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Comments (379)
Madmilo
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:35amFunny how they hate the constitution. But they cling to the first amendment. And that right only applies to them. Some day we are gonna have to use our second amendment right against them.
piper60
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:51amThe sooner, the better. Clean out the gene pool.
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grudgywoof
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:52amDirty smelly stupid animals as Glenn just said.
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Neo Con John
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:03amWatch it… Big brother is watching….
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Stevsea
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:17am@Madmilo, that was my first thought as well. For these people to constantly bash the Constitution and then use it as their first line of defense. They do the same thing with capitalism. Complain and denigrate it as being evil but their first tools are their electronic gadgets, you tube and the internet. College Idiots.
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GO-FOR-LIBERTY
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:31amAgree!!!
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copatriots
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:31amSad, but not surprising. Using our rules against us is SOP for these collegiate thugs.
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Shiroi Raion
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:32amO’Reilly should have these people as his pinheads on his “Pinheads and Patriots” segment. They deserve the “Pinheads of the Decade” award!
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Cemetery
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:34amIt’s comical how limitless their stupidity is. It’s like a joke, you couldn’t make this stuff up. Hey, progressives, if you’re all really this irrational in your thinking, you’re going be the architects of your own demise.
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bigpew
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:39amThe first amendment gives citizens the right to peacefully assemble and petition the government. At the point any protester refuses a lawful order by an authorized individual (like a police officer) their rights to demonstrate is over. Municipalities have every right to issue permits for demonstrations. This is a good idea for everyone. Spontaneous demonstrations are fine but must be peaceful and law abiding. These protestors were rightly convicted.
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pbrenda51
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:43amOne word comes to mind when I look at them…..LOSERS!!!!!!
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tgthompson
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:54amMy guess is that these liberal morons could not even recite the 1st amendment. If they could, they would have known that the 1st amendment did not cover their illegal active.
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zorro
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:56am$200 and court fees!? Are you freakin’ kidding me? I’d have locked them up for a couple of months and made them do hours upon hours of community service. Losers…
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2theADDLED
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:08amHow does it feel to be a tool for the radicals you are expendable this goes on your record and will forever tarnish your life while the radicals who organize go untarnished YOU HAVE BEEN USED.
Listen up OWS you are expendables.
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pavnvet
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:30amIn the immortal words of Forrest Gump, Stupid is as Stupid does. God help us if this is the future of America. Too bad stupid isn’t a crime. These people would be sentenced to life.
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shirleyandpearl
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:48amliberals’ tolerance only goes so far, as long as one agrees with their socialistic agenda…. then if things don’t go their way…. it’s time to destroy and justify the means for their result…. the difference between conservatives and liberals.
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Olieman
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:48amUseful Idiots…?
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drattastic
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:59amThey should have given them all participation trophies and set a bag of weed outside the capital doors to lure them out ,then lock the door behind them.I don’t like what these douchebags stand for but they have every right to be in the people’s house ,after all it is the public’s building ,paid for with tax dollars . I’m not sure if any of these fools have every really worked for a living or paid taxes but you understand my point.
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Treaty
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:04pmI couldn’t watch the video. Is that a man or a woman on the far right of that pic? It’s hard to tell with these liberals.
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Unix
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:51pmSimply put, they were trespassing after being asked to leave.
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Onowicit
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:49pmI still say we should walk up, and pee pee on them.
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food plot 7.62
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 2:07pmHow about a gene filter?
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USAMEDIC3008
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 2:10pmThe fine was OK with me,
But watching them eat $#!T was Whats that word Tony the Tiger
said?????? O-YEA
GREAT thats it
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Ruler4You
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 2:39pmYou are right on with your assessment.
They want to see the Constitution dissolved but don’t hesitate to “use it” for their ‘benefit.’ This really says a lot about the level of ‘intellect’ of these ‘college’ students.
