What would Dr. King think?

I'd like to comment on the aesthetics of the newly unveiled Martin Luther King Statue. Did you ever ONCE see a photo of Dr. King with his arms crossed, in a rather defensive, even slightly "Tough Guy" stance? Probably not. That wasn't MLK Jr's typical pose, at all. He was much more likely to have his arms outstretched, imploring, gesticulating, preaching. But my main point is, even as this sociopathic American society goes nuts memorializing people and events - The "Freedom Tower" in NYC, the King Memorial on the Mall in DC, etc. - the whole aspirational edifice that Dr. King sought valiantly to construct is being thwarted or dismantled. Take just one example: the "Voter ID" phenomenon, a "solution in search of a problem." I believe MLK Jr. would be appalled at the current state of affairs.

If you can read this, thank a teacher.

Contrary to the ignorant rantings of Tea Baggers and Scott Walkerites, public school teachers don't just "lounge around." They are NOT overpaid. Teachers work HARD, and are clearly inadequately rewarded for their sweat and travail. They're quite unlike the parasitical dividends-earning class that has succeeded in destroying America's economy! Support teachers, and take the Rich OFF Corporate Welfare!

Live in Hell, rent out Texas!

What we've been seeing here, since Scott Walker took office, is the Texanization of Wisconsin. A place where the Unions, who brought us the Weekend and the 8-hour day, are anathema to much of the populace. A place where the child poverty rate skyrockets; Texas has just about the highest percentage of children in poverty of any state. A governor who denies the reality of human-caused climate change,
even as Rick Perry's hellhole hometown broils in the worst drought in over 50 years, with the driest July on record. I reckon one very likely reason the misanthropic Houston billionaire Charles Koch has his beady eye on the Badger State is the Yellow Rose of Texas has withered terribly in the widespread desertification. Thieves like the Kochs, George W. Bush and Rick Perry definitely covet our comparatively vast freshwater resources, that much is a certainty. They cast their greedy glance northward to the Great Lakes region with marked envy: Texas is rapidly becoming unlivable, (considerably?) sooner than the Northland.