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[arlen_esq]

My personal triumph of the day: I emailed my conservative, republican  sister, and politely pointed out that Walker's bill is anti-democratic, and has sooooo many problems...and I pointed out that her State Senator, a Republican, was on the list of Republicans who *might* be on the fence, and asked her to contact him...and she DID!  She agrees that

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[quincidence]

do you know someone still tried to argue that they don't work 12 months a year?!?!
grrrr.
teachers do alot of free time and at home grading and etc... they do lots of overtime during the school year for which they don't get enough thank yous.

anyway...
CONGRATS.. I mean it. that is a great achievment.

[arlen_esq]

I have some friends who are teachers, school social workers, etc. I do NOT begrudge them one penny of what they earn...holy crap, what a hard job! I don't have kids, but I'm a home owner who pays property taxes...and I have never voted "no" to a school funding referendum. We ALL benefit when we have well-educated kids who are learning in a well-equipped school environment. I can't beleive there are people out there who don't get this.

Here is one thing that I am thankful to Walker for: after the 2000 election, I thought I was kind of done. I poured *so much* time, emotion, etc. into that election, then to see GW win...I gave up. While I've voted in every primary and every election since then, I've done little else. I didn't think I'd ever get worked up about politics again. Well, guess what--I'm worked up!!!

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YEAH FOR WORKED UP! YEAH INDEED.
glad you found your fire again..
USE it baby

[nidea]

Go D.!

My mother-in-law was like, "Oh, you Madison liberals just haven't had a good protest in a while, I guess it was time for one" -- I didn't even try to get into it with her. But she thought it would only affect teachers; I corrected her on that part at least.

[arlen_esq]

I didn't really expect a response, but to get such a positive one! Well, maybe she was going to contact her senator anyhow...but we had a really positive exchange about politics, which is kind of unusual for us these days (we stick to neutral topics).

Such a week, here.

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I have started looking at the "WALKER contributing businesses" I won't be shopping at Kwik Trip anymore, and I already have been boycotting M&I bank for over a decade.
Wal-Mart goes back on my - "not even when you are desperate" list.

[arlen_esq]

There's also a nice group on FB now, "Support Businesses that Support WI Public Employees". The reverse boycott!

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exactly!