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Wis. County Labor Council Prez Bans GOP From Labor Day Parade

Wisc. Labor Council Bars GOP From Labor Day Parade

It seems Wisconsin labor leaders are still fuming over the recent collective bargaining bill signed into law by Gov. Scott Walker. Not only did they try to recall six state senators, but now one county labor council president in Wausau has banned Republican lawmakers from the city’s Labor Day Parade.

That leader, Randy Radtke, is upset GOP lawmakers supported the legislation signed by Republican Governor Scott Walker on issues Walker campaigned on in the 2010 gubernatorial election, where Walker won with 52% of the electorate.

According to WAOW-TV, Radtke says Labor Day is about honoring hard-working people and, in his opinion, “Republicans don’t represent those values:”

“They only want something to do with us one day out of the year,” Radtke told the outlet. “What about the other 364? What about those? Why now..why this one day?”

WAOW sums it up:

The council president says that after Governor Walker signed the bill, stripping most union workers of their rights to collectively bargain, a bill, he says was pushed through thanks to the support of area Republicans, he decided to ban them from the parade.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, however, Labor Day is about more than unions. Instead, it’s “dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers,“ and that ”it constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.”

Gov.Walker signed a two-year $66 billion budget deal in June that will balance the state’s $3 billion shortfall without raising taxes. Democrats and organized labor have criticized the bill Gov. Walker signed in May which they claim eliminates nearly all collective bargaining for public unions. According to the Rockefeller Institute, state government employment has dropped 5.4 percent in Wisconsin over the past year, but local government employment has risen 2.7 percent. Both figures are the largest decrease and gain in each category in the nation.

Wisc. Labor Council Bars GOP From Labor Day Parade

The Marathon County Central Labor Council sponsors the Wausau Labor Day Parade, and Radtke has indicated that if there were Republicans from Central Wisconsin who supported laborers rights, they would have been invited to walk in the parade. The council is made up of about 30 local unions from the Marathon County area.

“Usually they’ve been in the parade, but it seems like they only want to stand with us one day a year, and the other 364 days they don’t really care,” Radtke told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“It should come as no surprise that organizers choose not to invite elected officials who have openly attacked worker’s rights or stood idly by while their political party fought to strip public workers of their right to collectively bargain.”

Snubbed local Republicans include U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, state Sen. Pam Galloway and state Rep. Jerry Petrowski.

Considering the civility that liberal protestors have shown to those who don’t agree with them over the last year in Wisconsin, NewsBusters Tom Blumer asks why Republicans would even want to go:

“After all, memories of death threats (ignored by the broadcast media, of course), other threats, shoving, being chased down and trapped by hecklers, and other items detailed by Brent Bozell six months ago during the ultimately successful attempt to pass Governor Scott Walker‘s budget repair and collective bargaining reform bill are surely fresh in every state GOP legislator’s mind.”

WAOW reports that reactions to the council’s announcement have been mixed:

“‘We’ve had some negative comments but mostly it has been overwhelmingly positive,’ Radtke explains.

William Gau, a Wausau resident says, ‘I can understand the emotions and why the council would be upset. But, I don’t necessarily agree that them limiting the situation is right.’”

The usually fun, family-orientated parade is set for 4:00p.m. September 5.

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  • capecodsully
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:47am

    Why invite the guys who know how to create jobs, it would only make the guys who bankrupt economies look bad. I understand completely.

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 12:15pm

      Ha ha ha ha ha!!!!

      BTW, hope you didn‘t get too battered by the hurricane that wasn’t. :)

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    • johnnycarson
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 12:35pm

      CAPECODSULLY, please, PLEASE, show me where the heck these jobs are that have been created…

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 12:42pm

      @johnnycarson, ask Obumbler. You didn’t forget about the millions upon millions of jobs his policies and the stimulus have saved or created (especially those vital shovel-ready jobs), did you? Naughty naughty…..

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    • johnnycarson
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 12:46pm

      Yo BIOHAZARD23, didn’t anyone ever teach you not to answer a question with another question?

