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Title: Protesters Open ‘Walkerville’ Tent City In Madison, Wisconsin
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RAWSTORY
URL Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/06/ ... ville-tent-city-in-madison-wi/
Published: Jun 5, 2011
Author: David Ferguson
Post Date: 2011-06-05 15:10:39 by Brian S
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Views: 1256
Comments: 2
In a move meant to evoke the infamous "Hooverville" tent cities of the Great Depression, protesters in Madison, Wisconsin opened "Walkerville" on Saturday evening, a tent city in the heart of Madison intended as a protest of Governor Scott Walker's budget plan. The Wisconsin Sentinel Journal calls the protest "the latest act in the 2011 political drama featuring the governor's push to eliminate most collective bargaining rights for most public employees". By 9:00pm, an estimated 250 campers in up to 100 tents were arrayed throughout the designated protest area, with many campers pitching their tents on concrete sidewalks. City police, state troopers, and other law enforcement personnel were on hand, but on the whole a carnival air prevailed as families set up for the night, some intending to stay just for a night or two and others through June 20.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
Yep. Union teachers have been panhandling in downtown Madison ... "Brother can you spare a latte?" "How about a biscotti?" It's TRAGIC I tells ya!
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
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