Randi Rhodes: Cut the Crap!

President Obama has spoken out in support of public employees. That makes sense. After all, he’s one of the few elected officials who seem to realize that they too are public employees. The President said “I don’t think it does anybody any good when public employees are denigrated or vilified or their rights are infringed upon.” Nice message, but unfortunately most people who denigrate or vilify public employees don’t know what denigrate or vilify mean. Obama was speaking to the National Governors Association. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was not in attendance. He was too busy changing the locks on the Wisconsin state capitol.

Yes, officials in Wisconsin barred the public from access to the state capitol. They’ve locked down the statehouse! The capitol is the people’s house. Well, just like a lot of other people’s houses across this country, it looks like this one has been foreclosed upon. Sorry, people of Wisconsin—your statehouse has been sold at auction to the Koch brothers. OK, there was no auction. It was a no-bid purchase. If Scott Walker has his way, the only people who will be allowed access to the state capitol in Wisconsin are the Koch brothers. But then that wouldn’t work, since Scott Walker seems to have such a hard time telling who is a real Koch brother and who isn’t.

UPDATE: A judge has ordered the capital building re-opened

Governor Walker’s budget plan for Wisconsin calls for cutting $900 million from education. If you cut $900 million from education, there won’t be a school kid in Wisconsin who will have enough education to know what $900 million is. Maybe that’s the plan. Cut $900 billion from education in Wisconsin, and a few years down the line, the term “cheeseheads” is going to be sadly appropriate.

Blood and urine tests show that Charlie Sheen is drug-free. Wow. Now I’m really worried about Charlie Sheen. At least if he was on drugs, he could quit. Charlie Sheen, Muammar Gadhafi, and Glenn Beck are all melting down faster than the polar icecaps. Somebody should check to see if all three of those guys recently ate at the same restaurant. And if they did, inspect the kitchens. I think there might be some bad shellfish in the bisque.

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