female lawmakers in the Republican Party that thought this was not a good idea.   How can they not see the regression that this and other bills will cause all women?   Are they under the impression that these bills will not affect them or their daughters and sisters?   The article reports that the law quietly signed by Scott Walker harms the "economic security as a women’s health issue," Sara Finger, executive director of WAWH. "The salary women are paid directly affects the type and frequency of health care services t...

For those of us who wish that we could all come together one day and unite to finally solve all of the issue plaguing this nation, there will always be a few willing to sabotage any efforts to do so.   We sometimes ask ourselves just what is he advantage to seeing this country go off a cliff and now I think I have the answer. The extremist, on both sides, of any issue do not really fear this country going back to the dark ages of man mainly because they know for a fact that the majority will never let that happen.   Thye can rant and rave about extreme views and attempt to plug in their operatives in key position to push this agenda but inside of their hearts of hearts, they know that before they do too much damage to this country, they will be stopped. They also know that the majority will always do what is best for this nation as a whole and being a part of this nation, they will also benefit from these choices.   On one will be able to take away their citizenship or ...

Sometimes the hype is not worth the cost and nothing showed it more than the coverage of this Wisconsin recall election.   Many envisioned too much and placed to high a cost on the results.   What it ended up being was another reason why temperance must be weighted with enthusiasm.   While I was as much as excited about the possibility of Wisconsin voters taking back their state from outside forces manipulating those in power, I was always a little reserved about what the outcome would mean.   There is a lesson here and it is quite simple. The lesson is simply put by a backer of Sen. Alberta Darling, whom I believe could have been easily swayed to vote for her opponent, Democratic state Rep. Sandy Pasch and increased her victory by even more.   This one voter could have also reached others just like him and maybe even swayed them to help remove any of the other incumbents in the Wisconsin legislature.   According to Scott Bauer of the Associated Press in h...