Walker speaks at Special Olympics torch kickoff; protesters silent

[angiemn33]

no need to use fake blood let's let them be covered in real blood....

[GodsAngeI1]

that's what you fucks get for voting for him what a great message you sent to PRESIDENT OBAMA ha ha ha ha ha back in your face stupid REPUBLICANS!

[AMXBOY]

It's just another sleezy display from a bunch of cry baby union goons. It's all about them. This display shows the total lack of class and the low mentality of the typical union member.

[BadgerSolidarity]

You can't post links, the letter limit is annoying and you're annoying with your pompous disregard. I'd go search out some facts to copy and paste for you but what's the point. You will believe what you want to believe and both of us can find facts to back up our positions. Anyway. Have a nice life. Try not to hate so much.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity No it's not pompous disregard, I plan to be annoying I know what I know and if I don't I'll find out. I don't talk out of my ass.

These are from Wiki, and if you go check them out your find they are from the federal government. Not bias or fraudulent. I will go to the source. No we can't find facts to support our positions, the good thing about facts is either they exist or they are made up and are no longer facts but fabrications. I hate ignorance.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity No it's not pompous disregard, I plan to be annoying. I know the facts I know and if I don't, I shall surely find out. I don't talk out of my ass.

The stats are from Wiki, and if you go check them out you'll find they are from the federal government. Not bias or fraudulent. I will go to the source.

No we can't find facts to support our positions, they either exist or they don't. Either they exist or they are made up and are no longer facts but fabrications. I hate ignorance.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 And you may say facts are facts. But in such an incredibly complex equation as the global economy, one list of facts does NOT tell the whole story. You can list the govt’s expenditures til you’re blue in the face, it still does not prove your point. It doesn’t show that medicare wouldn’t have to be so expensive if the insurance lobbyists hadn’t forced a stipulation that prevents the gov’t from negotiating for lower prices for drugs, like pretty much every other system can....

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 Correction... it was not the insurance lobbyists who caused this. It was big pharma. They're so in bed it's easy to get confused sometimes. Actually, "Former Congressman Billy Tauzin, R-La., who steered the bill through the House, retired soon after and took a $2 million a year job as president of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the main industry lobbying group." See, it is the big money behind the gov't that is screwing us over again and again.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity Hey B I know big pharma and the influence they have. This it the first group to shut down along with the FDA. Who are currently both in bed seeing they are one and the same.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity Okay B, I'm assuming your talking about the FDA? No dumb ass it's the Government, can you at least see who is the culprit is here? My fucking word who regulates the "big pharma" and this is a bit much for you to understand.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity Let's get this straight, facts are facts. Look you need to understand the complexity you speak of doesn't exist, the money we waist a country is fact and can't be misunderstood. It's a clear as the nose on your face.

Medicare pays drunks and drug addicts to remain on the system along with methadone treatments, we encourage girls to have children out of wedlock and we also pay for illegal immigrants and their medical care.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 Closing statements. A.I'm a woman. B.You've told me enough about your beliefs to understand your core values. C.I know the gov't is a huge part of the problem. Why? Because many of them are corrupt. Y? because they've been bribed to do the bidding of big money instead of serving the greater good. D.Yes I'm a lefty and proud of it. The GOP caters to bigots, billionaires sick with greed and the ignorant. E.You don't need to believe in God to know the difference between right and wrong.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity Amen, A glad your a woman, B You wouldn't understand what makes ones core values, you've been on disability and receiving SSI for so many years you cant begin to understand ones beliefs or core values. C. the government is the problem. No because they sold us out. D your not just a lefty your dependent on the government on all you have and this is a struggle for you. Proud of what knowing you'd sell out your neighbor for being against the programs your for?

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 You say you hate ignorance so you must really hate yourself. As for the rest of the lies, bullshit, and compassionless slurs you spew, I'm done trying to reason with you. Enjoy your cone of ignorance...Keep getting your info from Fox News and Limbaugh and let them rot away your heart and brain for all I care. Please don't bother replying to this. Kindly fuck off.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity The GOP caters to those who your against, not bigots, the reps are the ones who finally pushed the equal rights for minorities in the 60's, blacks got the support of republicans when the marched and the kkk supported and were supported by the democrats. Until this day they, democrats support enslaving all people in a class of dependency. You want to say your without envy, yet all you've written is envy, you classify all those of the GOP as racist. Yet history is against you.

[hoppyman50]

@hoppyman50 In the civil rights movement the democrats never wanted the blacks to have the same rights as they had, and used the KKK to subvert the movement and attempted to destroy what level of support they had. And the yankee dems were worse and posed a huge problem for the rights of blacks. You speak of the GOP as those who are against the average person, well history is against you.

