Posted by: Jeff B. at March 04, 2011 05:26 PM (NjYDy)

Maybe somebody should get out there a I dont know...explain this TRUTHFULLY.  If they do fold, state fleedom fighting will be the new norm.  Also I read the ones that fled are sneaking back over....how is this known and why arent they cuffed and stuffed?

Posted by: Flapjackmaka at March 04, 2011 05:32 PM (D38AZ)

I think thats the reason right there, if they tie it to the budget, I think courts will have a hard time getting involved, also if you cut it that way, the next dem majority could vote it back in? no sure about any of that as Im no lawer

A testicle, a testicle. My kingdom for a testicle. Man up, GOP.

Seriously, they need to quit the damned hand-wringing and get out there with a simple coordinated message that they repeat ad infinitum, no matter the forum, no matter the question: public unions are bankrupting the state and the good ship Wisconsin is going down.

I'll say one thing about the dems: they know how to craft a simple message and drum it into people's heads, even if it is bullshit.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio issued the following statement regarding the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA):

“I want to thank Speaker Boehner and the House Republican leadership for taking action to defend this critical law that was enacted by a bipartisan majority in Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton. It is unfortunate that President Obama decided to no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act. While much of the debate in Washington is focused on creating jobs and growing our economy, we should not sit by while this administration makes profound and regrettable decisions based more upon the politics of the day than the words of our Founding Fathers. This law protects one of our most sacred institutions and because of the House’s actions today, it will be defended.”

Posted by: H. Badger

Good to hear! 

Posted by: Cherry π at March 04, 2011 05:27 PM (+sBB4)

If he stops there....

Posted by: Y-not at March 04, 2011 05:39 PM (pW2o

Now Rubio is talking the talk. What do you think about a freshman Senator's chances at getting elected POTUS ?

Posted by: iknowtheleft at March 04, 2011 05:40 PM (G/MYk)

I have been surprised by the fact that apparently they can do this and get away with it..I think rule changes should take place so that if a bunch of people just decide to bug out, then the need for a quorum can be waived..if states did something like that then these people would not leave in the first place, there would be nothing to gain.

Media Matters tries Transparency-- fails to disclose it's own donors

I can't even fucking begin to think about these bald-ass turncoats in Wisconsin.

Those fucking bastards.  I want them tortured to death by Jigsaw.

Has anybody heard why they wont split it off?  My guess so it appears alot more legit and not just 'union busting' 

If they cave, I'll need to take some time off politics.

Just fucking pass it already, you don't need them there. Just fucking do it already.

Seriously, they need to quit the damned hand-wringing and get out there with a simple coordinated message that they repeat ad infinitum, no matter the forum, no matter the question: public unions are bankrupting the state and the good ship Wisconsin is going down.

The R's also need to explain how taxpayer money is used to benefit union leadership and the Dem party.  And how the bill benefits union members from being forced to join a union and pay dues.

I'm changing my mind about Herman Cain.  The fact that he's black would negate about half the crap the MSM would gin up.

I don't know.  I think the MSM would find a rationale to attack Cain, even if just to show they aren't propping up O just because he's black.  They might double down in fact.  Very few of the MSM behold intellectual or moral integrity; they'll trump up whatever meme they need to in order to support the left.

Posted by: Flapjackmaka at March 04, 2011 05:53 PM (D38AZ)

So sick of hearing about that coddled group.  Their tendencies flow like the tide, what have you done for me lately.

Godwin'ing a thread with inane crap should be ban-worthy

Facist ban-enabler Nazi.

Who hates America? Obama

Who also hates America? Incompetent, Lazy Union Goons

Who loves Obama and Incompetent, Lazy Union Goons? KayInMaine
*SPIT*

Now Rubio is talking the talk. What do you think about a freshman Senator's chances at getting elected POTUS ?

That the last time we elected a freshman Senator we got Zero.  We need someone with experience, leadership and proven ability. I like Rubio but it's way too soon.  Obama would be able to run on HIS experience, claim the high ground on what is clearly one of his greatest weaknesses.  And you know he would, just to screw with us. 

Posted by: KayInMaine at March 04, 2011 05:56 PM (FSVFR)

Jeez.  Is that the best that you can do?  Definite troll fail.

I can't get into Ras's internals, because you have to be a premium member to access it, BUT the last poll showing similar #s had 30% of the respondents as union members.   Everyone knows that if you use words like rights when asking if he's doing the right thing re: collective bargaining people will answer in the negative.  ALL of these polls ask if you agree that collective bargaining rights should be taken away.   When you break down the questions individually concerning reduction of wages & benefits, whether the state should be collecting benefits, and whether people shoud have the right to opt out of being in a union the answers change.

I wish that those on our side when reporting on these polls would look internally before rushing to report them.  They are not always what they seem on the surface.

Rassmussen after taking a beating in the aftermath of the 2010 election for being slanted to far towards republicans has miraculasly started tracking with galllup, NBC and CBS so I am not trusting him much these days.

