At Legal Insurrection (H/t Ace of Spades)
If you can't abide the will of the people, just invoke "democracy" (mob rule) and wreck stuff.
Lots more at the source
Recall Jim Holperin
Thugs Destroy Recall Petitions
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Support Verizon, boycott Ben & Jerry's!
Just got this neat email from "CREDO", a lefty-liberal outfit I keep an eye on:
Like CREDO doesn't "throw it's weight around" supporting causes that most Americans find disturbing or evil?
Please, someone, tell me where anyone in the federal government is trying to "redefine rape"?
HOW VERIZON HAS SUPPORTED THE RIGHT WING — AND WHY YOU SHOULD SWITCH TO CREDOWhy did Verizon Wireless sign on as a major sponsor of The Daily, the new iPad-only "newspaper" from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. — the company that brought us Fox News and gave a whopping $1 million to the Republican Governors Association?Maybe Verizon is so steeped in business-as-usual that it will cozy up to the likes of Murdoch. And maybe Verizon and Apple — which joined forces to offer the iPhone to Verizon customers — think Murdoch and Fox News are "fair and balanced" media. CREDO Mobile sees Fox News for what it is: a vehicle for ultra-conservative propaganda. CREDO would never do business with the makers of Fox News. Unlike CREDO, Verizon plays the insider game in Washington and ends up donating money to right-wing politicians:
Since 1985, CREDO has raised more than $65 million for progressive nonprofits like Planned Parenthood, Doctors Without Borders, Earthjustice and the ACLU. And we fight for change through our CREDO Action network of 1.9 million activists. When you join CREDO Mobile, you'll get everything you expect from a mobile phone company — plus a whole lot more. Sign up today and get:*
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Like CREDO doesn't "throw it's weight around" supporting causes that most Americans find disturbing or evil?
Please, someone, tell me where anyone in the federal government is trying to "redefine rape"?
Friday, March 11, 2011
The police unions show their true colors!
Protection racket, anyone?
Seen at 620 WTMJ:
Sickening. I hope the Governor does kill all the public unions dead. They are like certain lizards in that they can grow parts back after an amputation - best to kill them outright so they never can come back.
H/t Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
UPDATE: PDF of the letter, here.
Seen at 620 WTMJ:
UNIONS THREATEN BUSINESS
By Charlie Sykes
That's a nice business you got there. Pity if anything were to happen to it if, say, you didn't toe the line and denounce Governor Walker like we're asking nice-like.
March 10, 2011
Mr. Tom Ellis, President
Marshall & Ilsley Corporation
770 N. Water Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
SENT VIA FASCIMILE AND REGULAR MAIL
Dear Mr. Ellis:
As you undoubtedly know, Governor Walker recently proposed a “budget
adjustment bill” to eviscerate public employees’ right to collectively bargain in
Wisconsin. ..
As you also know, Scott Walker did not campaign on this issue when he ran for
office. If he had, we are confident that you would not be listed among his largest
contributors. As such, we are contacting you now to request your support.
The undersigned groups would like your company to publicly oppose Governor
Walker’s efforts to virtually eliminate collective bargaining for public employees in
Wisconsin. While we appreciate that you may need some time to consider this
request, we ask for your response by March 17. In the event that you do not
respond to this request by that date, we will assume that you stand with
Governor Walker and against the teachers, nurses, police officers, fire fighters,
and other dedicated public employees who serve our communities.
Sickening. I hope the Governor does kill all the public unions dead. They are like certain lizards in that they can grow parts back after an amputation - best to kill them outright so they never can come back.
H/t Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
UPDATE: PDF of the letter, here.
Email to Governor Walker
Just sent this:
Governor Walker,
First off, thank you for staying on course and removing some of the union's conflict of interest powers. This is why we elected you. Keep up the good work!
In that vein, I've got a few suggestions to help our budget problems.
