Posted by Jeanne Devon on June 22, 2011 · 40 Comments
UPDATE: From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Greenbay WI man arrested for battery. Around 1 p.m. Tuesday, a group of protesters was participating in their daily singalong in the Capitol rotunda, when two men along with former state Sen. David Zien began interrupting their singing. According to Sue Trace, one of the participants in the singalong, Zien yelled “Walker for president” while two men draped Zien’s “Don’t Tread On Me” flag over the singers’ heads. The two men were Green Bay resident Henry Rahr and Shorewood, Minn., resident Eugene German. Michael Dickman, 50, said Rahr and German were bumping into him along…
Category Baffle it, Bang it, Nation, Republicans, Teabaggery, Whackjobbery · Tags assault by teaparty member, battery, brownshirts, chris larson, Governor Scott Walker, senator dave zein, solidarity sing-a-long, wisconsin concealed carry, wisconsin protester assaulted, wisconsin protests
Posted by Jeanne Devon on June 19, 2011 · 25 Comments
Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? On the surface, there’s not much to be happy about in Wisconsin right now. So what have those crafty corporatists been up to during the last few days? (photos at end of post) The republican majority called an Extraordinary Session in order to pass a reprehensible budget with as little interference as possible. This budget is so one sided, it may as well be a Teahadist fantasy come to life. The budget puts in motion a plan to award $2.3 billion in tax breaks for corporations over the next decade, strips $834 million from already…
Category Rallies and Events, Republicans · Tags AFSCME, Assault on the Middle Class, collective bargaining rights, Marty Biel, Patrick Depula, Recall Elections, Scott Walker, seiu, shirley abrahamson, wisconsin budget, wisconsin protests, wisconsin supreme court, Wisconsin uprising
