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1. #101
   On February 21st, 2011 at 12:11 pm, JennyHatch said:

   As the SEIU is standing firm with the unrest taking place in Wisconsin, they have planned nationwide “Union Solidarity Action Rallies” – including one in Denver.

   http://action.seiu.org/page/s/solidarityaction

   And the Tea Party is planning a counter-rally. Come stand firm with Wisconsin Governor’s budget-cutting proposal, free enterprise, and balancing the budget.

   Bring your signs, your flags, your friends – or just bring your body down on your lunch break.

   Please be aware, the SEIU will have a permit for the actual grounds. Be respectful of this. If you are on the grounds, do not be disruptive or they can have you removed. We will be meeting on the sidewalk on the west side of the Capitol – where we will express our First Amendment rights and cannot be asked to leave.

   Need a little more info? Check out Northern Colorado Tea Party’s blog post regarding the upset in Wisconsin and Colorado’s own fiscal crisis: http://www.northerncoloradoteaparty.com/blog/2011/02/20/seiu-brings-union-protests-from-wisconsin-to-colorado/

2. #102
   On February 21st, 2011 at 12:22 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

   
   Mister P said:

   Explaining the quiet we are now hearing from the White House.

   If only we could get Bambi and Miss Hillary to just shut up more–there are times I think those people talk just to hear their own voices.

   Hopefully the Purple buses have bad tires and spend a lot of time on the side of the road–in snowstorms.If they make it here I will be there to counter protest.
   ===
   Remember good people:
   If you MUST feed the trolls
   Feed them to the alligators

3. #103
   On February 21st, 2011 at 12:23 pm, BannedinBoston said:

   I bet if the union membership understood the “unfunded liability” ie insolvency of their pension plans they might be less supportive. Had an uncle who got $.25 on the dollar on his pension when his union company went belly up. Out looking for a job at 64 to cover the bills. Rather control my own destiny in the market thank you…

4. #104
   On February 21st, 2011 at 12:23 pm, rlconservative said:

   As a conservative union member, I am amazed at the lack of reality these people have to the state of the union. If you had a strike by the dishwashers at your local food place, how many would “stand” with them? lol Or how about the grass cutters going on strike. Let me guess, hire new grass cutters. When you have 10% unemployment these people should just be thankful they have a job! Especially when you consider they get there money from us, the taxpayers. It’s like federall/state subsidized union thuggery? What a joke.

5. #105
   On February 21st, 2011 at 12:29 pm, TrashCanMan said:

   This is the beginning of the end for Public Worker’s Unions. The next Republican President needs to rescind JFK’s Executive Order!

6. #106
   On February 21st, 2011 at 12:29 pm, Marshall_Will said:

   rlconservative,

   Correct. That’s been my issue throughout. How long can any of us remain oblivious to the economic realities at hand?

   No matter how much we’d care to pretend to the contrary?

7. #107
   On February 21st, 2011 at 12:35 pm, Marshall_Will said:

   BannedInBoston,

   Sorry to hear about your uncle. You’re right, if the membership had the slightest clue as to how underwater their ‘secure’ pensions were, they’d be turning on leadership ( not the Gov. )

8. #108
   On February 21st, 2011 at 12:37 pm, drago said:

   Change they can’t believe in.

9. #109
   On February 21st, 2011 at 12:43 pm, Brian Baker said:

   I wonder if Wisconsin Democrats are going to be known as the “party of no”.

   As in “NO attendance in the legislature”?

10. #110
    On February 21st, 2011 at 12:46 pm, lacool said:

    Yay! I can comment!! I know off topic, but very happy!

11. #111
    On February 21st, 2011 at 12:48 pm, change_it_back2012 said:

    Typical leftist losers who couldn’t get a job in the real world if their lives depended on it. Walker has it right. You don’t engage children like this in an argument; you simply pacify them and put them to bed. Let them throw their little tantrum for a few days and then they’ll go home and take their meds. BTW- Red is definitely a fitting color for these pinko morons.

12. #112
    On February 21st, 2011 at 12:50 pm, gc said:

    It will be interesting to see the turnout in NC and GA. Here in SC we are building a huge new Boeing plant….because of no unions!

13. #113
    On February 21st, 2011 at 12:53 pm, right_on said:

    Show your support by wearing red

    Hugo Chavez (hearts) these useful socialist idiots!

    Conjures up an old saying from the ’50′s;

    “I’d rather be dead than red”….

    For the non-union supporters of these people, ask yourselves this question:

    How does higher pay, and greater non-contributary benefits for public union workers benefit the average American?

    Do our childrens test scores increase when teachers get paid more? That would be “no!” Their scores actually go down.

    Does putting more money in union workers pockets help put more money in YOUR pockets? No, it relieves you of that “burden.”

    I think every “sick out” employee, who is violating collective bargaining agreements, or statute, should be docked pay, or fired, and have half their accrued pension benefits returned to the state coffers.

    These public unions have a monopoly over the state and federal government, and that needs to be remedied or we all go down, but not before many, many acts of violence. The liberals just can help themselves; they talk “peace”, but when they don’t get their way, violence is their only recourse.

    Their signs say that the government position is “unfair,” but whose position is the unfair one? The union workers want more, for nothing…no skin in the game. That position is unrealistic, and un-American.

14. #114
    On February 21st, 2011 at 12:57 pm, spidermon1 said:

    Long time reader, first time commenting

    Fire them all!
    Senators Recall!
    Then come to the new
    Patriots Ball!

15. #115
    On February 21st, 2011 at 12:57 pm, bicentennialguy said:

    Let this Wisconsin Syndrome spread…It further solidifies the fact that the primary address for avarice is the American left.

16. #116
    On February 21st, 2011 at 1:00 pm, scrappinggirl said:

    State employees in WV are rallying today at the state capitol. The employees were asked to wear red bandanas in support of WI and remembrance of the mine wars.

    The state employees do not have collective bargining rights in WV. That is a small miracle in democrat controlled WV.

    The teachers are in school in my county due to the need to make up snow days.

17. #117
    On February 21st, 2011 at 1:07 pm, change_it_back2012 said:

    The GOP needs to be more vocal in highlighting the the disgusting rhetoric being spewed at these rallies by these union thugs and turning it back against the left. It was only a matter of weeks ago that obama was in Tucson waxing poetic about a more civil tone in our national political discourse; and now the people on their side are openly doing the exact opposite. This is served up for us on a silver platter! The hypocrisy is glaring. Boehner, Cantor and the rest of them should be publicly demanding that the President openly and clearly condemn the smears and generally vile content of these rallies.

    It’s using their own tried-and-true Alinsky tactic right back against them: make them live up to their own standards

18. #118
    On February 21st, 2011 at 1:45 pm, bicentennialguy said:

    I heard earlier that George H. W. Bush and the sex-addled 42nd U.S. President are going to head up a new institute on CIVILITY in American political discourse at the University of Arizona. Really?!?!

19. #119
    On February 21st, 2011 at 1:55 pm, JennyHatch said:

    You just don’t see this entitlement behavior in the private sector.

    When my hubbys company cut everyones paycheck a few years back we were just glad to keep the job.

20. #120
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:03 pm, change_it_back2012 said:

    @bicentennialguy:

    Any effort to engage the left in civil political discourse is ultimately futile; and no one should know this better than Bush. I would love to have the public union benefits conversation in an adult-like, rational setting; as their side wouldn’t have a leg to stand on. The left lacks the capacity to put forth a reasonable, cogent argument in support of their position because it has no fundamental basis in logic or reality. They are forced to drag the conversation into the gutter, because that is the only environment in which their ideology can thrive. It’s impossible to be civil with a sputtering leftist degenerate who sees childish name-calling and repugnant smears as adequate replacements for a sound argument based on fact.

21. #121
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:05 pm, William Teach said:

    BTW, the SEIU forgot to show up for their rally in Raleigh today. The local race hustler’s from the NAACP and a few union workers showed up, no more than 40-50 people tops.

    One of these days, perhaps the left can put on a good show here in Raleigh.

22. #122
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:06 pm, Cad Driver said:

    “What would happen if you didn’t have a union to bargain your salary and benefits?”

    Oh, oh, I know, someone striving to be good at their job!

23. #123
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:14 pm, sterling72 said:

    It’s time to thin the ranks of gob-ment cheese employees at all levels…fed, state and local. If not now?…..when?

