Should public employee unions in Wisconsin call a General Strike?

**fettpett** · 02-17-2011, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by hoplophobe

If that is too harsh, give them the chance to make that day up. July 6th would be a good day to do that. :D

nah, it's not too harsh, some these asshole teachers took their students to Madison without parent's approval.

**hoplophobe** · 02-17-2011, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by fettpett

nah, it's not too harsh, some these asshole teachers took their students to Madison without parent's approval.

How did they get there? School district buses? Who authorized it if they did?

**fettpett** · 02-17-2011, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by hoplophobe

How did they get there? School district buses? Who authorized it if they did?

don't know...none of the stories that I read said anything about how they got there.

**hoplophobe** · 02-17-2011, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by fettpett

don't know...none of the stories that I read said anything about how they got there.

That would be a interesting story for someone to ferret out.

**fettpett** · 02-17-2011, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by hoplophobe

That would be a interesting story for someone to ferret out.

yep

**fettpett** · 02-17-2011, 11:15 AM

I just posted this to Vickie McKenna's fb page, shes about the only Conservative in Madison's media, They do have Rush on but she's the only local one. At lest Milwaukee has 2 big Conservative Radio Stations. Madison's just a liberal cesspool

**Wei Wu Wei** · 02-17-2011, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by hoplophobe

How did they get there? School district buses? Who authorized it if they did?

They walked out of class and simply marched the 3 miles down to the rally

http://vimeo.com/20004065
(video)

**Wei Wu Wei** · 02-17-2011, 11:21 AM

These are pretty big protests:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edt3rjqghg4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCsG4g0dzJo

**fettpett** · 02-17-2011, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Wei Wu Wei

They walked out of class and simply marched the 3 miles down to the rally

http://vimeo.com/20004065
(video)

not all of them

**Wei Wu Wei** · 02-17-2011, 11:24 AM

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opin...c8b2aaaf6.html

Walker is saying these education cuts are needed to balance the budget but his own kick-back expenditures to his special interest groups alone cost more than the size of the deficit which is being used to justify these teacher cuts.

To the extent that there is an imbalance -- Walker claims there is a $137 million deficit -- it is not because of a drop in revenues or increases in the cost of state employee contracts, benefits or pensions. It is because Walker and his allies pushed through $140 million in new spending for special-interest groups in January. If the Legislature were simply to rescind Walker’s new spending schemes -- or delay their implementation until they are offset by fresh revenues -- the “crisis” would not exist.