Turmoil from Mideast to Midwest: Hope and Change? Not for Americans

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/ted-rall/34558/turmoil-from-mideast-to-midwest-hope-and-change-not-for-americans

NEW YORK--If irony were money we'd be rich.

"You've got to get out ahead of change," President Obama lectured a week ago. "You can't be behind the curve." He was, of course, referring to the Middle East. During the last few weeks there has been a new popular uprising every few days: Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Jordan, Bahrain, Libya.

And now, Wisconsin.

In Madison, where a new Republican governor wants to gut the rights of state workers to form unions and negotiate for higher wages, tens of thousands of protesters have filled the streets and sat in the State Capitol for days. "It's like Cairo has moved to Madison these days," said Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI).

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Very well worth the read. Thanks for the link.

They see his one sided 'bipartisanship' as an opening. Of course they will overplay their hand, but not before chipping away at whats left of the middle class.