On Mar 11, 8:42*pm, "Chas. Chan" wrote:
On Mar 11, 7:20*am, Joe from Kokomo wrote:

On 3/10/2011 8:43 PM, Nickname unavailable wrote:

"These are the values inspiring those brave workers in Poland ... They
remind us that where free unions and collective bargaining are
forbidden, freedom is lost." -- Ronald Reagan labor day address (1980)

Gee, I wonder how the brain dead tea-baggers are going to tap dance
around their Saint, Ronnie Reagan, actually -defending- collective
bargaining.

President Reagan doesn't need to be defended from your ignorance.


snicker, reagan was smart enough to know that every worker in the
eastern block were employees of the state. that is why he supported
independent labor unions for government employees, he was far seeing
in that respect.
as far as patco is concerned, he was far enough seeing in that one
to, he did not attempt to block the controllers from ever forming a
union again, he was far seeing. independent labor unions fight anti-
democratic forces, such as conservatism/.libertarianism/fascism/
communism reagan was a union man thru and thru

feces ridden bank that supported scott "Moammar Gadhafi" walker, shut
down today:Everybody knows the GOP's biggest weakness is money, so why
not hit 'em in the sweet spot? That's what many amazing Wisconsin
firefighters did yesterday when they collectively began withdrawing
their funds from Madison's M&I Bank and shut it down early

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews...some%3A_wiscon...

Awesome: Wisconsin Firefighters Shut Down Bank That Funded Walker

Everybody knows the GOP's biggest weakness is money, so why not hit
'em in the sweet spot? That's what many amazing Wisconsin firefighters
did yesterday when they collectively began withdrawing their funds
from Madison's M&I Bank -- whose executives and board members were
among the highest donors to Governor Scott Walker's campaign.

Heeding a call by Firefighters Local 311 President Joe Conway to 'Move
your money,' union members withdrew over $100,000 from the bank, with
some reports stating that number is as high as $192,000. Either way,
it was a hefty enough chunk of change that M&I shut its doors and
closed for the day at 3PM.

This is a very simple, very peaceful way to inflict some serious
damage on the money-grubbers; super kudos to the Firefighters Union.

Anecdoctally -- 'M&I Bank received $1.7 billion in bailout money via
President George W. Bush's Troubled Assets Relief Program. The bank
was acquired by the Bank of Montreal in December of 2010 for $4.1
billion in stock,' reports Dane101.

UPDATE: Stranded Wind over at DailyKos has photos of the protest
outside M&I, and says the ante has been upped to $600,000! 'What these
pictures show are six hundred ordinary citizens descending on the M&I
branch near the Wisconsin Capitol after learning of their purchase of
the gubernatorial election last November. Two firefighters with old
school ideas about saving had over $600,000 between the two of them
and they demanded cashier's checks on the spot.'