Wisc. Senate Passes Collective Bargaining Ban Without Democrats
- Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:47pm by
Meredith Jessup
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In a quick turn of events, Republican state senators in Wisconsin have successfully pushed through a provision stripping public employees of their collective bargaining rights by separating it from Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial budget bill.
The stand-alone measure passed Wednesday evening by a vote of 18-1. No Democrats were present.
In effect, the vote renders Democrats attempts to withhold the provision from the budget bill moot.
With the bill’s most controversial provision removed, Republicans hope Democrats will now return to continue the debate of the rest of the budget proposal.
As you’ll recall, all 14 state Senate Democrats fled the state in an attempt to prevent passage of the budget bill. With the collective bargaining provision included in the budget bill, the GOP needed at least one Democrat to be present for a quorum to allow a vote. But with the provision voted on as a stand-alone measure, the GOP successfully passed the policy with no Democrats present.
The collective bargaining provision was put into its own bill hastily created during a joint conference committee Wednesday. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald shepherded the bill through the process as Democratic Rep. Peter Barca objected, claiming the committee‘s meeting was in violation of the state’s open meetings law.
At press time, Senate Democrats were reportedly meeting to decide how best to respond to the GOP’s decisive action.
The Senate-passed stand-alone provision now heads to the state Assembly for approval.
As the Senate voted Wednesday evening, demonstrators gathered at the state capitol building erupted in a roar of protest. Spectators in the Senate gallery screamed “You are cowards.”
Before the sudden votes, Democratic Sens. Bob Jauch said if Republicans “chose to ram this bill through in this fashion, it will be to their political peril. They’re changing the rules. They will inflame a very frustrated public.”
Senate Democrats have been absent from the state for three weeks. Sen. Matt Miller, leader of the Senate Democrats, quickly issued the following statement after the vote:
In thirty minutes, 18 State Senators undid fifty years of civil rights in Wisconsin. Their disrespect for the people of Wisconsin and their rights is an outrage that will never be forgotten. Tonight, 18 Senate Republicans conspired to take government away from the people. Tomorrow we will join the people of Wisconsin in taking back their government.
Senate GOP leader Fitzgerald issued his own statement:
“Enough is enough.“ ”The people of Wisconsin elected us to do a job. They elected us to stand up to the broken status quo, stop the constant expansion of government, balance the budget, create jobs and improve the economy. The longer the Democrats keep up this childish stunt, the longer the majority can’t act on our agenda. [...]
“We have confirmed with the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, the Legislative Council and the Legislative Reference Bureau that every item in tonight’s bill follows the letter of the law.
“The people of Wisconsin elected us to come to Madison and do a job. Just because the Senate Democrats won’t do theirs, doesn‘t mean we won’t do ours.”
UPDATE:
Gov. Scott Walker is praising Republicans for moving forward with his proposed budget provisions. Democrats were offered repeated opportunities to come home and negotiate, Walker said, but they refused.
“In order to move the state forward, I applaud the Legislature’s action today to stand up to the status quo and take a step in the right direction to balance the budget and reform government,” Walker said.
The AP is reporting that Democrats are planning their return to the state, but Democratic Sen. Jon Erpenbach tells local affiliate NBC15 that despite reports, the Senate Democrats do not plan to return to the state tonight or tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Democratic Sen. Chris Larson told MSNBC‘s Lawrence O’Donnell: “If [the GOP] wanted us back, they could have had us back. We’re getting together to see what legal action can be taken. They’ve been sloppy in their haste trying to get this done. But the story is where the Republicans are…[not with] the people. They’ve proved themselves to be deceptive. Special interests over people. Shutting down public debate, public hearings, the phone lines, the capitol, our offices, and now this. There’s no low they won’t go to to kill workers’ rights. Untrustworthy, can’t keep their word. We asked for negotiations. They used the letter as a prop in a press conference… shows where they are, where they’re at. They’re passing things w/o the public being aware of them. I doubt if many in WI have heard what happened. A lot of people will step out to the streets to recall…“
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Comments (582)
Guitanguran
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:02pmWill Walker sign it?
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:57pmI gather that’s a very rhetorical question. either that or a dumb one.
Report Post »lambchop60
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:01pmcongrads wisconsin
Report Post »Nervous Investor
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:01pmCongratulations to Gov Walker and his Republicans for coming up with this strategy. Good move. I guess that the remaining, directly financial, sections of the Budget bill still requires a larger quorum.
Report Post »portague
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:01pmthis is funny he could of done this a while ago he did try to get the democrats to do there job there own fault for not doing it not that they could of stoped it. So I wonder if they will come back now that thats settled and do the budget. Democrats tried to work the system so walker fired back finally good for him.
Report Post »AloysiusKnight
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:00pmI would like to point out to the Democrats in Wisconsin, isn’t this what your brethren did while passing Obamacare? Just saying, turnabout is fair play.
Report Post »lampshade
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:42pmI have to disagree..situations are not similar at all. Obamacare was shoved down our throats by unethical means. Scott Walker would of had a the normal procedural vote had the Dems not gone AWOL. Walker figured out a way to make the vote happen without them….three weeks later! The Dems again are the ones making a mockery of the democratic system.
Report Post »AloysiusKnight
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:26amI wasn’t speaking on unethical terms, I’m just talking about using procedure and legislative shortcuts to bypass the impasse. I find it hilarious that the Democrats are crying at how they are being beaten at their own game, only the Republicans did it via ethical legislative means vs what Democrats did.
