So... a teabagger lady grabbed me this evening.

[PeaceNikki]

I was at a protest in front of State Sen Alberta Darling's office this evening. There were about 250 people and 3 teabaggers. I was there as a legal observer and wasn't chanting, protesting or holding a sign. I was taking notes and pictures.

The guy on the far right is a reporter and was filming the whole thing. Note the look on her face as I was taking this picture:


She ran at me and screamed that I can't take her picture. I calmly told her I am here only observing and that we're in a public place, she charged at me and grabbed/yanked my arm. I told her to get her hands off of me and looked towards the police across the street. She let go of me and ran over to them. I slowly strolled towards the cops and explained to them that she grabbed me. They asked if I was the one who "took her picture". I told them that I was taking a picture and she happened to be in it and that she grabbed me. She started screaming in front of the cops and GRABBED ME AGAIN (screaming, I ONLY DID *THIS*!!)! The cop then grabbed her and told her to stop. She cursed and ran away never to be seen again.

I tweeted the event in nearly real-time and a DUer has already turned her into a meme



:D

Oh, also I got to hug Lena Taylor, the fabbest of the 14! :loveya:

It's fun to be in Wisconsin these days.

[gateley]

1. She looks like a Nun. nt

[PeaceNikki]

3. I've never met a nun who repeatedly screamed "goddammit" at a cop.

But she does look like one.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

11. Ha, you were never abused by a nun in school, then,

I imagine. Lucky you.

Some of the most two faced, evil, petty, disgusting, mean-spirited, hypocritical, (did I say petty?) unreasonable creatures I ever suffered as teachers wore those penguin suits, and took out all their frustrations on people like me.
I do owe one bit of thanks to penguins. They turned me into a rabid agnostic for life.

[PeaceNikki]

15. It's true, I was raised a Protestant.

Maybe she was/is a nun? :shrug:

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[pnwmom]

121. I think that describes men and women in general. We're a mixed lot.

[border_town]

104. Nah a nun

wouldn't be a tea bagger. If I am not mistaken the Catholic Church is against what Walker is doing. Yes, I was raised Catholic and never encountered a mean nun.

[pnwmom]

120. You're right. The bishops are STRONGLY supporting the union workers.

And the support goes all the way to the Vatican, according to their statement. This is one case where they're clearly on the side of justice.

[Mimosa]

133. Nuns and priests were MAJOR civil rights activists in the South

I grew up 20 miles South of Atlanta. My family's homes (Grandma's and ours) were on property by what had been 'Rough and Ready' during the civil war. We lived just 2 or 3 miles South of Hapeville and the busy, prosperous Ford Motors assembly plant (long shut down, alas). Many of the people who worked at the plant were from up North and were catholic. During the late 1950s mid to late 1960s the South was roiling with the Civil Rights movement. In my elementary school, especially during Kennedy's few short years, Father Roche the parish priest (who had served as a Marine during WWII) was often preaching brotherhood and preaching against segregation. Through my elementary school years the taught us good history and we learned about slavery. There was no question we were being taught to learn tolerance and understanding by some very good people. One kid's parents pulled him out of school because they didn't like what little Joseph was learning. Some of our parish funds went to provide a few scholarships for black children from 'across the tracks.'

Anyhow, i'll never forget the Sisters of mercy (mother house in pennsylvania). They understood when some of us -like me- came from troubled families and they'd try to help us. And sometimes during springtime, we'd have our school lunches as picnics outside. A couple of the nuns played guitars. the first time I heard Bob Dylan's "Blowin in the Wind" it was sung by a nun. And we all learned it and sang along to that and "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore."

I am so grateful for my Catholic educational foundation. Later,after the first year of high school, my sister and I got rebellious and insisted on going to the public high school. Our grandparents agreed because the high school was 'good' and there would be little or no tuition. (We were out of district, anyway.) That was the biggest mistake i ever made. In the public school there was no discipline and next to no oversight from the school teachers or principle. Kids could easily get away with skipping classes, even the 'rest of the afternoon' and all sorts of things which turned out to hurt us.

[pnwmom]

163. Your nuns sounded like the nuns at my high school.

We were both lucky.

[etherealtruth]

126. Funny thing is I was raised Catholic ....

.... and credit Catholicism (of the time) and Catholic Nuns with my liberalism

[dmr]

170. I credit them, too, but that was decades ago.

:hi:

I also credit my Teamster dad.

