The Nuns on the Bus: in Scott Walker territory, questioning austerity

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http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/purple-wisconsin/159706575.html#!page=1&pageSize=10&sort=newestfirst


Just after 9 p.m., with the sky almost pitch black, Sister Diane Donoghue bounded off the Nuns on the Bus. Although 81 years old, she had the enthusiasm of a young child thrilled at being able to stay up late on a warm summer evening.

In a rare moment of being off-task, Sister Donoghue quickly walked to a chain-link fence overlooking the 1-43 freeway near Atkinson Avenue in Milwaukee’s central city. She wanted to take pictures of something that, in her more than eight decades, she had never seen.

The nuns were going to take part in the Overpass Light Brigade, which comes out at sunset and shows up at pedestrian passages over the freeway to hold well-lit placards and send messages to travelers below. This evening, Light Brigade’s message was geared toward the Nuns on the Bus tour.

“Question Austerity,” the placards read.

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[patrice]

1. Demand the DOGMA that says Austerity is good for people's souls. Demand the DOGMA that says

human value = money, so the haves have by Divine Right.