I should have been more clearer, I apologize
Report Post »Carladet
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:59pmTouch down!
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:58pmAnd, to think all this could have been avoided if liberals would have manned-up and honored the will of the people.
Report Post »kahall
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:58pmSchool tomorrow in WI? Doubtful. Yay!
Report Post »Tightie Rightie
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:57pmSometimes doing what you promised to do bears fruit. Would that the US House and Senate GOP had as much conviction.
Report Post »ihveit
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:41pmAMEN
Report Post »will
alikat
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:57pmThat’s great news! Hope those wonderful people have protection….the thugs will be after them.
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:57pmThe union protestors are absolutely going nuts. Gov. Walker should keep the National Guard on standby.
Report Post »MCGIRV
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:07pmHe may well need to call the National Guard! These Union thugs and their commie cohorts are really angry about this!
Report Post »Phil E. Stine
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:07pmBack in the day, we were mobilized every time the truckers had a strike. And we got hazard-duty pay for it.
They didn’t teach us in civics class about public servant unions. If you have dems and reps in the same union, how on earth can they honestly teach that there are two separate parties?
A public servant implies public servitude. A supposed noble sacrifice for the greater good of our society. That isn’t what we have now. The servants have become our masters, and we are now the servants. We only exist for THEIR greater good apparently.
The government that has failed us? Their leaders are MIA, and they are practically rioting in the capitols. All of those false things that the Tea Party was accused of (by these very same people), are actually being done every day, by these unionized government workers.
At some point in time, the adults will have to step in and put a stop to this foolishness. Thats us, the majority of hard working Americans who live in reality. The west coast and New England seem to forget that there is a whole nation of people living between them, and we far outnumber them.
Report Post »Amma K
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:21pmWhat I am afraid of is all the ‘outside’ influences that will be bussed in. It is one thing for the Wisconsin people to protest – I disagree with the unions bussing in others – especially those who are confrontational!!! God help our capital the next few days.
Report Post »Lunytoon95
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:57pmLove It!
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:56pmI knew something was up. It’s not like anyone can say Walker did not offer an olive branch to the missing Dems. Serves them right for not being there to vote! TEACHERS and OTHER public employees.. please know that this is NOT an attack on you, but on the UNIONS that abuse you and the tax payers. Collective bargaining produces things like TENURE and rubber rooms, making it near impossible to fire bad teachers. Most teachers I know would LOVE to have a merit pay system. We appreciate all GOOD public employees and want to pay YOU well! We all want to bargain in good faith and make sure the ones who care for us and our children are justly rewarded.. MINUS THE UNIONS with their hands out and in your pockets. THANK YOU for all you do.
Report Post »kc_chiefsfan
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:34pmAbsolutely right! I have several teachers in my family and dad was a fireman for over 20 years. I appreciate our public servants but know that Walker and Kasich and Christie among others are doing the right thing and what they have to do to help their states survive. Good for him for following the process and trying IN GOOD FAITH to negotiate with these people.
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:56pmGood for you WI Repubs. The Dems are a bunch of chicken dung. Regardless the Dem Senators should have been there to support their constituents and they were not! They should vow to replace them just on principle. I don’t care what party you are and what the cause is, if I voted for you and you are supposed to represent me, you better be there.
Report Post »Strictlybusiness
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:36pmRight on, Right On, Right On, Yeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Report Post »TexasGranny
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:55pmWay to go Wisconsin!!! Now lets get the other states on track.
Report Post »Strictlybusiness
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:34pmOHIO already took care of their issue and the unions last week……The dems atleast stayed and voted there. These dems in WI should be all fired !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sore loosers , wasn’t it that worthless barock obama, our pathetic President that said “ Elections Have Consequences”…..What a BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR The U.S.A ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:42pm@strictlybusiness: You’re right. Those crazy dems. who ran away are sore losers. We‘ll hear all about their crying tomorrow while they try to claim it’s illegal. Give me a break. How can they claim it’s illegal when they are the ones who ran away like little guilty thieves in the night. They are the guilty ones.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:56pm@ STRICTLYBUSINESS
We are not done in Ohio. the bill went through the senate 17-16 now it is in the house where it is expected to pass by a wider margin. The unions are FURIOUS!
Report Post »Happy Taxpayer Rights Day!
Strictlybusiness
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:49am@ Stoic one
I lived in Worthigton,OH until 911 occured and that was enough for me and the east! ! ! ! There are many things like “THE BUCKEYE’S” , that I still claim from back there, but I moved to a CONSERVATIVE, BEAUTIFUL part of the country……. I D A H O / EASTERN WASHINGTON ……… Mmmmm how sweet it issssssssss……Good luck back there, It looks like Gov. John Kasich has things under control ……
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:55pmWINNER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
way to go ………….finally a politician that stands up for what he knows is right
Report Post »Marnin
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:55pmI sure wish I got as much time off work to stand around and complain like these union hacks do!
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:06pmRemember – You and I work so they can have time off with pay. That was especially galling to me on Presidents day when I was working to pay for them to have a holiday with pay
Report Post »Sense and Sensibility
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:47pmkaydeebeau – Most gov’t employees get the national holidays off, no matter if they are or are not in a union. If you want the gov’t holidays off, you need to speak to your employer and ask why you do not get them. Of course if you were represented by a union instead of just your lone voice, your chance of getting Presidents Day off would be greater.
