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1. #1
   On February 18th, 2011 at 10:49 am, max said:

   FIRE (them) THIS TIME!

2. #2
   On February 18th, 2011 at 10:57 am, Virginia Patriot said:

   It’s now or never.

   Amen.

3. #3
   On February 18th, 2011 at 11:01 am, flmom said:

   These workers are forced to join the union in order to preserve their jobs

   Which in turn preserves the jobs of the Union bosses, Democrat politicians and their heart-throb, Obama.

4. #4
   On February 18th, 2011 at 11:04 am, Pasadena Phil said:

   With all of the personal threats of violence to governors, congressmen and senators, and the threats of civil unrest, where is Obama today? Why is he not calling for people to calm down? For peace?

5. #5
   On February 18th, 2011 at 11:07 am, walterc said:

   max said:

   FIRE (them) THIS TIME!

   Ditto!! With 20 million people out of work, I’m sure we can rustle up 1200 of them willing to move to Wisconsin for a good paying job. And They’d only have to work 9 months per year and pay 12.5% of your health care premiums.

   If Gov Walker asks for resume’s they’d probably be overwhelmed within hours.

6. #6
   On February 18th, 2011 at 11:09 am, hypocricy snark said:

   Nina Totenberg (sp?) said something interesting last night on Fox News to the effect that all the money being spent now to fight these state battles will directly effect efforts in 2012 for the union to help fund the $billion Obama is counting on to fund his campaign. Lawsuits, courts, and thuggery…no wonder Pravda says the media here is more crooked than they are. Somethings gonna’ give and it will be with a big big thud; people everywhere are watching this…pray for Wisconsin; pray for Ohio, NJ, Idaho, Minnesota…

7. #7
   On February 18th, 2011 at 11:10 am, RedDog said:

   The SEIU has now decreed that they must pay new fees to include spouses on their plans and has hiked employee co-pays for doctor visits and prescription drugs.

   Welcome to the real world dummies. These people act like they’re Rip Van Winkle. “What’s going on?”

8. #8
   On February 18th, 2011 at 11:10 am, spaceycakes said:

   huh. #2 & #6 are gone.

   then has the chutzpah to cast itself as an Egyptian-style “freedom” and “human rights” movement.

   great column, Michelle. I wish everyone would read it.

9. #9
   On February 18th, 2011 at 11:11 am, beenthere said:

   This is not “Apocalypse Now,” though I appreciate the concern. It is more a warm-up exercise for the Apocalypse to come. When these tactics are perfected, presumably over the next couple of years and are launched against the White House and Congress (indulge me in the fantasy of a Republican winning in 2012), then we will have our Apocalypse.

   Of course, if the Unions and Obama are able to do in Wisconsin what UNO (United Neighborhood Organization, a mostly Radical Hispanic precursor to ACORN) and Obama were able to do in Chicago (see Radical-in-Chief by Stanley Kurtz for the details), then maybe the whole constitutional republic thing will be swept away rather sooner.

10. #10
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:12 am, RedDog said:

    No unions should be allowed to exist. Period.

11. #11
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:12 am, babiesgrandma said:

    As if we needed a reminder:

    ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES! People should have voted with their brain, not out of guilt, in 2008.
    

    On Thursday, President Obama lamented the “assault on unions.”

    Way to go, America.

12. #12
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:14 am, thejim said:

    The battle lines are drawn. Pray that Wisconsin’s Republican Governor and Senate fight the good fight.

13. #13
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:16 am, 24Klady said:

    Anyone know where the schools in WI sit on scholastic achievement scores? The students called in by their teachers to help protest didn’t seem to be rocket scientists on camera.

    I’d love to only have to pay 12.5% for healthcare that knocks any other plans out of the ballpark. Watching the screeming and beligerant teachers on camera destroyed any sympathy I may have had for them. Fire them all.

14. #14
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:18 am, ThunderHawkk said:

    The vicious union thugs can spend as much as they want. obama will always find a way to get them the funds they need. There is apparently still billions “unspent” from the stimulas slush fund for the dems.

