Anti-Walker Zombies

Last week (June 8, 2011) Governor Scott Walker attended a ceremony on the Capitol square here in Madison. The ceremony was held to honor our state's Special Olympiads.

Unfortunately, a gang of bozo protesters, who oppose Gov. Walker and the Republicans' recent legislative efforts, decided this would be a great venue to exercise their freedom of speech. They staged a peaceful stand-in... dressing up like zombies (what's that about?) and strolling right into the body of the ceremony. While Gov. Walker was addressing the Special Olympiads and their proud families on what should have been a fun memory-making day, these classless protesters walked in front of the crowd of attendees, and turned their back on Walker. (Ooooohhh... feel the power of the oppressed masses standing up to The Man!)

Of course, the folks on the pro-Walker side of the debate were completely outraged. This was a disgusting act, a violation of many general codes of decency and civic conduct. It was captured on videos, ripped by countless blogs, excoriated on talk radio, and has now been highlighted by a few worthy members of the national media.

As word spread, and the Right was getting more and more riled at the episode, a few notables on the Left began to distance themselves from the event. Even they recognized that this sort of thing won't play well outside of Madison, and that it might actually hurt their Power-to-the-People cause.

But, when we on the Right began holding the Left to account for this offense, virtually all members of the Left quickly began a song-and-dance routine about how "that's unfair", and "we can't take responsibility for the actions of a few".

My response to that is provided here for your entertainment.

I am sure many people on the Left disagreed with this tactic employed by that small subpopulation of the Left. Especially now, as the bad press sets in, and they're caught with shameful egg on their collective face, I am sure that NOW they want to distance themselves from the act. Of course, we will never know how each Leftie felt when they FIRST heard about the event (before it turned sour).

Unfortunately for the Left, regardless of their remonstrations and attempts to distance themselves from this recent Special Olympics episode, I am not entirely convinced of their contrition.

This punk-zombie-buffoon episode was simply the latest in a long line of events here in Madison over the past several months. Events that have frequently crossed the lines of social decency and generally-accepted rules of behavior. I'm quite sure the Left will dismiss each event (cited below) by dryly stating that, "Oh, that was some whacked-out fringe. We can't be held responsible for every crazy person that does something offensive."

I wonder why not?

From the beginning of this whole Madison-Budget-Repair-Bill protest, the Left has been engaging in and celebrating etiquette-shattering, decency-trampling behaviors. Why can't they take responsibility for yet one more manifestation of the very behaviors they have modeled and encouraged?

The Left didn't want the majority in the state legislature to exercise its democratic privileges of governance, so 14 state senators ran away like children and choked off the process. "Legislature runs only when WE say it runs," huh?

The Left didn't want to allow duly elected representatives from conducting state legislative business, so protestors obstructed government activities and frequently interfered with legislative processes. Democracy would dictate that you "get 'em the next time." But, such rules don't apply to the Left.

The Left didn't like fellow citizens donating money to the "wrong" causes, so law-breaking protestors invaded private property, obstructed business activity, and intimidated other fellow citizens from engaging in the free commerce. I suppose, for the Left, might makes right.

The Left didn't want to abide by the laws about protesting outside (because it's too cold), so protestors invaded and occupied the capitol, turning it into a half-way house. The Left is special, ya see.

The Left didn't want to obey police barricades, so they stormed the line, busted through the closed doors, and sneaked into the capitol through windows that were supposed to remain closed. That was against the law, but rules don't apply to the Left.

The Left wasn't content to simply carry protest signs expressing political views, so protestors drafted signs that refer to Scott Walker performing oral sex on the Koch brothers, and they created signs with pictures of hairy anuses with Scott Walker's face superimposed over the anal sphincter, and they carried signs comparing a duly elected governor to a cold-blooded murdering tyrant. That certainly violates a few standards of basic decency. (Remember, many protestors proudly brought their children to these events.)

The Left didn't like the Budget Repair Bill, so the Sec of State simply refused to sign it. It's not his place to refuse. But, suddenly, rules don't apply to the Left.

The Left didn't like the Budget Repair Bill, so they got a biased judge to make up some minor rules violation. Which, even if true, under any other circumstance, would have resulted in a simple fine. (At the final typing of this blog, the state supreme court decision was just announced: this lower-court decision was overturned by a 4-3 decision.) But, again, the Left is special.

The Left didn't like the Budget Repair Bill, so, instead of letting democracy roll along, and vote da bums out at the next election, they decided to subvert democracy by instituting recall petitions for reasons that fall well out of the scope of the original intents. No, the Left is not doing anything illegal. But, recalls have never been used for undesirable votes. But, again, rules don't apply to the Left. (And, before the counter-point is offered, we Conservatives are calling for three recalls on Democrat state senators. But, our motivation is not that the senators voted the wrong way. If you will remember, they didn't vote. We are pushing these recalls because the senators ran away, and abandoned their post. That was dereliction of duty.)

The Leftist teachers didn't like the Budget Repair Bill, so they went on strike, even though strikes are forbidden in their contract. (And, yes, it was an organized work stoppage. That was proven by the captured voice-mail from the MTI representative who was calling teachers and telling them what days to call in sick.) That constitutes an illegal action.
But, again, rules don't apply to the Holy Left.

These same Leftist teachers didn't like the rules about "calling in sick" for political purposes, so they procured fake doctor's notes. Because lying is okay when the cause is just.

The Left didn't like the idea of their opponents exercising free speech, so they sent death threats, threatened to blow up radio stations, obstructed the free speech of their fellow citizens by over-riding those undesirable voices with noise-making devices, and shouted obscenities at 14-year old girls. Again, common decency takes a back seat when the cause is right.

The Left didn't like the laws about public property, so they vandalized. I can't tell you how many anti-Walker bumper stickers I've seen on campus, on light poles, university buildings, in restrooms, hallways, parking garages. Sometimes, anti-Walker messages spray painted on private property. Now, we have vandalizing the headquarters of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce. Yay. If it's anti-Walker, it's probably considered performance art.

The Left didn't want to recognize the just re-election (by the PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN!) of a Conservative judge to the state supreme court, so they dragged out a pointless (and expensive) recount that NO ONE expected would alter the final outcome.

So, back to this zombies-invading-Special-Olympic-ceremony episode: I ask, What is it in the above litany that would give anyone reason to believe that the Leftists here in Madison would indeed consider the Special Olympics as "off limits"?

Prior to the zombie-idiot demonstration, Capitol Police Chief Tubbs approached these zombie-idiots and informed them that this was a Special Olympics event, and that they should reconsider. But, they didn't care, because the rules of basic decency don't apply to the Left.

I wonder where they got that idea.

I am fully aware that many on the Left were appalled at this tasteless, classless episode. But, sorry to say for the Left, once you open a window, you have little control over the types of flying critters that enter.

You play with socially accepted norms of behavior... you fudge on a boundary here, you tamper with a code of decency there. Why on this good green Earth should you be allowed to abruptly wash your hands to the inevitable results? These zombie-idiot-invaders are simply doing what you've been doing for months. They're simply picking up your torch, and carrying it one stride further into the Realm of the Lawless.

Can't wait to see what happens next?