Here's a look at the people Walker thinks are a good replacement for the Unions.

Wisconsin’s newly elected Republican Gov. Scott Walker is facing a growing backlash over his attempt to cut pay and eliminate collective bargaining rights for public employees in his state. Although Walker is claiming his power grab is an attempt to close a budget gap, the budget “crisis” was engineered by Walker as soon as he got into office. As Brian Beutler reported, half of the budget shortfall comes from Walker’s own tax cuts for businesses and other business giveaways enacted in January.

A number of the big business interests standing with Walker are beneficiaries of his administration’s tax giveaways. But the greatest ally to Walker is the dirty energy company Koch Industries. In response to the growing protests in Madison, Koch fronts are busing in Tea Party protesters to support Walker and his union-busting campaign. Last night, MSNBC’s Ed Schultz reported on the involvement of Club for Growth and the Koch-financed Americans for Prosperity in the pro-Walker protest scheduled tomorrow.

Koch Industries is a major player in Wisconsin: Koch owns a coal company subsidiary with facilities in Green Bay, Manitowoc, Ashland and Sheboygan; six timber plants throughout the state; and a large network of pipelines in Wisconsin. While Koch controls much of the infrastructure in the state, they have laid off workers to boost profits. At a time when Koch Industries owners David and Charles Koch awarded themselves an extra $11 billion of income from the company, Koch slashed jobs at their Green Bay plant:

Officials at Georgia-Pacific said the company is laying off 158 workers at its Day Street plant because out-of-date equipment at the facility is being replaced with newer, more-efficient equipment. The company said much of the new, papermaking equipment will be automated. [...] Malach tells FOX 11 that the layoffs are not because of a drop in demand. In fact, Malach said demand is high for the bath tissue and napkins manufactured at the plant.

Koch Industries was one of the biggest contributors to Walker’s gubernatorial campaign, funneling $43,000 over the course of last year. In return, Koch front groups are closely guiding the Walker agenda. The American Legislative Exchange Council, another Koch-funded group, advised Walker and the GOP legislature on its anti-labor legislation and its first corporate tax cuts.

According to the EPA, Koch businesses are huge polluters, emitting thousands of pounds of toxic pollutants. As soon as he got into office Walker started cutting environmental regulations and appointed a Republican known for her disregard for environmental regulations to lead the Department of Natural Resources. In addition, Walker has stated his opposition to clean energy jobs policies that might draw workers away from Koch-owned interests.

Moreover, other organizers for the pro-Walker protest are from groups associated with corporate and Koch interests. American Majority, a Virginia-based front group founded by organizers funded by millionaire investor Howie Rich, is on the ground contacting Wisconsin Tea Parties to support Walker in Madison. Austin James, an American Majority official who was caught teaching Tea Party members to spam Amazon.com profiles of liberal books with negative comments, is the contact for the Facebook page organizing the pro-Walker protest. Eric O’Keefe, a longtime conservative operative who helps lead American Majority, attends Koch strategy meetings.

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/18/business-teaparty-wisconsin/

So you read it,
http://mingle2.com/topic/show/297299

Now by your own admission, and with your own words, who is ignoring anyone that puts up a truth you don't like?

Nope!

The only thing the mid-terms indicated was that the Dems and Independents were complacent.

The shenanigans now being played out across the country will re-energize them in 2012, and disenfranchise the disillusioned who were fooled by the Tea Party.

The Republicans realize this fact and that is why they are acting in such a desperate and hurried fashion.
They hope to destroy the Dems donor base while raking in the foreign and domestic corp donations that the Republican dominated Supreme Court rewarded them with by overturning Obama's Executive order limiting their involvement in our political process.

Aye!
When you miss it you miss it.

There's no other way to say it!
I don't argue with a stop sign.

I will point you to the truth though.
http://mingle2.com/topic/show/297299

LMAO




And that number is going down I'm sure.

There are other interesting numbers in that poll. Like,

43% of Independents are for the Tea Party.
57% are against.

49% are Republican and only 8% are Dems.

55% make more than $55,000 a year.

Onlt 50% of all Americans are at or above that income level.

A vast majority are either employed or retired.
6% are unemployed!

Obviously you've missed the big picture.

