Monday, March 26, 2012
Madison360: Doctors behind bars? Another splendid GOP idea
Madison360: Doctors behind bars? Another splendid GOP idea
"That this bill was shoved down the throats of doctors, would interfere with their work and threaten them with jail, makes it the foremost outrage among 14 months of outrageous government actions.
In the big picture, it’s fascinating to watch whom these Republicans choose to meddle with.
Doctors regularly appear at or near the top in rankings of the nation’s most respected job categories. But then teachers, firefighters and police officers also rank at or near the top, and the GOP went after their benefits and, in the case of teachers at least, the power of their unions.
Scientists also rank high, yet the GOP inflicted draconian cuts to the University of Wisconsin-Madison budget even though its scientists attract massive grants and make UW-Madison a world-class research university."
"That this bill was shoved down the throats of doctors, would interfere with their work and threaten them with jail, makes it the foremost outrage among 14 months of outrageous government actions.
In the big picture, it’s fascinating to watch whom these Republicans choose to meddle with.
Doctors regularly appear at or near the top in rankings of the nation’s most respected job categories. But then teachers, firefighters and police officers also rank at or near the top, and the GOP went after their benefits and, in the case of teachers at least, the power of their unions.
Scientists also rank high, yet the GOP inflicted draconian cuts to the University of Wisconsin-Madison budget even though its scientists attract massive grants and make UW-Madison a world-class research university."
An Evening With Cornel West - Democracy in Crisis
An Evening With Cornel West - Democracy in Crisis
- Monday, April 2, 2012
- 7:00pm until 9:00pm
- Milwaukee SDS will host Dr. Cornel West for "Democracy in Crisis: From Economic Austerity to Racism" in the UWM Union Wisconsin Room at 7pm April 2nd.
-- FREE TICKETS are available to the public for pickup or will-call from the UWM Bookstore. --
Scholar and activist Cor...nel West will share his insight on Wisconsin’s struggle against the austerity agenda of the 1%, the Occupy movement, and global struggles against racism and inequality.
Sponsored by: SDS, Occupy Milwaukee, Black Student Union, Committee to Stop FBI Repression, Union Programming, Union Sociocultural Programming, Campus Activities Board, Cultures and Communities, Department of History. Read More Here | Democracy in Crisis
How ALEC Took Florida's 'License to Kill' Law National | The Nation
How ALEC Took Florida's 'License to Kill' Law National | The Nation
Protest in New York City's Union Square against the killing of Trayvon Martin. Francis Reynolds/The Nation
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush endorsed Mitt Romney Wednesday, earning national headlines as an elder statesman of a Grand Old Party that is still trying to wrap its head around the concept of Romney as a presidential nominee.
It is a measure of the extent to which media and political players absolve those who make laws from any responsibility for the impact of the legislation they enact and sign that Romney—who has so meticulously avoided discussing the Trayvon Martin killing in Florida—would casually accept the backing of the signer of the “Stand Your Ground” law that so many reasonable observers believe played a role in Trayvon’s death.
The 17-year-old Florida youth was apparently hunted down and shot by a “neighborhood watch” gunman while Trayvon was returning from a trip to a nearby 7-11 store. The gunman, George Zimmerman, was reportedly of the belief that he had been given what was effectively a license to kill by Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law. Police in Sanford, Florida, apparently shared that view, as they decided against arresting and charging the shooter. Read More Here | The Nation
How ALEC Took Florida's 'License to Kill' Law National
Protest in New York City's Union Square against the killing of Trayvon Martin. Francis Reynolds/The Nation
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush endorsed Mitt Romney Wednesday, earning national headlines as an elder statesman of a Grand Old Party that is still trying to wrap its head around the concept of Romney as a presidential nominee.
It is a measure of the extent to which media and political players absolve those who make laws from any responsibility for the impact of the legislation they enact and sign that Romney—who has so meticulously avoided discussing the Trayvon Martin killing in Florida—would casually accept the backing of the signer of the “Stand Your Ground” law that so many reasonable observers believe played a role in Trayvon’s death.
The 17-year-old Florida youth was apparently hunted down and shot by a “neighborhood watch” gunman while Trayvon was returning from a trip to a nearby 7-11 store. The gunman, George Zimmerman, was reportedly of the belief that he had been given what was effectively a license to kill by Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law. Police in Sanford, Florida, apparently shared that view, as they decided against arresting and charging the shooter. Read More Here | The Nation
How ALEC Is Creating Florida-Style Messes In Other States | John Nichols | The Nation
How ALEC Is Creating Florida-Style Messes In Other States | The Nation
" The Florida Department of Law Enforcement suggests that killings that have gotten a "justifiable homicide" pass have tripled since Jeb Bush signed that state's law. And as Representative Taylor noted after the Washington County prosecutor deferred to the "Castle Doctrine" in the Slinger, Wisconsin, case, “Now a young man, like in Florida, has been killed, and a family mourns the loss of a son. What a senseless tragedy.”
Florida may have been the pioneer. But thanks to the American Legislative Exchange Council, it is now just one of many states, including Wisconsin, that have enacted variations on the "Castle Doctrine." These laws are not products of the political or legislative processes of sovereign American states, nor are they smart extensions of necessary protections for gun ownership. They are one-size-fits-all legislative "fixes" for problems that never existed -- imposed upon states that now must deal with the messes that ALEC creates." John Nichols
Read Full Article Here | The Nation
" The Florida Department of Law Enforcement suggests that killings that have gotten a "justifiable homicide" pass have tripled since Jeb Bush signed that state's law. And as Representative Taylor noted after the Washington County prosecutor deferred to the "Castle Doctrine" in the Slinger, Wisconsin, case, “Now a young man, like in Florida, has been killed, and a family mourns the loss of a son. What a senseless tragedy.”
Florida may have been the pioneer. But thanks to the American Legislative Exchange Council, it is now just one of many states, including Wisconsin, that have enacted variations on the "Castle Doctrine." These laws are not products of the political or legislative processes of sovereign American states, nor are they smart extensions of necessary protections for gun ownership. They are one-size-fits-all legislative "fixes" for problems that never existed -- imposed upon states that now must deal with the messes that ALEC creates." John Nichols
Read Full Article Here | The Nation
Lobbyists, Guns and Money - NYTimes.com
Lobbyists, Guns and Money - NYTimes.com
"Think about that: we seem to be turning into a country where crony capitalism doesn’t just waste taxpayer money but warps criminal justice, in which growing incarceration reflects not the need to protect law-abiding citizens but the profits corporations can reap from a larger prison population.
Now, ALEC isn’t single-handedly responsible for the corporatization of our political life; its influence is as much a symptom as a cause. But shining a light on ALEC and its supporters — a roster that includes many companies, from AT&T and Coca-Cola to UPS, that have so far managed to avoid being publicly associated with the hard-right agenda — is one good way to highlight what’s going on. And that kind of knowledge is what we need to start taking our country back." Paul Kugman Read Full Article Here | NYTimes.com
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