[CTyankee]

175. I was raised Protestant (vaguely) too but I have met several feminist, antiwar

nuns in my time who didn't look a thing like that lady.

I DID have one professor in a grad school Econ course, Dominican nun, who looked like her, was mean, and (of course) a self confessed Republican. She wore street clothes, however...

I busted my arse in that course and she graded me below Honors (my only non-Honors grade in the 4 years I spent getting that Masters). I was pretty mad. It kept me from graduating Summa cum Laude. It wasn't a bad grade (High Pass) but I was miffed. But most everyone in the class hated her guts...

[MedicalAdmin]

101. The nuns I knew all had Ph.D.'s and taught in University.

Maybe that's a different breed?

[whathehell]

103. Did they scream "Goddamn" at the top of their lungs?

I didn't think so.:eyes:

[underseasurveyor]

131. That would have been better

than how the poster said they treated him in school :eyes:

[whathehell]

137. Not at all characteristic, though

and not to ruin any posssible pity party you might want

to join in with the poster, but I was taught by nuns for twelve years.

Not always great, but not always terrible either.:eyes:

[Mojeoux]

140. Same here. But I Never heard a Nun cuss.

I've defiantly seen and experienced physical child abuse. As a 4th grader, I even had a nun hit on me, but I still never heard one curse.

They said stuff like "Oh Jesus, Mary and Joseph!!" For them that was cussing.

[whathehell]

151. Funny, in a catholic school setting comprised mainly of nuns,

the only person to physically abuse me was a lay teacher.

[pnwmom]

164. OTOH, I went to a public elementary school where teachers hit and shook

students. But I never saw that happen, not once, at the Catholic school I later attended.

I think it all depends on the particular school and the particular teachers -- nuns or otherwise.

[underseasurveyor]

145. Apparently the posters experience was not so nice

as compared with your own. Perhaps it's best not to try on a shoe that is not yours to wear. Also a nice way to dismiss and minimize that persons obvious horrible experiences with nuns in school. I'm guessing compassion wasn't on the curriculum when they taught you about Jesus. Funny you can say that it's not at all characteristic, and if it wasn't for you then great, but I've heard more horror stories from friends that went to catholic schools than good stories. So go figure.

heh, who wants a pity party. Yea I'm cryin' my eyes out here, must be because I was never baptized/christened or went to a religion school. I must be jealous.

[whathehell]

149. Over react much?

or do just not read the posts you reply to?

You have no idea what my own experiences were...and since you never even went to a religious school, as I did, you might

NOT be the person to be telling me about trying "on a shoe yours to wear", because it sounds as if it was

far more "mine to wear" than it was yours.

Sorry I can't give you what you so obviously want -- a nice confirmation of the "evils" of Catholic education.

Sorry, also, that you were so laughably "off" regarding my reference to "the pity party".

You're not "jealous", dear, just ignorant.

[underseasurveyor]

157. heh funny you mention, over react

Since I'm not the one all up in a spit.

I'm not afraid to admit that's it's quite possible....., no, as a matter of fact I can honestly say I am ignorant about many things but I know one thing for sure.....

I am observant;-)

[whathehell]

171. It's hard to observe

what's beyond your view.;)

[underseasurveyor]

194. Oh my god you're so right.

It's absolutely impossible.

[pnwmom]

165. Does the poster's previous experience justify his slur of all nuns?

I witnessed some abuse by public school teachers, not nuns. And my husband was paddled as a six year old for the crime of having one foot outside of the pedestrian crosswalk.

Should I slam all public school teachers and administrators for the actions of a few?

[underseasurveyor]

193. All he said was that she 'looked' like a nun.

Looked like- not that she behaved or acted like a nun.
Looked like.

How is that a slam on all nuns? And btw go ahead and slam all public school teachers and admins if it makes you feel better. Reasonable people with a lick of common sense know better and you only impeach your own credibility by making absurd claims.

[Mimosa]

109. I went to catholic schools and 95% of the nuns were nice.

However, the woman in the picture is a hoot! :7

[pnwmom]

118. They were all nice at my school. But Catholic bashing's nothing new here.

It usually doesn't happen with the very first post, however.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

173. and catholic sex abuse of kids is nothing new either.

Luckily, the creep that targeted never got to finish what he wanted to start. My parents had decided to move just in time.

No, it was 20+ later, when I was a lawyer, representing an excess carrier in Chicago's sex abuse cases that my full education came to fruiition.

