73 Comments

• EdinCali | Apr 01, 2011, 01:17 AM EDT

  A Wisconsin teacher was just arrested and charged, Katherine R. Windels of Cross Plains. Windels allegedly sent an email threat to State Sen. Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) March 9. Later that evening, she allegedly sent another email to 15 Republican legislators, including Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau). The subject line of the second email was: “Atten: Death Threat!!!! Bomb!!!” In that email, she purportedly wrote, “Please put your things in order because you will be killed and your families will also be killed due to your actions in the last 8 weeks.”....Yep the republican legislators who didn't go to the St. Paddys parades didn't go because they weren't invited...lol.

• hancock | Mar 22, 2011, 10:07 AM EDT

  Empty suit, 2012.

• joanxis | Mar 22, 2011, 02:31 AM EDT

  Maloney, I give up on you. There's no sense in arguing with you. You are what you are and you think what you think. Facts won't change your mind. Have a nice life, if your anger doesn't destroy you first. God Bless.

• maloney | Mar 21, 2011, 09:51 PM EDT

  joanxis...yes vacation, he has wife and children in tow. They are doing the vacation thing with him agravating the people of Brazil, America and Lybia with his twice a day speeches. It is a shame the only thing this lepper can do is give speeches and piss away money. I don't want to here about Bush spending. Obama pisses more away in a month than Bush did in a year. Now the Harvard boy has us in a third war, not approved by congress I might add. The liberals are kicking about obama's wars but they will still vote for the traitor to the end to keep from admitting they made a mistake.

• Jeannie0121 | Mar 21, 2011, 10:14 AM EDT

  As odonnell521 stated: They didn't show up to any St. Patrick's Day ceremonies because they weren't invited. It's amazing how the truth can be manipulated. Just because some have an Irish surname doesn't make them worthy of an invite. Maybe they should have held their own festivities in the Capitol building...oh, it probably would have been closed to the public. $7.5 million in damages? Check your facts... Walker's camp through it out there to get media attention. It worked, but no one is now reporting a retraction. hmmmmmm The Capital is still beautiful. I'm curious Mr. Farnan, when you were in Madison what did you think of the peaceful protest? You have such a strong opinion about all the violence and mayhem you witnessed... Are you sure you were in Madison? You were there, right? You just didn't get all your info. from FOX... it's like getting all your news coverage from Leno. Ocassionally flip the station--you might surprise yourself and agree with another pt. of view.

• joanxis | Mar 20, 2011, 10:30 AM EDT

  Maloney - not a vacation.

• maloney | Mar 18, 2011, 11:26 PM EDT

  obama and family on the way to Brazil for vacation. Everything is going so smooth his highnass will spend a little tax payer money since he has fixed all the worlds problems.

• joanxis | Mar 18, 2011, 10:59 PM EDT

  who we aaaare - sorry, maybe I'm not as intelligent as I think I am.:)

• joanxis | Mar 18, 2011, 10:57 PM EDT

  Oh, 2BorNot2B - you caught me out. You're right, I didn't read the whole thread, but so what? You repeated all of those words, so the effect is just the same. Now - are these next words yours or someone elses: "oily anointed one", "fruitloop brained co-relionaires", "oVomit's anatomy", "democRat", dangerously biased liberal media", "that incompetent idiot now living in the WH". Now, you will probably say that my arguement is "not coherent" or that I'm not "intelligent" enough to call you out on your dispicable name calling. I guess you don't get my intent. If you don't like Obama or liberals, I don't give a hoot, but why do you have to make such nasty comments and call people such awful names? You sound like a school yard kid. Oh and what do you mean - you know wow we aaaare? Is that a threat? Should we be quaking in our boots?

• seanomelbourne | Mar 18, 2011, 07:15 PM EDT

  Moony the trailer living right who can read and barely write think they have completed their education. Oh! I forgot about their certificate in Fox viewing.What a pathetic lot.lol

• maloney | Mar 18, 2011, 03:19 PM EDT

  How many trees ya got in Rooland, seano? Or Ireland or england? We'll worry about the trees, you keep on roohumping. If you want the truth, take a look at any location that has had the liberals and the conservatives and you will find the left is the party of leaving trash and destroying anything they get their hands on.

• seanomelbourne | Mar 18, 2011, 02:14 AM EDT

  Well posted Moonmys the Maloneys of this world just cannot see the forest for the trees.That's if there are will be trees left when the corporates take over what's left of America. Trees are just another asset to be sold.

• maloney | Mar 17, 2011, 10:35 PM EDT

  Government employees should not be in or have a union. They are covered by the govt. with the best bennies is the country. They don't need double everything. Govt. employees should worry about the govt. not being selfish. The liberal me me me needs to come to a halt.

• moonmyst532 | Mar 17, 2011, 09:46 PM EDT

  Argh. Why is it totally impossible for the rich and the middle/lower class in this country to converse in a civilized manner? ie: the Republicans and the Democrats. Look at your history, children and not American History 101. Historically, business owners underpaid, overworked, and mistreated workers. Children and women suffered, men lost hope. The American Dream was built on union negotiations that gave anyone the possiblity of a good, comfortable life. If you believe it will be the same if the unions are broken than I pray you don't lose your trust fund.

• moonmyst532 | Mar 17, 2011, 09:37 PM EDT

  A small point, the crowds of out-of-staters who rushed on Madison were fanatical Republican tea-partiers. To the best of my knowledge, Moore works with a small crew of friends on his movies which are very low budget. The Democrats who fled were running from the Governor' threat to arrest them if they didn't vote for his proposal to eliminate collective bargaining rights and the only people in this country who want that are capitalist Republicans.

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

  I feel Safer Already

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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?

• 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.

• 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.

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

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

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

  odonnell521..Bravo! and Happy St Patricks Day

• 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.

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

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

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

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

• 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.

• 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.

• Irishqueen1879 | Mar 15, 2011, 02:10 PM EDT

  the post regarding Wisconsin students listed below is NOT from Irishqueen 1879.

• Irishqueen1879 | Mar 15, 2011, 12:25 PM EDT

  @McNabb1966....I disagree with you on so many levels. We obviously have different ideas and beliefs on what is and what the media is telling us. The right and the left take advantage of tragedy to their own advantage, that is part of human nature and politicians. However, the word "thuggery" in this case is largely exxagerated. Many of these people are teachers, nurses, workers that if not for Unions would be paid pennies for their tiring work. I would suggest doing a little research on history of Unions and what they have accomplishted for the rest of us, such as wages, working conditions, ending the abusive child workers. Also, research Scott Walker's relationship with the Coch brothers....and look even further into their intentions.

• Irishqueen1879 | Mar 15, 2011, 12:16 PM EDT

  Students in Madison Wisconsin will now have to stay an extra 20 minutes in class everyday to make up the "education" time that was LOST due to their "educators" not being in school to "teach" them because they were in Madison protesting.....The final insult to the citizens of the USA is that we were paying these people to protest and be lawless in the streets against us. Unbelievable.

• hancock | Mar 15, 2011, 10:44 AM EDT

  Those coward senators came back? Do your jobs and stop acting like 5 year olds.

• brondell | Mar 15, 2011, 10:03 AM EDT

  I have failed to see any comments about the moral dimensions of the troubles in Wisconsin. I ask that both sides in this idealogical dust-up read (and contemplate as far as they are capable) the documents on social justice that have discussed the rights and responsibilities of workers and their employers. They might begin with Rerum Novarum, and follow the trail to Caritas in Veritate.

• seanomelbourne | Mar 14, 2011, 11:54 PM EDT

  hancock a 100.000 people were there to greet them on their return not that you would notice as the p-ox channel failed to report the homecoming.

• hancock | Mar 14, 2011, 11:43 PM EDT

  Did those coward senators come back yet?