That being said I am sure Walkers approval is down somewhat. Everybody likes cuts in government until they see what they look like and I am sure that the media in Wisconsin is framing the cuts as Walker eating babies on the capital steps.

The R's also need to explain how taxpayer money is used to benefit union leadership and the Dem party.  And how the bill benefits union members from being forced to join a union and pay dues.

And just who is gonna give them air time?

I admit this can be a problem, but I'm thinking anytime a microphone, camera or reporter are in front of Walker, any WI GOPer or those in other states with similar union curbing bills, Boehner, etc.  Repeat, repeat, repeat to educate. 

Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2011 06:08 PM (BP6Z1)

You spoke too soon!

Posted by: Greg at March 04, 2011 06:11 PM (A0Q4i)

i had thought Kay was busy makin babies with someone. must have failed.

Walker needs to get his message out, hell pull an Obama , interrupt american idol and tell wisconson folks what is going to happen in 5 years etc..

That being said I am sure Walkers approval is down somewhat. Everybody likes cuts in government until they see what they look like and I am sure that the media in Wisconsin is framing the cuts as Walker eating babies on the capital steps.

Posted by: robtr at March 04, 2011 06:11 PM (MtwBb)

Walker eats babies?  I knew he was a Joooo!

"I got my butt kicked in Wisconsin once"

No, because that's just playing their game. You give them the vid clips of protesters being beat up or hauled off, the MSM would turn it into the new Selma. You don't fight on the opposition's terms.

Yes.  Maintaining a calm, reasonable and in-control stance makes the other guy look bad and your side look good, especially to the mushy middle.  It can also cause the adversary to go to worse extremes because they aren't getting a rise of of you.

This tactic works one-on-one with people too.  If you find yourself in an argument with someone hot under the collar, but you remain calm, sometimes it just pisses them off more.  Then you win the argument because they've lost self-control and you haven't.

^{_{Not that I'm referring to my ex-husband or anything.}}

WINNING!

TASTE MY TIGRESS BLOOD!

Posted by: Tami at March 04, 2011 06:14 PM (VuLos)

He can't, Union rules. He has to send the notice out 1 month in advance. He also can't lay off teachers until after the school year.

Posted by: Donna at March 04, 2011 06:16 PM (DhK9/)

I have a feeling that Wormtongue the lawyer is whispering in his ear.

I really hate people that have no self preservation instinct. If the repubs that put him in office go squishy on Walker now, the state of WI is done for. There is no way that the state can sustain the current spending without raising taxes on everyone.

I hope the polls are BS. But I never put anything past the repubs when it comes to shooting themselves (the voting public) in the feet. And I mean both feet.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2011 06:17 PM (TMB3S)

Posted by: JEM at March 04, 2011 06:22 PM (o+SC1)

Somebody has to have some knowledge here...is the reason they are not splitting this due to it being attached to the budget and making it 'court proof'?

WINNING!

TASTE MY TIGRESS BLOOD!

Posted by: KayInMaine at March 04, 2011 06:17 PM (c45xH)

Ah, man, no!  I can smell it.  You need to check that cotton bale you use for a tampon. 

Somebody has to have some knowledge here...is the reason they are not splitting this due to it being attached to the budget and making it 'court proof'?

Posted by: Red Shirt at March 04, 2011 06:24 PM (FIDMq)

Walker has said 2 or 3 times that he can't do it because the only reason he is doing it is because it directly affects the budget.

Posted by: KG at March 04, 2011 06:23 PM (2k/Dg)

See comment #127. 

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at March 04, 2011 06:25 PM (swuwV)

THIS

I'd also note 43% approval for a guy who got 50%+ the vote ain't good but what's his disapproval, there's still a number who don't know, and yes be careful of the squishy righties, as my self loathing conservative brother will prove even the ones who know what hard decisions got to be made hate that they have to make the hard decisions

Four Senators are not wobbling.   If they were, why would they have voted, just yesterday, to change Senate rules to bring the fleebaggers back to the Senate floor by force, if necessary.   The left has been reporting for the last 2 weeks that 3 or 4 were wobbling.   Helps to keep the moonbats motivated and stirred up.

Walker said 2 weeks ago that if layoffs were to happen they would start in April, because that's when he would have to find ways to maintain his budget.  Notices will be sent starting today at 5:00, if the fleebaggers don't return so the bill can get passed.

Way O/T but something wierded me out this morning. I went to the local Army surplus store to pick up some rain gear and the guys behind the counter were watching MSNBC.

The fuck?!? I mean, I don't expect every member of the military to be a rabid conservative but that caught me off guard.

Bust up the bill and start passing the parts that don't require a quorum one piece at a time.  Even if you could p0ass 3/4 of the sections, do it one piece at a time.  Let the unions/socialist/commie goonswatch themselves slowly lose their grip on the throat of our govenment and a congress with grim resolve soes their job.