24. #124
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:15 pm, BobonStatenIsland said:

    To show my “solidarity” I am going shopping at WalMart. Of course, to do that, I must drive over a bridge to NJ because we haven’t a WalMart within the five boroughs of NYC. That may change soon as the public, harder up for money with this terrible economy and inflation, are pushing for a WalMart near them. The Dem City Council are seeming more for the Unions than for their constituents. The tide IS turning.

    I, frankly, am thrilled by these unions’ grand showcasing. The more they do this, the less respect they will receive from the vast majority of Americans. I hope they keep it up. Down will go the unions and with them the Democrat Party will follow.

25. #125
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:22 pm, amyshulk said:

    I asked months ago elsewhere why do we even have public unions – who are they protecting them from – the taxpayers? I get the appeal of knowing what you’ll make today, next year, 5 years from now, etc. I was in the USN for 11 years. But in the service, the slackers aren’t coddled/condoned/carried by the productive – they get squared away. Making the unions earn the “right” to collect dues yearly isn’t nearly strong enough, but it’s a start. Now they just need to follow through and not buy into the msm’s “help” – it’s the R’s turn to say “I won” and since they ARE backed by the voters, any backlash will be astroturf!

26. #126
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:24 pm, Lynn II said:

    Oh police officers have already taken a pay cut and are willing to pay a portion of benefits and healthcare.
    Hearings will continue, according to Kasich until the first of April.
    Obama will be at CSU tomorrow, he can almost claim residency in OH.

27. #127
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:29 pm, gallatin04 said:

    Thank you Michelle for opening up comment registration. Now to the topic at hand—fire all government employees in every state that show up to protest–ala Reagan and the air traffic controllers.

28. #128
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:30 pm, tbear44 said:

    On February 20th, 2011 at 10:12 am, beenthere said:
    I’m disappointed that the Purple Gang won’t be coming to Washington, but it makes sense. Democrats, Unionists, churches, media outlets, and all their usual pet groups have this one-party state locked up. They should (and I suspect at one point will) pass a bill that the state is actually named after Harold Washington (one of Obama’s heroes).

    Just like when they changed King County to MLK County.

29. #129
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:32 pm, AMERICANVETERAN said:

    i for one am looking forward to unions being put in their place,,that is they work of the public, not the other way around

30. #130
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:32 pm, Thors_Hammer said:

    #113, Brian Baker said…

    Hey Brian, how about we call them “the party of GO”?

31. #131
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:36 pm, amyshulk said:

    Forgot to mention – I’m happy to be posting here after following you for so long Michelle, thanks!!!

    Another thought –

    So union supporters claim unions put an upward pressure on all wages.

    Since they support illegal immigration, then they must also support the downward pressure on wages that that creates, right?

    And they blame the eeeeeeeeevil R’s for the jobs fleeing to other countries.Way to create your own reality.

    Too bad unions – we took a vote and want to go back to the real world. You know, the one where my husband lost pay starting in 2007 and many others didn’t get to keep their job!!!

32. #132
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:38 pm, BK said:

    Solidarnosc wouldn’t have anything to do with the purple shirts. They opposed the communists.

    Ah, we’re talking about a different type of solidarity

33. #133
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:43 pm, Lynn II said:

    Ohio
    Protest against Governor Kasich
    Time: 4:00 PM
    Location: Canton Civic Center
    Address: 1101 Market Ave N. – Canton, Oh 44702

    Canton? LOL

34. #134
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:45 pm, Twistin said:

    how is an unruly mob of 70K people the voice of 5.5M voters?

35. #135
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:46 pm, Twistin said:

    I do believe this is the astroturf that X-speaker Pelosi was talking about. Because, it’s What They Do.

36. #136
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:46 pm, bicentennialguy said:

    @Lynn II

    Wonder if Bill Clinton will be there? Canton is the home of the Hoover vacuum company, you know.

37. #137
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:51 pm, bodfish said:

    And can you just imagine when Wisconsin teachers morph into TSA employees if they are allowed to wear union “purple?” Or, how about all of Janet’s HSA — Border Patrol, FEMA, or… hmmm… Secret Service? Purple Flu closes airports, opens the border (wider!), etc.

    Thank you Michelle. Long-time reader.

38. #138
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:52 pm, Spock said:

    I am from Madison. The Unions capitulate the state worker HC and pension requests. They are attempting to make the argument that collective bargaining is a right. If CB isn’t removed, the city, local and school boards will have to cut workers they need. The Unions will just use CB to force wage, HC and pension payments.

39. #139
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:52 pm, Regulus said:

    What’s deliciously ironic about the union thugs in Wisconsin is their obliviousness to how they tar themselves with their own “dictator” comparisons.

    Generally speaking, when the tin-pot dictator starts losing his grip — and knows that he’s losing it, even though he’ll never admit it — his efforts to hang on become increasingly desperate, finally ending up in violence before recognition sets in that the jig really is up and then he flees the country.

    The union thugs are losing their grip; they know it, but can’t bring themselves to admit it; so what we’re witnessing now is the last throes of hysterical desperation.

    If the thugs brandishing the signs comparing the governor of Wisconsin to Mubarak want a truly accurate depiction of what they’re shrieking about, they need to put their own portraits on those signs.

    Then they need to emulate their donk slave-masters, and flee.

40. #140
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:53 pm, MonoPed said:

    So glad to live in a right to work state!

41. #141
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:53 pm, tone said:

    First, thank you Michelle for allowing me to join the fray here. Always appreciate your work and the thoughfull commentary of your guests.

    I just wanted to make the observation that this issue of preserving the public employee unions in their current cancerous state of exsistance, is essential to the “Sovietization” the Alinsky crowd is planning for our floundering Republic.

    Think about it, what is the biggest competition of the Federal Government? It’s the States, so of course the Feds are going to use incrementali sttactics to slowly bring the States to financial ruin, so that they can in turn “bail them out” aka own them like G.M. This is the reason Obamao and his thugs in Organizing for America, along with Trumka and his thugs are taking such a desperate stand here. This is an essential part of the Clouard Piven strategy.

    They are implementing the Clourd Piven strategy at the Federal Level, we all know that, but this is how it will work at the State level. The States can’t be allowed to do things right, be solvent, and therfore a check on the consolidation of Federal Power. The Commucrats and the Rinos, our statist elite, understand the states must be kept in debt by means such as these.

    The independent State, thumbing it’s nose at the idea of doing things Uncle Sam’s way, will not be tolerated by those who wish to “fundamentally change America”. Most of your Reps, in the House, Senate, and most of your Governors, are pwned and controlled already by the interest of the Feds in this regard. They want to be in the fold of the ones who really have the power baby, and representing your state ain’t where it’s at.

    Get it now? Doesn’t it make sense who your fraud Governor or Representative is now? I just hate playing the stuck on stupid card, ya know what I mean? These criminals aren’t stupid and they know damn well what they are doing.

    Oh, yeah, and Governor Walker for President. The only leadership I’ve seen in years. No Gingrich, No Romney, No Hucksterbee. Thank you.

42. #142
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:55 pm, Delta Force said:

    All unions have long since outlived their usefullness. Here in Colorado, state law enforcement is prohibited by law to unionize and they are doing okay, not great, but okay(retired trooper). As far as I am concerned, all unions should be made illegal and immediately disbanded.

    Thanks for opening registration for comments Michelle.

43. #143
    On February 21st, 2011 at 2:59 pm, Ignatius Reilly said:

    For nostalgia buffs, Purple People Eater.

44. #144
    On February 21st, 2011 at 3:03 pm, DeaconRoss said:

    Ugh!

    No Shortage of Union Funds to bus everyone around.

45. #145
    On February 21st, 2011 at 3:04 pm, Rufus Levin said:

    With all the Obama noise about “investing in education”, and all the union hullabalo about “teaching”…neither of the parties have a CLUE what the Difference is between Teaching and Education. Teaching is the ACT of explaining. But EDUCATION is the ACT of understanding. I have no doubt that the money is thrown at the teaching part only, but the education part is measured only at the individual student level. If the kids don’t GET it, it is not education.

46. #146
    On February 21st, 2011 at 3:06 pm, MOTUS said:

    I, too, would like to add my thanks to the (good) Michelle for the special President’s Day open comment registration.

    Normally I reflect more than I comment, but I would just like to share this with you: Andy Stern has permission from the Secret Service to drive his big purple SEIU bus right up to the front door of the White House, and has done so several times in the past 2 years.

    Sometimes he drops off sacks of money, and sometimes he picks up sacks of money. The only thing you can count on for sure is that when he shows up, money will change hands.

