Movie version of Prossergate

I think it's clear who will play our misogynist Supreme Court Justice gone wrong:

#signsolidarity

I, and many others, love the idea of a silent protest on the square tomorrow. Whether you're there in person or in spirit and following along from afar, feel free to sign the chorus to "Solidarity" with us.

Solidarity forever,
Solidarity forever,
Solidarity forever,
and the union makes us strong.

These are the videos I used to help me put this together:

Solidarity (2nd video down):
http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/w/with.htm

Forever
http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/FOREVER

(Repeat 3 times)

Union
http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/union

Makes
http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/MAKE/3844/1

Us
http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/us

Strong
http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/s/strong.htm

#peace

Wrapping brain around something

I caught Rachel Maddow's show (TG for internet) and had to rewind to make sure I was hearing her correctly. In addition to the Wisconsin budget mess, there are huge issues brewing in Michigan's budget proposal.

Chief among them, get this:

Towns are hurting financially.

The governor can declare a town to be in a financial crisis.

The governor can then appoint someone that town's "emergency manager."

The emergency manager has the authority to:

- cancel, amend all contracts in place (including union contracts, natch)

- a bunch of other crap

But here was the biggie (for me): The emergency manager has the authority to dismiss elected officials.

Dismiss. Elected. Officials.

So, a municipality struggling financially can be placed under the management BY WHOMEVER THE GOVERNOR APPOINTS, and THAT PERSON can then, y'know, dismiss the mayor.

Rachel Maddow does a much better job at outlining all this (here's the video) but I needed to get this out, apparently.

Dark days, my friends. Poor Michigan.