WOW - Take a look at this picture from Madison Today - Just awesome!

[1776Forever]

[juajen]

1. Beautiful, just beautiful!

[RainDog]

4. what you said. n/t

[russspeakeasy]

69. And fox news says "hundreds protested".

[liberal N proud]

2. Stand strong

[gratuitous]

3. Nothin' to see here

Move along.

[1776Forever]

5. Oh that was deep and I loved it! Thanks! n/t

[gratuitous]

25. We're gonna do it without media assistance

We're not going to have big money behind us.
We're not going to have anyone encouraging us.
We're going to have to do it by ourselves, in the dark, with what we have.

[snappyturtle]

6. Tremendous-ly awesome! WOW!

:applause: :woohoo: :bounce:

[Old and In the Way]

7. Democracy in action.

Sad that it takes a hostile government who legislates against the common welfare to motivate people, but lets hope this is just the 1st act of the seachange that's going to drive these corporate puppets from our government.

[underpants]

8. but.. but... Rush said they all went home. THEY ALL WENT HOOOOME!!!

[pacalo]

14. Did he really? Perhaps he meant the baggers?

[underpants]

21. YEs it was part of the victory lap all of the medai (RW too) did for Walker

Everything I saw and heard was an attempt top cement the story (like the NPR "sting") so that anyone who dares say anything different is ...you know... different.

You don't want to be different do you? Some people say that being different is icky.

[Useless in FL]

9. That IS a beautiful sight!!!! NT.

[spartan61]

10. I am so proud of our fellow citizens in Wisconsin!!

[pacalo]

11. I love Wisconsinites!

:yourock:

[devilgrrl]

12. Check out the pictures of the Pro Scott Walker rally!

[pacalo]

16. Hahaaa! Hey, look at those fancy-dancy speakers & make-shift stage going to waste.

:rofl:

[Chorophyll]

17. Ha! Thanks for this.

:rofl:

[PA Democrat]

22. LOL. So much love for Walker!

[intheflow]

27. Not from today's rally.

Photo is dated 4/7/05 (maybe '06) and they're waving Texas flags. But it was still good for a laugh.

[devilgrrl]

42. That's why posted it.

:)

[intheflow]

51. Ah.

You're living up to your name. :)

[PeaceNikki]

44. That pic also vastly overstates the counter-protesters. I saw one.

One. Literally.

[bobbolink]

30. You lie.

There are no misspelled signs.

:rofl:

[eowyn_of_rohan]

37. are you kidding me? What/where is this?

[devilgrrl]

41. It's a joke.

eom

[eowyn_of_rohan]

56. of course...

:blush: oops

[devilgrrl]

72. Their counter rallys are often poorly attended

and I was making light of it.

[CTyankee]

54. What if they throw a rally and nobody comes to it?!

I'm sure the national media was disappointed. They can't claim that the vast majority of the people are on the Governor's side, what a shame!

That's just so pathetic...

[glinda]

61. If this represents the voters, things are looking hopeful.

[malaise]

64. Where's the Porta potty?

:rofl:

[HereSince1628]

93. Where was that? Green grass and shirt sleeves ain't happening in WI

[uppityperson]

13. k&r for positive news!

[Davis_X_Machina]

15. See what happens when Obama finally shows up?

Oops...

[closeupready]

18. Wow, I love that!

On Wisconsin!

[Phentex]

19. Thank you!

And thank you to the people there!

[Chorophyll]

20. Beautiful, colorful...

...huge! Great to see it!

[Solly Mack]

23. K&R

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. It is just a couple of friends meeting for coffee

:hi:

[The Doctor.]

90. Yep, heard that on CNN.

So sick of them reporting non-events.

[HereSince1628]

26. The Revolution will not be televised! It was a GRAND DAY!!!

And we welcomed back home the WI 14!!!!!!!

This made my 5th day of protesting and by 1:30 pm it was getting very hard to move around on the State St corner of Capitol Square, By 2:30 you just couldn't move, and you hoped you had correctly remembered how to glue on that Texas catheter.

I'd say we went well past 75K, today, but I was in the thick of it and it was really only possible to estimate by comparisons to other crowds.
Never noticed another DUer today. But we were but a drop in the ocean there in Madison.