    As you probably guessed, he’s a big supporter of Big Guy’s “sharing the wealth” and WTF plans.

47. #147
    On February 21st, 2011 at 3:09 pm, Rufus Levin said:

    Watching the teachers in Wisconsin banging drums, pots and pans, and trashcans, shouting and yelling in the State Capital building where government business is supposed to be conducted, I can only chuckle at the thought of these same teachers demanding that their students sit down, be still and quiet, and not interrupt the process of classwork. They must only observe the adage, “Do what I say, not what I do.”
    Seems they all need a double dose of Ritalin and a nap.

48. #148
    On February 21st, 2011 at 3:12 pm, Dustyn_H said:

    One thing I have wondered.

    What would be the downside to changing the annual re-certification of the unions called for in the Walker bill to a different time frame? Say twice a decade, or every other year, or whatever.

    It would still accomplish the same thing, but it might make the Democrats return to the state to call the quorum. As it shows a “compromise” given by the Republicans, they could try to use that as cover for returning. I hate to give the Dems anything, because they do not deserve it, but if all we are giving them is a symbolic change, does it really matter?

    I’m all for the recertification annually, which should bust the union completely the first time it comes up for a vote. Would the legislation lose it’s impact if they change that time frame, or if they dropped that portion completely?

    Would they not still have to make the contributions to their pensions and medical plans, stop having the government collect their dues, and stop forcing everyone to join the union as a condition of their employment?

49. #149
    On February 21st, 2011 at 3:14 pm, Rufus Levin said:

    This is the closest equivalent I have seen to the Union Teachers and Crowd at the Wisconsin “shoutout” lallapalusa:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A55D2EKMPBs

50. #150
    On February 21st, 2011 at 3:20 pm, Brian Baker said:

    #134, Thor’sHammer:

    “Hey Brian, how about we call them ‘the party of GO’?”

    LOL!

    Even better.

51. #151
    On February 21st, 2011 at 3:20 pm, Ignatius Reilly said:

    Sheppard Smith, the SEIU’s inside man at Fox. Disgusting. (Well, of course they also have Geraldo embedded.)

52. #152
    On February 21st, 2011 at 3:25 pm, wyseguy said:

    We have got to get out in front of this. The Union bosses won’t be budged, but if we can start convincing the rank and file that there won’t be any pensions, there won’t be any health insurance, and your union contracts will have to be renegotiated from scratch if the state goes under. We need to start convincing the rank and file that their Union bosses only care about lining their own pockets and don’t care one whit about the average worker. The Unions have failed and they must be either replaced or eliminated or there is no hope for the future. If the Unions win here, then any hope for fiscal sanity is lost.

53. #153
    On February 21st, 2011 at 3:45 pm, Thors_Hammer said:

    Slightly OT: Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn proposes adding 950 new state jobs and an increase of $1.7 billion in new spending to the new budget. Illinois is currently facing a $13 billion deficit. Apparently, increasing the spending will reduce the deficit, according to the good Gov. Huh?

54. #154
    On February 21st, 2011 at 3:51 pm, Gorebot said:

    In LiberalWorld, 2 + 2 always equals 5.

    The additional hallucinatory “1″, of course, comes from everyone else’s wallet.

55. #155
    On February 21st, 2011 at 3:57 pm, Gorebot said:

    How to destroy jobs:

    1). Cozy up to unions.
    2). Fail to protect the border.
    3). Fail to educate (about how life really works).
    4). Promise unsustainable benefits.

    Lib Success = National Failure.

56. #156
    On February 21st, 2011 at 4:02 pm, MikeyMoose said:

    Thanks for the heads-up Michelle…will be at the Denver rally along with a group of like-minded conservative family and friends to present the opposing point of view, and plan to get lots of photos to share at the same time! Also, thanks for opening the comment registration for us long time readers and previously wishful participants. Much appreciated!

57. #157
    On February 21st, 2011 at 4:03 pm, ResoluteMom said:

    Hey, teachers! Don’t be “another brick in the wall” for the union bosses. States are broke. The measures Gov. Walker and others are calling for are to SAVE the states…you know, so that when you retire there WILL be something left of your pension. Just look at Greece and Europe…there’s no money left for “the pensioners”.
    Keep up with these CB demands, and you will be the brick that seals up the wall of opportunity in your state and in America.
    How about solidarity for our country? Isn’t she worth sacrificing something for?