    The thing that really bothers me the most is knowing that obama loves to see Americans at each other’s throats. This is a wonderful thing for him.

    This evil, demonic bastard from Kenya, or wherever, is truly from hell.

    As much as I despise the unions and their thugs, I pray we fellow Americans stop and realize that obama is the real enemy. I don’t want to fight my fellow Americans. I want us all to recognize obama is the enemy of America.

15. #15
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:22 am, flmom said:

    Obama and his Union allies know full well that this is a high stakes game being played out in Wisconsin. It’s very reminiscent of the fight Maggie Thatcher had with the miner’s unions in the early 80′s which then returned the UK to some semblance of fiscal sanity (for a time, at least). Obama’s error in alienating the Tea Party protesters has borne the fruit of a large number of Republicans gaining control of State legislatures. The chickens are coming home to roost, as it were. If Walker can stand strong, this will have a cascading effect and that is the only comparison the Unions can claim to Egypt, and they know it.

16. #16
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:29 am, NeoFan said:

    Free health care and wages higher than the public sector along with a guaranteed job that you cannot be fired from is not enough for these people in the middle of a great depression? Well I see there is no pleasing them.
    Start the chant now and keep it up until they are all gone.

    FIRE THEM!! FIRE THEM!! FIRE THEM!!!

17. #17
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:30 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    I am going to repeat a few comments here that I originally posted in the Trumka thread. I hope people don’t mind, but I think these are so important that people need to know to put this whole thing in context.

18. #18
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:31 am, DanMan said:

    Seems to me Mr. Walker may have a pretty big stick he could still use. By documenting all of the “sick” government workers wouldn’t he have cause to let them go? Without tenure or by cause it would surely impact their pensions wouldn’t it? I suspect the pension obligations are somehow tied to years of service and termination of employment.

    And don’t think there aren’t plenty of qualifies people to replace them that would not mind at all contributing to their own health care and retirements.

    The small financial impacts notwithstanding, the straw that broke the unions back was the lack of collecting mandatory union dues. That is what they are fighting.

    Does anybody else see the irony of Obama running as a proud community organizer having public unions destroy themselves under his watch?

19. #19
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:35 am, steveegg said:

    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:10 am, spaceycakes said:

    huh. #2 & #6 are gone.

    They’re not gone; they’re relocated to the Trackbacks section. It’s a technical issue.

20. #20
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:35 am, spidgy said:

    On Thursday, President Obama lamented the “assault on unions.”

    Obama acting stupidly.

21. #21
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:36 am, steveegg said:

    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:04 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    With all of the personal threats of violence to governors, congressmen and senators, and the threats of civil unrest, where is Obama today? Why is he not calling for people to calm down? For peace?

    Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

22. #22
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:37 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    And now this is heading to Minnesota. Looks like they are going to need happyscrapper’s iron skillet diplomacy soon.

23. #23
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:39 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    Obama is licking his chops anticipating the first union thug who gets hurt when police prevent him from torching a building or a car. All of the violence right now is union sponsored.

    We are in a civil war.

24. #24
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:41 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Then let me see your war face!
    Private Joker: [nervously] Sir?
    Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: You got a war face! AAAAAAAAHH! That’s a war face, let me see your war face!
    Private Joker: Ahhhh!
    Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Bullsh!t. You didn’t convince me. let me see your REAL war face!
    Private Joker: [Screaming] AHHHHHHHHHHH!
    Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: You don’t scare me! Work on it!
    Private Joker: Sir, yes sir!

25. #25
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:42 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    All of the violence right now is uniongovernment sponsored.

    FIFMS

26. #26
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:43 am, letget said:

    With bho getting involved siding with the unions against the state of WI, if any person is harmed/killed, can he be named by the family libel?
    L

27. #27
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:45 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Obowmao is backing the union thuggery, the Governors of all States must unite and take back the Sovereignity of their States!