      I never defended or even mentioned Obama’s policies – I asked, and I’ll repeat it a second time in case you missed it:

      WHARE ARE THE JOBS YOUR PRECIOUS ‘JOB CREATORS’ HAVE CREATED?

      Wasn‘t last year’s election a referendum. Didn’t all the GOP candidates, the ones who ‘schellacked’ the Democrats run on the promise of creating jobs? How’s that working out?

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    • the_zazzy
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 1:47pm

      @JohnnyCarson:
      Allow me to explain the workings of the federal government. There is a president, a congress, and a senate. All three have to sign off on bills for it to become law (unless you have a dictator that illegally uses the executive order whenever he wants). The referrendum was a stop on the POTUS and the house and the senate to keep passing all the BS unchecked. If you followd politics you’d know exactly what the referrendum was about. Vote for our precious GOP in 2012 and you will see jobs return…don’t and we will have 4 more years of what we have now.

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 2:08pm

      I had a union job a Ford Motors years back. The union creeps there were the most dispicable individuals that I have ever met in my entire life. Sabatage, Us vs them mentality, “you are working too fast crap, etc. etc. I swore I would never work for another union shop again, and I havn’t. But, J Carson is correct to an extent. It was the crooked politicians that signed in NAFTA and GAT among other treaties plus overregulation by tree hugging leftists commies that screwed up our economy more than the unions did. But, inordinately high union labor and benefits did have something to do with it, but not all of it. I just wanted to make sure the other villians don’t get away Scott free.

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 2:17pm

      Thanks, Zazzy! I was picking up my kids from school so I appreciate you explaining the basics to Carnac the Not So Magnificent. You know he won‘t understand what you’ve said, right?

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    • johnnycarson
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 2:30pm

      @THE_ZAZZY, I’m pretty well versed in politics, but thank you for the lesson. I have a pretty good understanding of politics and follow it quite closely, which is why I see right through your argument:

      We had 8 years of Bush, six of which held a conservative majority in Congress and we only created 3 or so million jobs in that time. Where’s the evidence that the right creates jobs?

      To contrast, Clinton in his time in office created in excess of 23 million jobs…And, please don’t start on the Clinton bashing – I’m no fan of his, but thought that the data was interesting.

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    • the_zazzy
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 2:50pm

      @JohnCarson

      You will get no Clinton bashing from me anymore. Our current “leader” makes Clinton look like Ronald Reagan!! It’s all about perspective…eight years ago, I would have told you that Clinton was an idiot…today, I’d give my left arm for Bill Clinton. Then, all we had to worry about was the Commander-in-Chief getting smokers until the Oval office desk. Today we have to worry about the Apocolypse being ushered in. I digress. Unions had their place establishing the workforce and for that, I am appreciative. Now, they are too snuggled up with the Liberal left and that makes me a bit uncomfy.

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    • johnnycarson
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 3:04pm

      @THE_ZAZZY, my fear is that the wholesale dismantling of the unions (which, let’s not kid ourselves, is the objective of today’s GOP) will let us slide into situations where things are worse than they were pre-union era, and today’s US working conditions resembles China, all in an effort to remain ‘competitive’. If one could assure me that wages, conditions, etc, would stay where they are and rise accordingly – without a union presence – I’d say do away with unions…because that’s all they are (or should be) there for.

      But the truth of the matter is that politicians in bed with big business (Repubs AND Dems) have more interest in breaking worker backs, and helping the rich get richer, and muffling the voice of the poor (about 50% of our population – how screwed up is that??).

      Kids used to be able to say, ‘my dad owns a hardware store’
      and now it’s more often , ‘my dad works at Home Depot’…A job is a job, but which one is better?

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    • Shotgun167
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 4:08pm

      Johny, yeah, I remember Clinton created all those jobs. I had three of them.

      Now, what exactly was happening during that time that might have had an influence? Could it have been a REPUBLICAN Congress with a little notion called “The Contract with America” that forced some compromise down the perverts throat? Could it have been a worldwide push to replace capital equipment due to Year2000 bug fears? Could a information technology revolution have had any impact?

