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Government Shutdowns? Not By The GOP, But By DEMS in Wisconsin!

Talk of a threatened government shutdown was everywhere today.  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid accused House Speaker John Boehner of using the shutdown threat.  But Boehner has not said that, and if you look closer, you will see that Democrats are the ones shutting down governments around the country.  In Wisconsin, the State government has been put on hold because 14 Democrats skipped town, crossing the border into Illinois where they are currently “on the lam”, preventing ANY votes from taking place.

The State of New York is also dealing with the threat of a shutdown, but it comes not from Republicans, but from the newly elected Democrat Governor Cuomo;

But this is nothing new to Democrats, back in 2003, a group of Texas State lawmakers (all Democrats), left the state for two days, shutting down the entire government. CNN reported;

“There’s 51 of us here today, and a quorum of the Texas House of Representatives will not meet without us,” said state Rep. Jim Dunnam, the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus. He spoke with reporters outside a hotel in Ardmore, Oklahoma, where the Democrats have holed up.

So there it is, Democrats have a history of doing what so many on MSNBC have accused the GOP of threatening to do  - SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT.   It is not the GOP denying the process, but the Democrats.

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  • fatsomann
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 6:59am

    Obama & Company have to be facilitating this civil unrest. They couldn’t get the Tea Party to do it and looks they have taken matters into their own hands. Who is going to pay for the expenses of the politicians on the run? Surely they won’t expect the state to reimburse?

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  • reckless
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 6:34am

    Just goes to prove once more that liberals accuse others of wishing to do what they themselves hold in their hearts.

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  • poetopoet
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 6:26am

    Thank God, amen, amen and amen Thank God the Supreme Court has awakened!

    “WND Exclusive BORN IN THE USA?
    Stunner! Supremes to give eligibility case another look
    Challenge to Obama getting 2nd conference before court
    Posted: February 17, 2011
    2:23 pm Eastern

    By Bob Unruh
    © 2011 WorldNetDaily

    In a stunning move, the U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled another “conference” on a legal challenge to Barack Obama’s eligibility to occupy the Oval Office, but officials there are not answering questions about whether two justices given their jobs by Obama will participate.

    The court has confirmed that it has distributed a petition for rehearing in the case brought by attorney John Hemenway on behalf of retired Col. Gregory Hollister and it will be the subject of a conference on March 4.

    It was in January that the court denied, without comment, a request for a hearing on the arguments. But the attorney at the time had submitted a motion for Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, who were given their jobs by Obama, to recuse.

    Should Obama ultimately be shown to have been ineligible for the office, his actions, including his appointments, at least would be open to challenge and question.

    At the time, the Supreme Court acknowledged the “motion for recusal” but it changed it on official docketing pages to a “request.” And it reportedly failed to respond to the motion.”

    Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, bye, bye commie birdies, go home to roast, the good Rev. Wright he be calling you home where you two belong, besides Obama frying, yes ‘a mams.

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  • ADNIL
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 5:04am

    Shut it down and lock the doors to the schools. Fire them all. Teachers and Dems alike. What we‘ll find out is that we didn’t need them anyway. Find other babysitting options for your kids because that is what public school has become. Public schools need a major overhaul. The Dems need reeducation as well. And WE the people need to abolish public sector unions and the DOE.

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  • burnteye86
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 4:59am

    It is very telling about the left in America when teachers will take students to the front lines in a demonstration after the Governor says he will bring in the National Guard. The left has already said that they believe the National Guard is going to physically put down the protesters. This is a page right out of the terrorists play book: Use children as human shields. It is despicable. The left are a cowardly ilk of human debris.

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  • thegrassroots
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 4:53am

    Here are e-addresses for a couple of those irresponsible, liberal-lemming, run-away senators:

    Jon Erpenbach = Sen.Erpenbach@legis.wi.gov

    Chris J Larson = Sen.Larson@legis.wisconsin.gov

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  • thegrassroots
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 3:00am

    Keep It Up, Dems! You Are Showing America Who You Really Are! And, America Won’t Forget!

