An Egyptian Moment In Wisconsin?

By Semperpapa

The images from the State Assembly in Wisconsin are disturbing. Thousands of government workers, supporters and surely agitators are cramming the building as the State Legislature is reading to decide on a proposal from Governor Scott Walker to strip government workers unions of their right to collective bargaining.

Gov. Walker, the newly elected Republican, is attempting to place a bandage on the sucking wound that is the financial state of Wisconsin. Following the example of New Jersey Governor Chris Christy, Walker is taking on the powerful teachers union and other government workers unions in order to curb the contractual demands these unions make in negotiating their bargaining and further damage the already dire financial condition of the state.

Yesterday, over 1,000 teachers across Wisconsin called in sick, an obvious way to protest against the actions of the Governor.

Of course the situation reminds me of the actions taken by then President Reagan with the striking air controllers in the early 1980s, but, as it has been stated repeatedly, our country does not have a “Reagan” these days.

But the issue is not much the specific situation in Wisconsin, but more about the opinions coming out from the deranged Left.

President Obama, in a speech, hinted at the situation in Wisconsin as having the appearance of that state as being against unions. Is the president in support of the demonstration taking place in Wisconsin? Is he in support of demonstrators protesting at GOP officials’ homes?

Then we have the usual useless idiot like Michael Moore, describing what is taking place in Wisconsin as a “Cairo moment” here in our country, in lockstep with a pillar of indecency like Noam Chomsky who is calling the demonstrations as the beginning of the democracy uprising in America.

The Marxist Left in America has been planning this sort of actions for years, mostly lurking in the lurid crevices of society, under the radar and using cunning methods to befriend more moderate liberals in their continuous search for the utopian society.

While the majority of the country was busy making a living and raising families, these revolutionaries infiltrated the very fibers of our society, beginning with political correctness and multiculturalism and now reaching the surface.

But what has changed?

The answer is in the political leadership that has plagued our country for the last three decades.

If I wanted to align myself with partisanship, I would just blame Obama for all the evils that are afflicting our Nation, but it would be simplistic and incorrect.

Multiculturalism has been the way of the liberals to divide and conquer the country. Pitting one section of the population against another is the winning combination for the complete dissolution of a nation.

Weather it was the Mexican extremist group La Raza or CAIR (Council for American Islam Relations) or the New Black Panthers, fomenting hatred and dissatisfaction among Americans is the way to create instability.

As disturbing as the actions of the Left can be, they were expected. After all they are in perfect harmony with the teachings of the Marxists agitators of the past.

But the responsibility for the gravity of the current situation has to be placed at the feet of the Republican establishment.

Principles were cast away in favor of political expediency. It became more pressing to cater to the canons of political correctness than to stand up for the rights of the people. Mostly, take whatever position necessary to avoid “offending” people in the hope that the people would continue to vote them into office.

Why is the Left salivating at the parallel between Egypt and what is happening in Wisconsin?

Simply stated, what we saw and continue to see in Egypt, is demonstration from many factions against the government. Demonstrators’ ranks were filled with a diverse multitude of elements, from the Islamic fundamentalists of the Muslim Brotherhood to members of the Marxist fringe.

The military has taken control of a situation that still remains volatile, but the scope is to have a specific political entity surface and take control of the situation by appealing to the grievances of all. Change for sake of change.

Just as we saw in Iran in the 1979 revolution, there will be an Ayatollah Khomeini-like figure emerge in that country in due time.

Here in the United States, proponents of popular revolt, the Michael Moores of the bunch, are looking for the same outcome: creation of instability and chaos, the complete rejection of the rule of law and, when things get really chaotic, some “savior” to step in and establish control.

Some may believe that the situation has been aggravated by the financial meltdown of 2008, but that is only part of the story.

The financial meltdown would have not occur, at least not in such gravity, if not for the policies introduced by the leaving Bush and incoming Obama. Bail outs, stimulus spending and the like should have never been allowed.

What aggravated things even further was the government take over of industries (like the auto industry) and the intrusive control over other industries (like the coal and oil industries).

People begun then to pay attention when they started to be affected personally by the actions of reckless politicians in Washington. While the economic conditions of the average American continued to deteriorate, the same person would witness the excess of the leadership. From the lavish vacations to the high price personal aircraft, the image of a political leadership in total lack of touch with the average, struggling American.

And through this whole thing, the government continued to spend the country into oblivion.

“Spend money to fix the economy” was the battle cry of the Left, even though history has shown repeatedly that a nation cannot spend its way out of a recession.

For all the taxpayers’ money spent, no favorable signs can be seen for our struggling economy.

So is the protest in Wisconsin an Egyptian moment, as Michael Moore and Noam Chomsky and Piven are hoping for? I do not believe so and definitely hope that is not the case.

The fact that the man in the White House is an obvious supporter of the popular expression of dissatisfaction is not helping matters. But remains curious that the show of dissatisfaction shown by the American people in 2009 and 2010 leading to the GOP victories in the mid-term Elections, were not seen as a positive signal of “democratic” expression. Instead, the president’s minions labeled them as the proof of the underlining racism affecting conservatives in our country.

Once again, divide and conquer.

Just my thoughts!