[Greybnk48]

29. Hey Duer! I was at the State street corner for the rally 2 steps

down from the statue with the V mask on it!! So a belated hello! We could not move a muscle for a while there!

[1776Forever]

31. Congratulatiions and thanks! I see you there! Oh well I know you were there! n/t

:fistbump:

[Lefta Dissenter]

39. Democracy is Cozy!

I couldn't believe how packed it was when we were trying to walk around before the 3:00 rally. EVERYPLACE - the sidewalk next to the Capitol, the sidewalks and the streets, and the poor lawn. We had been there since 9:30 or so, but you just don't realize how the entire square just keeps filling and filling and filling... all of a sudden you look around and WOW, there are a lot of people here! :grouphug:

[kag]

71. Sounds like a Grateful Dead concert:-) n/t

[suffragette]

28. K&R

[chill_wind]

32. Whoo hoo!!

:applause:

[Liberal_in_LA]

33. cool

[OhioChick]

34. Quite impressive!

K&R

[pinkkillersheep]

35. This is what democracy looks like.

At least, this is what I've been dreaming democracy could look like.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

36. and that is only one side of the Capitol, It was like this ALL the way around!

and down State St and other side streets

[Sabriel]

65. The crush went three blocks down State

We literally couldn't move for about an hour during the F14 and Jesse Jackson speech.

But it was a good way to stay warm...lots of body heat.

[Fire1]

38. This is what it's going to take. Outstanding! n/t

[defendandprotect]

40. kr

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

43. K&R. Nice to see -- thanks for posting.

[Auntie Bush]

45. Too bad the news is all about the Tsunami. Such good luck for Walker.

It would be nice if the MSM could cover two different stories in 24 hours of news per day.

[hay rick]

46. Tsunami coverage on the MSM

is taking away coverage from Charlie Sheen, not Scott Walker.

[russspeakeasy]

70. Nope. Sorry, only one story line per day.

The next 90 days is already spoken for..Tsunami, Charlie
Sheen, celebrities on drugs, a large fish caught in Florida
and a possible sighting of something real important. 

[pam4water]

47. Nice shot!

[Major Hogwash]

48. That's just a few disgruntled former state union employees. Rabble rousers. Riff raff.

Slobs!

Tell ya what, when they throw those Rethuglican Senators out of their state legislature, I will definitely give a donation to the University of Wisconsin!!!

[Divine Discontent]

49. SOLIDARITY!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[classof56]

87. YES! FOREVER!

The union makes us strong!!

[PeaceNikki]

50. DoA estimates 25 protesters at Capitol today and that they did $75 million in damage

[upi402]

52. media crickets

Charlie Sheen was on a friggin' tape loop though!

[demodonkey]

53. K&R Keep up the pressure!

This needs to happen all over the country!

[iwishiwas]

55. I was there. It looks like the rally when the Dem 14 were speaking. It

was a lovely day. They said we had a job to do--get to the ballot box for the recalls.

[Swampguana]

57. Amazing picture I love it!

[ThatsMyBarack]

58. That is HUGH! I am SERIES!

Solidarity! Solidarity! :patriot:

[Overseas]

59. This is what democracy looks like!

Beautiful!

[reggie the dog]

60. much much bigger than any harvest fest protest i have done there

[findrskeep]

62. Don't back down Wisconsinites!

Stay strong!

[Myrina]

63. Susan Sarandon At Ian's Pizza ...

From Ians' Facebook page. :bounce:

[1776Forever]

89. Thanks! A great pic and thanks to Susan! A woman after my heart! Visionary! n/t

:yourock:

[HereSince1628]

95. Wisconsin's new political party...The PIZZA Party!

[Marnie]

66. Go Wis.

This war is likely to come to all our cities and tows. Will we be as ready as a Cheese Head.

You Betcha!

[paparush]

67. But, but, but . . where are the guns?

You can't have a "real American", grassroots protest without guns, right?

:sarcasm:

[lonestarnot]

68. Fantastic!

[colsohlibgal]

73. Awesome

Just got my copy of "Inside Job" and one copy should be in every mailbox. It puts the financial rape of our country (and other nations, Iceland in some heartbreaking detail) in an easy to understand form.