• McNabb1966 | Mar 14, 2011, 11:40 PM EDT

  @Irishqueen1879...What collective bargaining "rights" do federal government workers have? Answer: they don't. Because collective bargaining isn't a "right" but rather a POWER. And perhaps your definition of "civil" is not in line with the thinking of rational people who understand that there's nothing "civil" about death threats. That would be true in any case but in light of the breathtaking hypocrisy of the Left and their allies in the media by glossing over death threats, including chalk outlines mimicking a murder scene referencing a political figure, compared to the way they wailed about "civility" and "violent rhetoric" when they attempted to score cheap political points after the Tuscon shootings, drives the point home. It's sad but not surprising that you and those who agree with you would use the word "hero" to describe the violent and dishonest hypocrites who are still attempting to hijack the legislative process. The "do as I say, not as I do" attitude of the Left will not help your cause. The reactionary response of the Left to Wisconsin's budget crisis combined with typical union thuggery will ultimately fail.

• Irishqueen1879 | Mar 14, 2011, 09:16 PM EDT

  I'm sorry to say that this article is absolutely incorrect. The people in Wisconson who are fighting for collective bargaining are heroes as far as I'm concerned. They are being civil and have every right to protest this issue. This is only the tip of the iceberg for what the Republicans want to do across the Country to Unions. They want to strip workers of their rights so they can control it all. It is a very important period in America, people are standing up for what they believe in....that is how this Country started.

• Monsoonman | Mar 14, 2011, 07:24 PM EDT

  Lad, an excerpt from one threat: Please put your things in order because you will be killed and your familes will also be killed due to your actions in the last 8 weeks. Please explain to them that this is because if we get rid of you and your families then it will save the rights of 300,000 people and also be able to close the deficit that you have created. I hope you have a good time in hell. Read below for more information on possible scenarios in which you will die.

• olovely | Mar 14, 2011, 07:04 PM EDT

  The threats are a smokescreen. The GOP know they've sold the future of the middle class in Wisconsin to the Koch brothers and they just don't want to face the music.

• seanomelbourne | Mar 14, 2011, 06:41 PM EDT

  Most of the marchers will be middle America, the GOP are afraid to march so they claim that death threats have been made against them to save themselves the embarrassment of been booed off the streets. 100,000 turn up to greet the DEM senators and they will probably make up the backbone of the parade.Farnan should find a job at Fox he's out of step here.

• Monsoonman | Mar 14, 2011, 05:53 PM EDT

  Siobhan: Beautiful name btw....Perhaps Governor Walker is of the belief that when you sit down to eat an elephant, do it one bite at a time. Trying to gulp it down in one sitting is asking for severe indigestion....Oh and also btw: police and fire unions in Wisconsin overwhelmingly supported Governor Walkers democrat opponent, he had a few stray groups give him any support.

• McNamara31 | Mar 14, 2011, 02:25 PM EDT

  Why so much anger? The greatest transfer of wealth has been fed by companies who treat people like a “disposable” commodity". Companies now want to hire you like a “day worker” with no thought of fair wage, health care or pensions for your old age. Those fortunate to come up in a time and have jobs with those benefits are now looked down upon by some and envied rather than used as an example of the “norms” in American employment. Corporations and their “self serving deregulation” have allowed the American worker to be used and abused while making huge profits on Wall St. and the portfolios of those that use their influence in Washington. These corporate interests and their political hacks if allowed will “divide us further” and have working man against working man. Instead of some being envious of the union workers and their strength in numbers think of the day when they are gone and “you to” may become just another day worker.

• allentown | Mar 14, 2011, 01:39 PM EDT

  Unfortunately for the Wisconsin Public Unions, Wisconsin will or has already lowered corporate taxes and personnel income taxes and will begin to bring businesses back into the State to create jobs. How will the Wisconsin voters react at voting time? Will they vote the Republicans out, because they eliminated Collective Bargainning for teacher unions, or will they vote the Republicans in for restoring financial stability to Wisconsin? Get real----this is a Republican win and the unions know it!

