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alterfurz Donating Member (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:15 PM
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Wisconsin State Capitol, aka The Thunderdome!
Biggest crowd yet today, more planned for tomorrow. Governor Walker, you're in our house, now. And who are we?--We're Volunteers of America...Badger Rescue Brigade!

picture credit: Tom Lynn, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Whatever else happens, this week America has witnessed the proud Wisconsin progressive spirit, alive and strong. And who knows, some day the history books may even say, It was on a day in February, in Madison, Wisconsin, when a spark of resistance to right-wing insanity lit a fire that swept across the nation.
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:16 PM
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1. Word is that the walls literally shook.
:)
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alterfurz Donating Member (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:22 PM
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3. from both sound and weight!
an engineer friend remarked: Good lord, I hope those balconies were designed for all that load!
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Lifelong Protester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:25 PM
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4. the walls trembled as many Joshuas used their voices
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Blue Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:19 PM
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2. K & R
:kick:
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mzteris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:27 PM
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5. My office is about
five blocks from the Capitol. Yesterday I could hear them from inside!
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:28 PM
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6. I haven't been able to focus on anything else the past 2 days.
I am so proud of us. :)
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mzteris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:37 PM
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8. it's been difficult . . .
I have windows and I watch so many parading by with their signs.

I walk up on my lunch and walk around the square (except I was still sick Monday).

Some of my friends are practically living up there. One friend - a teacher and union something or other - has been there practically non-stop!

I too am so proud of "us". It is so immensely moving to see it in action.
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eowyn_of_rohan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:33 PM
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7. "a spark of resistance to right-wing insanity lit a fire that swept across the nation"
It HAS THAT FEELING, doesn't it?
:bounce:
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:38 PM
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9. I hope each one brings a friend tomorrow




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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:39 PM
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10. This what happens when a progressive state makes a mistake
and elects people who don't truly represent the state's values.

We need to make it right.
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eowyn_of_rohan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 11:07 PM
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13. Easier for me to believe in stolen elections than to believe we elected him
after all who really counts the votes?
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eowyn_of_rohan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:49 PM
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11. 45 Great Protest Signs ftom The Wisconsin Capitol
Edited on Thu Feb-17-11 11:03 PM by eowyn_of_rohan
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-best-protest-signs-at-the-wisconsin-capitol

Here are a few...

(I think this is a DU'er ;)
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 11:14 PM
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15. Great pics! Thanks.
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Lefta Dissenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 10:53 PM
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12. Huh, better than MY photos
It's awesome in the capitol - got home a while ago from our third day there. It can get deafening in there, especially when the firefighters march through. SOLIDARITY! :patriot:

This has renewed my pride in Wisconsin, which had been badly shaken last Friday when Walker made his announcement about this bill.

I love my state! :fistbump:
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white_wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 11:12 PM
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14. Glad to see them there
If it wasn't so far away I'd join them. Its high time our politicians remember that the Capital both State and National are for the business of the people and not for their lobbyists and corporate ambassadors.
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luv_mykatz Donating Member (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 11:21 PM
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16. You are all awesome!
Keep up the fight. Don't give up, and don't give in. Down with Governor Greed Head!
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