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jackshoegazerToday, I drove Rod Birleson to the airport. We had a nice talk about unions and worker's rights. He asked for my name so he could talk to me next time he came back to Madison. Apparently I'm eloquent and hip about politics.
Later on, I picked up Anne Moore and her family and gave them a driving tour of the university campus. We mostly talked about Madison history and the university, a little about Union Cab and the protests. I told her about how the latest protests in Madison are larger than anything Glenn Beck or the Tea Party have done. Yesterday's protest was somewhere between 85,000 and 150,000 depending on the source.
"So why," I asked, "are we not media darlings? Why aren't we getting the coverage and enthusiasm the Teabaggers got? When this story broke, the anchors at CNN were berating our Democratic Senators about why they left Wisconsin and weren't doing their jobs instead of covering what was going on and actually discussing why they had to leave Wisconsin in the first place."
To which Anne replied, "You know, it sounds do logical when you ask it like that, but you're right, no one's asking that."
It was a great day to be a taxi driver in the midst of what could easily be the rebirth of the labor movement in the United States.
Later on, I picked up Anne Moore and her family and gave them a driving tour of the university campus. We mostly talked about Madison history and the university, a little about Union Cab and the protests. I told her about how the latest protests in Madison are larger than anything Glenn Beck or the Tea Party have done. Yesterday's protest was somewhere between 85,000 and 150,000 depending on the source.
"So why," I asked, "are we not media darlings? Why aren't we getting the coverage and enthusiasm the Teabaggers got? When this story broke, the anchors at CNN were berating our Democratic Senators about why they left Wisconsin and weren't doing their jobs instead of covering what was going on and actually discussing why they had to leave Wisconsin in the first place."
To which Anne replied, "You know, it sounds do logical when you ask it like that, but you're right, no one's asking that."
It was a great day to be a taxi driver in the midst of what could easily be the rebirth of the labor movement in the United States.
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Date: 2011-03-13 11:55 pm (UTC)Have you tried contacting staff members at DemocracyNow.org, PBS or possibly even the journalists of Al Jazeera? The former and latter group both demonstrate responsible Journalism while PBS is still undergoing attack. Perhaps shows like FrontLine will be replaced by something I can only imagine from Orwell's "1984" and would not wish ever to see in my own lifetime. But then the Dark Ages are always better to read about in history books than live. You and the Good People stay STRONG!! You are right and eventually even the Tyrant will have to acknowledge it, as happened in Egypt. We can choose to be less heroic than past generations but only at the cost of our Liberty and civil rights. I'm with you in spirit and sorry that I cannot be there myself in person, if for no other reason than the Bragging Rights to have said, children, I was there when history changed and something wonderful resulted. My best thoughts are with you always.
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Date: 2011-03-14 12:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-03-14 01:18 am (UTC)