It's like the hits that never quit here in the Sunflower State.
Good ol' Sam Brownback keeps rolling out legislative act after legislative act aimed at dismantling all vestiges of government in Kansas. Now, if you're a libertarian, you might be thinking that that's awesome. I'm going to correct you and tell you that a) it's not awesome, and b) if you're a libertarian, you're a fucking idiot. Don't take that the wrong way; I once believed that Anarchism was a viable political and economic system. We've all got to grow up sometime.
Here's what's wrong with libertarianism; it is a political/economic model that rides on lofty claims of individual liberties that it never even comes close to meeting in practice. Every major politician that claims to be a libertarian is a homophobic quasi-fascist who has no qualms with trampling the rights of gays and those with dissenting opinions. Going even further, the libertarian economic model sets itself up for establishing corporate feudalism. This is the kind of shit that leads to for-profit prisons (totally a thing, not making this up to scare you) in which inmates are subjected to horrible, unregulated conditions. In fact, it leads to for-profit everything as an end goal. Fuck. That.
Keeping Kansas blissfully unaware of his evil schemes by making them illiterate seems to be at the top of Brownback's agenda. That or he was shamed by a teacher at an early age for not accepting the objective evidence of the Theory of Evolution or the Big Bang, because he seems to have it out for educators. One recent proposal has been to ban teachers, family members of teachers, or even roommates of teachers from ever sitting on a school board. If you think that sounds like some real North Korean type bullshit, then you are correct. Another proposed bill-that if it passes muster will doubtlessly be signed by ol' Sam- will basically disallow teachers from stating any sort of opinion deemed "harmful" to the "moral fiber" of Kansas school kids. What that really means is that we're one misplaced step away from book burnings and sieg-heiling portraits of the governor every morning at schools and the workplace. This is all just Nazi-type dog shit piled onto an already stinking heap of cuts to education funding and a wicked curtailing of basic labor rights for teachers and what they're able to do in their classrooms. To summarize, Brownback is an asshole to teachers and a 21st Century society's worst nightmare.
Inevitably I'm lead to the point where I've got to shake my fist at all of the imbeciles who voted for this menace. I'm reminded of them whenever I watch this video (see around 1:45):
They're the rabbits. Too dumb and passive to help their fellow bunny. They just sit there and chew their food and watch. The bunny being pursued is too dumb itself to kick back with those powerful hind legs and break the stoat's furry little spin. It just slows down until it can't run anymore and then reluctantly accepts its fate with a pathetic cry. As an aside, please don't ever think that I'd compare Brownback to an adorable and fuzzy little stoat. The guy's clearly a weasel.
I refuse to be one of those rabbits, thus you'll see me protesting out in front of the State House in Topeka next week. If you're a Kansan who's sick and tired of being ashamed of the state of your state because of Brownback and the rest of the rogue's gallery that runs this shit-awful show, I invite you to please, please, PLEASE join in the struggle. When democracy fails, as it clearly has, civil disobedience is always a handy second option. You can find more information on this protest here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1422104641421067
On top of peacefully assembling for a unified show of severe dissatisfaction, I'm also going to be writing the head of the Kansas Democratic party to see if they wouldn't mind mobilizing some of the party's fundage to seriously review at least a few of these belligerent and clearly unconstitutional laws this state's republicans are trying to enact. If those laws can be appealed in the supreme court, that would be amazing. It would be too satisfying to see this fucker publicly shamed and impeached.
From the night desk,
Beunos noches, amigos!
Good ol' Sam Brownback keeps rolling out legislative act after legislative act aimed at dismantling all vestiges of government in Kansas. Now, if you're a libertarian, you might be thinking that that's awesome. I'm going to correct you and tell you that a) it's not awesome, and b) if you're a libertarian, you're a fucking idiot. Don't take that the wrong way; I once believed that Anarchism was a viable political and economic system. We've all got to grow up sometime.
Here's what's wrong with libertarianism; it is a political/economic model that rides on lofty claims of individual liberties that it never even comes close to meeting in practice. Every major politician that claims to be a libertarian is a homophobic quasi-fascist who has no qualms with trampling the rights of gays and those with dissenting opinions. Going even further, the libertarian economic model sets itself up for establishing corporate feudalism. This is the kind of shit that leads to for-profit prisons (totally a thing, not making this up to scare you) in which inmates are subjected to horrible, unregulated conditions. In fact, it leads to for-profit everything as an end goal. Fuck. That.
Keeping Kansas blissfully unaware of his evil schemes by making them illiterate seems to be at the top of Brownback's agenda. That or he was shamed by a teacher at an early age for not accepting the objective evidence of the Theory of Evolution or the Big Bang, because he seems to have it out for educators. One recent proposal has been to ban teachers, family members of teachers, or even roommates of teachers from ever sitting on a school board. If you think that sounds like some real North Korean type bullshit, then you are correct. Another proposed bill-that if it passes muster will doubtlessly be signed by ol' Sam- will basically disallow teachers from stating any sort of opinion deemed "harmful" to the "moral fiber" of Kansas school kids. What that really means is that we're one misplaced step away from book burnings and sieg-heiling portraits of the governor every morning at schools and the workplace. This is all just Nazi-type dog shit piled onto an already stinking heap of cuts to education funding and a wicked curtailing of basic labor rights for teachers and what they're able to do in their classrooms. To summarize, Brownback is an asshole to teachers and a 21st Century society's worst nightmare.
Inevitably I'm lead to the point where I've got to shake my fist at all of the imbeciles who voted for this menace. I'm reminded of them whenever I watch this video (see around 1:45):
They're the rabbits. Too dumb and passive to help their fellow bunny. They just sit there and chew their food and watch. The bunny being pursued is too dumb itself to kick back with those powerful hind legs and break the stoat's furry little spin. It just slows down until it can't run anymore and then reluctantly accepts its fate with a pathetic cry. As an aside, please don't ever think that I'd compare Brownback to an adorable and fuzzy little stoat. The guy's clearly a weasel.
I refuse to be one of those rabbits, thus you'll see me protesting out in front of the State House in Topeka next week. If you're a Kansan who's sick and tired of being ashamed of the state of your state because of Brownback and the rest of the rogue's gallery that runs this shit-awful show, I invite you to please, please, PLEASE join in the struggle. When democracy fails, as it clearly has, civil disobedience is always a handy second option. You can find more information on this protest here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1422104641421067
On top of peacefully assembling for a unified show of severe dissatisfaction, I'm also going to be writing the head of the Kansas Democratic party to see if they wouldn't mind mobilizing some of the party's fundage to seriously review at least a few of these belligerent and clearly unconstitutional laws this state's republicans are trying to enact. If those laws can be appealed in the supreme court, that would be amazing. It would be too satisfying to see this fucker publicly shamed and impeached.
From the night desk,
Beunos noches, amigos!
