[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', 'I') have a pretty good amount of contact with those in the military, and many, even the lower ranks know where the bear sits... they are not totally naive.

A fair number (probably more than the general population) know about peak oil and doom being around the corner. This can be a good thing if they decide to be mostly a force for good like their counterparts recently in Egypt, or they could prove to be highly disciplined & trained Toecutters...

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lore', '
')That's the plan, keep everyone fat, lazy and stupid, much eaiser then to manipulate.

[Lore]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lore', '
')That's the plan, keep everyone fat, lazy and stupid, much eaiser then to manipulate.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lore', '
')I never said it was your fault.

[Lore]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lore', '
')I never said it was your fault.

[Cid_Yama]

It is your fault mos, it's all your fault.

[americandream]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'W')E, us, you and I, GRANT others the right to boss us around.

Egalitarianism is great, but it is not the predominant social structure. Maybe it should be, but it is not.

Why?

My argument is that we get the world we build, and this is what we have built. If art is something we create, and what we create is a tunnel into our internal mind then our world as it is constructed is a tunnel into our species internal workings.

Kinda scary!

[PrestonSturges]

White people feel Ok because no matter how bad thing get, they still get to slap around brown people.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shar_Lamagne', 'O')rganize. Join a Union. Support collective bargaining and the right to strike. Head into the streets when necessary.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', ' ')In my theory (which just happens to be brilliant and right!) there is nothing to be done about it because it is part of human nature.

[Shar_Lamagne]

Pretorian you are just a neo-fascist troll.

You want to see a strike, wait til tomorrow in Wisconsin. Perhaps nationwide as the Unions were already meeting to organize a nationwide strike. This is better to watch than France, because the Americans are just beginning to find their way again, and the Evil is so blatant.

[Cid_Yama]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')nne Habel, a steward with AFSCME Local 171, said Wednesday's action will further inflame the unions, which have staged repeated protests since Walker introduced his budget repair bill in mid-February.

"Every time something happens, people become more militant," Habel said.

Jim Roberts, a retired Madison Fire Department lieutenant, was among those who raced to the Capitol after hearing about the impending vote. Wearing a fire helmet and carrying a protest sign, Roberts said Wednesday's vote made it clear to him that the real goal was busting unions, not balancing the state budget.

Thousands of protesters rushed into the Wisconsin state Capitol on Wednesday evening moments after Senate Republicans passed a plan to strip most public workers of their collective bargaining rights, breaking windows and door locks and forcing police to retreat from the building’s entrances.

As word that the vote was coming spread, hundreds of protesters moved into the building before it’s official 6 p.m. closing time and jammed the corridors in front of the Senate chamber, chanting shame.

Moments after the vote, protesters locked outside began pounding on the Capitol’s now-locked doors, demanding to be let in. Police were able for a time to hold their positions, but somehow more and more people found a way in. State Department of Administration spokesman Tim Donovan said people broke windows and door locks. He said he didn’t have any further details.

In a span of perhaps an hour and half, thousands of protesters had found their way in. At one point police at one of the Capitol’s main entrances retreated from their positions and just let them pour inside.

“Law enforcement officers have moved to other positions,” Donovan acknowledged after those officers retreated. “They’re holding different ground.”

Within minutes the protesters had all but seized the building again, turning the place into a free-for-all. They banged drums, blew whistles and shouted their mantra, “This is what democracy looks like!” and “Who’s house? Our house!” There were no reports of violence.

So many people jammed the second-floor skywalks linking the building’s wings that Capitol Police got back on the loudspeaker and warned them the bridges could collapse. No one moved.

Asked about the police’s plan, Donovan said officers just hoped to make sure no one got hurt.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cid_Yama', 'I')t is your fault mos, it's all your fault.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '
')I've learned the hard way never to interrupt a lynch mob mentality on a worldsend or you'll get tarred and feathered as part of the problem.

[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', 'I') think hierarchy is a part of human nature... just as you can't expect a 3-yr old to display the same judgment as most adults, you can't expect all adults to have the same skills, judgment etc.

[rangerone314]

A unionized public employee, a teapartier, and a CEO are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table is a plate with a dozen cookies on it.

The CEO reaches across and takes 11 cookies, then looks at the teapartier and says 'Watch out for that union guy, he wants a piece of your cookie!'

[Newfie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', 'A') unionized public employee, a teapartier, and a CEO are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table is a plate with a dozen cookies on it.

The CEO reaches across and takes 11 cookies, then looks at the teapartier and says 'Watch out for that union guy, he wants a piece of your cookie!'

[Oneaboveall]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', 'A') unionized public employee, a teapartier, and a CEO are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table is a plate with a dozen cookies on it.

The CEO reaches across and takes 11 cookies, then looks at the teapartier and says 'Watch out for that union guy, he wants a piece of your cookie!'

[dinopello]

John Oliver does an excellent and funny job of explaining the answer.

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Oneaboveall', '[')The CEO reaches across and takes 11 cookies, then looks at the teapartier and says 'Watch out for that union guy, he wants a piece of your cookie!'