Cheesehead Rebellion: Update 07/25 -- How Gov. Walker and the GOP are rigging the vote in 4 steps

Don't you worry, we will......Unfortunately we have to wait until January to do it....and who knows what will be left of our great state by then.....

When I first heard that they wanted to move the recall election to next November, I was pissed. But after thinking about it and why, I think its a good idea. Way more people will turn out and our shot at getting rid of Walker is almost certain. I understand that waiting that long is not good for us in Wisconsin, but if the recalls are successful, it will shut down any further harm he plans to do to our wonderful state, and when we get somebody in there that actually cares about what happens here in Wisconsin instead of lining his own pockets, we can hopefully reverse some of his horrible policies, starting with the union busting.

That's probably true AI- mainly for the simple reason that a gnat and the typical voter have about the same attention span.

That's why we need to keep CONSTANTLY reminding ppl of these stunts.

If the legislative recalls go as planned, he will just sit there vetoing bills and twiddling his thumbs until the Nov. '12 elections. Might be OK.

The petitions for recall are printed and ready for dissemination in January, but I can understand that cost might be a factor, considering that he is trying to destroy the firm economic base of WI before he leaves.

Good luck Steven in Ohio. I feel for ya. A Wisconsin resident here. The only way we will change things is to get involved and group together with like minded people.

I just wish I lived in a state that might have a chance of changing the status quo. Here in Georgia, the asshats are in charge and plan to stay in charge. There has been talk about the Dems mounting an attack here, and I, for one, hope its as successful as Gen. Sherman's WITHOUT the fires, of course.

No change at all. Chambliss (sen) did a hatchet job on a triple amputee Viet Nam vet, and the voters fell for it. Of course, here in Georgia, voters is sort of an interesting name for white people because the people of color, even if they have ID (yeah, we have that nasty law here), they are likely to get a provisional ballot which of course just doesn't seem to be counted. The Gov. is former Congressperson Nathan Deal - who had to resign before he was booted out and jailed. The last election had a few little problems that are investigated - 100K going to his daughter-in-law out of the funds. Hmmm.

Of course, down in Macon, the stars and bars flies and the KKK hold rallies. I live in a district that was Gingrich's old district and there isn't even a Dem to vote for! The only place that is fun and reasonable and progressive is Atlanta, and still there are problems, like this horrible cheating scandal in school testing. These kids down here are not well educated at all, and the teachers all sound ignorant to me, at least ignorant of the principle parts of speech and proper verb tense.

Thank you, AI, for recalling Max's name. I was writing from the seat of my pants last night, and his name was just not there. He is a good, honorable man. And Chambliss just won re-election.

There are many fine people here, and a lot of this part of the state is very LBGT friendly. But, since I do have Georgia roots in my bio-dad having been born here, I've seen the shallowness of their initial politeness and wonder if they mean it. Like the Brenda Johnson character on The Closer who says "thank you so much" and it was revealed in plot a season or two ago that it doesn't really mean that as much as "eff you". Well, throughout most of the southern states, the phrase "bless her/his/their heart(s)" is actually a curse upon that organ, I guess the "y'all come back again, hear?" means "don't let the door hit your behind on the way out".

One of my all time favorites out of Motown! That and "You ain't Done Nothing" - Wonder.

I've had the "are you a Martian" look from time to time. I'm a hugger, and I have always had black friends. It seems I make more black friends here than anyone else. So, I hug in public, and am amazed at the jaw drops around me!

I'm outside of ATL myself - West of the city in Paulding County. Ha! Wouldn't you know I'd be in Gringrich's old district! Some Karma at work, methinks.

I used seasonally adjusted #'s and I will take 6th in job growth.

I wish I could say that these three are the biggest "unknowns" ever, but we now know them all to well.

How about Larry, Curley and Moe or would that be insulting the Stooges too much?

When a conservative wins, it's racist white people rigging the system

You mean racist white union busters.

<<on the verge of CoH violation!>>

Ohh ohh, I speak liberal. Let me interpret. "people disagreeing with me. must censor"

cents, they collapse and delete my posts when they disagree with my comments. You gotta play their game on here.

And, I think we forgot to add "asshat" to the description.

Oh, WOO HOO, AI, I posted a reply above about this group, ALEC. Thanks for posting the URL, I knew I messed something up, but was reading through the seed before I went looking for the correct site.

They took big pay cuts? Who are you kidding? They were made to pay more for their benefits. A good percent of Americans have taken pay cuts or lost their jobs. These state employees are making good money yet.

Tyler: And you have a problem with the fact that someone other than corporate CEOs and the like are still getting "good money"?!? We should all be applauding the fact that there are a few middle class jobs out there yet that DO provide a decent wage, and a group of people who are working to keep those jobs HERE, in THIS country, instead of doing our best to destroy them, as the Rebaglicons seem intent on doing. Get rid of the Unions at your own peril. Once they're gone, very little will stand in the way of a complete corporate takeover of EVERY aspect of our lives.

A good percent of Americans have taken pay cuts or lost their jobs. These state employees are making good money yet.

sounds like class envy... hmmmm.... had this same conversation the other day...

Americans are being sold a bad bill of goods by corporate America & their bought & paid for republican legislators... and the citizens on the right for whatever damn stupid reason has latched onto it like a dog on a bone...

we are now told .. you're damn lucky to have a job, better take what we give you ... all the while corporate profits are increasing exponentially... and the wealth of those who run this dog and pony show has increased 400% while mine and yours is stagnant or losing ground...

I'm certain that Joe CEO is not working 400x's harder ... nope .. sure of that.. but they've become 400 X's greedier and at our expense... and the republicans in congress are along for the ride also at our expense bleeding America's wealth to death like a leech... just letting these morons write laws to protect themselves while we are worse off....

and the little teaparty patriots are just lapping this bull@!$%# up like a beaten dog happy for a scrap... I know for certain who has the class envy and they keep kissing the asses of the wealthy..

ANd those that are left, be they union or private sector are being told to do the production of 2-3 people or they will lose their jobs.

When the executives of corps make 400 times the money of the workers something is seriously wrong, heads on pikes wrong.

well bear in mind, the detail that everyone thought would be a major factor- (Prosser CONVENIENTLY having enough ballots FOUND in a trunk to be reelected) well.. Prosser has his own issues to contend with with the allegations of him choking a staffer. Something tells me the SC on WI won't be as repug friendly as it was :)

I daresay there's PLENTY of ammunition to take those laws shoved through in short term to court. Costly, yes unfortunately, but necessary.

But then it seems like Bradley could be lying too, why do you think the story is no longer front page headlines. And the dems have been whining since they lost a sitting judge back in 2007 to a republican. Losing to Prosser this time shows them having a bigger temper tantrum. You need to look at that side of the story before making predictions. You could start by researching who it was Prosser is accused of choking, it wasn't a staffer.

Time will tell I suppose.

nice AI.. I hadn't seen that one before.

And, Al, that has nothing to do with the present accusations against Prosser. The SC in Wisconsin is having negative effect on public confidence is right and that goes for both parties.

Yeh, they were slow getting the investigation going since those who should have done it were connected with the democrat party. Six people were in the room, two say Prosser choked her and four say Bradley attacked him. They all tried to keep the incident quiet, but it leaked out 10 days later. You come across as it being cut and dried against Prosser, but people in general are disgusted with all of them.

so it turns into the classic "He said, She said" routine...

I was watching The Ed Show when this came up; seems Prosser tried to strangle Bradley. Nice guy.

And the other definition for what you are doing with your hands around another's neck is? What a piece of work.

physically tuning her vocal chords of course..

my guess is she had a choir rehearsal that night.. lol

And they couldn't get Joe Cocker!

All the better for showing him the road out of Fitzwalkerstan, while changing the state's signage back to Wisconsin.

Don't tell me these union members aren't shopping at Walmart and Sam's Club, they are seen there, cars with their union bumper stickers are all over the lot, members of their families work there. And I don't care what those union people bargained for at one time, this is now and they have to give the same as the rest of us. Where does their right to "have" supercede anyone else's right to not pay for their greed. Does it ever occur to them that if they chip in more, we pay less and maybe can have more of our income to take care of us. Some where along the line these state workers got greedy, got some idea they were the elite and it's about time they start taking losses the same as the rest of the nation who has had to. They are by no means special.

"So, there was agreement; workers gave something up to get benefits, then these jerks come in and piss all over them to hide the massive giveaways they are making to wealthy individuals and corporations."

These jerks come in? You do know that retirees have been seeing a reduction in their pension checks for at least 2 if not 3 years already, don't you? If the money isn't there now, where do you think it is coming from in the future. It's just a debt piling up that can't be honored. You do know it was a democrat governor that gave them so many "perks" he could not back up with funding, don't you? You do know that same democrat governor refused to hear their negotiations before leaving office, don't you? That he wouldn't even attempt to honor the contracts made under his administration.

Union workers don't count as the "rich" liberals want to tax because they have the union vote.

This is typical, AI. Let's balance the nation's budget by taxing the old, the feeble, the poor. Greedy bloodsuckers.

I keep asking, "Where is the morality?"

How much more do these greedy @!$%#s want?

Ummm.. All??

The only way to ensure that our voting rights are reinstated is to change the makeup of SCOTUS. Less Clarence Thomas and Scalia would be a great place to start: Koch Bros. lackeys.

Just watch this debt ceiling thing go to hell. A general strike needs to happen, and that might be the catalyst.

On, WIsconsin!

Glad to have you back AI... :))

We're all glad to have you back & happy real life conditions make it possible to share you here! <3