$8 Million: That’s How Much the Wis. Budget Protests Will Cost Taxpayers
- Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:23pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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This is what the price tag associated with “democracy” looks like.
Wisconsin-based think tank The MacIver Institute has just released a video detailing some startling fiscal information: the Wisconsin budget and union protests earlier this spring cost the state over $8 million.
According to a state report, the major cost belongs to the extra security needed:
But there were other costs too, like the money that will be needed to repair the Capitol. Paraphrasing a restoration expert hired by the state, MacIver says the building experienced “three to five years of wear in that one month:”
And finally, there was another six-figure cost associated with repairing the lawn:
How did protesters respond to the damaged property? They posted some signs on the lawn letting other know:
Watch the full report below:
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has detailed some of the costs, too:
• Capitol police: $458,406. The figure does not include the normal salaries that Capitol police officers would have received anyway. It represents overtime and other staffing costs for extra hours they worked during the demonstrations.
• Other state law enforcement agencies: $3,034,088. These agencies include the Wisconsin State Patrol, the University of Wisconsin-Madison police, wardens from the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Justice. Those costs also are limited to just officers’ overtime and other added expenses, not the cost of officers’ regular salaries.
• Local law enforcement: $3,904,919. A total of 202 law enforcement agencies, from town police to sheriff’s departments around the state, agreed to staff the Capitol protests and most have billed the state for their wage, travel and damage costs. Thirty-two law enforcement agencies have not yet submitted bills.
• Additional supplies and services: $422,252, for such expenses as food for officers on duty.
You can read the report here.
(H/T: Right Scoop)
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Comments (224)
matt708
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:57pmthey should make the union officials pay for it the freaken commies
Report Post »Whirled Peas
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:55pmencinom
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:41pm
Of course if Der Furher Walker was an honest dealer the protests would not have happended. Iguess he doesn;t have to worry, he is recalled in January.
***********
Proned to wet dreams are you?
Report Post »enufznuf
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:46pmlmao
Report Post »OneofMany
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:54pmI agree…sue the unions. They will then increase union dues to pay for it and then maybe those who want to exercise their right to protest will do it with a little more respect for the property of others! You have the right to protest, you do NOT have the right to destroy property.
Report Post »DJR
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:53pmWhat a waste of money
Report Post »BornTwice
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:48pmWell, To Them It Was A Success,,,,,,,,,,,,,They Stopped The Legislation From Being Passed,,,,,,,,,,, They Stopped The Voting On The New Law,,,,,,,,,,, The Law Being Considered Was Done Away With Because Of These Leftist Shutting Down The Government……………………………………… What????????? They Passed It Anyway??????? You’re Kidding ???????? Wow,,,,,,,,,, So, they are losers ……….sweet,,, these are radical leftist union cronies who feel it is ok to bring America down,,, at any cost,,, and they are trying,, we don’t have long left………….then our Savior, Jesus Christ is going to return,, this has to happen, and America HAS To Turn Against Israel,,, lose our Identity,,, Lose our “One Nation Under God” belief,,, most of all this already gone,,, and the rest is on the way out,,,, Christians <,, look up,,,,,,, look up,,,,,, our redemption draweth closer by the second,,,, even so Come Lord Jesus,,, I'm not looking for a sign now,, I listening for THE SHOUT,,, THE VOICE,,, THE TRUMP
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:48pmI think I understand the Beck demographic now–it’s a combo of redneck retirees, rednecks on disability insurance, teeny-tiny business owners + truckdrivers.
Report Post »Whirled Peas
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:04pmBaikonur
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:48pm
I think I understand the Beck demographic now–it’s a combo of redneck retirees, rednecks on disability insurance, teeny-tiny business owners + truckdrivers.
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Why is it when you commies lose an argument you have to resort to name calling? Do you not have any more intelligence than to read a card give you at the ‘drone’ meetings?
Don’t get me wrong…. I’m not name calling…. just asking questions …. Are you a union POS by any chance? Why aren’t you working? Are you a GOVERNMENT POS wasting taxpayer money positing your crap here? Just curious….
