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Recall Republican Wisconsin Governor Walker status update thread

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dmcowen674 said:
They make more sense now than ever thanks to the destruction of the country by the CEO's such as your beloved head of Boeing.

Why do you love the Corporations but hate America?

What are you gaining personally. Fess up
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The head of union at Boeing just said Boeing is good.

Oopsies.
 
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Ausm said:
Wow you mean a e-mail from the Dems asking for cash contributions puts your panties in a twist? I have news for you they come out ALL the time and guess what your side send them out too.
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Come on Ausm.. You and I both know you wear the panties around here.. You tried showing me them the other day, when I said I wasn't interested and didn't play that way you got all huffy.. Now play nice with the other kids.. and you know, that long hair you have really makes you look like a girl.

ps.. An ugly girl, but a girl none the less.

Sent from my Supercharged Asus Transformer
 
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Agfadoc said:
Come on Ausm.. You and I both know you wear the panties around here.. You tried showing me them the other day, when I said I wasn't interested and didn't play that way you got all huffy.. Now play nice with the other kids.. and you know, that long hair you have really makes you look like a girl.

ps.. An ugly girl, but a girl none the less.

Sent from my Supercharged Asus Transformer
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Come back after you hit puberty you have no game with your Right Wing Trolls.
 
werepossum said:
LOL

I wasn't pissed, dude. I still like you and your boundless liberal enthusiasm - I was the same way when I was young. I was merely trying to make a point.
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Point made so which one of those articles would you believe then? Oh how young do you think I am?
 
Ausm said:
Point made so which one of those articles would you believe then? Oh how young do you think I am?
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I would guess you are in your early twenties, if not younger. Old enough to follow politics superficially, not yet old enough to really understand the side effects of a particular action nor to become embarrassed about being a cheerleader for one particular party.

The Politifact articles were not actually mutually exclusive. In the first, Politifact took Walker to task for claiming that the state was "broke" and for claiming that the state was $3.6 billion in the whole when in actuality it faced a budget shortfall, not an actual debt. That is all technically true, but ignores that Walker's Democrat opponent was claiming there was no shortfall. In other words, Politifact chose to ignore the Democrat's position while gaming the Republican's position. Their statement, while technically true, ignored the actual merits of the arguments. They did not deny that the $3.6 billion shortfall existed; they even emphasized how serious it was. And they pointed out how the Democrats had taken this systemic shortfall, which existed well before the economic downturn, and hidden it using accounting gimmicks. They did however take Walker to task for calling it a debt. Again, I take no issue with that, merely with Politifact choosing to examine Walker's side of the issue rather than honestly examine which candidate is closest to telling the truth. (For it's very, very seldom that one party or the other is completely right and honest on even a single issue, and never on all important issues.)

In the second, Politifact took Walker to task for sending out campaign literature asserting once again that the state is broke. Again, Politifact acknowledged the $3.6 billion shortfall, and pointed out that Walker and the Republican-led legislature had already fixed the shortfall. Here I agree with Politifact that what Walker did was disingenuous and stupid; he should be campaigning on this as an accomplishment, not trying to pass it off as another problem that only he can fix.

Your other link (showing that there was no shortfall at all) was if memory serves merely an advocacy piece, designed to give cover to the left rather than as an attempt at serious journalism.
 
dmcowen674 said:
They make more sense now than ever thanks to the destruction of the country by the CEO's such as your beloved head of Boeing.

Why do you love the Corporations but hate America?

What are you gaining personally. Fess up
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The hell? I do work. I make money. I'm a software engineer. Not a manager.

What do I gain by keeping Boeing in WA? WA gets more money. WA keeps jobs. Gee, seems like win.

A friend who was a welder at some smaller company was being &*^#ed up the behind by his union had to pay dues ON TOP OF THAT just to work. Don't join the union, you gotta quit the job. He then moved to boeing, and has to pay MORE union dues when he doesn't want to be in the union. It should be totally illegal to be FORCED to join the Union to work at the company. Likewise, hiring new workers when people go on strike should be fine.

You don't know me, you never will, so keep your baseless accusations to yourself.
 
RampantAndroid said:
The hell? I do work. I make money. I'm a software engineer. Not a manager.

What do I gain by keeping Boeing in WA? WA gets more money. WA keeps jobs. Gee, seems like win.