The Priests and nuns were some of the most devious, dishonest, lying, cheating, assholes you could imagine. Prison's too good for those jerks. We should send them to Fukushima, so they can try to put water on the reactors and spent fuel rods. I am sure their god will protect them, just like prayer protects others.

[pnwmom]

179. Here you go again, off topic and on to Catholic bashing. n/t

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[pnwmom]

183. Catholics and members of other denominations

were among the first to set up hospitals all over the country at a time when there were no public hospitals. Members of religious faiths also founded many of the first colleges and universities.

And right now the Catholic church, both the American bishops and even the Vatican, is strongly supporting the rights of union workers.

But you're not expecting a serious answer because you don't really want one.

[pnwmom]

119. There are nasty people in public schools too, and everywhere in positions

of some power.

[Mojeoux]

139. I was. Picking on me was sport because I went to public school for 1st and 2nd.

But I Never heard a Nun cuss. I've defiantly seen and experienced physical child abuse. As a 4th grader, I even had a nun hit on me, but I still never heard one curse.

They said stuff like "Oh Jesus, Mary and Joseph!!" For them that was cussing.

[LanternWaste]

189. Cool.

Two people defined a belief system for you. Cool.

[Voice for Peace]

111. speaking of nuns: have you seen this masterpiece?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZJqU3yzco0

[Mojeoux]

138. Check out the military manuvering! the Nuns at my Boarding School would take Communion like that.

The school was also a retirement home for all the Canadian nuns of that order.

When the nuns in electric wheelchairs took their turns, they really had their moves down. It was a sight to behold.

[earthside]

16. Foghorn Leghorn.

That's what I was thinking she looked like.

[Ikonoklast]

88. Only if that nun was a retired

...NFL middle linebacker.

[BrklynLiberal]

95. Only in the sense that she looks like she has never had decent sex with anyone.

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[MedicalAdmin]

100. She looks constipated.

Mentally and physically.

[Voice for Peace]

112. I don't know how people stay alive so long when they look that unhealthy.

[pnwmom]

123. Why is it okay to say that? And not to say

she looks like a dyke?

I think both comments would be a slur and equally inexcusable.

[hfojvt]

132. She's not slim and beautiful like all of us

and the paranoid fool seemed to think that the picture would somehow be used to make fun of her. Of course, we would never do something like that. We are like love embodied.

[pnwmom]

167. Yeah, we would never do anything like that, lol.

"We are like love embodied."

:P

[Sonicwall]

2. You should have called the police on her and had her arrested

She did assault you, after all. Or at least told the cop that you wanted her charged for assault.

You had plenty of witnesses...

[PeaceNikki]

4. As I said, they were there and I spoke to them.

I didn't want any further trouble. I was there to observe.

[aquart]

5. It was sweet of her to wear Wisconsin red in solidarity.

We are going to get the right wingers so confused about color they'll start going naked.

[PeaceNikki]

7. Perish the thought.

[alfredo]

13. Oh God, I don't ... arrrggghhh. The thought of their flabby

buttocks and bellies.. I don't want to think about it.

[midnight]

6. You handled yourself well PeaceNikki.

And you are absolutely right..... Lena Taylor is the flabbiest of the 14... thank you so much.......

[spooky3]

52. did you mean to say "flabbiest"?

[Scuba]

8. Way to go Nikki !!!!!!!!! ........

... I would have asked the police to arrest her. She looks dangerous.


Peace, out.

[Ian David]

9. That was me! I made Constipated Grandma!

http://www.memegenerator.net/Constipated-Grandma

[PeaceNikki]

10. Yes you did!!

:D

[Ian David]

25. Glad to play my much smaller part. n/t

[crim son]

42. Yeah, you rock!

Totally! :yourock:

[NYC_SKP]

47. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha !!!!!!!!!!

:rofl:

:thumbsup:

Oh, Man, I'm dyin!!!

:P

[lonestarnot]

72. I love you Ian David!

:7

[Voice for Peace]

113. haha i like get a brain morans best I think.

[GatesofPunk]

12. LOL---the sign

the man is holding "Welcome to the real world." That coming from a teabagger, it's hilarious. None of them have any idea what the real world is. If they did, the GOP and the Tea Party would cease to exist.

[DebJ]

23. Should say "Welcome to the Corporate World" n/t

[GatesofPunk]

28. Indeed n/t

[niyad]

59. welcome to DU

[lib2DaBone]

14. Faux News and the Repuke agenda has turned these people into raving maniacs...

They are all Manchurian Candidates. Their brains have been manipulated with anger towards god, guns and gays for so long.. they can't function in reality.

They hear Pavlov's bell and the foam at the mouth (on command). Must be Glenn Beck's chalk board that pushed them over the edge.

[Xenotime]

17. These tea baggers are out of control

[PeaceNikki]

20. I know! And there are always 2-3 of them. Only 2-3.

In Madison, among 150,000 others, there were 2 each time.

[Mojeoux]

141. It's Funny That She Thought the Cops Would Let her Grab you Again!!!

It's funny that she has no concept of where one can be legally photographed.

Why why why would she demonstrate on the street in front of God and everyone, if she's sensitive about getting her picture taken?

Maybe she worried that she would be posted on one of the "enemy's" web sites, and be mocked by "enemy" smart-asses.

Ha Ha :rofl:

[PeaceNikki]

154. And I never would have dreamed of such a thing has she not acted INFUCKINGSANE.

But, as it is.... here were are. :evilgrin:

[PeaceNikki]

156. AND, she could have easily stepped out of the frame, ffs. I wasn't the fucking paparazzi.

And she is not Lady Gaga. I was taking a pic of the guy's sign.

[proud patriot]

18. they really do think they are above the law

[demosincebirth]

19. I wouldn't be so harsh on her, she's probably someone's sweet ol' grandmother.

[PeaceNikki]

24. I wasn't harsh. Harsh woulda been pressing charges.

She's fucking lucky she didn't grab my R2Droid2, though or it would have ended differently.

[demosincebirth]

116. I should have used the "sarcasm" ding-ie.

[tblue37]

27. Just because someone is old, that doesn't mean she is sweet.

Nasty young people tend to turn into equally nasty old people.

[Ian David]

38. You know else was old?

HITLER!

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[whathehell]

105. No, and just because they are "right wing" cranks, doesn't mean they are nuns, either

Actually, I would bet MOST nuns, especially the old ones, come from union families.

Just sayin..

[Voice for Peace]

114. good point.

[laundry_queen]

191. Actually

people with personality disorders are more likely to get worse as they get older. So the ones that were nasty as young people are worse as old people.

[CLANG]

43. Granny is that you? We fixed the toilet and bought more metamucil.

[Ikonoklast]

90. I bet she bakes the tastiest pastries made with the finest flour

she hand-grinds herself.












From the bones of the human bodies she stores in the basement freezer.

[rasputin1952]

129. She probably was driven there in Rove's Ice Cream truck...

tricked out with human skulls...:D

[louslobbs]

91. a rabid raccoon would make a better grandmother, this is one grandma I wouldn't mind seeing the plug

pulled on lol.
Lou

[whathehell]

107. Unnecessarily nasty remark...How about "pulling the plug" on those right wing grandpas?

Since more women than men are Dems, I bet there's a lot more of them.:eyes:

[louslobbs]

159. I'm sure granny would have no problem pulling the plug on any Democrat.

Lou

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[louslobbs]

184. My remark, was a joking type of remark, your story about my remark being "nasty", is true only in

your mind. Who made you the judge of what is a nasty remark, other than you. The only nasty thing in this post was a nasty teabagger attacking another human being. I made a snide, joking remark, get over it. Always be present to what is real, rather than your story about what you think is real. Life will be so much more peaceful and pleasant for U.
Lou

[whathehell]

185. I didn't tell a "story",

I gave something called an opinion

which eveyone here is free to do.

If you can't handle that, you'll have a

hard time being on a board like this.

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[whathehell]

188. "Meaning making machines"???

"I'll use meaning making machine to describe you, meaning making machines like you and usually wipe the floors with you. Go back to the little leagues where you belong. You put meaning into my post and left all the other posts alone that had a "bad" joke in them".

Sorry, but I think only you may be alone in knowing what "meaning making machines" might be :yoiks:


Beyond that, you'll have to chuck your paranoia since I HAVE made comments about at least on other "bad joke"..Yours was just the first I came upon

"Tell me, why did you think is was alright to foist your unimportant opinion on me?"

Um..because I'm free to express my opinion here..You know "freedom of speech" and all?

You probably can tell by now, I'm the wrong one to play your games with."