Report Post »jkhypilot
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:54pmGett’n it DONE!!!!!
Report Post »SWEET!
Dahart
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:10pmHahaha! Well put
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:53pmHooray!
Report Post »On Wisconsin, on Wisconsin!
Fight on for your fame!
Run the ball clear round Chicago
Touchdown!!!
poverty.sucks
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:55pmAnd they Go, all the way!
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:15pmAs Harry Kalas would say….“outta heere”!
Report Post »harryset
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:53pmTwo thumbs up!!!
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:33pmYou have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it!
Put that in your crack pipe and smoke it!
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:53pmWiser than the Serpent, peaceful as the dove.
Report Post »Should’ve done this 2 weeks ago. Good for them
EqualJustice
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:58pmThey were more fair than the Dems were on Obamacare. We are not them, we are missing that liberal gene, remember? :)
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:09pmI have a feeling that this was a more calculated and timed event. I have a feeling that I would not fair well in a game of poker with my Gov. I think he not only made them think he was bluffing but called them on their bluff. I think the 2 weeks he waited was to not only make a point but to give the Dems enough rope to proverbially hang themselves.
Report Post »SHASTADIANE1
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:03pmYeah, we don’t possess that gene. I have liberal friends though who think that this is just the most awful injustice ever…But anytime you have Unions supporting candidates who end up negotiating the contracts of workers who paid dues to organizers that put the politicians in office, the tax payer is the one who looses. My liberal friend in CA said she was so afraid that Scott was bought off by the Koch brothers…My answer to her was that “That’s sort of like the pot calling the Kettle black”. Look at all the money the Unions pay in to elect their corrupt politicians to keep them in their pockets and George Soros pumping his money in there. Is that not the same thing? You can’t play “fair” with these people. They don’t know what the word means. Libs spend all their time trying to push us all into a dependant country so they can get RICH and the rest of us, can forget being anything but their servants and their financiers.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:52pmWay to go !!! ROFLMAO I am so tickled I can hardly type
Report Post »WIjoyzie
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:54pmHappier than the election eve celebration for Gov Walker. Taxpayer=1, Unions=0
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:38pmI can’t stop laughing at encinom for making a fool out of him/herself on this site. And where’s broker??? Tired of getting bitch slapped??
Report Post »icareabouttheusa
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 10:54amCome on Michigan – lets do the same NOW!
Report Post »Jabber
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:48pmGod Bless you Scott Walker for not only being a man of valor and SPINE, but for being soooooooooo clever!!! I absofreakinglutely LOVE this turn of events. And imagine-it came from a bunch of uneducated, backwards, REPUBLICANS!!! How is that possible? hehehehehehe!!
If Scott Walker gets asked where he learned such a tactic, I hope he replies “Why, from the Obama administration of course!”
“If shoving legislation down the throats of the people is good enough for Washington D.C.-It’s good enough for Wisconsin too!”
Way to go Walker and crew!
Report Post »Anamah
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:51pmBravo!!!
Report Post »starman70
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:10pmThe TAXPAYERS of Wisconsin WIN!!!!!!!
Report Post »omni
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:15pmWOW what a dramatic move. I was about to write Gov. Walker off this morning when reports of his backpedaling first came out. Then things got worse when the dems told him to pack sand. Wonder if they are good at packing sand?
Report Post »Lord_Frostwind
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:13pmHa ha! I underestimated Governor Walker, I thought that he was starting to cave. It looks like he pulled a fast one on the runners, as they deserved.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:15amstarman70
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:10pm
The TAXPAYERS of Wisconsin WIN!!!!!!!
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I would add… The tax paying, family supporting, hard working, voters of Wisconsin WIN, and win big!!!
God bless em!
http://www.americasteapartynews.com
Report Post »Jules 59
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 2:16pmI could not be prouder of our state government—what a bold, decisive move. I am also proud of our federal republicans who put up a valiant fight against Obamacare and DID NOT ABANDON THEIR POSTS. The Democrats and Unions have shown their true colors—and they are bullies of the first magnitude. Public Unions need to be abolished immediately throughout the entire United States. I am wondering now about private Unions—looking at what they did the car industry, maybe they have outlived their usefulness too! We can’t afford products made by the companies with Unions because it has driven up the prices. Food for thought.
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:50pmI thought that he was going to say that he was going to join the other democrats in Illinois, although we already have too many.
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:06pmReally you can keep them. We don’t want them back up here anyways. They are leeches and Quinn is more then willing to tax his constituents into oblivion so they will fit in well down there. You are more then welcome to come up here though Rick. Wisconsin’s looking a little sunnier now.
Report Post »americacan
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:51pmOK Wisconsin you’re on a roll, now pass a candidate eligibility bill for president and vice president to prove natural born citizenship before getting on the ballot.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:21pmJust watched an interview with one of the Dems in Illinois. He claims it‘s illegal because they weren’t given enough time. What time did they need when they are the ones who quit their jobs to run away?
Report Post »They were given enough notice to drive back from Illinois for the vote as they were all notified by internet.
After all, why weren’t they at their job working for the people of Wis. if they really cared?