The tea party is a fresh movement against the establishment and what it stands for, and your against it to

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 I was almost starting to respect you, but you are truly a moron. I tried not to stoop to your level, but you continue to make unfounded accusations and ridiculous insults which just make you look like an idiot. I am not on disability, have never taken a dime from the gov't that wasn't already mine, am not in a union, have worked for every little bit I got. You don't know the difference between 'your' and 'you're' or 'to' and 'too' yet you seem to think you have all the answers....

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 ...It also doesn’t show that 60% of all bankruptcies in this country are from medical bills, many people who had insurance, but got dropped, or it wasn’t enough. And once the insurance fuckers and big pharma has all their money, yes, THEN they have to turn to the gov’t for help. All for the sin of getting sick or getting hurt, which will happen to each and every one of us. Or maybe a family will have a child with disabilities and then one day that child is dropped from medicaid...

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity Are you High? Jesus you are so full of shit it is un-fucking believable. The people going bankrupt has nothing to do with insurance companies. Sweat Jesus, are you this num. Get me a link to this % you just claimed, this is bogus. Let's use the federal court statistics for our source and you'll see most are from divorce and just bad judgement on the part of those who have filed.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 I've already told you, you can't post links here. Google it your damn self. As for the rest, it's obvious that you are one of the ones I was talking about who puts the pursuit of the almighty dollar above all other concerns. Money is more important to you than people or the environment but not to me. I call myself a humanist. You may call me a commie or a socialist if you like, I don't really give a shit. Unchecked capitalism will be the downfall of this world.....

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity Grow up shit head, you have no idea who I am and what I support when it comes to my interest & causes.

The environment will be here when your gone and I am as well, so don't be such a pussy.You have nothing to live for this is why this is such a big deal for you. Your cause is here. I knew this, humanist have no soul and remain gods unto themselves.

Uncheck capitalism hasn't occurred for 120 years, or didn't you know this?

You are a commie, yet it's a badge of honor for you.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity Again, grow up, you have no idea who I am and what motivates me. You make these statements yet they are without facts, but why would a commie or a leftist need facts. These are but a distraction to facts and who would argue facts when one can make them up?

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 And with this, knowing that our fundamental values differ and will probably never change, we have nothing more to say to each other. I will continue the conversation and try to reach understanding with other people with opposing views but not with you because you continue to insist on hurling asinine insults at me. So again, enjoy your soulless life.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity No you are a typical liberal, your hurt because what? You don't agree with logic? Asinine insults, please take time to read your comments, speaking of asinine. Sweat Jesus, you're so left , if one was too read your comments he or she would just ask, "Is this man a communist" and the only logical conclusion is "YES" So continue on your quest of making the world right and remember "anarchist are not your friends", and knowing this you should do well in life.

These are those u sup

[BadgerSolidarity]

@BadgerSolidarity So enjoy the hell you are helping to create. If / when you and your short sighted, money grubbing friends do enough damage to enough people and this world, there will be a very dark time of uprising and war. Hell it's already started, so have fun with that and know that we are the ones who wish we could all just live in peace and have pleasant lives without some fucker trying to rake us over the coals for our last two cents.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 Then what do they do? You say they’ll either land on their feet or be a slave to the system. Seriously, this is your answer??? Where is your heart? Study after study has shown that a single payer health care system would be more efficient, would cost less for our citizens, and would provide a higher level of service. But no... this doesn't leave room for the massive riches to be had and siphoned, once again directly to the top. The only distribution that is happening is upwards!

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity Just as I said they either land on their feet or they become slaves. Yep my answer, I didn't vote for this I've been apposed for years and remain blameless.

The so called studies are done by whom? Let us look at single payer, the government cannot ever run the post office and you expect to see a single payer system succeed? Give me a break.

Get the government away from health care and watch doctors do what they are trained to do. This is a no brainer. Get off the rich thing.

[bette1122]

the dregs of society, that would spoil the day for people of the special olympics.  The Governor had class not recognizing the scum and continued honoring the olympics. Walker shows class of being our next president

[Gh0sTeR1969]

Look at all thse AIDS infested LibNazi's!

[nojunkorspam]

How much do you want to bet that these zombies all voted for Obama back in '08? Today it's zombie protests and tomorrow it's union protests, ah, losers just grow up so fast.

[aicheag]

Oh, those were costumes?

I thought that's what liberal zombie sheep looked like normally.

[ADuckful]

"...the orotetors were very respectfull and caused no disruption. And it was appreciated that they shook hands with the runners..."

-Kelly Kloeppen: vice president of communications for Special Olympics WI

[biasedreporting]

Now I am Pro Walker!!!!

Going to go make a contribution right now as a matter of fact.

[biasedreporting]

This only makes the unions look like a bunch of commie bullies.....why don't you try that shit with me bitches?? I will fuck your shit up!

[Hellpig]

STOMP THE COMMIE FUCKS

[TheZeke165]

bottomfeeding losers.

[pimpdalyrical]

Mindless zombies. How appropriate.