Ohio is poised to pass the balance of their bill.  If Ohio passes their's Wisconson conservatives will be emboldened and the libs disheartened.

Posted by: goldbricker esq at March 04, 2011 06:12 PM (S59+B)

THIS

Posted by: KayInMaine at March 04, 2011 06:28 PM (IhHdM)

Kneel down in front of me, bitch.  I'll make your eyes water.

Posted by: MissTammy at March 04, 2011 06:27 PM (BebB7)

I think Walker has lost some ground in the polls, it's only natural that he would, people don't like it when they get the medicine even if they know they need it.

The polls wouldn't be any better if he just raised taxes on everybody instead of making cuts that's for sure.

Ohio is poised to pass the balance of their bill.  If Ohio passes their's Wisconson conservatives will be emboldened and the libs disheartened.

Posted by: Ohi Dan at March 04, 2011 06:31 PM (EH4cc)

I heard today that you have some republican squish in Ohio that wants to debate the bill for the next three weeks. Have you heard that ?

Posted by: Greg at March 04, 2011 06:11 PM (A0Q4i)

OMFG please don't tell me this asshole is back

Posted by: nickless at March 04, 2011 06:29 PM (MMC8r)

--Yes.  That is what I meant when I called him a fap-poller.

Maybe somebody should get out there a I dont know...explain this TRUTHFULLY.  If they do fold, state fleedom fighting will be the new norm.  Also I read the ones that fled are sneaking back over....how is this known and why arent they cuffed and stuffed?

Posted by: Red Shirt at March 04, 2011 05:30 PM (FIDMq)

This is why I asked a few days ago whether Gov. Walker can trust the State Police he's sent out to visit these dem senator's homes to arrest them if they're there.  We've already seen the local police standing in "solidarity" with the unions; why should the State Police be any different?  I don't like painting all law enforcement with such a broad brush, but you have to admit it's fishy.  If I thought it was at all feasible (let alone legal), I'd recommend getting a round-the-clock Tea Partier watch on these Fleebaggers' homes. 

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,

That is all that was needed, as the fleebaggers are denying to Wisconsin a Republican form of government. This should be a federal issue.

Posted by: iknowtheleft at March 04, 2011 06:30 PM (G/MYk)

True enough, but can you see this administration doing anything about it? Neither can I. But WI can do it on its own.

btfw, where's Rudy Guiliani in all this?

hmmm, come to think of it, I haven't seen or heard much from him at all lately.

The polls wouldn't be any better if he just raised taxes on everybody instead of making cuts that's for sure.

what pisses me off the most is the double standard is that if he had raised taxes the unions and lefties would be screaming "hey this guy's a tax raiser, he sucks" but if he doesn't "I mean Gov just raise taxes, it'll fix anything" it's just how if Bush spends like crazy it's "reckless and wasteful" but when Obama doubles down and spends like crazy on roids it's "investment"

Somebody has to have some knowledge here...is the reason they are not splitting this due to it being attached to the budget and making it 'court proof'?

Posted by: Red Shirt at March 04, 2011 06:24 PM (FIDMq)

Walker has said 2 or 3 times that he can't do it because the only reason he is doing it is because it directly affects the budget.

Posted by: robtr at March 04, 2011 06:29 PM (MtwBb)

Thanks, I thought that was why as it is budget related, I have a feeling that if they pass it alone,rightly or wrongly, it would be in the courts before the ink is dry.

Posted by: MWR at March 04, 2011 06:35 PM (CA2NO)

Citizen's arrest.  It's legal. 

Greg is the worst fucking kind of troll, the asshole who claims to be a conservative and a republican while bashing us and putting us down when there's a bump in the road, exagerrating loses and downplaying victories (remember how 60+ seats in the house was no big deal but +6 in the senate meant Obama was still beloved?); I rather deal with palin-steele or soothsayer getting pissy w/ me then this clown. IGNORE the troll, let him rant and not get noticed.

btfw, where's Rudy Guiliani in all this?

hmmm, come to think of it, I haven't seen or heard much from him at all lately. -- Posted by: jewells45

He didn't get a warm public welcome when he last came out.

As Mark Steyn and Hugh Hewitt discussed last night, there is no one in the Republican Leadership that stands by the Tea Party movement, none having attended any of the rallies.

Better late than never.

Posted by: Geronimo at March 04, 2011 06:40 PM (+C0Kq)

THIS, I kept wondering why they were letting this play on, it should be done ASAP and they have the tools to do it, stop w/ this bs bipartisan crap of being nice to the fleebaggers

Posted by: maverick muse at March 04, 2011 06:40 PM (H+LJc)

and that's coming from Hewitt so you know it isn't some right wing hating the establishment kind of thing, in the last couple months i've gone from optimistic to thinking the US really is fucked over and headed towards default

Posted by: KayInMaine at March 04, 2011 06:37 PM (IhHdM)

I think KinM is really Charlie Sheen......or Ace.

