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Recall Petitions Collected

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La Crosse, Wisconsin (WXOW) - Governor Walker recall supporters from La Crosse County drove their petitions to Madison Saturday. Organizers said there was a rush of people in the final days of signature collection, resulting in thousands of signatures added to the cause.

Article is here.

All the signatures have been collected, and guess what else. When they were turned in today, there were a million of them. 540,000 were needed to recall Walker, and the goal was 720,000, in order to have enough names, once the duplicate and frivolous names were weeded out. What has been turned in far exceeds the goal, and you can bet your bottom dollar that Walker's recall has just been successful beyond the organizers' wildest dreams, despite the violence and death threats that were done against the signature gatherers. Well done, guys.

Buh bye, Fitzwalkerstan.
 
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Don't they now have to have an election? Recall is generally a two step process - getting the signatures and then putting the question on the ballot for the voters. I'd say half the goal has been accomplished.
 
Article is here.

All the signatures have been collected, and guess what else. When they were turned in today, there were a million of them. 540,000 were needed to recall Walker, and the goal was 720,000, in order to have enough names, once the duplicate and frivolous names were weeded out. What has been turned in far exceeds the goal, and you can bet your bottom dollar that Walker's recall has just been successful beyond the organizers' wildest dreams, despite the violence and death threats that were done against the signature gatherers. Well done, guys.

Buh bye, Fitzwalkerstan.

You sure are bitter about union reforms for a guy who lives in a right-to-work state...
 
You sure are bitter about union reforms for a guy who lives in a right-to-work state...

Not bitter at all. By the way, there is a lot of irony in my making posts in favor of the unions. I came to Texas to escape being in a union. Used to be in the UAW, and I hated it. Got a job with Texas Instruments, and left Michigan, in order to leave the union. But, you see, that's just me. I have nothing against the unions for those who choose to be in them. It was Adam Smith who, in "Wealth of Nations", wrote that everything is to be exploited, and that greed is good. Well, guess what? The sweat from a man's brow is also a resource that can be exploited. The question is whether the man who owns that sweat is allowed to exploit it too. Adam Smith was very concise when he said that, yes, sweat is a resource that can be exploited by the OWNER of that sweat.

The real irony here is from the anti-union people, who, much like the Soviets, shut down unions by decree. THAT, my friends, is anti-American. But, just like the Solidarity movement in Poland showed us, tyranny against the working man will never triumph. The recall organizers in Wisconsin are America's Solidarity movement, and it is just beginning. You can only push working people so far before they begin to fight back.

And, BTW, I like how you responded to my post by making an ad hom attack, instead of addressing the issue itself. You sure are very bitter about the recall happening. :mrgreen:
 
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You sure are bitter about union reforms for a guy who lives in a right-to-work state...
Weren't you just criticizing me for making threads about people instead of the topic at hand?

LOL
 
Article is here.

All the signatures have been collected, and guess what else. When they were turned in today, there were a million of them. 540,000 were needed to recall Walker, and the goal was 720,000, in order to have enough names, once the duplicate and frivolous names were weeded out. What has been turned in far exceeds the goal, and you can bet your bottom dollar that Walker's recall has just been successful beyond the organizers' wildest dreams, despite the violence and death threats that were done against the signature gatherers. Well done, guys.

Buh bye, Fitzwalkerstan.
Good. Even though I expected them to get enough signatures, I didn't expect so many. That's very good news and I hope their efforts are successful so that this can send a message to all those who thinking about pulling this nonsense elsewhere.

And thanks for being the resident DPer who keeps us up to date.
 
Not bitter at all. By the way, there is a lot of irony in my making posts in favor of the unions. I came to Texas to escape being in a union. Used to be in the UAW, and I hated it. Got a job with Texas Instruments, and left Michigan, in order to leave the union. But, you see, that's just me. I have nothing against the unions for those who choose to be in them. It was Adam Smith who, in "Wealth of Nations", wrote that everything is to be exploited, and that greed is good. Well, guess what? The sweat from a man's brow is also a resource that can be exploited. The question is whether the man who owns that sweat is allowed to exploit it too. Adam Smith was very concise when he said that, yes, sweat is a resource that can be exploited by the OWNER of that sweat.

The real irony here is from the anti-union people, who, much like the Soviets, shut down unions by decree. THAT, my friends, is anti-American. But, just like the Solidarity movement in Poland showed us, tyranny against the working man will never triumph. The recall organizers in Wisconsin are America's Solidarity movement, and it is just beginning. You can only push working people so far before they begin to fight back.

And, BTW, I like how you responded to my post by making an ad hom attack, instead of addressing the issue itself. You sure are very bitter about the recall happening. :mrgreen:

What silly non-sense this whole thing is "Soviet.. by decree!" Please, spare us the Union drivvel. Where'd you dig that **** up from? Oh, I found it...
A New American Workers Movement Has Begun | Solidarity

I guess we know what Dan believes in, at heart.
 
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Get off my ass, PlayDrive.
When you stop trying to act better than me for doing things that you do in the 3rd post of a thread, maybe I will.
 
When you stop trying to act better than me for doing things that you do in the 3rd post of a thread, maybe I will.

OMFG. My statement to Dan was a fair statement considering Dan's interest in Wisconsin's recall election. That's not news to anyone on this thread forum. He gave an excellent answer...for which I thanked him...he had no problem with my post...kindly butt the **** out.

Better than me? Is that what stalking is about?
 
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Is someone trying to break up private sector unions?

Is making unions collect their own dues "union busting". How many other groups get to have the govt as their bill collector?
 
OMFG. My statement to Dan was a fair statement considering Dan's interest in Wisconsin's recall election. That's not news to anyone on this thread forum. He gave an excellent answer...for which I thanked him...butt the **** out.

Better than me? Is that what stalking is about?
Get back on topic hypocrite.
 
What silly non-sense this whole thing is "Soviet.. by decree!" Please, spare us the Union drivvel. Where'd you dig that **** up from? Oh, I found it...
A New American Workers Movement Has Begun | Solidarity

I guess we know what Dan believes in, at heart.

Actually, I got my information and comparison between Wisconsin and Solidarity from 2 sources:

1) Tashah, who was the first member here to make the comparison.

2) This web site, which tied everything together for me.

Can't say I didn't expect the post that you posted, though, since your dishonesty at Debate Politics precedes you.
 
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Actually, I got my information and comparison between Wisconsin and Solidarity from 2 sources:

1) Tashah, who was the first to make the comparison.

2) This web site.

Can't say I didn't expect the post that you posted, though, since your dishonesty at Debate Politics precedes you.

Personal attacks now? I merely looked up Wisconsin Unions Solidarity and lo and behold... I found a website that almost sounds like you plagiarized them for your commentary on the issue. Speaking of Dishonest, which of us was the "Goldwater Conservative..." before the Wisconsin Union fiasco destroyed that lie? Oh that was you... For those that are unawares, Dan here was a TRUE Golwater Conservative, until this all happened, and well.. incontestably Goldwater was so "pro-Union" that he barred Unions from his own businesses... kinda making Dan have to stop that ****.

If Walker IS recalled, and the PS Unions get the powers taken from them back, watch all the budgetary progress made towards fiscal sanity go down the drain.
 
If Walker IS recalled, and the PS Unions get the powers taken from them back, watch all the budgetary progress made towards fiscal sanity go down the drain.
Nah, the Unions agreed to the budget based provisions of the Walker's bill - so that 'progress' is still intact.
 
OMFG. My statement to Dan was a fair statement considering Dan's interest in Wisconsin's recall election. That's not news to anyone on this thread forum. He gave an excellent answer...for which I thanked him...he had no problem with my post...kindly butt the **** out.

Better than me? Is that what stalking is about?

I don't like your posts sometimes, but you do keep me on my toes. :)
 
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Personal attacks are done and over with. Talk about the topic or be removed from the thread.
 
No, actually they didn't. That's a lie.

No it isn't a lie. It is true. I notice you didn't supply a link showing it to be a lie, but I will gladly supply a link showing it to be true.


As you can plainly see, the unions DID agree to large monetary concessions, and officially backed the budgetary provisions in Walker's bill.
 
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Actually, I got my information and comparison between Wisconsin and Solidarity from 2 sources:

1) Tashah, who was the first member here to make the comparison.

2) This web site, which tied everything together for me.
The linkage is obvious to anyone who's family experienced both fascism and communism firsthand.
 
No it isn't a lie. It is true. I notice you didn't supply a link showing it to be a lie, but I will gladly supply a link showing it to be true.



As you can plainly see, the unions DID agree to large monetary concessions, and officially backed the budgetary provisions in Walker's bill.
That's not what was stated Dan, be honest, it's your thread after all. The Unions agreed to SOME of the budgetary demands... but the big ones were raises, benefits and other long term issues that caused the fiscal mess they are in now, from your source:

The details of Governor Walker’s proposal include prohibiting collective bargaining for issues beyond wages, limiting pay raises to a certain level without approval by public referendum, exempting employees from paying union dues and requiring unions to hold annual votes on whether they should remain in existence.
Compromise legislation being promoted by a moderate Republican that would put a two-year sunset clause on the collective-bargaining restrictions was rebuffed by both parties. Governor Walker said that part of the reason for the fiscal challenges was that previous governors and legislatures pushed fiscal problems down the road with short-term fixes.

This entire affair is about UNION POWER, not rights.
 
In Scott Walker recall, Wisconsin Dems tout 1 million recall signatures

Organizers behind the recall of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker collected 1 million signatures to be submitted to the state’s Government Accountability Board on Tuesday, dwarfing the required number of names and virtually ensuring that a recall election will take place later this year. <snip>

Read more: In Scott Walker recall, Wisconsin Dems tout 1 million recall signatures - MJ Lee - POLITICO.com

<snip>

The Republican Governors Association quickly came to Walker’s defense on Tuesday, announcing the launch of Stand With Scott - A project of the Republican Governor's Association — a website dedicated to promoting the governor’s policies and accomplishments.

Read more: In Scott Walker recall, Wisconsin Dems tout 1 million recall signatures - MJ Lee - POLITICO.com

Even when he is losing he is winning. Imagine how much out of state money will be flowing into Walker's pockets? Every whackjob Limbaughnaut in America will be sending this guy their cash to "help" him fight the will of the people.

Stay tuned.....
 
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Re: In Scott Walker recall, Wisconsin Dems tout 1 million recall signatures

The ability of Wisconsinites to secure enough signatures for recall was predictable. But presumably the easy part is over. They must find a candidate who is electable and the article is somewhat mum on who this would be. However this works out it will be incredibly expensive but could be an economic boon for the state as, notwithstanding union and GOP monies, I’m sure the media will spend TONS of money reporting on every batted eye and smelly fart.

I hope they get what they want not what they asked for.
 
Re: In Scott Walker recall, Wisconsin Dems tout 1 million recall signatures

Oh it's on now. Bye bye, Scott.

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Re: In Scott Walker recall, Wisconsin Dems tout 1 million recall signatures

The vote will be interesting since it will include the people who voted for him and not just the ones who didn't like the outcome.
 
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