28. #28
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:46 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    The Convention carried out various measures. It voted to dissolve the Communist Political Association and to re-establish the Communist Party. It voted to re-dedicate itself to its revolutionary task of establishing a Soviet America. It voted to intensify Marxist-Leninist education from the leaders down to the lowliest member. It voted to oust Browder as leader. It voted to return to the use of the word “comrade.”

    –From Chapter 13 of “School of Darkness”
    by Bella V. Dodd, Ex-Communist

    … Fast Forward …

    The election of John Sweeney, Linda Chavez-Thompson and Rich Trumka to head the AFL-CIO in 1995 marked an important turning point for US labor. In many ways it was the rejection of past class collaborationist policies beaten into the labor movement by big business in the Red-Scare days of McCarthyism. It was a critical first step in rejection of business unionism. It was the culmination of a struggle inside Labor to change direction. But it was hardly the end of the discussion.

    Perhaps the most important change of the Sweeney, Chavez-Thompson, Trumka election was to open the doors in labor for a much bigger debate on direction. And it has not been an Ivory Tower debate.

    Union density has been debated in the context of some dramatic efforts and daring experiments in organizing, like the Justice for Janitors campaign or the organizing of Home Healthcare Workers. Labor political clout is debated in the context of dramatic increases in union independent political action such as the Labor 2000 and 2004 campaigns to defeat Bush. Labor’s relationship to the Democratic party has been debated in the context of the AFL-CIO’s campaign to elect 2000 trade unionist to office in the year 2000 (over-fulfilled)

29. #29
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:48 am, rocketman said:

    ***
    Wisconsin’s Governor lays out his choices clearly. Either the teachers start paying part of their pension and insurance costs–like most of us do.
    ***
    Or he has to lay off 10 percent of the teachers. Pick your poison, clowns. One lump or two?
    ***
    And–make all those teachers who didn’t report to work provide a valid doctor’s report on their illnesses. If they look fishy–bump them up to the top of the to be fired first list.
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

30. #30
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:49 am, letget said:

    Rogue Cheddar#30,
    bho has asked Judge Vinson to tell the states to obey bhocare that Judge Vinson has said is unconstitutional! It seems bho and team have no intentions of obeying any laws the judges say they must.
    L

31. #31
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:49 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    When Richard Trumka came forward at the Steelworkers convention addressing himself to white union members on the harmfulness of racism, our comrades in the labor movement immediately began circulating that speech at meetings and on the internet until it became viral. That speech took on a life of its own well beyond the labor movement. The ideas were repeated in many ways by other union leaders, raising the level of class consciousness and unity. Our understanding and internationalism, first projected by Karl Marx, that it takes the unity of the entire multi-racial, multi-national working class to win, enabled us to make that contribution, and countless others like it.

32. #32
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:54 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Review what Dr. Drew said about his first-hand encounter with:

    the Marxist Revolutionary views of Barry Obama at Occidental College

33. #33
    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:55 am, Mister P said:

    On Thursday, President Obama lamented the “assault on unions.”

    How quick they forget about Goddards and the blaming of Palin for saying targeting. Now we have Obama intentionally using language of war and it us ignored completely. It was obviously as a call to unions across the nation. He has already made it clear on whose side he is on. I look for him to find an opportunity to take over the state of Wisconsin.

34. #34
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:02 pm, John Deaux said:

    A couple of questions/comments:

    1. Why haven’t I seen any polls about the issue? Could it be that Wisconsonians support Walker?

    2. How can they portray this as standing up for the little guy, when the little guy is making over 6 figures?

    3. How juvenile is it for the Dems to run away? If my rep did something like this, I’d vote him out and let him know exactly why. Regardless of party.

35. #35
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:07 pm, old goat said:

    Excellent coverage Michelle. Keep it up.

    Other than cheer on the sidelines do any of you know how we can help out the Gov? (All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing)

36. #36
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:09 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:07 pm, old goat said:

    Go to Michelle’s last post yesterday and copy & paste the e-mail addresses into an e-mail of support.

37. #37
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:12 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    I hope everyone keeps in mind that in the end, the unions are going to lose because the money doesn’t exist and there is nothing the federal government can do about it. This is a state issue. The governors are now in the driver’s seat.