_waTson_
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 1:30amSo much for my plan to move to Wisconsin and became a bus driver that makes 159,000.00 a year. Sigh
poverty.sucks
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:49pmHey Hey Ho Ho, Dem Unions Got To Go
Showtime
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:56pmDem unions are going…going…
Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:56pmNailed, bye bye unions. Time for state governments to start getting some of that money back.
Quagaar Warrior
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:59pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Report Post »Democrats are,
…………………. U seless
…………………. N on-producers
………………….. I nsisting
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…………………. N ational
…………………. S ocialism
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Jason K
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:04pmI‘d say they’ve been OWNED! Couldn’t think of a better way for this to end.
Report Post »john w. gault
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:05pmThat is HUGE news! How will the socialists react? Stay tuned and congrats to the brave leaders in Wisconsin.
Report Post »thunder4570
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:08pmabout time we got some one who is not afraid to piss a small group of people off!!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:14pmDim dems had their chance to work with the GOP but they left town… now they eat crow. you too Broker!!
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:15pmIs this for real? I am afraid to get too excited because it is too good to be true. Go Republicans Go.
Report Post »gapch68
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:16pmBoom! Winning!!
Report Post »BuckOfama
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:26pmHaHa…..
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:26pmHand it to glennda, he got his “oligarhy”
Theleftisda
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:28pm@gapch68
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:16pm
Boom! Winning!!
Now that’s funny
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:36pm@john w. gault
Report Post »Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:05pm
That is HUGE news! How will the socialists react? Stay tuned and congrats to the brave leaders in Wisconsin.
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They are going to Dit in their shepends!
ihveit
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:37pmman i wish all of them were close enough for me to shake their hands personally… GO WIS…….
THE democraps had their change… and they aint going to be happy WOOOO HOOO
Report Post »will
Showtime
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:41pm@thunder4570
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:08pm
about time we got some one who is not afraid to piss a small group of people off!!
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Hey, you 49 other states (or 56, depending upon your religion), that is how it is done!
“not afraid to piss a small group of people off!!”
So much for the NEA, the largest union in the United States, and the bussed-in unions (Teamsters, SEIU, etc.)! Don’t waste your time and gasoline or diesel — we have it FIGURED OUT! Go HOME! (and sthu!)
nothingbuthetruth
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:42pmRight on! Right on! Right on!
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:43pmAhhh Tifosa what would we ever do without your ever so insightful rhetoric? Oh right we would all be better off without ya here. First off it “oligarchy”. Secondly leave it to an idiot like you to try and blame Glenn for the decisions of a State Gov and State Reps. What I find REALLY funny about your accusation is you sit here day after day trying to marginalize Glenn saying he’s delusional and has no real power and blah blah blah blah blah and when something happens you try to project that Glenn has this all encompassing power. Which is it bi-polar boy? You can’t have it both ways. Make an argument and stick with it, you waffle more then the IHOP down the road from my house. Tifosa your house of cards is collapsing and quickly and you’re scrambling like cockroaches in the light. Do yourself a favor and go get a serious dose of reality.
Marcia
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:43pmKUDOs to the brave Republicans of Wisconsin. For the first time in my adult life I’m PROUD of Wisconsin!!!!!!!
Report Post »tradexpertbuysell
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:46pmWhsamatta dems
we‘ve been following the obama play book and found a similar underhanded way that’s legal to deal with your ilk. And you don’t think leaving the state was underhanded?!
Howdoesit feeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ha! Ha!
Look‘s like walker’s e-mail from earlier today was a great rope a dope. Now he can claim that he was trying to work with you when the legislators found a way to make their move. And the best part? You have no one to blame but yourselves.
Regarding public opinion? Here’s a reality check for you fleeing wiesels….Public opinion and the will of the people is against you not walker!!!
Have a nice day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:49pmThere are already calls for a teachers strike. If so Walker needs to fire them all. Rehire those that are willing to cross the picket line to teach and hire new pwoplw even if it has to be from out of state. You can not compromise with the unions.
GONESURFING
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:59pmAgree with most everyone here, this is great. A lot of mad union people though, it will be interesting, and I hope not too violent. We shall see.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:07pm“As the Senate voted Wednesday evening, demonstrators gathered at the state capitol building erupted in a roar of protest. Spectators in the Senate gallery screamed ‘You are cowards.’”
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The hypocrisy of Liberals is so tiresome. All of the WI Senate Democrats scurried out of town under cover of darkness and are hiding under their hotel beds in another state to prevent a quorum, but Liberals are calling Republicans “cowards.” Will someone please get these fools dictionaries with the definitions for “hypocrisy” and “coward” underlined in red?
kindling
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:08pmI‘m sure glad our side doesn’t gloat……..LOL
BecksTheMan
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:09pmThis is wonderful, I am glad they found a legal way to take away collective bargaining from the teachers union without needing a quorum. Goes to show where there‘s a will there’s a way.
Report Post »MasterTweak
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:10pmHeh, In just 15 minutes you too can save 15% on taxes by saying no to unions.
Report Post »newspapertaxis
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:11pmKer Flush………
Report Post »wildbill_b
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:12pm“”"Showtime
Hey, you 49 other states (or 56, depending upon your religion), that is how it is done!”"”
I would be more inclined to say “Depending on the level of your education”
There is in fact 57 “States” in this country. 50 which comprise “America” and the 7 Federal “States” which included, District of Columbia, Guam, Porto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
Just because they failed to teach you this in “public” schools does not change the fact. Obama was right, he had been to 57 “States”. It was a Freudian slip because you are not supposed to know this.
