Wausau, Wis. Labor Day Parade Sponsor to Republican Pols: You're Not Welcome
The childishness on the left in Wisconsin continues.
In Wausau, GOP politicians aren't welcome in this year's Labor Day parade, as noted in a news brief at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (bolds are mine):
Story Continues Below Ad ↓Wausau bars GOP from Labor Day parade
Community parades often feature local politicians waving to the crowds, but this year's annual Labor Day parade in Wausau may be short a few elected officials.
That's because the head of the group that sponsors the Wausau Labor Day Parade, the Marathon County Central Labor Council, is telling Republican lawmakers from the area that they're not welcome Sept. 5.
"Usually they've been in the parade, but it seems like they only want to stand with us one day a year, and the other 364 days they don't really care," said Randy Radtke, president of the council.
The council is made up of about 30 local unions from the Marathon County area.
In a statement, Radtke added that the parade is intended to celebrate working men and women and what the labor movement has given them: weekends, a 40-hour workweek, child labor protection and a safe working environment.
"It should come as no surprise that organizers choose not to invite elected officials who have openly attacked worker's rights or stood idly by while their political party fought to strip public workers of their right to collectively bargain," Radtke said.
What seems foolish about this is that the sponsors could have achieved their goal by doing nothing. Because of safety concerns, it seems likely that many GOP pols would have backed out anyway.
After all, memories of death threats (ignored by the broadcast media, of course), other threats, shoving, being chased down and trapped by hecklers, and other items detailed by Brent Bozell six months ago during the ultimately successful attempt to pass Governor Scott Walker's budget repair and collective bargaining reform bill are surely fresh in every state GOP legislator's mind. Even if you were personally up for the risk, why would you expose your spouse, children, or extended family to the potential ugliness?
A related unbylined Associated Press item, which is currently (and appropriately, in my view, as there's only one such situation) being carried as a local story, is here.
It will be interesting in the coming week before the holiday to see if this becomes a Badger State trend, and how much media attention outside of Wisconsin it gets if it does.
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.
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Ah yes when you can't debate the ideas then all you can try
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 12:18am.
to do is silence the opposition. I guess this fool doesn't realize that Labor Day is not just for union thugs like himself.
They claim they are the "adults in the room"? More like brats!
Submitted by drsamherman on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 12:28am.
If any of my children had acted this way, I would have paddled them and required an apology immediately.
Why Not Just
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 12:30am.
Revoke their parade permit, if that's the way they want to be about it?
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read “Leftism As Psychopathy” by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
http://jonjayray.tripod.com/psycho.html
You beat me to it.
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 10:59am.
That was my first thought......even tho' you thought of it first. :-)
permit
Submitted by Agnostic on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 11:11am.
Give a permit for a motorcycle tour through the same area. (with or without the Palin Bus and Con. West riding point)
I heard Randy Radtke
Submitted by Brad90956 on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 12:49am.
say (in a pouting child's voice)..."My Mommy said you mean Republican politicians can't come to my parade. Now I have to drink my milk and take my afternoon nap."
And no dessert until....
Submitted by FistsforLiberty on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 2:37am.
You eat your broccoli!!.
"It's Their Party and They'll Cry If They Want To..."
Submitted by bigdaddy on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 1:28am.
..."You Would Cry Too If It Happened To You..."
A song for every occasion (apologies to Lesley Gore).
Gee,I wonder
Submitted by peteydee on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 1:41am.
If the unions refuse to accept dues from their republican members?
They are on the way out and are acting like spoiled brats.
Let them
Submitted by spikebu2 on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 1:57am.
I say let them. Let it be a parade for union members and supporters only. They won't like it. They'll most likely trash the place. The cops will let them. They might even aid them. I say RIP the band-aid off and expose the infection to air.
Rich with irony....
Submitted by big.league.slider on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 2:07am.
The Wausau parade should be more correctly titled "The Avoidance of Labor day Event".
Or....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 11:02am.
The Collective Labor Party Parade.
How horrid these Republicans
Submitted by ant on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 2:14am.