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yxpectmore
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 3:39pmHopefully there was a hefty legal bill for them to pay so that it teaches them a lesson – those were the most pathetic excuses that I’ve ever heard! They were singled out b/c they refused to leave? Come on, grow a brain! Or maybe that’s your problem…
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BackstepAndShift
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 3:42pm@EVERYONE
COMMENTS ARE A REPLY TO “GRUDGYWOOF”….?
YES! Glen your leader and sheperd has deemed these HUMAN BEING “GODS CHILDREN” to be (Dirty smelly stupid animals as Glenn just said.) this is Grudgywoofs statement… Glen has lead him well into HATE for these people like he has ALL of you. Just read some of your statements.
Regardless of your stance on the subject they are GODS CHILDREN as well. don’t you agree?
SO.. IS your sheperd Glen acting and speaking as a christian would about these people?
MR. CHRISTIAN HIMSELF? THE TRUTH GIVER? HUMN? “love not hate” as Glen has spoken out of the two sides of his mouth. REALLY? WITH STATEMENTS LIKE THIS?
God would NEVER accept this language from ANY of his and there is your proof BECK IS NOT YOUR SAVIOR. HE IS ONLY A MAN NOT SOMEONE TO WORSHIP! LET ALONE SOMEONE TO FOLLOW OR TAKE ANY ADVICE FROM.
Learn what he is showing you and double check it all yourself.
This man Beck is hiding something from you all. He is the double headed Dragon.. speaking with a fork togue masked in wisdom and glory, but only the wisdom and glory are what he wants you to see.
Don’t be a sheep and follow the herd be someone or you will follow anyone.
Follow CHRIST AND HIS TEACHING IF YOU MUST FOLLOW SOMEONE.
Glen, Hanity and those sorts use language all the time that is not christian but then say they are devote to Christ.
LOOK CLOSER MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
God be with you in your journy.
Free yourselves..
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dj_bonneromics1982
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:08pmWhy are you guys so eager to impose really severe punishment on a simple act of civil disobedience, and why do you constantly fantasize about using the “Second Amendment Solution” against progressives?
I’m beginning to think that maybe it would be a good idea for some southern states to secede from the union once again, just to get rid of their far-right political influence over the US government!
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thecowboy
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:13pmI WILL JOIN YOU!!!! I AM WAITING FOR THE DAY TO CULL THE HEARD!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!
Let them riot, then legally, you can blow their asses away, for your protection. I wouldn’t hesitate to shoot one of those lazy liberal bastards…. INCLUDING MY STUPID CHILDREN!!!!!!! Who are totally screwed up because of their extreme liberal mothers family…. (WHO LIVE IN WISCONSIN)…. I am considered a weirdo because I am CONSERVATIVE… but when they get behind on their bills, because they buy their TOYS instead of paying their bills, they run to ME, and I said NO!!!!!! You are adults in your 30′s, and I am not paying for your mistakes… I know why my marriage was a sham, and failed, I would not live the liberal life she wanted, and I will not put up with the CRAP and idiocy….
I would rather shoot all of them, they are enemies of the state!!!!
Cowboy in Illinois…
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author5555
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:21pmI am in a union SEIU and sometimes I regret it.
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CruisingGranny
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:29pmthanks for the short and pithy comment. right on. just like most ********, they use the CONSTITUTION when it serves their purpose. i am so sick and tired of these people trying to tear down everything that is good about AMERICA
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jhrusky
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:34pm@thecowboy
You’re an idiot, plain and simple.
Anyone who brags about how they would just shoot them all, including their own children, either has serious mental issues or don’t have a clue what it truly means to kill people.
Moron.
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conservative wildwoman
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:53pmNotice also that they were dressed as business men & women–part of the 1 %????? Compare it to how they honestly dressed when they were arrested…such phonies!
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ZZBlueComet
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 6:32pmVery good point – they hate the Constitution but “freedom of speech” is used by them constantly.