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    • Oldphoto678
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 8:13am

      You’re right. Americans won’t forget, and you tea party clowns should be very afraid

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    • highcarry
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 10:14am

      to oldphoto. dummy, your comment about us being afraid really gave me a chuckle. first of all, i don’t belong to the teaparty. i don’t need someone else to tell me how to think. all i am is a guy that loves his country. and that is why i feel the way i do about you liberals/communists.how do i feel? the hate i feel for you people is a truly black hate. i hate you down to my guts. i don’t just want you quiet, i want you gone. i want your families gone. i have been called a scary conservative. but i love abortion. why? because the vast majority of women who have abortions are libs, and would most likely raise that kid to be a lib.that is how much i hate you pieces of trash.don’t get me wrong. i don’t think much of the repubs, either. but you libs are actively trying to destroy this country. i’m not going to start anything, because i have total confidence that you will. you’re doing it now. so, i say bring it on, flower-child. i can’t wait to make you wet yourself.

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  • ReaganConservative83
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 2:58am

    I must say, so far (and I don’t expect it to continue), but so far I am rather impressed with NY Governor Cuomo. He has literally had no choice but to use drastic cuts in spending to try and get the Empire State back on track. But instead he is not fighting the GOP, but the entire NY Democratic Delegation in Albany. This is too funny.

    As for Ohio, Wisconsin, and and other states battling spending cuts; to those GOP state reps, state senators, and Governors, keep on FIGHTING so that America can get back on track with all of our great states!!!

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  • Diane TX
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 2:11am

    It strikes me that the protestors in Wisconsin are saying “Kill the Bill” exactly like the Tea Party did on Obama Care. Isn’t it interesting that Obama supports the protestors in Wisconsin, and believes that Gov. Walker should listen to them, but “didn’t even notice” the Tea Party protestors.

    To Obama, it’s as if the midterm elections never even happened.

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    • Fina_Biscotti
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 2:21am

      Reminder:

      We the people realized – very early on in his acornseiuvoterigged presidency – how DELUSIONAL – usurper Obama/Soetoro – is – and will always be = detached from reality – as a malignant, pathological narcissist – forcing his radical agenda upon America – as his lifetime work…. w manufactured crowds…..mob mentality.

      it is in his gene-pool – right along with the rest of the Political Terrorists in GITMO.

      It is scary – and pathetic – at the same time. Usurper Obama/soetoro as an acornseiuvoterigged POTUS is an ILLEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT – anyway.

      The Obama Myth imploded – a long time ago. He is trying to resurrect a new one – to go along w that Nobel Pizz Prize that was bought for him – as the “bought-and-paid-for-stooge” of Gyorgy Schwartz/George Soros – as deranged human beings – as embarrassments to humankind.

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    • Diane TX
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 2:27am

      @ Fina_Biscotti

      I love the Nobel Pizz Prize comment from you. Apparently, he was given this prize for the peace he was going to bring in the future. Boy, did he deliver or what? Protests and riots all over the world. It’s not what I would call peace, but that’s just me.

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    • thegrassroots
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 3:29am

      @Fina_Biscotti

      Well Said!

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  • wildbillsooner74
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 1:56am

    Ronald Regan said it best: You teachers and public workers have 24 hrs. to go back to work! If you are not back in your Class Room or Public Job in 24hrs. You are FIRED! There will be no negoations with any Union and that is final! You Democrats that are AWOL you also have 24hrs to be back at your posts and if you are FIRED and there will be special elections held to Replace You! That is the final offer and the ball is in your court! That is what the Gov. Wisc. should do and all the problems would go away instead of escallating! Game Set Match!

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  • banjarmon
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 1:50am

    Goverment shut down means NO New TAXES…That’s a good thing.

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  • Diane TX
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 1:43am

    I’m watching “The Ed Show” on MSNBC. He’s in Madison, Wisconsin riling up the labor union, thug crowd. So far, he’s told them that everyone on Fox News channel is calling them un-American, and lazy thugs. He’s also claiming that Governor Walker is a “puppet” of people like the Kohl brothers, and is still crying about the Citizens United decision.

    He also interviewed the 14 missing Wisconsin Senators from an “undisclosed location”. They tell Ed that there isn’t any budget crisis in Wisconsin, and that Gov. Walker is lying.

    Nancy Pelosi tweets that she stands with the students and workers of Wisconsin.
    ….
    Advice for Governor Walker: Don’t back down. Maybe you and Gov. Christie can turn this Country around.

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  • randy
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 1:42am

    We’re living thru history. I feel America is rebooting itself. Cleansing itself of a virus called democrats.