38. #38
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:17 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    ITookTheRedPill said:

    Review what Dr. Drew said about his first-hand encounter with:

    the Marxist Revolutionary views of Barry Obama at Occidental College

    Interesting. Not “unexpected”…Barry the Marxist. He still is. Not that his toadies in the media will admit it.

39. #39
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:18 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    One more thing, keep in mind how desperate the unions are. They NEED the public employee membership growth because private sector membership is abysmal and shrinking. What is happening in WI is about to spread across the country and the unions will lose.

    I expect that this will get very violent but we must hold the line. They cannot win and there is not much that Obama can do about it without declaring martial law and putting in permanent “special powers” like Mubarak did in Egypt.

40. #40
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:20 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Pasadena Phil said:

    I hope everyone keeps in mind that in the end, the unions are going to lose

    This is why they are so loud. Wealth producers versus wealth eaters. The producers will always be ok, the eaters are panicking…

41. #41
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:22 pm, granite said:

    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:18 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    …declaring martial law and putting in permanent “special powers” like Mubarak did in Egypt.

    Or as Hitler did in 1933 Germany with the “Enabling Act”.

    http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/enabling.htm

42. #42
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:23 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    At American Thinker:

    Cloward Piven Comes Undone

43. #43
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:23 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Oddly enough, Governor Moonbeam in California is sounding more like Gov Walker than you might expect. Since he’s a Dem the media will focus on Wisconsin.

44. #44
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:24 pm, Cameron said:

    As much as I despise the unions and their thugs, I pray we fellow Americans stop and realize that obama is the real enemy. I don’t want to fight my fellow Americans. I want us all to recognize obama is the enemy of America.

    Thunderhawkk, I understand your point and I respect where you are coming from. But my fellow Americans don’t try to subjugate me, force me to pay for their salaries, riot like chimpanzees on meth and drag children into their arguments.

    When they stop threatening me and mine and stop trying to force me to subsidize their existence, then they are no longer the enemy.

45. #45
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:26 pm, letget said:

    Fox has a poll on union collective bargaining if you would like to take it.

    http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/02/18/decide-support-end-collective-bargaining-public-employees-save-taxpayer-money/
    L

46. #46
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:30 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:23 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Oddly enough, Governor Moonbeam in California is sounding more like Gov Walker than you might expect. Since he’s a Dem the media will focus on Wisconsin.

    You got it. I’ve heard from a friend who knows the governor that he is privately embarrassed about having empowered these unions and wants to shore up his legacy.

    I expect that this is happening in WI first because it will take momentum heading into CA to counter the power structure here given that we don’t have a Republican party in CA.

    If the unions lose in WI, OH and MN, they are heading into CA significantly weakened and things will be very ugly out here.

    My current office is well within a stone’s throw of the SEIU HQ. Luckily, I am moving to a new office in a couple of weeks. Of course, I’ll be a little closer to the IBEW HQ.

47. #47
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:32 pm, flmom said:

    ITTRP

    Another good read that underscores your many posts on the nature of the beast.

    http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/260065/whos-polarizing-america-stanley-kurtz

48. #48
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:32 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    there is not much that Obama can do about it without declaring martial law and putting in permanent “special powers” like Mubarak did in Egypt.

    This is a distinct possibility with Obama. I wouldn’t put it past him if his admin continues to push union leftist thuggery and it expands nationwide. Leftists thrive on inciting violence and chaos as means to achieving their goals.

49. #49
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:38 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Their reaction is proportional to how badly they are losing.

    Pedal to the mettle ladies and gents. Just keep Drive’in On!!!

50. #50
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:40 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Now a Pelosi aide is predicting a government shutdown.

    It is very important that the GOP leadership get ahead of this before they get blamed. The Dems (aided and abetted by McCain and his endorsement of the “new Obama”) presented a budget that cut NOTHING placing all of the onus on the GOP. There is no middle ground with the Dems and they refuse to budge an inch.

    Step it up Boehner and McConnell. Don’t react. Act!