Report Post »moreteaplease
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:08pm…and you think you have the room to call others ignorant? LOL!!!
Report Post »jblovesAmerica
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:28pmall wrong my liberal left wing hater-
Report Post »you have makers-and then takers
not too many makers left to support the takers
the cookie jar is now empty.
you pays to clean up after the pigs.
Baikonur
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:44pm@commonsenseguy
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:38pm
‘just take it out of the pensions’
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Report Post »You don’t have a pension from your place of employment, right? That is why you are so free to recommend that other people’s pensions be looted. Out of malice and envy, right? So petty and ignorant.
let us prey
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:50pm@baikonur
Report Post »Self respecting people respect others and their surroundings. I am for 1st amendment too man, but these are nothing more than savages trashing things and acting like spoiled kids.
Big difference between that and democracy. IMO
commonsenseguy
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:53pm@baikonur, your are right never had one, had a retirement fund and savings accounts,to which was stolen and given to the unions ,for their pensions.
Report Post »moreteaplease
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:59pmIf you make a mistake that cost your employer he/she can take it out of your paycheck if they choose to do so right? So who do you suggest pick up the tab for this?
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:15pmNo, I don‘t have a pension and I must admit I’d personally feel a bit uncomfortable asking my fellow residents, who not only footed the bill for my unnecessary government job, but to also to fund a 30-40 year retirement that hinders these residents own ability to retire anywhere near the age I was able to retire at.
Government work is a complete joke and it’s one thing for you losers to have the job – that’s fine. But to whine that your fellow residents object to somewhat lavish retirements to boot? You people best grow up in a hurry. You people have really put the puts to your fellow residents. What can you do for your state – not what can your fellow residents do for you???
Report Post »IAMMADDOG
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:42pmAn even smaller price to pay would be to get rid of all the crybaby whining liberal communists. To where? …….Who cares!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »IMPEACHBHO
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:46pmI think they would be happy with the Hamas….
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:12pmSend them all to the north pole. The ice is melting there. And Al Gore likes polar bears.
Report Post »IAMMADDOG
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:18pmThen Denmark can take care of them since they are claiming dibs on the North Pole.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on May 18, 2011 at 10:22pmI was thinking landfill….
Report Post »BrianCK
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:40pmDisgusting and despicable. A special “temporary” tax needs to be implemented on teachers and public sector workers to pay for this!
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:38pmjust take it out of the pensions, see how they like them apples, then send another bill to the union bosses for just being stupid,greedy , communist supporters.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:36pmThese same folks left 100 tons of garbage around DC after the inauguration for Obamam. Looked like Mumbai after these pigs left.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:40pm@ let us prey, this what communist do, trash the place and then leave , what a future we have coming to America,
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:35pmThey respect nothing and no one. What intelligent,caring peoplr!
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:34pmYes, a Democracy entails costs. These costs are worth it.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:42pmEhmm not really.
Report Post »IMPEACHBHO
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:49pmNo, unions are a thing of the past. Now they are just sucking the life out of this country – like BHO – which is why he supports them, and they in turn give him money and votes.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:50pm@bainkonur, we are not a democracy just in case you for got we are a REPUBLIC.
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:41pmWhat a moronic statement. So protesters can destroy as much as they want all in the name of Democracy? I don’t think so.
Report Post »OneRepublic4us
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:34pmWhy can’t the unions be sued for the damage?
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:34pmCharge the unions and those pathetic excuses that left the state.
Report Post »Take it out of their retirement if need be…
BIGJAYINPA
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:33pmAnd who is paying this bill?? The citizens of Wisconsin, that’s who. Why not send the bill to the Unions and the anarchist and socialist groups that held the demonstrations. Why not make the thugs and losers pay for their tantrum. Sue the Teachers Union and when they can’t pay take them over and close them down. Do to them what liberals are so fond of doing to groups they don’t like …SUE THEM INTO OBLIVION!!! We sure as heck won’t mourn their demise.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:32pmI would assess a fine for any union employee who showed up with a doctor’s excuse for absense to be at the protests…or try to figure out a way to make them pay for the damage.