First, why not close the "Handgun Hotline" bureau? Besides being an infringement on our Second Amendment rights, this department is a duplication of effort. The FBI operates their "E-Check" website that Wisconsin gun dealers must use for background checks for long guns, and our federal taxes pay for it. To operate a duplicate state bureau to do this, and charge Wisconsin residents $13 per check is just wrong.
You could also advocate removing the waiting period on handguns - this only affects the law-abiding again infringing on the Second Amendment. Removing this would not cost the state one cent.
Back to the budget - Do we really need the hundreds of upper management school superintendents and associated staff? Our schools did quite well back in the days of one-room schools, without all the bureaucracy. Perhaps we should think about moving back to simpler methods?
The Wisconsin law requiring registration of septic systems by homeowners is another place you might find savings. The bureaucracy involved in maintaining records of every cesspool in the state, and requiring homeowners to provide proof of maintenance periodically is an intrusion on privacy, and likely has little effect on the health of the state. People who own septic systems know when they need service, and maintain them without state interference in other states - are Wisconsin residents less intelligent that their neighbors?
Mandatory recycling - if local governments want to impose this, let them charge the full cost to their residents. If recycling is profitable, as the people pushing for it have always claimed, we should not be using tax money to support it. Let the free market show demand, and let the communities profit.
End the subsidies for wind and solar power. Grid-connected wind power is technically unworkable, and will never replace one fossil fuel plant. As an electrical engineer, I know a bit about this, and can provide research if you want it. If people want to put up wind turbines for their own use, this should be a matter for their immediate neighbors and their own investment.
Repeal the law requiring a fixed amount of power to be obtained from "renewable" sources. Arbitrary numbers in laws are always a bad idea. If industry sees a way to make an honest profit with renewable energy, they will build plants - if the state stays out of their way with sensible regulations, not obstacles.
Repeal the de-facto ban on nuclear energy. Federal rules make this hard enough to work with already.
Once the heat dies down, and the teachers and other public workers see that the world has not ended because their collective bargaining "rights" have been removed, perhaps you could extend this to the rest of the public unions. Police, fire, and prison workers should not be able to hold the people hostage with union demands.
Make Wisconsin a right to work state.
How about a ban on state funding of "roundabouts" or traffic circles - one of my major pet peeves? If a local area really wants one of these monstrosities, let the people in that area pay for it - and pay for the resulting traffic problems and injuries. Those in the Whitewater and Beloit areas are accidents waiting to happen, and a huge waste of our highway funds. Wisconsin is not Europe, however much our "liberals" may wish it to be.
I thin that's enough for now. Again, thank you for your efforts so far.
Regards,
Chuck Kuecker
Governor Walker,
First off, thank you for staying on course and removing some of the union's conflict of interest powers. This is why we elected you. Keep up the good work!
In that vein, I've got a few suggestions to help our budget problems.
First, why not close the "Handgun Hotline" bureau? Besides being an infringement on our Second Amendment rights, this department is a duplication of effort. The FBI operates their "E-Check" website that Wisconsin gun dealers must use for background checks for long guns, and our federal taxes pay for it. To operate a duplicate state bureau to do this, and charge Wisconsin residents $13 per check is just wrong.
You could also advocate removing the waiting period on handguns - this only affects the law-abiding again infringing on the Second Amendment. Removing this would not cost the state one cent.
Back to the budget - Do we really need the hundreds of upper management school superintendents and associated staff? Our schools did quite well back in the days of one-room schools, without all the bureaucracy. Perhaps we should think about moving back to simpler methods?
The Wisconsin law requiring registration of septic systems by homeowners is another place you might find savings. The bureaucracy involved in maintaining records of every cesspool in the state, and requiring homeowners to provide proof of maintenance periodically is an intrusion on privacy, and likely has little effect on the health of the state. People who own septic systems know when they need service, and maintain them without state interference in other states - are Wisconsin residents less intelligent that their neighbors?