Sure..uh huh..Anyone here can see you're one Mean Mofo With a Phrase...:rofl:

[louslobbs]

190. What everyone sees, is that you have to put other people down to feel better about yourself

Like I said, the name calling came from you. A person like you, needs to be put in their place otherwise they get out of hand. It's like training a dog, I keep responding until you sit up and beg.
Lou

[Quantess]

195. Actually she reminds me of my childhood friend's grandmother

who I witnessed beat his butt with a 2" x 4" wood plank, and then she told me to go home or I'd be next.

[Snotcicles]

21. You gave Granny her MoJo back. nt

[malaise]

22. Love it

Rec

[Contrary1]

26. Why wouldn't she want her picture taken?

Aren't the Teabaggers supposed to be proud of getting their country back?


















Oh, and this:
:rofl:

[PeaceNikki]

29. It was weird, there were television stations filming, ffs.

I didn't stop to ask her why.

[Ian David]

31. She's not very photogenic. n/t

[Hissyspit]

142. I hypothesize that it was because...

She is an asshole.

[pnwmom]

168. Lots of people dislike having their picture taken. n/t

[Dawson Leery]

30. The teabaggers love to assert their "authority" to disrupt

meetings, yet you cannot take a picture of them in the public domain.

[Arugula Latte]

32. Her to do list today:

- Make cookies for the grandkids
- Finish crocheting tea cozy
- Assault librul
- Drink coffee
- Poo

[PeaceNikki]

33. .

:rofl:

[Ian David]

56. LOL!!! n/t

[Greybnk48]

34. PeaceNikki! Two of my kids were there and one's hard

to miss. My two daughters, one has long red, red hair, the other has long light blonde hair.

They were confronted by two old white haired men (separate skirmishes) and called to tell me the whole story. LOL! The first man told my middle daughter, the blonde smaller of the two that he was 6'4" and 250 lbs. and she better not cock off to him. My redhead (you don't EVEN want to cross her) asked if he planned on hitting a 5' 5" 28 y/o girl? They went after him verbally and he finally left.

I'm so proud of them. We were all in Madison last saturday and the redhead is going back with a gang of friends for the Vets rally this week sat.! :hi:

Edited to add: Thank you and I'm proud of you too!

[PeaceNikki]

45. Aww, thanks!

I wish I had seen your daughter's skirmishes. I didn't see any other than this one. And I was there looking for such things. Thankfully it didn't get worse. There were plenty of cops ready to help.

[Greybnk48]

50. The run-in I related was at the protest.

They had another similar incident at the ice cream place (Is it Pop's?) afterward. While they were waiting to order food a protester came in and asked to speak to a specific person who had already left for the evening. She was wearing a solidarity T-shirt and asked if she could leave a message. She proceeded to recite the donations that they (Pop's?) had given to Scott Walker. My younger girl saw the look on her sister's face and said she could see her hamburger (which she had her heart set on) flying out the window. LOL! The second old white guy started on them when he realized they were on board with the T-shirted protester.

What a night they had.

[PeaceNikki]

53. Ah yes, Pop's. And it's CUSTARD, not ice cream in these parts.

;)

[Greybnk48]

57. My daughter just told me they were on the corner of

Appleton and Main collecting signatures (and pissing off old men). LOL!

[PeaceNikki]

58. Ah, most of the crowd was towards Garfield by Darling's office.

[toddwv]

35. An interesting altercation.

Normally you see teabaggers with cameras putting the camera within inches of someone's face and then screaming that they've been attacked when the camera is swatted or pushed away.

So now they are sending the grannies out to instigate physical altercations? Did you check the bushes for teabaggers with video gear?

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[madinmaryland]

37. That's her son holding the sign and probably the son's wife and her husband.

LOSERS!

She's probably afraid the son will get fired from his state job.

[PeaceNikki]

41. The two people by the street were getting signatures for recall. The only baggers were that guy,

that lady and one other guy. Here's the other side of that guy's sign:




Wait, that's the same side. Picture upload fail.

[madinmaryland]

49. Heh! He's still probably her son, and probably still lives with his mother.

Betcha he posts over at the free republic!

[Arugula Latte]

87. You spelled that wrong.

It's LOOSERS!1!!11!

:P

[madinmaryland]

128. Nice try, Morans! Get a Brian, Morans!!1!!

:D

[Snoutport]

39. She should go to her socialized medicine dr and get some socialized medicine chill pills

and maybe some therapy... on our dime, no less!

[crim son]

40. I needed that laugh!

Great story and not the first one of the day illustrating that teabaggers have no common sense or self control. But "STILL HELPS ME POO" has me giggling uncontrollably.

