Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Collective Bargaining Law or “My ears are still ringing!”
More participants at "Walkerville" today, ~ 300
More participants at "Walkerville" today, ~ 300
Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Collective Bargaining Law
or
“My ears are still ringing!”
Yesterday, prior to the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s approval of Governor Walker’s collective bargaining law, the unions did muster up a bit more activity in fizzled-out “Walkerville,” attracting about 300 demonstrators, primarily members of various unions.
I visited the Capitol at noon to document events, and was subjected by a liberal enthusiast to an air-horn blowing repeatedly 12 inches from my ear, presumably to punish me for interviewing some Walker supporters, which is what I was doing at the time.
Air Horn
A slide show follows below, images from Capitol Square yesterday afternoon. About 300 demonstrators were there, numerous unions were represented, and there were lots of noisemakers – vuvuzelas, plastic buckets, air horns, and chanting – as soon as members of the press appeared.
My air-horn toting friend retreats
My air-horn toting friend was surprised by my reaction to his air horn; rather than being unpleasant, grabbing his air-horn, or cursing him, this grey old lady picked up my camera and started clicking away at him. First, he turned his face away from the camera, but continued honking in my ear. As I continued clicking away with the camera, he eventually backed away and went somewhere else to torture another victim.
His lack of civility was typical of liberal behavior in Madison in recent months.
The Governor Walker supporters pointed out to me that yesterday was Flag Day . Their sign read “Raise your flag for Gov. Walker,” and they were waving little 12-inch American flags. The group included a public school teacher who was opposing her union’s actions, a retired nurse, and a retired U.S. Marine. They had driven in from an outlying town to show some support for Governor Walker. Theirs were the only flags visible on Flag Day.
Governor Walker supporters- teacher, nurse, Marine
One Walker supporter my age told me that she was approached by a man sputtering at her, informing her that he comes to these events to punch the teeth out of the bodies of fat people like her. She didn’t even look fat, but looked very pleasant, ladylike and motherly, sitting quietly on the edge of a concrete wall and waving her American flag. She had come to support Governor Walker, stating that we must first stop the fiscal bleed going on in our State; later there would be time for civil discourse regarding the details of union contracts.
MC: young man in pink
Announcers were on the Capitol steps behind us, calling for people to approach the Capitol doors to demand entrance inside. I did not see anyone responding. The announcer was a young man dressed in a filmy pink dress, signifying I have no idea what – Planned Parenthood again? Just looking for attention? Not sure whether he made a good spokesman for his cause.
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Slide Show of Capitol Square on Flag Day, June 14, 2011:
The Supreme Court upheld limitation of collective bargaining law on the same day.
More on Flag Day (June 14, 2011) at Madison’s Capitol Square:
- Vicki McKenna, Madison newstalk 1130 radio host, describes mob reaction to Supreme Court announcement Tuesday and interviews Senator Grothman, who also had an air horn blown in his ear yesterday.
- Governor Walker’s reaction and statement on the Supreme Court decision.
- You Tube: one of protest leaders was arrested, wanted for an outstanding warrant in Waukesha, WI.
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Syte Reitz grew up in Queens, New York, in a family of Lithuanian immigrants who fled Nazi and Soviet domination during World War II. Her education includes a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, and post-doctoral work at Princeton University. Syte left her job as an Assistant Professor at Oakland University, Michigan, to devote herself to raising her children, and ultimately homeschooled them through the end of high school. She is a member of Madison's Cathedral Parish.
If the volume of the sound was greater than 120Db, they you could have suffered damage due to the blast. This would then be Assault, and could be criminally actionable.
Well, lets see here..
teachers union demands more compensation for doing a really bad job of teaching..
then claim to be protecting the kids..?
protecting the kids from what..? a good education it appears..!
union thugs riot and cause civil disturbances..
state legislature passes a law that relieves the state from collecting union dues..
more riots..
more disturbances..
what am i missing here..?
nothing..! i got the message.. vote to stop unions from reaching into my pocket to support thuggish behaviour and to elect more democrat legislators who will reach even further into my pocket to make union bosses richer and more thuggish..
NOPE, not missing anything here..
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