Scary News From Wisconsin

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Regardless of which side of the battle you favor in the recent Wisconsin struggle, there are a few things that should concern you.  A website called Legal Insurrection posted a story about what happened when Republicans attempted to collect signatures on a petition to recall the Senators who fled the state three weeks ago.

The article reports:

"Upon arrival, members of the recall committee were encircled by union protesters carrying signs and a leader with a mega phone who began chanting and ranting loudly. They packed in tightly around the petition collection table so as to prevent those attempting to sign from doing so. At one point, a pro union protester, pretending to be interested in signing the petition, wrote profanity across a partially collected petition form, than began ripping up the completed petitions that were in close proximity.

"The policemen who were there, and who were standing in close proximity to these events as they unfolded, did nothing to assist those collecting the petitions as they were being destroyed, despite such an action being a Felony under Wisconsin law. Police also did nothing to clear the walk way for citizens that wanted to sign the petitions. Recall Committee members received many phone calls the following day from Merill area citizens who stated that they showed up to sign the petition, but were too afraid to get out of their vehicles and approach the recall table."

The thing to remember here is that according to numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in January of this year, 6.9 percent of the private sector belongs to unions and 36.2 percent of the public sector belongs to unions.  These numbers do not represent majorities.  The voters included in these numbers are not capable of passing or stopping any legislation either on a state or federal level.  That might explain some of their over-the-top antics.

The article further reports:

"Emotions ran high as ralliers took to the Lincoln County Courthouse, calling for the recall of Democratic State Senator Jim Holperin, one of the 14 senators who fled the state more than three weeks ago.

"Organizers say the rally was originally scheduled at Club 64 in Merrill, but they had to change locations after business owners say they received more than 50 phone calls threatening to destroy their business and cause physical harm if the rally took place.

"Protestors both for and against the recall showed up. Even though they initially kept their distance, Holperin supporters engulfed the recall effort, and that's when the situation turned tense.

""They circled around us, and they're bullying us. They have a loud horn and they're trying to intimidate people that would like to come and sign the petition," said Kim Simac, recall leader, "I do think that this is an intimidation ploy."

"Simac says protestors even got involved with their petitions.

""We had a lady come up and write profanity and rip some of them right on our table.... so I guess that's what democracy looks like to them.""

This sort of behavior is not good news for our democracy.  The fact that many of the police are not in a hurry to do their job is also not a good sign.

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