LOL Want to see proof simply read Title 42 Section 1301 and you will quickly find that there is NO requirement for you to have a social security number and you do NOT live in the “United States” as specially defined.
OR
You keep thinking Obama was wrong and there is really only 50 “states” in our country.
BearGrassNC
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:20pmUnions are Going Down
Report Post »HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:28pmI’ve been saying it since the get go……collective bargaining is NOT a budgetary item and should have been dealt in this manner to begin with……now all the budget only woes (massive lay offs) will fall squarely on the Dems shoulders. They can also pull out all the union dues and decertification and deal with that in the same manner. Now lets move on the bigger things……like breaking up MPS so we can get those inner city kids an education they deserve!!!
Report Post »Republic1776
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:29pmWay to go Walker and the WI Republicans!!!! If any Democrat feels that this has beene rammed through, then what do you call the Obama’s healthcare bill?? It is about time the unions get a taste of their own medicine!
Report Post »naed5048
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:40pmI‘m so pleased and happy and I am from or I should say live in Wisconcin and couldn’t be happier
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:44pmEnd around…Big Time!!!
I hope they have thought about armed guards at their home. Thes worthless Union thugs may try to kill them. If they do, I hope they get a 9mm between the eyes. Gutless human feces = Unions…
Report Post »WIjoyzie
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:52pmYEA!!!!!!! Finally, some common sense is making decisions in my state. Luv those Republicans!
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:58pmGood. About time.
Next, Ohio. Don’t cave John.
JBaer
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:58pm“They’ve proved themselves to be deceptive. Special interests over people. Shutting down public debate, public hearings…”
Sounds just like the Democrats when they pushed through Obamacare!! Kinda like a taste of their own medicine here. Way to go Republicans! :-)
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:00pmA union’s own folly leads to its ruin, but its heart rages against the Governor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A person’s own folly leads to their ruin, yet their heart rages against the LORD.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:05pmThe UNION THUGS are trashing the Capital again .. will the TEA Party be expected to come in and clean it up again? At least they haven’t had time to repair the marble .. with these thugs they might not be able to repair it again … The Republicans have had to leave the building since it is UNSAFE with the THUGS taking over!
Report Post »beekeeper
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:07pm@WILDBILL_B wrote:
“There is in fact 57 “States” in this country. 50 which comprise “America” and the 7 Federal “States” which included, District of Columbia, Guam, Porto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.”
First off, it’s “Puerto Rico”
Second, If you want to play games and consider “posessions” as states (although they don’t have the representation of a state in the federal government, etc.), so be it, but for then-candidate Obama to have made a truthful statement, based on your “posession” = “state” principle, he would have had to have visited Puerto Rico, Guam, America Samoa, etc. (I’ll concede he visited the District of Columbia ;^)
Even your tortured definition of “state” doesn‘t explain Senator Obama’s comment…
As a final test, if you could ask President Obama how many states there are in the United States, he’d answer “50”.
Report Post »wildjoker5
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:11pmTo quote Charle Sheen, “Winning!”
Report Post »Sooty3250
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:12pmGrats on the Republicans using the letter of the law to find a way through the Democratic morass.
WildBill_B, please recheck your facts, instead of rewriting history. Below is a copy of the definition of the United States as per Wikipedia. “The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_states
Have a nice day
Report Post »calebgs83
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:15pmCongrats Wisconsin.
Report Post »Finally some Republicans with…******?…an oxymoron?
Bluebonnet
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:17pmPraise the Lord. Sorry for getting angry at Gov. Walker earlier today thinking he was caving.
Report Post »FrankSpeak
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:19pmI am laughing heartily right now………this news is good for my soul!
Report Post »wildjoker5
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:20pmSooty
Quit confusing him with little things like facts. Didn’t you know there is the words “separation of church and state” in the constitution too?
Report Post »exdem
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:24pmOMG!!! I watched Micheal Moore tonite on that little guy named Rachel Maddow’s show and it was priceless!! He is beside himself with anger and disgust over what the horrible republicans have done. He’s mad at 400 rich people that took the money from over 1.5 million poor people or some such crapola.He can‘t believe his celebrity didn’t have an effect and he will NOT allow this to go on.BWAHAHAHAHA!!! I have to admit I took pleasure in seeing their misery. Wish we could see Hussein , Soros, Stern and Trumpka’s reaction.
paulsfam4
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:29pmlife is good
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:30pmThe GOP signed their own pink slips, they have proven themselves to be underhanded cowards. It is doubtful the the eight in danger of recall will be in the Senate come this time next year.
Tea-Baggers are celebrating the loss of rights of american patriots and citizens.
1911a1
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:31pmGood bye you sorry Union Dems , it couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch !
Report Post »ONETERM
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:32pmAWESOME! (and about damn time)
Report Post »Sooty3250
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:33pmWildBill_B wrote ”
There is in fact 57 “States” in this country. 50 which comprise “America” and the 7 Federal “States” which included, District of Columbia, Guam, Porto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
Just because they failed to teach you this in “public” schools does not change the fact. Obama was right, he had been to 57 “States”. It was a Freudian slip because you are not supposed to know this.
LOL Want to see proof simply read Title 42 Section 1301 and you will quickly find that there is NO requirement for you to have a social security number and you do NOT live in the “United States” as specially defined.