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Recceman90
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:38pmMy sons Social Studies teacher told my son (and the class) that she doesn’t think the 2nd Amendment still applies and the only reason we are free is because we have the right to free speech! My son stood up and said “The only reason we are free is because the Federal Government is petrified of the 2nd Amendment and the US Military!” I taught my son well!
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pavepaws
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:21pmI hope court costs were high.
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ThoreauHD
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:26pmCommunism’s a helluva drug. I say we make them overdose on it sooner rather than later.
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sodacrackers2
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:40pmI love how they talked about doing their “business!”
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normbal
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:52pmPromises promises. Wake me when the shooting starts.
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TomFerrari
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:56pmWho was it that said, “we’re going to need some of you…” breaking laws or going to jail… Something along those lines???
Good sheep.
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Free_Thinker
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:19pmDo they really think the jury would buy their “they didn’t personally ask me to leave” story when the video shows the cops picking them up, you know full well the cops said, come on lets go or your going to be arrested. More “useful idiots” for the progressives.
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hugo65hsv
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:51pmYes i agree what you say is a staple in the liberal pathology.. The First Amendment applies only to liberals and there perception on everything and anything..
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Snidely
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:30pmThe whole place was filled with crispy critters. And their leader was a space cadet.
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lanurse1
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:44pmWOW the Union “Mod Squad” of the 21st century~~We are truly devolving
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mils
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:41pmwe can laugh …but these type people will be out in full force this summer..and conservatives should learn to deal.
they are destroying ou country with their ignorance …the left seems to encourage brainless slugs
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VigilantGuardShark
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 2:40amSoooo, they’re just a bunch of half-wits trying to do what they thought was lawful though any 10 year old would realise that they were acting wrong. As the Japanese say, “Baka!”
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cuinsong
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 2:45amBelieve it or not I don’t have a song for this kind of stupidity!
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BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 8:50am@ BACKSTEPANDSHIFT
“Regardless of your stance on the subject they are GODS CHILDREN as well. don’t you agree?”
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No I do NOT agree. GOD’S CHILDREN are defined by their actions. More commonly known as the fruits of the spirit…. they are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, goodness, and self-control.
Let’s take a look at occupy for just a moment and compare to the above. Rape, murder, violence, covetousness, lying, anger, hatred, agressiveness towards PEACE officers, etc, etc.
THE SHOE DOESN’T SEEM TO FIT. It is written “will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?” Acts 13:10
Funny how such a scholar of the word such as yourself could refer to occupy as “God’s Children.” That in and of itself is laughable.
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Wolf
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 8:53amYup, almost time to clean the gene pool, if not past time.
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George Patton
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 9:07amHere’s what these child-marxists don’t understand: You have the right to be naked, but not in a grocery store. You have a right to be drunk, but not while driving. You have the right to be in a government building, but that doesn’t mean you can break into one at 2am or stay in one after they close up for the night. The American left does not have the ability to use logic. Their logic goes like this: The sky is blue therefore all blue things are the sky. Just because A brings B that does not mean B brings A. If you have rain you will have clouds, but that does not mean if you have clouds you will have rain. IDIOTS.
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kettererbg
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 12:40pmLocked and loaded. Let’s dance.
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The American People
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:42amThe first ammendment doesn’t give you the right to do anything you want to whomever you want or where ever you want. More and more people like this who hate the Constitution are hiding behind it improperly. What about the cops? They don’t have a right to end their shift and go see their families?? Freedom of speech and expression does not mean that you can infringe upon other people’s rights! Plus, despite my total dislike and disrespect for every one of those protestors, I literally have never seen so many truly stupid people try to push a cause. I’m not saying that to slam them or anything, I have seriously never seen such literally, stupid, people try to pull something off. The left has sent some pretty stupid people to try and butcher the Constitution but I haven’t seen truly mentally defensless people since these failed liberal College students. I mean they were even somewhat informed in the 60′s!!!! Now they just look pathetic. They are the youth that prove how the liberal indoctrination ruins people. They are the failed generation, Its a shame.
