Wisconsin Gov. Walker Reiterates That The ‘National Guard’ Will Be Used

Wisconsin Gov. Walker Reiterates That The ‘National Guard’ Will Be Used Against A Worker ‘Walk-Off’
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/16/walker-reiterates-threat/

ThinkProgress has been following both Gov. Scott Walker’s (R-WI) recent “budget repair bill,” which would effectively eliminate state workers’ right to collectively bargain, and his coinciding threat to deploy the National Guard to stop a walkout. Yesterday, the Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers criticized Walker, saying that collective bargaining is “fundamental” to the middle class.

Approximately 13,000 peaceful protesters flooded the state Capitol yesterday, including nearly 800 Madison East High School students who left school to protest Walker’s bill. Democratic lawmakers listened to testimonies from citizens for more than 20 hours, stretching into the early morning. Many people who hadn’t yet gotten to speak pulled out sleeping bags.

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VAN SUSTEREN: You have the Guard on alert. Why, if that is true?

WALKER: No, in our case we have contingency plans that we put into place that are updated from where they were before. The National Guard is part of that. They would be part of that whether it is a snow emergency, tornado, earthquake, flood, anything else. And a work walk-off is part of contingency plan.


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...and not to use against protesters.

OTOH, it could significantly sway public opinion if he did.

but even the implications there are astounding.

The National Guard running the state prison system?!
We all know how well that works out...

He needs to have a psych test because I have a feeling that he believes he is god.

a lot of National Guard personnel are public sector employees that also serve in the Guard. Does Walker really think that they will turn on their own? Makes ya wonder

and ram it up his ass.

My dad's alma mater.

I doubt it but would enjoy being pleasantly surprised. I know, I am such a sentimental douche.

The Gov. or the Workers?

okay, that's easy for me to say. I hope all of our union supporters stay strong and stay safe.

Wait 'til he finds out most of the Nat. Guard are union members themselves.

then I have little left to lose. A whole lot of other Wisconsinites I know seem to have much more to be losing.
The thought of the Wisconsinites vs Wisconsinites in a punishing political conflict that destroys working careers and thereby the dreams of families leaves me very sad.

The cause is tremendously important; those who come through must be committed to live an outcome that is more than worthy of the sacrifice it demanded.