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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.

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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.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
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To: Keith in Iowa
Block their driveway and street as they try to go to work

They work?

81 posted on 02/17/2011 8:51:26 AM PST by SamuraiScot
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To: Lazamataz

I’m not saying initiate anything, I’m just saying that armed citizens can prevent a lot of crime—


82 posted on 02/17/2011 8:51:59 AM PST by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: badgerlandjim
The students marching in Appleton are wearing red like the good little Chavistas in Venezuela

Appleton West High School students walk down College Avenue this morning protesting Gov. Scott Walkers proposal to deny collective bargaining rights to state employees. (Post-Crescent photo by Sharon Cekada)

Appleton Post-Cresent


83 posted on 02/17/2011 8:52:08 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife (Allhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122429/posts)
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To: zeugma
It also forces the union members to notice the money they are sending to the union each month, rather that have it just show up as yet another of a dozen deductions.

Need to do the same with payroll deduction of taxes.

84 posted on 02/17/2011 8:52:23 AM PST by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: Lazamataz
On Tuesday 4,000 of us Illinois homeschoolers went to the Capitol in Springfield to voice our opposition to SB136 (a measure to register us for further government control/monitoring). There are videos on the net now showing our good behavior, singing patriotic songs in the building, etc.

The contrast between conservatives and these thugs could hardly be more apparent. May the GOP be stalward and courageous in taking down the unions. They are economic monopolies that are perfectly hypocritical at heart.

85 posted on 02/17/2011 8:52:52 AM PST by Liberty1970 (Thanking God for many blessings :-))
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To: youngidiot

Even if her estimate is accurate, she is talking about option B. Under option A they would both potentially go to an income of $0 when they are laid off/fired. Take your pick you brainless morons.


86 posted on 02/17/2011 8:54:07 AM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: Lazamataz

Kudos for the tip and email address. Have given Gov. Walker our support, copied Rush Limbaugh and John Boehner. Being a Floridian where our Gov. Scott is taking a machete to unions and the state budget, we are particularly in tune.

Down with the pathetic PC parasites!


87 posted on 02/17/2011 8:54:58 AM PST by Hennible Cobb (Don't wait for orders! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP; Gilbo_3; hiredhand; Squantos; DoughtyOne; sickoflibs; stephenjohnbanker

“...Why have we become so passive at a time when we need to do the opposite?...”

Why,you ask?

Two Words: “Conflict Resolution”.

A couple decades’ worth of brainwashing one group of Americans into becoming guilt-ridden wreckage terrified of being called “racist”, and a couple decades of radicalizing every minority with a grudge, greivance and a cause, and you have the seeds of one hell of a mess brewing.

And all stoked by deliberate design.

That’s why.

If this country is to survive, we better get our sh*t together REAL fast.


88 posted on 02/17/2011 8:55:26 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Lazamataz; BillyBoy; Impy
I think I'm going to book a trip to Wisconsin Dells to show my "solidarity" with the Governor.

I'm proud my best friend goes to Marquette and is conservative, gives me an excuse to go up to Milwaukee. And Milwaukee has Miller Park and the Miller Factory. If you guys haven't gone up there I recommend the tour of the brewery it is phenomenal beer. From Orland Park I can get to Milwaukee between 1 1/2 hour to 2 hours I'm heading up to pick up my buddy in a few weeks I'll make sure I spend money there and reload on gas in Kenosha.

To hell with spending money in Crook County have you guys seen how F'ing bad the gas prices are compared to Will or DuPage? I was in Naperville last night it was insanely cheaper than Orland...

89 posted on 02/17/2011 8:55:44 AM PST by Dengar01 (Go Blackhawks!!! Go Bulls!!!)
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To: Lazamataz

I have said for some time that the major upcoming fault line in this country will be between those with government jobs who expect the private sector to keep paying for the gravy train and those in the private sector who have no gravy left to spare.


90 posted on 02/17/2011 8:56:27 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: Jim from C-Town
tHAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT. tHINK ABOUT IT. tHEY ARE BOTH 15 - 20 YEAR VETERANS WITH SALARIES OF 85k A YEAR OR 170k FOR BOTH 7% IS 11,900 YEAR OR AROUND $1,000.

It's a 7% cut and she says it'll cost her about $1,200 per month. That comes out to just over $17,000 a month in salaries. That seems like a bit much to me for a music teacher and whatever he teaches. I want everyone to make a lot of money, but not while they're on the public teet.
91 posted on 02/17/2011 8:56:27 AM PST by youngidiot (Don't let the name fool ya, toots.)
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To: Lazamataz

They are CRACKING HEADS for Jim Lehrer and making
violence and threats of it for Obama, Ayers, and the DNC.

There is NO LAW in America under the undocumented
Imam Obama whose sole goal is to protect his 57 States.


92 posted on 02/17/2011 8:57:02 AM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: youngidiot

Ya, with those figures they are making over $205,000


93 posted on 02/17/2011 8:57:33 AM PST by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
This time, we union folk will “come heavy”...and you Tea Baggers will look like Swiss cheese!”

Bring it, Communists. We can shoot better and can reload our own ammo.

94 posted on 02/17/2011 8:57:45 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (Any politician who holds that the state accords rights is an oathbreaker and an "enemy... domestic.")
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To: Hennible Cobb
"Have given Gov. Walker our support, copied Rush Limbaugh and John Boehner. "

Boehner will cry. Cowardly useless RINO.
Rush will speak up probably.


THERE IS NOT ONE TESTICLE IN THE ENTIRE US CONGRESS.

95 posted on 02/17/2011 8:59:53 AM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: badgerlandjim
"...A lot of nearby schools closed today due to a lack of teachers. Their squeals are now echoing across Wisconsin.

If you or I called into work and said we're taking a few days off because we're ticked off at our boss's new policies, we'd be shown the door. And rightly so.

Every one of these people should be given a pink slip. Plenty of people who appreciate a job, especially in this economy. They won't be hard to replace.

96 posted on 02/17/2011 9:00:27 AM PST by 444Flyer ("...Rather the scorned- the rejected -the men hemmed in with the spears..." from 'A Consecration')
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To: Logical me

It’s not that unions lost sight of anything years ago; unions, the Communist Party USA and the democrat party all came together in the 20s and 30s for mutual benefit. Many of the union workers had no idea what the connections were, they just followed blindly in a lot of cases. Unions and both of their tri-partite partners have always had the goal of gaining ultimate power over the country and that coalition survives into the present.

FUBO & FAD


97 posted on 02/17/2011 9:00:27 AM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: Mouton

You’ve ah, stocked up, haven’t you.


98 posted on 02/17/2011 9:02:18 AM PST by Obadiah (If you were going to shoot a mime, would you use a silencer?)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Those idiots have no clue what they are protesting against. Somebody should pull them aside and tell them how much money they will be paying over the course of their lifetime for their freeloading teachers to live off a fat and “free” retirement.
99 posted on 02/17/2011 9:03:51 AM PST by Carling (Obama: Inexperienced and incompetent, yet ego maniacal. God help us all.)
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To: Carling

Yes. (((I’m shaking my head at the waste)))


100 posted on 02/17/2011 9:06:05 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife (Allhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122429/posts)
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