What It's Like in Madison WI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cx77K8e3WE ^

[Hamilcar_Barca]

Wisconsin GOP Senator Glenn Grothman chased, trapped by hecklers. Appearently police (who are siding with the unions) wouldn't let him in one entrance left him to the mob. Communism has come to Wisconsin.

[goat granny]

Another Yogi, when you come to the fork in the road, take it....

The idiots always take the left fork...:O)

[I see my hands]

"could very well cost them the White House in 2012"

So what? They lost big in Nov. '10 and they only got stronger. Power isn't just about political office, it's about nads.. the left has 'em, the right doesn't.

[socialism_stinX]

They’re not stronger...they’re much weaker than they were before November 2010. They lost the majority in the House and they’ll lose the majority in the Senate in 2012. The Left has a lot of nerve but tends to be undisciplined and shortsighted in the way it fights politically. Conservatives are calmer and quieter but are mentally tough and much more mentally disciplined than liberals. In America, power is obtained more through mental discipline than through wild displays of nerve. I’ll repeat...these wild nasty protests in Madison, WI do not play well with the majority of voters in the battleground states (where people watch that stuff and ask: “do these protesters have jobs?...where do they get the time for this craziness?”)

[rahbert]

I may have a job offer in ‘Tosa or Waukesha.

Debating whether to go or return to the land of Patty ‘the Genius’ Murray and the Dark Side.

Another choice is to become an expat in the home territory of the Maple Leafs.

[Jeff Chandler]

pondering how many Reagans can dance on the head of a pin.

Now that's funny.

[Darth Dan]

That is a HORRIBLE idea; in fact, it would be better to get the meanest, angriest, most PTSD-ed Guardsmen [in full battle-rattle with live-ammo and a green-light on shoot-to-kill anything that makes them jump] to act as escorts for the Governor and the Legislators.

Really?! Nice characterization/generalization of the National Guard & our Soldiers who come back from the war. Way to buy into the Code Pink narrative & Hollywood portrayals of vets.

[namvolunteer]

Amen.

[Lazlo in PA]

I saw this at Breitbart. I thought it was appropriate to our discussion on who actually is protesting and why. This is hilarious. And take note to the lack of the distinctive WI accent from most interviewees.

http://www.breitbart.tv/completely-clueless-union-protesters-in-wisconsin/

[nutmeg]

Wisconsin GOP Senator Glenn Grothman chased, trapped by hecklers. Appearently police (who are siding with the unions) wouldn't let him in one entrance left him to the mob. Communism has come to Wisconsin.

Thank you for this thread, Hamilcar_Barca... what an eye-opener! It's incredible that Sen. Grothman wasn't allowed in that entrance and was left at the mercy of this despicable mob.

DO NOT MISS this video. Everyone in America should see this:

Video - Wisconsin GOP Senator Glenn Grothman chased, trapped by hecklers, saved by Dem. Rep. Brett Hulsey

Warning: Vile language alert (shouted by the protesters of course)

[TYVets]

People think Walker is just rocking the boat a little too hard.....

I am at my wit’s end here.

It sounds like the people hired Gov Walker to keep the boat from sinking.

Speaking of boats when I am at my wit's end I fire up my fishing boat and head for the water. If I catch something I eat, if I don't I go hungry. That puts things in prospective.

[dixiechick2000]

IMHO, it’s nice to see the commie aspect of the left exposed for exactly what they are...vile beings, and I’m not quite sure if they are human.

However, it was a union sympathizer of their House who was responsible for keeping the republican Rep. safe. I think he was sorry that things got out of hand...

...and that there were many cameras on the scene...and hurt their cause even more.

He knew it would end up on You Tube, and would go viral.

Thank you both for the ping and post.

MustseeTV!

[afraidfortherepublic]

I have sent this horrid clip to every Wisconsin address on my email list. Sen. Grothman is MY Senator, and he doesn’t deserve this kind of treatment. Nobody does.

Notes of support can go here:

Madison Office
Room 10 South
State Capitol
P.O. Box 7882
Madison, WI 53707-7882

Voting Address
151 University Drive 312 N
West Bend, WI 53095

Telephone
(608) 266-7513 Or
(800) 662-1227 District Telephone
(262) 338-8061

Fax
(608) 282-3560

Email
Sen.Grothman@legis.wisconsin.gov

[afraidfortherepublic]

I loved that PEACEFUL chant.