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:38pm@Showtime
Report Post »Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:32pm
‘I would assess a fine for any union employee who showed up with a doctor’s excuse for absense’
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Out of curiosity, Showtime, who pays for you when you have a sick day or take a day off? You seem to have a lot of free time 24/7, yet are not retired.
KickinBack
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:53pm@Showtime
%100 agree
@Baikonur
Report Post »Ignorance is bliss. But it does make for a good fool.
Showtime
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:54pm@Baikonur
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:38pm
Your questions so DO NOT apply to me, it’s dizzying!
I’m retired, age 71, do not go to bed when most people do. I have NEVER been able to just go to bed and fall asleep.
As for who takes care of me when I get sick? I take care of myself. RARELY do I get sick, but when I am sick and run a fever, I really fear for my life. I get myself to the doctor.
When I was working, I didn’t take sick days.. When I left the State, I had major surgery and had six weeks of accrued sick leave and weeks of vacation time–and a big check. Why would you ask?
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:03pm@ Showtime
Kudos to you for even dignifying any response. My answer would have been, “none of your damn business.”
By the way, I am a fellow insomniac. See ya later. : )
Report Post »IronSights
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 6:47pm@Showtime
I doubt you’ll get a thank you for all you contributions (taxes paid) over the years that the libs feel their entitled to to p1$$ away. I haven’t yet either.
@Baikonur
Report Post »@encinom
It’s better to not post and be perceived a fool, then to post and remove all doubt……just sayin.
psychosocial1
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 9:34pm@Ironsights
Yet so many of you continue to post.
Report Post »Atlas_Shagged
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 9:39pmShowtime you are amazing. What do you think about the ‘55 and under public insurance’ option of the Paul Ryan budget would do for you at your age? Approve? What does your wife say?
Report Post »AZ Prosecutor
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:30pmFor those in the know it was worth every penny. Blame BHO and SEIU. Charge SEIU for the additional security, phony sick time, and damages to the beautiful building.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:40pmHow about firing the 14 degenerate senators and bill them too.
Report Post »Michael600r
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:29pmWhat a waste. It should be taken out of each of the protesters hides.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:28pmA very small price to pay indeed. They’ll just apply for some “Obama money”
Report Post »encinom
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:41pmOf course if Der Furher Walker was an honest dealer the protests would not have happended. Iguess he doesn;t have to worry, he is recalled in January.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:14pmYea, Walker is a real S.O.B., Who does he think he is trying to balance the budget? Budget? we don’t need no stinking budget.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:46pmNo, I think if the Unions were straight shooters, the protests would not have happened. Walker didn’t invite the morons to congegrate around the capital destroying property, and if the chicken-$#it democrats hadn’t had run off with their tails tucked under, this wouldn’t have been as big of a story as it was.
Report Post »BuckarooBanzai
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:25pmencinom
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:41pm
Of course if Der Furher Walker was an honest dealer the protests would not have happended. Iguess he doesn;t have to worry, he is recalled in January.
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How is Walker a “dishonest dealer?” Once he was elected, he proceeded to do exactly what he promised he would do during his campaign. I’d say that makes him a very honest dealer.
As for the protesters, I think their behavior was deplorable. I support their right to protest, but there was no need to destroy the lawns and cause damage to the Capitol. I agree with others who suggest the unions be charged for the repairs.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 8:16pm@ENCINOM
Report Post »Come on over to my place to have a meet up with the righteous right, ok?
To bad the conservatives are awake now huh? You are a catatonic fetid collection of insipid organisms masquerading as a sentient being but lacking the cognitive awarenss their of o, you are instead more resembling a Teratoma.
Chuck you Farley.
If at all Possiable be at peace with all people ( ENCINOM is not a people ).
Dry_Drunk_GA
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:27pmI am thinking they will need a tax raised now!
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on May 18, 2011 at 10:15pmYes the union thuggery tax will need to go up.
Report Post »sing it out
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:27pmWow. That’s ridiculous. Not their right to protest, but that it cost so much – not to mention their complete lack of respect for property.
