Get ready, America. If you liked Richard Nixon, you will love Scott Walker.
First, this call to action from a video just released by The People for People People Corporation. The video intersperses clips from Wisconsin Governor (and presumed presidential candidate) Scott Walker's recent state of the state speech with video of Walker's State Capitol Police arresting people for observing other people singing folk songs in the Capitol rotunda:
On January 29, 2015 an appeals court affirmed a Circuit Court ruling that the Walker Administration used unconstitutional rules to arrest peaceful citizens exercising their First Amendment rights. The State has 30 days to appeal. Call Gov. Scott Walker at (608) 266-1212 and tell him to support Free Speech and the First Amendment.
People People are living, breathing human beings, not like Corporate People, as in "Corporations are people, my friend."
From the facebook page of The People for People People Corporation:
The People for People People Corporation is a 501(c)(3), accepting your tax deductible, uncapped, and anonymous contributions to educate the public.
http://P4PPC.com/
As a freedom fighter in Wisconsin, I am often asked "How could the good people of Wisconsin keep electing this guy?" Assuming the elections he won were conducted fairly - an assumption that requires quite a leap of faith - the answer may be that Scott Walker is the most skilled political liar since Richard Nixon, as you can see in the video.
During a recent speech at the Fascist Freedom Summit in Iowa, in addition to again lying about his support for freedom of speech, Walker claimed that he balanced the state budget. Truth: Wisconsin is actually looking at a $2 billion deficit going into the next biennium.
He claimed that he spent his time as Milwaukee County Executive rooting out a "culture of corruption" left over from previous administrations. Truth: Six of Walker's own associates and hand-selected staff while he served in that office were convicted of various crimes, including illegal campaigning for the Walker campaign, illegal contributions to the Walker campaign and, my personal favorite outrage, stealing money that was earmarked to provide trips to the zoo and other activities for orphans of dead soldiers.
His misrepresentation of his attitude toward the First Amendment has to be the most egregious example of his disdain for American freedom, though. Want some more examples of what it is like living under Walker's brand of "freedom"? Check this out...
A 71-year-old woman gathering petition signatures at the Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square Saturday said she suffered injuries to her hand when she was handcuffed and detained by a Capitol Police officer who has been involved in several forceful arrests involving protesters.
“It’s still bleeding, but just when I move my fingers,” Ann Fleischli said Monday morning. “It keeps cracking open. I may still have to get stitches.”
71-year-old Madison activist says Capitol Police officer injured her during arrest Saturday
And what about the officer, Michael Syphard, who manhandled the 71-year-old woman after claiming (falsely) that she needed permission from the Walker Administration to gather signatures on the Capitol grounds? He is still on active duty scaring schoolchildren and scarring elderly visitors to the Capitol, despite a long record of abusing others while on duty and at home...
Capitol Police Officer Michael Syphard did his share of arresting people since the protests of 2011. Yet he's had some legal problems of his own.
But on Thursday, Syphard again cleared his criminal record by completing his second deferred prosecution agreement with Dane County, both for incidents involving domestic partners. The misdemeanor conviction now fades away.
Still, Syphard, 51, whom some Capitol protesters identify as the most physically aggressive of the Capitol cops, will have some legal issues to face. He's named in one federal lawsuit in the 2013 arrest of Lars Prip of Beloit. He is also likely to be named in a lawsuit over the arrest of Ann Fleischli, a 71-year-old activist who suffered a gaping wound to her hand, allegedly when she was shoved by Syphard into a chair while handcuffed. Her lawyer, Jeff Scott Olson, said he’s likely to file a lawsuit in early 2015.
Despite discipline, domestic incidents, complaints, Wisconsin Capitol cop still on the job
No doubt Michael Syphard is one of Walker's favorite Capitol Cops, probably second only to the Chief of the State Capitol Police, David Erwin. Walker forced out the previous chief and installed Erwin, a man with no previous administrative experience whose prior job was as a Wisconsin State trooper assigned to the Dignitary Protection Unit. Translation: He was Scott Walker's personal bodyguard.
Since being appointed, Erwin has spent most of his time in his office in the Capitol basement, at the end of a long, dark hallway with the lights dimmed. (Not joking.)
To show his appreciation for Erwin's willingness to violate the oaths he took as a United States Marine and a law enforcement officer to uphold the U.S. constitution, Walker initiated a barely-legal maneuver during the 2013 crackdown on freedom to provide a gigantic, taxpayer-funded raise for his sycophant Chief:
Gov. Scott Walker's administration rewarded the new hardline Capitol Police chief and his top deputy with double-digit pay raises earlier this year after moving the pair on paper to phantom jobs for two weeks and then back to their real posts....That hefty raise was possible only because Walker officials transferred Erwin on Feb. 5 to a ghost position in the state Department of Administration, according to a copy of the transfer letter obtained by the Journal Sentinel. Then, on the same day, he was shuffled back to his real job as head of the Capitol Police force.
Move to ghost job and back gives Capitol Police chief big raises
OK, just one more, this one from
Politifact....
Beyond the book itself and related public statements, there was no concrete evidence provided by Walker’s office, despite numerous inquiries by PolitiFact.
Local police, journalists at the scene, and people from the company and the crowd do not recall seeing Walker’s car rocked or banged upon. And no one involved in news coverage, local law enforcement or witnesses reported seeing a truck blocking the car from leaving.
Finally, in a recent interview, Walker toned down his description of the incident.
Based on the available information, we think the book’s depiction of what happened -- an organized effort to prevent Walker from leaving that placed him in direct danger -- is False.
By the way, the "protesters", the ones who sing about peace and freedom and justice and all that other junk that Walker hates, are still there every weekday from noon to 1 p.m.