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  • capitalismrocks
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 1:38am

    Please tell me there is something in the WI constitution that states that if members of their Senate “abandon” their positions/posts for a certain period and are unavailable for a period of time, those Public Servants are thereby considered to have Abandoned their seats as Senators, giving the Governor the right to enact emergency Legislation, replacing any and all Abandoned Senator seats with persons of his choosing for a temporary period until the next voting session comes up…

    Bottom Line – if the WI Democrats want to run over to Obamaland and hide behind his skirt in Chicago and abandon their positions within the Senate – then take those seats away from them, charge them with criminal misconduct and abandonment of their seats, and obligations to the State of WI and they are to lose their positions and the Governor then can declare an emergency Senate replacement action…

    Their MUST be something in the WI State Constitution that would cover such a thing – Act of God, or otherwise leaving positions in the Senator unfilled and allowing the Governor the right to immediately fill those positions…

    Somebody who is a lawyer look into this now and if you find it, send copies of Glenns people and send links/copies to the Governors office immediately, also post any information found right here in the message threads so we can all read it… they can’t use this kind of tactic of running out of the State and not have some form of legal ramifications against them by the State of WI.

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  • Rob_M
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 12:39am

    Good thing this is reality. Nobody would believe this any other way.

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  • Star Spangled
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 12:36am

    I‘d tell the unions if you’re not back on the job tomorrow I’ll take that as “I quit” and they wont have a job . Same for the dems .

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  • barbaraw62
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 12:31am

    And the light keeps getting brighter and brighter… like Glenn Says…. light sanitizes and our education is important in the sanitizing process… Keep showing us who you really are LOONS… If you aren’t convinced now when will you sitters on the fence be convinced. I am like Glenn… I am moving on!

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  • jedi.kep
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 12:27am

    The venomous thoughts I have for these crybabies…. You dems are in the minority. The people voted for things to be that way. Deal with it, take your lumps, and stop being cowards. Just because you can’t get your way does NOT give you the right to shut down the government. If you want it your way, then go to Burger King.

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    • Dale
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 12:43am

      “Just because you can’t get your way does NOT give you the right to shut down the government. If you want it your way, then go to Burger King.” I would only add they should be fired, and looking for a job at Burger King.

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  • lillianrose
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 12:18am

    Shutdowns are commonly used by the unions. Stopping organized crime is has been needed for so long.

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  • saviorammo
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 12:16am

    We can not and must not waste this crisis. We may not have a country by 2012. Time to reforge our loose association of States and Their Militias. Time to assemble, coordinate, and execute the re-patriotization of our Nation.

    We know who the enemies are. And you better know they will not listen, nor give up their power grab without a fight. A serious one. Bio-attack, mini-nuke, dirtybomb, what ever. CDC, FEMA, quarenteen. It’s all there if you wish to see it. They have even voted on the coffins. No bueno!

    Faith without works is DEAD!

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  • SHASTADIANE1
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 12:13am

    I’d say fire them ALL if it were up to me..I know that the teachers have tenyor and all that stuff, but if they don’t work, they don’t get paid..kiss all their rear ends and let them eat cake. I’m sick of them. I have no empathy for them. I WORK for a living…and I am sick of people like these teaching my grandchildren and being paid for “playing on the computer” and “blogging” and ignoring the job they are paid to do, because they have the UNIONS behid them and to protect them. I have grandkids in school, and the 17 year old SR tells me most of his teachers “DO NOT TEACH”..the kid come in, they tell them to read this or that, and they spend most of the class time answering personal email or reading online and the kids teach themselves…This happened to him last year with a teacher and this year he has a TEACHER and he is having to work at it more..but these people are just more of the same. WE the PEOPLE are throwing more GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD!!!

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 7:56am

      Outof over 300,000 public sector employees(all union) only 25,000 are causing this crap. The rest went to work yesterday. I am still at a loss as to what to think about this. Are they true lemmings letting someone else take a bullet for them or are they truly not supportive of their union. I suspect the latter. But firing all the troublemakers would sure feel good :)

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  • mcfinch
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 12:13am

    He is just trying to stir up votes for 2012…

    http://politicalbowl.com – Political Video Website

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  • thejackal
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 12:05am

    Typical democrats, doing typical Soviet era commie tactics… All for a bunch of overpaid public sector union hacks. Fire them all!!!