[geckosfeet]

44. Reccing for the hug!

[PeaceNikki]

46. Yes, that made my freaking year.

LOOOOVE her to pieces.

[The Doctor.]

48. Hehehe... Silly biddie.

If it weren't for her antics, she probably wouldn't be on nearly as many hard-drives as she is now.

Yo, teabaggers! If you don't want your picture taken, stay the fuck home!

[PeaceNikki]

51. I know, I had to laugh that she was an internet meme before she took her support hose off tonight,

lolz

[mysuzuki2]

54. First of all, you should know you have a perfect right to photograph

anyone and anything in a public place. This has come up several times on various photography blogs I subscribe to. She had no right to complain about it. Secondly, the next time there's a protest like this, let me know. I'd like to participate.

[PeaceNikki]

55. Oh, I am fully aware. And in WI, that includes filming cops.

Are you in SE WI?

[mysuzuki2]

60. I'm on the nowrthwest side of Milwaukee

fortunately in Lena's district. Although it would be nice to sign the recall for Darling. I saw a guy collecting sigs in front of Altera in Shorewood the other day. I had to tell him I wasn't eligible to sign.

[PeaceNikki]

61. I am not in her district, either. I am in Lake Country - a Republican stronghold.

And my Sen isn't eligible for recall yet. So I couldn't sign, either.

[PeaceNikki]

62. Here's the other teabagger.

[Zoeisright]

63. That was assault.

Having her arrested may have been helpful to her little pea brain.

[PeaceNikki]

64. Perhaps. And if I had been there in a different capacity, I might have considered.

As it was, I was there to observe.

[HEyHEY]

67. Yeah, she woulda learned taking photos in public is legal, garbbing people is not

Crash law course for teabag morons.

[Ikonoklast]

92. Actually, Assault and Battery.

I can assault you without ever touching you, but once I lay my hands on you, it's Battery.


Two charges, then.

[HEyHEY]

65. She's old, you shoulda kicked her ass.

[PeaceNikki]

66. I am a peacenik(ki), man.

[HEyHEY]

68. Yeah, but she's old - easy pickings!

I only throw out that "I'm a man of peace" shit when I'm about to get a well-deserved beating!

[lonestarnot]

74. My grandpa would have called her an old tit. But that was the grandpa

[whathehell]

187. I guess he was an "old dick"

of the non-working persuasion?:evilgrin:

[Arugula Latte]

89. From David Sedaris' "When You Are Engulfed In Flames":

At the pool I currently go to, one of the regulars is a woman with Down syndrome. She's fairly heavy and wears an old-fashioned swimsuit, the sort with a ruffled skirt. Then there's this bathing cap that straps beneath her chin and is decorated with rubber flowers. Odd is the great satisfaction I take whenever I beat her from one end to the other. "I won three out of four," I told Hugh the first time she and I swam together. "I mean I really creamed her. "

"Let me get this straight," he said. "She's obese. She's as old as you are. And she has Down syndrome?"

"Yes, and I beat her. Isn't that great!"

"Did she even know you were having a race?"

I hate it when he gets like this. Anything to burst my bubble.

[PeaceNikki]

69. Oh, Milwaukee CBS affiliate is leading with the story of this protest/recall!

[DirkGently]

70. Kind of reminds me of Wild Kingdom -- the rogue Teabagger before a charge!

:rofl:

[PeaceNikki]

76. I lol'd

:D

[lonestarnot]

71. OMG what a pig! Wish I had been there!

Went to a bushitler protest tonight. He was in town. Only eventful thing was I was told not to yell at the $5k platters. Well fuck that. I'm sick of their rich asses. And particularly sick of the country ruiner they went to throw money. I am also sick of the neighborhood bomber. Now to read the rest of the thread. :hi:

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/03/violent-tea-partier-arrested-at-democratic-rally-in-houston/

[butterfly77]

108. They are losing their minds..

because they are now realizing they aren't the majority,they are only TEABAGGERS..

[lonestarnot]

158. Baggers, nutjobs w/o wizards.

[krispos42]

73. I bet she supports the police filming demostrations and protests, though.

Next time, get a fake badge and put it on a chain around your neck. She'll eat jerky from your hand.

[Buzz Clik]

79. Destroy him, Boner? Excellent. You will find many recruits to help you here at DU.

[Dappleganger]

75. Where's her pearls to clutch? She looks like Babs.

Sorry I missed your tweet--looks like you had one hell of an evening!