I don't expect every member of the military to be a rabid conservative but that caught me off guard.

Recon on the enemy position?

Posted by: iknowtheleft at March 04, 2011 06:30 PM (G/MYk)

True enough, but can you see this administration doing anything about it? Neither can I. But WI can do it on its own.

Posted by: sock puppeh  

AZ is being sued by the Feds for doing something legitimately constitutional since Obama's administration won't uphold law, let alone perform their limited constitutional official duties.

Posted by: soothsayer moribund at March 04, 2011 06:42 PM (waTiq)

THIS.  The only way to get the idiot fleebaggers back to their jobs, short of releasing the hounds to round them up and bring them back in chains, is to start passing legislation and getting work DONE.  If you can't vote on the fiscal stuff, vote on everything else.  I saw someone upthread mention Voter ID - great place to start!  Get it done.  Start running through every single bill, starting with the ones that make the Dems' heads explode, and show no mercy.  You have to punish these asses.  They sure as hell shouldn't be allowed to vote over the phone or via internet.  Hell, if they're allowed to do that, IT'S A FUCKING QUOROM. 

Burn their asses by getting the job done.

Posted by: iknowtheleft at March 04, 2011 06:44 PM (G/MYk)

I hate to be the pessimist but after November I had hope and then I watched the GOp scale down a pointless 100 billion to 60 billion, watched Republicans jump all over themselves to buy into the high speed rail crap including my brother who basically said to me "fuck you, I want my train!", I watched the GOP cave to a pathethic "tax cut" deal, and watched Obama go up to 52% in approval because a woman was shot and he said what any sane person would say, I also watched his approvals staedy back down to 47% even w/ the high debt/deficit and unemployment we have, I watched the unions being faced w/ layoffs or change how they pay into their pension and they would rathe be laid off, I watched people talk about investment as the debt reaches the size of our economy, I watched people say they'd take 4 more years of Obama if the nominee was someone they didn;'t like, I just can't believe the ignorance i'm watching as things get worse and worse in front of our very eyes

AZ is being sued by the Feds for doing something legitimately constitutional since Obama's administration won't uphold law, let alone perform their limited constitutional official duties.

Posted by: maverick muse at March 04, 2011 06:44 PM (H+LJc)

Surely you're not saying that because the Feds might sue WI shouldn't uphold their Constitution?

You should pray for default ... because where we're going is much, much worse.

Posted by: iknowtheleft at March 04, 2011 06:44 PM (G/MYk)

I getting to the point of that attitude also.  Let it all burn to ground, except for the US Constitution, and then start at the beginning.

i had thought Kay was busy makin babies with someone. must have failed.

.

Posted by: willow at March 04, 2011 06:13 PM (h+qn

I think the stench from Kay's cooter drove all the Quebecois back to their shithole of a province and they were the only ones that would come near that syphilitic gash without a hazmat team; either that or what the Jugeared Fuck and the squish sisters did to the pathetic economy of her third world state drove 'em off.

MWR, this is what hardened my stance and find it imperative that Walker oust the public Union scam. When we saw  They don't have the wisdom to comprehend the economic situation.
 I who've always looooved police and been grateful  of their service found that ,police favor unions over society. they didn't enforce the law, when it came to those they agree with. we saw a republican senator harrassed for a long time without any police assistance. we saw observers that weren't pro anything heckled and shoved around .

how can we now trust Police to do their job? i still can't believe it. I'm so disappointed to those ones in blue..!eleventy
 

Posted by: MissTammy at March 04, 2011 06:49 PM (BebB7)

That's what I'm thinking.  There's probably a lot more going on behind the scenes that we don't know about. 

How many of you know that the left have been filing court cases against Walker for the last couple weeks?   He's been fighting them in everything he's trying to do.  They took him to court to say that he didn't have the right to close the capital building at night when he was trying to kick their asses out so they could clean the building.   He won that pretty much last night.   They can only be in the building, with permits during normal operating hours, starting Monday morning.   He's trying to do the things in a reasonable, patient kind of way.

Those fuckers have been calling in bomb threats where Walker has spoken, storming restaurants where Repubs are trying to have dinner, threatening businesses that don't put union signs in their windows.  Now, it is coming out that they were the ones restricting access to the capitol building during normal hours, and trying to make it look like it was Walker.   Cops wearing t-shirts with their names on duct tape stuck to those t-shirts have been standing at the doors.   NOT the state polce that Walker had to call in.

I don't expect every member of the military to be a rabid conservative but that caught me off guard.

Recon on the enemy position?

Posted by: Mayday at March 04, 2011 06:44 PM (TRgli)

I hope so! I've been going there for years, I can't imagine any of the guys there being libtards.

Posted by: willow at March 04, 2011 06:50 PM (h+qn

Me too.  But I'm glad it happened, because now we know who they'll stand with when the shit really starts flying. 