OR
You keep thinking Obama was wrong and there is really only 50 “states” in our country.”
And Wild Bill REFERENCED http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/usc_sec_42_00001301—-000-.html
yet did not take the time to read and cross reference it thoughoughly,,,,,, nice try,,,, your still wrong even though you chose to use a legal, not common definition, the legal definition does not apply to your arguement as a thourogh reading of the referenced title will reveal. I guess you think if you try to baffle us with bullsh#$ we will ass/u/me that is supposed to be brilliance.
“TITLE 42 > CHAPTER 7 > SUBCHAPTER XI > Part A > § 1301
Prev | Next § 1301. Definitions
How Current is This? (a) When used in this chapter—
(1) The term “State”, except where otherwise provided, includes the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and when used in subchapters IV, V, VII, XI, XIX, and XXI of this chapter includes the Virgin Islands and Guam. Such term when used in subchapters III, IX, and XII of this chapter also includes the Virgin Islands. Such term when used in subchapter V and in part B of this subchapter of this chapter also includes American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Such term when used in subchapters XIX and XXI of this chapter also includes the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa. In the case of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam, subchapters I, X, and XIV, and subchapter XVI of this chapter (as in effect without regard to the amendment made by section 301 of the Social Security Amendments of 1972) shall continue to apply, and the term “State” when used in such subchapters (but not in subchapter XVI of this chapter as in effect pursuant to such amendment after December 31, 1973) includes Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. Such term when used in subchapter XX of this chapter also includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Such term when used in subchapter IV of this chapter also includes American Samoa”
When crossreferencing all the above, it does not validate your argument that a person “you will quickly find that there is NO requirement for you to have a social security number and you do NOT live in the “United States” as specially defined.”
Again,,,,, check your facts, and have a nice day
Report Post »Sooty3250
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:40pmTo WildJoker5,
Actually I never read that in the Constitution of the United States of America, and still do not see it there. I do see “The phrase ”separation of church and state” (sometimes “wall of separation between church and state”), attributed to Thomas Jefferson and others, and since quoted by the Supreme Court of the United States, expresses an understanding of the intent and function of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The First Amendment reads “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ….”, while Article VI specifies that “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” The modern concept of a wholly secular government is sometimes credited to the writings of English philosopher John Locke, but the phrase “separation of church and state” in this context is generally traced to an 1 January 1802 letter by Thomas Jefferson, addressed to the Danbury, Connecticut, Baptist Association, and published in a Massachusetts newspaper. Echoing the language of the founder of the first Baptist church in America, Roger Williams—who had written in 1644 of “[A] hedge or wall of separation between the garden of the church and the wilderness of the world”— Jefferson wrote, “I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should ‘make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,’ thus building a wall of separation between Church & State”.[1]
Jefferson’s metaphor of a wall of separation has been cited repeatedly by the U.S. Supreme Court. In its 1879 Reynolds v. United States decision, the court allowed that Jefferson’s comments “may be accepted almost as an authoritative declaration of the scope and effect of the [First] Amendment.” In the 1947 Everson v. Board of Education decision, Justice Hugo Black wrote, “In the words of Thomas Jefferson, the clause against establishment of religion by law was intended to erect a wall of separation between church and state.” [2] However, the Court has not always interpreted the constitutional principle as meaning absolute separation of government from all things religious.[3][4][5][6]
Public debates about the proper extent of church/state separation in the U.S. remain vigorous and impassioned. Politically active evangelical Christians such as David Barton, a former co-chair of the Texas Republican party, emphasize the religiosity of the nation’s founders and assert that “separation of church and state,” as widely understood by modern historians and jurists, is a “myth” and that the U.S. was founded as a religious, Christian nation.[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States
Report Post »RCScrolls
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:45pmFor once the Dems know how it feels to have something rammed down their throats like they did to Americans with Obamacare, Now I say when theres a republican Pres we should state that Obamacare has a feels un constitutional and throw it out,
I truly do feel its not constitutional, but I can also back it up and show that it is unconstitutional.
Report Post »Isnt what Obama did Treason, to admittingly and openly state that He will not uphold the LAW which He is duely sworn to uphold regardless to How He feels.
dwh320
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:46pmYeah… About time.
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:21pmplease email all of them and thank them for getting this done. Make sure they get out there and tell about the bus driver who makes 160,000 a year for crying out loud
MadeintheUSA2
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:35pmI wonder what will happen tomorrow or days to come regarding schools. I live in Wisconsin and worry about stuff happening at my kids school. I may keep him out tomorrow…We can all hope and pray violence will not happen, but my gut is telling me otherwise plus the history of violence in the past in regards to unions. I can say I am proud of what was done in our state today! I pray for safety for them and anyone attending protests.
AzDebi
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:37pmSucks to be THEM! Ho Ho Ho
Report Post »nptden
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:38pmHey Hey, Ho Ho, Communist Unions gotta go!…Time to expose them for what they are…The members are to brain-washed, greedy or frightened to. Time to expose how the union movement only enriches the union leaders, and destroys business in the USA. They turned to public sector jobs, manipulated contracts to exist. Time to destroy them. They have already ruined our manufacturing base, steel industry and shipping industries…They have supported so called ‘progressives’ who in reality are communists bent on destroying our country from within, using insane regulations to stifle our economy.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:12amBRAVO just freakin BRAVO!
This is what had to be done. The Unions may not like it, but reality must dawn on them sooner or later.
