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	evilsqueakers 2011-03-10 07:57 am UTC (link)
	My god. Our country is run by disease-ridden snails, isn't it? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	snarkhunter 2011-03-10 04:27 pm UTC (link)
	Yes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	evilsqueakers 2011-03-10 04:58 pm UTC (link)
	I swear, I need like 4 shots of alcohol a day just to get past the stupid. For some unknown reason, I watched C-SPAN earlier. I already feel stupider. I think the Wisconsin governor knows the dude from Mississippi that wants more, expedited off-shore drilling. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	darksumomo 2011-03-12 03:14 am UTC (link)
	As someone who used to study disease-ridden snails, that comparison does infected gastropods a disservice. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	evilsqueakers 2011-03-12 03:18 am UTC (link)
	I'm sorry. I couldn't say my real thoughts or I'd be in trouble. So snails seemed nice. (Plus, as a kid, I used to play with them when collecting fiddler crabs at the beach...much like my letters to Congress.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rachelmap 2011-03-10 12:41 pm UTC (link)
	Is this procedure even legal? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	snarkhunter 2011-03-10 04:31 pm UTC (link)
	There seems to be some doubt that it was. http://open.salon.com/blog/kent_pitman/2011/03/10/was_the_recent_wisconsin_senate_action_really_illegal (Reply to this)(Parent)

queencallipygos
2011-03-10 03:07 pm UTC (link)

I'm encouraging everyone to take a minute and do two things:

1. Donate to the foundation trying to recall the Wisconin election on ActBlue right now. They've got about $783,000 right now -- their initial goal was $750,000 posted last night, and they surpassed that in less than twelve hours, so they raised their fundraising goal to a million. (And don't think that you don't have enough. I only donated fifteen bucks. The idea is that if a lot of people donate fifteen bucks that still adds up to one hell of a shitload.)

2. Post a Facebook status update declaring that you are not going to boycott any Wisconsin products, and boycott the state of Wisconsin for your travels, as long as Governor Walker and these eight senators are in office.

The first one puts some money towards a group that could do some good, the second gets the word out that people outside Wisconsin are also pissed. (And hey, using Facebook worked real well for Egypt recently.)

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	pretzelcoatl 2011-03-10 06:38 pm UTC (link)
	There's also a Boycott Scott Walker Contributors Facebook page. [/Madison native :)] (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sisterelwood 2011-03-10 06:44 pm UTC (link)
	My cousin (teacher in Utah) posted a link to that last night and I joined up at once. They have some really good info there if you're a facebook addict like me. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pretzelcoatl 2011-03-10 06:46 pm UTC (link)
	And in case someone is from Wisconsin and don't know about this yet, there's this site, which lists a number of businesses in different cities which have been vocal in opposing the bill. (Reply to this)(Parent)

also_not_a_pipe
2011-03-10 10:31 pm UTC (link)

I'd say skip Facebook and tell the man himself:
Office of the Governor
Email
govgeneral@wisconsin.gov

Mail
Office of Governor Scott Walker
115 East Capitol
Madison WI 53702
USA

Phone
(608) 266-1212

I've been going back and forth on writing to tell him that UW Madison and Milwaukee were two of my top three choices for grad school at least in part because I want to move back to Madison so badly, but no so much now (except that oh hell yes I'm still going up there if either UW makes me the best offer out of the schools I'm applying to; I'm too poor to turn down good money over ethics).

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jujubee
2011-03-12 04:18 am UTC (link)

I visited UW Madison the week before this all started happening. I am actually really relieved that my visit helped me decide that Wisconsin wasn't the place for me. I so do not want to in that state for two years. Particularly during an election year. It would not be good to my blood pressure. (Though I'm not sure how much I will avoid by going to the next state down...)

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also_not_a_pipe
2011-03-12 07:06 am UTC (link)

I actually missed the deadline for UW Madison when I was in the midst of having anxiety attacks over my statement of purpose (it has to be perfect or I won't get in anywhere and I can't make it perfect and OH MY GOD). But the more I think about it, the more I'm pretty sure I didn't want to go to UW Madison, I wanted to move back to Madison. The program emphasis I wanted, I would've had to do a year in their general program and then apply for one of fifteen openings in the emphasis track, and I just didn't want to waste that kind of time.

But I lived in Madison for about three years when I was a kid, and it's still more home to me than Ohio even though kids born the year we moved here are graduating college this summer. I had a job interview back up there this summer, and I was driving up going "okay, don't get too excited, Madison isn't going to be perfect like you remember it..." and it wasn't, but it was awfully darn close.

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jujubee
2011-03-12 07:01 pm UTC (link)

I was born in Ann Arbor, and my mother was pushing for Madison because according to everyone the two cities are very similar. And they may be, but I wasn't able to see much of Madison beyond the few buildings I was in on campus. And the people in the program I would be in were, well, less friendly than the school I have decided to go to. Considering the amount of time this program requires you to spend on campus and socializing with fellow students, I'm going with the friendly option.

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	snarkhunter 2011-03-10 04:29 pm UTC (link)
	I posted about this on my fbook last night, and this morning my friend's husband is all, "I thought this was the CHANGE people wanted!" Haha dickbag. And to think his parents-in-law were teachers. (Reply to this)

	brennalarose 2011-03-10 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, yes, this will end well. Tillamook cheese is tastier, anyway. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	snarkhunter 2011-03-10 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	Tillamook is the tastiest. It is the Cheese of Cheeses. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kookaburra 2011-03-11 04:57 am UTC (link)
	The Oregon coast in general just seems to generate fantastic dairy products. Tillamook, Umpqua, and that old lady I buy my butter from now that I live out here... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	snarkhunter 2011-03-11 01:12 pm UTC (link)
	Plus, the PNW in general produces some excellent wines. What more do we need? (Coffee? Oh wait. WE'VE GOT THAT TOO.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	evilsqueakers 2011-03-11 03:14 pm UTC (link)
	Washington Hills makes a pretty decent Riesling. I get it at Publix and it's worth the price, unlike many wine sold in grocery stores. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tez 2011-03-10 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	The best tweet I've seen about this one yet? "Apparently Gov. Walker is giving up democracy for Lent." (Reply to this)(Thread)

	sisterelwood 2011-03-10 06:42 pm UTC (link)
	I love whoever said that. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sandglass 2011-03-10 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	"RT @techpr: Gal next to me left her boss a note: had to go to funeral in Madison. Democracy died.#wiunion" (Reply to this)(Parent)

	pretzelcoatl 2011-03-10 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	Yeaaaah, as someone who has been living in Madison for the past four years and loves it here, I'm really pissed. To put it mildly. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	cie_anthy 2011-03-10 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	Woo-hoo, Madtown represent! :D (Been living here for over 10 years and still love the city <3) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	evilsqueakers 2011-03-11 12:53 am UTC (link)
	I don't know if anyone saw it on CSPAN earlier today, but I was finishing up my packing of the apartment for move out and a senator called out Walker for acting stupid. I was thrilled. I wish I'd gotten his name. I couldn't pay attention to the specific people since I only had 1.5 hours to finish up and get everything in the storage room or my car. But I was all "Woohoo!" (Reply to this)

	notjo 2011-03-12 12:30 am UTC (link)
	Am I reading this right? Are people in Wisconsin managing to shut down banks? http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/515607/awesome:_wisconsin_firefighters_shut_down_bank_that_funded_walker/ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/11/955214/-Were-Going-To-Destroy-A-Bank (Reply to this)(Thread)

	evilsqueakers 2011-03-12 03:32 am UTC (link)
	Now I just kinda move there to deposit my money, just to take it out again. I took my money out of Wells Fargo (formerly Wachovia) when they spoke down to my aging godmom. I can so see doing this as a smart plan on the people. I went to a Credit Union. I wonder where they're going to go. (Reply to this)(Parent)

darksumomo
2011-03-12 04:05 am UTC (link)

Yes, you are reading it right and yes, they did shut down that branch. I know the author of the Daily Kos diary at that second link. He is not kidding.

Speaking of people protesting banks and shutting them down, do I have a group for you: U.S. Uncut, which is modeled after U.K. Uncut.

If they're too radical for you, then I might be interested in Coffee Party USA. They're working on a campaign about banks, too.

They also produced a video in support of Planned Parenthood.

Full disclosure: I'm one of the New Media Outreach Coordinators for Coffee Party USA and run

coffeepartyusa on LJ and

coffeepartyusa on Dreamwidth.

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	darksumomo 2011-03-12 04:21 am UTC (link)
	then you* might be interested. I can't even shill without making an error. :-/ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	An aside persona 2011-03-12 08:46 am UTC (link)
	I met a few people from U.S. Uncut two weeks ago when they were trooping around Chicago protesting. They were interesting people and knew what they were taking issue with very well, which I can definitely respect. (Reply to this)(Parent)

darksumomo
2011-03-12 04:15 am UTC (link)

I've been trying to find info on upcoming protests in Michigan to no avail.

There's one tomorrow sponsored by the Michigan chapter of U.S. Uncut.

Lansing, MI, Sat Mar 12th 2011

Join us in front of the Capitol on Saturday afternoon! We will be there at 10am! NO tax breaks for corporations while raising taxes on the Poor, Seniors, and the Middle Class! No city "takeovers" by corporate "persons"!!

We are on Face Book, US Uncut-Michigan. Join today!
Contact details
usuncut_mi@yahoo.com sinister_wednesday@yahoo.com We are on FB and Twitter!

AARP will be protesting on Tuesday.

Rally on Tuesday to protest Snyder pension tax

Opponents of the proposed tax on pensions plan to rally at the state Capitol from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, with speakers between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

I hope these help!

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	sisterelwood 2011-03-12 04:35 am UTC (link)
	Thanks! I actually found out about this as well through FB. The tea baggers are out in force over there, though, and I've been called everything from a Communist to just like the Germans who killed Jews. Fantastic. (Reply to this)(Parent)