      And Clinton was responsible for all of it? He controlled the calendar and got Republicans elected, and, hell, Al Gore INVENTED the Internet, right? I guess you believe it all.

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    • the_zazzy
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 4:36pm

      JC~

      “…today’s US working conditions resembles China, all in an effort to remain ‘competitive’.”

      Let me quote you from a different thread…”And, please, US working conditions resembling China? That argument doesn’t hold a lot of water.” That is laughable. What US sweatshops, worker dormitories have you been in lately, where the workers are paid less than $3/day? Please cite your resource on that one. With injury lawyers as prevelant as they are in America, that arguement is hard to swallow, but I am interested to know what company is China-like in the way they operate their US facilities.

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    • the_zazzy
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 4:46pm

      @BioHazard~
      Long time, no talk.

      “You know he won‘t understand what you’ve said, right?” We can always try, I guess. I’m having the same problems trying to explain prime factorization to my 6th grader…he doesn’t get it, but I have to try!

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    • johnnycarson
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 5:20pm

      @ZAZZY, if you’re going to quote me at least get the context right: I was talking of fear that US worker conditions COULD slide towards China’s – all in an effort to remain competitive. I never stated that things are like that now. You make some good arguments, but at least actually read the posts you’re trying to discredit.

      Veering back towards the original poster’s point and my beef with it: We’re how many replies into this and no one has yet shown me how conservatives create jobs. Where are they? In Wisconsin alone, the epicenter of this union brouhaha, employment is down 12,800 last month alone, and unemployment up to 7.8% from 7.6% in June…This is Washington’s fault? Then explain why the national unemployment rate is drawing back (albeit very slowly).

      So, yeah, keep schooling me ZAZZY and BIOHAZARD…It‘s me that just doesn’t get it.

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    • MHP
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 5:53pm

      Carson

      You guys lost the recall in Wisconsin, sure you guys took all but one seat, but you still lost the recall.
      Walker can veto every one of your bills, and you guys do not have the votes to override.
      Walker won’t be recalled either, even if he is, he can still run, and he will win by majority of State voters.

      The GOP train still rolls on, we‘re in the driver’s seat.

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    • johnnycarson
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 6:03pm

      @MHP, thanks for sharing, but I have to ask:

      What does any of that have to do with what we’re talking about? Sure, the ‘GOP train can roll on’ (and continue crushing the populace tied to the rails, I might add), but is it worth boasting about being ‘in the driver’s seat‘ when it sure doesn’t seem like you have a steering wheel to drive with?

      That’s great. The GOP is in charge. Soooooo, WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

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    • MHP
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 6:06pm

      Carson

      One thing you cannot deny. We had more Jobs under bush than we do under Obama, and that’s your fault for voting for the Oboma communist bastard

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    • MHP
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 6:11pm

      Carson,

      simple answer, Obama took those jobs.
      he’s alone responsible for the 9.2% unemployment rate.
      Never in my 55 years of life has it ever been that high.
      We are in a depression caused by Obama.
      this is one reason why we need guns, to keep from getting our food stole and to protect our lives.

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    • johnnycarson
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 6:26pm

      @MHP, I hate to be rude, but you’re the most vocal and least prepared of all your conservative friends here…

      For example: ‘he’s alone responsible for the 9.2% unemployment rate.’

      Really? Alone? It‘s all the PResident’s fault is it? Did you miss the part about the enormous number of jobs we lost under Bush and the miniscule amount that were created?

      ‘Never in my 55 years of life has it ever been that high.’

      Maybe not. I don’t know for sure, don’t care to look it up right now either – Cause this ‘fact’ even if true, has zero to say about anything.

      ‘We are in a depression caused by Obama.’

      Again, c’mon…It would be more effective for you to wear a tin foil hat and a sign that says, ‘I believe everything I’m spoon fed by Fox News’ than spout this nonsense. You can argue that he hasn’t effectively gotten us out of the situation, or even that he’s contributed to it, but to say ‘we’re in a depression caused by obama’ is an over simplification of the worst kind.

