Quote of the day--on FORWARD progress

There's nothing being proposed in Wisconsin that isn't already standard operating procedure in places like Texas and Mississippi. What Scott Walker is essentially doing is attempting to turn Wisconsin into Northern Alabama. If any message is capable of cutting through the din of disinformation and faux-populist rhetoric coming from the far right it is this: This is the way the laws are in Mississippi. 


Do you want our state to turn into Mississippi?  



The average – which is to say angry and scared – working or middle class voter on the Teabagging bandwagon isn't going to be persuaded by the rhetoric of fairness and retellings of the historical accomplishments of the labor movement; no, this kind of political attack is best countered simply, directly, and unambiguously: "This is the way things run in Alabama. What about living in Alabama is appealing to you? What has convinced you that we should be more like the Deep South? Perhaps the teen pregnancy rate? The high school dropout rate? The poverty? The empty libraries? The 49th ranked standardized test scores? Please, be as specific as you can."


Do Michigan, Illinois, and the others have problems? Maybe even huge problems? 


Yes. 


Following the trail blazed by America's loser states is hardly the solution.    


--From the Blog "Gin and Tacos"



Link to original, excellent post here:  http://www.ginandtacos.com/2011/03/03/chasing-smokestacks/