Maybe Not

It was a rough day today for a lot of Wisconsinites. The Governor announced his plan to have state and local employees contribute to their pensions and health insurance in an amount that results in a substantial pay cut for a lot of people. With a looming budget crisis and a populace coping with the aftershock of a significant recession, it isn't too difficult to craft an argument on either side. But whether or not you believe this is the best way to cope with a substantial budget deficit, what seems most important to me is to have compassion for the people it affects as well as the officials that have been elected to govern. These sorts of tough choices can't be easy for anyone.

Not sure if it'll be a consolation for anyone else in need of one -- but I really dig this chick and think this is one of her more powerful songs (not to mention apropos):

There’s a dream that I see, I pray it can be

Look cross the land, shake this land

A wish or a command

I Dream that I see, don’t kill it, it’s free

You’re just a man, you get what you can

We all do what we can

So we can do just one more thing

We can all be free

Maybe not in words

Maybe not with a look

But with your mind

Listen to me, don’t walk that street

There’s always an end to it

Come and be free, you know who we are

We’re just living people

We won’t have a thing

So we’ve got nothing to lose

We can all be free

Maybe not with words

Maybe not with a look

But with your mind...