[GiacomoKnox]

Yet another Civility FAIL by the leftards. Now you're picking on children and Special Olympians. Absolutely indefensible and SELFISH.

[ADuckful]

@GiacomoKnox

Where? Where is the attack on children? Where are the rude interruptions, despoiling the event? Where is the disrespect to the disabled?

We want empirical evidence.

[GiacomoKnox]

@ADuckful Press play. Empirical evidence starts around 0:12. Doesn't matter what the "intent" was, the road to hell is paved with good "intentions". Civility Fail

[ADuckful]

@GiacomoKnox

His speech was not interrupted...

what precisely is uncivil? Some people dressed in costumes, not chanting (as would be expected, mind you)?

The fact of the matter is, you would bitch and moan regardless of the protest. No matter how "civil", no matter the volume of the cries of protest; you and your ilk will do everything in your power to shout just a little louder. Through all the complaints, your one-upsmanship shines through.

[GiacomoKnox]

@ADuckful The "fact of the matter is", the protest occurred at a Special Olympics event. Justifying under any circumstances is further confirmation that "you and your ilk" will cross any line (Civility Fail) or offend any group, just as long as your point is made. His speech WAS interrupted, though Walker kept speaking, not letting a bunch of lemmings in costume stop him. But go 'head and keep imagining Conservatives would protest at an event like this. It's convenient and typical...

[nojunkorspam]

@ADuckful I think what we're getting tired of is the dumb and useless constantly getting in the way of progress. I am impressed, and a bit surprised, that these protesters allowed the governor to speak considering people like that are notoriously intolerant of allowing other views to be expressed, but it's time to let the grownups fix this mess.

[nojunkorspam]

@GiacomoKnox - It's people like ADuckful that tolerated KKK members standing at polling booths with nightsticks because as long as they weren't clubbing an African-American over the head they weren't interrupting, spoiling, or showing disrespect either. Equating ADuckful's comment with tolerance of the KKK? Yup, I went there.

[ADuckful]

@nojunkorspam

Where is the threat of violence?

[Jckincai]

Wake up and look around! There's a whole lot of people in this country out of work , or working two three jobs just to make ends meet. You think you got it bad? You don't know what bad is. Last I checked, your jobs are still there, your pensions are still there, your vacation, medical. There's a lot of people in this country with just as much or more education/experience that would switch with you in a heart beat..

[BadgerSolidarity]

@Jckincai Don't you see that's why we're fighting so hard? So it doesn't get even worse?? Those who got it bad right now shouldn't be trying to tear down to their level those who don't have it as bad.... they should be fighting to fix the problem, not helping those who are causing the problems make it even worse! When did teachers and fire fighters become the enemy? Think about how insane that is, please!

[maroonvee]

@cprangemorgan what a liar. Too much of the liberal kook aid? Or a deranged Walker syndrome demon. Or both.

[cprangemorgan]

@maroonvee I will not even entertain a conversation with you.

[nojunkorspam]

@cprangemorgan Of course you won't. People like you are notoriously closed minded and being open to the views of others outside your echo chamber forces you to think about what you've actually been conditioned to believe. I think the reason leftwingers are so intolerant is due to there being some sort of deeply repressed, yet present, awareness that they exist in a perpetual state of cognitive dissonance. They fear being put into a discussion where that truth may be exposed.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@nojunkorspam i deleted my original comment and refused to continue the discussion because my inbox was filled with so much profanity filled bile from your friends and allies that it made me realize how much anger and hate i'd have to slog through when none of you are interested in a rational discussion. you just want to spit your hatred at those who are trying to fight for a better world. you're miserable for one reason or another, so you want everyone to be miserable. i feel sorry for you.

[nojunkorspam]

@cprangemorgan I feel sorry that your kid has such terrible parents. I think it's disgusting when parents teach their kids that it's A-OK to use the power of the state to loot and steal from others. Socialism is not a family value.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@nojunkorspam Teachers and fire fighters are not the ones doing the looting and stealing. They just want to live their lives and do their jobs, and they ARE NOT paid handsomely for the hard work they do. It is the assholes on wall street and the billionaire Koch brothers that are buying our democracy and their puppets like Walker and then using the power of the tv and fox to brainwash idiots like you. Read a newspaper once in a while and maybe you'd realize we should to be on the same side.

[nojunkorspam]

@BadgerSolidarity Teachers especially irriate me. It's a myth that they are underpaid so anyone planning to join that career should be prepared to live a life of poverty. The money for that 4 year teaching degree could have been spent preparing for a real career. If I were your governor I'd fire all those worthless teachers. Investors and the Koch bros are far more valuable to the world than a bunch of whiny, worthless union goons who are only animated when their gravy boat is threatened.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@cprangemorgan Stay strong lady... I'm sure you're getting a lot of hate spit your way, as I did when I commented along these same lines. But know that these hate filled brainwashed idiots yelling at us are just the ones who are so miserable in their own lives that they want to hurt someone. Don't let 'em get to ya. Reason and compassion will win in the end over greed and hate... one way or the other!

[cprangemorgan]

As a mom of a special needs kiddo, I am apalled by the fact that Scott Walker would even be asked to speak on behalf of the Special Olympics. These are the folks he is HURTING folks!!!! C'mon.....he's trying to cut the programs that these folks need.  Now he is trying to get all "high and mighty" in this speech? I really, really hope that people are smart enough to see through all of the fakeness. People who support this guy have lost their minds.

[VincenzoPickatelli]

I have been a union worker for most of my life. I work my butt off. I notice that cops are union members, they work their butts of and then idiots shoot them dead. Those who call us lazy slobs, need to get a union job, if you can find one anymore and do some real work.

[FriendlyGeekClassics]

@VincenzoPickatelli get off your fuking lazy ass AND GET A FUKING JOB LOSER>

[nojunkorspam]

@VincenzoPickatelli Union members love to pull the "well why don't you do it" card but never realize that they are free to do the same. Come on! Leave your hard union job and get an easy and overpaid job in the private sector if it's so easy!

Achievers won't go the union route because we don't want to surround ourselves with lazy and self-righteous goons, and union goons won't go the private sector route because they'd have to perform without their union "mommy" skirt to hide behind.

[lovemylife595]

Why protest voter id? Afraid your democrat idiots can't vote twice?

[ADuckful]

@lovemylife595

Ever heard of the poll tax, or literacy tests? This is the (unconstitutional) direction in which you travel.

Also, if one were to do the actual research, one would discover that voter fraud is nowhere remotely close to resembling the levels certain "news" agencies would have one believe.

[Negrodamus99]

@lovemylife595 It's not that people can't vote TWICE, it's that a lot of people will not even be able to vote ONCE.

[hoppyman50]

@Negrodamus99 Was this comment made because it may be required to show ID?

[lovemylife595]

Union workers are a bunch of fat lazy slobs that want more than any other normal worker could ever get in a REAL job! You folks need to be hung up in town square and beaten for disrupting this event for your own lazy jobs.

[Nxthanos]

There is no 'respect' for disrupting a SO event, classless and clueless.

[nadarealguy]

Before now I've never seen protesters look like they thought they were wrong. They look a little ashamed too.

[wyrdness1]

@nadarealguy Some of us were conflicted. You're very observant.

[LouCheezeYouSleaze]

Cheers to the athletes, their families, and the volunteers. In my younger days, I volunteered for Special Olympics and it was always a wonderful time. But I think Walker is getting spooked. His hair is disappearing faster than a snowflake in the Sahara desert.

To the negative commenters here, who have only come to insult the protesters, shame on you. Your actions are no better than what you accuse the protesters of. At least the protesters respected the athletes by saying NOTHING.

[FriendlyGeekClassics]

@LouCheezeYouSleaze yeah your spin has nothing on fox news.

[maroonvee]

@LouCheezeYouSleaze ... they shouldn't have been there. Classless, clueless and fucked up! but what can you expect from a group of demons.

[hank265]

Fucking union morons .

[hoppyman50]

These little shits should be beat, and hard they suck this is for the special olympics not their loser position they hold. Do they really believe they are making a mark and people will take the streets to support them. Grow up and go back to your parents house knowing you cant support yourself. Fucking losers.

[mcqwi000]

Whoever condones this is SICK! How far are we going to let these people go. Freedom of Speech.... Yeah I know, but have a little respect!

[TheChins]

@BadgerSolidarity "haters..." What if you're the parent of a special needs child who has to explain why a group of people interrupted his special day at the Capitol? What if you have to explain to a group of exceptional people why people covered in blood are there for the Olympic torch ceremony? Questioning the timing and location of this protest goes beyond "haters." Regardless of the political message, this spoiled a special day for many exceptional people.

[TheChins]

@BadgerSolidarity So the Special Olympics were just collateral damage? This protest couldn't have happened at any other time? I have no problem with content of protest (a showcase of originality that we haven't seen since February, frankly), but why today? Gov. Walker makes plenty of public appearances. About a month ago, in the midst of this same battle, protesters were reverent and respectful for the police officer's memorial at same spot. Why couldn't that same respect carry over today?

[TrowaAllelujah]

@BadgerSolidarity you have no concept of what war is...get your head out of your ass kid and grow up.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@TrowaAllelujah There may not be shooting yet, but if the country continues down this path there certainly will be. Whether you want to admit it or not this IS CLASS WARFARE and the obscenely rich ARE WINNING! Unemployment and poverty soars and you can only push people so far before they snap. Go ahead call me a commie if you want but this scenario has played out so many times in the history of this world that it should be so obvious. But people are willing to buy the lies for some reason! Why?

[TrowaAllelujah]

@BadgerSolidarity you have no concept of how the world works "KID"...get your head out of your ass and grow up.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@TrowaAllelujah Wow are you a one trick pony. You call a 35 year old a kid, twice, and tell me to get my head out of my ass, twice. I bet you'd be an ace on a debate team! BTW, I'd update your profile if I were you. Judging by your comments to me, you're not sweet, smart OR nice.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity The war is against tax payers who are squeezed to death by some dead beat union worker who lifts his or her existence above them, thinking they are deserving and apparently owed this gratitude for full health and retirement. Oh give me a fucking break.

Give me this "attack" your currently under, have you had to pay more for your health care, oh boo hoo. Give me the law # that has been proposed to hurt those who are handy cap? don't have one because they don't exist.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 No I don't have health insurance because I can't afford it. I'm not in a union and I don't blame them for my problems. We ALL, even you with all your hate and bile, deserve to be taken care of if we get hurt or sick. And there would be plenty of money for it if people wouldn't keep fighting against their own peers, while the real thieves on wall street pay themselves million dollar bonuses even when they tank our economy. Wake up and see who the real enemy is. They are using you.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity They, are not the insurance or industry or business or even wall street aren't to blame it's the government, they regulate and watch over all the industries. You need to wake up and look around you, who in the held is at the helm? Who controls business? Who regulates banking and investment institutions? How can you make an argument as lame as I need to wake up.

Before government regulations you could see a doctor and have medical care. You must be young or ignorant.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 Gov't has become a middleman. They are no longer pulling the strings. It is big business and big money pulling the strings, and they are the ones pushing for more and more deregulation and they have the money to buy as many politicians as it takes to get what they want. Obama may be prez now, and believe me, I'm no Obama fan. But the fact is he's left with the job of digging us out the the mess Bush put us in with his travesty of tax cuts for the rich and a state of never-ending war.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity Your aware, they could remove 1/2 of the regulations on business and we'd still have 500k in pages of regulations?

Obama is not digging us out, he's burying us and killing all incentive for growth. Your boy can pull us out of war is he wished.

The Irony is I enjoyed a tax cut when it was passed by Bush and all I was earning was 80k a year. I don't feel rich.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 Now you've gone and made me angry again. Earlier in the conversation you said to me "You useless union shit, pay your own way and grow up" And yet you make 80K a year, but don't feel rich, and "enjoyed the tax cut" Rich people can never feel rich enough and it's sickening, just like millionaires have said they don't feel rich. You don't need the tax cuts. You're doing just fine. But you'll take it while they slash funds for our school and our poor and our elderly. This makes me sick.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity Are you this fucking envious of people? Fuck the unions, I worked for every cent. Unlike your selfish envious self.

It's idiots like you who got your boy elected, lazy both intellectually and dishonest. Go check the budget, like the fed budget your not informed as to what Walker has proposed, your to lazy, go on line and down load the pdf that is post for your review. Or have you already gone and read it? Nope in ignorance your comments are made.

[hoppyman50]

"while they slash funds for our school and our poor and our elderly. This makes me sick."

By the way have you looked at what the public school is putting out for graduates? Next time look at the budget for schools, I have and not to impressed. What's the percentage being allocated for salaries & benefits? Second it wont hurt my feelings if all the class room helpers are fired and the teaching is left alone, this alone will save 40% on cost.

When I went to school ration was 25 to 1 and 30 to 1

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 And I already told you Obama was not my boy. I thought he would be a voice for change, but I see he's more of the same. He's been bought and paid for just like most of 'em. It is no longer a fight of D vs R. It's a fight between rich and poor, and those who refuse to see it have blinders on. So go enjoy your continued tax cuts, if they force them through again, while they are RAISING taxes on the poor by doing away with things like the earned income tax credit.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity You mean to tell me with all your wisdom you weren't able to discern how he just lied over and over while campaigning? I'm proud to say I say him as he is and his writings and his position have shown him to be a racist marxist. And you tell me to wake up.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity Let's get this straight, the poor do not pay Federal taxes only 54% of working Americans pay federal taxes. The only tax break we saw was the fed tax break. I know someone like you keeping an additional 40 dollars a month or $480.00 a year is heart breaking and all the poor kids and old folks I must have hurt keeping this money.

You can voluntarily give more to the feds is you wish.

The fight is to regain our government. Enforce constitutional restrictions on congress & pres

[hoppyman50]

Remember this B, regulation is not your friend. When the feds jumped into the medical business you could call a doctor and he'd come to your home and charge you 10 dollars. Today one doctor needs 4 assistance to fill out all the documents required just to provide health care to one person. Now that simply means your paying for 5 people to be seen for 15 minutes and people as why it cost so much.

I have a pediatrician friend and his liability insurance is 180k a year, tort reform next.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 The Bush tax cuts, the wars, and health care. This is what is bankrupting this country and all of these things serve to further line the pockets of the rich while the poor sink farther and farther into poverty. End the tax cuts (which were supposed to expire anyway) bring the troops home, and give us a single payer health care system and most of our problems would disappear. But these won't happen cuz people are still getting too rich off of it all. Anyway, I'm off to live my life.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity I think it's time for you to go to .gov and look up the #'s, "health care" medicare and medicad are breaking us military spending $663.7 billion, mandatory spending,

$695 billion (+4.9%) – Social Security

$571 billion (+58.6%) – Other mandatory programs

$453 billion (+6.6%) – Medicare

$290 billion (+12.0%) – Medicaid

$164 billion (+18.0%) – Interest on National Debt

Other spending, as you can see the entitlements are a bit much but lets not stop here.

[hoppyman50]

@hoppyman50 Finally: $7.0 billion (+1.4%) – National Science Foundation $5.1 billion (−3.8%) – Corps of Engineers $5.0 billion (+100%-NA) – National Infrastructure Bank $1.1 billion (+22.2%) – Corporation for National and Community Service $0.7 billion (0.0%) – Small Business Administration $0.6 billion (−14.3%) – General Services Administration $11 billion – Potential disaster costs $19.8 billion – Other Agencies $105 billion – Other Now in review, what's your thought

[hoppyman50]

I sure this is the first time you've taken a look as the spending. And I rest my case.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 Yeah, that sure is a lot of good copy and pasting you did. I'll respond later with some copy and pasting of my won. Tired of arguing with a brick wall. Go enjoy your 80k a year while there are kids wondering where their next meal will come from now that Walker gave their food money to his friends.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity Hey dick your statement was Bush tax cuts, health care, wars. now if your not aware where the money is going don't make any comments. Your ignorance on the current budget is easy to see just by your comments.

As for those kids your whining about, they have parents. I went to work when I was 13 clam digging and went to the military and made a good career choice in the HVAC industry. I assume your on disability? Just by your bone headed comment.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 I will say, I shouldn't take cheap shots at you because you make 80k. You're right, that's not rich and because of that, you really should be on our side. I'm not envious at all because I sure wouldn't want to live in your head. I may be poor but I'm happy with my status in life. It's not me I'm fighting for. It's those who have it even worse than me and now they're getting the rug pulled out from under them. Anyway, you just revert to name calling and I can't argue properly here...

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity Let's be honest, I don't envy the rich and your fixation of them tells me you are one envious person. If you lived in my head you would let anyone rule your life like this poor vs rich. I'm laid off and at my age the job i'll get will be 20 lower in pay, and so what. I'd be happy being a WM greater.

I wouldn't worry about those who got the rug pulled from under them, they'll do okay. Either they get back on their feet or they'll be slaves to the system.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 "Either they get back on their feet or they'll be slaves to the system."? Wow, how does it feel to not have a soul? I don’t hate the rich because I’m envious of them. I hate only those that are infected with incurable greed. For them rich is never rich enough. It's a sickness that they will do anything they can to accumulate more no matter what the cost to the rest of our civilization or our environment. Nothing else matters to some of these people but the pursuit of the....

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity To be slaved to the system for your lively hood is being a slave. It is best to teach a man to fish then to give him a fish, he'll not only feed himself but his family. I know a novel concept.

Now you have become god and your able to judge those who are rich and the inability to invest improperly so they lose enough money to satisfy your holiness. I'm not taking away that there are those who are in love with money. Seeing, the route of all evil is the love of money.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 Unfortunately nobody will want to fish around here. The water's already in bad enough shape and now Walker and his cronies are rolling back protections for our rivers and lakes even more. And anyway that old proverb is totally inappropriate for these times. Are you honestly telling me that with 10% unemployment, that all of those people are just lazy, or don't know 'how to fish'? You don't think that maybe there's a problem with the system that's causing this? Look deeper please!

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity Are you seriously asking this? I've been fishing for 45 years so no I don't need advise. Secondly these who are unemployed are not lazy, this inept government has destroyed 42 thousand manufacturers and 10 million jobs in the last 10 years. And it continues along with this marxist in office. Look do me a favor get off your communist ass and understand, unlike yourself and your position of socialism, I believe unbridled capitalism does work, yet we haven't seen it in our life.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 I don't hate people for being wise investors. I hate those like the Koch Brothers, And Karl Rove and his Wealthy Americans for Prosperity of Wealthy Americans who are actively bribing politicians to do their bidding and pass legislation that further skew the playing field in their direction to the detriment of society. And if they can just knock the unions (the eternal foe of big business) to their knees, they also knock every man woman and child who depends on them to their knees.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity Yet the Koch Bros are wise investors and are not old money, only if you can call their dad to the carpet. He was one who was more then creative in the gas and oil industry. Yet your hatred is quite obvious, is it because they dislike the government intrusion in business? I too think the government should step back and let business go forward and invest in new technologies and leave us alone.