51. #51
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:41 pm, walterc said:

    3. How juvenile is it for the Dems to run away? If my rep did something like this, I’d vote him out and let him know exactly why. Regardless of party.

    Instead of waiting for the next election, they should start a recall petition if Wisc law allows it. And notify the press that you’re doing it so the Dems hiding out in Ill, know that their position is being challenged.

52. #52
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:43 pm, walterc said:

    Oh, and who’s paying for these clowns to hang out at the Best Western? I’m thinking it should NOT come out of their legislative travel budget. And they should not get per deim, or salary for the time they are not at work.

53. #53
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:47 pm, DanMan said:

    If you need evidence of how devestaing this is for the democrats just look at your local newspaper. Here in Houston it is not being covered in the Comical. At all.

    http://www.chron.com/

    You can even dig all the way in to the national news links and there is not a peep about it.

54. #54
    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:49 pm, Straight_Talk_Luigi said:

    As I have been saying all along–

    We are going to have to drag ALL of them–politicians, teachers, auto union workers, ect. whining, kicking and screaming away because they won’t go quietly.

    Kudos to the whistle-blowers and those who stand against the grain.

    Call Governor Walker and show him your support.

55. #55
    On February 18th, 2011 at 1:01 pm, Regulus said:

    On Thursday, President Obama lamented the “assault on unions.”

    That’s great. No different from somebody watching his friend in the commission of a mugging, and when someone else moves in to help the victim shouts, “Hey! You’re assaulting that guy!”

56. #56
    On February 18th, 2011 at 1:01 pm, JamieD said:

    The unions love to talk about the greed of business, but the only greed I see is coming from the Unions. All workers of America are losing hours, taking pay cuts, reducing expenditures to fit their new budgets and overall, adjusting to the downturn in the economy. However, the Unions have sacrificed NOTHING and even received pay increases from the stimulus money.

    What a bunch of greedy spoiled criminals! Keep on it Wisconsin, don’t give in to thuggery.

57. #57
    On February 18th, 2011 at 1:02 pm, txvet2 said:

    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:40 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Now a Pelosi aide is predicting a government shutdown.

    They’re going to force one and try to blame Boehner and McConnell. They think it’s still 1995 and they’re dealing with Newt.

58. #58
    On February 18th, 2011 at 1:05 pm, txvet2 said:

    On February 18th, 2011 at 12:43 pm, walterc said:

    Oh, and who’s paying for these clowns to hang out at the Best Western? I’m thinking it should NOT come out of their legislative travel budget. And they should not get per deim, or salary for the time they are not at work.

    I doubt that they’re paying for it with any official funds. Probably financed by the DNC, possibly with help from Soros and other FoO’s.

59. #59
    On February 18th, 2011 at 1:10 pm, rambler said:

    This is a prime example of why schools are unable to deal with bullies, since these teachers and their unions support bullying to get more out of a broke system than they deserve. We are not talking about schools at the top of academic achievement. Exactly why do these people think that they need to have their demands met? What is soooo special about them? Their union has painted them all as being equal and therefore, can be replaced by anyone with a similar degree. They haven’t distinguished themselves as being unique and deserving of something special. FIRE THEM ALL!!! Failing that, parents should pull their children out of those schools. What will the teachers do if there are no students to teach?

60. #60
    On February 18th, 2011 at 1:13 pm, letget said:

    Good job Michelle, Rush is quoting your article now!
    L

61. #61
    On February 18th, 2011 at 1:13 pm, txvet2 said:

    Your column made Rush’s show today, Michelle. He’s reading it now.

62. #62
    On February 18th, 2011 at 1:14 pm, txvet2 said:

    Looks like a strong turnout for the Limbaugh contingent today – as usual.

63. #63
    On February 18th, 2011 at 1:15 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Now a Pelosi aide is predicting a government shutdown.

    Bring it on! If a gov’t shutdown is approved Dem strategy in Wisc., then by all means, shut down the Fed.

64. #64
    On February 18th, 2011 at 1:17 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    I’m thinking it should NOT come out of their legislative travel budget. And they should not get per deim, or salary for the time they are not at work.