58. #158
    On February 21st, 2011 at 4:17 pm, Gorebot said:

    “Say, waitress, this ‘All-You-Can-Eat-Somethin-For-Nothin’ buffet is mighty tasty! Yes, mighty tasty. Keep it comin’!!!”

    =======================================

    “Whaddaya mean the chef quit!?!? ‘Gault’ was his name? John Galt? Who the hell is John Galt???”

59. #159
    On February 21st, 2011 at 4:18 pm, Christie said:

    While I was reading M’s coverage here yesterday an old gospel song came to mind: People Get Ready…(there’s a train a comin’).
    I first heard this song on an old Vanilla Fudge album my, (now retired pub. school teacher and Obamaton), brother had back in the late 60′s, early 70′s. Sure enough, I found it, but realized that I liked Al Green’s version much, much better…I sent my bro the link to both and sure enough, he called me to thank me for the blast from the past…What he didn’t know was that it was these lines:
    “There ain’t no room for the hopeless sinner
    Who would hurt all mankind just to save his own”…
    were my response to the (teachers’) unions, but I think it went right over his head, (since he’s constantly bowing to The One.)

60. #160
    On February 21st, 2011 at 4:18 pm, rk said:

    I’ve been reading the history of PATCO. Some of the Left-Labor historians have bemoaned the fact that other unions didn’t come to the aid of PATCO. I think this is an effort on their part to “learn from history”

    Lefties like Kuttner are saying things like this:

    Month after month, progressives have been asking each other, where are the mass protests?

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-kuttner/wisconsins-tunisia-moment_b_825738.html

    So this all fits. I’m not sure that they’ll be well recieved.

61. #161
    On February 21st, 2011 at 4:19 pm, osso said:

    ResoluteMom is correct; wish I were closer to WI so could have attended the counter rally on Saturday. Gov. Walker needs to know he has a lot of support outside of Wisconsin!

62. #162
    On February 21st, 2011 at 4:27 pm, rotorjoe said:

    As transplanted Cheesehead (to AZ), I’m proud of my home state for starting the ball rolling in reigning public sector spending. As the cradle of Progressivism (Fighting Bob LaFollette, who went nuts, by the way); Let the “Squealing Heard Round the World” begin there!

63. #163
    On February 21st, 2011 at 4:37 pm, Seeing Eye Mule said:

    I told the owner of the store I work at that I would not be wearing my uniform (which consits of a red polo and red hat) on tuesday. He asked why? and I told him about this, he left a memo for all employee’s that this tuesday was casual tuesday and no one is allowed to wear any red.

64. #164
    On February 21st, 2011 at 4:38 pm, Terika said:

    OBAMA

    Of the Unions

    For the Unions

    BUY the Unions

65. #165
    On February 21st, 2011 at 4:40 pm, boregard9 said:

    Why is it that liberals are all for tax increases, but when the Governor wants to in increse what they pay for their pensions and healthcare, which is in effect a tax on them, they go beserk. Also, a slight increase in withholding is better than no paycheck at all.

66. #166
    On February 21st, 2011 at 4:40 pm, boregard9 said:

    I meant to say increase, not increse.

67. #167
    On February 21st, 2011 at 4:48 pm, pmm156 said:

    Officially a member! Thanks to Michelle for allowing open registration on this festive day. Glad to be apart of it and I look forward to joining well informed sane people!

68. #168
    On February 21st, 2011 at 4:48 pm, Badger40 said:

    Thanks Michelle for the invite.
    I’m an old Hot Air poster.
    Eager to see if things are better here, as they seem to have been.
    I thank God I live in ND.
    I’m a union member. But our NDEA does not have the power that these unions in compulsory states have.
    I choose membership mostly for the legal representation it affords.
    Otherwise, it does little for me.
    Our state is trying to do something about the coming pension bust.
    I do NOT think that my pension should be guaranteed when someone’s in the private sector is not.
    This is ridiculous.
    My pension is 1/2 paid by me & 1/2 by the distrct.
    But all districts here in ND are different that way.
    If my pension loses $$ in the stock market, then that’s the breaks.
    You have to prepare for retirement in other ways.
    I am still amazed that I can officially retire in my late 50s (though the amount I’d get would be small compared to retiring in my mid-60s).
    An keep in mind I only started this profession in my early 30s.
    Being able to retire that soon is insane.

