Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Thousands of Union Protesters Storm WI State Capitol; Target Homes of GOP Lawmakers
Fox News ^ | Feb 17, 2011

Posted on 02/17/2011 7:56:36 AM PST by Lazamataz

Behind closed doors, Scott Walker, the Republican who has been governor for about six weeks, calmly described his intent to forge ahead with the plans that had set off the uprising: He wants to require public workers to pay more for their health insurance and pensions, effectively cutting the take-home pay of many by around 7 percent.

...

Scott Fitzgerald, the Republican leader in the State Senate, slipped out of the Capitol Wednesday morning with his sunglasses on, head down. Protesters had gone to his home earlier in the week, forcing his family (including his wife, a school guidance counselor) to go elsewhere for a bit.

(Excerpt) Read more at nation.foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: bustunions; chicagoway; civility; communistunions; democratcorruption; democrats; liberalfascism; liberals; liberalviolence; looters; marxistbrotherhood; obama; obamasminions; pensions; progressives; publicsectorunions; scottwalker; socialistdemocrats; strike; unioncorruption; unionfacism; unions; unionthugs; unionviolence; walker; wisconsinshowdown; wisconsinunion
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 281 next last
To: traditional1; Lazamataz
When will we hear from The Messiah; asking for the Unions to “tone down the rhetoric”,

He's inciting them:

However, he says making it harder for public employees to collectively bargain "seems like more of an assault on unions."

Obama says he's monitoring tensions in Madison

21 posted on 02/17/2011 8:07:42 AM PST by Madame Dufarge
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Steely Tom
I expect them to attempt to “punish the public” at some point.

Bring it.

Most Americans are impatient and utterly unused to European-style "work actions."

The unions will, like liberals are wont to do, overplay their hand.

22 posted on 02/17/2011 8:08:09 AM PST by Trailerpark Badass (I'm sick of damn idiots)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Mouton

I would say threatening an elected official should carry some hefty penalties...


23 posted on 02/17/2011 8:08:12 AM PST by MrB (Tagline suspended for important announcement on my home page. Click my handle.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz

Protesters had gone to his home earlier in the week, forcing his family (including his wife, a school guidance counselor) to go elsewhere for a bit.

RICO


24 posted on 02/17/2011 8:08:50 AM PST by Crim (The Obama Doctrine : A doctrine based on complete ignorance,applied with extreme incompetence..)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cripplecreek
LOL, I saw one that said DEATH TO TYRANTS, with "Political" written above it in tiny letters.

Those teachers are so clever!

25 posted on 02/17/2011 8:09:51 AM PST by Trailerpark Badass (I'm sick of damn idiots)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz

The most important thing is to remind Walker and the GOP that the majority support him. He can not fold to thugs and threats. Go ahead Walker, please please, fire all of these hacks. You’re be met with cheers!


26 posted on 02/17/2011 8:09:51 AM PST by wilco200 (11/4/08 - The Day America Jumped the Shark)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: All
CONTACT GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!

Contact Us

 Feel free to contact us at any time.Gov Walker 

Email
govgeneral@wisconsin.gov

Mail
Office of Governor Scott Walker
115 East Capitol
Madison WI 53702

Phone
(608) 266-1212

 

 


27 posted on 02/17/2011 8:11:27 AM PST by Lazamataz (If Illegal Aliens are Undocumented Workers, then Thieves are Undocumented Shoppers.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: traditional1; Lazamataz
When will we hear from The Messiah; asking for the Unions to “tone down the rhetoric”,

He's inciting them:

However, he says making it harder for public employees to collectively bargain "seems like more of an assault on unions."

Obama says he's monitoring tensions in Madison

28 posted on 02/17/2011 8:11:41 AM PST by Madame Dufarge
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz

Remember when the Air Traffic Controller’s Union decided to stage an illegal strike? Reagan fired every one of them and rehired a whole new crew in just days. And his move still stands today.

This is what needs to be done here. Fire every one of them for threatening Public security and well being. If they react violently and damage Public property, then throw them in Prison. If they inflict injury or death on the Law or citizens, then promptly shoot them.

50 years ago, this is exactly what would have happened. Why have we become so passive at a time when we need to do the opposite?


29 posted on 02/17/2011 8:12:18 AM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (Patriotic by Proxy! (Cause I'm a nutcase and it's someone Else's' fault!....))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz
CONTACT GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!

Contact Us

 Feel free to contact us at any time.Gov Walker 

Email
govgeneral@wisconsin.gov

Mail
Office of Governor Scott Walker
115 East Capitol
Madison WI 53702

Phone
(608) 266-1212

 

 


30 posted on 02/17/2011 8:13:22 AM PST by Lazamataz (If Illegal Aliens are Undocumented Workers, then Thieves are Undocumented Shoppers.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz
This crap is only the beginning--especially if we don't get meaningful entitlement reform soon.

I was saying that the event in Greece were our future-- and the future is now.

31 posted on 02/17/2011 8:14:01 AM PST by Lysandru
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ReneeLynn
Gee, they’re starting to act like the muslim brotherhood.

They almost are except instead of Muslim they are hard core communists. Unions lost any sight of being useful as they once were many years ago. They are just a bunch of stealing thugs.

32 posted on 02/17/2011 8:14:43 AM PST by Logical me
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Mouton

A few years back I had a co-worker mention that our place of employment may go union and may have to strike. I told him fine, just don’t look for me on your rolls and I will be crossing your picket line to go to work if you strike.

It didn’t sit well and he mentioned he hoped that if it came to unionization and a strike there wouldn’t be violence. I told him just remember if you shoot at me I WILL shoot back and I know where every one of you all live as well, two can play at that game. There’s union thuggery and then there’s a blood feud. He shut up and has never mentioned union to me again. Talk of union petered out.

Call out the national guard and tear gas their lazy cracks!


33 posted on 02/17/2011 8:16:17 AM PST by sarge83
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz

Thanks and I did.


34 posted on 02/17/2011 8:18:34 AM PST by ladyvet ( I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz
This law could be the first step in saving our country, or at least freeing it from the tyranny of the extortionist, parasitic, public employee cartels. Hopefully, many more states will adopt similar (or even stronger) legislation.

There are many fine public employees, but when organized into these groups (gangs) they turn into a pack of wild dogs, devouring the wealth of taxpayers.

The time is right. The disgusting greed and sense of entitlement displayed by the public employee gangs in insisting on bleeding the taxpayer dry, during this terrible economic downturn, has opened the eyes of the average taxpayer.

35 posted on 02/17/2011 8:20:11 AM PST by Above My Pay Grade
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz

Does anyone have a link to the commercial that the republicans are running that includes footage of union facism and violence?


36 posted on 02/17/2011 8:20:33 AM PST by snowrip (Liberal? You are a socialist idiot with no rational argument.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz

If they are not at work, they should be fired.

Napoleon said Give them a whiff of grape.

The strikers should be given a whiff of hunger


37 posted on 02/17/2011 8:20:33 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: youngidiot

$205k a year.


38 posted on 02/17/2011 8:20:46 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: snowrip

Yessir. Click the link in the comment section of my original post (thread starting)


39 posted on 02/17/2011 8:21:36 AM PST by Lazamataz (If Illegal Aliens are Undocumented Workers, then Thieves are Undocumented Shoppers.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]

To: Lazamataz
Target Homes of GOP Lawmakers

Time to bring out the National Guard against these Communists! They can't get what they want through the system, so they attack the politicians physically. Now I'm not averse to the latter if the politicians we're keeping their oaths, but in this case, the Communist Union types want to subvert lawfully elected and oathkeeping lawmakers.

Put 'em down. Hard.

40 posted on 02/17/2011 8:21:53 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (Any politician who holds that the state accords rights is an oathbreaker and an "enemy... domestic.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 281 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson