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Tea Party plans Saturday rally (Union thugs vs People in Madison)
lacrossetribune ^ | 2/18/2011 | bill novak

Posted on 02/18/2011 11:07:04 AM PST by milwguy

With all eyes on the State Capitol, a national labor leader is coming to Madison on Friday to lend support to the thousands of protesters rallying against Gov. Scott Walker's budget plan.

Walker will be getting his share of support on Saturday, with hundreds, if not thousands, of conservatives expected to converge on the Capitol for a Tea Party rally.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will address the protesters at noon Friday, according to an e-mail from the Wisconsin AFL-CIO.

Trumka also plans to "march in solidarity with Wisconsin workers and help prepare and deliver food to the crowds," the e-mail said.

The AFL-CIO is the largest labor organization in the country, comprised of 57 unions representing 12.2 million members, according to its website.

On the other side of the political coin, conservative group American Majority announced it is staging a rally from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at the south entrance to the State Capitol.

State director Matt Batzel said in a news release that "It's time for the voices of the Wisconsin people to be heard."

"As the week has progressed, Wisconsin and the nation have watched schools across Wisconsin close, due to teachers participating in a 'sick out,' the union busing people in from other states to inflate their rally numbers in Madison, and legislators fleeing the state to avoid the vote on the budget repair bill," Batzel said.

(Excerpt) Read more at lacrossetribune.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: aflcio; corruption; democratcorruption; democrats; liberals; madison; progressives; richardtrumka; teaparty; trumka; unioncorruption; unions; unionthugs; wisconsin; wisconsinshowdown
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To: milwguy

I’m going with my wife.


41 posted on 02/18/2011 12:49:26 PM PST by devistate one four ( AARP: Anti America Retired People Kimber CDP II .45 OORAH! TET68)
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To: BenLurkin

Commie Richard Trumka (AFL-CIO)

Commie Andrew Stern (SEIU)

42 posted on 02/18/2011 1:17:07 PM PST by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: FromLori; LucyT

Note FromLori’s comment.


43 posted on 02/18/2011 1:17:09 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: milwguy

TAKE YOUR CAMCORDERS and folks PLEASE be careful!!!! Will be praying for you down here in NC!!!


44 posted on 02/18/2011 1:35:31 PM PST by NurseZac
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To: GSWarrior
You might have a point there. I assume the Governor and duly elected representatives of the people are not going to buckle to a mob. Maybe best to let the mob stew in their juices until they do something even more stupid on their own.

This is the kind of tinder box the leftwing a-holes love: to provoke an incident and ignite violence and then make it look like someone else did it. With the collusion of the whorehouse media they are good at this kind of crap.

45 posted on 02/18/2011 1:35:37 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: NurseZac

Too funny! YOotube of Hitler looking for 14 Rat Senators

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqnOeatbDWs


46 posted on 02/18/2011 1:41:42 PM PST by milwguy
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To: milwguy

The union thugs and liberals are obsessed with comparing Walker to Hitler


47 posted on 02/18/2011 1:42:48 PM PST by milwguy
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To: GSWarrior; milwguy
Not sure if this is such a good idea. The leftists seem to be doing a great job discrediting themselves without any help from the right.

Disagree.

48 posted on 02/18/2011 2:23:25 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: milwguy

Brietbart, Herman Cain and Jim Hoft will be there

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2675971/posts


49 posted on 02/18/2011 2:29:30 PM PST by justsaynomore ("We the people are still in charge of this country!" - Herman Cain)
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To: R_Kangel

I believe we are approaching the flashpoint of a new and very serious revolution.

Very serious indeed. The outcome of this battle may save or break us. I pray for the enthusiasm we had before the last elections. We’ll need it to counter the thugs, anarchists and marxists who also see this as a make or break battle for survival of their ideology.


50 posted on 02/18/2011 3:37:05 PM PST by Joan Kerrey
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...

Thanks milwguy. nice shootin': the enemy tries the hudna approach: leveraged takeover of the legistlature: Governor Scott Walker: Partisan Hate Speech: when the Revolution comes back... just STFU: g'night all.


51 posted on 02/18/2011 4:06:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: milwguy

There will be violence on Saturday. The Unions will ensure it.


52 posted on 02/18/2011 4:06:49 PM PST by Mariner (USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
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To: The Shrew

Are there any rallies tomorrow in the LOS ANGELES area to give support the Walker /Wisconsin Tea Party efforts??


53 posted on 02/18/2011 4:28:17 PM PST by 4Liberty ( How do you spell "moral hazard"?: $ 19, 0 0 0, 0 0 0, 0 0 0, 0 0 0.)
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To: milwguy

Wish I could be there! Just say, “HELL NO” to the unionists. Tell ‘em it’s time to pay there fair share.

Isn’t it interesting that the Left says the big corporations and the wealthy should pay their fair share, but when it comes to paying their fair share the protest.


54 posted on 02/18/2011 4:30:12 PM PST by oneamericanvoice (Support freedom! Support the troops! Surrender is not an option!)
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To: milwguy

why in the heck do people that work in government have this ridiculous sense of entitlement? i hope the good governor stands his ground as for the dems that are in hiding i am not surprised right now we have military families are struggling i will lay a dollar to anyone’s dime these whiny government parasites never served you know what i mean!


55 posted on 02/18/2011 5:14:21 PM PST by kevman (happily intolerant of things i will not tolerate!)
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To: milwguy
If anyone needs a bus ride to tomorrow's Madison rally, sign up here.

If anyone is driving to Madistan, here's a map with parking garages.

And if you live in western Wis. and can't get to Madistan, Minnesota unionists will be gathering in Hudson for their own rally and the locals should meet them there.

You may show support for Gov. Walker's Budget Repair bill by signing this petition, set up by the WisGOP.

Patriots are meeting around 10am at the south steps of the capitol.

56 posted on 02/18/2011 5:23:26 PM PST by rabidralph ((Mu)Barak must go!)
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To: timestax
Of the 14 DemonRat senators, only 2 of them have actually seen,getting into a CAR, as per the you tube clip by the Freepers. I would bet that not all 14 are hiding, but that some of them have slipped home, or never left to begin with. THEY are HIDING at their homes, in the basements.. That's what I read in somebodies blog. The ones that are AWOL are no doubt using Wisconsin Senate credit cards . This should be investigated right now. Not three years from now!
57 posted on 02/19/2011 10:11:20 AM PST by timestax (Why not drug tests for the President AND all White Hut staff ? ? ?)
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