      ‘this is one reason why we need guns, to keep from getting our food stole and to protect our lives.’

      Oooookayyyy. You seem a little all over the place here, MHP. Who exactly is stealing your food?

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    • the_zazzy
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 6:30pm

      @JCarson~
      First of all, here is your EXACT quote:
      “my fear is that the wholesale dismantling of the unions (which, let’s not kid ourselves, is the objective of today’s GOP) will let us slide into situations where things are worse than they were pre-union era, and today’s US working conditions resembles China, all in an effort to remain ‘competitive’.”

      I really don’t want to split hairs with you on the little stuff, but “today’s US working conditions resembles China” means today’s working conditions, not tomorrow’s or the future. Sorry I misunderstood your interpretation of what today means.

      Secondly, I apologize for speaking condescendingly to you or trying to make you feel stupid. That’s not my intent.

      Thirdly, can you explain why historically democratic-controlled states such as Michigan and California (also both heavy union states) consistently rank in the top ten for unemployment, high taxes, and overspent budgets?

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    • johnnycarson
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 7:47pm

      @ZAZZY

      Sorry for any grammatical clumsiness. When I read it back it made sense to me. Of course, my clarification stands: I didn‘t mean it’s the way things are now, but how they could be.

      As for the whys and hows of state economies: I don’t know much about Michigan, but I do know that of the last 28 years, California has had a Republican governor for 23 of them. Of course, that hardly explains the whole picture, but it’s a good place to start. Also, California is HUGE, it is or was until recently the 5th largest economy in the world – It’s citizenry and economics are a much more complicated subject than, say, that of New Hampshire.

      The common misconception is that California’s high taxes on businesses have driven them elsewhere, but only a little research turns up the inconvenient fact that California, when compared to other states, is in actuality a moderately taxed state. Cali’s neighbors on the other hand are low tax states, which might have more to do with business exodus.

      In the ’70s, prior to Prop 13, California was indeed a high tax state, but after it’s passing it fell to a more average standing. Conversely, Prop 13, and it’s cutting of property taxes is often blamed for the gutting of state revenues, and sending the state into the abyss it’s now in.

      In short, I don‘t think unions have caused California’s decline. At all. If you have data that proves other wise please share.

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    • MHP
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 8:22pm

      Carson, it ain‘t the populace that’s tied to the rails, it’s the commies and union thugs.

      Run em over

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    • johnnycarson
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 8:29pm

      Ok, MHP, you win: This was a lot more interesting when the guys still making points were posting, but now it’s just you and your, um, points.

      I’ll bow out now…G’night!

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    • cosette
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 9:10pm

      @Johnnycarson-Capecodsully posted “ Why invite the guys who KNOW how to create jobs”? Nowhere in his post did he suggest that they have done so in any particular time frame. Indeed ,many private sector business owners are reluctant to expand in this hostile business climate. Between Obamacare, unfettered regulations and the ever present threat of more prohibitive taxes one would be a fool to expand. They are withholding decisions until the anti business Obama regime is ousted. And I can’t say that I blame them. On another note , one of your other posts alluded to another erroneous contention . The new majority in the house has never promised to create jobs. What they did promise was to do their utmost to 1- put the breaks on Obamas’ insane spending, and 2- Work to create a climate that is more conducive to job creation. A tall order to fill considering they hold a majority in 1 branch of congress. Surely you know that is hardly enough to push through legislation. The only tool they have to effect change is to obstruct. You stand corrected.

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    • MHP
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 9:18pm

      Carson, california has lost companies due to high taxes, they are among the highest in the nation right behind New York. 3 of those companies moved here, as we have a 4% sales tax rate, and they’re paying their employees over $13 an hour, but living is cheaper here too.
      Apts run from $250-$300-up to $400/month here. for 1 bedroom depending on where one lives.
      We have no state income tax either.
      It is part of it that unions are causing it, but illegals are causing most of it.
      And the Democrats who run the states. Sure Republicans had the governors office those years, but the democrats have had the state legislature for the last 40-50 someodd years.
      Therin lies the problem, and why California has so few executions and more people on death row than any other state.
      Scott Peterson will probably die of old age in prison, as well Ramirez, and Davis, and the rest of them.
      And both Menendi Brothers should be on DR as well, as should Manson.