• Siobhan39 | Mar 14, 2011, 01:38 PM EDT

  Ed, you forgot to mention that Gov. Walker exempted the police and firemen, and state patrol from his union busting policy. Why? Because their unions supported him in his election. Your article gives proof that one should never let facts get in the way of bias

• Redrowan | Mar 14, 2011, 12:50 PM EDT

  I think that a radicalized thuggish union backed greedy minority will do anything to get more and produce less and in the case of public unions , not be held accountable. Take a look at the strong union cities of yesteryear and see where the criminal influence of the union got them. Detroit, Newark N.J., to name a few. Japan will recover more quickly than these American monuments to Union greed and Democrat run corrupt cities. When the thugs take over and blackmail the citizenry for services it's time to send them packing. As for the death threats they can hold their supreme leader responsible for letting this kind of crap going on. He's a radicalized Marxist. Not a decision I arrived at quickly. Vote the leftwing radical dems out and lets get this country back up on it's feet. The death knell may have already sounded, but, with some glimmersof light like walker and Christie we may have a chance. Happy St. Patricks Day. Red

• Monsoonman | Mar 14, 2011, 12:38 PM EDT

  Joan: I was pointing out the one sided advantage the left had when it came to getting propaganda, er news into the American household, it was dominated by the leftist main stream media. For generations, it was all we got. Now there is starting to be some alternatives thanks to tech, so why should we pay to get brainwashed by public radio and tv?...But even now with the birth of alterative media, the left wing doesn't want it, they want to squash it like a bug with benign sounding laws like the "fairness doctrine". Yes they will decide what we should hear like the good little sheep we should be.

• joanxis | Mar 14, 2011, 12:16 PM EDT

  Monsoonman, You mentioned NPR,CPB,PPS,ABC,NBC,CBS and NYTimes could unlimitedly broadcast partisan messages to their hearts content and sway the voters. I notice you didn't mention Fox News or rightwing radio. I guess they don't do any of that.

• jerrydonovan | Mar 14, 2011, 12:02 PM EDT

  Colkelley asks when will Libs. apply the same standard to everyone.Colkelley also refers to Libs as Socialists,Communists and Democrats.No problem,in the intrest of equal application we can now call all right wingers,Fascists,Nazis,orDemigogs.

• Monsoonman | Mar 14, 2011, 11:51 AM EDT

  I know this will sound like blasphemy to some of you...but. When the supremes gave corps the right to put money into political ads, it somewhat evened the playing field...I know, I know.....All of these years npr, cpb, pbs, abc, nbc, cbs, nyt(corporations themselves) and the unions(non corporations) could could unlimitedly broadcast partisan messages to their hearts content and sway the voters ( See Dan Rathers firing for getting caught trying to fix an election). I know it is difficult because you have never heard of this before...but it is the gospel truth.

• willieboy | Mar 14, 2011, 11:37 AM EDT

  Your labor unions at work America. where's the Great O in all this????

• joanxis | Mar 14, 2011, 11:37 AM EDT

  Yes, some of the money from union dues go to political parties, usually Democrats, but when the Supreme Court gave corporations the right to give to political parties, they more than made up for anything the unions could give. Most of the corps. give to the Republican party. Just saying.

• staps62 | Mar 14, 2011, 11:36 AM EDT

  Ed, I'm an Irish American who lives in Milwaukee. Could you have written an article with less facts in it? I can't believe they published this. I'm not going to waste my time arguing each point as others have done that but the basic premise that Wisconsin is being "Assaulted" and is in a state of "lawlessness" is ridiculous. Scott Walker was divisive as our county executive and he clearly is going to be very divisive as our governor. But to be honest...with all of the passion on both sides and the huge numbers of protesters in Madison...the thing that strikes me most is how CIVIL everything really has been. Its unsubstantiated rhetoric that you seem to be spewing that unfortunately clouds the real debates we need to have.

