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Notes from Madison WI rallies
Two of our adult kids went to the rally. Their signs asked for discussion of the various medical cuts, as they have both been without medical insurance at times. Our family stands to lose a lot in this budget cutting process. We recognize the need for the cuts and are willing to deal with them, provided the cuts are thought through. We do feel that this bill is being rammed through in the same manner that the Pelosi-care bill was rammed through: a lot of activists and legislators don't seem to know what's in it. Nobody in this family holds much respect for the unions. And I sent a love letter to my state senator telling him that holing up in Illinois is disgraceful. There were flakes from both ends of the political spectrum, but the flakes found themselves shouted down by their own allies. While assorted pro-union types were chanting, somebody hollered, "Walker is a Nazi!" The union members stopped chanting, said "He's not a Nazi; shut up!" and went back to chanting. Various security staff (including sheriff's deputies from other counties) politely but firmly told people who were making pests of themselves to leave--and they did, with some grumbling. No arrests were made. People had mixed reactions to our daughters' signs reading "Think it through" and "Hyperbole doesn't help." A set of imported Tea Partiers from Minnesota didn't seem to understand the word "hyperbole". Neither did a few of the flakier liberal specimens. The link connects you to a variety of items from the Wisconsin State Journal's coverage of the rallies Posted by: mom 2011-02-20 |
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