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    • Steve
      Posted on August 30, 2011 at 3:11am

      johnnycarson

      Quite obvious you see things slanted only one way. Left

      While it’s true that the GOP controlled Congress what you fail to understand is the recession began under the give homes to folks who cant afford it Clinton policy. Yes no one felt it until later but to deny factual history and simply point the finger of blame to one side is at best ignorant.
      Some people follow politics some follow it and see the trends. Every progressive president from Wilson to Johnson to Carter and now Barry have created an entitlement society under the guise of social justice.

      Look, the Dems controlled Congress since 2006. Barry took over in 2008 and all those years trillions were spent and wasted on building bigger goverment and shrinking the private sector. All under the flag of leveling the playing field or as some socialists call it redistribution of wealth..

      This entire debate can be summed up east and it’s as simple as this Side A ) Unions, Socialists, Communists, Anarchists, Humanists, environmentalists,

      Side B) Tea Party, Conservatives, Founding Fathers,

      Which Fu&%en side are you on?

      To convolute it or use smoke and mirror deflection points is at this point ridiculous especially with the side B folks who post here. Simpletons and those who aren‘t engaged in factual history simply want more from the goverment and don’t really care where it comes from. Case and point women with 12 kids from 10 different fathers and Unions.

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    • johnnycarson
      Posted on August 30, 2011 at 12:29pm

      Oh man, so much good stuff to respond to here:

      @COSSETTE

      I see, they know how to make jobs, but just can’t cause their hands are tied by Obama. Weren’t the Bush tax cuts supposed to create jobs YEARS earlier? How’d that work out? No one is ‘withholding decisions’, they’re just taking their cash elsewhere to enjoy cheaper labor in exploitative conditions is all.

      And, please, no revisionist history: I followed the election cycle last year very closely, and front and center and nearly all repubs platforms was CREATING JOBS. Don’t make stuff up. Conservatives have shown time and time again that they are more interested in helping the rich get richer and shrinking the (almost extinct already) middle class. Show me evidence to the contrary, PLEASE.

      @STEVE

      ‘the give homes to folks who cant afford it’ was indeed started by Clinton, but you fail to mention that it continued unabated by Bush…I’m not a Clinton advocate, nor am I entirely an Obama advocate. The large majority of politicians are in the pockets of the banks and big business – It’s the banks that benefitted the most from getting everyone under the sun in homes.

      And that’s the point(s) I keep making here that no one seems to get. You‘d all rather engage in name calling or pointing out how it wasn’t us but them! Who cares whose side it happened on? Let’s do something about it.

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    • johnnycarson
      Posted on August 30, 2011 at 12:33pm

      @STEVE (Cont’d)

      The first step we can take is seeing smokescreens for what they are. You are entitled to your opinions and issues with unions. I never said they are infallible…But they are not responsible for the destruction of our economy, they are not out committing acts of violence en masse, and they aren’t holding YOU back…But the pols want you to believe all of the above – so, that they can dismantle them in a larger effort to make big business even happier and more profitable than ever before. Is there something wrong with profits? Not at all, but when they’re being hoarded by the top 1% and you and me and Joe Shmoe can’t afford a roof over our heads, you might just wanna scratch a little deeper than you are now, and see things for what they really are.

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  • Equality_7-2521
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:45am

    Apparently the other 88% of non-union America can go suck an egg.
    Everyone, please feel free to call and email this loser and dbiggoted organization.

    Email Randy Radtke at rkradtke@solarus.biz and be sure to follow up with a phone call:

    (715) 370-8908 or (715) 845-7094

    Take the email and the phone numbers and pass it around to your non-union friends.

    If you live in Wisconson, crash the parade with your protests and stand proudly! Let them know what “Democracy sounds like!”