It really got going with the push for illegal aliens and treasonous amnesty.  This is what killed the GOP (before the Tea Party resurrected that fetid corpse) and this is the point at which the GOP leadership decided that they hated the base and wanted nothing to do with them (other than take our votes and then fuck us over by playing footsie with the America-hating dems).

Posted by: iknowtheleft at March 04, 2011 06:49 PM (G/MYk)

It was part and parcel of that horseshit compassionate conservatism served up by that bloated college dropout turd that was the architect of 2006.  The only good Rove served was making the fuckheaded lefties more unhinged than usual; too bad that sack of shit isn't in jail and Scooter Libby a free man; although it would be more appropriate to have Powell or fuckface Armitage in the clink instead.  Oh fuck it; jail all three.

Posted by: Steph at March 04, 2011 06:55 PM (AkdC5)

Pepper spray? Taser? Police batons?

I'd like to see some Demtards get their knees whacked, it would be good for the soul.

Pepper spray? Taser? Police batons?

I'd like to see some Demtards get their knees whacked, it would be good for the soul.

Posted by: ErikW at March 04, 2011 07:00 PM (ZK+F1)

Don't Taser Grenade me 'bro!

yes Anonymous.

do they srsly believe being a Union shill and losing the trust of the population is worth it?

what they are saying is they are working for union not us!

Pepper spray? Taser? Police batons?

I'd like to see some Demtards get their knees whacked, it would be good for the soul.

Posted by: ErikW at March 04, 2011 07:00 PM (ZK+F1)

Believe me, that would make me all tingly, but I think they would just kind of perp walk them.   Of course, that would still make me a little tingly.

do they srsly believe being a Union shill and losing the trust of the population is worth it?

what they are saying is they are working for union not us!

Posted by: willow at March 04, 2011 07:01 PM (h+qn

Sadder still is the fact that most of the socialist ASSHOLE union stalwarts would be the first to holler "POLICE BRUTALITY!" and get an honest cop dismissed, or worse, killed. 

That's what I'm thinking.  There's probably a lot more going on behind the scenes that we don't know about. 

I'm in this camp too.  I think some on our side are getting a little anxious and would prefer to see bigger bolder faster moves.  However I think Walker has not made a bad decision yet.  He's being calm, deliberate, and yet not giving an inch of ground.  Well played I think.  We are on board already, but he's playing to multiple audiences here.

Believe me, that would make me all tingly, but I think they would just kind of perp walk them.   Of course, that would still make me a little tingly.

Posted by: Steph at March 04, 2011 07:02 PM (AkdC5)

Leg shackles and handcuffs - that's all I ask.

And orange jumpsuits.

And prison haircuts.

...

Okay, I'm done.

That's what I'm thinking.  There's probably a lot more going on behind the scenes that we don't know about. 

I'm in this camp too.  I think some on our side are getting a little anxious and would prefer to see bigger bolder faster moves.  However I think Walker has not made a bad decision yet.  He's being calm, deliberate, and yet not giving an inch of ground.  Well played I think.  We are on board already, but he's playing to multiple audiences here.

Posted by: Mayday at March 04, 2011 07:05 PM (TRgli)

And if you look at the big picture, who looks like the bigger assholes right now, R' or D'?

That's what I'm thinking.  There's probably a lot more going on behind the scenes that we don't know about. 

I'm in this camp too.  I think some on our side are getting a little anxious and would prefer to see bigger bolder faster moves.  However I think Walker has not made a bad decision yet.  He's being calm, deliberate, and yet not giving an inch of ground.  Well played I think.  We are on board already, but he's playing to multiple audiences here.

Posted by: Mayday at March 04, 2011 07:05 PM (TRgli)

I'd like to be in this camp.  Problem is we've all seen this movie a thousand times and know exactly how it always ends. 

Posted by: willow at March 04, 2011 07:07 PM (h+qn

I just hope and pray they realize who among us genuinely RESPECT them, before things spiral utterly out of control.

Posted by: madoff investors at March 04, 2011 07:07 PM (k1rwm)

Sorry, I'm in disagreement that they've blown it in WI.   They're standing pretty damn firm, and most of the stories about any of them caving or giving in is coming from left leaning media.

Walker may not be out in the media with You-tube vids acting all cocky and arrogant, but he's not backed down.

I'd like to be in this camp.  Problem is we've all seen this movie a thousand times and know exactly how it always ends. 

Posted by: Tami at March 04, 2011 07:08 PM (VuLos)

If he folds here, he may as well resign as nothing will get done... and the unions will be stronger than ever.  This is the hill to die on.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at March 04, 2011 07:06 PM (swuwV)

Yup.  This was never going to be easy and it was never going to happen in the short-term.  So far, I've had faith in the Tea Party.  It's like we're rebuilding a football team.  There's going to be some more losing before the winning starts.  

