Yesterday police in Wisconsin celebrated Pearl Harbor Day by issuing tickets to people waving the American flag.
Video below the fold. Stick around to the end. As the man says, “The cops can’t scare us off, can they?”
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Scott Walker’s epic battle to beat the unions in Wisconsin.
When they and Democratic legislators failed to prevent passage of Act 10 [the law that defanged the unions], they tried to defeat — with a scurrilous smear campaign that backfired — an elected state Supreme Court justice. They hoped that changing the court’s composition would get Walker’s reforms overturned. When this failed, they tried to capture the state Senate by recalling six Republican senators. When this failed, they tried to recall Walker. On the night that failed — he won with a larger margin than he had received when elected 19 months earlier — he resisted the temptation to proclaim, “This is what democracy looks like!”
Read it. It describes the way our country can defeat the fascists.
Leftwing civility: Death threats against Republican Governor Scott Walker and his wife and children.
The article also quotes top Wisconsin Democrats, who rather than condemn such hate throw gasoline on the fire.
Leftwing civility: A man who expressed strong agreement with many leftwing causes has been arrested at the Wisconsin state capitol with a Molotov cocktail in his backpack.
The man, Kvon R. Smith, had reportedly used Facebook to threaten to do harm at the Capitol. Law enforcement was ready for him and arrested him as he attempted to enter the building. Smith then reportedly claimed to have a Molotov cocktail in his backpack. Police evacuated portions of the capitol building and a bomb squad reportedly arrived and handled the backpack. Police did not say whether or not the backpack contained the explosive device the man allegedly claimed it did. A search of the man’s apparent Twitter account reveals deep sympathies for Palestinians, support for other liberal and far-left causes, and claims of previous felony charges. Smith has also expressed support for the newest leftist movement, which previous Occupy supporters are beginning to flock to, named “Idle No More.” Less than 24 hours before being arrested, Smith stated on Facebook: “I’m in support of the Idle No More Movement.” Two hours after writing his support for the new activist movement, Smith posted this video on what authorities verify is his Facebook showing the bottles he claims to have intended to take to the Wisconsin Capitol building.
Go to the link to see the video.
Democratic civility: An openly gay volunteer for a Republican running for Congress in Wisconsin was severely beaten in his home after receiving threatening and obscene messages from the husband of the Democratic candidate.
The Democratic candidate is also openly gay, and it was his husband who sent the messages, some of which are also include racial insults of the Republican candidate’s Mexican-American wife.
Leftwing civility: “I will kill Walker myself.”
I wish this was the only person to say this, but no, it isn’t. The link gives a nice sampling of hate from Democrat/leftwing supporters. Another example here.
Scott Walker has won the recall election in Wisconsin by a large margin, 53-46 percent, more than predicted and exceeding his vote total in his 2010 election victory.
The surest sign that the Democrats will lose the recall vote there today: “Mainstream media escapes from Wisconsin.”
Theft by government: Wisconsin police demand that a family bring cash to bail their son out of jail, and then confiscate the cash.
It is worse than you think.
A bad day for Obama and the Democrats.
As I’ve said repeatedly, the 2010 elections were not a fluke, but a trend. The public intends to fire this President and those in Congress — from both parties — who have put the U.S. on verge of bankruptcy.
Slap on the wrist: Twenty doctors have been fined $500 to $4001 and made to attend ethics training for giving out fake sick notes at the Wisconsin union demonstrations last year.
Meanwhile, the results of the changes began coming in. In Milwaukee, the reforms saved some $11 million, an embarrassing windfall for Democratic mayor Tom Barrett, who had predicted that the city’s structural deficit would “explode.” Localities across the state have seen similar savings. There is no disputing the central fact of Walker’s tenure as governor: His reforms are working.
Those protests apparently backfired: Union membership dropped by 16,000 last year in Wisconsin.
Why am I not surprised? A slap on the wrist for the Wisconsin doctors who handed out fake sick notes during the protests last year.
The Wisconsin teachers union is trying to get a teacher fired for doing a commercial in support of Governor Scott Walker.
The Wisconsin doctors who issued fake sick notes during the labor protests earlier this year will face disciplinary hearings on Wednesday.
So it was for the children, eh? Wisconsin teachers retire in droves after new law is passed.
Wisconsin Republicans have held off the Democrats in the first round of recall elections.
And here are the results: A Wisconsin school district has gone from failure to success as a result of the new law limited union power.
The Kaukauna School District, in the Fox River Valley of Wisconsin near Appleton, has about 4,200 students and about 400 employees. It has struggled in recent times and this year faced a deficit of $400,000. But after the law went into effect, at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, school officials put in place new policies they estimate will turn that $400,000 deficit into a $1.5 million surplus. And it’s all because of the very provisions that union leaders predicted would be disastrous.
