Middle Wisconsin News - September 2013

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A VOICE FORTHE MIDDLE OF THE STATE

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Whose Hands? .........................1

The Power of a March ..............2

War is Bipartisan .......................3

Legacy of 1776..........................4

Obamacare ...............................6

Making a Farce ..7

Robert LaFollette.......................9

$5000 a Plate ..........................10

Challenging the Myth ..............11

Peace Picnic ........13

Penokee Education.................14

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Whose Hands Will Your Money End Up In?

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The history lesson from the passage of prohibion to its eventual repeal is:

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By John Spiegelhoff Merrill

Moneyed interests have high-jacked

the Great Experiment called Democracy.
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The power of the historic March on Wash-

ington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28,

1963, is captured in a masterful, movingtribute in Time Magazine (Aug. 26/Sept. 2,

2013).A black-and-white photo of Dr. Mar-

n Luther King, Jr., The Founding Father

Architect of the 21st

Century, is outlined by

the signature red border ofTime.

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It was a procession of church. It was never, ever a march. It

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I was overwhelmed with the sense that I was in the pres-

ence of Courage.

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It really has to be a moral crusade for the country.

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It went beyond Joy. It was hard to describe, but it was the

anthesis of fear and it propelled us all into another chan-nel in our lives. This moment belongs to us together.

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King projected an ideal vision of an exceponal naon.

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The I Have a Dream speech was a summons, a call, to the collec-tive conscience of America that we can do better than this.

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The work is not nished for jusce and equality for all.

Singers at the Capitol, ThePeoples House, in Madison

are being arrested for singing

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The Power of a MarchBy Joyce Luedke Hayward
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War kills, destroys, and consumes money. Period.

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The War Resisters League, and the Friends Service Committee.

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If you are not a

part of the solution,

you are a part of

the problem.

Eldridge Cleaver

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Veterans for Peace

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War Is BipartisanBy Philip Anderson Maple
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Remember theLadies....

Do not put suchunlimited powerinto the hands of

the Husbands.Remember all Menwould be tyrants if

they could.

Abigail Adamss adviceto John Adams, 1776


The Legacy of 1776

INALIENABLE RIGHTS:The Protection of Life, Liberty, and the

Pursuit of HappinessThomas Jefferson

The Declaration of Independence, 1776Voting, Education, and Health Care

3 Basic Foundations of Freedom

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Today, we are privileged to connue the Legacy of 1776.

Contact your legislatorsand call (608.266.1212) or emailGovernor Walker.

Ask what they are doing to advance the Legacy of 1776.

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The health of a society

is truly measured by the

quality of its concern

and care for the health

of its members ... The

right of every individu-

als to adequate health

care lows from the

sanctity of human life

and that dignity be-

longs to all human be-

ings ... We believe that

health is a fundamental

human right which has

as its prerequisites so-

cial justice and equality

and that it should be

equally available and

accessible to all.

Imam Sadullah Khan

The Islamic Center of

Southern California


By Jeanne Larson PhillipsWhat Can Obamacare Do for You?
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Y, h w wk, S S my k v h w y h v h h wh m . Senate Bill 278, authored by State Senator Tom Tiany, will make a farce ofa well-respected program that was created in 1985 to promote sound forestry pracces

and open more land to the public for recreaon.

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The land ethic simply

enlarges the boundaries

of the community to

include soils, waters,

plants, and animals, or

collectively: the land...

In short, a land ethic

changes the role of Ho-

mo sapiens from con-

queror of the land-

community to plain

member and citizen of

it. It implies respect for

his fellow-members,

and also respect for the

community as such.

Aldo Leopold


Making a Farce of Wisconsins

MANAGED FOREST LAWBy Susan Sommer Phelps

(Connued on p. 8)
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Senator Tiany authored SB 278 to promote the interests of one out-of

-state mining com

pany, Gogebic Taconite (GTAC), over the interests of the public. A P- N h DNR2, J 17, 2013, GTAC m h Pk R m 6,744 . Th w y RGGS L &M, LP I Cmy, Ch C. Lm. Th h MFL -m .3

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If you hunt, sh, hike, sight-see or cross-country ski on open Managed Forest Lands,

become informed. Then contact each of our State Senatorsand let them know whether

you oppose or support SB 278.

Do it soon . . .

Your privilege to access open managed forest lands is at stake.

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Our government

seems insistent on

taking away privi-

leges we share as

citizens of Wisconsin

by drafting new

laws that beneitspecial interests.

If GTAC is sincere

about protecting its

workers at the po-

tential mine site, the

solution is simple

voluntarily with-

draw the lands from

the MFL program.

Then these private

lands will be closed

automatically to the

public.


Making a FarceContinued
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Robert M. La Follee, Sr. (18551925) was unquesonably one

the most inuenal progressive leaders in Wisconsin history.

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Robert LaFollee


Working Wisconsin

Robert LaFollette, Sr.

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Activism begins

with you,

Democracy begins

with you,

get out there,get active!

Tag,

you're it!

Thom Hartmann

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Wausau Oce (715.298.9344) Washington, DC (855.585.4251 toll-free).

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And if all others accepted the lie which the party imposed

if all records told the same tale

then the lie passed into history and became the truth

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CHALLENGING

THE MYTH...

The Myth of the Two-Party Political System

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