The Empire Strikes Back!

I truly hope we are not going to find ourselves in a violent confrontation.  The Empire Builders hold all the weapons of mass destruction.  If our government turned on us it would be a blood bath.  There has to be a peaceful way of winning. 

But win we must. 

 

Curious Carl

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From: ted chittenden

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Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 5:37 PM

Subject: Re: Wis. GOP strips public workers' bargaining rights

I'm willing to bet that this one's going in front of both state and federal courts very soon. Also, am I the only one thinking that we may be edging closer to another bloody civil war in the U.S.?

Ted
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 Wis. GOP strips public workers' bargaining rights

By SCOTT BAUER
The Associated Press
Wednesday, March 9, 2011; 7:45 PM



MADISON, Wis. -- Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate voted Wednesday night
to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers after
discovering a way to bypass the chamber's missing Democrats.

All 14 Senate Democrats fled to Illinois nearly three weeks ago, preventing
the chamber from having enough members present to consider Gov. Scott
Walker's so-called "budget repair bill" - a proposal introduced to plug a
$137 million budget shortfall.

The Senate requires a quorum to take up any measures that spend money. But
Republicans on Wednesday split from the legislation the proposal to curtail
union rights, which spends no money, and a special conference committee of
state lawmakers approved the bill a short time later.

The lone Democrat present on the conference committee, Rep. Tony Barca,
shouted that the surprise meeting was a violation of the state's open
meetings law but Republicans voted over his objections. The Senate then
convened within minutes and passed it without discussion or debate.

Spectators in the gallery screamed "You are cowards."

Before the sudden votes, Democratic Sens. Bob Jauch said if Republicans
"chose to ram this bill through in this fashion, it will be to their
political peril. They're changing the rules. They will inflame a very
frustrated public."

© 2011 The Associated Press


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