Twenty-Two Faces of an American Uprising

[omgangiepants]

When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker announced on February 11, 2011, that he would use a bureaucratic “budget repair bill” as a vehicle to attack collective-bargaining rights, civil-service protections and local democracy, he expected a reaction. The governor went so far as threaten to call out the National Guard to prevent protests from getting

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[magus_69]

They’re so popular now that they are recording a CD.

Who else wants that CD?

[fickery]

This story gives me warm fuzzies. ♥

[tabaqui]

Awesome stuff.

[lilyginny27]

Gah, I'm so proud of my state right now.

[nesmith]

So has Walker said anything about this huge reaction against him, or has he strapped on the blinders and is plowing ahead like a stone-dumb bull? (I really despise Gov. KaSuck here in OH, but at least when his strip-worker's-rights bill went down in a huge way he said "Well, the people have spoken" and didn't whine about it.)

[doverz]

He's totally been ignoring everything. I mean, Wisconsin is the only state to have lost jobs for the past few months and we're expected to have a budget shortfall in 2013 and he's running ads saying that Wisconsin has balanced the budget and that we've added a lot of jobs to the state.

He's a delusional POS who will only acknowledges events that confirm his delusional thinking.

[nesmith]

Ah, so a typical douchebag Republican, I see.