A friend who was a welder at some smaller company was being &*^#ed up the behind by his union had to pay dues ON TOP OF THAT just to work. Don't join the union, you gotta quit the job. He then moved to boeing, and has to pay MORE union dues when he doesn't want to be in the union. It should be totally illegal to be FORCED to join the Union to work at the company. Likewise, hiring new workers when people go on strike should be fine.

You don't know me, you never will, so keep your baseless accusations to yourself.
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I agree with all that. A union should be an asset to an employer, not a millstone around its neck.

That said, I'm a big proponent of trade unions. I think they do an excellent job of keeping high standards of work and training. Only when attached to government do they really begin to act solely in their own interest. If I worked at a trade, I'd happily join the union. And if I had my druthers, I'd specify all my jobs as union only. I don't simply because I'm not spending my money, but the Owner's money.
 
werepossum said:
I would guess you are in your early twenties, if not younger. Old enough to follow politics superficially, not yet old enough to really understand the side effects of a particular action nor to become embarrassed about being a cheerleader for one particular party.

The Politifact articles were not actually mutually exclusive. In the first, Politifact took Walker to task for claiming that the state was "broke" and for claiming that the state was $3.6 billion in the whole when in actuality it faced a budget shortfall, not an actual debt. That is all technically true, but ignores that Walker's Democrat opponent was claiming there was no shortfall. In other words, Politifact chose to ignore the Democrat's position while gaming the Republican's position. Their statement, while technically true, ignored the actual merits of the arguments. They did not deny that the $3.6 billion shortfall existed; they even emphasized how serious it was. And they pointed out how the Democrats had taken this systemic shortfall, which existed well before the economic downturn, and hidden it using accounting gimmicks. They did however take Walker to task for calling it a debt. Again, I take no issue with that, merely with Politifact choosing to examine Walker's side of the issue rather than honestly examine which candidate is closest to telling the truth. (For it's very, very seldom that one party or the other is completely right and honest on even a single issue, and never on all important issues.)

In the second, Politifact took Walker to task for sending out campaign literature asserting once again that the state is broke. Again, Politifact acknowledged the $3.6 billion shortfall, and pointed out that Walker and the Republican-led legislature had already fixed the shortfall. Here I agree with Politifact that what Walker did was disingenuous and stupid; he should be campaigning on this as an accomplishment, not trying to pass it off as another problem that only he can fix.

Your other link (showing that there was no shortfall at all) was if memory serves merely an advocacy piece, designed to give cover to the left rather than as an attempt at serious journalism.
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Not even close and if you guesses are as good as your analogies are then your're in big trouble. 😉
 
Ausm said:
John Nichols lays out the Koch Bro/ALEC agenda to suppress voting which we have seen come to fruition in Wisconsin.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/165077/koch-brothers-alec-and-savage-assault-democracy

ALEC Agenda to rig elections:

http://www.thenation.com/article/161969/rigging-elections
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LOL Wow. Aren't we lucky that a far left publication like The Nation knows all about the Koch brothers' plans? After decades of left wing groups registering thousands of imaginary people and fighting all attempts to require positive identification, now The Nation can warn us of the right wing plan to steal elections.
 
werepossum said:
LOL Wow. Aren't we lucky that a far left publication like The Nation knows all about the Koch brothers' plans? After decades of left wing groups registering thousands of imaginary people and fighting all attempts to require positive identification, now The Nation can warn us of the right wing plan to steal elections.
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Can you prove they are wrong? If not STFU and go away....

Have a nice day.
 
monovillage said:
Mickey Mouse and Adolf Hitler names allowed on Wis. recall petitions

http://www.wisn.com/politics/29987729/detail.html#ixzz1gVsy6F80

No surprise, man admits to signing about 80 recall petitions, admits he's cheating for the recall.

http://www.wisn.com/politics/29958007/detail.html

Democrat politics as usual
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You realize that people do this for every petition signing ever, right? That's why they collect so many more signatures than are technically needed, because lots of them are invalidated later.
 
eskimospy said:
You realize that people do this for every petition signing ever, right? That's why they collect so many more signatures than are technically needed, because lots of them are invalidated later.
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I seriously doubt that most other signature drives has dropped to the same level of corruption as this recall petition. Seriously.
 
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