*** BREAKING: Occupation of Michigan State Capitol in Lansing Has Begun ***

[1776Forever]

From Michael Moore:

http://michaelmoore.com/

Today's Protest in Lansing, Michigan:
VIDEO: Protesters Demand 'Recall Rick'
VIDEO: Looking a Bit Like Madison

DO SOMETHING Tomorrow, Wednesday, in Lansing!
Wednesday, March 16th: Stand Up for Michigan
Join the Michigan AFL-CIO affiliate unions and Working
Michigan from noon-5:00 PM for a giant protest to say
NO to GOP attacks on Michigan's middle class

Letter to My Fellow Michiganders from Michael Moore:

"I'm asking everyone who can to take Wednesday off and head to the State
Capitol in Lansing to protest the cruel and downright frightening legislation
currently being jammed down our throats ... Governor Snyder, once elected,
yanked off his nice-guy mask to reveal that he is in fact a multi-millionaire
hell-bent on destroying our state and turning it over to his buddies from
Wall Street ... Trust me, you will rue the day you sat home and did
nothing while thieves posing as politicians stole your
Great Lakes State from you." – Michael Moore


#MadMI | #MadNation | #MIunion

GET ON THE BUS FOR WEDNESDAY PROTEST:

UAW Region 1A in Taylor (313-291-2750)
UAW Region 1A in Flint (810-767-0910)
UAW Region 1D in Grand Rapids (616-949-4100)
UAW Local 699 in Saginaw (616-949-4100)
UAW Local 652 in Lansing (517-373-7581), shuttle
from 426 Clare St. at 10:00 AM

All are welcome, no change – but you MUST
call to reserve a seat!

Protest with the Graduate Employees
Union of Michigan State-Lansing

Tuesday, March 15th: Early Bird Special
Join the AARP, Michigan League for Human Services and others from
11:00 AM-1:00 PM to say NO to Republican attacks
on Michigan's seniors

Fire Snyder
Reclaim Michigan, Recall Rick Snyder



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[Luminous Animal]

1. Live on USTREAM.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mmflint

[The Wielding Truth]

64. Thank you for the post and link. Do they know that we can see them?

[Cleita]

2. K&R and off to the Greatest Page!

[Jmaxfie1]

3. K&R +1 n/t

[Casandia]

4. Oops - I was too late...

I just posted this not knowing about this post.But thank you just the same!!!!

[1776Forever]

7. No problem - We can use all the publicity we can get on this! n/t

:hi:

[Starry Messenger]

5. k&r

[Hannah Bell]

6. kr

[suffragette]

8. K&R

[Luminous Animal]

9. Mike tweets...

State police have now entered rotunda. People not leaving. We're still streaming live. Michigan has had it. http://michaelmoore.com #madmi

[Chorophyll]

10. Kick. nt

[Cleita]

11. Police going in.

There's not enough of them. More people need to go there now!

[1776Forever]

12. Agreed. Too bad there aren't more there! n/t

[Name removed]

13. Deleted message

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[demwing]

26. Rick roll

of all the crappy places to pop up...

[LLStarks]

14. Ugh. We're bussing people in? It looks terrible on TV. nt

[Luminous Animal]

16. Why? I've helped organize bus transportation to our State Capital many times...

For many people it is an hours long trip (in California 10 hours or more) and riding the bus makes more sense economically.

[MichiganVote]

20. What do you want some people to do, walk from the UP?

[Motown_Johnny]

22. I wish there was a bus from Detroit

I have to drive

[proud2BlibKansan]

30. Well good thing Wisconsin is getting so little TV coverage

We wouldn't want those union thugs to look terrible on TV. :eyes:

[border_town]

34. Not everyone lives in Lansing

Nothing wrong with people from across the state showing up together and not have to drive individually. After All gas is 3.50 a gallon and the bus if free.

[Dappleganger]

48. Do you want them all to walk this time of year?

[reggie the dog]

57. we are supposed to hitchhike i guess

[pinkkillersheep]

15. Wish I could go

But on the bright side, a commercial supporting the firefighters just came on!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've literally got chills :oD (I'm in Ohio)

[michreject]

17. I'm going

I hope that they ban anyone from attending that comes in a vehicle made by a non union company. ie: Most Asian vehicles.

If the public union sector wants the UAW support, they better start supporting the UAW. Enough of this non union junk.

[Motown_Johnny]

21. I'll be there too

in my GM


but people who drive non union made vehicles still have the same rights that we do, I think pretty much anyone who wants to protest will be welcome


besides, there are so many non union plants in right to work states it is pretty hard to keep track of which vehicles are made by union labor

[L. Coyote]

18. Well, that was quick. All ten of them are going home.

[Scurrilous]

19. K & R

:thumbsup:

[cascadiance]

23. I got my first traffic ticket at the intersection right in front of the Capitol there...

Brings back memories. Hoping Michiganders can fight back heavily as well!

[intheflow]

24. K&R!

Go Michigan!

[Lindsey]

25. K & R n/t

[jannyk]

27. Kick & Rec!

[Major Hogwash]

28. Snyder must go!! He's a moron. The law he signed will cost the state millions to defend in court.

And he will lose!!!

[MaeScott]

29. K and R.

[sellitman]

31. Snyder is by far the most over reaching idiot in a Governors position

His laws must be stopped and he and his GOP goons must be removed from office. Glad to see the people together on this.

