Recall Your Mom

And kudos once again to opponents of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker who celebrated their Dr. Martin Luther King Day holiday yesterday by hissing and chanting at the Governor during a solemn proclamation honoring Dr. King at the State Capitol in Madison.

In doing so, the Democrats notched yet another important victory for loutish self-absorption over common decency in the continuing battle for the hearts and minds of independent voters in the Badger State.
The highlights of their perfect season, undefeated by couth, includes shouting down the Pledge of Allegiance, booing the National Anthem, disrupting a ceremony honoring Special Olympians, and hassling returning troops, just to name a few. Their behavior in our Capitol rotunda would get them thrown out of Walmart.

Forget Scott Walker; you guys should recall your mom.

Or whoever it was that raised you to believe it was ok to interrupt ceremonies, hurl vulgarities at 14-year-old girls, disenfranchise cloistered nuns, bribe children with cigarettes to sign recall petitions, stalk the families of public officials, throw beer or coffee on opponents, make death threats, and try to shut down dissenting media outlets.

That might be what Democracy looks like in Venezuela or Iran, but not here. That’s not even what 4th grade looks like here. Our moms raised us to wait our turn, to let everyone speak, to compromise, to watch our language in public, to be gracious in both victory and defeat. We learned to stand our ground, but not to stand in the path of others’ rights to pass. We learned tolerance and patience – from our moms.
We don’t taunt, we don’t bully, and we don’t respect people so undisciplined that they cannot put a sock in it for one hour to honor the memory of a man who sacrificed his life for a cause he carried with dignity and respect.

I can understand why Democrats and unionists might not think disrupting an MLK commemoration is any big deal; after all, Dr. King had to fight Democrats to get black people their right to vote, and he had to fight unions to integrate the workforce. It is unlikely that the union/government schools tell students who was the party of the KKK and separate-but-equal back in the day.

So what if Dr. King gave his life? That is nothing compared to having to pay 12% of a health insurance premium, right? And how can we equate something trivial like institutionalized segregation with something really awful, like allowing school boards to compete those WEA trust insurance contracts now that the scam is blown?

I’ve heard the comeback: both sides do it. No, they don’t; one side does it. And that one side is not winning over any unaligned voters by pitching fits in public.

We are about to waste $9 million of our hard-earned money to give our Democrats another mulligan, money that will not be available for education, the elderly, the environment, cancer research, bridge repairs, or bike paths. Or, God forbid, tax relief for working people who can hardly make ends meet, thanks in part to one of the highest tax burdens in the country.

2/3 of that recall money will be paid by Republicans and Independents, both of whom overwhelmingly approve of the job Governor Walker is doing – the job he was elected fair and square to do.

It will come out of township budgets across the state, townships run by common-sense people from both Parties who would prioritize snow removal over an unbudgeted election if it were up to them – and us. If it were up to us, we would have the election to recall Scott Walker in November of 2014, when it was originally scheduled.

But it’s not up to us. It’s up to people whose moms did not teach them to wait their turn. It is up to union bosses from out East, together with the Madison liberals who think everyone’s money is their money, the Chicago urban vote factory which views Milwaukee as a colony, and out of state students who will leave us after graduation, taking with them the benefit of one of the best educations taxpayer subsidies can buy.

Many of those students putting their idealism and energy behind the Walker Recall will relocate to the low-tax, Right-To-Work, concealed carry, energy-friendly, business-friendly states where there is opportunity. I wish they would use that enthusiasm to help Governor Walker and his successors turn Wisconsin into one of those states, so they could find opportunities here.

That would make all our moms happy. They could see their grandchildren without having to pay a bag fee and endure a public groping at the hands of TSA.

“Moment Of Clarity” is a weekly commentary by Libertarian writer and speaker Tim Nerenz, Ph.D. Visit Tim’s website www.timnerenz.com to find your moment.

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Comment by Roland C. Cartier Jr on January 26, 2012 at 6:42pm: Joyce Foster-Konya, Truer words could not be said better than yours. This posting is Music to my ears! I came from the slums but I pulled myself out by doing what my Parents wanted me to do. My Military time helped a lot more than anyone would know. Now my children are starting to do better than me however we are at a crossroads right now with this Administration our Ship is listing and we must right the Ship even if we must flood ballast tanks to do it.

Comment by Brenn Boughton on January 26, 2012 at 7:51am: I am sorry to say this..but it needs to be said. The actions of the liberals are an argument for abortion. These miscreants are nothing but pest and parasites , sucking the blood out of this country. Their very birth was a pull on a once great country that is being sucked into a sewer this very moment. They will suck at the government tit until the country collapses under their weight. They take and take without knowing that the rest of us will soon have nothing to give !!

Comment by Joyce Foster-Konya on January 26, 2012 at 2:38am: This should be what all Mother's and Father's should be teaching their children. This is something I received from a young adult and I want to share it with all those parents out there. Parents seem to be too busy to spend enough time with their children these days because they both are working. But they choose to have children. Children need direction. They shouldn't have to raise themselves. The TV's, Cell Phones, IPhones, and computers areraising them. They become robots or get into trouble. Take the phones away when they get home from school. Turn off the TV's and talk and listen to your children. Be there for them...they need you. For those Mother's and Father's that choose to ignore their children....they definitely need to be recalled.

Comment by Sue Carroll on January 25, 2012 at 10:23pm: Honestly, Conservatives "Moms" try to raise Conservative children. My daughter "got" the work ethic, but a PHD got her a "progressive" mindset. So, I'm 50/50 at this point.

Comment by Trisha on January 25, 2012 at 8:41pm: How bout moving the capitol of Wis. to Green Bay? Madison is one of the most loony left cities in the nation. I had to stop there on a drive from up north to Chicago, and I was appalled. There happened to be some sort of festival that day. I chose to go for a run there in order to see some of the city. It was the Berkley of the midwest. The left can call up storm troopers at will with Madison's proximity to the government.

Comment by Roland C. Cartier Jr on January 25, 2012 at 6:51pm: For that matter I'll step in where necessary to protect my grand daughters as well! Truer words can not be said than yours Ron! That goes for City and State governments as well. I say let they try and see what reaction they get from this guy.

Comment by Ronald Sorrells on January 25, 2012 at 6:43pm: Get the Government out of the Family Discipline business too..because when one of my children is disrespectful me if they are under the age of 19 they will get their ass whipped. If, they are over 19 (and adult) they will pay their own rent and feed themselves !

Children under the age limit of the State are subject to "Their sponsors (Family or Guardian)" and does not have full "Rights to Vote or anyother official function". So hell no government will not give my duaghter contraceptives or aspirin without my approval !

Ron

Comment by Ronald Sorrells on January 25, 2012 at 6:31pm: Bruce:

We "Neutralize" the Offensive Nature of "having to prove the obvious". If, someone shoots another on CNN we still have to "Prove this offense in Court and Challenge every piece of "evidence".

"DUE PROCESS' HAS TRUMPED ANY SENSE OF "JUSTICE" IN OUR COURTS !

Ron

Comment by Roland C. Cartier Jr on January 25, 2012 at 6:20pm: How right you are Bruce. However they insulted the integrity and intelligence that Dr.Martin Luther King stood for and they call themselves the 99%. Not!

Comment by Bruce Wakefield on January 25, 2012 at 6:11pm: Some would ask how we know the protesters at the MLK service were democrats and union workers? Simple the rest of us were at work.

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