At the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois' 2011 Bill of Rights Celebration in Chicago, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) applauded the end of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," but warned that other civil rights issues needed to be addressed.
"At the top of our list of priorities is protecting the right to vote," he said. "We have fought for that for decades in this country and we must continue. There is a concerted, coordinated effort in states as close as Indiana and Wisconsin to deny millions of Americans the right to vote. It is spearheaded by the Koch brothers, and their big money interest."
"Who do they want to keep out of the voting booth? Young people, old people, poor people, people with disabilities, people who live in rural areas - millions of Americans. Judson Phillips, leader of the tea party, thinks voting should be limited to, quote, those who own property, close quote. Isn't that were we started? And to suggest that in a time of record foreclosures."
"If we don't fight to defend the ballot, all of our rights are in jeopardy."
Watch video, courtesy of the ACLU of Illinois, below:
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It's all a con game anyway, only the Koch brothers seem part of nature's catalyst to 'wake us up', as that Elvis song goes: 'You're the devil in disguise, oh yes you are, the devil in disguise."
Durbin seems content to pump up the usual suspect voting block most likely in time for elections. Is that new? Is the anti-union busters new? Is the simple fact that we have the illusion of democracy vs the real thing anything new? The cycle seems to be returning from which it began, and just in time too. Sometimes, we all have to be kicked in the a$$ before we start paying attention to the thief in our pockets or in our mind etc.
So kill the illusion and let that demonic genie out of the bottle for all to see, for isn't that what is being asked of us?