Just The Beginning

Meet Alice.  We met in wander land, that is when we were wandering down East Wash, hoping someone would be brave enough to offer a polar bear a ride.  Of course, after introductions, she was glad to be escorting a celebrity. Moi.  

"Don't you think this is just the beginning!" she said.  

"Beginning?" we asked.  

People coming together in a way they haven't before, was, in so many words, what she said.

I guess that's why Monona and I were marching, looking to connect with others who still saw the proverbial glass as half full, even as the Arctic ice is half gone.

Truly yours,

~Polar Bear Witness

The (Polar) Bear is back!

Hello Everyone!

Yes, it's been a while.
Hibernation?
Unfortunately, we polar bears, like most of humanity, work through winter.
Let's just say I had other commitments that kept me busy since 2011.  Time flies!

So here we are, in Madison, back on the streets again.  On our way to the January 21st Women's March to the Capitol.
But before we go, I made a brief pit STOP here.  See that black mound behind me?  Would you believe it was once a heap of white snow?  Kinda greasy looking now.  If gas fumes and tire grime can do that to snow, I wonder what it does to our lungs?  

Even though I'm eager for a solar-powered car to come along and give me a ride, I could be waiting for a while.  But it would be nice not to have to walk all the way from First Street and East Wash to Library Mall.  But be realistic, who's gonna pick up a polar bear?
Truly yours,
Polar Bear Witness

Lady Forward inspires PolarBearWitness & friends 

Dateline:  Wisconsin State Capitol Steps, Day 11, Thursday, February 24th, 2011

As a Polar Bear, of course, I'm into cool.  
And one of the coolest things for me up here at the capitol has been the people 
and the moments like this where we stand together 
on the staircase of history, 
inspired by ideals of democracy, 
embodied in this tall lady, 
who now guides us:  Forward!

Truly yours, for one more day, PolarBearWitness

Dateline: Madison State Capitol, Day 10, Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Didya hear the one about the Polar Bear that saved the Badger?  

No?  Well, to tellya the truth.  That's why I'm here.  A lotta people here say why they're here:  to save their worker's rights, the right to collectively bargain.  And that's a very important right.  It is one that is not allowed in autocratic countries, like Russia.  Will it be allowed in Wisconsin?  I think so.  Why do I say that?  Because I know badgers and they are some awesome critters you really don't want to mess with, even if you think you are some too-big (or small) for-your-britches kind of Putin-like Walker.

    

Why am I here?  I'm here to save the Badgers.  

On Wisconsin!

I'm the Polar Bear that's out to save Badgercare for the 750,000 Wisconsinites for whom it is, truly, a life line.

No foolin.

It's been a long day and a good day.  And tomorrow is one more day.
Truly yours, for one more day, PolarBearWitness
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Wisconsinites! Politically, & Otherwise, Fully Self-Expressed

PolarBearWitness & Pamela Doth Protest

Dateline:  Madison Capitol, Day 10, February 23, 2011

Governor Walker, as you may have observed, is not too popular with Wisconsinites right now.  But you gotta admit that he has presented us with an immense opportunity to be politically and otherwise fully self-expressed.  

When I met Pam, my friend from the neighborhood, up at the capitol, I couldn't help but comment on her sign.  She told me she had just found it and decided to pick up the stick.  As lead vocalist and guitarist with The Motor Primitives, Pam's gotta be somewhat fierce.  

"You go Girrrrrrrrrrrrrrl!" is what I said.

Here are some of the other fully self-expressed true Wisconsin patriots we met that day.

Seeing red & white.  On Wisconsin!

"I buy your message, Polar Bear:  'Gov. Policy 
Greased by Oil $$$$$$$'"

Milwaukee machinists keep the real wheels of government - like the garbage  & recycling pick-up trucks - rolling.  
Iron workers put the backbone in Wisconsin 
and they put Lady Forward atop the capitol dome.  
On Wisconsin!

Truly yours, for one more day,

PolarBearWitness

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PolarBearWitness Discovers "The People's House"

PolarBearWitness Makes His Way Around the Rotunda

Dateline:  Madison Capitol, Day 10
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011


As you can imagine, being in the state capitol for the first time can be a little overwhelming for anyone, much less for a polar bear.


But like they say, it's the people's house, and if ya gotta camp out, it's a pretty nice place to be.  Have you ever met a polar bear on an elevator before?  
Or seen one on an inflated mattresses?  


I'm working to make sure this oil-greased, so-called "budget repair" bill doesn't pass so I don't need to take the air mattress back to the arctic with me as a floatation device.  


Truly yours, for one more day, PolarBearWitness
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The State Capitol's Sign-Spangled Majesty

PolarBearWitness Snags an Air Mattress