Recently I read an OP-ED article written by Charles M Blow, that was titled Repeal,Restrict and Repress. What caught my attention about the article was all this new state legislation that specifically targets minorities, women, gays and the poor. The Article was printed on February 12, 2011, prior to the mess that's now playing out in Wisconsin. here are some excepts from the article:
Judging by the lead-up to those elections, one could have easily concluded that the first order of business on Republicans’ agendas would be a laserlike focus on job creation and deficit reductions to the exclusion of all else. Not the case.
- at least 15 state legislatures are considering Arizona-style immigration legislation. If passed, four of the five states with the largest Hispanic populations — California, Texas, Florida and Arizona — would also be the most inhospitable to them.
- state legislatures are poised to break the record on the number of immigration measures and resolutions introduced this year, having already introduced 600 by the end of last month. For comparison, 1,400 were introduced in total last year,
- require drug testing of welfare recipients.
- According to The News and Observer in North Carolina, Republicans are considering severely narrowing or repealing the state’s recently enacted Racial Justice Act, which allows death-row inmates to use statistics to appeal their cases on the basis of racial discrimination.
- “Elections have consequences.” He was right, and the consequences of the last election could well be a loss of liberty, choice, access and avenues of recourse for many. Brace yourselves. It’s on!
Seems like a power play right out of Bush's Play book...
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