So in the short time I’m a ghost. . . .
Tunisians drive dictator Ben Ali out of office.
Egyptians drive dictator Mubarak out of office.
Jordan’s king fires cabinet, promises reform.
Yemenis gather to protest their government.
Bahrainis gather to protest their government, and are killed in their sleep.
Libyans gather to protest the leadership of the insane Qaddafi, are mowed down by snipers, and prevented from receiving medical care.
Iran’s pro-Ahmadi legislators get all shouty in their demands for death of opposition figures.
LiveAction doctors video shot at Planned Parenthood, slanders PP as enabling child sex-work.
US House of Representatives votes to defund Planned Parenthood.
US House of Representatives votes to continue Army sponsorship of NASCAR.
Senator Ron Paul wins CPAC presidential straw poll.
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker proposes bill to strip government unions of most of their reason for being, as well as to effectively privatize UW-Madison; the Republican-controlled Senate attempts to slam this though in less than a week.
Wisconsin Senate Democrats abscond from the State, preventing action on the bill.
Tens of thousands of public union members and their supporters gather at the Capitol [nb: an absolutely gorgeous building] in support of their rights and dignity, and in opposition to Governor Walker.
My 50-year old sister and public high school teacher attends her first protest ever. Has a ball, and calls to tell me about it.
Packers win the Super Bowl.
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And because I have been a ghost, I have had no time to say what I wanted to say:
Go Tunisians! Go Egyptians! Go Bahrainis and Yemenis and Libyans and Iranians and Syrians and everyone everywhere who wants to be free and is wiling to sacrifice themselves for that freedom.
You are strong and brave and beautiful and fragile and all the more strong and brave and beautiful for your fragility.
Women of these United States, it is well past time that we took our own lives in our own hands.
I salute Nancy Pelosi and Gwen Moore and Jackie Speier and everyone else, male and female, who stood up for us on the House and Senate floors. But it is not enough.
It is long past time for us, for more of us, for me, to stand up for one another, to stand up for ourselves.
And for my sister, my nieces, my friends, Badgers, countrymen:
On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin!
Stand up, Badgers, sing!
“Forward” is our driving spirit,
Loyal voices ring.
On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin!
Raise her glowing flame
Stand, Fellows, let us now
Salute her name!
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And the SuperBowl? That’ll do, Pack, that’ll do.
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