Hey, Radish, have you seen that your rep and the other assembly dems have moved their desks outside so they can be closer to their constituents?

Also, it's been reported that they found 22 cal bullets on the ground in several places around the Capitol.   The moonbats are saying they were planted by Repubs to make the protesters look more violent.  They're yelling too loud and too quickly that the bullets were planted which makes me believe they were planted by the moonbats to try and blame the Repubs.

Posted by: soothsayer moribund at March 04, 2011 07:05 PM (/ebqR)

Hey-ooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

Also, it's been reported that they found 22 cal bullets on the ground in several places around the Capitol.   The moonbats are saying they were planted by Repubs to make the protesters look more violent.  They're yelling too loud and too quickly that the bullets were planted which makes me believe they were planted by the moonbats to try and blame the Repubs.

Posted by: Steph at March 04, 2011 07:15 PM (AkdC5)

And how do they explain this guy?

Far Left protester Patrick J. Knauf, 43, of Eau Claire was arrested on Wednesday for the violation of making a bomb scare under state statute 947.015.

He was released on a $3,000 signature bond.

On Wednesday a bomb threat was made at an aviation business in Eau Claire just hours after Governor Scott Walker spoke there. Police brought in a man who was protesting this week against the Republican governor. The Pierce County Herald reported:

An investigation continues into a bomb threat made this week at an aviation business in Eau Claire, just hours after Governor Scott Walker held a news conference there.

Authorities said a 43-year-old Eau Claire man allegedly called in a threat to Heartland Aviation on Wednesday evening. The facility is next to the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire. The man is free on a signature bond. No charges have been filed yet, but the man is due back in Chippewa County Circuit Court on April 19th.

Investigators said the man took part in public demonstrations at the airport on Monday and Wednesday. His home was searched yesterday, and police are checking phone records and interviewing people. Eau Claire Police have asked for tips with more information.

Posted by: moi at March 04, 2011 07:16 PM (nEa/y)

Not since comments were disabled, many long moons ago.

Posted by: Miss Marple at March 04, 2011 07:12 PM (Fo83G)

Althouse has some great videos on her blog.   She's been there every day, and reported some pretty good stuff.   Plus, Gateway Pundit has reported some great stuff, too.

You have to kind of search out the truth, but it's out there.   That's why I don't freak out every time I see posts like this one.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 04, 2011 07:10 PM (TMB3S)

yikes!  you'e right.

yeah Walker needs to follow through and We need to persist state to state.

pulic unions as we saw in WI along with many states don't even care about their members, just their power. and members seem to be unable disonnect  from their unions and do their jobs when in conflict. tax payers are the last one asked about funds after unions and pols than members  get their money.

Almost all unionized people operate under this mindset. Fucking madness.

I had a SIL who used to be a mail carrier, and a union rep to boot. She talked as though management was the enemy.  Definitely not operationg under a "we're all on the same team" mindset.  Now I do make allowances for her, because after all we are talking about the post office, and she had some stories to tell.  But I disliked how proud she was that they couldn't fire her; she pushed them to the limit I'm sure.

Happy ending of sorts though.  She "retired" with some sort of disability, went to school and is now starting her own catering business.  From union rep to capitalist.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 04, 2011 07:22 PM (nAOMZ)

HAH!  You sure you don't work for the MSM?   Cuz you know that's what they're thinking!

Investigators said the man took part in public demonstrations at the airport on Monday and Wednesday. His home was searched yesterday, and police are checking phone records and interviewing people. Eau Claire Police have asked for tips with more information.

Posted by: Tami at March 04, 2011 07:17 PM (VuLos)

That's the bomb threat I noted.  

There was a restaurant where some Repub Senators were in last night that they saw a woman pacing outside, then stuck her head in the door, and immediatley got on her cell phone.   A few minutes later about 10 union thugs showed up, and stormed inside screaming and yelling.   The restaurant owner and some of his staff tried to kick them out and the thugs started pushing and shoving them.  Police had to be called.   Come to find out the woman was head of some union, and she set it up.

The assholes are losing it, and the longer this goes on the crazier they get.  

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 04, 2011 07:22 PM (nAOMZ)

*snicker*

Happy ending of sorts though.  She "retired" with some sort of disability, went to school and is now starting her own catering business.  From union rep to capitalist.

Posted by: Mayday at March 04, 2011 07:21 PM (TRgli)

I hope she has to hire her cooks and banquet staff from the fucking culinary unions.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 04, 2011 07:20 PM (nAOMZ)

Jeebus.   What a bitch.

It's the assembly members putting their desks outside.  

This public union shit is giving me a fucking headache.

As I've mentioned before, Dad is a 25 year vet of Columbus Fire and about to retire. I had a somewhat painful conversation with him yesterday because even though I haven't said anything about it, he knows my position on public unions.

It sucks because I think police and fire deserve every penny and benefit that they can get because they actually put their ass on the line for us but the fucking media and union leaders are turning public workers against the rest of us and I see my Dad getting sucked into it and it's fucking pissing me off.

