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[aliseadae]

So Scott Walker took out all the financial bits of his bill and passed it through as for non financial bills they don't need quorum. This is ridiculous. If I think too hard about what has been going on, I get either overly angry or overly sad and neither is particularly productive. And if I get overly sad, I get angry at Scott Walker for affecting my mood so much. But it frustrates me that he can see the thousands of people protesting for days and just wave them off and keep lying and saying it is about the budget when now he used that loophole to pass all the non-budget parts. I wish he were actually doing the right thing. I wish he just seemed misguided and not malicious.

And I keep thinking of Gandalf's quote if I get too upset.

'I wish it need not have happened in my time,' said Frodo.
'So do I,' said Gandalf, 'and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.'

On the other hand, Frodo's need phrasing doesn't apply to this situation. Scott Walker didn't need to do what he did.

Comments

[guardian852.livejournal.com]

I find this post to be excellent LotR reflection material. Somehow the B5 icon makes it better.

I credit you for keeping your well-earned anger/sadness in check. In such situations, I recommend a few friends and some chocolate now that the die is cast and damage is done.

[aliseadae]

That's my angry/Oh really? Ivanova icon, though sometimes I use it when things just relate to B5

Chocolate is always good!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I get frustrated and sad too :-(

Gandalf's right though.

[aliseadae]

On the other hand, if I'm going by what Gandalf says, what can I do that will be heard/noticed? Can I do anything?

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's the rub :-(

I don't know. As you say in your next entry, it doesn't feel much like a democracy. It's really, really disheartening.

[aliseadae]

Yeah. That's the worst part. I accept that Scott Walker has different opinions than I do but I want him to accept that too and to listen to his constituents.

[happy-mystic.livejournal.com]

One of my favorite quotes, but Walker is a douche. This bill is wrong, not to mention ridiculous.

[aliseadae]

Yeah. It is also ridiculous how he passed parts of it.