• EdinCali | Mar 14, 2011, 11:33 AM EDT

  Joan, this is Ed: I multiple source everything for my pieces. I don't want to be accused of being biased or anything, lol!: "During testimony Thursday, a representative from the Attorney General's office said a contractor estimated it would cost $500,000 to remove all of the posters and garbage. He says it would cost $6 million to restore the marble inside of the Capitol building and another $1 million to touch up the marble outside of the building." Officials with the Department of Administration say the marble must be restored immediately. They say normally, tape isn't used on the walls of the Capitol by rule because of the historic nature of the building. Easels are normally used for signs.

• joanxis | Mar 14, 2011, 11:22 AM EDT

  Ed, I was willing to take your article seriously, altho it really didn't sound correct. Then I read your statement about how the protesters caused 7.5 million dollars worth of damage and I knew that I couldn't trust anything in your article. That figure was touted on Fox news and has been proven to be false. The correct figure was around $700,000 - not a good figure, but nowhere near what you are saying. Why do you continue to print false and incitefull information? To me that means you are not a credible journalist. Get your facts correct.

• Monsoonman | Mar 14, 2011, 11:21 AM EDT

  So it is perfectly fine for the American taxpayer- citizens to be enslaved by outrageous public employee union contracts x millions(everyone work for the gummint)? Especially the ones where the negotiations were between the union bosses and the politicians those union bosses bought and paid for? Yeah that's really fair. No one is saying to outlaw unions in the private sector or take away their "rights". but you start working for the government that's another story. Go work where there is competition and choice for the consumer. The government is not that place and furthermore don't want to be enslaved for your union boss, who makes 500K a year at yours and my expense and the rest of your dues go directly to the democrat party to corrupt more lawmakers. Read George Orwells Animal Farm and get back to me, because that is exactly what is happening.

• seagreen | Mar 14, 2011, 11:11 AM EDT

  Col. I have been a socialist union thug ever since I finished my military service (with an honorable discharge) You obviously are receiving a nice fat pension, and probably working on another one, plus social security. I would say you are doing quite well, and imagine you are carrying medical benefits also. You are also alive to reap these benefits, which is something the nineteen and twenty year olds that were drafted never got to do, in fact thousands of them never got to do anything. Their story ended in some foreign country. There is no end of the usage of Americans physically or mentally by those that have the power to dictate policy, yet keep themselves out of the line of fire. All of these companies that were in SE Asia are still around, still making big dough. Not bona fide commercial companies that compete in a national or world ecomomy, but you know, the guys that have been keeping America safe. Halliburton,charging the govt $7.10 for Kuwaiti gasoline. Lockheed with a multimillion dollar contract to issue TWIC cards, when the airplane market slowed. The guys that need to be thanked for their service are those young PFC's and SP4's that gave it all for $214.00 a month

• hancock | Mar 14, 2011, 10:42 AM EDT

  Poor lefty whiners. Read the rest of this site, its worse than Pravda.

• LinLinisme | Mar 14, 2011, 10:40 AM EDT

  president Who.??

• LinLinisme | Mar 14, 2011, 10:40 AM EDT

  Who the hell is Jesse Jackson and Michael Morre? They just want their names in print and neither of them know what they are talking about. I am so tired of Americans using these things just to get noticed. They don't know what they are talking about.

• buffaloirishman | Mar 14, 2011, 10:30 AM EDT

  This is rubbish. The Governor talked about fomenting violence to make the hard-working protesters look back. This looks like part of the misinformation campaign. The greedy Republicans and their Koch Brothers thieves are the bad guys. This is common practice of the rich and powerful who had no values except greed.

• chris13 | Mar 14, 2011, 10:12 AM EDT

  Great, the teabaggers have another forum. Faux News isn't enough? BTW, I'm not a Lib.