Mandatory recycling - if local governments want to impose this, let them charge the full cost to their residents. If recycling is profitable, as the people pushing for it have always claimed, we should not be using tax money to support it. Let the free market show demand, and let the communities profit.
End the subsidies for wind and solar power. Grid-connected wind power is technically unworkable, and will never replace one fossil fuel plant. As an electrical engineer, I know a bit about this, and can provide research if you want it. If people want to put up wind turbines for their own use, this should be a matter for their immediate neighbors and their own investment.
Repeal the law requiring a fixed amount of power to be obtained from "renewable" sources. Arbitrary numbers in laws are always a bad idea. If industry sees a way to make an honest profit with renewable energy, they will build plants - if the state stays out of their way with sensible regulations, not obstacles.
Repeal the de-facto ban on nuclear energy. Federal rules make this hard enough to work with already.
Once the heat dies down, and the teachers and other public workers see that the world has not ended because their collective bargaining "rights" have been removed, perhaps you could extend this to the rest of the public unions. Police, fire, and prison workers should not be able to hold the people hostage with union demands.
Make Wisconsin a right to work state.
How about a ban on state funding of "roundabouts" or traffic circles - one of my major pet peeves? If a local area really wants one of these monstrosities, let the people in that area pay for it - and pay for the resulting traffic problems and injuries. Those in the Whitewater and Beloit areas are accidents waiting to happen, and a huge waste of our highway funds. Wisconsin is not Europe, however much our "liberals" may wish it to be.
I thin that's enough for now. Again, thank you for your efforts so far.
Regards,
Chuck Kuecker
Earthquake in Japan
Google links
I am praying for everyone affected.
Got to wonder how Mr. Osama will respond - if we can afford to.
I am praying for everyone affected.
Got to wonder how Mr. Osama will respond - if we can afford to.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
They sure are civil, them Demonrats!
An example:
A spokesman declined to release the e-mail address from which the message was sent, saying the office was advised not to because of the investigation.
As a warning, there is some profanity in the e-mail.
Here it is:
Go read.
Update: Here's the actual text taken off the 620 WTMJ website:
will also be killed due to your actions in the last 8 weeks. Please explain
to them that this is because if we get rid of you and your families then it
will save the rights of 300,000 people and also be able to close the deficit
that you have created. I hope you have a good time in hell. Read below for
more information on possible scenarios in which you will die.
WE want to make this perfectly clear. Because of your actions today and in
the past couple of weeks I and the group of people that are working with me
have decided that we've had enough. We feel that you and the people that
support the dictator have to die. We have tried many other ways of dealing
with your corruption but you have taken things too far and we will not stand
for it any longer. So, this is how it's going to happen: I as well as many
others know where you and your family live, it's a matter of public records.
We have all planned to assult you by arriving at your house and putting a
nice little bullet in your head. However, we decided that we wouldn't leave
it there. We also have decided that this may not be enough to send the
message to you since you are so "high" on Koch and have decided that you are
now going to single handedly make this a dictatorship instead of a
demorcratic process. So we have also built several bombs that we have placed
in various locations around the areas in which we know that you frequent.
This includes, your house, your car, the state capitol, and well I won't
tell you all of them because that's just no fun. Since we know that you are
not smart enough to figure out why this is happening to you we have decided
to make it perfectly clear to you. If you and your goonies feel that it's
necessary to strip the rights of 300,000 people and ruin their lives, making
them unable to feed, clothe, and provide the necessities to their families
and themselves then We Will "get rid of" (in which I mean kill) you. Please
understand that this does not include the heroic Rep. Senator that risked
everything to go aganist what you and your goonies wanted him to do. We feel
that it's worth our lives to do this, because we would be saving the lives
of 300,000 people. Please make your peace with God as soon as possible and
say goodbye to your loved ones we will not wait any longer. YOU WILL DIE!!!!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
10:38 AMScott Fitzgerald releases text of death threat e-mail
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald's office this morning released an e-mail death threat it said it received and passed onto Capitol police.