Report Post »AKMIIKEUS
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:03pmThe destruction of property happened when the Tea Party and Sarah Palin was there, all trailer park trash.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:34pmAKMIIKEUS
Report Post »__________that was the protesters, not Sarah nor the Republicans. Ya know the union sympathizers that were bussed in by the unions
CatB
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:07pmAnti Amerik
Proove it .. I have been to many many TEA Parties ..check it out .. we leave it cleaner than when we came .. Did YOU know this would have cost more to clean up but the TEA Party came in with gloves and garbage bags to clean up the grounds? NO you wouldn’t admit it EVEN if you knew it …..
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/so-who-is-cleaning-up-the-wisconsin-capitol-after-union-protests/
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:09pmIf you want to see “trailer park trash” … just look who the left “hires” to protest … that and from the “projects”.
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 5:56pmMike you’re high dude. Back off the pipe and go to rehab for a bit becasue you are clearly not in your right mind right now. Sorry pal but your union cronies are the ones that trashed my state capitol. They used and abused it like it was their room in their mothers basement.
Report Post »true2myword
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:27pmCool! I’m the first to post.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:31pmno
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:37pmRule of thumb, if you write, “I’m First” you usually aren’t.
Report Post »GBMBulletsSKNRD
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:41pmYou are the first to look like a dope!!!
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:43pmno he’s not…..there are several in front of him looking like dopes
Report Post »NOKOOLAIDDRINKER
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 5:37pmDOPE! (lower case)
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:27pmThe UNION THUGS should be billed for this … not the TAXPAYERS of WI.
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:37pmagreed!
Report Post »NOKOOLAIDDRINKER
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:39pmAgreed!!! Make the UNIONS PAY EVERY PENNY!!! They all got bailouts with the Stimulus (2009).
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:48pmThen the onions…oops I meant unions (they both smell funny) would just demand more money for themselves. Pass the cost down.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:10pmWell, they can always do like the Federal Govt and take it out of the Employees Retirement Funds!!!
Report Post »theteaishot
Posted on May 18, 2011 at 10:17pmEveryone in Wisconsin who can should deposit their state tax payments into an escrow account and withhold the tax money from the state until the Legislature makes the Union Thugs pay for this outrage. The Democrats incited this destruction when they walked out and fled the state. Just like when the El Quada declared war on the USA back in the 1990s, it was ignored. The state workers have declared war on the people of Wisconsin and this is being ignored. If they get away with this they will escalate their attacks on the people. Wisconsin’s are at war.
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:25pmAs far as they are concerned, the Progressive Agenda must go forth no matter the cost. You’ll never hear anything about this in the main stream media.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:29pmHalf of that 8 million dollar tab is just for Ed Schultz‘s and Micheal Moore’s room service bill…..!!
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:36pmSUE THE ANARCHIST SOCIALIST LOSER UNION THUGS INTO OBLIVIAN!! Liberals have absolutely no problem suing groups they don’t like into bankruptcy. Sue their loser a***** for every penny they have. Oh I forgot they are loser Socialists, they have nothing. Momma said sue a beggar, get a louse. And lice is probably all they have.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:39pmSo you can protest the government and exercise your 1st Amendment rights as long as it doesn’t cost to much.
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:40pm^______^______^
Report Post »Send the tab to the unions, fringe media that perpetuated it, worst case scenario take it out of the protesting teachers pay!! There is that new image ID technology available Im sure if its used they could ID every teacher that was there and make then shell out their share! Its time to take things up a notch if I was in WI senate I would be on the floor demanding the unions be billed for this. But no we all know how this will end, it will be on the backs of taxpayers many drowning in debt. The citizens need to rise up once more on this directly protest the union headquarters etc demanding they pay the $8million!
IMPEACHBHO
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:45pmMake them pay it back in union dues
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:50pmThis is why people with child-like minds have no business voting – ever.
We’re talking about 22 year old people with the mental capacity of sausage.
It should be like it used to be: Only property owners had a right to vote.
