The Wisconsin Cheese Showdown

[The Dowager Mod]

The protesters in Madison are of course heroes, and I hope that they inspire similar protests in other cities.

I hope it inspires the issuance of pink slips to them, myself. Different strokes for different folks.

As do I.

So why should these people be fired for making too much, SS?  You make more than them and are not fired.

They're public employees, lazy as sh!t and don't know anything.

Why thanx for making that assumption of me.

[The Dowager Mod]

The state troopers told to go after the dems refused and the capital police ignored the governors order to clear out the protesters, union solidarity is strong here.
As for teachers getting the "Blue Flu" i would prefer they wait until the strike is officially called.

[The Dowager Mod]

The state troopers told to go after the dems refused and the capital police ignored the governors order to clear out the protesters, union solidarity is strong here.
As for teachers getting the "Blue Flu" i would prefer they wait until the strike is officially called.

Refusing to enforce the law eh, assuming that it is the law? If so, the next step is the national guard. The state troopers work for the state right?  I wonder how they should be dealt with, they are refusing to follow orders.

If Walker tries to call out the guard he has no future in politics no matter how heroic it seems to conservatives, Americans do not enjoy the sight of the military beating up peaceful protesters, some of us learned a thing or two from the sixties.
And if he does end up paying us like they pay teachers in Mississipi or some other anti worker state Wisconsin will get the same low quality education they get, not everyone can afford to send their kids to a fancy private school like Walker and his rich buddies who will end up getting the money they take from the teachers in another tax break.

[The Dowager Mod]

I passed up a lucrative proffesorship at Marquette because i wanted to help public school kids, nice to be demonized for it.

[The Dowager Mod]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc4TXdPxUcE&feature=player_embedded

[The Dowager Mod]

The signature collection for the recalls was 35% above expected this weekend.

[The Dowager Mod]

Just the republicans.

[The Dowager Mod]

None of the Dems are in any danger, at least 2 of the republicans are in deep doodoo.

[The Dowager Mod]

Never been on strike before, hope the weathers good.

[The Dowager Mod]

The Republicans have shot themselves in the foot with this. The way they did this shows a total disrespect for democracy and the rule of law, is a textbook example of backroom dealing and forcing bills down the people throat, and the backlash will become even worse now.

Kinda like what happened with healthcare, am I right? Of course I can't be right though, I'm a Republican and the Democrats were just doing what was best for the country and the people!

That bill was up for over a year, and Obama actually campaigned on something very similar, not to mention the GOP proposals.

This wasn't campaigned on, not to mention they sidestepped actual laws, broke the open meetings laws.  Not to mention they flat out LIED about this having anything to do with the budget or the deficit.

You think making sense is going to get through to them? Hah!

[The Dowager Mod]

Never been on strike before, hope the weathers good.

What are the chances of a general strike at this point?

Right now their saying to wait for the inevitable court fight so i'll go to work like i always do.
many will get the "blue flu" though.

[The Dowager Mod]

Got my layoff notice today.

[The Dowager Mod]

Most likely open meeting provisions, b33, but the pubs knew that anyway....the drama of doing it like they did served their purpose, but as you note....they'll just pass it again anyway.  I bet some of the pubs view the extra drama it as good news, in spite of any potential recall petitions.

Huh? Being in the news about breaking the rules while passing an unpopular bill is somehow beneficial for Republicans? I doubt even Walker himself wouldn't spin it like that.

The pubs knew exactly what was going to happen by doing this in the middle of the night.....so why did they do it if all it could do was hurt them?

They were desperate.

[The Dowager Mod]

We have more than enough signatures to recall Kapanke from La Crosse and we are very close with Darling from River Hills.

[The Dowager Mod]

Kloppenburg in a close one.

[The Dowager Mod]

Meritorious, TG, but will it stop the law from taking effect or being overturned?

If Kloppenburg wins it changes the court from 4 conservatives and 3 progressives to the other way around and what that may mean to a ruling on the law.

[The Dowager Mod]

Two more petitions were filed today, against Luther Olsen and  against  Sheila Harsdorf.
Up to 4 and getting close with Darling.

[The Dowager Mod]

The Democrat won the special election to fill a seat in the assembly that was Republican for16 years, he mostly ran against walker not his opponent.