Cairo, Wisconsin

Is there a grassroots surge underway worldwide right now through the combined power of pictures and social media?

Tell me the public fever above isn’t connected with the blunt comparison here?

(photo: Andy Manis/AP. caption: Protestors to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers listen in the rotunda at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, to testimony during a Joint Finance Committee meeting.)