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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby Oneaboveall » Sat 19 Feb 2011, 20:20:43

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gollum', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', 'T')he question is, will the Kochs follow the Mein Kampf script of rolling out brown shirts like Mubarack's thugs? That would not be the Tea Party, who are old and flabby, it would be ringers in the form of private security, prison guards on their day off, moonlighting cops from out of state.....

I'm sure there are right wingers fantasizing about another Greensboro Massacre, but in that case the police were actively conspiring with the KKK to expose protesters to attack by Klan gunmen.



I believe the middle class in this country is slowly waking up to the bullshit, that's an awful lot of people in the streets. If TPTB were to ever try to subdue them with either the national guard, or private security thugs all shit will break loose. We are the most well armed society on the planet, those people marching are not some bead carrying hippies they are also hunters, sportsmen, andmilitary veterans. The government would do well to remember that.

I'm also wondering how many of these people are proficient in producing IEDs or other similar items. There has got to be a good number that have worked with those devices overseas.
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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby Ludi » Sat 19 Feb 2011, 20:23:02

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Oneaboveall', '
')I'm also wondering how many of these people are proficient in producing IEDs or other similar items. There has got to be a good number that have worked with those devices overseas.



There's no need for that. If the middle class just staged a general strike, I bet folks would notice.
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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby Oneaboveall » Sat 19 Feb 2011, 20:25:21

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Oneaboveall', '
')I'm also wondering how many of these people are proficient in producing IEDs or other similar items. There has got to be a good number that have worked with those devices overseas.



There's no need for that. If the middle class just staged a general strike, I bet folks would notice.

Whoa, Ludi. Lets make it perfectly clear I was wondering, not advocating.
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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby PrestonSturges » Sat 19 Feb 2011, 20:27:46

Yeah it's the right wingers that are always stockpiling explosives. Some months it seems like they feds arrest or sentence some wingnut with a basement bomb factory every week. It gets absolutely no attention by the national press.

This is mostly on the west coast and especially in the pacific northwest. Those Idaho Nazis have some sort of bomb fetish. How many people even heard about the attempted bombing of the MLK parade last month? Apparently it was a pretty substantial bomb.
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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby Ludi » Sat 19 Feb 2011, 20:31:44

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Oneaboveall', '
')Whoa, Ludi. Lets make it perfectly clear I was wondering, not advocating.



Ok, thanks for clarifying.
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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby Oneaboveall » Sat 19 Feb 2011, 20:46:55

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', 'I') was checking out the Oath Keepers today - not much going on there. These guys talk about resisting the coming socialist tyranny, which means they spend a lot of time fantasizing about killing their neighbors. Given that Beck has pretty much claimed that unions are a bunch of secret Muslim jihadists, I'm wondering how many tea baggers out there really are like the folks in Ohio who cheered the shooting at Kent State. I'm sure there are still wingnuts out there that would rejoice at the deaths of their neighbors.

And that's something that worries me. To give you an example, I used to live in South Central PA and two of my friends from there are a mother and daughter who live in a small town near Carlisle. The mother is an open (and rather butch to be blunt) lesbian and her daughter is part black and hispanic (LONG story). They both grew up in that area, but still get crap thrown their way sometimes. The daughter, who looks really Puerto-Rican, told me she got called a "spick" a few times at her old job (working behind-the-counter at Sheetz). Ironically, she also got sexually harrassed by customers a bunch of times too (she and the other women I've meet in her family have very large breasts). I worry sometimes that they could be targeted by the kind of people that Preston describes
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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby PrestonSturges » Sat 19 Feb 2011, 22:07:56

The GOP has made a huge mistake going after the cops pensions and contracts, and part of that comes from the anti-law enforcement under-achieving drop-out fringe of the Tea Party.

Because there were definitely some law enforcement types (LEOs) who were openly fantasizing about "cleaning up their communities" which generally means death squads.

But now the militia fucktards taking potshots at cops pretty much every week are people further right than them and the GOP is coming after their benefits.

Unless they are prepared to roll out their own version of the SS (which does not happen overnight) they have screwed up.
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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby Serial_Worrier » Sat 19 Feb 2011, 22:38:06

It's time to bust the unions. STrike hard now.
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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby Pretorian » Sat 19 Feb 2011, 23:14:49

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Serial_Worrier', 'I')t's time to bust the unions. STrike hard now.


and fire those useless employees.
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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby Fishman » Sat 19 Feb 2011, 23:22:11

Unfortunately the folks voted back in November
So for a correction

The commie libs has made a huge mistake going after the taxpayers money, and part of that comes from the anti-law enforcement overpaid union people seen at the rallies (see all their terrible posters, far worse than any teaparty)
Because there were definitely some Stalinistic nut jobs as seen by their posters who were openly fantasizing about, well you read the posters..

But now the liberal loved jihadist are taking potshots at Americans pretty much every month, while the people who pay the bills are damn tired of it, and libs sucking the treasury dry

As we saw back in November, the libs, they have screwed up, and they are just waking up to how bad they screwed up.
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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby Tyler_JC » Sat 19 Feb 2011, 23:45:20

A few pictures from the protests:

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Crazy protest signs, not just for Tea Partiers anymore. 8)
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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby PrestonSturges » Sun 20 Feb 2011, 00:26:27

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', 'A') few pictures from the protests:
Crazy protest signs, not just for Tea Partiers anymore. 8)

Key difference: these people can spell.