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skotrod
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:14am@ MADMILLO, I can’t wait until that day! What will the liberals use for weapons, picket signs?
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Protoham
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 6:22pmConsidering my family signed the U.S Constitution I have real problem when someone tries to destroy it and use it at the same time.
Maybe we need a state to stand up and say “we are going to be the state of Total Government Control” (CA comes to mind) and we send all liberals there for a refresher course why that doesn’t work.
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Hickory
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:30amJust another part of the gimme crowd.
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Buckobill
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:29amThis clearly shows why I have always heard that union members are bottom feeders and at the low end of the food chain. They all look like they would be more comfortable in a zoo.
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TRUMPETCALL
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:36amAs my Sixth Grade teacher used to say, shaking her head, “Some people’s children!”
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chazmo
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:11pmum.. i’m a Union Member by FORCE.. Don’t lump all of us in.. I pay SEIU $90 per month to slide that money over to Liberal Progressive Candidates. Some(notice the word some) employees are good hard working people. Majority are worthless. Our problem is the Union itself. SEIU is very powerful and has the President in their pocket. Besides these cretins are college kids not employees.
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Navy5170
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 3:07amI wouldn’t put that label on all union members. These are from Government unions not trade unions. The leaders of these unions (and at times Trade Unions) are the ones that use their membership for political gain. See what happens if they revolt against their leaders. They will be taken out with the trash as no longer being useful. The people are just sheep being led to the slaughter and then replaced by more sheep. All Government Unions should be banned. How can it be any good if the Government negotiates with itself for a contract? Some of these liberals should have learned from their loser parents who back in the 60′s & 70′s, sat down and shouted, “Hell no we won’t go”. And in the end were forced to comply anyway. I believe the convictions were correct. Of course just like a bad penny, “They’ll be back”.
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:28amA lion will eventually get bored (or full), and stop eating you at some point. It doens’t mean the lion will leave you alive, or in good condition.
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Chuck Stein
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:25pmGood point!
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Shasta
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:35pmNicely stated. Thanks
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RepubliCorp
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 5:22amTrue…….
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Listen_then_think
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:27amFine should be thousands not 200. And these boys all LOOK like upstanding well read hard working citizens, right? Bunch of losers all.
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Stoic one
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:50amHey! Wait! One of them is female (I think). We cannot be racist nor sexist!
The males should all be required to pay for Ms Fluke’s (pronounce like PLUCK) sex care for the duration of her college career; and the female perhaps could perform the same public service as Ms Fluke @ her college.
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HorseCrazy
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:51amhas anyone noticed how ugly the left is? I am not just talking about their ugly views if I had no idea about politics in life and just looked at the groups and chose one, believe me on looks and smell alone it wouldn’t be the left. it is almost like a troll breeding program they are some nasty men-women.
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yiska8
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 3:17pmThey should be made to clean the area they fouled up with their pinko butts all day long. Three to six months, I think would have been good punishment. Every night, for no pay. Scrub that Capitol floor!! Mop and wax. Maybe they learn some work skills. The janitorial staff could have been given 3 months of paid leave! They deserve it after after having to clean up after these smelly communistas.
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:22am.
$200 Dollar Fine? Should have called a Vet and had them Spay & Nuttered………
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OhSuzieQ
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:42amhahahaha!!! LOL
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HorseCrazy
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:50amI second that
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Eaglesyx
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:39pmI’m a Vietnam vet. can I do it?
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 2:00pm.
Eaglesyx just wash your hands first………
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Fireguarding
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 3:56pmEAGLESYX: Yes! You are the perfect Vet for this task! It’s merely a kindness you’d do for them anyway.
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ConservativeResponse
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:21am$200.00 and court fees? It’s more expensive to get caught driving 10 miles over the speed limit. What a joke.