How horrid these Republicans must be. Everyone knows if it weren't for the Unions (especially the public sector unions, working for the taxpayers..ahem..cough....and protecting the workers,ie the torchbearers of the establishment from..well.......the establishment, certainly we'd be back to child-labor, losing lives and limbs for a pathetic amount of money, being under the thumb of some greedy SOB's, back to 70 hour work weeks, no vacations. It is only natural we would revert back to living with the injustices and barbarism of the past... like Enviro-whacky tree-houses and scavenging for fruit and seed or some kind of Sharia law.
Like living back in the conditions that illegal immigration has re-enforced on aliens and citizens alike, like working for free just to pay taxes or community-service on the anniversary of a despicable attack on America, if it weren't for the heaven-sent Unions and government, why,.. people might actually have trouble finding work or deperately holding onto it, or saving money, or taking vacations, or voting for who they want, or running a private business, or avoiding violence at home or on the street, or having a say in how their taxes are wasted, or getting their reps to show up and be 'deciders', or keeping the influence of money out of politics,or....afford healthcare, send their child to whatever school they dare want...
Labor Day is not for the Working Man But Communist Racketters.
Submitted by Avitar on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 2:33am.
Union bosses are labor racketeers. A large potluck picnic should be held at the conflicting time for all of the working men and their families’ miles from the parade. Employers are working men too and should have a part in the picnic. The organized criminals of the unions should not.
It would be impossible to do this year since there is a need for huge security less the unions poison the potato salad. But an event calls for flags and music and cameras would be required monitoring the venue to prevent organized labor from being tempted to hit the event. There is no need to memorialize the men and women who have been killed by unions but that labor racketeers do bushwhack people on their way to nonunion jobs must never be forgotten.
I think the GOP pols should
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 3:04am.
I think the GOP pols should make an alternative event, somewhere near there.
Scott Walker
Submitted by melvin on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 5:53am.
Scott Walker and the Republican legislature in Wisconsin proved that the Republicans in that state hate working people. Why shouldn't they be unwelcome? If Scott Walker or any of his anti-worker cohorts show up, I hope they are spat upon.
no names
Submitted by Franksam on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 6:33am.
I respect the rules here, so I won't call you names. But just imagine that I came up with some that aren't flattering. You must believe that only union people 'work'. You probably think that only they can spit, too.
I hope it rains until the floats float in Wausau. That would almost be like being spat upon, except that all the 'workers' would get wet collectively.
Nice....
Submitted by adamsmith on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 6:37am.
I like the spitting image. Reminds me of when my grandmother told me the Nazi soldiers used to spit on her as she made her way home in Warsaw for being a filthy Pollack subhuman. Union members are Nazis, so it's pretty fitting. Actually Nazis and Commies at the same time......
Hates workers?
Submitted by KC Beach on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 7:02am.
After all, only those in public sector unions are "workers", is that what you are saying? It appears to me that you are projecting your hatred for Republicans and believe that since you hate them, they must hate you.
Tell me, are non-union workers invited to your little parade? You know the workers that union workers routinely call scabs and are often attacked and have their property vandalized.
I mean after all, the union workers proved how hated the GOP is in WI by throwing out the Republicans in the recall electio......oops, scratch that, just a wet dream for a union member.
Working people....
Submitted by Jarhead68 on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 9:01am.
So, in your twisted mind, only union members are "working people." That's funny because, if it weren't for us non-union working people, this country could not function. Period. All Scott Walker did was to make the state workers pay a little bit for their health benefits and retirement so that some would not have to be laid off. The stupid, selfish union thugs fought against their own members while trashing the state house and leveling death threats at Walker and other Republican legislators. You must be a proud union thug, Melvin. Try hitting "the blue note" next time you come here whining.
melvin you are either lying
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 9:39am.
melvin you are either lying or just gullible in making the patently absurd claim that "Republicans in that state hate working people".
I call major bravo sierra on that one. It's a neat little liberal lie that has absolutely no traction nor basis in reality.
baby melvin
Submitted by jetsgiants on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 10:37am.
u r a sinecurist spoilbrat , people who do real productive work made this country great not leeches like u.
Spit upon the Reps?
Submitted by peteydee on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 10:45am.
