Wisconsin: Walker's state of denial reaches new frontiers

[Scuba]

He reminds me of Kevin Bacon in the final scene from Animal House, running around screaming "Remain calm. Everything is fine."

This from Uppity Wisconsin ....

After a tough day on the job, it's always nice to come home to some laughs. No sit-coms or newspaper funnies for me, this time, however. Rather, I dove into the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. And there I found Gov. Scott Walker's declaration that he has already ordained a Voter ID law in Wisconsin, so those of us who are supporting legal action to overturn it should just shut up and let him rule as he pleases.

You can read his not very trenchant but quite entrenched thoughts at the URL below. I was skimming the piece minus alacrity until I got to the LOL moment near the end, where Walker (or one of his PR minions) clumsily penned: "The time has come to accept the fact that I worked hard to lawfully and constitutionally implement a law that I campaigned on and to move on."

That's right, Move On organizers. Walker wants you to move on beyond Move On. He has decreed. Being governor is hard work. Walker signed a bill. Thus is the state's law changed irrevocably, today, tomorrow and forever. Under the Walker prescription, the rest of us consequently have no right or reason to change the law again. Ever. Walker knows best. He is in control.

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Walker's attitude is rather reminisicent of the defunct Soviet Politburo (once a satrapy, always a satrapy). Republicans of this ilk indeed are authoritarian and don't brook opposition, especially massive opposition. Walker's right, a million or more of us are wrong, and that's supposed to be that.

And this, from Free Wisconsin ...

Walker did not mince words over mining Thursday. “It’s not only frustrating, it’s downright disgusting. You had senators who were willing to put politics ahead of jobs,” Walker said.

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Mirror, mirror on the wall..

“If politics is going to play a higher priority than getting people back to work, it’s a sad day,” Walker said.

Who played politics worst of all?

It was Scott Walker who had a King of job creators kneeling at his feet. Talgo, the Spanish train-maker had already opened a plant in Milwaukee and was working on two trainsets for the Chicago-Milwaukee Hiawatha service. Wisconsin was awarded eight hundred and ten million dollars to create thousands of jobs in Wisconsin. Walker said “No”. The reason he gave was one of the first in the long litany of lies he would unleash on the people of Wisconsin over the following year.

Why did Walker reject high-speed rail?

[Viking12]

1. ..and don't forget these jobs he's driving away for political payback

Walker bill puts $500 million in wind turbine investment at risk

About $500 million in investment in renewable energy over the next two years could be at risk if lawmakers approve Gov. Scott Walker's wind turbine siting bill.

The bill, praised by some as a strong defense of property rights, would erect the biggest hurdle to wind farm development in the nation, industry leaders said Friday.

"This will be the biggest regulatory barrier in terms of setbacks in the country," said Denise Bode, chief executive of the American Wind Energy Association, based in Washington, D.C. "You're adding a new regulatory barrier and putting a 'closed for business' sign on Wisconsin for wind development."

A restrictive environment for wind development would create a chilling effect for companies that manufacture parts for wind turbines and want to open plants in the state, following the lead of firms such as TowerTech in Manitowoc and Ingeteam, which is building a factory in the Menomonee River Valley.

http://www.jsonline.com/business/113698144.html

[madrchsod]

2. looking through google i found this....

http://trains4america.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/talgo-will-bring-new-high-speed-trains-to-wisconsin/
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buried deep in the comments -'.A' -hit the nail right on the head....

[Scuba]

3. I had to look for it, and you're right...

God forbid if the Republican Scott Walker wins the gubernatorial election, he said he is going to stop the project and reject approximately 800 Million dollars federal funding for WI.

Even if he wins he is unable to do that, but please Wisconsin, do not elect Walker when he had this horrible track record as the county executive in bankrupting the county and causing the county structures to crumble and kill people because of he cut inspection funds.