Signs in Wisconsin depict extremist rhetoric

Remember all the talk about extremist rhetoric? Some politicos were so impassioned they shamelessly used the Tucson shootings as a stump—a Democrat sheriff comes to mind.

Doug Ross featured 15 photos on his Journal, and each photo suggests the left is eminently capable of hate speech. The photos are from Wisconsin ‘protesters’ taking issue with Republican governor Scott Walker’s approach to keeping state finances afloat.

The protests should raise more questions than establishment media will ask unless they’re drilling tea party supporters.

I came up with a wanna-ask list for the marchers in Wisconsin:

1. How many of the protesters are actually public employees?

2. How do alleged teachers and public employees manage to take time off work, even shutting down schools in a number of districts, to engage in professional marching for days on end?

3. How are these protests tied to protests in other countries where the real choices in politics are between a theocracy or a socialist-style platform?

4. Should any public employee demand the taxpayer subsidize the majority of said employee’s penion/retirement or healthcare costs?

5. Why is no one questioning where $1.2 billion in revenue from tax increases went in Wisconsin? A state representative wrote in April, 2009: “In February Governor Doyle introduced and legislative Democrats passed a budget repair bill in 48 hours, with no public debate. Adopted on a straight party line vote, this bill raised taxes over $1.2 billion on Wisconsin’s families and employers.”

 It’s worth a reminder Democrats controlled all branches of government in Wisconsin for a time. And now the donkeys are fleeing the state instead of sticking around to do the hard work.

Democrat tactics, however, may be of use to Republicans in the future. Liberals have set a precedent whereby if a party doesn’t like the way things are going, the answer is to bail.

Ross’ photo essay shows exactly where a lot of hate speech originates and his written text puts those disgruntled workers in context.

That’s one reason I’ve often said when the partisan bickering stops, we will no longer have a Republic.

Bottom line on Ross’ Journal entry: must read.

(Commentary by Kay B. Day/Mar. 2, 2011)