To Elected Officials: You Sacrifice First

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     by    Debbie Williams      Wed Feb 23, 2011

All over the country, budgets are supposedly being balanced on the backs of working people.  Not only is it wrong, it's a lie.  And if you don't know that, you haven't been paying attention.  OHbamaMama.

The one thing that is so very, very important for people to understand now, right now, is that government can help you. Because we the taxpayers are the government. I don't want a bridge to nowhere in Alaska, which Sarah Palin said she stopped. I don't think she stopped it, I think someone in Congress did because it was idiocy. I'd have to go back and look it up, but I don't think Palin stopped it because no one knew who she was then, and I wish to God we didn't know who she was now.

There are intelligent people in government, there always have been. There were even reasonable Republicans.  But unfortunately, this country has been overrun by the anti-government conspiracists who believe government is out to do them in. And now we have them in government! Just wait until the Republicans shut down the federal government in March and no checks are going out. If they want a revolution, they're going to have one, and it won't be the Tea Partiers, it will be every single one of us who have paid taxes, social security and medicare for years and expect to get something back for our money.

Every elected official can cut their taxpayer paid salaries and benefits before they ever touch the people who work for them and carry their asses. When they do that, then we'll chat about sacrifice for everyone else.

Idiots.

I have never been a member of a labor union, but I support their human and civil rights to have a voice through collective bargaining.  In Solidarity.

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Madison WI Chief Of Police Wants Answers From Scott Walker…

   …over the comments which he made to a blogger passing himself off as David Koch, the conservative billionaire trouble maker well known for passing out sums of cash to his favorite “ conservative “ politicians, Walker included.

    Top cop Noble Wray has an issue with Walker saying that he and his criminal cohorts had thought of planting  “ troublemakers “ into the crowds of protesters in order to disrupt the peaceful gatherings by the pro-union supporters.

Wisconsin State Journal

... "I spent a good deal of time overnight thinking about Governor Walker's response, during his news conference yesterday (Wednesday), to the suggestion that his administration ‘thought about' planting troublemakers among those who are peacefully protesting his bill," Wray said in a statement issued this morning. "I would like to hear more of an explanation from Governor Walker as to what exactly was being considered, and to what degree it was discussed by his cabinet members.

"I find it very unsettling and troubling that anyone would consider creating safety risks for our citizens and law enforcement officers. Our department works hard dialoging with those who are exercising their First Amendment right, those from both sides of the issue, to make sure we are doing everything we can to ensure they can demonstrate safely.

    No need to tell you that Walker’s office referred to the news conference which Walker had on Wednesday when  he said:

"People have brought up all sorts of different options," Walker said. "As you saw if you've listened to the tape, we shot that down."

     As is noted here, the idea was shot down due to the fact that if implemented, it turn out to be a bad political move more Walker. There was no mention of the concern for the publics safety.

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