Solidarity!!!

[Pharaoh]

32. The big prize for them

will be selling off great lakes fresh water to bottling company's.

[indimuse]

33. KNR! n/t

[grahamhgreen]

35. WoooHoooo!

[patrice]

36. Recall!! - also how about a really good ballot initiative!? for campaign/election reform?

[patrice]

37. Kick!

[Hutzpa]

38. K&R

:kick:

[Generic Other]

39. Solidarity!!

Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida...battleground states!

[geardaddy]

40. Solidarity!

The Goopers are trying to fly this shit here in MN now.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=160x41496

[yesphan]

41. Kick nt

[lovuian]

42. we are with you

:woohoo:

[roxiejules]

43. Go Michigan!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Poboy]

44. Recommend!!!!

[defendandprotect]

45. kr

[louis-t]

46. Engler balked at selling off the Great Lakes, this guy

will not.

[certainot]

47. spartans and wolverines broadcast on limbaugh stations

that enable and support the walkers and snyders.

spartans are on AM 1240 WJIM
badgers on AM 1310 WIBA

students and faculty of those unis need to stop that and demand they find alternatives.

those stations also do anti-science global warming denial 24/7.

what the fuck? their local stonsors need to be asked that question, and shamed and boycotted until they find alternatives.

and as long as the left orgs keep giving the think tanks a free speech free ride to blast the country with their coordinated talking points to short circuit the normal democratic feedback mechanisms, this will not improve, or do so much slower than necessary.

even as protests go on in many places all those protests are getting talked over by the loudest radio stations in those states.

wisconsin has 16 limbaugh stations. michigan has 26 stations. then there are other RW stations that don't have limbaugh but do hannity and or back, etc. AL ar egetting snyder and walker's back, and kasich's back, and were instrumental in enabling them.

some may be good places to protest. the targets of the protests are being excused and enforced by those very loud megaphones and the protestors aims are distorted and the numbers are minimized. media is being intimidated.

everything progressives do is made harder by ignoring those stations and the national and local blowhards that blast from them on behalf of billionaires. amazingly, in many of those states the state universities broadcast sports on those stations, along with the limbaughs and hannitys- their students and faculty need to get on it.

wisconsin badgers in madison and mich state spartans in lansing are just two, and both of those are in the NCAA tournament.

Progressives will lose all major messaging battles until they picket the limbaugh/hannity megastations and boycott those stations' local sponsors.

[buck_lewis]

49. Michael is probably not aware

that Michigan is in really bad shape

the same old is not a good plan for Michigan - and that's what he is proposing.

What is his plan? Tax the millionaires?? like him, they have all left the state.

[mazzarro]

52. If All The Millionaires In Michigan Are All Gone...

Then why is the governor still in Michigan?

[Plucketeer]

58. Enjoy your visit to DU

Don't bother to check that baggage.

[demmiblue]

65. Ummm... he hasn't left the state.

You sound very informed.

[SharksBreath]

50. Republicans = Fascists. Might as well place Republican as a synonym

in the dictionary for fascists.

I was shocked Forbes would post a story about the Governor in Michigan having a bill that is one of the most anti-democratic bills of our time. I thought they would want to keep their readers in the dark.



Michigan Governor Plays Fast and Loose with Democracy, Invokes Radical New Powers

Perhaps lost in the Wisconsin shuffle is the story of what exactly is happening in Michigan. Newly elected Republican governor, Rick Snyder, is set to pass one of the most sweeping, anti-democratic pieces of legislation in the country – and almost no one is talking about it.

Snyder’s law gives the state government the power not only to break up unions, but to dissolve entire local governments and place appointed “Emergency Managers” in their stead. But that’s not all – whole cities could be eliminated if Emergency Managers and the governor choose to do so. And Snyder can fire elected officials unilaterally, without any input from voters. It doesn’t get much more anti-Democratic than that.

Except it does. The governor simply has to declare a financial emergency to invoke these powers – or he can hire a private company to declare financial emergency and take over oversight of the city. That’s right, a private corporation can declare your city in a state of financial emergency and send in its Emergency Manager, fire your elected officials, and reap the benefits of the ensuing state contracts.

These Republican governors have risen to power in what will eventually be seen as one of the great political farces of our time.

http://blogs.forbes.com/erikkain/2011/03/11/michigan-governor-plays-fast-and-loose-with-democracy-invokes-radical-new-powers/

[sarcasmo]

51. Kick in the balls.

[Marnie]

53. Go for it. Get these Nazis out of our country.

[Zorra]

54. The whole world is watching. nt

[Fire Walk With Me]

55. Kick and Recommend.

Go Mike!

[reggie the dog]

56. whoo hoo

or whatever homer simpson says

[vanboggie]

59. Snyder Recall

http://firericksnyder.org

Also on FB - link on the recall site.

[Jackpine Radical]

60. Go you Wolverines, go!

Let. It. Spread.

[oldhippydude]

61. I'm posing about 5:30 eastern

anybody have any idea of the crowd size?... looks good!!!

[Jackpine Radical]

63. How are you posing? Nude?

[demmiblue]

66. Delete... wrong place.

[Phentex]

62. Good luck to all!....

Thank you and stay strong!


:bounce:

[demmiblue]

67. People are not leaving the Capitol Building per Fox 2...

does anyone else have additional info?

TIA :hi: