Education is a hot topic this year, and for good reason. With new legislation and budget cuts, Wisconsin’s public schools are seeing a slew of teacher layoffs, and public colleges are facing big changes regarding loans and debt. All this legislation is making me question what priorities the state and nation hold.
The great political divide between Democrats and Republicans lengthens as the sensationalized “war on women” finds its roots in misconstrued and poorly phrased assertions, growing into a monster of unexpected proportion. Women’s rights are incredibly important and the opinions of the female population are essential in today’s politics, but much of the news surrounding women’s rights is so morphed that it has become strictly propaganda.
Last month, the killing of 17-year-old Treyvon Martin in Sanford, Fla. caused a national uproar over the laws that protect the man who murdered the teenager. Martin was shot on his way home from a convenience store without reason by George Zimmerman, a self-appointed neighborhood watch leader. The teenager was armed with only iced tea and candy, yet Zimmerman may escape criminal charges for the murder. In fact, due to Florida’s twisted self-defense laws, Zimmerman wasn’t even arrested after he killed Martin.
Wisconsin state Senator Glenn Grothman,R-West Bend, has declared that unplanned and nonmarital pregnancies are chosen by women, who must be taught that such untimely childbearing is a mistake. This view is similar to the recently introduced Senate Bill 507, which labels single mothers as a cause of child abuse. The bill asks the government to brainwash the nation into believing the only correct parenting method consists of a married couple, excluding same-sex partners. Grothman continues to support the obvious attack on nonmarital childrearing, even though he is fully aware that 31 percent of Wisconsin children live in single-parent homes. He even admitted that his message is “politically incorrect” at a public hearing about the bill.
The dispute over open pit mining continues as controversy over legislation regarding a prospective mine in northern Wisconsin resurfaces. A subsidiary of the Cline Group has proposed an open pit iron ore mine to be created in the Penokee Hills, a project which could boost the economy and create many jobs for Wisconsinites.
The Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities voted 9-2 to send a bill easing restrictions on new nuclear power reactors to the Assembly Tuesday. According to opponents of Assembly Bill ' ¦
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