Wisc. Protesters Establish Foothold in State Capitol

As long as any house in the Wisconsin State Legislature remains in session, the Capitol must remain open to the public.

Although they have helped distrupt official proceedings in Madison, protesters have been in the Capitol Building for so long, they've set up their own society complete with a de-facto functioning government.

They create, post and enforce rules, organize sleeping arrangements, and coordinate food deliveries.

Liberal observers marvel at the beauty of it all, while others mockingly say it evokes more of a 'Lord of the Flies' vibe.

MacIver News Service's Bill Osmulski reports from Madison, Wisconsin.

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[joker4more]

nothing i hate more than greedy people, I AM FROM WISCONSIN, AND I APPOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF THESE MORONS! 

i am ashamed of them as well

[m530bc]

@williejenkins666 NO you are dumb stop drink the Pea Party piss. Turn off Fox News. I could manufacture in China and fire all of my employees. I could earn 40% more but I would prefer my product quality retain its AAA rating. Greed outsourced job, not unions. Twice as many Non-union jobs have been outsourced. You would know that I you Google it rather than smoking from Becks crack pipe, and sharing Rushs' oxy.

[rancho68]

@m530bc: really? republican target ? try again it was your president that said in his speech it will be impossible for companies to build new coal powered electric plants in his new plan.. they will be bankrupt as he put it and if they do build it will paid for by US!! the fact is left and right are in the same game and playing us all .. Unite citizens for we are all the target of tyranny!!

[rancho68]

@catothewiser please stop lumping me in with these dirty miscreants.. I am middle class and I am not in a union. seeing as though the unions only make up 7% of the working populus I don't see how you can say hurting unions hurts the middle class..

[rancho68]

where were these people when the health care bill got rammed through ? ooh that's right allt hese people are unions and they are exempt from it.. Hypocrisy much?

[4shacks1house]

@1911arthur The man(The Governor) has bigger balls than you you fucking commie rat. And Pot smoking in the building??!! Way to stay focused. LOL What a bunch of fucking losers!!

[catothewiser]

@joker4more - greedy people would be the Goldman Sachs types who created the financial crisis. Not Middle Class Americans like this.

[1911arthur]

@williejenkins666 Willie! You look like a fool on here. Your mind has been brainwashed by Beck and his JONESTOWN followers.

I told you once before, quit drinking the BECK coolaid. The CHINESE AND VIET CONG learned years ago, if you pump the SAME sound bytes over and over and over again, like FOX&FRIENDS do, you become brainwashed and don't even know it and you will do ANYTHING they tell you. Like JONESTOWN!

Put your koolaid down and do some thinking GOP are SCUM WALL STREET WHORES.

[m530bc]

The next rarget of the ReBullCrapican party is gov electricity.  In Los Ang LADWP & Pasadena power winter rates are 35% - 40% lower than Edison & 125% - 250% lower than Edison in the summer. The energy lobby wants ALL of our money

[1911arthur]

@williejenkins666 Your Electric Bills are about to DOUBLE, coutesey of your GOP Governor, who sucks on KOCH through the cozy no bid contracts attached to the same bill.

Your a moron. The GOP=SATAN and his DEMON HORDES plus one Turtle from Kentucky.

The GOP are no longer AMERICANS but WALL STREET WHORES

WE ALL HEARD THE PHONE CALL<DUMMY.

Not a very smart Governor. Call the dummy and tell him you have Prince Albert in a can. lol