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Dems hiding in plain 'spite' By JENNIFER FERMINO, Post Correspondent Last Updated: 7:27 AM, February 24, 2011 Posted: 2:13 AM, February 24, 2011 HARVARD, Ill. -- Wisconsin state Sen. Dave Hansen, the assistant minority leader, thought he was staying at a secret location in Harvard, Ill., just south of the Wisconsin border. That was until a group of picture-taking party activists from the Northern Illinois Tea Party showed up at the Heritage Inn and Suites off of Route 14. Hansen, officially outed, looked like a deer caught in the headlights of a speeding tractor trailer. Hansen and several other Democratic refugees were forced to find another location. "We're not about to give in yet," Hansen later said. Others have found that exile can be expensive. Wisconsin Sen. Jon Erpenbach -- one of the other 14 Wisconsin Democrats who fled the state to block a union-busting budget bill -- managed to find a Chicago hotel room on Priceline.com for $99, a fiscally responsible deal by any political standard. But $28 for a room service hamburger was a little outside his budget. "I'll probably be moving again tonight," Erpenbach said by phone, careful not to reveal his location. "I'm paying for it myself. I'm very much a paycheck-to-paycheck single dad. This is a financial hardship." And it doesn't help that Republicans are cooking up a plot to hold their paychecks hostage. Under the plan detailed by Republican Gov. Scott Walker, legislators who miss two consecutive sessions will have their direct deposits stopped. "You still get a check," Walker said. "But the check has to be personally picked up." But the checks won't be sitting in a basket in some random government office. They'll be locked "in their desk on the floor of the state Senate," Walker said. Life on the lam has its other hardships. There are the threats on office answering machines and stalkers from the local Tea Party. At least one senator described a lifestyle that seems like a scene from "The Fugitive." There are clandestine meetings with family and staff, cash transactions to avoid credit card detection. "I'd like to be back home with my , with my constituents," said Erpenbach, whose next challenge is finding a Laundromat that isn't being staked out by sign-waving protesters. "We strongly believe that we are doing the right thing." The lawmakers fled the state to avoid voting on a Republican-sponsored bill that would curb collective bargaining by public workers. Their run for the border galvanized local Tea Party activists, who, along with the national media, have been in hot pursuit ever since. As long as the Democrats stay away, the 19 Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate can't muster the crucial 20th vote they need to pass the controversial legislation. - - - - - - - - - Are unions really worth this?  And is this the 'new' American way?Wisconsin is voting to take some power from the public unions, here are some 'net comments: Everyone thinks this is a blow to Unions. No, this is a blow to parasite government employees, who are paid through the theft of their fellow citizens. IMO all gov. employees should take a 30% pay cut and freeze until the Private sector gets up to their pay scale. Babies cry when their mothers begin weaning them, too. These losers don't like getting pulled away from the Union/Democratric breast. Stupid ****ing liberal Democrats! You all are scum. We won't allow you to continue hurting our nation. We are fighting back like never before. You haven't seen anything yet. Your ****ing Obama, the clown is a one-term president. Socialism is for losers!!! LOL And to the guy at the end its not a god given right lol u can search the entire bible and it didn't say anywhere in it thou shall receive collective bargaining rights. Cry me a river and get back to work you scum. It's the right way because you union workers don't deserve everything you receive. Welcome to the real world! You all have been losing great ground ever since the midterm Congressional elections. You have lost a lot of governorships, too. Obama has been the best thing for the conservatives since Jimmy "do-nothing" Carter was in office. Socialism is for losers like you, who want everything for "free." Pal, there is no "free ride." The productive people are tired of carrying you low-life liberal scum. We are winning at many turns, and you are seething mad! LMFAO Does the word Bird Brain sound as a likeness to these orioles ? instead of Democracy, they are part of a 'Idiotic-cracy" What do you expect from a Dem anyway, civility ? yeah, make me laugh. Extreme Public Union Lunacy in San Jose. Pete Constant, a San Jose Councilman wants to answer his own phone. However, union rules dictate that he have a $70,000 assistant he does not even want. What's even more ridiculous is the union has sent this matter to the courts to resolve. Jesse Jackson sends a warning message during an appearance on FOX News: "So they're going to escalate the protests -- you will either have collective bargaining through a vehicle called collective bargaining or you're going to have it through the streets. People here will fight back because they think their cause is moral and they have nowhere else to go." - - - - - - - - I was hoping this total arsehole (Jesse Jackson) would side with the unions. What a f*cking waste of skin! Remember when he was preaching about family values and got caught screwing his secretary at the same time? Wis. Assembly passes bill limiting bargaining rights of public workers as cops remove protesters from capitol. - - - - - - - - AFL-CIO leader Trumka claims this is a union victory because it brings attention to the union cause. Hey Trumka - I hope you get some more 'victories'... lol, arsehole! ************** The Postal Service recently reported to Congress that it was flat broke. Today, they announced a multi-year deal with their union that raises wages for thousands of employees. What's wrong with this picture? (In many peoples' view this is all perfectly acceptable - just bill the taxpayers for the raises.) |
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