Welcome to Green Bay Govenor... Raw Video with Scott Walker Cameo and other news

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9XE8Wh5qLk

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1. oh man

how do I recommend this a thousand times???

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2. The US: Waking up to class politics Walker makes AlJazeera.

Like crabs in a bucket, the theory goes, lower-paid workers will want to pull their union counterparts down.

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/03/20113993351529356.html

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3. THe Hill Blog :What hath Scott wrought? Madison and 2012

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/campaign/149269-what-hath-scott-wrought-madison-and-2012

A much maligned American labor movement had lost much of its appeal to today’s workers, but all that is changing, thanks to some over-reaching Republican governors led by Wisconsin’s Scott Walker. In their clumsy efforts to take away worker collective bargaining rights, these Ronald Reagan wannabees are revitalizing union support all across America.

For years, hostile employers and right-wing think tanks have told workers that in this enlightened age unions are not relevant to their needs, that unions only wanted their dues dollars and they’d get nothing in return.

Thanks to Scott Walker, the nightly news tells a far different story. Never has labor had a laboratory like Madison, Wisconsin, to show in real life what a union means to its members. Union members early on made budget concessions the governor demanded, but give up their union? Never! It was never about money or benefits. It was about having a voice, dignity, respect. Teachers, nurses, firefighters and police officers descended on Madison to defend their collective bargaining and political rights. So did their neighbors who acknowledged the debt their communities owe to these union members.

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5. THe Capital Hill Blog : Did Scott Walker and the Kochs overplay their hand in Wisconsin?

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/39602/comment-page-1

With 100,000 protesters rallying in Madison, Wisconsin this past Saturday to protest the union-busting tactics of Republican Gov. Scott Walker, the cracks may already be showing in the great tea party takeover of government.

Public opinion polls show a majority of Americans didn’t like Walker’s tactics in Wisconsin. Sarah Palin‘s popularity is dropping while nutcases from the rabid right like Michelle Bachmann makes voters who fell for their “we’re gonna change things in Washington” line regret their decision last November.

Which creates a fascinating politicial conundrum: Voters aren’t happy with Obama and the Demorats, they don’t care much for Republicans and now they are having second thoughts about all those tea party “reformers” they voted into office.

Oh, the fickle American voter.

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6. Democracy Now: Worker Uprising Up to 185,000 Protest In Madison

Worker Uprising: Up to 185,000 Protest In Madison As Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Signs Union-Busting Bill

Had to post that one just for the Headline not much content.

http://www.democracynow.org/seo/2011/3/14/worker_uprising_up_to_185_000

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7. Counter Punch: (Brilliant) And Now a Word From Scott Walker's Constituents...

And Now a Word From Scott Walker's Constituents...

http://www.counterpunch.org/jefferson03142011.html

By ERIC JEFFERSON

Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin has promised to create 250, 0000 jobs. Thus far, he has rejected roughly a billion dollars in Federal funds for broad-band internet, and other infrastructure; included in the Governor's rebuff was the high-speed rail project, his action forcing Talgo Inc., to abandon major operations in Milwaukee, costing the State of Wisconsin in up to 4,732 jobs by 2012. The Spanish-owned train manufacturer, only recently set up location in Milwaukee, lured by the high-speed rail project.

One could say he seems to be off to a slow start on the job creation front. Given the character of his economic policies I decided to help out by defining a list of job descriptions commensurate with the economic policies he is promoting.

Concubine/Handmaiden: Wisconsin's new "right to work" state environment will create an even greater class divide. The über-wealthy will want to create more male heirs and little, grizzly-bear, pre-moms than one wife could possible manage.

Prostitute: When the rich start getting their tax breaks, there will be a lot more disposable income and unemployed women available for the stables... The miracle of Adam Smith solving yet another problem! In short, as the Governor declared, "Wisconsin is Open for Business!"

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12. RE: the next to last paragraph........

This is what I've been talking about for a while. Voters aren't happy with Obama and the Democrats BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT OFFERING A REAL ALTERNATIVE TO EITHER THE REPUBLICANS OR THE TEABAGGER REPUBLICANS.

