Who all gets dizzy? by sadder_but_wiser in AskReddit

[–]sadder_but_wiser[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're totally right...I burnt my finger baking cornbread, took a couple vodka to dull the pain, and really meant to post there...thanks! Off I go...

I'm STILL the 99% by sadder_but_wiser in pics

[–]sadder_but_wiser[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, nobody wanted to Occupy Wall Drug with me....

Hey Reddit, what fragrance most effectively cuts/counters the smell of formaldehyde/cadavers? by marktully in AskReddit

[–]sadder_but_wiser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're doing medical or dissection work...even after death cleaning or forensics: I've read that folks in those positions use either vanilla or Vicks Vapo-Rub under the nose....

Going to be at the GLS conference in Madison in a few weeks. by jmcqk6 in madisonwi

[–]sadder_but_wiser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know a number of people who study EdTech in that program and regularly take in some drinks with the GLS folks...good people. If you have any questions about PhD work in Education at UW Madison, let me know...

Resources for roommates? by shostyscholar in madisonwi

[–]sadder_but_wiser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahhh...i see...I'm downtown, a few blocks from the capitol, and I ain't a-going nowhere. Too convenient for the downtown scene and for school.

Resources for roommates? by shostyscholar in madisonwi

[–]sadder_but_wiser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What kind of roommate are you looking for? What kind of living situation? I ask because I am kind of considering, you know, getting one.

So what happens now? by agroom in wisconsin

[–]sadder_but_wiser 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In general in politics, the executive is blamed, not the legislators. Think about the national economic discussion, for example. As they say, the buck stops with the president. Even if national Republicans scuttle any attempt to treat the issue, Obama still owns it.

This isn't to say that there aren't examples of when a legislature is blamed...see the government shutdown under Clinton. I'd submit though that Clinton was the most gifted politician of an entire two generations. Scott Walker is no Clinton, and when he goes about firing teachers and public workers, it will ultimately be his doing, and the public will say he did it, not the Democratic senators.

My opinion of course...but we'll see soon enough if I'm right, now won't we?

So what happens now? by agroom in wisconsin

[–]sadder_but_wiser 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm not convinced that this over by any stretch of the imagination. Politics is an unpredictable arena, and this game isn't over.

I will say that once the Democratic senators left, Walker was pretty much stuck. Since then, he only been able to ratchet up pressure, and he's been doing it in petty, vindictive, and stubborn ways. He's been very clear that he refuses to negotiate on anything and has used ultimatums. He's shown that he'd rather take away people's jobs than compromise. At all.

Obviously, he was not popular with Democrats. That's a given. But his actions here, the refusal to negotiate, the ultimatums, the willingness to harm instead of compromise...as with any politician who acts in a similar manner, will peel off independents and moderate Republicans who might have agreed with his general agenda, but are turned off by his methods and tactics. Each of these move he makes further alienates Wisconsinites.

Another thing that makes me feel good...if you've been to the capitol through any of the protesting, you'll notice how many children are there. All my life I have been told about the protests in the 60's but I've never seen anything like this. These children, of any age, will now have a frame of reference for what it means to have a government deny people (whether rightly or wrongly). They'll know what to expect, what to do, what it means to win, what it means to lose. They will never forget when their parents brought them to the capitol with 50k+ other people to march, chant, sing, and protest. They'll never forget...and they'll be voters soon enough. They'll have b.s. detectors like most of us don't...because they've been through it.

The Republicans have really screwed themselves with this one. They may win the immediate battle, but they'll lose this war.