At the end of the day and the dust has settled, what do these idiots think they have accomplished? What they did was essentially disregard the will of their fellow citizens; not that the leftist judges in that backwards state would have voted any differently, but maybe the progressives that fled would have returned and honored their obligations so Walker didn’t have to take matters into his own hands. All these idiot kids did was ensure they will have a less secure future, and their children (God help us all) will most certainly be living hand to mouth.
When will the people in this country man-up and act like traditional Americans?
Report Post »the_zazzy
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:51pm@ENCINOM is baaaaack…with his brilliant comments. So, like dude, I can’t go graffiti the walls of the state capital and excercise my first amendment rights? What has this country come to, dude?
Report Post »DIOS BENDIGA AMERICA ... JESUCRISTO ES EL SEÑOR!
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:52pmTake it out of the Unions by forced payroll deductions.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:56pm@encinom
Report Post »Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:39pm
So you can protest the government and exercise your 1st Amendment rights as long as it doesn’t cost to much.
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Oh, so if you don‘t like the way somebody’s house looks, your First Amendment rights allow you to torch it?
AKMIIKEUS
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:02pmThey forgot to add how much the state of Wisconsin had to dish out to protect Sarah Palin.
The state should just bill Gov Walker and the rest of the Republican officials that caused this.
It’s okay, many of the Republican senators are going to be recalled later this year for their anti union busting laws they passed through. They will all be undone and there will be nothing Gov Walker can do about it.
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:12pm@Cobra Blue:
How true, the progressives agenda figures on the basis that we the peons will be the ones to pay for it so they can do whatever the blazes they wish – and as much damage as they wish in breaking of stuff, and soon people.
Report Post »Justus39
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:14pmThe legislature should enact a law and make the Unions pay for this service.
Report Post »robin.kevin
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:17pmSince they think its a “small price to pay” let THEM pay it…
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:20pmIn Cleveland, guess how much the UNIONIZED POLICE STATE THUGS want to increase public contributions to THEIR pensions…
6-5.5%… from 19.6% to 25% public contributions to police pensions.
Mayor Frank Jackson just laid off 82 police officers because WE’RE BROKE, and I’m glad.
No more entitled public workers lobbying public officials to steal from the public to line their own pockets.
Report Post »D0ntTread0nMe
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:22pmIt’s not their money so who cares! You know these people are so funny… they ignore the facts of their budgetary woes, they switch the topic to one of rights and then the call you a racist or a hater if you disagree… how is anyone still falling for this bs?
Report Post »http://www.mythoughtsfromthemiddle.blogspot.com
Gonzo
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:22pmEncinom
Report Post »Where in the Constitution do you have the right to trash public property?
Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:25pmIf you voted for Obama to prove you’re not racist – then you will need to vote for someone else to prove you’re not stupid
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:28pmENCINOM
Report Post ». . . . . . . . Property destruction is a crime, not a 1st amendment right.
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:32pmYes, ENCINOM. You can exercise your freedom of speech as long as you are not damaging someone’s property, especially the state.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:37pmWhat i think is being missed here is the socialist agenda for spending America into “needed” social structural change. These costs either were calculated into the “protests”, or was a “happy accident”( -Bob Ross). This is one reason these unionists don’t care about Wisconsin and other states going broke to pay for their pensions, health care, etc, they WANT the state to go broke.
Means to their vile end, and the end of America as we have known her.
God rest our souls…..
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:40pmencinom
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 2:39pm
So you can protest the government and exercise your 1st Amendment rights as long as it doesn’t cost to much.
OR you can do as little damage as possible.
Like at the Restoring Honor Rally on 8/28. 4-7 times the number of people, maybe 1/10th the cost for damages.
Your agruements still fail.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:44pmD0ntTread0nMe
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:22pm
OH EM GEE!!!
J.R. “Bob” Dobbs!! My Savior!!!
Excellent pic, bro!
“St Michelob” is my ordained priest name, got my “lisence to slack” card and everything! lol
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:44pmEd Schultz‘s magic moment, “Never Been Prouder to Ba An American” while
covering “The Missing 14” ..and the Union’s were destroying the place.. You
will never hear this Pig mention the damage these people caused while
protesting and being proud Americans.. Sue the Union’s !!!! Sue MSNBC !!
