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From the Right by Ed Farnan

Death threats to Wisconsin lawmakers will prevent them from attending St. Patricks ceremonies.

Posted on Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 10:52 AM

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The stark reality of lawlessness comes home to the citizens of Wisconsin when their lawmakers are advised to skip St. Patricks Day ceremonies. Law enforcement doesn't think they can protect the lawmakers due to death threats received.

Madison Wisconsin has been assaulted by organized crowds of out of state protesters. They filled the streets and clogged the capital building. In a coordinated move with the unions, Wisconsin Democrat legislators flew the coop in order to paralyze the lawful legislative process and let the crowds work their chaotic mischief for over 3 weeks.

There have been threats of violence, intimidation, 7.5 million dollars of vandalism, economic threats and death threats to those who carried out the mandate of the voters.

The final insult to the capital however, was to have multi-millionaire capitalist, Michael Moore fly in to lecture the crowd on the holiness of collective bargaining. Ironically, Moore doesn't hire union workers on his own films..oh the hypocrisy!

Of course with the amount of press coverage in Madison, like a moth drawn to a flame Jesse Jackson showed up. As if someone pulled his string, he came out with a canned, off the wall speech, not relevant to the occasion. Seems he got his causes mixed up and although he had some rhymes, why did he have to talk about jobless and homeless, huh? This is exactly why the Wisconsin lawmakers got the legislation signed into law, to prevent job loss and homelessness.

The fabric of a country is its respect for its democratic process and respect for its laws. Mob rule, death threats and intimidation are not a part of that.

The time is long past due for President Obama to get off the golf course and get on Air Force 1 for the flight to Madison Wisconsin. He can dust off his Tucson "civility speech" with a few edits, load it into the teleprompter and tell the crowds it is time to be civil. Tell them in his Presidential way, to respect the legislative process, clean up the trash and repair the damage done to Madison. Tell them to go home and work on next years election.

This would be the most dramatic way for the President to take control of the situation and propel his image as commander in chief, the leader of our country. It is counter intuitive for his partisan beliefs, but it would gain him tremendous respect from the rest of the country to see their President be bold in such a volatile situation.

Do the unexpected Mr. president, surprise us. Time is slipping away.

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aloistmartin | Mar 17, 2011, 09:02 PM EDT

I feel Safer Already

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allentown | Mar 16, 2011, 04:36 PM EDT

The average salary for a Milwaukee teacher is $64.42 per hour including benefits. It is not the mortgage that gets you, its the property taxes. It is not the Wisconsin teachers salary that gets the Wisconsin taxpayers, its the benefits.

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joanxis | Mar 16, 2011, 03:55 PM EDT

Gee 2BorNot2B, I'll take the word "condescending" any day over: "crude agressive", "purple-lipped One to the effect that you "kiss his arse"', "homos", "black posterior", "lips doing the roto rooter snake and suction cup boogie with their God", "lobotomy by the Red hordes", "union head thugs", "head gorilla Trumpka", or "goons" And don't forget to always mention Obama's middle name. Wow, why don't you tell us what you really think. You must work for one of those supermarket rags, what with all of your trite and typical name calling.

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joanxis | Mar 16, 2011, 03:18 PM EDT

Well, Monsoonman, since I didn't see any of the hundreds of hours of thuggish behavior, etc, etc., I will believe the good resident of Wisconsin. Well, Monsoonman, since I didn't see hundreds of hours of thuggish behavior, etc. etc. I will believe the good person from Wisconsin. You and I are surely watching different channels and listening to different commentators.

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Siobhan39 | Mar 16, 2011, 12:28 PM EDT

The Wisconsin 14 deserve the Profiles in Courage award given out annually. I am from Wisconsin, have a daughter a teacher with 6 years of college - annual salary last year was $37,000. Wow, another overpaid teacher. Thank God, Walker will be taking some of that from her.

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Monsoonman | Mar 16, 2011, 11:48 AM EDT

So folks, who do you believe? Your own lying eyes showing hundreds of hours of thuggish behavior, trash in the streets, vandalism, violent signage, police reports of death threats, construction experts estimating damage to expensive marble...or the resident of Wisconsin below?

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Monsoonman | Mar 16, 2011, 11:38 AM EDT

Lad: I am not insinuating anything, I am stating facts. Mingling among the paid protesters in Madison were Doctors writing medical excuses to any and all that wanted them, so the "protesters" could still receive their pay, even though they were not at their jobs. They were getting paid to protest against the very citizens who cough up the money for their paychecks. Very democrat of them I might add. We also get to pay for their propaganda machines to fill us with falsehoods and slanted news with npr, pbs, etc. But you cry what about Fox news? Fox news doesn't get hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.

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joanxis | Mar 16, 2011, 11:31 AM EDT

I couldn't agree more with you, odonnell521, and your being from Wisconsin lends veracity to what you say. Btw does anyone remember seeing the clip from Fox news where demonstrators were fighting and causing a rucus? And in the background there were palm trees? Ooops! Showed the wrong footage.

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Irishqueen1879 | Mar 16, 2011, 09:40 AM EDT

@odonnell521....nice to hear some real facts and truth!

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McNamara31 | Mar 16, 2011, 08:50 AM EDT

odonnell521..Bravo! and Happy St Patricks Day

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odonnell521 | Mar 16, 2011, 08:01 AM EDT

Being from Wisconsin, I'm insulted by the Fox News lies being spread in this column. Fact: the vast majority of protestors were peaceful and from Wisconsin. Did anyone call the faux Tea Party supporters last fall "patriot thugs"? Fact: the $7.5 million was a made-up number used by the Walker Administration to get a court injunction to close down the Capital - when the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel asked the state Department of Administration, everyone went running for the exits and couldn't even come close to justifying. Fact: Gov. Scott Walker will not be showing up to any of state's St. Patrick's Day parades because he was not invited and not wanted. Anonymous death threats and patriotism are the last refuge of scoundrels. As a wise man once said "you are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts." The only thing sadder than this column's distorted view of the truth is the people in this forum that support its point of view. The Know Nothing Party was formed in the U.S. during in the 1840s and 1850s, in part to oppose the immigration of Papists from Ireland. It said to see its revivial in the 21st century by the descendants of some of those same immigrants.

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seanomelbourne | Mar 16, 2011, 02:49 AM EDT

How about your mates the Koch brothers? Are you insinuating someone payed 100,000 people?

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Monsoonman | Mar 16, 2011, 12:43 AM EDT

Difference lad: nobody pays the Tea Party participants to assemble.

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seanomelbourne | Mar 15, 2011, 07:08 PM EDT

100,000 American patriots exercising their right to free assembly Maloney,or is that right only available to your tea party buddies.

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maloney | Mar 15, 2011, 02:14 PM EDT

It was said 100,000 turned out to meet the runaways. Yes, and over half were from other states having been bussed in. Millions sat at home waiting for the chance to vote the cowards out of office. The peace loving liberals show their true colors with death threats and violence all across America. The socialists and commies from other countries give the American liberal traitors support.

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