[myrna minx]

78. Well, since a tea bagger was there I expected this to be breathlessly reported as breaking news

Since the whole world is concerned with the plight of the tea baggers - and them alone. :D

[Shagbark Hickory]

80. Why didn't you have her arrested for assaulting you?

You let her off the hook.

[PeaceNikki]

81. Perhaps. And if I had been there in a different capacity, I might have considered.

As it was, I was there to observe.

[devils chaplain]

83. Not to be petty, but...

They don't look like the hardest working people in the world.

[PeaceNikki]

84. lol, your username is funny

Welcome to DU.

[devils chaplain]

102. Thank you :D

It's from this:

“What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature!” -- Charles Darwin on his book "Origin of Species"

[otohara]

85. Poo

How funny, nobody ever says out loud the real reason everyone drinks coffee in the AM.

[Ikonoklast]

94. Drink the last of yesterday's coffee, first thing in the AM.

Cold.



Don't stray too far, the fireworks will start shortly.

[Quantess]

196. Actually, I need coffee to wake up in the morning.

But the side effects are okay, too.

[WinkyDink]

86. She should have been arrested for assault AND battery. WTH was wrong with that COP?

[PeaceNikki]

93. Meh - nobody wants trouble at these events.

If she had stayed and continued, I imagine it would have ended up like that.

[Swampguana]

97. I must say

you handled that situation perfectly. She was out of line and thought that a police officer who is probably in a union was going to do something to help her out.

[onethatcares]

98. the guy holding the anti union sign

must have worked at mickey ds his entire life. I bet he could never get the courage to ask for a raise or a day off.

as far as the fat lady, she's probably one grab away from using those socialist ambulances.

[KansDem]

99. "Your union gravy train is over..."

Looks like a professionally-printed sign. I wonder who koched-up the bucks to have it printed?

And what's the "real world?"

Sounds like another "I missed my gravy train, so you should miss yours too" kind of TeaBagger...

[PeaceNikki]

110. Oh, here's his buddy's sign

lol

And here's the totality of the counter-protesters:


The guy in the blue long-sleeve shirt and the guy in OP were it. The rest of the people in the photo were there to protest Darling (and the reporter guy from a very small local publication that captured events in OP). The crazy lady who grabbed me was only there for a few minutes.

[butterfly77]

106. LOL!!!

:rofl:

[Joey Liberal]

115. She looks like a drunken rooster nt

[BobTheSubgenius]

117. You might have asked her...

...if she was ashamed of what she was doing and didn't want her picture taken while doing something so embarrassing.

Just a thought. :D

[PeaceNikki]

122. She wasn't exactly in a "reasonable discussion" mood.

Plus, as I said, I was there to observe. Not to protest or argue. Literally the only thing I did to piss her off was take a picture that was in her general vicinity.

[SemperEadem]

124. um, if you're on a public street, you don't have an expectation of privacy

that is why news cameras can shoot anything from a sidewalk-- into an open window of a house, into a crime scene. The sidewalk is public--or do the tea boogers want to give the streets over to private corporations, too?

If you don't want to be in the shot, then don't get in the shot, stupid old woman.

Old and in the way.

[fascisthunter]

125. right wing slobs

[rasputin1952]

127. Looks like the guy w/the sign hijacked said "gravy train" and gorged

himself.

As for that woman, she could have been charged with assault and battery...if she would have had a sign that could have been used to hit someone, the charge rises to assault/aggravated battery.

Good things D's/libs aren't all that big on pressing charges...if the tables were turned though, she would have taunted you as the cops cited you...just the way the ignorant are...:hi:

Edited: had to change the potential charges...:blush:

[elleng]

130. SO HAPPY that you hugged Lena Taylor!!!

:thumbsup:

[PeaceNikki]

134. ME, TOO!!

She is amazingly kind and sweet and funny and awesome. I got my picture w/her but I don't want to post that here... there are a lot of unfriendly creeps who lurk, ya know?

[Corruption Winz]

135. She reminds me of the type of woman...

To be invited to a dinner party with a bunch of people, and just randomly blurt out something homophobic or anti-semitic and think nothing of it.

Sad.

[Beartracks]

136. The "gravy train" sign...

I am shaking my head at that sign. Read it again. Can it possibly scream "sheeple" more than it does???

The gist of these anti-union protests is always: "I'm being screwed, so Union Members should get screwed, too!"

Why would any rational person take that approach, rather than: "I want to be protected from getting screwed, like Union members!"