SB1070 is working in AZ.
Report Post »Obama won’t secure the Border, so they are coming your way !! Good Luck..
PER100
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:47pmencinom
Report Post »He won by a good majority, the unions and left-wing power groups spent big money against him, then against the judge, and still lost both times! Walker is going nowhere, the republican senators are going nowhere. the unions have started giving up on the state. Now, the unions also understand that as soon as people start paying their own union dues and start paying attention to where that money actually goes, the union will suffer even more. when people have an option to join a union or not, the unions will loss a even more power.
wake up. what ever your political opinion is, left/right/center, does not matter at this point. Walker won, conservatives won, and based on polling and on vote count victories, they are going nowhere anytime soon. if you wanted to be smart and still left, start working on 2012 race for president. President Obama is looking at a lose evven if it is a weak republican opponent, and a major beat down if there is a strong candidate such as Palin, Rubio, Cain, or some other person that may still come out of right field. I see Reagan landslides in the future.
Cservice
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:52pmOnly tax payers should be able to vote! And I vote we all be tax payers.
Report Post »PER100
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:53pmencinom
Report Post »Not trying to be rude or mean. its facts. clarity of thought forces reality to ring through. forget the talking, look at the numbers and the facts. then if you want to weep into the koolaid, its ok dude. we are here for you
Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:02pmLook for the union lable…..
Report Post »encinom
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:06pmGonzo
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Encinom
Where in the Constitution do you have the right to trash public property?
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Public property was used not trashed. The protesters did nothing more than exercise the rights you tbaggers scream about.
My Sacred Honor
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:21pmencinom
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:06pm
Gonzo
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 3:22pm
Encinom
Where in the Constitution do you have the right to trash public property?
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Public property was used not trashed. The protesters did nothing more than exercise the rights you tbaggers scream about.
Is ‘*********” still considered an insult by you broken records? Get a new one. That one is used up….
Report Post »jblovesAmerica
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:25pmsue the Unions involved-officers in the Unions-and those members-who invaded the capital.
Report Post »make them pay.
eagle275
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:48pm@encinom – that’s right, slick, as long as it doesn’t costs us, the TAX PAYERS! PAY W/YOUR OWN MONEY,SLICK!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:49pm@Sinista ~
Don’t worry about the police department. When taxes go so high and unemployment goes even higher, there won’t be a city there to protect except for the mafia and Obama/Soetoro’s friends.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:49pmBill it to the unions! They are the ones responsible for busing people in, making the mess and creating the need for extra security.
Report Post »eagle275
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 4:50pmencinom – that’s right, slick, as long as it doesn’t costs us, the TAX PAYERS! PAY W/YOUR OWN MONEY,SLICK!
Report Post »getalong
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 5:17pm8 million to clean up their mess. Disgusting progressives infecting our children with this type of behavior. I would make the unions pay for the damages. Trumka can write a check. I wonder how much money that ******* is worth – money skimmed off the top of the unions. Anybody know?
Report Post »getalong
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 5:20pmEncimon – No – you can protest all you want – just don’t leave 8 million worth of damages. Get it!
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 6:30pm…
Report Post »Small price to pay? I agree.
Lay off 150 employees each costing $55,000 and you’re there.
Simple.
IronSights
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 6:40pmI’m sure the state has “payroll deduction”. Just pull the costs out of the wages over the cost of 1 year with interest.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 6:43pmShowtime
That’s increasingly the only reason the police exist anyway – as armed Tax Collectors and Corrections Officers in a Police State.
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 6:53pmsocialists always pay with other peoples money.
Report Post »Dry_Drunk_GA
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 7:07pmMr. Shotine, you never can just go and burn anothers house, especially MINE, OK!!??
Report Post »That is not amended any town I ever was in, not in Georgia anyway.
Showtime
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 7:33pm@Dry_Drunk_GA
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 7:07pm
Mr. Shotine, you never can just go and burn anothers house, especially MINE, OK!!??
That is not amended any town I ever was in, not in Georgia anyway.
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You don’t sound so dry.
You’ve never heard of ARSON?
