Friday, May 25, 2012

"classroom taught by a non-radical teacher"

In Wisconsin, Jan Jansen (pronounced Yon Yonson) works in a lumber yard, can freely vote in the recall election pitting the beyond controversial incumbent, Scott Walker (a,b,c,d) against a Democrat and a couple others. Jan Jansen, is fortunate, that, he isn't a teacher in Janesville (home to the Randian, Paul Ryan). Teachers that had signed the recall petitions have been pointed out.

To quote from the Janesville Gazette:
Citizens for Responsible Government, also known as CRG Network, filed a freedom of information request with the School District of Janesville on March 29...Those figures were used to create the flier, said CRG Executive Administrator Chris Kliesmet. ... At the bottom of the flier is a "Parents' Rights Protection Form" urging parents to send it to Superintendent Karen Schulte and request that "my child be assigned to a classroom taught by a non-radical teacher during the 2012-2013 school year."... The flier does not say what its authors mean by "radical," but it does include information directing people to a website listing state residents who signed the petition to recall Gov. Scott Walker.
Walker has made it clear, he wants to destroy unions, amongst other things. He wants to steamroll all opposition. His campaigns are extra-ordinarily well funded. He has tried almost every trick, short of brutal violence, to get his way, and prevent the recall election. He has allies, the Koch Brothers, and like minded billionaires, Republican operatives across the nation, millionaires, and teabaggers. Much is heavy handed, including the use of fascist tactics to intimidate regular citizens.

Once gaining power, it is not to be surrendered. Everything can be used to maintain, and gain power. Disregard of laws--fine, voter suppression--fine, voter intimidation--fine, voter retaliation--fine. Criticise a Republican, be prepared to be publicly attacked, be prepared to lose your livelihood.

Luckily, the Superintendent Karen Schulte is not a fascist, or intimidated by them. Any forms that reach her are "going in the trash".

See, this is what Mussolini's fascists, and Hitler's nazis did. They went after all those whom could have challenged them. Free, open, democratic elections without suppression, coercion, intimidation are now inimical to the Republican party. For several years now, there has been an organised effort to fix elections. Some reduce the number of 'qualified' voters, which also depresses the numbers of others to attempt to register, and vote. Some involve gaming voting machines. Some is fraud by officials. Some is having a 'friendly' judiciary. Some is having much unidentified money. Some is having a propaganda network to shape the news [Fox and Newscorp]. Any means to the end. The end is to gain power for the moneyed interests, and their preferred party.

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