"You are planning to do what!"
Posted on 03/15/2011 11:35:45 AM PDT by Libloather
Activists confirm plans to peacefully take Capitol
By Todd A. Heywood | 03.15.11 | 12:47 pm
A group of Michigan activists has confirmed that it plans to stage a protest in the state Capitol building at 4 p.m. today.
Lance Enderle, a former Democratic candidate for Michigan’s 8th Congressional district, confirmed moments ago that he is leading the protest.
“We are planning to exercise our free speech rights in a non-violent way,” Enderle said. “We will take the Rotunda, and we are not leaving.”
The Capitol building closes at 5:30 p.m. and officials have told Michigan Messenger that anyone remaining in the building after 5:30 will be given a 10 minute warning to leave. If they don’t leave, Michigan State Police troopers could eject them or arrest them for trespassing. The problem for state police troopers, however, might be in mustering the manpower. In last year’s budget, Republican lawmakers voted to close the Capitol police post, which has left the state with only two Michigan State Police troopers and the Sergent at Arms staff. It is likely state police will have to muster road patrol staff to help eject protesters.
“We shouldn’t be surprised that people are extremely upset,” said David Holtz, executive director of Progress Michigan. ”What Republicans are trying to do is a declaration of war on hard-working middle class families. Civil disobedience has deep roots in our democracy. And when democracy is threatened, people will respond.”
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Do it. Use water cannons. What's the weather forecast?
What Republicans are trying to do is a declaration of war on hard-working middle class families”
What complete and utter CRAP!
Those must be two REALLY busy dudes!
Call the local Tea Party chapters and ask for volunteers, then deputize them.
I bet you could get a few hundred guys to clear the building really quick.
National Guard?
I can tell you I’m mad at these thugs and their lying slogans.
But then republicans are too damn stupid to make a national issue out of the democrat threats and illegal behavior. And this after the democrats set themselves up perfectly over the Tucson shooting and their “civility” lies.
Use the old southern trick. Where a crowd gathers pour sugar all over the place before they arrive. The ants that gather will do the rest.
if this is perfectly acceptable...
then i’m sure we can get a few million to show up @ 1600 penn. ave
"You are planning to do what!"
Lance Enderle
What “working families” are doing is keeping the “looters” from completely destroying them.
David Holtz
David served as environmental media coordinator for 12 Michigan groups, including Sierra Club, Clean Water Action, Michigan Environmental Council and the Michigan League of Conservation Voters.
He is a former newspaper reporter & congressional aide.
I live in Michigan, and I’ve heard a couple times on the radio this afternoon that “1000 elderly people” are going to the protest.
HA! they will all turn around when they find out there are only 12 handicap parking spaces!
which has left the state with only two Michigan State Police troopers and the Sergent at Arms staff
"...has left the state with only two Michigan State Police troopers" -- as in the state as only two state police troopers. Seems those guys would be a tad bit busy handling the whole state.
Nah. Remember how we got Noriega out of the Vatican Embassy back in the day? Do the same thing. Play music REAL *LOUD* in the capitol building.
Except I don't think acid rock or grunge will work — too many protesters will like it. Instead play something classical . . . syrupy classical that even classical music fans cannot stand. Like Pachobel’s Canon.
I wish someone would “peacefully take” Enderle’s car.
oops.. i missed that.
but i still would like to know, how many state cops do we really need? for as many city, township and village cops, as well as county cops, how much work is there really for state troopers?
Union folks sure have a lot of time on their hands..do they ever work?
Year of so ago some little American princess was in Gaza protesting for the palestinians. She got whapped with some sort of non lethal shotgun blast that nailed her in the forehead.
Looked like ya hit the toad with a ball bat and hit a home run.
Use those rubber bullets.
There are MILLIONS more ‘hard-working middle class families’ in the private sector than in unions. WHAT ABOUT US?? The Governors are trying to save the majority of the true middle class!
Civil disobedience has deep roots in our democracy.
That doesn’t look like a Japanese line!
They’re entering a world of pain!
I think its kinda funny that they’re being ignored by the media. This is the first I heard about it and I live here. LOL
There is a brand new State Police Post 4 blocks away thanks to Jenny. lansing Police are a block away. No problem
I grew up in a Michigan township where our only law enforcement presence to speak of were two state police officers. Sheriff deputies (of which one was a friend) spent all their time in the town and cities in the area. Whenever there was a problem, the state guys were the ones there.
as in Wisconsin I presume the police are also unionized?
I think we all see where this is heading...
The majority of people in Michigan getting a pension big enough to be taxed are union retirees.
Use the old southern trick. Where a crowd gathers pour sugar all over the place before they arrive. The ants that gather will do the rest.
This is Michigan. You won’t see an ant stirring until the third week of April
that’s one of the problems. county seems more interested in playing around in the cities that have their own patrols, or sitting around on the highways, than being out patrolling and dealing with rural areas like they should.
state police shouldn’t have to cover these areas.
Lance Enderle?
Sounds like some kind of medical procedure
They should turn off the lights, lock the doors, and go home. No electricity, no bathrooms, no computers, and the lawmakers are meeting somewhere else.
Step back, let them have it, go somewhere else and conduct your business.
Just close the building at 3pm.
They’ve already done over $7 million worth of damage to the State House, haven’t they?
Let them take it over for another couple of weeks and they will trash it so completely it will have to be demolished - like those public housing projects.
Marble is a porous stone and it’s awfully hard to get the stench of human excrement out of it. Leave the moonbats in there unsupervised and they will probably destroy every work of art and piece of furniture in there for taxpayers to repair or replace.
Commies always like to use the elderly, handicapped, or minorities as their useful idiots to conduct these “protests” for them. If anyone lays a hand on them they will be labeled “racists” and accused of police brutality for picking on a poor cripple or old person.
This is why the “educators” are showing up with their brainwashed students to protest with them; they make dandy human shields for them if things break rough.
Police are not likely to fire tear gas or a water cannon into a mob containing school children or people in wheelchairs.. that’s exactly why they are there.
Communists have been exploiting various “vulnerable” populations such as children, cripples, etc. for around a hundred years now. It’s always worked for them, so expect them to keep it up.
It’s actually the public sector unions who are waging war on the middle class. The middle class pays their wages but they never had a seat at the table! The public sector unions “negotiated” with the Dems who gave them sweetheart deals and who in turn contributed to the same dems to get them re-elected.
And who spoke for the taxpayer?
If Michael Moore is their Robert E. Lee, they and the horse they rode in on are in for a big surprise.
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