Dear Governor Scott Walker,

At this point, assessing your level of idiocy is not only logical but also relevant. I usually try not to resort to petty name-calling, for ultimately it undermines my argument and overhadows my main points. However, Scott Walker you are dumb.  When I got wind that you were attempting to pass a budget eliminating the right of collective bargaining for public sector workers, I was confused. First I was confused how someone like you ever got elected to this post and then become confused because someone out there in the universe must have affirmed your radical decision and dutifully told you that it would fix the budget. Here are just a few of the reasons why you are so dumb:

(1) During the Super bowl, producers edited video montages outlining the industrial history of Green bay and Pittsburg - Green bay for meat packing and Pittsburg for their steel factories. Inspirational music played in the background as a narrator outlined the patriotic-ness of these two cities and the power of hard-work and what it may accomplish ... oh and by the way Scott Walker, if you were unaware the Green bay PACKERS won the superbowl. Way to eff that up.

(2) Your plan also calls for the separation of UW-Madison, a Big Ten University - from the rest of the UW-System. The UW-System is comprised of 26 schools - both 2 and 4 year institutions. Removing UW-Madison from the rest of the system would have detrimental effects on the rest of the campuses. The other 25 schools would have to suffer budget cuts, lose the political clout of having UW-Madison as part of the system, and make it more difficult for students to transfer to UW-Madison, thus denying students educational opportunities and experiences.

(3) 14 brave and admirable Democratic Senators have fled the state ... literally fled the state ... in order to prevent quorum and thus delaying the vote on the budget. Known as the "Fab 14", these senators are believed to be hiding out in Illinois. Instead of this serving as a warning to Governor Walker that perhaps he needs to rethink this whole eliminate-the-rights-of-the-individual-thing, he is using every measure he can, to bring the Senators back. His brilliant plan to bring the Senators home; stop the direct deposits of their paycheck thus forcing them to come back to the state should they wish to be paid.

So Mr. Walker, could you do everyone a favor and please remove yourself from office, say "my bad", and then retire to some ridiculously remote countryside vacation home where we don't hear from you for 15 years. At that point, feel free to release a biography of your experiences, entitled, oddly enough, "My Bad: a Tale of Stupidity and Douchebaggery". K thanks.

Love Ginger

P.S. I happen to have a good friend named Scott Walker, so if you could change your name while you are at it, that would be great.

As a former Wisconsin resident and proud Badger alumni, it pains me that I am not there at the moment, but alas, I - along with the rest of the world - can only sit back and watch the situation unfold. For those of you who have not been paying attention to the news, Wisconsin is currently embroiled in a heated political battle over Republican Governor Scott Walker's blatant douchebaggery and his attempt to strip unions - and public sector workers - of their collective bargaining power. Wisconsin has been a pioneer in the pro-labor movement for the past century and Walker's bill to strip workers of their rights is both shocking and unpopular to say the least. Walker is resisting any form of compromise, citing that we are a broke state and therefore have to deal with the consequences for our brokeness - mind you the "tool" states this amidst rumors of him siphoning out money to his campaign contributors. Walker also has his National Guard on standby should the peaceful protesters and their "liberal lies and agenda" need to be subdued.  Here is a Huffington Post articleoutlining the timeline for the past 10 days of this protest - a protest that has drawn thousands from all over the state and region. Apparently, other states are looking to Walker's dumb attempt at totalitarianism to see how it pans out for them, before moving forward. Such was the case with the marriage equality battle that occurred only a few years ago. Hopefully, social equity and justice will prevail from this encounter, instead of conservative and Republican think-tanks scaring the citizens of Wisconsin into believing that eliminating the rights of workers is in their best interest.

So unfortunately I could not be in Wisconsin at the moment to support my fellow protesters - and I have been jonesing for a good protest. However, at our most recent improv show on Saturday I was able to give an impromptu rant about Wisconsin and the sheer idiocy of Scott Walker. Even though it is small, this is my contribution to the on-going protests occurring at the Capital.

So to all my Wisconsin friends and allies, I say thank you for standing up for the rights of the individual and not letting the tyranny of one dominate. As one of our right songs so epically states;

" U-rah-rah! Wisconsin!
Praise to thee we sing
Praise to thee our Alma Mater
U-rah-rah, Wisconsin!"

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