I like how the various conservative sites are showing the various "Hitler Outlawed Unions Too" without any trace of irony. Because they aren't drawing Hitler mustaches on Walker, they are stating a fact, that Hitler outlawed unions, in fact a whole chapter of Mein Kampf is about stamping out trade unions.

QED, a sign that says "Hitler Outlawed Unions" is not the same as photoshopping a Nazi uniform on Obama.

It's really Palineqse for conservatives to flaunt those signs - playing the victim in a clueless way that only baffles onlookers, and what really makes it precious is that it's true and the "Liberal Fascism" crowd needs to have their nose rubbed in it. So, great job!
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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby PrestonSturges » Sun 20 Feb 2011, 00:27:16

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Fishman', 'U')nfortunately the folks voted back in November
So for a correction
The commie libs has made a huge mistake going after the taxpayers money, and part of that comes from the anti-law enforcement overpaid union people seen at the rallies (see all their terrible posters, far worse than any teaparty)
Because there were definitely some Stalinistic nut jobs as seen by their posters who were openly fantasizing about, well you read the posters..
But now the liberal loved jihadist are taking potshots at Americans pretty much every month, while the people who pay the bills are damn tired of it, and libs sucking the treasury dry
As we saw back in November, the libs, they have screwed up, and they are just waking up to how bad they screwed up.

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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby PrestonSturges » Sun 20 Feb 2011, 00:28:26

It looked like the Tea Party was outnumbered about 300 to 50,000.

I think the "Egypt" moment her is that the labor movement realizes it outnumbers the tea Party by about 1000:1

Remember Comedy Central rally to restore sanity drew about 4x the number of Glenn Beck's rally, which I attended.
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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby Pretorian » Sun 20 Feb 2011, 01:45:07

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', 'I')t looked like the Tea Party was outnumbered about 300 to 50,000.

I think the "Egypt" moment her is that the labor movement realizes it outnumbers the tea Party by about 1000:1



So? It will put $$ in the pockets of those who they intend to tax for their own benefit? Or what?

Anyway, everyone likes free money. No surprise here.
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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby PrestonSturges » Sun 20 Feb 2011, 01:53:29

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', 'I')t looked like the Tea Party was outnumbered about 300 to 50,000.

I think the "Egypt" moment her is that the labor movement realizes it outnumbers the tea Party by about 1000:1

So? It will put $$ in the pockets of those who they intend to tax for their own benefit? Or what?
Ummm....that would be the rich? It sure isn't the tea party - half of them are disabled and half of them are retired, which adds to about ten of each.
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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby Tyler_JC » Sun 20 Feb 2011, 02:32:33

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', 'I')t looked like the Tea Party was outnumbered about 300 to 50,000.

I think the "Egypt" moment her is that the labor movement realizes it outnumbers the tea Party by about 1000:1

Remember Comedy Central rally to restore sanity drew about 4x the number of Glenn Beck's rally, which I attended.


Did you forget that the teachers are "calling in sick" to attend the protests?

Those of us with real jobs in the real world would get fired if we "called in sick" to attend a rally.

It shouldn't surprise anyone that the Left's rallies have more attendees. College students, government union members, the unemployed and young people in general have lots of free time to attend these sorts of things. How many people in the private sector could get away with giving themselves a week long vacation to march around with signs?

Teachers can go on strike while still collecting their wages and benefits, courtesy of the taxpayer. At least in private sector unions, a strike means no more paychecks from "The Man". Even FDR was against public sector unions. “It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government.”

Public sector unions were born in Wisconsin and it looks like they might die there. And not a minute too soon.
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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby Plantagenet » Sun 20 Feb 2011, 02:40:47

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', '.')..these people can spell.


Maybe. But like most liberals, they can't do math.

The schoolteachers haven't figured out yet that Wisconsin is broke....state spending needs to be cut by 3.5 BILLION dollars, and that means they'll have to contribute more for their healthcare and pension benefits.
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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby Homesteader » Sun 20 Feb 2011, 02:48:20

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', ' ')How many people in the private sector could get away with giving themselves a week long vacation to march around with signs?

Public sector unions were born in Wisconsin and it looks like they might die there. And not a minute too soon.


Kind of smacks of economic slavery. Slave revolts of old (current) weren't looked upon by the masters very kindly either.
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Re: Wisconsin protests: Egypt in America?

Postby PrestonSturges » Sun 20 Feb 2011, 02:49:54

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', 'I')t looked like the Tea Party was outnumbered about 300 to 50,000.

I think the "Egypt" moment her is that the labor movement realizes it outnumbers the tea Party by about 1000:1

Remember Comedy Central rally to restore sanity drew about 4x the number of Glenn Beck's rally, which I attended.


Did you forget that the teachers are "calling in sick" to attend the protests?

Those of us with real jobs in the real world would get fired if we "called in sick" to attend a rally.

It shouldn't surprise anyone that the Left's rallies have more attendees. College students, government union members, the unemployed and young people in general have lots of free time to attend these sorts of things. How many people in the private sector could get away with giving themselves a week long vacation to march around with signs?

Teachers can go on strike while still collecting their wages and benefits, courtesy of the taxpayer. At least in private sector unions, a strike means no more paychecks from "The Man". Even FDR was against public sector unions. “It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government.”

Public sector unions were born in Wisconsin and it looks like they might die there. And not a minute too soon.
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