Someone Get The Shackles Out For Kramer

It is being reported that the Dalai Lama is going to be in the Capitol next week to briefly address the legislature before giving a larger address at the University of Wisconsin.

This shows the wisdom of the Dalai Lama in that he is aware to save the brief remarks for those with the lesser intellectual capacity and the real address for the people with greater intelligence and more open minds.

But with the Dalai Lama being all about peace and helping others and not focusing on material wealth, it's almost a surety that State Representative Bill Kramer (R-Time Out Room) will have another temper tantrum.  

To avoid that, I would suggest that the authorities make sure that Kramer is unarmed so he can't shoot anyone and shackled so that he can't embarrass our state again.

And while they're at it, they might as well make sure that James Wigderson is in his happy place as well before he accidentally shoots his mouth off again too.

"Dark Vein of Intolerance"

Colin Powell was on Meet The Press and let it rip about the hard shift to the right that the republican party has taken.  

POWELL: There’s also a dark — a dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the party. What do I mean by that? I mean by that that they still sort of look down on minorities. How can I evidence that?
When I see a former governor say that the President is “shuckin’ and jivin’,” that’s racial era slave term. When I see another former governor after the president’s first debate where he didn’t do very well, says that the president was lazy. He didn’t say he was slow. He was tired. He didn’t do well. He said he was lazy. Now, it may not mean anything to most Americans, but to those of us who are African Americans, the second word is shiftless and then there’s a third word that goes along with that. The birther, the whole birther movement. Why do senior Republican leaders tolerate this kind of discussion within the party?

WHile I think he tempered his comments tremendously, I can answer his question in terms of why do Republican Leaders tolerate this kind of discussion in two words:  Reince Priebus!  

It is nice to hear a republican call out this disgusting racism and intolerance, maybe there is hope after all!