MAJOR UPDATE: This was just tweeted
@thinkprogress
ThinkProgress
BREAKING: Judge issues temporary restraining order opening Wisconsin state capital
Only in Wisconsin! If Walker won't allow any more protesters to enter the Capital then the protesters will make do and stay outside.
16 degrees.....tweets went out for more blankets, jackets and scarves.
The hardy crew at the slumber party tweeted that they were putting the pizza boxes to good use...using them as insulation between the ground and their sleeping bags.
Maddow said tonite, "Wisconsin, you are winning."
If tonite is any measure of their determination, they can't lose.
@legaleagle
Legal Eagle
The sheriffs just walked by our make shift bedrooms, all smiles. #wiunion
Tents set up on Main St.
http://positivelypersistentteach.tumblr.com/...
Here are a couple excerpts from a teacher's letter. Please go to the link and read the entire letter.
A Letter to Scott Walker From A Wisconsin Teacher (and anyone else who gives a hoot):
The first paragraph
It has only been a week, and I grow weary of the political struggle that your Budget Repair Bill has caused. I am tired of watching the news, though I have seen many of the faces of those I hold dear as they march on the Capitol. I am tired of defending myself to those who disagree with me, and even a bit tired of fist-bumping those who do. I am tired of having to choose a side in this issue, when both sides make a certain degree of sense. And so I offer you this desultory (aimless or rambling) philippic (angry long-winded speech), because at the end of the day I find that though this issue has been talked to death, there is more that could be said. And so, without further ado, here are my points and/or questions, in no particular order.
The teacher explains that she will give up $3,000 to balance the budget.
I have the great good fortune to live in a nation where opportunity is nearly limitless, and I am willing to pay for the honor of calling myself an American. Incidentally, Warren Buffett, the second richest man in the nation (and a Democrat) agrees with me
She then follows up with one heckuva great suggestion.
•According to the 2009 estimate for the U.S. Census, 5,654,774 people live in the state of Wisconsin. Of those, 23.2% are under the age of 18, and presumably are not subject to much in the way of income tax. That still leaves about 4,342,867 taxpayers in the state of Wisconsin. If you wished to trim $30 million off of the budget, that works out to about $6.91 per Wisconsin
taxpayer. So I must ask: Is it fair that you ask $3000 of me, but you fail to ask $6.91 of everyone? I know that times are tough, but would it not be more equitable to ask that each taxpayer in the state contribute an extra 13 cents a week?
Okay, it's past my bedtime! Just wanted to share some of the good stuff that twitter led me to tonite.
(I flunked sizing photos....Julie Waters has this great diary on posting photos,
I'll practice for next time:) http://www.dailykos.com/...
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