A spokesman declined to release the e-mail address from which the message was sent, saying the office was advised not to because of the investigation.
As a warning, there is some profanity in the e-mail.
Here it is:
Go read.
Update: Here's the actual text taken off the 620 WTMJ website:
The following is the unedited email:
Please put your things in order because you will be killed and your famileswill also be killed due to your actions in the last 8 weeks. Please explain
to them that this is because if we get rid of you and your families then it
will save the rights of 300,000 people and also be able to close the deficit
that you have created. I hope you have a good time in hell. Read below for
more information on possible scenarios in which you will die.
WE want to make this perfectly clear. Because of your actions today and in
the past couple of weeks I and the group of people that are working with me
have decided that we've had enough. We feel that you and the people that
support the dictator have to die. We have tried many other ways of dealing
with your corruption but you have taken things too far and we will not stand
for it any longer. So, this is how it's going to happen: I as well as many
others know where you and your family live, it's a matter of public records.
We have all planned to assult you by arriving at your house and putting a
nice little bullet in your head. However, we decided that we wouldn't leave
it there. We also have decided that this may not be enough to send the
message to you since you are so "high" on Koch and have decided that you are
now going to single handedly make this a dictatorship instead of a
demorcratic process. So we have also built several bombs that we have placed
in various locations around the areas in which we know that you frequent.
This includes, your house, your car, the state capitol, and well I won't
tell you all of them because that's just no fun. Since we know that you are
not smart enough to figure out why this is happening to you we have decided
to make it perfectly clear to you. If you and your goonies feel that it's
necessary to strip the rights of 300,000 people and ruin their lives, making
them unable to feed, clothe, and provide the necessities to their families
and themselves then We Will "get rid of" (in which I mean kill) you. Please
understand that this does not include the heroic Rep. Senator that risked
everything to go aganist what you and your goonies wanted him to do. We feel
that it's worth our lives to do this, because we would be saving the lives
of 300,000 people. Please make your peace with God as soon as possible and
say goodbye to your loved ones we will not wait any longer. YOU WILL DIE!!!!
YAY!
At Hot Air:
posted at 7:09 pm on March 9, 2011 by Allahpundit
Breaking: Wisconsin Senate GOP to split off collective bargaining bill from budget, pass it separately? Update: Senate passes collective bargaining bill; Update: “Affront to democracy,” says … runaway Dem; Update: Capitol livestream added; Update: No security whatsoever
posted at 7:09 pm on March 9, 2011 by Allahpundit
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Question mark in the headline because all we know for sure is that they’ve sent the bill back to a conference committee for unspecified changes. But some of the fleebaggers are squawking that this means they’ve gone for the nuclear option — i.e. rather than include the collective bargaining provisions in a broader budget bill, which they can’t pass without Democrats because it’s “fiscal” in nature, they’re going to strip out the CB part and pass it separately. That’s not fiscal, according to Wisconsin law, so a simple quorum will do.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
What we are trying to avoid having in power
Madison has been called "Berkeley East" - are these same people now protesting there?
http://www.zombietime.com/hall_of_shame/
Found at A Trainwreck In Maxwell.
http://www.zombietime.com/hall_of_shame/
Found at A Trainwreck In Maxwell.
Emila to Tammy Gay
Just saw where she voted against repealing the totally idiotic requirement for businesses to issue 1099 forms for every transaction over $600.
Sent her another (useless) email:
Tammy,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Our state is drowning in debt - hundreds of thousands are unemployed.
And you vote to retain a rule that will saddle small businesses with literally tons of paperwork, not to mention costing the IRS another ton of money to process it.
You were elected to serve the people of Southern Wisconsin. Looks to me like you've switched to the Dark Side!
2012 is coming, and we remember. Try and remember that fact yourself.
Sent her another (useless) email:
Tammy,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Our state is drowning in debt - hundreds of thousands are unemployed.