It is breathtaking when seen together - and a few of the lead players in creating this fraud and theft, and they got 100s of millions for it, are the people Obama picked for his financial team. All this massive fraud, wrapping up toxic mortgages with car loans and credit card debt into CDOs (collaterilized debt obligations and somehow in cahoots with the rating agencies got them rated AAA - which is a requirement for....public pension plans. so they gobbled them up and we know the rest. Fraud pure and simple - yet let alone go to jail, CEOs and other key players bailed out with obscene amounts of money - while we got tapped to bail out Wall St.

Add this with the defense spending waste and fraud - before all the money vanished without a trace in the Iraq invasion, Rummy, on 9/10/01 (curious timing at the very least) had a presser where he revealed there was, as I recall, about 2 trillion dollars missing.

Trillions gone due to waste, fraud, likely theft, and stupid wars to begin with.

And yet our financial mess is the fault of teachers, public workers and their pensions, and Acorn - if we're to believe the public discourse. Amazing.

The dots are not that hard to connect but don't expect to see detailed breakdowns of all this even on MSNBC. It's up to citizens to take the time to really know what's what. Tea party people should be angry, their anger is just mostly misguided.

[BrklynLiberal]

74. Enthusiastically K & R!!!

[divvy]

75. May I suggest a sack of feathers and a bucket of tar?

We must properly greet and address our GOP friends !

[Fire Walk With Me]

76. This is how change occurs.

Beautiful.

[Plucketeer]

77. I have nothing against the Japanese.......

They have their "plate" MORE than full at the moment. But I keep seeing these images from Madison and Michigan and elsewheres and I keep thinking of a parallel between the wealthy of our nation and the Japanese war machine of WWII. There's that epochal moment of foresight voiced by Admiral Yamamoto when his staff jubillantly announced that the attack on Pearl Harbor had been successful. Yamamoto is recorded as having said he feared what had really happened was that they had awakend a sleeping giant. I can only HOPE that such a thought is gnawing at the innards of those attacking us to establish a corporatocracy. And I further hope their fears will come to be realized before and during the next federal election cycle. :grr:

[Oceansaway]

78. Solidarity Forever !...nt

[truedelphi]

79. Fabulous photos of the Capital in Madison

Thanks so much.

And thanks to the hundred thousand who went and made it possible.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

81. Make that 200,000!

Looked and felt like between 200 and 250k, and those who attended both the Feb 26th event, which was also reported to have 100k, AND yesterday's, say yesterday's was much bigger!

[truedelphi]

83. Sounds good to me!

Another 40 million of us were there in spirit (if not more.)

[eowyn_of_rohan]

84. Oh, we all FEEL it!! It gives us MORE resolve to know you are counting on us

SOLIDARITY!

:grouphug:

[truedelphi]

92. I lied on Langdon Avenue for several years -

1974 to 1978.

If jobs that paid well were there in Madison, I would never have left.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

94. Well then we may have crossed paths.

I was living downtown then, too. That was a good time to be here. I haven't liked it as much for awhile. Now, it seems good again! :toast:

[truedelphi]

96. Perhaps we did cross paths.

Had a great deal of fun. Plan to go and visit sometime later this year.

Cheers!

[eowyn_of_rohan]

97. Oh yes - a LOT of fun!!!

Music scene was great back then, wasn't it? Still is ok but not enough of the music I like anymore.

[mikekohr]

80. VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE, VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE they never fail, that's why we do.

[undeterred]

82. We've got something to celebrate: 14 REAL DEMOCRATS!

:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

[Shagbark Hickory]

85. The building's empty. Come back tomorrow.

[neobeetle]

86. That picture .....

.... Should be IMMORTALIZED. Frame it for history for future generations.

[The Doctor.]

88. This is precisely why I believe the bubble is going to burst.

The reality does not match the ideology. Far fewer people believe the hype and truly care about it than advertised. The more the media tries to sweep this under the rug, the bigger the implosion will be.

[livingonearth]

91. This is inspiring!

[myrna minx]

98. Breathtaking. K&R n/t