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  • fertlmind
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 12:04am

    Shutting down something that doesn’t work anyway
    It’s a win win situation!

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    • crackerone
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 5:46am

      Round the clowns up, and make them sleep in their government office’s, until they vote.

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  • thejackal
    Posted on February 18, 2011 at 12:03am

    The culprit behind the madness…. Our Community Organizer in Chief. Nice work B. Hussein Obama, don’t waste a crisis now.

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 12:12am

      Run chicken run .

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    • gapch68
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 12:19am

      Do it, it will seal in the minds of THE PEOPLE who was REALLY behind the government shutdowns! Besides, every time I see a Dem on tv (especially Reid), they are screaming about a shutdown and every time I see a Rep., they are saying NO so who is setting it up?!

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 12:32am

      So the goonions of WI are rioting because they don’t want to pay their fair share, right ?
      Yet we are told its always the big rich wall street fat-cats who do not want ot pay their fair share !!
      These government goons DO NOT want to pay their fair share towards their own benefits,
      but are never tired of demonizing others for not paying their fair share towards the society’s benefits.

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 1:00am

      Do it! Let all these State governments shut down. Let the chickens come home to roost. Bout DAMN time.

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    • HillBillySam1
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 1:01am

      Notice all of the “Hitler” signs in the crowd?? Did you hear the chants of “Kill the bill!!”?? The state legislative body is completely shut down……I thought that the Progressives reviled these things?? Oh, wait….it was only when the TEA PARTY was protesting…….yeah, I remember now. The TEA PARTY protests were about accountability, responsibility, and the Constitutional authorization over the three branches of government in our country…..the Wisconsin protests are about public workers, and their unions, saying “Don’t touch my benefits”……whatever happened to “toning down the rhetoric” and “stop the hate speech”?? I suppose that if you’re a Progressive, you get a pass on these things……where is ABC, BECKISNUTS, JZS, MIDDLECLASSPROPHET, and ENCINOM on these developements?? Can’t wait to hear how the union protesters are heros while the Tea Party protesters are “hypocrites”, “hate-mongers”, and “racists”…..should be a very interesting explaination…..

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    • Mister President
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 1:05am

      Shut it all down. Go ahead. Make my day. Might as well default by choice and admit what is blatantly obvious. A government shut down today at the Federal level would be the end. Once you turn off the Ponzi Scheme, you won’t get it restarted. It was different in the 1990s. We still had time to fix this then.

      And they call Tea Partiers insane. Wisconsin, WTF? Can you not do simple math? Oh wait, tax the rich and people with real jobs! Steal money you did nothing to earn! Sorry, forgot. Remember guys, we’re the crazy ones.

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    • Mister President
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 1:23am

      @HillBillySam1

      The trolls will retreat more and more once the truth becomes more and more difficult to deny. Most of them are in denial or blinded by wanting to believe in Obama. Trolling can be a defense mechanism.

      The truth shall set you free, but first it’ll make you [a] miserable [troll].

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    • WAR PIGS CRAWLING
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 2:12am

      @Hillbillysam1… but, but, but…the Tea Party is a bunch of evil conservatives…how dare you interject rational thought into the mix…damn you….

      P.S. …thank you

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 2:16am

      Let this threat of a government shut down lay to rest the much abused Progressive argument that the Republicans (or any other Conservative groups) are the “Party of No”.

      There are hills to die on, as the Left has argued regarding Unions. But this is what the Conservatives have been saying all along – except our hills our based on the Constitution.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 2:30am

      Are those taxpayer dollars being used to pay for resorts/hotels out of state?

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 2:32am

      Obama is encouraging and supporting riots and revolutions, both foreign and domestic. So do we now have a “freedom fighter” in the WH?

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    • Fletch
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 3:16am

      “Stroke of the pen. Law of the land. Kinda cool.”
      –Clinton presidential aide Paul Begala, July 1998

      Public Service doesnt mean you’re to be serviced by the public for life

      President Kennedy’s Executive Order 10998, allowing Federal unions, is what opened the door for public sector unions at the state and local level, which is leading to bankruptcy from bloated public sector salaries, benefits, and retirement plans. Businesses that offered plans like many governments have would go bankrupt. Gov’t entities will, too, eventually, but it will be much more painful.