Gov Walker, you sir are what is right about America and I see a bright future in politics for you. I forget who said this but it’s so, so true… The good thing about Americans, they always eventually end up doing the right thing. (that quote is not exactly verbatim)
http://www.americasteapartynews.com
Harry Rourke
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:58amHmmm…I think I shall be enterprising and go to Madison and set up my Union Brick stand. Color coded bricks to signify which Union members are throwing them through the windows. Purple for SEIU…Blue for UAW…etc. The animals are going to destroy the capital…I should at least cash in on the event. KaChing!
Report Post »Drippy Fawcett
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 1:03amStick THAT in your pipes and smoke it!!!
Report Post »_waTson_
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 1:20amand now they claim that the Republicans did not “follow” the proper emergency posting .. LOL .. seriously this coming from 14 wisconsin chickens. looks like the game of hide and seek is over. ollie, ollie, oxen~now listen to them whine. lmao.
Report Post »Down2TheC
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 1:34amYeah… they only let the masses whine about it for three weeks. There’s only been calls to split the bill for two weeks. How dare they sneak up on you this way. You poor hot-tub democrats. pfft.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 2:06am@wildbill_b
==> “There is in fact 57 “States” in this country. 50 which comprise “America” and the 7 Federal “States” which included, District of Columbia, Guam, Porto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.”
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Holy sh**! You mean O’bum actually visited Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, etc. during his presidential campaign? So THAT’S where all the fraudulent votes came from! I am flabbergasted! That’s what I call thinking outside the box (albeit in a bad way).
Unfortunately, Bill, your highbrow teachers forgot to teach you to read in context. Here’s a verbatim transcription of that lamebrain’s words:
==>”Over the last fifteen months [time span of his presidential campaign then] we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. [Isn't it obvious to your educated mind that he is referring to the contiguous US?] I’ve now been in fifty… seven states. I think one left to go. One left to go; Alaska and Hawaii I was not allowed to go to, even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it.” [Since he is campaigning and his staff won’t let him waste his time going to AK or HI, why the heck would they want him to visit places where people cannot even vote for him?]
Were you taught math in prep school? I can tell your teachers failed in that regard as well. Let me help: O’dumb said he had ALREADY visited 57 states and had (he thought) one more to go. So, 57 + 1 = 58. However, he did NOT visit AK and HI. Thus, you must add those two discarded states to O’bum’s Union: 58 + 2 = 60.
Obviously O’dumb and you both had access to the best schools, but you can’t fix stupid. I gather one of those “mmm mmm mmm” teachers has filled your synapseless brain with disinformation, and you are too lazy to question anything you are told. Here are the facts:
1. The United States comprises 50 states and the DISTRICT of Columbia. It has several TERRITORIES, which by definition are not states.
2. The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands no longer exists. The Northern Mariana Islands used to be a part of that trusteeship.
3. “Porto Rico” does not exist. I gather you meant Puerto Rico, which is an UNincorporated territory of the United States.
4. Having a SSN does not mean you are a citizen. Resident aliens can get SSNs under certain visa types.
===> “Obama was right, he had been to 57 “States”. It was a Freudian slip because you are not supposed to know this.”
I’ll grant you that one. It was definitely a Freudian slip, although I don’t think he’s been to all the Allah states yet.
Report Post »One1
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 3:36amThese nut jobs who left their responsibility are now talking about recall elections for the repubs. Well, lets counter it with some recall elections of our own for the losers who left the state because their job was too hard.
Report Post »realindependent
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 3:37amwell you guys can now look forward to not another single republicorp running in wisconsin to win any elections for the next 50 years. good job slap the middle class some more. and let the corporations and the wealthy pay nothing to cure this nation wide budget crisis. how does it feel to be on the side of corporations over Americans? you should hang your heads in shame…
Report Post »avenger
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:29amaha….the genie has exited the bottle ! way to go people…great balls on fire !
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:31amI 2nd that REALINDEPENDENT!
Report Post »HIFI74, I challenge you to find ONE post in theblaze where I was “saying he’s delusional and has no real power.“ And in regard to ”when something happens you try to project that Glenn has this all encompassing power.” I by no means attribute what happened in WI to GB’s “power”-do you?
tifosa
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:35amAlso, my spelling of oligarchy was in quotes because that is the way Glenn spelled it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-D_S7WOnjg :)
Report Post »icareabouttheusa
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:20amFInally!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Boojer56
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 7:39amNow Wisconsin has opened the door for the for the other states I hope they follow suit. Unions have become terrorist organizations and they need to be disbanded.
Report Post »Edct
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 8:05amTheir time has come and gone.
Report Post »CROSSEDKEYS
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:02amGlad to see someone gettting it back to the way it should be, This really is the botom line for states to get ahold of thier budgets. I wish my state ahd the guts to do it.
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:17amGood Job, Wisconsin! Idaho and Wisconsin are America’s Standard Bearers! Get ‘er Done, America!
Attn: professional-community-riot-organizer-instigator-agitator-in-chief-in-the-white-house — sit back and watch America slip right through your slimy hands! Pack it up pseudo-potus — You Are As Good As Fired!
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:27amI think that Walker should have went ahead with being forced by the union thugs to start laying off teachers and kept the bill together like it was. That way they could have kept the demoncrats in Illinois and kept them from being able to return home. If enough time had elapsed even their supporters that are supporting just because they don’t know any better would have gotten fed up with them not doing what they were elected to do and plus making the demoncrats virtually homeless people.