• HorsesInMdstrm | Mar 14, 2011, 10:01 AM EDT

  @OurselvesAlone - if you have evidence of this serious charge against Jesse Jackson, you should report this to the authorities. If you don't, you could be charged with a crime yourself, I would think. @colkelley - Libs are also known as Progressives (and maybe in this case Conservatives because we are trying to conserve the values of this country instead of trying to enrich the Koch brothers and their fellow travelers) are appalled at violence. Some, unfortunately, feel they must respond with violence or threats to match the violence being done to the way of life of the working man. If you are a Colonel and a Kelley, I thank you for your service, but am puzzled as to how someone with Irish heritage could be on the side of the regressive rich.

• PattyMM | Mar 14, 2011, 09:59 AM EDT

  Where did you come up with this slanted story? This is my first time reading Irish Central. If all the articles are like this, I will not be back. Come on here to Wisconsin and see for yourself what is going on here.

• lwhayer | Mar 14, 2011, 09:56 AM EDT

  This is not a news article, it is an editorial, full of right wing crap.

• soccernet | Mar 14, 2011, 09:41 AM EDT

  The people should just do whatever the governors tell them, is that it guy? When they violate the freedoms intended for this country, we should just accept that peacefully and wait around til another election, then maybe some schmuck from one of the major parties will turn it around, sure. We should not accep this. This is a threat to the whole country. Why is it that you think we should follow unjust laws? You would've loved being Irish a thousand years ago I guess when we were being murdered and tortured. How the hell did your ancestors survive, oh wait, I guess they sucked up to the authorities like you. Soup slurperer.

• colkelley | Mar 14, 2011, 09:41 AM EDT

  It always amazes me that Liberals are appalled at ANY sign of anger, resistance, or revenge from the Right, but let Libs (also known as Socialists, Communists, and Democrats) make overt death threats and somehow it becomes "understandable" and "justified." Seagreen - how long have you been a Socialist Union thug and how many times have you voted to reelect Union officials convicted of multiple crimes? When will Libs ever apply the same standard to everyone? Never. When will Obama condemn violence and death threats committed by Libs and Unions? Never.

• seagreen | Mar 14, 2011, 09:28 AM EDT

  An alternative parade financed by the Koch Bros, and the Heritage Foundation would be a boffo idea! Let Walker and the rest of his ilk strut through some wealthy residential area waving and receiving kudos from the adoring crowd. They will be cheerfully waving their stock certificates instead of an Irish flag. Scott Fitzgerald is an Irish bootlicker who has genuflected and received his stipend from his republican controllers. Republicans are the enemy of working Americans. The hidden agenda's are being exposed, and the larger the chasm grows, the clearer the picture will be. There will be fewer and fewer parades you will be able to join as people realize what you really are..

• seagreen | Mar 14, 2011, 08:30 AM EDT

  The Koch brothers should pay for an alternative parade. Why not bankroll some more Tea Party pensioners to come and lecture the locals on why socialism for the rich is so much more American than socialism for the poor.

• OurselvesAlone | Mar 13, 2011, 11:53 PM EDT

  @mcnamara31 no worries; The little "o" can always send in the relief pitcher, jesse jackson who landed in Dublin 3 weeks ago spouting platitudes about greedy bankers, the poor and (surprise, surprise!) the lack of social justice for the traveler community. Of course,MLK's great line "the content of one's character" is a stretch when applied to the knackers, tinkers, pavees or pikeys (depending on your locale) but don't worry Jesse arranged MLK's takeout to facilitate his risen to power just like the line from "Pride (In the Name of Love)by U2: "one man betrayed with a kiss".

• hancock | Mar 13, 2011, 11:10 PM EDT

  Yeah but is it wrong?

• McNamara31 | Mar 13, 2011, 07:47 PM EDT

  You stated: "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."... A bit condescending don't you think? We all know Obama is part Irish. So, in honor of that part, I'll say it for him, Ed, "Póg mo thóin"