69. #169
    On February 21st, 2011 at 4:49 pm, xti said:

    I hope someone at least takes a peek at the image I got of a… protester in Wisconsin…

    In the Capitol

    Twitter me with comments @Hiraghm plz?

    (and for the terminally obtuse, yes, it’s a Photoshop…)

70. #170
    On February 21st, 2011 at 4:55 pm, xti said:

    ack… I fixed my password issue… think I broked my account…

71. #171
    On February 21st, 2011 at 4:58 pm, Col.J.Wm.Reed said:

    We keep registering in all the towns just to foul up the system.

72. #172
    On February 21st, 2011 at 5:04 pm, Robert W. said:

    Here’s my vision for what an SEIU lunch meeting would quickly turn into: http://youtu.be/poqZol-UpGc

73. #173
    On February 21st, 2011 at 5:05 pm, Chelie D said:

    #163 Christie,

    Another awesome version is Eva Cassidy’s, from her “Songbird” cd.

74. #174
    On February 21st, 2011 at 5:17 pm, hotpaneer said:

    testing
    maybe it works this time

75. #175
    On February 21st, 2011 at 5:19 pm, beekers said:

    #143 @ Regulus – my favorite saying: if Liberals didn’t have double standards, they wouldn’t have any standards at all!

76. #176
    On February 21st, 2011 at 5:22 pm, Lynn II said:

    Thank you Mihelle for opening up the registration. Long time reader and now happy new poster to your courageous blog. What a wonderful day!!

77. #177
    On February 21st, 2011 at 5:31 pm, fpete13527 said:

    Great to be here Michelle.

    Public sector unions are Obama’s juggernaut Dem campaign army. It is blatant.

    Even the NYT is telling Obama to back off the MASSIVE support he is giving to SEIU. Independents who wouldn’t have known that it is a forced Dem lobby for his campaign now know.

78. #178
    On February 21st, 2011 at 5:34 pm, OmahaConservative said:

    Thanks for letting me in, Michelle. I’ve been at HotAir for a long time.

79. #179
    On February 21st, 2011 at 5:36 pm, Judy said:

    Hmm Trenton isn’t on this list, nor anywhere in NJ.
    That in itself, is proof of the fear CC has instilled in the Union base.
    It started here, and trust me, it will spread, as the silent majority, stop being so silent.
    The Unions are finished in the public sector. It’s just a matter of time.

80. #180
    On February 21st, 2011 at 5:46 pm, vicar7 said:

    Thank you Michelle for opening registration I have been a big fan of this site and Hot Air as well. Thank you for your service.

81. #181
    On February 21st, 2011 at 5:47 pm, Thunderbolt said:

    Oh my…my lucky day: Open registration. Thanks, Michelle! Keep up the good fight.

82. #182
    On February 21st, 2011 at 5:49 pm, BannedinBoston said:

    DITTO on the Thanks from me as well. Michelle don’t underestimate your positive impact on the morale of largely ignored conservatives in “The Late Ted Kennedy’s state”. We’d call it Kerry’s state if he would only sail to a more “down east” port; like maybe back to France. (Sarc intended)

83. #183
    On February 21st, 2011 at 5:50 pm, Abraxas said:

    ^^ I’ll echo the above 2 posters; thank you MM.

84. #184
    On February 21st, 2011 at 5:55 pm, jackblack said:

    The teachers union is in full court press mode. My wife says the teachers lounge is like a DNC recruitment center.

85. #185
    On February 21st, 2011 at 5:59 pm, ohiogranny said:

    Thanks for the open registration. Read you all the time, see you on Fox as I’m getting ready for work, but do not post.

    I have a family of 2 state workers and one policeman and I can say that they support Kasich 100%. We’re hoping that WI’s Gov. Walker does not back down.

    Thanks again Michelle!!

86. #186
    On February 21st, 2011 at 6:00 pm, Olliander said:

    NJ public unions are having a rally on Friday as well. Trumka will address the crowd.

87. #187
    On February 21st, 2011 at 6:07 pm, Exgunman said:

    Thank you Michelle for opening up registration, been a reader for a long, long time, hopefully I’ll be able to contribute something useful periodically. The union in Wisc.is lucky R.W.R. isn’t the gov, and around and in charge……….(Haven’t read all the comments so I hope I’m not repeating others comments.)