Unions have no part in our society, they remain, not a foe but a hindrance to growth.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity My success was nothing to do with unions, and I believe they'd have been a detriment to my success. I never saw any good from unions, I belonged to one at Bath Iron works and to be honest one big waist of human resource.

If one person depends on unions they remain worthless as an employee and the worth they bring to the table is not worth the time to discuss.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 ...almighty dollar. All else is trampled underfoot. I do NOT envy this mentality. I think it is disgusting and it is destroying this world. Go ahead, call me a commie again. I’m used to it. And also, some may not just be slaves to the system. Those that can no longer afford their medications or health care, or can't justify going to the doctor til it's already too late will just die. But I suppose that doesn't matter. Only the rich deserve to live in this day and age, right?

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity Your infatuated with this rich vs poor thing. Let me tell you, medication is not required for aging. High blood pressure meds, cholesterol drugs, even diabetes can be battled with natural cures. You and many people have bought the lie and you seem to continue in it.

[hoppyman50]

Are you ready B?

$78.7 billion (−1.7%) – Department of Health and Human Services

$72.5 billion (+2.8%) – Department of Transportation

$52.5 billion (+10.3%) – Department of Veterans Affairs

$51.7 billion (+40.9%) – Department of State and Other International Programs

$47.5 billion (+18.5%) – Department of Housing and Urban Development

$46.7 billion (+12.8%) – Department of Education

$42.7 billion (+1.2%) – Department of Homeland Security

$26.3 billion (−0.4%) – Department of Energy

[hoppyman50]

more to come: $26.0 billion (+8.8%) – Department of Agriculture $23.9 billion (−6.3%) – Department of Justice $18.7 billion (+5.1%) – National Aeronautics and Space Administration $13.8 billion (+48.4%) – Department of Commerce $13.3 billion (+4.7%) – Department of Labor $13.3 billion (+4.7%) – Department of the Treasury $12.0 billion (+6.2%) – Department of the Interior $10.5 billion (+34.6%) – Environmental Protection Agency $9.7 billion (+10.2%) – Social Security Administration

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 The attacks are all there in every budget proposal Walker and his corrupt cronies put out. They are slashing funds to medicaid, badgercare, and services that the elderly, the poor, and the disabled rely on. At the same time they give tax breaks to their corporate donors. More money for the rich less money for the poor. THEY are the ones redistributing the wealth upwards. Don't you see it? Just google something like "walker's budget bad for disabled" and educate yourself, please!

[TrowaAllelujah]

@BadgerSolidarity oh boy i just love taking time out of my day answering a 35 year old person boy are u weiner now

[wyrdness1]

@TheChins There was no disrespect. we were already made up and bloodied for a walk to protest Voter ID and cuts to education, and simply had not had time to clean up before we heard that Walker was speaking. we did not know for what until we got there. We showed respect by staying silent.

[TheChins]

@wyrdness1 Yeah, but at the same time, you guys were aware enough to avoid the ceremony on your first walk to the Capitol, then stopped for 5 minutes on the lawn before deciding to eventually come over, so there was some thought put into it. I appreciate what you guys were doing, but it undid the positive effects of your earlier march when you diverted deserved attention from some exceptional people. I think you can stem some of the negativity with an apology to WI Special Olympics.

[patcholiver]

@wyrdness1 You are an idiot. It was not the fact that you were bloodied, it was the fact that you disrupted a special olympics event that makes your actions so distasteful.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity Grow the fuck up, this was not the time or place. These little shits don't deserve a minute of anyones time. They are selfish, self centered and self important. The only thing they did is turn people off. And most of all Fuck your "solidarity" bullshit you fucking commie. It's tough to have the responsibility to pay a larger portion for your retirement and health care. Boo hoo hoo.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 your brain is already obviously turned off. enjoy your soulless existence.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity Grow the fuck up. You lame excuse for these scumbags was enough for me to see you have no fucking clue. Some huge conspiracy from the republicans. You useless union shit, pay your own way and grow up. The only on thing on your mind like the rest of these lefties is your own life not those around you. The union moto, "give too us and due without. tax payers".

By the way your return comment is an example why we have unions. you couldn't come up with anything with substance.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 You tell me to grow up? You only know how to respond by swearing and accusing someone you don't know of things you have no clue of. I have never been in a union. I am concerned about things that affect ALL of us, even people like you, who are being lied to and used by billionaire sociopaths who are pulling the strings or idiot sociopaths like Walker. And your grammar and spelling is so horrendous that I REALLY worry what will happen to us all when they gut our schools even more.

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity So far B my grammar is no worse then what you've presented so far. It seems my sentence structure holds up to yours. So fuck yourself you poor silly fool. does it hurt you when someone is forceful and curses?