    Read more: http://www.waow.com/story/15342235/rep-duffy-not-allowed-in-labor-day-parade-in-wausau#.TlkFTqMBVjA.twitter#ixzz1WQvBJiAe

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    • mikem1969
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 12:00pm

      I emailed them and called them. Hope they love my messages.

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    • bolsen00
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 2:00pm

      I emailed and called! 5 votes in my household not putting up with union bullying! Stand Up!!!

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    • LVMerrily
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:17pm

      What a dream come true: Another Radtke union organizer.
      “Workers of the world unite,” doesn’t sound good for American workers.
      Are the union members willing to “redistribute” their pay and benefit packages to raise the standards of foreign members?

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  • Freedom1984
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:45am

    Governor Walker has shown that his policies are actually helping the teachers (who no longer have to give their union dues directly from their pay checks). Guess what, they are not giving union members their dues. They don‘t want the teacher’s union.

    In fact Walker has done more for Wisconsin and the stupid union and progressives are going to turn the tide around.

    Unions were ONCE NEEDED. Now they abuse, distort, harass, annoy, demand, leave messes where ever they go.

    They need to retire and just go away.

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  • loriann12
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:43am

    And everytime I see your ad here, I’ll report it as spam.

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  • welovetheUSA
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:43am

    Unions can not survive without the tax payer, the persons who create’s the workplace and keep the government funded,period.

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  • weneedrubio
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:41am

    What a maroon!! It is difficult to comprehend what these idiots keep coming up with. If I have this strait(not there’s anything wrong with that) the people begging for government money and favors are the workers and the people simply asking that the government protect civil rights and otherwise leave them alone are the creeps. That is deep isn’t it? Yes it is getting very deep. What is it about being up north that makes you think this way? I think they need to get out more.

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  • loveliberty83
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:39am

    they would rather see their state go down the tube like Ca

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  • USACommoner
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:39am

    Oh, . Face it, guys. Your free ride on the taxpayers is over. Deal with it.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:38am

    Hey progressives, we’re coming for you. In 2012 we’re taking this country back. Lay on the floor, kick and scream and pound your fists all you want. The gown ups are taking over.

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    • vtxphantom
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:52am

      The democrats are besides themselves here in Wisconsin. They are trying everything. They have become unhinged. I encourage these wackamos to keep going down the path they are on. They show us who they are everytime, and it is always worth a good laugh.

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  • loveliberty83
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:37am

    Labor Day was a long time before big unions —-listen up unions this is my country -my family fought in wars for & left the oldcountry because of get rich off the people like you. You steal their money to elect some non educated people to power -You do not care about America only your pocket books

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  • AlansTigg
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:33am

    wow I never knew Labor day was actually Labor Union Day…

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    • cessna152
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:37am

      Parades suck anyway… I’d rather play horseshoes, drink beer and have a good burger… WITHOUT POLITICIANS!

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    • loriann12
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:42am

      I guess this proves they want all of America Unionized. Labor day is for all workers, not just the unions.

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    • AlansTigg
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:44am

      I do prefer the cookouts and relaxing day…never been a big parade person, but some people like them and by golly they should be able to attend them even if they are *gasp* members of the GOP

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:51am

      We all have to remember
      We are the enemy, Repub‘s don’t Work, We all own business’s that repress all true Workers.We all play golf while our business is fleecing our Workers. WAIT, that’s Barry. We all go sailing on our out of state registered Yacht’s. WAIT thats Kerry. We all speculate on sure thing land deals. WAIT thats Harry.

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  • Lesterp
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:32am

    The commies are showing themselves!

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  • trolltrainer
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:32am

    I hereby ban all liberals from the state of Florida!

    Does anyone care about that either?

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:39am

      I live in Florida and I want to ban all libs from our great state, too!

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    • Jim in Houston
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 12:43pm

      I own a home in Florida and I’ll vote to ban liberals!

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    • Lesterp
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 3:39pm

      Another Floridian here, I love the way you think!

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  • biohazard23
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:30am

    Dear GOP,

    You hurt my feelings now I’m going to stand in this corner and hold my breath to make you pay! That will show you who’s the boss!

