NY Unions Bus in Reinforcements to Wisconsin Protests

The AFL-CIO, whose president Richard Trumpka speaks to the White House everyday, is working hard to keep the Wisconsin protests going.

The New York AFL-CIO unions have been busing in reinforcements to Madison.
Unfortunately, not all of the reinforcements brought shoes.

Hallis Mailen sleeps on Sunday in the rotunda of the Wisconsin Capitol as a round-the-clock protest continues over the proposed budget and bargaining rights. (Post-Gazette)

New York is just one state that is busing in supporters to help the leftist protesters in Wisconsin.
The New York Daily News reported:

The Wisconsin workers who have staged a week-long protest against their union-busting governor are getting some New York reinforcements.

Teamsters Local 237, which represents various city workers, intends to “bus a couple hundred” members to Madison – possibly this week, deputy director Pete Gutierrez said.

“This governor has awakened a sleeping giant,” Gutierrez said Monday of Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican. “We’re going to bring down as many people as possible. It’s an important issue and legitimate cause.”

Transport Workers Union Local 100 also will send “a leadership delegation immediately, with the potential of a larger group shortly after,” union chief John Samuelsen emailed.

The standoff in Madison erupted last week after Walker tried to get the GOP-dominated state Senate to pass a bill to force government workers to chip in for their pensions and health insurance – and deny them the right to bargain for better working conditions.

#1 February 28, 2011 at 7:18 pm
Dave-O commented:

this bit of news will go over really well with the Main Street, average hard-working Wisconsin citizens.
#2 February 28, 2011 at 7:23 pm
Gman commented:

Typical liberals. No jobs so they can always find time to protest.
#3 February 28, 2011 at 7:25 pm
Tank commented:

They can all get sloppy beer drunk with their newly funemployed brothers and sisters.
#4 February 28, 2011 at 7:29 pm
justpassingthrough commented:

Madison is a coastal town?
#5 February 28, 2011 at 7:31 pm
Ex-ExZonie commented:

Better working conditions? How much better can it get – or do they want to stay home watching TV and get paychecks mailed to them?
#6 February 28, 2011 at 7:31 pm
Auntie Em commented:

Wow~this man represents exactly what liberals look like to me. I am going to print this out as a teachable moment for my children.
#7 February 28, 2011 at 7:33 pm
Barbara commented:

Actually, it looks like the sleeping giant is still sleeping. (please pass the donuts). And I like the fact one has a name. Goodness, he probably still lives in his parents’ basement.
#8 February 28, 2011 at 7:36 pm
Dan commented:

How is it legal to just sleep on the floor in the middle of the capital like that. The guy looks like he is homeless. If he was he would be escorted out.
#9 February 28, 2011 at 7:37 pm
Rachelle commented:

Speak of ‘sleeping giants’, what about that tub of lard congealed on the floor of the rotunda.
#10 February 28, 2011 at 7:38 pm
justpassingthrough commented:

Needs a sign.
“Liberal at work”
#11 February 28, 2011 at 7:39 pm
donh commented:

” You are just going to have to tighten your belt” cartoon… http://www.newsrealblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/pig_belt_toghten1.jpg
#12 February 28, 2011 at 7:45 pm
Mark1957 commented:

I can just picture Hallis Mailen’s sign reading, ” Gov. Walker is taking food off our tables”.
#13 February 28, 2011 at 7:46 pm
Kent Gatewood commented:

If protesters are paid, do they have to pay Wisconsin income tax?
#14 February 28, 2011 at 7:46 pm
Zilla of the Resistance commented:

Ugh. Look at the black nasty feet on that hippie fat bastard. He really could be a poster child for the goonions – bloated, slothful and dirty.
#15 February 28, 2011 at 7:48 pm
Zilla of the Resistance commented:

Someone should suggest to Gov. Cuomo that he should cut the budget in the absence of so many of our own goonion thugs. Too bad Cuomo is in bed with them.
#16 February 28, 2011 at 7:49 pm
angryamerican commented:

GO HOME LIBS!
#17 February 28, 2011 at 7:55 pm
toongoon commented:

Maybe they should turn the heat off.
#18 February 28, 2011 at 7:57 pm
breakn70 commented:

Nice liberal feet!
#19 February 28, 2011 at 7:58 pm
Plymouth Mom commented:

They say a picture says a thousand words, but I can only come up with about 100 that describes this idiot: fat, loser, liberal, hippy, dirty, grimy, stinky, obese, stupid, lazy, useless, smelly, deranged, ridiculous, greedy, brainwashed, insane, parasite, bum, okay, I worked all day to pay for these idiots generous salaries/benefits. I can’t think of anymore, I need to go take care of my family and get ready to go to work again tomorrow :/ so these slimeballs can leech off of me some more…….
#20 February 28, 2011 at 7:59 pm
toongoon commented:

Moochelle should come and lecture them on their dietary programs.
#21 February 28, 2011 at 7:59 pm
Ginger commented:

Our turn! Let’s take our tents, lawn chairs, grills and bunk up around the white house and not leave until that dam kenyan fraud leaves our house! Washington Bound! don’t forget your soap! hehehehehe
#22 February 28, 2011 at 8:04 pm
jomojava the infidel commented:

Does the sign behind him read “How’s that war economy working for you?”.

