Catch up

Having been at the Capitol almost non-stop since last Wednesday, here are some great links into what has been going on down there and elsewhere. Lots of pics soon and forgive me if these links have been posted!

Scott Walker owes the Koch Brothers!

Did I mention that Walker owes the Koch Brothers?

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These are the guys that Scott Walker wants to keep UWM students safe

If you haven’t heard yet, it’s being reported Gov. Scott Walker is planning on abolishing the UWM Police and replacing with Wackenhut as of July 1, 2011. No doubt the replacement of sworn law enforcement officers with rent-a-cops will have a negative impact on campus safety, given that the Milwaukee Police Department’s 5th District is [...]

The Death and Life of the Great American Middle Class

This sums up what the battle here in Wisconsin is really about…

Wisconsin Firefighters: We’ll Give Up Pay to Save Collective Bargaining

THIS is solidarity: Watch live streaming video from theuptake at livestream.com

So about those doctors…

I’ve read multiple accounts of the doctors in attendance at the rallies in Madison last week and how those doctors were handing out sick notes to those in attendance. While I’ve obviously been extremely supportive of the folks who’ve gathered by the tens of thousands at the Capitol in Madison to show their support for [...]

Walker- Turning Wisconsin Bluer….One vote at a Time!

Head of WLEA expresses “regret” for endorsing Scott Walker

Tracy Fuller, the executive board president of the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Association has issued a statement on the organization’s website expressing regret for the endorsement of Gov. Scott Walker in the 2010 gubernatorial race. “I am going to make an effort to speak for myself, and every member of the Wisconsin State Patrol when I [...]

Conservatives plan to undermine pro-labor rallies

Conservative radio personality Mark Williams, who resigned from the Tea Party Express in disgrace after writing a blatantly racist blog post, has a plan to sabotage the rallies being held in support of Wisconsin’s public employees, which have started to sprout up across the country (emphasis mine): Here is what I am doing in Sacramento, [...]