I SHALL NOT BE MOVED

I shall not, I shall not be moved
I shall not, I shall not be moved
Just like a tree that's standing by the water
I shall not be moved.
I sent this email to Ed Schultz tonight. I don't know if it will matter but what we all stand for matters and there are thousands of us across this great nation. We are not bankers, we are not millionaires, we are not hedge fund owners, we are not a part of the problem. We are the hard working solution that will inevitably save this country. Our dark nights are not over but we are a part of a cause that will be seen as a movement that captured our country back from the corporatists and elite wealthy who believe that they have won in the purchase of our republic.

We matter as teachers, we matter as workers, and we matter as those who strive every day to make a better life for those who cross our path.

Here's my letter to Ed:

Dear Ed: I've been fortunate to see you twice in Colorado. I'm a born and raised a Wisconsin Badger and I'd like to give you this information...

I'll tell you about teachers and union leaders in Wisconsin. My brother, Andy Nirschl, was the last union member at "Mid Tech" Papermill in Kimberly, Wisconsin, when the hedge fund that owned that Mill put them out of work. They wouldn't run it, they wouldn't sell it...they just waited to collect the money from its failure while a whole community was put out of work. He led every grassroots campaign there was to be held to "RUN IT OR SELL IT."

He is the son of a teacher. he is now the LETC Case Manager Fox Cities Workforce Development ( 920-968-6043)

My father taught at Kimberly High School for 36 years. In that time, he developed a program that included every sport, right down to Badminton and Bowling, in order to make kids active. We used to sit in the family room and help him re-string badminton rackets and tennis rackets after dinner...after our homework. After he had coached and mentored three generations of kids who wouldn't have graduated without the opportunity to play for him.

He's in the Wisconsin Baseball Hall of Fame but that's not what he talks about at 87 years old. He talks about the kids, when he's in the bank, or at a cafe, who are in their 60's, who thank him not only for what he did for them, but for what he did for their kid.  Somewhere toward the end of his career, the Teacher's Union actually made it possible for him to have a decent retirement. (Preisely the fund that is now in jeopardy.)

I don't think my father should apologize for working every summer in addition to what amounted to a minimum of a 70 hour week,(and being a great Dad, he always made it a game to see who could weave a tennis or badminton racket the fastest) while also being a Dad who painfully sat through my music recitals that included his favorite violin player who never seemed to improve.

What I take from this is that Governor Walker resents that my Dad doesn't have to work at McDonald's at the age of 87 to supplement his living.

My Dad is so angry about all of this that I don't know if you'd be prepared to deal with his "going on 88" ticked off interview. If you want to talk to someone who knows the scoop,my brother, Andy Nirschl, can be reached at 920-766-4241.

If you think you'd like to brave what will be an entertaining, sarcastic and brilliant interview, My Dad who is known state-wide and even beyond the state by folks like Paul Molitor and Tony Kubek, go for it: My Dad's phone number is 920-788-2030.

If you'd like any more information on these and more great Wisconsin tell it like it is interviews, (My sister is a former cop and my brother-in-law is still a cop) I'm at 720-859-7822 (Landline) or 970-394-4059 (Cell)

ON WISCONSIN.

“The essential humanity of men can be protected and preserved only where government must answer — not just to the wealthy, not just to those of a particular religion, or a particular race, but to all its people.” Robert F. Kennedy