    I’m with you on that, but then the Wisc Dems would probably sue for it, claiming their actions were justified.

65. #65
    On February 18th, 2011 at 1:28 pm, max said:

    “I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
    – Longhaired guy known to frequent the face of $2 bills

66. #66
    On February 18th, 2011 at 1:30 pm, kilroyshere said:

    The Dems have presented simple solutions to the M.I.A. Dems in the Wisconsin Senate and teachers striking against terms of their contracts:

    1. Cease all pay and benefits to the M.I.A. WI Dem Senators, declare them derelict in their sworn duties and strip them of their positions.

    Call for an immediate election of new WI Senators…the Reps will take at least one of those seats and a quorum will be had to finish business.

    2. Ther Governor ought order the teachers back to work Monday…those who don’t show without medical documentation, are FIRED.

    States and the Fed Government are bankrupt…the sooner we start cutting, pink slipping, brown bagging it and cutting up the Government credit cards, the better chance America has of surviving what will be inevitable bankruptcy given the path we’re on.

    ___‹^›__‹(•¿•)›__‹^›___

67. #67
    On February 18th, 2011 at 1:38 pm, max said:

    2. Ther Governor ought order the teachers back to work Monday…those who don’t show without medical documentation, are FIRED.

    ‘cept for Monday’s President’s Day, or as teachers now refer to it BarryDay

68. #68
    On February 18th, 2011 at 1:43 pm, swede said:

    Flyoverman said:
    Their reaction is proportional to how badly they are losing.

    Pedal to the mettle ladies and gents. Just keep Drive’in On!!!

    Yes sir – and the unions and Democretin jumped the shark on this one. The teachers right to strike is doubtful, but debatable. Legislators “striking” to defeat legislation is malfeasance in office – not to mention a giant middle finger extended to the citizens Of Wisconsin. I grew up there. Folks have a common response to the center digit from arrogant politicians:

    “No sir, f*** YOU! Watch for it.

69. #69
    On February 18th, 2011 at 1:54 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Looks like the Gov has ordered the AWOL Pols arrested. Please, please can they bring them into the Capitol in leg irons? “Dems in Chains” – would make a fine movie.

70. #70
    On February 18th, 2011 at 1:59 pm, Ignatius Reilly said:

    Oh, darn…I have wasted so many bilious, incendiary words on the end of the now-dead Trumpka tread.

    (Executive Summary: I am het up at the treasonous criminality of the fraudulent Dem’s and beginning to think in terms of bringing them to justice. Me “het up,” not exactly breaking news.)

    (I spent eight days lost at sea when all I really wanted was to watch my neighbors watch TV.)

71. #71
    On February 18th, 2011 at 2:22 pm, J S Ragman said:

    Henceforth, can we begin referring to him as Richard “I-never-met-a-pierogi-I-didn’t-like” Trumka?

72. #72
    On February 18th, 2011 at 2:25 pm, swede said:

    AlohaGuy said:
    Looks like the Gov has ordered the AWOL Pols arrested.

    Sadly, Nope.

    “The Wisconsin Constitution prohibits police from arresting legislators while they’re in session. Fitzgerald says he just wants to send a message to Miller — if he’s even home — that he must bring his caucus back to Madison.” Said troopers came back empty handed.

    And just when you thought this couldn’t get more nauseating…

    Jackson arrival energizes crowd
    The Rev. Jesse Jackson arrived around noon Friday, speaking to the near-capacity crowd for about five minutes. From the second level of the Capitol rotunda, he led the crowd in chants including “Save the teachers. Save the children.” Protesters swayed as Jackson led them in a rendition of the song, ‘We Shall Overcome.’”

    Gag me with a shovel. What would demogoguery be without the Dean of Demogues?

73. #73
    On February 18th, 2011 at 2:32 pm, Ignatius Reilly said:

    Jackson’s arrival is great news. I hope Sharpton shows up, too. Let’s get the whole Leftist freakshow (Obama’s team) competing each with each other to make a spectacle of themselves. All to the good.

