Largest crowd yet descends on Wisconsin Capitol

AP via Yahoo News ^ | 2/19/2011 | TODD RICHMOND and JASON SMATHERS

[GVnana]

MADISON, Wis. – A state Capitol thrown into political chaos swelled for a fifth day with nearly 70,000 protesters, as supporters of Republican efforts to scrap the union rights of state workers challenged pro-labor protesters face-to-face for the first time and GOP leaders insisted again Saturday there was no room for compromise.

A few dozen police officers stood between supporters of Republican Gov. Scott Walker on the muddy east lawn of the Capitol and the much larger group of pro-labor demonstrators who surrounded them. The protest was peaceful as both sides exchanged chants of "Pass the bill! Pass the bill!" and "Kill the bill! Kill the bill!"

Tea Party supporters rally off a wing of the Wisconsin state capitol.

[GVnana]

Doctors from numerous hospitals set up a station near the Capitol to provide notes covering public employees' absences. Family physician Lou Sanner, 59, of Madison, said he had given out hundreds of notes. Many of the people he spoke with seemed to be suffering from stress, he said.

"What employers have a right to know is if the patient was assessed by a duly licensed physician about time off of work," Sanner said. "Employers don't have a right to know the nature of that conversation or the nature of that illness. So it's as valid as every other work note that I've written for the last 30 years."

And under Obamacare, we'd still pay for these crooks.

[madison10]

Sounds like there should be pink slips handed out at the rally, too.

[Islander7]

"What employers have a right to know is if the patient was assessed by a duly licensed physician about time off of work," Sanner said. "Employers don't have a right to know the nature of that conversation or the nature of that illness. So it's as valid as every other work note that I've written for the last 30 years."

LOL! That ain't gonna work when the photographic evidence is presented.

Dummy!

[FlingWingFlyer]

...the much larger group of PAID pro-labor demonstrators who surrounded them.

There. Fixed it!

[FlingWingFlyer]

It looks to me like Louie is just another freeloading "teacher".

[linn37]

As a union member I’m fairly certain that if I had an excused absence from a doctor but was well enough to attend rallys my employer could question me as to why I was well enough to stand in the cold but not well enough to put in the 40 hour work week that I am contracted to them for.

[GVnana]

NICE FIND!!! “Family practice” my patootie!

[FlingWingFlyer]

My feelings exactly.

[Volunteer]

Louis A. Sanner, MD

608-265-4668

777 S Mills St
Madison, WI 53715

Northeast Family Medical Center

3209 Dryden Drive

Madison, WI 53704

Please be sure to let the good doctor know how much fraud in the medical profession is appreciated.

[mewykwistmas]

Let’s have a civil war and settle this for another 100 or so years ;)

Hell hath no fury like a ‘public servant’ forced to have a normal salary.

[gc4nra]

Doesn’t he have to be licensed by the State of Wi.
Don’t see why he couldn’t loose his license for fraud!

[raisetheroof]

So it's as valid as every other work note that I've written for the last 30 years.

Hmmm. Sounds to me like he's rationalizing intentionally giving a false diagnosis. I wonder if this could be grounds for medical malpractice.

[April Lexington]

As a union member I’m fairly certain that if I had an excused absence from a doctor but was well enough to attend rallys my employer could question me as to why I was well enough to stand in the cold but not well enough to put in the 40 hour work week that I am contracted to them for.

As a business owner, I can assure you that I would fire their sorry ass and let them try to get their job back. Lawyers cost money. Plus, I don't EVER hire liberals. Interviews are important... If they don't believe in capitalism, they don't deserve a job in the private sector. I have no duty to hire liberals.

[SanFranDan]

God Bless you!

As a business owner, I can assure you that I would fire their sorry ass and let them try to get their job back. Lawyers cost money. Plus, I don’t EVER hire liberals. Interviews are important... If they don’t believe in capitalism, they don’t deserve a job in the private sector. I have no duty to hire liberals.

[fella]

Unions for government workers puts the unions in charge of the government. It’s not at all a democratic republic form of government because public elections have no effect on the unions and doesn’t matter which party supposedly wins. The unions still run the show. And we all know who runs the unions. So thugocracy is an apt name for our form of government.

[glock rocks]

as supporters of Republican efforts to scrap the union rights

Naw, no bias there. AP: Associated Propaganda.

[Brown Deer]

Poll Results:

Results: Do you support Governor Walker's Budget Repair Bill?

Yes

60.68%

No

39.32%

Total Responses - 9658

[matt04]

IMHO, the majority of pro-union protested were bussed in or told to show up. It started whit 10 thousand and jumped to 70 in a few days. Sees suspicious.

It is time to get rid of public sector unions.

[combat_boots]

“Doctors from numerous hospitals set up a station near the Capitol to provide notes”

Without a peddler’s license at the location of the Capitol? What were the co-pays?

[montag813]

Reality Check: Wisconsin Dems bring in 70k DNC Rent-a-Mob. Scott Walker won actual election with 1,128,941 VOTES