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Home Front: Politix
Wisc Cops Join Protestors
2011-02-27
Posted by:Mercutio

#7  hmm... well there is always the militia.... what was it? 700,000 hunters last season?
Posted by: Harry Thavith9398   2011-02-27 22:56  

#6  Problem with calling out the National Guard is that Obama can trump: he can call up the Guard and make it subject to federal, not state, authority.
Posted by: Steve White   2011-02-27 22:49  

#5  If the police join the protests, it would seem to me that the governor has no choice but to call out the National Guard. Public order must be preserved.

If any Guardsman refuses to go active because he is a member of the public employees union, he should be court-martialed.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2011-02-27 16:31  

#4  Push comes to shove...
let the traffic cops go... keep the detectives.
Posted by: Water Modem   2011-02-27 14:51  

#3  The governor needs to stop especially the police unions from getting involved. This is done discreetly, by letting the rank and file police know that they had better halt their unions or they are going to be next on the platter.

It's the "lay down with dogs, get up with fleas", theory. Solidarity comes with a high price. As far as the firemen go, they can be threatened with widespread, non-union privatization. After a right-to-work law is signed.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-02-27 14:22  

#2  This is turning into a third world war in Wisconsin. I remember France with their riots.
Steal from the taxpayer. Political corruption, Union corruption, a tsunami of greed. Just what O needs to divert attention from himself. With media duplicity. Major layoffs in the works. Those who are wealthy have left if they are smart. Like Cuba in many ways, verbal now, guns and molotov cocktails next.
Posted by: Dale   2011-02-27 13:36  

#1  The governor had spared the police and firemen the cuts he was demanding of the rest of the state employees precisely to avoid this kind of thing. It's going to get interesting now.
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-02-27 13:01  

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