How about the endless "F you"? That seemed to be chanted mostly in female voices.

[afraidfortherepublic]

If true, that’s all we need. Call the vote. Clear the Capitol.

[afraidfortherepublic]

I sent an email in support to this man. NOBODY should have that happen to them! Sen.Grothman@legis.wisconsin.gov

Thank you.

[catfish1957]

How about the endless "F you"? That seemed to be chanted mostly in female voices.

I guess WI Kindergarten teachers can get pretty fired up.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Walker probably has much stronger support outside of WI than inside his own state.

On what do you base that? Do you live in Wisconsin? Walker has very strong support here.

[PghBaldy]

Foreign thugs are different than American citizens. I agree with others that Walker has to tread carefully, no matter how distasteful it is. Walker and the Republicans need to let the union thugs/Democrats destroy whatever support they have.

[Yet_Again]

According to Wikipedia (for what that is worth):

Opposition
On February 7, 2007, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) introduced legislation that would revert the Insurrection Act to its previous state.[2][3] Sen. Leahy argues that the modifications to the law make it unnecessarily easy to assert federal authority over national guard elements without the consent of governors, and that the changes removed a "useful friction" that existed between the Insurrection Act and the Posse Comitatus Act.

Senator Leahy remarked on September 19, 2006 [4] "we certainly do not need to make it easier for Presidents to declare martial law. Invoking the Insurrection Act and using the military for law enforcement activities goes against some of the central tenets of our democracy. It creates needless tension among the various levels of government – one can easily envision governors and mayors in charge of an emergency having to constantly look over their shoulders while someone who has never visited their communities gives the orders."

No mention of Section 1076 was made in the President's statement about H.R. 5122. While this section was in effect [5], it allowed the President to declare a public emergency and station the military anywhere in America and take control of state-based National Guard units without the consent of the governor or local authorities.

Criticism in 1997 of weakening the PCA (Posse Comitatus Act) and using the federal military for domestic conditions charged that it endangered the military and the U.S. [6]:

The PCA's exceptions-in-name and exceptions-in-fact endanger the military and the United States by blurring the traditional line between military and civilian roles, undermining civilian control of the military, damaging military readiness, and providing the wrong tool for the job. Besides the current drug interdiction exceptions, the 104th Congress considered two bills to create new exceptions to the PCA. The Border Integrity Act would have created an exception to allow direct military enforcement of immigration and customs laws in border areas. The Comprehensive Antiterrorism Act would have allowed military involvement in investigations of chemical and biological weapons. [...] Increasing direct military involvement in law enforcement through border policing—an exception-in-fact—is an easy case against which to argue. Investigative support—an exception-in-name—is passive, indirect enforcement. Drug interdiction—an exception-in-name for the most part—falls between border policing and investigative support because of the extensive military involvement.

This case was also argued by the Departments of Justice and Defense in 1979 [7]:

The [PCA] expresses one of the clearest political traditions in Anglo-American history: that using military power to enforce the civilian law is harmful to both civilian and military interests. The authors of the [PCA] drew upon a melancholy history of military rule for evidence that even the best intentioned use of the Armed Forces to govern the civil population may lead to unfortunate consequences. They knew, moreover, that military involvement in civilian affairs consumed resources needed for national defense and drew the Armed Forces into political and legal quarrels that could only harm their ability to defend the country. Accordingly, they intended that the Armed Forces be used in law enforcement only in those serious cases to which the ordinary processes of civilian law were incapable of responding.

These changes were repealed in their entirety in 2008.

So I don't think this is the case (oh, and thank Kit Bond and Pat Leahy of all people for repealing this and making it harder for Emperor Hussein to declare martial law...) The changes described above were repealed in their entirety by HR 4986: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (full text)SEC. 1068. All changes have been repealed, and have changed back to the original state of the Insurrection Act of 1807

[Gabrial]

Some things never change.

The blood lust of this crowd is evident.

It's only a matter of time before one of them snaps and the rest of the mob pounches to get their licks in. The rat senators know this, which is why they are wearing the bright orange shirts. The orange shirts tell the crowd they are one of them and therefore not a target.

Truly a sad state of affairs. If I were a business, I would not get anywhere near that state.