Goddamn fucking union pieces of shits.

and is now starting her own catering business

Have you tipped off the United Food and Commercial Workers Union?

LOL.  My SIL would be their worst enemy now if it ever came down to it.  She's a fiesty one.  Despite her past as a union rep, I have no doubt she's never voted Dem in her life.  That branch of the family tree is deep red, redneck in fact. 

said : It sucks because I think police and fire deserve every penny and benefit that they can get because they actually put their ass on the line for us but the fucking media and union

It sucks because I think police and fire deserve every penny and benefit that they can get because they actually put their ass on the line for us but the fucking media and union leaders are turning public workers against the rest of us and I see my Dad getting sucked into it and it's fucking pissing me off.

and I see my Dad getting sucked into it and it's fucking pissing me off.

see and there is the conflict!

erikw btw i agreed with this;It sucks because I think police and fire deserve every penny and benefit that they can get because they actually put their ass on the line

until now. now it seems they are selective in their ass on the line.

as i've said i'm stunned and upset watching it.

Well, at least one of the dem reps was thrown to the Capitol floor last night by the police.  He tried to aggresively (his word) make his way through the door after they closed, and the cops threw him to the floor.

http://tiny.cc/cdktr

Damn, I laughed.

I have no doubt she's never voted Dem in her life.

Good think she kept that hidden from her fellow apparatchiks.

Yeah, here's the thing, we're in Texas, right to work state with a strong independant streak.  Unions are not popular around here, and I'm sure she only belonged to one because she had to.  But she's the type that will stand up for herself and whatever she perceives her side to be.  It was the union then, and it wouldn't be now.  I'm not sure she would see herself now, as an entrepreneur, as similar to post office managment in any way.  Would.not.compute.

If this doesn't make sense, maybe you'd just have to know her.   

Almost all unionized people operate under this mindset. Fucking madness.

There are quite a few like that out there, but I wouldn't go as far as to say "almost all" unionized people have that mentality.

I'm not a big fan of unions, and support what Walker is trying to do.  I work in a "closed shop" state, meaning that I had no real choice but to join the union (CWA) when I took my current telco job.  If I could opt out, I probably would.  In terms of pay grade, it's the highest you can go in the company without becoming "management" (most "management" employees don't actually manage anyone).

I just don't see much of that sort of thing here.  No question that the effects are there; the senority bullshit, generous health insurance coverage, it being nearly impossible to fire lazy employees unless they're caught stealing or drinking on the job, etc.  However, the extreme "us versus them" type of attitude isn't at all pervasive here.

Thankfully there's not been a strike in the 10 years I've been here, otherwise I'd want to kick my own ass were I assigned to mandatory "strike duty".

Posted by: curious at March 04, 2011 07:37 PM (k1rwm)

Really, the 16 is relevant why? Comes out to Sunday the 20th or monday the 21st depending on starting time.

Talking about my SIL and hearing about Erik's father, it occurs to me that a lot of good people, as individuals, get caught in the union trap, oftentimes through no fault of their own.  They can be easily manipulated by the union propoganda, coersion, and even through benign forces such as friendships.  Might be good to keep in mind as we think about the people in WI and elsewhere.  The individual union members are mainly just pawns.  The bad guys are union managment and the Dem party, and the young lefty hippie protesters who don't know any better.

And Erik, what is frustrating about the police and firemen is that I think the public does and would strongly support them even without being unionized.  Especially after 9/11 they're considered heroes.

Posted by: MissTammy at March 04, 2011 07:46 PM (BebB7)

Do you have a link or a website? 

Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 04, 2011 07:51 PM (nAOMZ)

It appears that the story says the notices have gone out, but the actual employees would not see the notices for 15 days...a little more time for the Dems to think about it.

Posted by: MissTammy at March 04, 2011 07:46 PM (BebB7)

B&D Embroidery and Screen Printing.  Type it into your search engine and it comes up.

With the future of the state budget uncertain, 140 teachers and 15 administrators asked to join the emeritus program. That works out to about 1 out of every 12 teachers in the district.

The emeritus program gives one full year's salary paid over three years. That is in addition to pension benefits. In return, the retiree provides 10 days of service to the district each year during that time. The emeritus program is something that has been negotiated into the teachers' contract through collective bargaining.

Last year 26 teachers and staff members applied for the program.

http://tinyurl.com/4vpb3oz

And Erik, what is frustrating about the police and firemen is that I think the public does and would strongly support them even without being unionized.  Especially after 9/11 they're considered heroes.

Posted by: Mayday at March 04, 2011 07:50 PM (TRgli)

The thing that I don't understand is that Walker has already said he wouldn't be taking collective bargaining away from the police or firemen, because they can't afford a police or firemen strike.   I assume that hasn't changed; please correct me if I'm wrong or mistaken.  Through collective bargaining these public servants would still be able to negotiate for generous benefits -- benefits, I might add, that they deserve a HELLUVA lot more than the public teachers do.  I have very little problem with this, besides my overall distrust of unions in general, public unions in particular.  So I see police standing on this hill with other public sector unions and I want to say, "Stop!  Just STOP."

