Custer and Walker

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In 1876 General Custer with one Calvary regiment (about 600 men) encountered the greatest combined force of American Indians ever assembled, three whole tribes consisting of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho (with as many as 1800 warriors.)

Needless to say it has gone down in history as an epic defeat. Would we expect it to have been anything else?

In fact, if Custer had won it would have been astounding. If he had won it would have told us something important about the condition of the American Indian at the time. We could have surmised that they were all starving or sick or something.

Today, in Wisconsin we see a last stand between Governor Walker and union forces. The Unions brought in the teachers of the state, members from out of state, and had overwhelming positive media representation. And for a moment the media were reporting a union win.

But then we learned that the union did not actually win. The war is not over but for now the battle of Little Big Horn has been won by Custer.

And this tells us something about the condition of unions in America.

Oh, and here is a story that is mildly related to the story above:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/04/what_wisconsins_judicial_elect.html
 
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