      This is why unions should again be outlawed for public employees.

      When collective bargaining was brought into American schools in the 1960s, it was a revenue stream and power base for Big Labor. Suddenly, union bosses became more interested in building political muscle than educating children.

      At that point the battle between unions and school boards became more focusing on salary, benefits, pensions and working conditions for adults, and less about students.

      Kids are only pawns in the self-serving union game.

      What is the purpose of teacher unions? To work for children? Establish new and better requirements? Push their members to better serve parents and children?
      “Despite what some among us would like to believe, it is not because of our creative ideas. It is not because of the merit of our positions. It is not because we care about children. And it is not because we have a vision of a great public school for every child. NEA and its affiliates are effective advocates because we have power. And we have power because there are more than 3.2 million people who are willing to pay us hundreds of millions of dollars in dues each year because they believe that we are the unions that can most effectively represent them, the unions that can protect their rights and advance their interests as education employees”
      …National Education Association’s just-retired General Counsel Bob Chanin. (The NEA is the County and State Association’s parent body). NEA General Counsel Bob Chanin Says Farewell:

      VIDEO

      As legendary New York teachers union leader Albert Shanker said, “When school children start paying union dues, that‘s when I’ll start representing the interests of school children.”

      All government unions should be banned. The idea that government workers need protection from guess who?? THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, is ridiculous. remember, teachers are government employees. Ban government unions.

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    • jv
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 5:13am

      Hey. Since the Wisconsin legislature can’t vote unless one Democrat is present the solution is simple. Let one of the Republicans swich parties for a day. And while they are voting in favor of the Governor’s budget plan they could also vote on drastic pay cuts for all Democrats in their assembly. That should get them back. And in the meantime there is no end to all the creative legislation the Republicans could pass against those vacationing Democrats. But at least they’ll always have Rockport.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 6:18am

      They should recruit grad students and senior ed majors from colleges and let them fill in for striking teachers. The reality is, they will have a pension in the future if they listen to the lawmakers now – just like Christie said, “If you do what is necessary now, in 15 yrs when you retire, you will send me a thank you note”. Teachers that took students to this demonstration without parental written permission should be fired for endangering the lives of the students. There was no guarantee this would not turn violent, especially with the tone of the signs they are carrying.

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    • Uncle Sambo
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 7:48am

      Even though I think Walker’s proposals are heavy handed I think what the Dems have done is despicable.

      If the GOP had any balls and they do not. There is not so much as one marble among them in their marble bags. They’d pass the legislation in the absence of the Communists, I mean Dems. Not withstanding the rules of the Wisconsin state Senate be dammed.

      They’d also make it perfectly clear to the Dems, I mean Communists, that they are hereby fired and special elections will be held in November to fill their seats. If anyone of the Dems dare show up at the capital they will be arrested for trespassing. The GOP should also outlaw and ban the Dem party in Wisconsin. The free association of political parties is a privilege and not a right. You can’t yell fire in a crowded theater.

      As far as the sucky GOP proposal goes: Just lay off some state workers to balance the budget. There are too many of them as it is.

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    • obfuscatenot
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 8:04am

      Since there are 23 and 24 countries who test better than us in Math and Science- I respectfully request we pay the teachers what teachers in ANY of those countries make. Why not? Why wouldn’t making what the Korean teachers bring in- they have gotten better results than our teachers have- prove that we are actually becoming a “globalized nation”. The current administration is always telling us we need to “globalize”

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 8:26am

      I don’t really see the down side of a government shut down at the local, state, and federal levels. This would mean they won’t be spending our hard earned dollars. Maybe this is the answer, shut them down for a couple of months and apply all the money they would have spent to the growing deficit.

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    • taskmaster78
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 8:29am

      Who is paying for the hotel rooms for the lost 14 Dems. It seems they want to see all their union buddies fired for breaking the contract agreements which are still in play. Remember, the state can file chapter of bankruptcy and dissolve the current contract, what would that do for the thugs.

      It’s a fine day in history when public sector employees can hold the tax payers for ransom, I personally would fire the bunch of them and start over. I know there are a number of qualified teachers that are currently unemployed who would move into the vacant positions in a flash.

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    • Miguelito
      Posted on February 18, 2011 at 9:31am

      Shut the government down..they do not product anything!

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