Re-naming the Wisconsin River…the Rubicon.
I love everything about this Charles Krauthammer column. Ev. Er. Ee. Thing.
Lord knows, I tend to enjoy Krauthammer as it is. He’s awesome. But never so awesome as today. Everything about his column in today’s Washington Post rocks. The headline:
Rubicon: A river in Wisconsin
Scott Walker as Julius Ceasar! Photoshopites, to your keyboards!
To the money quote:
In the private sector, the capitalist knows that when he negotiates with the union, if he gives away the store, he loses his shirt. In the public sector, the politicians who approve any deal have none of their own money at stake. On the contrary, the more favorably they dispose of union demands, the more likely they are to be the beneficiary of union largess in the next election. It’s the perfect cozy setup.
To this money quote:
Obama’s Democrats have become the party of no. Real cuts to the federal budget? No. Entitlement reform? No. Tax reform? No. Breaking the corrupt and fiscally unsustainable symbiosis between public-sector unions and state governments? Hell, no.
To this money quote:
Led by famously progressive Wisconsin – Scott Walker at the state level and Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan at the congressional level – a new generation of Republicans has looked at the debt and is crossing the Rubicon. Recklessly principled, they are putting the question to the nation: Are we a serious people?
“Recklessly principled.” Man, that would make a great name for a blog!
Via Memeorandum.
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