Yeah,like the honcho in my union that admitted she "wanted "to spit upon the soldiers returning form Vietnam.
As she said"I wanted to".My, she showed restraint,how noble.
I have utter contempt for these people.
Melvin,your jack-ass tail,is twitching a bit to the left.
Selective definitions to a DIM LIB
Submitted by ChrisNH on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 6:44am.
DIM LIBS have code-words:
'Working Class' means union people; all others need not apply
'Middle Class' means union people; all others need not apply
DIM LIBS are not 'inclusive' and 'tolerant.' They are exclusionary and intolerant.
Everyone knows this to be true.
What's going to stop the
Submitted by moderncommentaries83 on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 7:16am.
What's going to stop the Republicans from showing up anyway?
You have no idea just how crazy Wisconsin's been since the Republicans took office in January (after being duly elected in the 2010 midterms). The left blew a gasket and has been whirring around in a frenzy ever since.
I apologize, but here is a (rather long) take on the situation from someone who's been living with this insanity for 6+ months now (me, as posted on another website):
I live in Wisconsin and I have watched this insanity unfold for months now. All because the Governor wanted public employees to pay a little more for their retirement (which they paid NOTHING for) and health insurance (which they paid little for). At the end of the day, public employees still have some of THE BEST (and Obamacare exempt!) health insurance in the U.S. and GUARANTEED retirement for the rest of their lives (that can be transferred to a living spouse after the employee dies!)
For months, we've dealt with fleebagging [sic] Democrats who spent weeks hiding in Illinois like cockroaches exposed to light. We've had drum circles, vuvuzelas, and dirty protestors vandalizing our beautiful Capitol building while disrupting the work of government AND threatening to kill our duly and freely elected Republican governor and representatives.
The governor has a bad of merry left-wing psychopaths stalking him wherever he goes. Madison is officially a no-go zone for conservatives unless you travel in large groups because the liberals will get in your face (just as Obama commanded them to do!) and harass you for daring not to be as incredibly stupid as they are.
People are waking up to it. For all their public temper tantrums, for all the out-of-state union agitators they sent in, for the $30 MILLION they spent on recall elections...the Left in Wisconsin has won exactly NOTHING. They didn't get a majority in the Senate, so the Republicans still run Wisconsin Government. They lost the Supreme Court election in April, and a weak attempt to get the conservative who won thrown off the court for "choking" a fellow justice has been proven to be a lie.
The recall movement against Governor Walker is losing steam and -- while probably will be attempted -- will ultimately fail.
On top of it all, Wisconsin's government has set our economy on a path to recover at a far better and stronger pace than the nation. So I predict Scott Walker will go on to even bigger and brighter things.
What are "fleebaggers", you ask?
'Fleebagger' is the term we used to refer to the Wisconsin Senate Democrats who left the state of Wisconsin and spent weeks in Illinois. A jab back at them for the sexually explicit 'teabagger' pejorative the lefties love so much.
The Democrats did this because the Senate rules require a quorum of 20 senators be present to vote on bills pertaining to fiscal issues.
Because the collective bargaining bill (a/k/a Act 10) was connected to a larger fiscal bill, the Senate could not vote on it while the Democrats were gone.
They left February 17, and Senator Lena Taylor (who's tweets are *gems* by the way /sarcasm), tweeted that she had requested an absentee ballot for the APRIL Supreme Court election...
Keep in mind that as they hid out, Gov. Walker DID make an offer to alter parts of Act 10 and compromise with the Democrats. With that olive branch offered, the Democrats had agreed to return...only to turn around and stay in Illinois longer.
Then the Senate split Act 10 (which isn't a fiscal bill) into a separate piece of legislation and passed it anyway.
I hope everyone appreciates just how astonishingly stupid this action was. The Democrats -- elected to vote and represent their constituencies -- left the state rather than vote knowing they didn't have a majority. Do you have any kind of idea what sort of precedent they've set for future sessions of the Wisconsin State legislature?
On a related note, remember that merry band of psychopathic union members/lefty Gov. Walker stalkers I mentioned?