Beck is sort of saying that the union people aren't really aware that the unions have been wholly taken over by the communists and the socialists and if they knew who they were standing with, they'd be horrified and that when they finally figure it out, it will be too late.

Perfect description of "useful idiots."

It's the well-meaning but naive people who have been sending our country down the drain without even realizing it.

Posted by: curious at March 04, 2011 08:03 PM (k1rwm)

Don't hate me!  I'm with all of you, honest!  For me, it was join the union and pay the dues and toward collective bargaining , or not join the union and still pay for the collective bargaining, and have no say in who union leadership is or what it does.  So I joined.  Fricking SEIU, too.  I love getting their breathless emails of insensibility.  It's like reading the ravings of a lunatic that have been prettied up with graphics and emoticons.

But at least NH is moving on right-to-work legislation.  I don't think unions would have much oomph in this state if we were right-to-work.  Granite Staters are hard-headed mofos.  *proud*

Now Walker has given the Dems 15 days to reach a deal to avoid the layoffs, lol.  The guy has the right ideas, but is a real weak tit.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/117405123.html
Posted by: Greg at March 04, 2011 07:47 PM (A0Q4i)

I'm thinking you believe we can't find out the truth, right? 

It's the well-meaning but naive people who have been educationally disenfranchised by our union-led public school system that's sending our country down the drain without even realizing it.

Posted by: Mayday at March 04, 2011 08:07 PM (TRgli)

Small addition.

The SEIU is $80 something mil in debt.   Most of their assest are in real estate, mainly their HQ building.

Most unions know they are in hock up to their ass because they are not taking in as much as they need to pay out. 

Sucks being desperate, I guess.

Don't be too hard on him, you can't blame him for being anxious about his pension at his age.
Posted by: MissTammy at March 04, 2011 07:36 PM (BebB7)

I'm not pissed at Dad at all. He was promised such-and-such by the union and he should get it, that was the deal. My problem is with the IAFF that promised it but didn't think about the long term consequences.

Yes, but they're getting a huge push from some not-so-well-meaning leftist Democrats. The One occupying the White House, first and foremost.

We are saying the same thing using different words.  The Dem party leaders, union leaders, MSM, etc. - those with power, those in charge - manipulate the "useful idiots" into doing the things that weaken our country.  Mainly through their votes and wallets.

The bottom line is that unions use police and fire as pawns on a chessboard the same way any time some fucking Commie get's in a mayor's office.

Whenever it comes to cuts or lack of budget increases, safety is the first to go, as if anything else in their bloated, precious fucking budget can't be touched.

Fucking bastards hold us hostage by threatening to limit safety workers.

Case in point. Two years ago,  Mayor Coleman of Columbus threatened to lay off 300 firefighters from the 1,700 that were employed if he didn't get his budget increase passed. That would have caused a "rolling brown out" which means fire stations would to close a couple days a week, thereby increasing emergency response time.

I repeat: These fuckers are holding our well-being hostage to their selfish demands.

I repeat: These fuckers are holding our well-being hostage to their selfish demands. Posted by: ErikW

ack, i'm just rambling on.

tells ya how upset i am about all of this.

ack, i'm just rambling on.

tells ya how upset i am about all of this.

Posted by: willow at March 04, 2011 09:03 PM (h+qn

No, I'm with you. The liberals are playing their favorite game of class warfare and they're winning and it's frustrating.

our reps for years have really screwed us up,  i'm not sure anything can be done but the dive into hell, that we'll all be exposed to young and old.

most don't seem to see the trouble we are in, so can't help  make decisions anyway.

Posted by: willow at March 04, 2011 09:37 PM (h+qn

We'll be fine, I'm not worrried. There's a lot of work to do but we will prevail!

most don't seem to see the trouble we are in, so can't help  make decisions anyway.

Posted by: willow at March 04, 2011 09:36 PM (h+qn

Doesn't help that we are openly lied to about it by the asshats in Washington. 

Now Rubio is talking the talk. What do you think about a freshman Senator's chances at getting elected POTUS ?

Posted by: maddogg at March 04, 2011 05:44 PM (OlN4e)

Republicans need to win OH and FL,, much like in 2004. The 2008 election wasn't a sea change because the market crash was driving the electorate. Sen. Marco Rubio is the most likely Republican vice presidential nominee. It's why Republicans are holding their convention in Tampa, Florida. The best offense is a good defense, in sports and politics.

Hmmm.  14 Wisconsin state senators running from their job so that the duly elected government CANNOT do their job. There was a fair election. They are trying to overthrow a duly elected government. I CALL IT TREASON! That is what it is.