How about VANDALISM?
That’s what the nut cases did in WI. They vandalized the Capitol Building.
Sober up!
Report Post »Dry_Drunk_GA
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 7:41pmeminceminon, i see you are posting lots of places ao GO BLOG yourself we hav DAYS left on earth and need enjoy NOT ruin our selfs becuse of IDIOTS
Report Post »Dry_Drunk_GA
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 7:47pmShowtime I did NOT know that they burned the capital so I am sorry. Because that was it when the Boston revolution was begun because of burning Boston.
Report Post »But here in GA we are NOT allowed to burn each others buildings even sheds NO MATTER how MAD they become – Thats all I meant there is NO ammended way to burn my garage even or a hutch
restorehope
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 7:47pmSend the bill to Trumpka and tell him more invoices will be coming his way if he continues to send union goons to wreak havoc and destroy property. If the trail of destruction leads back to him, he should pay.
Report Post »butler180
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 7:47pmI’ll bet that the majority of the protesters are part of the 49% of Americans that do not pay taxes.
Report Post »SO they could care less about the cost or about the damage.
The rest of the protesters are the teachers who stick it to the taxpayers through their almost free health care and pensions and tell our kids not to listen to their parents because they are stupid. In fact they may have something there, as we keep employing them and either do not vote in school elections or we keep putting the same loser board members back in.
BetterDays
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 8:08pmI swear that liberals look up to see the roots of mountains! I have time for just about anyone, I will listen to the other side of thing and consider the matter well before I reply. But I am totally done with liberal socialist’s, I’ve nothing left ( pardon the pun ) for them. It’s not right for me to ask GOD that they all just collectively stop breathing, by an act of GOD with no help from any human source, is it? No, probably not, sigh I still don’t have any compromise in me for them.
Report Post »Globalists, like Strauss-Kahn I have even less time for.
colonial10
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 9:19pmAgain, Cowards. How much has the Tea Party cost in there gatherings compared to cowards who yell and scream like little spoiled children. Probably not even worth talking about. Take lessons from people who can control themselves.
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 11:29pmWell I’m sure they know who these homegrown terrorists are. Arrest them, take them to trial and make them come up with the money to pay it all back or each one of them can go to prison: they can be credited 1 year of jail time for every $1,000.00 they owe.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 17, 2011 at 11:37pmThe terrorists are the elite bankers and the Federal Reserve, not your fellow citizens.
If the Federal Reserve gave these people the types of deals on loans that they give to the rich banks, then we wouldn’t be in this predicament, now would we…If Congress held them accountable, the people wouldn’t be protesting…
No…they sit around on their hands and let MARY K. BUSH redistribute our wealth to foreign nations through mortgage backed securities fraud, the IMF and the World Bank.
Report Post »carnifex
Posted on May 18, 2011 at 12:19am@ENCINOM
Wow dude!! When did you get out? Is it parole, or did you just make bail? Good behavior? Or was it another trip to detox? Intervention? Ahh they say liberalism is a mental disorder… the hospital let you out for normalling!! Good deal, its not been near as funny without you here.
CHIVALRY–NOT ALL GIRLS LIKE IT. JUST THE ONES WORTH DYING FOR.
Report Post »daavidruth93
Posted on May 18, 2011 at 6:53amSend the bill to the AFLCIO!
Report Post »oneusguy
Posted on May 18, 2011 at 12:15pmIt appears that the worst cost was not reported, that the teachers went back to school and brainwashed the students to their way of thinking, as reported by a later story of students holding union signs.
Report Post »waggie
Posted on May 18, 2011 at 9:06pmI say start laying teachers off and then they’ll realize how serious this situation is! Enough trying to save jobs when they just don’t seem to get it!
Report Post »theteaishot
Posted on May 18, 2011 at 10:10pmThe Legislature should vote to have the $8Million taken out of the State Workers Pension Fund.
It was a cheap price to pay to find out who the real enemies of America really are: the police; the teachers; the state workers, and the Democrats. Our nation will never see peace until we somehow rid ourselves of Democrats. How can they be nudged to leave?
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