From Cairo To Madison
1st March 2011
John Hinderaker of Power Line takes a tour of the coming revolution in Wisconsin.
Big Government posted this funny video of Communists in Madison, Wisconsin, who are convinced that the revolution is just around the corner. First Tunis, then Cairo, then Tripoli–and now, Madison! Christian Hartsock traveled to Wisconsin on behalf of Big Government and was invited to a meeting of the local chapter of the International Socialist Organization. Some of the Communists at the meeting turned out to be representatives of public sector unions.
The video actually reminds me of my youth; I attended meetings a lot like this. Very little has changed, although I don’t think the radicals of the 1960s and 1970s were quite this dim.
Wisconsin has always been the Massachusetts of the Midwest, so this isn’t really news, but it is a useful reminder. I guess socialism requires proximity to large bodies of water.