    Sincerely,
    Randy Radtke

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    • Dinkiecb
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 1:36pm

      Go ahead stick your nose in the corner see if I care, hold your breath till you pass out .. I’ll be over here at the grill making me burgers an some hotdogs, drinkin some suds made by workers in or out of the unions i don’t care.. i’ll spend my “labor day” day enjoy myself..so you go ahead.. go stand in the damn corner..and keep all of the politicians,..on both sides with you..and leave me the hell alone to enjoy my day off.

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  • cntrlfrk
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:30am

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    Pretty ironic that the origin of Labor Day was to celebrate the contributions of the American Worker, and the unions want to ban the Party of the Working Class that supplies the tax dollars the left lives on.

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:29am

    Communist labor organizations do not like competition in any form. “Standing with them” means doing whatever they want you to do. They are communist oriented. They give no quarter..neither should we. The republicans should do all they can to destroy that parade (legally)…just to play the same game. In reality…who wishes to march with a bunch of commies anyway.

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  • UlyssesP
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:29am

    Labor day parade. Unions. Death threats. GOP. Wait until next year, so close to the election….

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:29am

    Funny, I thought “labor” mean women…. you know, REAL LABOR, to get these babies here.

    Hellllooooo! Since when does “Labor Day” only mean “unions”? I thought it was for ALL of us who WORK to rest one day and honor work. If it’s “union” day, why isn’t it called that?

    It is TIME TO TAKE BACK AMERICA. unions apparently and obviously are NOT AMERICAN!

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    • mythbuster2
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:46am

      I guess they think they are the only “labor” in the entire state. No body else (taxpayers) but them are labor. They’re open minded you know. NOT!!!!

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  • W@nd@
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:29am

    whatever happened to diverse opinions…being tolerated
    while celebrating what Americans have acomplished!

    The thing they are putting together is putrid in its onesidedness and vindictiveness!
    Certainly, it does not represent goodwill and tolerance in any way shape or form…
    the parade becomes a hate patrol! that tolerates only their position! P U!
    I would boycott the parade it is anti-american in every way possible!

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  • Strait Talk Express
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:29am

    This is actually a testament to the ideological purity and uncompromising conviction of Governor Walker

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    • MONICEN
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 1:58pm

      yes

      TEA!

      MONICEN  
    • encinom
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 2:05pm

      “ideological purity and uncompromising conviction of Governor Walker”

      Ideological purity and uncompromising convictions were also valued by another leader that sought to destory the right of workers, Hitler.

       
    • MONICNE
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 3:45pm

      Good point, Encinom.

      The disciplined and forceful will always prevail! Just like last year’s Taxed Enough Already uber-patriots bravely disrupted DemonRat Town Halls to prevent truthiness from spreading.

      This year we continue to follow orders, learn and adapt. Now we do not allow town halls. This purifies our image. Image trumps truth. Propaganda wins again!

      TEA

      MONICNE  
    • cosette
      Posted on August 29, 2011 at 10:38pm

      I find it laughable . Monicen, Encinom and Monicne The trifecta of the alter ego.The word schizophrenic comes to mind. Comic relief!

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:28am

    Yeah, tell some more lies ya little creep, Radtke.

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  • abbygirl1994
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:27am

    The GOP won’t miss much.. so maybe the GOP can have their own Labor Day parade.. one that speaks to us of corrupt unions.. back are the days of Jimmy Hoffa.. they never did find his body did they??

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  • geonj
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:26am

    if any politician should be banned from an event celebrating working America is the man who has done nothing for private sector employment. president barack obama.

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  • jakartaman
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:22am

    I don’t think it will be a problem.
    May I suggest that a true conservative would not be caught dead in this communist parade.
    Unionism=communism
    Unions protect the weak and or the stupid
    2012

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  • matt708
    Posted on August 29, 2011 at 11:20am

    well so much for the liberal commies being objective and wanting to work togehter. tell them to stick it where the sun doesn;t shine, commie thugs and morons

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