And you vote to retain a rule that will saddle small businesses with literally tons of paperwork, not to mention costing the IRS another ton of money to process it.
You were elected to serve the people of Southern Wisconsin. Looks to me like you've switched to the Dark Side!
2012 is coming, and we remember. Try and remember that fact yourself.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Response to a letter to the editor.
I got a response in the paper today.
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This is in response to Mr. Kuecker letter, “Fire teachers, hire non-union” on Febuary 25.
Mr. Kuecker suggests we hire non-union teachers and sign them up for a five year contract at half the current wage and perform regular evaluations. If the students do not learn, then fire them and again hire more non-union people.
Does Mr. Kuecker realize that no matter how well teachers teach, not all students learn or advance because they have parents that don’t respond to notes sent home from their teacher, or they just don’t care how well their child does? I know of one teacher who has sent three notes home, and has called the parents, just to get no response back from them. Is this the teacher’s fault? I don’t think so.
I do agree that all state employees need to pay some part of their health insurance and retirement. But if we “privatize” teaching, do you really think that the big businesses will care about a child’s test scores? States that do not have collective bargaining have some of the lowest scores in the nation.
Does he also realize that this effects more than just the teachers? It effects the city and county workers including road crews and office personnel, prison guards, county health care nurses, the game wardens and so forth. It also means that federal funding will be lost for bus services. Where do you think this money will come from? The cities and counties will be forced to raise taxes in order to make up the difference. School districts will have to eliminate all extra activities including sports.
It’s time the people wake up a realize the true effect that Governor Walker’s bill will have on all of us.
Todd Nelson
Beloit
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So, I replied:
Since Mr. Nelson was good enough to respond to my letter of February 25th, I will respond to his letter of March 3rd.
Does Mr. Nelson realize that realistic measurements of teacher effectiveness are not skewed by a few non-performing students in a class? Our present system has a large number of third graders reading below their grade level, and many high school graduates ill prepared for college. Parent interaction is certainly important, but not the only problem here.
He states that he agrees that public employees should pay part of their benefit costs. I think that they should be very grateful not to be paying the entire bill, as I have to, as as many other Wisconsinites do.
Where did I ever propose "privatizing" education? I can't find that reference in my original letter. Since you bring it up, a private business would lose students if they didn't teach, and would be results-driven from a profit motive. Allowing parents to choose their schools will weed out the non-performers. Good idea, Todd.
How, exactly, does making street crews and public health nurses pay for some of their benefits cause the loss of federal funds? Please explain.
I note that every time there is a conflict between education and funding, that the issue of cutting sports is brought up. How did schools handle sports in the last depression?
Another place we can look to cut educational costs is management. It's a mystery to me why we need all those high-powered - and high-paid - administration people supposedly running our schools. Perhaps some of them could show their solidarity with the teachers by taking on more work for the same pay, and some of those management positions could be eliminated?
I'm still for getting rid of public teacher's unions completely.
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‘Realize true impact of bill’
Mr. Kuecker suggests we hire non-union teachers and sign them up for a five year contract at half the current wage and perform regular evaluations. If the students do not learn, then fire them and again hire more non-union people.
Does Mr. Kuecker realize that no matter how well teachers teach, not all students learn or advance because they have parents that don’t respond to notes sent home from their teacher, or they just don’t care how well their child does? I know of one teacher who has sent three notes home, and has called the parents, just to get no response back from them. Is this the teacher’s fault? I don’t think so.
I do agree that all state employees need to pay some part of their health insurance and retirement. But if we “privatize” teaching, do you really think that the big businesses will care about a child’s test scores? States that do not have collective bargaining have some of the lowest scores in the nation.
Does he also realize that this effects more than just the teachers? It effects the city and county workers including road crews and office personnel, prison guards, county health care nurses, the game wardens and so forth. It also means that federal funding will be lost for bus services. Where do you think this money will come from? The cities and counties will be forced to raise taxes in order to make up the difference. School districts will have to eliminate all extra activities including sports.