88. #188
    On February 21st, 2011 at 6:10 pm, ohiogranny said:

    I should also state that in Ohio, we have majorities in both houses so unless we have some R’s who don’t have a spine, we shouldn’t have any problem not passing ours. Most state workers, or at least the ones I know, and that’s a lot, voted for Kasich, knowing that he would be doing this and actually hoping he would do this. They want merit based pay to weed out the less desirable ones.

89. #189
    On February 21st, 2011 at 6:18 pm, ssa_in_az said:

    Thank you Michelle for allowing new posters! I have been reading your blog daily for quite a while now and I am thankful for the opportunity to join.

90. #190
    On February 21st, 2011 at 6:22 pm, stellap said:

    Thank you Michelle for approving me as a new poster! It is an honor to be allowed to comment here. Hello to all regulars! I am here in Michigan, and am wondering what we will be able to accomplish here, as I understand that our new governor is not taking on the unions head-on.

91. #191
    On February 21st, 2011 at 6:24 pm, CleveLandThatILove said:

    Thanks Michelle! Read you every day and always learn something new.

92. #192
    On February 21st, 2011 at 6:27 pm, Hiraghm said:

    Off Topic, but hopefully my account is fixed now.

    Was anyone able to reach the picture in that link I posted above? I can’t tell whether people can access the location on my website where I put it (that’s the problem with going from my own webserver to a hosting service… )

    Yea! Looks like it got my name right and took my new password.

93. #193
    On February 21st, 2011 at 6:29 pm, fussbudget said:

    2/21 – Helena, MT
    2/21 – Carson City, NV
    2/21 – Raleigh, NC
    2/21 – Austin, TX
    2/21 – Madison, WI
    2/22 – Sacramento, CA
    2/22 – Denver, CO
    2/22 – Des Moines, IA
    2/22 – Annapolis, MD
    2/22 – Boston, MA
    2/22 – Springfield, MA
    2/22 – St. Paul, MN
    2/22 – Santa Fe, NM
    2/22 – Columbus OH
    2/22 – Providence, RI
    2/22 – Montpelier, VT
    2/22 – Madison, WI
    2/23 – Hartford, CT
    2/23 – Atlanta, GA
    2/23 – Scranton, PA
    2/24 – Canton, OH

    Well, I just hope there will still be a purple tour t-shirt with my name on it when the Hotlanta show hits town Wednesday. Because OMG, if, like, Richard Trumka is there? I will, like, just die and stuff.

94. #194
    On February 21st, 2011 at 6:37 pm, LauraW said:

    If the SEIU fails in Wisconsin will those crazy liberal teachers have to buy mandated Obamacare insurance?

    True Horror. lol

95. #195
    On February 21st, 2011 at 6:37 pm, J-Mac said:

    Thanks for opening the door, Michelle.

96. #196
    On February 21st, 2011 at 6:39 pm, RocketRocket said:

    How is Chris Matthews going to be in all of those locations and still do his TV show?

97. #197
    On February 21st, 2011 at 6:46 pm, Cybergeezer said:

    What Obama’s involved in is against the law as per the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
    I’m sure Obama never heard of the NLRB, and could care less about their obligations to uphold federal law.
    Can we start impeachment proceedings now?
    He’s treating his Oath of Office like that piece of paper I used this morning.

98. #198
    On February 21st, 2011 at 6:53 pm, libertytoo said:

    It’s sad that this is what we’ve come to: the workers and the stealers….

99. #199
    On February 21st, 2011 at 6:58 pm, swede said:

    Cybergeezer said:
    What Obama’s involved in is against the law

    So, what else is new?

    Can we start impeachment proceedings now?
    He’s treating his Oath of Office like that piece of paper I used this morning.

    If you think we could get the 67 votes to impeach in the senate. Forty seven GOP seats now and 8-10 of those are RINOS. Pretty steep climb, no? They had a better case of malfeasance against Clinton. Didn’t go so well.

    I expect your piece of paper has less sheistenkaka on it than Barry’s oath.

100. #200
     On February 21st, 2011 at 7:09 pm, love2rumba said:

     All Gov. Walker has to do get his agenda back on line, is to cutoff funds for the chicken Dem senators while they gallavant in another state.

     What is he waiting for?