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TexasHunter
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:35am210.00 going 47 in a 35. Chances are they will not pay it and it will turn into a warrant then the ticket triples and they go to jail Again!!
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term limits for congress
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 3:09pmThat’s $200 less to spend on contraceptives. Must have been a Republican jury since they denied them access to contraceptives.
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petev1717
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:14amCan’t fix Stupid
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:23amNope. That is sadly very true, and these delusional followers of the socialist/communist leaders of the unions and Obama are the blind being led by the blind over the cliff.
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CLG 4
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:26amThrough the years I have found that most of what unions do is to keep deadbeats in a job. This video does not surprise me on bit. I feel sorry for these young men what employer will hire once they know why they had to go to court for. So agian my taxes will go to help feed (food stamps) and pay (assistance checks) thes socialist fools.
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Vickie Dhaene
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:16amThis is the result of a Government Regulated School System. So Sad………
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PERSERVERANCE-2012
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:04pmIn response to PETEV!&!&….. Sure you can. Have you seen the new double barrel 45?
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PERSERVERANCE-2012
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:07pmSorry PETEV1717!
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TennBill
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:12amLets see, the guy with the dreadlocks states he has multiple jobs and would have gotten bored anyway. Doesn’t he realize that part of his taxes were being used to pay the police for arresting his silly ass! What do the teach at UW, idiocy?
I think they need to grow up and see that we all are bound by the Constitution (seems the one person kept citing that) and that their rights end where mine begin. We are not gauranteed a perfect life, just the oppurtunity to persue Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
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Gonzo
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:11amWe had to “fix this mess before we have to inherit a world that’s broken.” The world has been broken since Eve ate the apple you doofus, every generation inherits a world that’s broken. The Governor is just trying to pass on a state that’s not bankrupt. Can you LIKE understand that?
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scuba13
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:23amEncinom,Monicne and Lumbar spine don’t understand anything. They were educated in stupidity by union educators.
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KathleenElsie
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:33amThis is why two generations of our family members have been home educated. The first generation has gone on the graduate with high honors at various well known Universities. They have been able to think for themselves unlike those “educated” by the unions.
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infidelible
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:14pm@Gonzo – I’m a bit confused. How can you defend individual liberty (something I certainly cherish) that requires personal responsibility (and I subscribe to that) while at the same time assert collective responsibility for act of dubious veracity?
If you don’t subscribe to identity politics, as I imagine you don’t, then what Adam and Eve supposedly did near the beginning of creation, or what Romans and Jews supposedly did near the beginning of the common era cannot be my or your personal responsibility.
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Gonzo
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:13pmInfidelible, I believe the Bible is Gods written word. The Bible tells me that original sin ruined God’s desire for the Earth. Therefore, your argument is with God not me. Good luck arguing with God.
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Comeandtakeit
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:08amAre these people actually teachers??!! If I were the prosecuting attorney, I would have asked the girl if she believed her class should only follow her instructions in class if she asked each one individually to do so and if it relieved them of an obligation to do so if she only asked them as a group to follow an instruction. Some creative kid in her own class should try to organize that little idea. What tools.
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nolefan2
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:24amExcellent post! However, what you suggest would require the use of logic on the part of that protester and I doubt seriously if she knows what logic is.
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Slice_Of_Life
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:20pmExceptional point!!! YOU win the golden gavel award. Sorry, there are no participation awards for the rest of you. Only one winner today……
ABO 2012
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momrules
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:07amThese are the perfect example of the tag *useful idiot*. Maybe educated but low intellect,easily led, no real goals unless directed.
These will be front line fodder for the socialists to use in the upcoming civil war. They are just too stupid to realize it.
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kdizzydaze
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:57amThese kids are weak willed and weak minded. This is truly a case of forgive them for they know not what they do. If they understood exactly what they were fighting for and how it would harm the general, hard-working public (if they got their way), they would walk away from this joke of a “struggle” immediately.
