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iwishiwas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 11:14 AM
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Walker foes try to keep the pressure on (Rally in WI)
Source: Chippewa Herald Telegram





Walker foes try to keep the pressure on


By MARK GUNDERMAN | mark.gunderman@lee.net | Posted: Sunday, May 8, 2011 9:00 am | (0) Comments


“We are all trying to stay motivated until November, when we can get signatures on him,” Skifstad said, referring to intentions to hold a recall election for Walker.

About 150 people were present at an early afternoon rally at Lake Wissota State Park, held after a lunch with a wide variety of donated food items. Prior to the lunch, about 20 boats, most filled to capacity, gathered for a parade, complete with anti-Walker signs.

The parade went from the state park into to Moon Bay area of Wissota. It did not go near the Rod and Gun Club boat landing, where the Governor’s Fishing Opener activities were centered.

Among the entries in the parade were a sailboat with a sail declaring admiration for the 14 Democratic senators who fled the state to delay action on the Budget Repair Bill, and a water skier braving cold water to ski around wearing an anti-Walker t-shirt.

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Read more: http://chippewa.com/news/local/article_0c158d20-7926-11e0-b900-001cc4c03286.html



GO Wisconsin!
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 01:18 PM
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1. Sing it loud; sing it proud! ... All together now, ...
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 01:24 PM
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2. No one will forget, especially as Walker's year of corrupt governing us up
All the people who are pissed off now will sign his recall papers, and in the few intervening months probably more people will get pissed off at him.
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 03:16 PM
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3. We Are Wisconsin will have a demonstration at the Capitol next Saturday (5-14) starting @ 2:30
The Fight Is Not Over

http://www.wearewisconsin.org
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socialist_n_TN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 03:39 PM
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6. Solidarity! Keep the pressure on..........
We'll try to do the same here in Tennessee.
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-10-11 01:46 PM
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15. ^
:fistbump:
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canuckledragger Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 03:17 PM
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4. Keep it going, the eyes of the world are upon you..
..or at least one Canadian is, anyway, lol
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Yon_Yonson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 03:32 PM
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5. SCOTTY WERE COMING FOR YOU!
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iwishiwas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 01:00 AM
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14. I love that sign.
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 03:59 PM
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7. "...try to keep the pressure on?" "Try?" How about "Walker foes keep the pressure on."
And they're doing a damn-good job! :woohoo:


To hell with this "try" bullshit...:grr:
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 06:08 PM
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8. He doesn't seem to be feeling it
his fascist agenda rolls on
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999998th word Donating Member (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 06:14 PM
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9. Thanks,We do and we are.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 06:33 PM
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10. Understand the dichotomy.
You= Stand in the streets for months to get nothing and do it in large numbers.

Them=Write a check and get it done pronto, solo.


:think:
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Guilded Lilly Donating Member (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 06:36 PM
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11. I'm motivated and I live in Ohio!!
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iwishiwas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 06:50 PM
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12. Thanks-kindred spirits like you keep us alive.
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 11:02 PM
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13. K&R. (nt)
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