It’s time the people wake up a realize the true effect that Governor Walker’s bill will have on all of us.
Todd Nelson
Beloit
++++++++++++++++
So, I replied:
Since Mr. Nelson was good enough to respond to my letter of February 25th, I will respond to his letter of March 3rd.
Does Mr. Nelson realize that realistic measurements of teacher effectiveness are not skewed by a few non-performing students in a class? Our present system has a large number of third graders reading below their grade level, and many high school graduates ill prepared for college. Parent interaction is certainly important, but not the only problem here.
He states that he agrees that public employees should pay part of their benefit costs. I think that they should be very grateful not to be paying the entire bill, as I have to, as as many other Wisconsinites do.
Where did I ever propose "privatizing" education? I can't find that reference in my original letter. Since you bring it up, a private business would lose students if they didn't teach, and would be results-driven from a profit motive. Allowing parents to choose their schools will weed out the non-performers. Good idea, Todd.
How, exactly, does making street crews and public health nurses pay for some of their benefits cause the loss of federal funds? Please explain.
I note that every time there is a conflict between education and funding, that the issue of cutting sports is brought up. How did schools handle sports in the last depression?
Another place we can look to cut educational costs is management. It's a mystery to me why we need all those high-powered - and high-paid - administration people supposedly running our schools. Perhaps some of them could show their solidarity with the teachers by taking on more work for the same pay, and some of those management positions could be eliminated?
I'm still for getting rid of public teacher's unions completely.
Email from Herb Kohl
He doesn't like high gas prices - so he's got a fix!
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I sent him this:
Hi, Herb,
I just got your email about high gas prices.
Instead of a law prosecuting "illegal" (under whose laws?) OPEC machinations, why not a bipartisan law removing all the restraints on domestic production your party and Mr. Obama have passed?
Drill baby, drill! NOW!!!
++++++++++++++++++
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| Home Biography News Issues & Legislation Constituent Services Contact Senator Kohl Unsubscribe |
For car owners, filling up the tank is often a part of a weekly routine. And as many have noticed, gas prices are on the rise. Drivers are reaching deeper and deeper into their pockets to spend over $3 a gallon at the pump. And prices could go beyond $4 a gallon this summer unless something is done.
That’s why, as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee, I introduced the bipartisan No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act (NOPEC). It would authorize our government, for the first time, to take action against illegal conduct of the OPEC oil cartel. The NOPEC bill would establish clearly and plainly that when a group of competing oil producers - like the OPEC nations - act together to restrict supply or fix prices, they are violating U.S. law. I recently raised the subject of increased oil prices with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at a Senate Banking Committee hearing to gain insight about current efforts to curb rising oil and gas prices. It is time for the U.S. government to fight back against efforts to fix the price of oil and hold OPEC accountable when it acts illegally.
Late last year, OPEC ministers indicated that they may decide against an increase in output in 2011, saying that the world economy can tolerate a $100 per barrel price.
Months later, that prediction has come true, and the price of oil has once again topped $100-a-barrel. This is the highest price since the summer of 2008 when gas prices exceeded $4-a-gallon, squeezing family budgets and threatening business profits.
It is clear that the global oil cartel remains a major force conspiring to raise oil prices to the detriment of American consumers. When the price of crude oil rises as a result of these actions by OPEC, there is no doubt that millions of American consumers feel the pinch every time they visit the gas pump. This is why I am working with members of both parties to end oil price fixing and decrease the cost of oil and gasoline.
Sincerely,
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Cute name, anyway. NOPEC - sort of like NOBAMA.
I sent him this:
Hi, Herb,
I just got your email about high gas prices.
Instead of a law prosecuting "illegal" (under whose laws?) OPEC machinations, why not a bipartisan law removing all the restraints on domestic production your party and Mr. Obama have passed?
Drill baby, drill! NOW!!!