Report Post »However, getting the collective bargaining garbage banned was a very good thing and needed to be done and it was more important than making the demoncrats suffer.
ilovethiscountry
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:35amGood going senate, Go for it assembly!!!
Report Post »CottonMPG
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:57amI think it’s about time we make right to work the law of the land. Every state in the country should have the right to refuse to pay union dues!!!
Report Post »gman46
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 10:16amAt one time unions were needed, they helped form the business practices that are in place today. Now there time is passed.
Report Post »VRW Conspirator
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 10:32amOkay…i tried to post this yesterday…had a long tirate typed out and the Blaze brainfarted and told me I wasn’t logged in eventhough I was typing a reply and hit pot. Pissed me off….they will probably do the same to this post…so I am going to copy and paste it on EVERY article about WI I read today….so if you see it more than once…sorry….but here we go…
First – I am a CA teacher, have been for 14 years…my father is a CA teacher of 33 years, both of us are Mathematic high school teachers. I grew up with my dad saying how the Unions were a joke and nothing more than political hacks. He didn‘t join the union until CA passed a law that says even if you don’t join, you have to pay the portion of the dues that deal with local collective bargaining, which is about 1/3 of the monthly dues, the rest go to the state CTA and the national NEA. So he joined and actually became a union rep on his campus. I have joined for the same reason as my dad but I tend to be a LOT more Conservative, Constitutionalist, and Libertarian than my father who grew up a Kennedy Democrat and still is.
So I heard that the WI teachers and state employees, minus the cops and firefighters, are going to now have to kick in more money towards pension and health. I heard that 99.8% of the pension contribution is from the state of WI and .2%…YES POINT 2 Percent is paid by the employee. I heard that 99.5% of the health benefits are paid by the state of WI and only 4.5% is paid by the employee. The new bill would INCREASE the pension by the employee to 5%, 95% paid by the state of WI and 12% health benefit paid by the employee and 88% paid by the state of WI.
WTF!!!! TOTALLY!!! WTF!!!
Here in CA…what most people think of as close to the former USSR as the USA has ever become… sitting on top of a 25 Billion deficit….an economy that is 8th in the world….most districts make you pay 40-50% of your health benefit and the pension breakdown is 51% employee, 49% district. Now the district gets state tax money…so replace district with state and compare to WI….
WTF!! these whiners, these crybabies, this little B O I T C H E S….WTF!!! try coming to CA where you have to PAY HALF of your own retirement and healthcare and even that is bankrupting most districts and the state…
if you are protesting this bill in WI…you are a JOKE a complete LOSER…a LEECH on the system and you should be FIRED!!!
okay…rant over…the Blaze can not whip my post like they did last night….
gman46
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 10:36am@Sooty3250, I think your over looking some words in that code, “When used in this chapter— ” is one. I do know Guam, Samoa, Virgin Islands are not states as defined for being voting residence of the U.S.
From example the code you site;
“The Federal percentage for each State (other than Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam) shall be promulgated by the Secretary between October 1 and November 30 of each year, on the basis of the average per capita income of each State and of the United States for the three most recent calendar years for which satisfactory data are available from the Department of Commerce”
“The term “United States” means (but only for purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph) the fifty States and the District of Columbia. ”
“The “Federal percentage” for any State (other than Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam) shall be 100 per centum less the State percentage; and the State percentage shall be that percentage which bears the same ratio to 50 per centum as the square of the per capita income of such State bears to the square of the per capita income of the United States;”
“Other than” also helps define the difference between the ‘United States’ and ‘State’.
Report Post »KAKnightinJax
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 10:53amSo just a question, why are they trying to recall any Republican Senators? The Democrat Senators are the ones that have been hiding from doing their job and voting on legislation.
Report Post »HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 10:56am@Realindependent: How does giving employees the ability to make more based on merit, keep more of their own money (by not deducting union dues), and live in other districts, stick it to the little man? I don’t get it? I mean in the end jacking taxes as they have in the past, has cost us jobs, and businesses……..when those leave, taxes leave. When businesses leave, people leave, and MORE taxes leave. When people leave there is no NEED for public employees. Biting the hand that feeds you is NEVER a wise. We‘ve taken Doyle’s BOGA (bend over and grab your ankles) methodology for too long. Thanks to his grab of stimulus we have a bugdet we can’t support on our own. I say take it or leave it……sometimes you have to shut the whole factory down, fumigate and start again.
Report Post »Phantom2487
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:16pm@Marcia
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:43pm
KUDOs to the brave Republicans of Wisconsin. For the first time in my adult life I’m PROUD of Wisconsin!!!!!!!
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Amen lmao!
enufznuf
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 1:11pmWhen I seen this I laughed to myself and thought no…it’s not over. Guess I was right…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyacZ_mwjmM
Report Post »Wilma
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 1:28pmThat’s the way uh huh uh huh I like it!
Report Post »sp1223c
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 4:37pmStill going,can’t wait for the gone part!
Report Post »sjannsen
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:04amLet’s be clear on who the cowards are…. All those Dem’s that ran away! Now, those same cowards are outraged because the GOP didn’t just sit back and take it, they moved forward, now let’s see how Wisconsin prospers under this kind of unashamed, forward-moving Government. Way to go!
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