Here is where I'm coming from; do you really feel it's to much to ask for when they, the unions are presented with "pay your fair share"? I fight my battles one at a time, stop the union first, then go after the bankers and billionaires. I see no value with the left.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 But see, you've fallen for their lies! The teachers and snow plow drivers and cops and firefighters already are paying their fair share. My best friend is a teacher and lives in a double wide trailer for chrissakes! They've distracted you with these lies that the unions are the ones bankrupting the country. And once you take them down, you're shooting yourself in the foot because then you'll have nobody protecting you from the bankers and billionaires. That's what unions are for!

[hoppyman50]

@BadgerSolidarity Let's get this straight, public sector unions holds what can only be one of the high unfunded mandates in this country. The government has bankrupt the nation, all the give aways and entitlements are driving us to the edge of the cliff. Do you have any idea what the unfunded liability cost are today? It's a small amount at $61 Trillion. I personally care about your friend living in a double wide at least he has a home. The term is public servant. We cannot sustain the spending

[hoppyman50]

Walker grabs the union by the balls, what do they do? They stop work, speaking of grow up. These people do not care for the greater good of society they are self serving. Members should re-evaluate the role of unions. They don't protect anything by the pinky ring thugs who don't give a rip about their members.

And personally I don't give a shit about billionaires, when they step into the role they chose they bought some loyal politicians and the congress sold us out. It's time to start a fresh.

[hoppyman50]

Today the US government has taken over the role as the only provider of educational loans, why do you suppose? They with the help of Freddie Mac have become the sole controller of home mortgages, the goal is to put all property under the control of the feds, not government but the fed reserve. Know who your enemies are. Unions are in bed with the democrats and the dems have created generations of welfare whores and yes they will never stop sucking on the nipple. To many in the cart not enough

[hoppyman50]

pulling the cart.

Your friend chose his career and I hope the motive was honorable, if not and his motivation was a dream that we could continue in this path he stands sadly mistaken. This country is going to go through a huge shift, if we don't through the fed reserve out and get control of our currency, as Jefferson did, we are doomed.

The Canadian dollar is stronger then the US and the feds are going to go for Quantitative Easing 3, they have printed more money and destroyed the value.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@hoppyman50 I've never been in a union. But I know that when they fight for better wages and working conditions, it helps everyone in the lower and middle classes. I know too that unions aren't perfect. There's definitely corruption to be found and everyone has that story about the evil teacher who can't be fired because of the union or whatever. So find these problems and fix them, don't abolish them!! There's corruption in the gov't too, and we can't just do away with it. We gotta FIX IT!

[kitewhisper]

@BadgerSolidarity Governor Scott Walker was elected to his position by a majority vote. The real people of Wisconsin spoke and were heard. Yes, elections have consequences so get over it.

[BadgerSolidarity]

@kitewhisper The only reason that Walker was elected is because he lied through his teeth and never said what his true intentions were. He was also bolstered up by the backing of billionaires (the Koch brothers) who will benefit from all of these sweeping changes while the rest of us, including you, get thrown to the wolves. They win, we lose. And yes, elections do have consequences as we're seeing. And they will be devastating if we don't manage to recall him before he rips this state apart.

[maroonvee]

@BadgerSolidarity you are an idiot and a sick individual. You have no reason to exist.. scum.

[amycpollock]

@TheChins I am the parent of a special needs child and find Scott Walker's presence at such a beautiful day completely disrespectful. The person who wants to strip my children's teachers of their rights to bargain as a collective unit has absolutely no place at a joyous event. Stay home and plot your evil with your cohorts, Mr. Walker.

[maroonvee]

@amycpollock ... you are an idiot. disrespectful scum. Scaring children with special needs that come out for a special day so you can satisfy your crazed deranged Walker syndrome? Get help.

[maroonvee]

@TheChins Liberals are into the demonic mob mentality, they don't care who they hurt, or how stupid and fucked up... it's just their way. Shun these people.

[biasedreporting]

@BadgerSolidarity fuck you mother fucker.....you union goons deserve a nice slow painful death.

[BadgerSolidarity]

Every budget they put out there helps enrich the already obscenely rich at the expense of those with disabilities, and the poor, and the elderly, and now even the hard working families of the middle class. It is all there, just open your ears and your eyes and stop hating those who are fighting for a better life for ALL OF US, NOT JUST THE RICH!! Please, just google something like Walker budget hurts those with disabilities and educate yourselves already!!

[TheChins]

Was there a way to protest without taking attention away from the Special Olympians? I am all for a zombie protest but do to it at the expense of the Special Olympics is a pretty awful message.

[wyrdness1]

@TheChins We were already made up and bloodied for a walk protesting Voter ID and cuts to education, and didn't have time to wash it off. This was not planned.

[FriendlyGeekClassics]

@wyrdness1 planned or not it is a public relations disaster for the anti walkerites.

[maroonvee]

@wyrdness1 oh shut up you stupid libtard. You are a disgrace. You should be shunned. I'd like to spit on you.

[jtbpnw]

WTF? Can't these union pricks give these kids some g-damn respect?

Honestly... what a bunch of useless assholes.