++++++++++++++++++
Proof there are outside agitators in Madison
You knew it had to be. Proof:
Remember, the left just loves free speech. As long as they can regulate it.
A Chicago man was ticketed for allegedly disconnecting extension cords for cameras and lights on a Fox News truck on the Capitol Square Tuesday, Madison police reported.
Chicago Man Cited for Trying to Sabotage Fox News Truck in Madison
A Chicago man was ticketed for allegedly disconnecting extension cords for cameras and lights on a Fox News truck on the Capitol Square Tuesday, Madison police reported.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Michael Moore: Communist
In is own words.
"They're sitting on the money, they're using it for their own -- they're putting it someplace else with no interest in helping you with your life, with that money. We've allowed them to take that. That's not theirs, that's a national resource, that's ours. We all have this -- we all benefit from this or we all suffer as a result of not having it," Michael Moore told Laura Flanders of GRITtv.
"I think we need to go back to taxing these people at the proper rates. They need to -- we need to see these jobs as something we some, that we collectively own as Americans and you can't just steal our jobs and take them someplace else," Moore concluded.
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So - no mention of the hundred of thousands of pages of federal and state laws aimed at making businesses unprofitable here, just a demand to tax the rich 'til there are no rich no more.
And then we can all starve in the dark, when there's no economy left.
Moore On Wealthy People's Money: "That's Not Theirs, That's A National Resource, It's Ours"
Quote:"They're sitting on the money, they're using it for their own -- they're putting it someplace else with no interest in helping you with your life, with that money. We've allowed them to take that. That's not theirs, that's a national resource, that's ours. We all have this -- we all benefit from this or we all suffer as a result of not having it," Michael Moore told Laura Flanders of GRITtv.
"I think we need to go back to taxing these people at the proper rates. They need to -- we need to see these jobs as something we some, that we collectively own as Americans and you can't just steal our jobs and take them someplace else," Moore concluded.
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So - no mention of the hundred of thousands of pages of federal and state laws aimed at making businesses unprofitable here, just a demand to tax the rich 'til there are no rich no more.
And then we can all starve in the dark, when there's no economy left.
Civility in politics
The protesters got none - but some Democrats do have it:
Angry protesters confront a locked-out Sen. Grothman
Protests against Gov. Scott Walker's budget and the battle for access to the Capitol took a tense turn last night when GOP Sen. Glenn Grothman was locked out of the building and was eventually surrounded by hundreds of angry protesters, according to the Cap Times.
The paper reports that State Rep. Brett Hulsey, a Democrat from Madison, intervened and tried to calm the crowd. The incident lasted 5 to 10 minutes and firefighters eventually cleared a path for Grothman and Hulsey to make their way to a side entrance to the building.
"This guy and I disagree on everything, but we're friends," the Cap Times quotes Hulsey as telling the demonstrators. "This is a peaceful protest. You need to back away."
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Update. Here's some video.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Just what they need
Fines.
Capitol Chaos: Resolution Passed To Fine 'Wisconsin 14'
By Jay Sorgi, Mick Trevey and the Associated Press
MADISON - The 14 Wisconsin state Senate Democrats who left the state two weeks ago will now face fines of $100 for each day they miss, if they miss two or more days.
More reasons to bust public-sector unions
A friend sent me this link:
Time to Restore Voter Control: End the Government-Union Monopoly
Published on February 25, 2011 by James Sherk Backgrounder #2522Abstract: With Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker attempting to rein in the unbalanced power of government unions, and given the fierce stranglehold that union members have on their ever-increasing taxpayer-provided benefits, now is a crucial time for Americans to understand the difference between private-sector and public-sector unions. Collective bargaining in the private sphere—where companies face competition—is a world away from collective bargaining in government—which faces no competition, and where unions have a legal monopoly. Heritage Foundation labor expert James Sherk explains why it is time to restore voter control over elected government, and how it can be done.
A very good read.
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