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[tpsbmam]

143. ROFLMAO! Priceless. K&R nt

[whistler162]

144. Upto the posting of this story you stood tall

now you have tripped and fallen flat on your face!

[PeaceNikki]

146. lolz. Your disapproval is noted.

[DainBramaged]

147. I approve, f the disapprovers of all stripes SERIES!11!1!!11 ...

[madmax]

148. Nice work PeaceNikki K&R nt

[bullwinkle428]

150. No one would be shrieking more loudly than this ghastly creature

if her Social Security checks suddenly stopped arriving!

[PeaceNikki]

155. Also, color me confused as to how this thread spun into a religious conflict up there.

:\

She does look kinda nun-y. :shrug:

On edit, I didn't mean that as a reply in this spot. Confusing!!

[pnwmom]

169. Some DUers are ever ready to turn any thread into an anti-Catholic one. n/t

[PeaceNikki]

174. I don't think that saying that she looks like a nun is "bashing".

Cuz she kinda does.

:shrug:

[pnwmom]

176. Of course it is, especially when it's clear the person dislikes nuns.

Someone could also say "she looks like a dyke."

Would that be okay with you? It wouldn't with me.

[PeaceNikki]

177. lol, "nun" is a job. If you said, "she looks like a librarian" or...

"He looks like a cop" or "She looks like a lifeguard", I wouldn't be offended. "Dyke" is a very different thing.

Apples and Jeeps.

[pnwmom]

178. No, being a teacher is a job. Nuns are teachers, nurses, academics,

hospital administrators -- they do all kinds of work in the context of their religious vows. And they don't have a particular look.

The person who said that hateful looking woman looked like a nun was making a negative comment on all nuns.

[whathehell]

198. This entire thread has turned into a frat boys' excuse to bash some favorite targets here:

Old Ladies, e.g. "unattractive women with the wrong politics"

It's even a bit more popular than:

Younger Ladies, e.g. "attractive women with the wrong politics", e.g Sarah Palin, Carrie Prejean,

Nuns, aka "the jackpot" in that it combines perceived Old Lady bashing with Catholic bashing,

= a Real DU Crowd Pleaser.

Seriously, Have you ever seen THIS long and Scatological a thread bashing

an old, unknown, conservative Male?


I think not == The Joy of Mysogyny wins the day.

[whathehell]

192. I think it probably is

and as far as "looking like a nun"...didn't you say

that you were raised Protestant?

Given that, I doubt you would really know

what a nun "looks like"

Since I was raised Catholic and was taught by nuns for TWELVE YEARS

I'll give you a hint: Nuns don't have a particular "look", okay?

They're just like other women, some old, some young, some fat, some

thin, some pretty, some plain, etc.

Actually, this woman has the kind of look

my mother used to call "Protestant looking", lol.:shrug:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

181. Because of objects located on shoulders. Microprocessors, Pringles, Erik Estrada, I'm not sure. -nt

[Optimistic]

152. That is Mrs Glen Beck

[louslobbs]

160. I thought she looked familiar.

Lou

[Quantess]

197. So that's why Glenn cries so much!

:)

[mwb970]

153. This is the worst America has to offer.

People like this are literally the dregs of our society. It is unfortunate that we have to deal with lowlifes masquerading as "conservatives" on a daily basis. Each day brings more right-wing horrors in the newspaper, more unsettling anecdotes like this online.

I wish there were some legitimate way to mute or get rid of these people. Just think what a wonderful country we would have (once again) if all of the far-right wackos and republican assholes suddenly just - poof! - disappeared. Aren't a lot of them supposed to be Raptured away any minute now? I do wish they'd hurry up. I can't wait to be Left Behind!

[louslobbs]

161. The silence would be beautiful and the healing would start immediately.

You mean, no more Fox, Beck, Limbaugh, Palin, Hannity, Bachmann, King, Ghomert, West, Walker, Scott, Kasick et al.? Wow, what a beautiful sound that would be. A better world immediately.

Yes, they should hurry by all means, go...............
Lou

[Catherine Vincent]

162. LOL! What a sourpuss!

[rufus dog]

166. someone needs a bit more fiber in her diet

[lunatica]

180. Jesus! She reminds me of a Principal I had when I was 8 years old

The woman scared the daylight out of me. One day I went into the bathroom and she was there. I never went to the school bathroom again. I would run home every day after school so I could use the bathroom at home. That's how bad she scared me.