Hanover Line I - XVIII
Last time on the Hanover line we concluded our riveting three part series on the Mysterious Colleen without actually revealing who she was. We promise not to pull that ruse again in the near future because it was rather dull. We however did mention the Monad. The Monad is very dear to our hearts. Our Monadology though has fallen out of fashion because people dislike the name, unless you happen to be a middle-school boy, in which case it makes you snicker. But the idea that the world is made up entirely of an infinite number of substances in and how they operate and work with in relation to God has only fallen out of fashion because of the days in which we live in. The individualism that was spawned out of the Enlightenment and the devolution to the egoism of Protagoras is symptomatic of a morally bankrupt age and not a good renunciation of our incredible theory. However, readjustments to the Monadology are under work as we speak. Check back for more posts as we retool our principles to match modern day techniques in physics, mathematics, cosmology, political theory and cosmetological concerns. I can hear the baited breath from here.
But, we shan't toot our own horn as the egoist do. Rather we shall take the high road, from which we can look down upon our inferiors. It is at this moment I'd like to draw our attention to the state of Wisconsin. The Democrats there have begun to parade their signature list of over a million people to recall governor Scott Walker. I will offer a bit of full disclosure here, I think the notion of a recall in a well-functioning Democracy is overkill. There is a separate judiciary so if the guy has done something illegal a la Rod Blagojevich the prosecutors can step in a the judges can find him guilty and they can take the position away that way. Also, governors can only hold on for four years. There is enough checks and balances to the system already. Initiating a recall in a digital age is too easy because everyone is peeved at everybody and gathering enough signatures is too easy. So, I'm stating flat out that this whole idea of a recall for someone that hasn't done anything illegal is impatience at its worst. So in this case the Democrats are to blame. But in California not too long ago the Republicans pulled the same shenanigans to oust Gray Davis to put into power Arnold Schwarzenegger who did not have the strength to save California from terminating their own economy and political processes through endless referendums and ballot initiatives. Back to Wisconsin though...
The signatures are had but their is question over who would run against the humbled Governor Walker. According to this editorial there is little consensus over who will take on the Democratic Banner and ride to victory. While Governor Walker may be the object of scorn and divisiveness at which the recall is aimed, the most angry and rhetorically irresponsible party in this process is a guy by the name of Marty Beil (pictured). This guy has a propensity to use colorful language to deride those he perceives to have wronged him. Beil is the president of the AFSCME Council 24, a union for state workers. Beil described a democrat that went to work for Governor walker as a "purveyor of the world's oldest profession". He called a Democratic state senator a "whore, W-H-O-R-E, not a prostitute" when he wouldn't push through union contracts during a lame duck session. Now that Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is looking as a possible candidate (he lost the initial race to Gov. Walker), Beil is balking. He states that Mayor Barrett is a "non-starter" because he had the gall to not play partisan politics and worked with Republicans from time to time to get things that were needed to be done. So there you have it folks. Politics and brinkmanship at its finest. The issues here don't really matter, just the admission of Beil and his way of thinking is enough to show the state of Wisconsin's politics. I'd like to offer some optimism, especially when you have been so recently humbled by the New York Giants, but frankly I cannot. The only course of action in Wisconsin is to put on some old Liberace albums and watch it burn from Eau Claire to Kenosha. Godspeed and good luck.
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