Governor Walker;
Tea Party Governor Walker,

Put Americans out of work.
Lied to put Americans out of work,
and then hired a British Firm to replace them.

Lied about a budget shortfall
to put Americans out of work.

Why?

Milwaukee County must offer to reinstate courthouse security guards

Jan. 10, 2011



Milwaukee County must offer to reinstate 26 courthouse security guards who were laid off nearly a year ago when then-County Executive Scott Walker replaced them with private guards as an emergency budget measure, according to an arbitrator's decision issued Monday.

Walker was sworn in as governor last week.

The county did not have a true budget crisis at the time and county officials failed to give the union representing the security guards an opportunity to make some alternative cost-saving proposals before laying them off, according to the decision from arbitrator Amedeo Greco.

Greco's ruling also said the $125,000 annual savings from privatizing the courthouse security estimated by county officials was overstated by nearly $53,000.

"It's another example here of penny-wise, pound-foolish," said Patricia Yunk, policy director for District Council 48 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. She said Walker's emergency outsourcing move of courthouse security was an example of how his strategy of punishing unions that failed to agree to concessions went awry.

The ruling calls for immediately hiring back the laid-off county workers with back pay, with any unemployment compensation or wages from a new job subtracted. It also called for a guarantee of at least 180 days of work - the amount of time that Greco said should have been given to the security guards' union to react to Walker's privatization plan.

No estimate was immediately available of the cost of the back pay or the number of former county security guards laid off last year who might want their old jobs back. The private firm G4S Wackenhut was hired by Walker to replace the union workers. The Wackenhut guards are being paid up to $10.50 an hour, about $5 an hour less than the union guards made.

The County Board rejected the security outsourcing idea in November 2009, when Walker tried to get the move included as part of the 2010 budget.

But Walker unilaterally ordered it last March, saying the county faced a potential 2010 year-end deficit of about $7 million.

Wackenhut is being paid $1.1 million a year under its contract with the county for security at the courthouse complex, as well as for City Campus, 2711 W. Wells St., and the Vel Phillips Juvenile Justice Center in Wauwatosa.

Acting Corporation Counsel Timothy Schoewe said he couldn't comment on the arbitrator's ruling because he hadn't seen it yet. Acting County Executive Lee Holloway declined to comment. Walker couldn't be reached immediately.

Furlough plans
The ruling came down the same day the prospect of five weeks of unpaid furloughs was renewed by Holloway for 2011 for about one-third of the county's work force, or some 1,700 employees.

The 26 unpaid days would amount to 10% of a year's work schedule and would save the county an estimated $4.8 million.

Workers involved in public safety or public health jobs, county supervisors and other elected county officials are exempt from the furloughs.

Airport workers, whose pay is covered by airport fees, also may be exempt, according to a memo issued to county department heads.

Details of how the furloughs will be implemented will be provided this week, the memo said.

Holloway said it was possible that the furloughs might be canceled, if an agreement can be worked out with county unions.

He said he had spoken with leaders of two unions over the past several days, but declined to give specifics.

Holloway previously has said he would work to resolve long-stalled labor contracts with District Council 48, the county's largest union, as well as other unions that have not agreed to a series of concessions on pensions, health benefits and pay included in the 2010 and 2011 county budgets.

Holloway has vowed to work to quickly to settle contracts during his tenure as acting county executive, which lasts only 30 days.

However, Holloway could continue to exert his leadership by appointing himself or a close ally as acting county executive through the April 5 special election for the remaining year of Walker's term.

Holloway also is an announced candidate in the race.

Unpaid days as alternative
The furloughs follow the authorization included in the 2011 budget, which said the unpaid days off would be imposed if a set of wage and benefit concessions wasn't agreed to by union workers by the start of the year.

The county's largest labor unions have not reached agreement on contracts dating to 2009.

Holloway "is carrying out what was set in the budget" with the furloughs, said Harold Mester, speaking for Holloway.

The furloughs follow a turbulent 2010 budget year in which nearly all county workers took at least two furlough days and some as many as 26, under the leadership of Walker.

Holloway temporarily assumed the role of county executive when Walker resigned at the end of last year after his election as governor.

Union leaders have denounced the furloughs as unfair and have questioned whether they provide much real savings after overtime and other costs linked to the time off are considered.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/113212479.html

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