We all know that the Teabaggers are just Republicans on steroids, yet the Dems are NOT providing a REAL alternative to this "All hail the Corporate State" fascism from either the Far Right or the Extremely Far Right. The Dems are trying to set themselves up as the "lesser of two evils" AS A STRATEGY! Ergo, people don't feel represented in politics, which leads to disatisfaction with ALL politics and political parties. Which leads to 100s of THOUSANDS of real unrepresented people in the streets all across America.

So far all this has been peaceful, but how long will 60% of the population who don't feel like they're represented at ALL, KEEP it peaceful? Remember the battle cry of the first American revolution? As I recall it was, "No taxation without representation." The "without representation" part is what causes the AVERAGE person to revolt.

If the Dems want to use and channel this anger, triangulation is NOT the way to do it.

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4. Is Scott Walker now the most hated man in America, or just Wisconsin. Shame. n/t

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8. Thankfully, he didn't call a bunch of racists a bunch of racists

So he won't have to resign in disgrace or anything.

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9. Huff PO: Wisconsin's Backstabbing Bailout Bank Was Toxic, Too - Governor's Pals Got Rich Anyway

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/wisconsins-backstabbing-b_b_835425.html

People in Wisconsin are pulling their money out of Marshall & Ilsley (M&I) Bank because they know it's been helping their Governor's crusade against public employees and the middle class.

They might also like to know that M&I's executives ran one of the most conspicuous dumping sites for toxic financial waste in the country. And that the same executives are about to get very rich, even though TARP rules supposedly don't allow big bonuses for underwater bankers like the leadership at M&I.

These executives didn't just contribute to Scott Walker's campaign. They also helped the governor avoid the press - and his own constituents - by letting him use their bank's underground tunnel, which leads directly from its parking lot into the Capitol Building in Madison. Using it for this purpose may have been a violation of the bank's own Code of Business Ethics.

That tunnel's not just a convenient way to help a political crony. It's also one heck of a metaphor.

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10. Chicago Tribune: Wisconsin Democrats say down but not out in union fight

By James B. Kelleher

MADISON, Wis (Reuters) - Scott Walker, Wisconsin's newly elected Republican governor, won his battle last week to get the curbs he backed on public-sector unions approved by the state legislature and signed into law.

But the Democratic Party and organized labor, which opposed the bill, show signs of being energized by the setback, which up-ends more than 50 years of collective bargaining by nurses, highway workers, nurses and other Wisconsin public employees.

Mark Pocan, a Democratic member of the Assembly who opposed the Walker bill, told protesters this week: "They may have won the battle, but I guarantee you they've lost the war."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-usreport-us-wisconsitre72c3qx-20110313,0,4739388.story

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11. Washington Times: Wisconsin unleashed a political tsunami

EASTON, Md, March 14, 2011— Unlike Vegas, what happens in Wisconsin will not stay in Wisconsin.

What looked like a local dust up between an unknown, newly elected governor and the State of Wisconsin public employees turned into a national news story as the details spilled out and public outrage mounted. People slowly understood that what was happening in Wisconsin was about more than collective bargaining and unions although it was at the heart of the issue.


Governor Walker first doled out generous corporate welfare tax breaks, then in an effort to close the budget gap, began targeting the state employees, stripping away the bargaining rights of Wisconsin workers.

Effectively reducing the ability to call for a vote, Democratic state senators fled the state to reduce the necessary quorum. In the early morning hours on February 25, Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial budget-repair bill, a bill meant to kill unions in Wisconsin, was passed.

Over the last month the protesters have swelled in numbers until on Saturday nearly 100,000 people swarmed Madison. Wisconsin voters said they no longer supported Walker and his GOP gang, even starting recall efforts.

http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/ad-lib/2011/mar/14/wisconsin-unleashed-political-tsunami/

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13. This happened yesterday? FABULOUS!

Oh - but isn't Brown County a solid RED district - apparently NOT. This is absolutely fanfreakintastic!

Thank you Northern Wisconsin!! :yourock: :applause:

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14. K&R...Recall Walker