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skiz
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:47amYeah, if these are the people that are going to be on the front line in the war of ideas, this is going to be easy. And by the way I dont care what big brother see’s! (as commented earlier)
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jakartaman
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:59amUnionism = Communism
Unions protect only the weak and or stupid
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:07amJakartaman
You forgot the LAZY…..
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G-WHIZ
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:00amUnions ONLY enslave the grosely uninformed. These “people” when younger were not given the advantage of a framework on how to study to get the most out of what he/she needs to know, including other ancelarry items to fill out the small details. They were enslaved, early-on by parents who stuffed them in school to get them out-of-the-way for a while…all mamals teach their offspring the framework of their life from the “egg-hatching” until they “leave the nest”…from being-born to goeing out on their own….Humans??…Haa HaaHaa HaaHaaaaaa.. .
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GeorgeWashingtonslept here
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:59amUm, what, um , yes, um, I feel that I um …………………………….
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:43amSounds like the beginning of an Obama speech.
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MidWestMom
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:27amGee…what happened to their catchy chants??
Yes I know
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They said to go
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You don’t really have a case
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‘Cause no one said it to my face
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And it was such a boring day
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I was leaving anyway
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:59amHaving spent most of my adult life in law enforcement I can tell you that court can sometimes be funnier than any comedy variety show on TV. Furthermore, these idiots had attorneys and still pulled these stunts in court! Absolutely laughable.
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happ77
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:24amRJINGGADSDEN
I once owned a resturant in CT and I was ticketed for not shoveling the sidewalk.
I appeared at court early and sat there as they brought people in chained
together. As they started trying these people they would call out their offenses,
Armed Robbery, assault and battery, attempted murder. Then they got to me
and the announement “failure to shovel the sidewalk” the whole courtroom
was in stiches even the guys in chains. When the judge finished laughing
he thanked me for the entertainment and asked if I could afford $15.
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Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:02amPeople who are protected by the court system ALWAYS find humor.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:59amHAPP77, That one is really funny. You apparently made their day. Should have asked if part of that chain gang could come shovel your walk. What I have seen have been some of our so called most intelligent people who are lawyers do some of the most stupid things or say such stupid things. I worked with one guy years ago who had only some limited college, but was just one of those people who is a natural when it comes to public speaking and was just completely adept with the English language. I’ve seen him eat one lawyer after another on the stand. Another guy was a former Marine A4 and F4 aircraft radar technician with a couple of tours in Vietnam. Woe be unto any lawyer who did not know him but tried to pull some crap with him on a radar speeding ticket. He’s cracked up the whole courtroom including the judge. But, I have to admit that I have seen some cops screw up laughably too. One particular incident has been burned into my mind for over thirty years that I will not into.
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rockmanlinux
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:58amI thought Marxists only cared about the collective. Pick a side people!!! Individually or collectively? LOL
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cemerius
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:56am$200 fine? How many would have to be arrested to recover lost state funds? It costs more than $200 to process the POS’s!!! “Court Costs” SHOULD include the price of incarceration too!!!!
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copatriots
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:42amThought the same thing……the little punks wanted their 15 minutes of rebellion fame and the guilty verdict is a badge of honor to them. I doubt they will even pay the $200 fine. If it gets paid, I’m sure it will come from the unions and other promoters behind these staged events.
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Unbelievable
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:55amAnd these kids are America’s future!
It’s not God Bless America… It’s God HELP America!
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hempstead1944
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:02amThese are not kids…..they are revolutionists…..
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Popp40
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:04amScary isn’t it…..
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momrules
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:26amGod seems to be removing America’s blessing as America keeps removing God. God help America is now appropiate.
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waring850
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:49amThen people wonder why my generation will be the stupidist generation of america
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chazmo
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:20pmThere is more good Kids like mine that will save this country.
