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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Now that Walker is under the national eye watching him because of his latest polling in the GOP primary rodeo, his over micro management of Wisconsin is going to come to light. Wisconsin right leaning media has always given him a pass on all his attempts at cover ups. He tried to change the most famous and well known university mission statement in this country,"The Wisconsin Idea. " It has been around since Robert LaFollette was governor of Wisconsin a 111 years ago.
It was not enough for Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin suddenly to propose a destructive 13 percent cut in state support for the University of Wisconsin’s widely respected system. His biennial budget plan, released Tuesday, reached gratuitously into the university’s hallowed 111-year-old mission statement to delete a bedrock principle: “Basic to every purpose of the system is the search for truth.”
The budget — patently tailored for the governor’s conservative campaign for the Republican presidential nomination — inserted language that the university should be more narrowly concerned with meeting “the state’s work force needs.”
Brazenly deleted as well from the mission statement, which is nationally appreciated in education circles as the Wisconsin Idea, were the far from controversial goals “to educate people and improve the human condition” and “serve and stimulate society.” It was as if a trade school agenda were substituted for the idea of a university.
He tried to blame this on everyone else but himself when he met a full force push back from Wisconsin alumni including Republicans. Only fact checkers found his pants on fire and so did the New York Times Editorial find his excuses weak.
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Walker deleted this from the University of Wisconsin Mission statement:
“Basic to every purpose of the system is the search for truth.”
Even a proven failure of an ideology can still be inspiring and powerful for many followers.
Truth is the greatest threat to it's continued existence. Ambitious Republicans like Walker intuitively recognize that fact.
by NCD on Sat, 02/07/2015 - 10:54am
He was using the budget to change the statement. He is known to use the yearly budget to change what he wants and strip regulations. He always gets away with it because it only goes to the budget committee and not seen by legislators for debate. The Wisconsin media is right wing and don't look close at what he is doing. This time the national media is now interested in him and they picked up on it. He had to walk it back because of the push back. He is trying to prove his Koch Bros credentials. "The Wisconsin Idea" motto and the mission statement is very important to Wisconsin alumni and students. To them it appeared that he was trying to make the school into a trade school with the budget cuts also. The state now only gives less then 10% support to the school.
by trkingmomoe on Sat, 02/07/2015 - 8:06pm
Walker is the Republican that scares me the most. Even more than Ted Cruz. Walker talks sweetly and acts viciously and without care. We underestimate him at our own peril.
by MrSmith1 on Sat, 02/07/2015 - 11:06am
Right wing talk radio is very popular in the rural areas of Wisconsin and they portray him as a hero against the liberals. RW talk radio is declining now in most of the country because of the loss of advertisers. Listeners are now trending to sports talk and music/entertainment talk. Snotty Walker has had a free ride in Wisconsin and may not get it from the rest of the country. His one point lead in Iowa poll has put him in the driver seat of the GOP clown car and that has made him the target of national media. He is in over his head and the media don't have to work to hard to find it.
by trkingmomoe on Sat, 02/07/2015 - 9:05pm
Joan Walsh writes a good piece covering this in Salon.
http://www.salon.com/2015/02/11/scott_walkers_lying_mess_how_a_tough_wisconsin_teacher_schooled_the_governor/
She lets you know how he is a lying about things and that the media hasn't taken a good look at it. She also feels he won't be the nominee.
Yes he does scare many who have read about him or live in Wisconsin but he is only part of the GOP rodeo right now. He will have to be able to hold up to the Bush machine that is battle harden and very good at opposition research. Remember the Willy Horton ads?
by trkingmomoe on Thu, 02/12/2015 - 3:21am