Thousands fill the Capitol rotunda in Madison, Wis.

[justdrew]

[norton ash]

Anonymous targeting Koch Brothers.


http://www.scribd.com/doc/49513260/OpWisconsin

EDIT: Longer post on Anon action < p 12 thanks, Drew

[Jeff]

Hey Everyone the Dropkick Murphys would like to take a moment to acknowledge the struggles of the working people of Wisconsin and to pledge our support and solidarity by releasing the song “Take Em Down” from our upcoming album. We think it’s appropriate at the moment and hope you like it.

We have also created a limited edition “Take ‘Em Down” t-shirt which will be available for sale shortly at www.dropkickmurphys.com/merch. Proceeds from the “Take ‘Em Down” t-shirt sales will benefit Workers’ Rights Emergency Response Fund (link).

We’ll see you in Wisconsin in a few days,

The Dropkick Murphys Stand With Wisconsin !!!!!

http://www.dropkickmurphys.com/2011/02/ ... wisconsin/

[seemslikeadream]

^^^^^^

fuckin' EXCELLENT

TAKE THE BASTARDS DOWN

[brainpanhandler]

While I prize my relative anonymity here, all you screwballs now know I live in Madison.

Yesterday was exhilirating. I've been to rallys and protest before, but not like this. Shit, we could have gathered half the 500,000 signatures needed for a recall election yesterday. No matter what happens with this bill Walker is done. He will only be governor for a year because we have to wait a year by law.

Word has it the republicans are cracking behind the scenes. They just don't know how to back down and save face at the same time.

This is what democracy looks like:







Maybe we should thank the governor. He united us in a way nothing else has.

[Jeff]

This is what democracy looks like:

Thanks for those!

[barracuda]

We are all brainpanhandler now.

[NeonLX]

Our paths have probably crossed, Brainpanhandler...

Your optimism about Walker's demise is inspiring. Hope to heck you are right!

[norton ash]

This is so great, and Madison is a GREAT city, BPH. I've always loved visiting.

[eyeno]

Our school systems are crumbling at the foundations. What will be the result? Mass federal government schools with 100 children per class?

Become A Teacher? 10 Examples That Show Why Becoming A Teacher Is A Dead End In This Economy



Today budget cutters are on the rampage from coast to coast and often one of their first targets is public school teachers. What we have witnessed recently in Wisconsin is just one example of this. The truth is that you do not want to become a teacher if you want to have financial security in America today. Teacher salaries are being slashed from sea to shining sea. But to a certain extent the teachers that are having their wages cut are the fortunate ones. There are thousands upon thousands of teachers that have already been laid off, and there are tens of thousands more that are about to be laid off. It is absolutely brutal out there right now. So if you are thinking about becoming a teacher you might want to think twice. Not that there are a whole lot of other jobs that are more secure right now. The truth is that there is no such thing as a "safe job" in America today.

It is very unfortunate that what is going on right now is going to scare so many young people away from becoming a teacher because the next generation could definitely use some quality teachers.

But the truth is that it is getting really hard to honestly recommend that anyone become a teacher at this point. Just consider some of the following news stories that we have seen around the nation recently....

#1 In Providence, Rhode Island the school district plans to send out dismissal notices to every single one of its 1,926 teachers.

#2 Michigan has just approved a plan to shut down nearly half of the public schools in Detroit. Under the plan, 70 schools will be closed and 72 will continue operating.

#3 In New Jersey, Governor Chris Christie has laid off thousands of teachers and he cut a billion dollars from the state education budget.

#4 Bills in Wisconsin, Ohio, Tennessee, Indiana and Idaho would either significantly alter or completely take away the collective bargaining rights of public school teachers.

#5 The eyes of the whole country are on Wisconsin right now. Teachers there are very alarmed about the $900 million in cuts to school funding over the next two years that are being proposed.

#6 Clay Robison, a spokesman for the Texas State Teachers Association, recently said that his organization is projecting that 100,000 school employees in the state of Texas could lose their jobs.

#7 The current plan is for more than 4,500 New York City school teachers to be laid off after this current school years ends. This will be the most significant teacher layoffs in New York since the 1970s.

#8 In Los Angeles, more than 5,000 teachers will be receiving preliminary layoff notices due to budget cuts.

#9 Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval is being deeply criticized for the teacher pay cuts that he is proposing.

#10 StudentsFirst.org is projecting that 161,000 teachers across the United States are in danger of losing their jobs this year alone.

So in light of the facts above, should we advise any of our young people to try to become a teacher?

The worst thing about all this for young teachers is that in many areas of the country there is a rule that says the last teachers hired are the first ones that get laid off.

That is another huge incentive for young people not to choose teaching as a profession.

So why are so many teacher layoffs happening?

Well, the truth is that most of our state and local governments are very deep in debt and have run out of money.

State and local government debt has reached at an all-time high of 22 percent of U.S. GDP, and hordes of state and local governments are teetering on the brink of insolvency at this point.

When there is no more money, the cuts have to come from somewhere. It is just really unfortunate that so many teachers are going to be put out onto the street.

People that have gone into the teaching profession have all spent a lot of time and money to get the education that they need to teach. If they are told that they can't do that anymore, what are they supposed to do?

Most of the time when teachers are forced out of the profession they end up having to take jobs that pay much less. In this economy, many ex-teachers will not be able to find jobs at all. Today, one out of every seven Americans is on food stamps, and sadly many teachers may soon be joining them.

So why don't we just raise taxes so that all of these teachers can keep their jobs? Well, the truth is that middle class Americans are already being taxed into oblivion. When you add up the dozens and dozens of different taxes that Americans pay each year the overall tax burden is absolutely frightening. There is only so much that you can squeeze out of the American people.

No, the truth is that the American people are taxed way too much already, and the big corporations and the ultra-wealthy have become experts at avoiding taxation. Our current tax system needs to be completely scrapped and replaced with something entirely new.

If our state and local governments had not been so addicted to debt, and if our economy had been managed correctly and if about a hundred other things had been done differently we would not be having these problems.

But here we are.

Unfortunately, there does not seem to be any easy answers.

Or are there some solutions that most of us have been overlooking? What do you all think? What should be done about all of the teacher layoffs that are taking place all over the country? Please feel free to leave a comment with your thoughts below....

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/arch ... is-economy

[Jeff]

Live link of the rotunda:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel-popup/afl-cio-2010-rally

It's supposed to be cleared. Mass arrests expected.

[seemslikeadream]

THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING

KILL THE BILL

[seemslikeadream]

streams down good updates here
http://uppitywis.org/blogarticle/live-coverage-madison

Did Mubarak of the Midwest cut off the internet?

Faux News has live stream
hit the right vid up top

http://interactive.foxnews.com/livestre ... l?chanid=6

[Canadian_watcher]

someone has just approached the cameraperson(I guess) and asked if they have a permit for power. The person answering was at first stunned by the question, and then said "earlier they turned the power off, but then the building manager came and turned it back on." I think they are being moved now...

[seemslikeadream]

SOLIDARITY