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RepubliCorp
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 5:35amMaybe Obama was right about after-birth abortion …..
Eugenics – Yes we can
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drago
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:55amFines are fine, but with public hangings, at least folks can make money selling beer and popcorn…….
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AmericanStrega
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:32amOh DRAGO, If I wasn’t already happily married I ask you to marry me. You have THE GREATEST POST OF THE DAY! ;)
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hauschild
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:54amWisconsin’s finest on display.
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Gonzo
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:02amI still hold out hope for Wisconsin. With the exception of Madison, they are fine folks for the most part. I guess we’ll see what happens with the recall election.
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hauschild
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:08amThe problem in Wisconsin is the artificially high number of public sector workers. Toss in the welfare recipients and the slugs and the OWS-types and you quickly arrive at a conclusion that the state is on an unsustainable course. The state’s taken a nose-dive in terms of quality of product it produces over the past 20 years.
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bigdaddyt46
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:21amthis is noway near wisconsin’s finest. i live in wisconsin we had 16 years of tommy thompson, and 8 years of doyle. tommy got and kept this state humming, in his first 6 months in office doyle detroyed it all. guess which was R and which one D?
walker comes in and his first 6 months he clears out and cleans up the mess left of the state, and takes us from $3.6Bil defecit, to a $360mil surplus anf they want his head for that???
you know what this whole thing is?? the pay me first movement. pay me first, give me my benefits first. everyone else to the back of the line. the libs had 8 years of controling things here and destoyed of private businesses and workforce and are pissed they lost control before they could destroy the rest of wisconsin.
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Jenny Lind
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:54amLoosers, stupid used fools, they have no idea who they were really doing this for. How pathetic, and good for the judge for not buying it. If this is higher education we are so in trouble. Good jury, bravo.
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SpeckledPup
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:52amtake them out and shoot them, more of obama’s mindless useless eaters.
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:49amShoot them? Don’t you think that’s a little extreme? All they did was disobey police, not kill, maim, or rape anyone. I’d say a month of hard labor would change them a little.
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RACSAN20
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:24pmYou could always take them to a No Kill shelter
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SoupSandwich
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 2:15pmAnon-
If you offered them a month hard labor or a bullet I would venture more than a few would opt for lead. They have never worked in the physical sense. No conception of physical labor. Holding a protest sign can tax them beyond sensible logic as it is.
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thecowboy
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:22pmSHOOT THEM!??!?!?! YES INDEED!!!! COMMUNISM ONLY KNOWS ONE THING, THEIR WAY, OR THE KILL WAY…
LOOK AT YOUR HISTORY!!!!!! WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW< HERE, HAPPENED IN RUSSIA, AND CHINA, AND OTHER "PROGRESSIVE" COUNTRIES, and MILLIONS WERE KILLED, BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT BE RE-EDUCATED….
Guess who they want to kill????
US!!! AND OUR NATION!!!!!
PICK UP YOUR ARMS AND PROTECT THE COUNTRY!!!!!!! THAT is ALL THEY WILL LISTEN TO!!!!
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kentuckypatriot
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:52amUnbelievable. If they can’t take the heat, get out of the dang kitchen!
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EqualJustice
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:49amAny amount of “fines” will never cover the COST of the damage these evil people caused. The UNIONS should have to PAY for the damages and cost to tax payers! IMO
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Gonzo
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:03amAgreed.
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SpeckledPup
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:37amwhat was the damage cost to that historic marble building and surrounding structures, like $7mil to erase commie union graffitti that ate into the marble?!
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infortheride
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:03amAgreed
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HKS
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:48amStupid is a terminal disease. can’t be fixed.
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Welcome Black Carter
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 4:21pmClearly the “herd” is no loger being culled…
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kettererbg
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 12:43pmHypocrites. They hate the Constitution and use the First Amendment. Well, the Second Amendment was created for culling purposes.
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