74. #74
    On February 18th, 2011 at 2:37 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Won’t be long now before the wolf packs hit the streets killing the first Jew they can find.

75. #75
    On February 18th, 2011 at 2:47 pm, stillontheroad said:

    Rev. Jesse Jackson arrived around noon Friday and the Toilet bowl immediately spilled over.

76. #76
    On February 18th, 2011 at 2:49 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Sadly, Nope.

    Ah, too bad.

77. #77
    On February 18th, 2011 at 2:50 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Can the Repubs show up at Miller’s house, declare a quorum and vote?

78. #78
    On February 18th, 2011 at 2:52 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Jackson’s arrival is great news. I hope Sharpton shows up, too.

    It’s not too late to invite Hugo Chavez and Sean Penn! Could try inviting Castro, but I think he knows amateurs when he sees them.

79. #79
    On February 18th, 2011 at 3:05 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    Can the Repubs show up at Miller’s house, declare a quorum and vote?

    Tremendous idea!

80. #80
    On February 18th, 2011 at 3:19 pm, Confutus said:

    If the mainstream press is going to call this a boycott, they might as well specify that it’s an illegal one. Legislators explicitly do not have the right to absent themselves to keep the legislature from doing business.

    The Wisconsin legislature does have the Constitutional authority to create a penalty for leaving the state while the legislature is in session and there is not a sufficient quorum to do business. An appropriate one would be forfeiture of office.

81. #81
    On February 18th, 2011 at 3:24 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On February 18th, 2011 at 1:59 pm, Ignatius Reilly said:
    Oh, darn…I have wasted so many bilious, incendiary words on the end of the now-dead Trumpka tread.

    I read those posts, Ignatius. People need to go there and read them. Or, you should copy and paste them here. They are excellent and well worth repeating.

82. #82
    On February 18th, 2011 at 3:31 pm, oregonelam said:

    It’s time for the governor to declare vacancies in the Senate jurisdictions and issue a writ for elections, as allowed in Article IV Section 14 of the Wisconsin constitution.

83. #83
    On February 18th, 2011 at 3:40 pm, Ignatius Reilly said:

    Thank you, happy. I think I’ll just keep my head down and behave my Tom Paine self for a little while.

84. #84
    On February 18th, 2011 at 3:43 pm, jrgdds said:

    On February 18th, 2011 at 11:45 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Obowmao is backing the union thuggery, the Governors of all States must unite and take back the Sovereignity of their States!

    This is what happens when you make a community organizer president.

    It’s what he does. It’s who he is. It’s what he believes in.

85. #85
    On February 18th, 2011 at 3:48 pm, Brian Paasch said:

    Aren’t the cops part of that “public union” crowd? Why on earth would they comply with the order to find the union defenders?

86. #86
    On February 18th, 2011 at 3:54 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On February 18th, 2011 at 1:19 pm, Ignatius Reilly said:

    The thing that really, ultimately threatens the peace and coherence of our society is the stealth with which the Left, and its dream frontman, Barry Obama, are assaulting the core of our national institutions. They are largely unwilling to have an honest fight for their ideas and vision. Instead, it is all about fantasy budgets, hidden agendas, and dishonest manipulations of the system. It is the old FDR pack-the-court spirit on steroids, but much more subtle. Card check, for example…huge political implications if they could get it done. And, of course, immigration and amnesty, an attempt to “pack the electorate” with Democrat voters.

    And so maddening to most of us, the whole MSM — sympathetic to the spread of Leftism by any means possible– is part of the game. They are as dishonest as Pravada, a complete, fraudulent tool of the sneaky, lying revolutionaries who have cleaned themselves up and moved into power.

    And at their front, this cool character with his mostly soothing words. No Hugo Chavez tirades, nothing to tip-off the centrist dimwits who think that “change you can believe in” sounds positive and hopeful for their future.

    Thank goodness for this circus in Madison where the the greed and aggressiveness of the Left is so visible for all to see.