Here's some unbelievable video of them harassing the faculty of Messmer Preparatory, a successful, inner-city Milwaukee Choice School. For those that don't know, Milwaukee provides vouchers for low-income families to pick a school outside the failing Milwaukee Public school system. It's a very successful program that offers an alternative to a district in the top 5 for dropout rates, and bottom of the barrel test scores. The Wisconsin left hates the Choice program and would kill it in a heartbeat if they could.
Anyway, Gov. Walker was going to read to kindergarteners at Messmer Preparatory. The day of the the scheduled visit, several of the school's door locks were vandalized with superglue and metal.
Protestors also told the director of the school, Br. Bob Smith, to expect a "riot" for having Gov. Walker there in an apolitical fashion.
Watch the videos as the protestors attempt to intimidate Br. Smith, call him a "scumbag" and harass others at Messmer.
http://badgerblogger.com/?p=20527
This is the kind of B.S. we've dealt with, as I said in the post Kate so kindly put up above. This is the American left, revealed in all their glory.
Watch the videos as BadgerBlogger. Get a taste of what the left in Wisconsin is REALLY like and know that our media isn't covering this half as much as they would if it were Tea Party members calling the staff of a majority black school "scumbags"...
Great post....
Submitted by Jarhead68 on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 9:00am.
You summed it up well. Too bad we can't get you a job on NBC so some truth can be told on a mainstream network.
40-hour workweek?
Submitted by optimist on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 10:47am.
Dear unions,
If I worked only 40 hours per week, I would go to the top of the layoff list.
Melvin is a pedophile
Submitted by compguytracy on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 11:27am.
I guess since he can't prove it, it must be true! being in the great state of wisconsin, home of the super bowl champions (13!!) green bay packers, and the surging brewers! I will take his anti labor day parade and spit on him and his ilk. what a chomo. All The gov did was actually balance the budget. Oh no, state employees have to pay more for their insurance, boo fucking hoo. I got married in 2010, my wifes insurance, through a PRIVATE employee went up 200, a month, not a year, like these crybabies. Waaah, we have to pay more, how about, just an idea, don't pay union dues! there's your increase right there, assbags, none of the teachers that i know of must be good in math, because that is such a simple formula, less pay to union thugs, more money in wallet.
"Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?" Orwell, 1984
Ceteris paribus
OK, so now that it's
Submitted by DaChew on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 1:36pm.
OK, so now that it's absolutely undeniable that this is in fact a political event rather than a community parade, I would expect the Marathon County Central Labor Council to pay for every single aspect of it. The police or fire and their vehicles will obviously not participate. The closing of the streets. Obviously, they'll need to compensate local businesses for the loss of access for the day. They'll need a very large insurance rider. Cleanup afterwards of course. They'll need to pay for the posting of detours around the closed area. They'll have to pay police overtime rates, since this is a holiday, for the direction of traffic and added security for the event. They'll need to have paramedics and other emergency personell on hand just in case.
The Marathon County Central Labor Council sure must have a lot of disposable money laying around.
Who should now pay for the costs of the parade ...
Submitted by Tom Blumer on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 2:27pm.
... would seem to be a good question for residents to ask Wausau Mayor James E. Tipple, whose party I could not ID.
It appears that Mayor Tipple
Submitted by DaChew on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 11:32am.
It appears that Mayor Tipple had the same thoughts: http://www.breitbart.tv/wi-unions-try-to-ban-gop-from-labor-day-parade-m...
Yeah?
Submitted by telecaster on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 11:08pm.
I got two words for old Randy over at the Marathon County Central Labor Collective...F__k You...yeah you, ya cheesehead commie. Who died and made you Grand Poo bah? Guess sitting on your fat banooch over at the Union "I get paid astronomical wages and my benefit package is to die for" Hall has made whatever gray matter you have left a bit soft. Last time I checked this was a free country where people can come and go as they please....guess not in Union World hey Randy? I'm gonna make it my mission in life to confront every smug union bastard like you I happen to meet and when they ask me who sent me I'm gonna tell em' Randy Rat Bastard over at the Marathon County Labor Collection of fat, "elbow my way to the public trough" union workers. I hope somebody stomps you for being such an ignorant ass.