    If the Left beats us in argument, most of us would just argue to try to win the country back. If they win by stealth and trickery, we won’t be so polite. And I intend that to sound very menacing (but vague enough to be perfectly legal).

87. #87
    On February 18th, 2011 at 3:54 pm, sims said:

    Police and Fire Unions are exempted, for the the time being, from the proposed legislation. Gov. Walker needs them for law and order.

88. #88
    On February 18th, 2011 at 3:55 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On February 18th, 2011 at 1:38 pm, Ignatius Reilly said:

    And we may need a new criminal code with speedy, no-nonsense “people’s courts” to bring malefactors to justice.

    We might need, for example, to expand the definition of treason to include something like the attempt to “blow up” the national medical system under the pretense of attempting to reform it.

    It is a very serious crime to try to destroy 1/6 of the American economy so that you can then “rescue” it and substitute a communist system. People who have made statements that made their true intentions clear and then carried out a charade to put into place unworkable “reforms” to collapse the system…well, that is a very, very serious crime in my mind. Not that different than dropping bombs on 1/6 of the nation’s infrastructure.

    These criminals are going to require punishment.

89. #89
    On February 18th, 2011 at 3:56 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    Madison– Republican Gov. Scott Walker plans to pay for $140 million in new special interest spending signed into law in January by extending the state’s long term debt in a “scoop and toss” refinancing scheme that will cost untold tens of millions of dollars in additional debt for Wisconsin.

    “Scott Walker railed non-stop against budget gimmicks as a candidate and now as governor he’s put together a scheme that would make a pay-day lender blush,” said Scot Ross, One Wisconsin Now Executive Director. “Gov. Walker created this problem by handing out $140 million in special interest spending to his corporate pals and he’s going to make our children pay for it by taking loans the state was ready to pay off and borrow more money on them.”

90. #90
    On February 18th, 2011 at 3:56 pm, rambler said:

    Why don’t they get Peggy the Moucher to join the protest. She has lots in common.

91. #91
    On February 18th, 2011 at 3:58 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    A post of mine…

    Who Said “A war is coming” and “the U.S. is going to end soon”?

92. #92
    On February 18th, 2011 at 3:59 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Another post of mine…

    Ayers is a Violent, Revolutionary Communist. What is Obama?

93. #93
    On February 18th, 2011 at 4:00 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    One more and I’ll go…

    Chavez’s Venezuela: Obama and Ayers

94. #94
    On February 18th, 2011 at 4:09 pm, Gorebot said:

    “F’aar their asses!!!!!”

95. #95
    On February 18th, 2011 at 4:09 pm, Ignatius Reilly said:

    I endorse the efforts of my friend, ITookTheRedPill, to serve the strong truth as widely as possible, without cream or sweetener.

96. #96
    On February 18th, 2011 at 4:15 pm, stillontheroad said:

    Ilovemycountry said:
    I just pressed the Trunk Monkey Button..

97. #97
    On February 18th, 2011 at 4:18 pm, Gorebot said:

    Wisconsin is the Titanic, and these morons are all Captain John Smith.

    “Next stop: Bottom of the North Atlantic!!!”

98. #98
    On February 18th, 2011 at 4:22 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On February 18th, 2011 at 3:54 pm, ITookTheRedPill said: On February 18th, 2011 at 1:19 pm, Ignatius Reilly said:

    Thanks, RedPill. I should have thought of that. Those posts were really really worth reading. In fact, I am going to share them with a couple of my e-mail friends.

99. #99
    On February 18th, 2011 at 4:24 pm, rotarymunkey said:

    The Dems in the WI Senate have abdicated their positions; change the locks on their office doors, disconnect their taxpayer-funded cell phones, cancel their state-issued debit cards. Immediately.

    We don’t require that you vote for conservative, fiscally-responsible proposals, or that you even like them, but you WILL be present as the wheels of democracy roll on or you WILL be replaced.

100. #100
     On February 18th, 2011 at 4:26 pm, happyscrapper said:

     On February 18th, 2011 at 3:56 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

     Please link to your source. I’d like to read it for myself. Thank you.