Wow, they must be running out of signs. That one’s been around for quite a while. Probably has “Bush is a Nazi” on the flip side.
#23 February 28, 2011 at 8:05 pm
ck commented:

Turn off the heat, open the windows, don’t allow any food to come into the building.
#24 February 28, 2011 at 8:08 pm
toongoon commented:

#23
Yeah that sounds almost fair. We need something though. Oh yeah “Don’t Taze me bro” might help.
#26 February 28, 2011 at 8:16 pm
tommy mc donnell commented:

look at the cops standing there doing nothing. six of them getting paid to do nothing.
#27 February 28, 2011 at 8:20 pm
toongoon commented:

The cops need to be on hand to prevent a gang rape should a FOX babe walk in.
#28 February 28, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Granny commented:

Wow. Nothing like slanted reporting a bit, huh?
#29 February 28, 2011 at 8:28 pm
MVH commented:

Ugh! How gross. That whale beached itself in Wisconsin!
#30 February 28, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Multitude commented:

Weren’t we just being lectured last week about Congressmen sleeping in their offices? We demand IRS audits of every government union employee to ensure they’ve declared the gift from the Wisconsin state government of nightly lodging. I’d say the digs in the picture are marginally better than the $55/night Super 8 I’ve had the honor of staying at recently.
#31 February 28, 2011 at 8:37 pm
toongoon commented:

#30
They were REPUBLICAN congressmen. What we have here is a democrat voter, that makes all the difference. In fact, I’ll bet even these scumbuckets wouldn’t lower themselves to gang rape Pelosi.
#33 February 28, 2011 at 8:48 pm
lynched1 commented:

Looks like they bused in the homeless.
#34 February 28, 2011 at 8:52 pm
donh commented:

That money grubbing slob puts the ton in rotunda.
#35 February 28, 2011 at 9:00 pm
flyoverland commented:

Obviously, those pizza pleas are working.
#36 February 28, 2011 at 9:06 pm
oki2 commented:

A “50 state” search for that name only turns up one gentleman in Ithaca, NY. They really should limit the people they send to these things to people with names like “Smith” or “Jones”
#37 February 28, 2011 at 9:09 pm
Barracuda commented:

As a conservative who has a weight issue, could we please cut the derogatory fat comments? They aren’t helping.

What the unions don’t understand is that they have ALSO awakened a sleeping giant-the American taxpayer who is tired of footing outrageous bills for cushy union government jobs. And our giant is bigger than theirs.
#38 February 28, 2011 at 9:19 pm
noislamocommie commented:

Sounds like the Tea Party needs to come up with something really special for Madison.
#39 February 28, 2011 at 9:20 pm
Jeff commented:

#24 I’d have to opine that this guy would need one o’ them tranquilizer darts like they use on wildebeasts or rhinos in Africa to take em down. THAT would be some entertainment folks.

I can almost see it. THWACK, the dart hits him in the ass. The dirty one spins down doing the curly joe on the floor, trying to get at the dart with his teeth, all to no avail. After he passes out, they bring out a cherry picker and strap him in, lift him up and cart his ass away.
#40 February 28, 2011 at 9:20 pm
Robert commented:

“This governor has awakened a sleeping giant,”
Gutierrez said Monday of Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican.

Still sleeping, from the look of that picture…
#41 February 28, 2011 at 9:21 pm
befuddled commented:

‘How is War Economy Working Out for You?’

“Apparently, Lard ass, not as fine as you under the Obama economy, where you can sit on your ass all day,eat donuts and watch the “View”. Were you tuckered out from this morning’s yoga session, prancing around to drumbeats, or just showing the world what you do at your union job?”

i should drive up there, but the courts have ordered me to stay away from liberals. damn liberal court system, always taking away a brother’s freedom to kick some ass.
#42 February 28, 2011 at 9:22 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

Looking at the amazing pic that Jim chose for this post:

YOU FAT-A$$, LAZY EIGHT-STEAK(FOR BREAKFAST) -EATING MOTHERF*&^ER. MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR P.O.DogS. SOUL WHEN YOU DIE FROM A MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, AFTER STEALING YOUR NEIGHBOR’S MONEY TO PAY FOR IT ALL.

Gonna stop commenting tonight, before I get on a serious roll. No F&&KING PUN INTENDED.
#43 February 28, 2011 at 9:24 pm
toongoon commented:

Jeff, thats funny.
#44 February 28, 2011 at 9:25 pm
JoeS commented:

Wasn’t that Trumka?

He is probably a non-union Rent a Riot. Even the unions don’t want to pay union wages, plus they got a waiver for his health care.

His IQ is probably one half his waistline.
#45 February 28, 2011 at 9:25 pm
befuddled commented:

#40 February 28, 2011 at 9:20 pm
Robert commented:

“This governor has awakened a sleeping giant,”
Gutierrez said Monday of Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican.

Still sleeping, from the look of that picture…

*******************************************************
Good one. if we didn’t have a puppet media, this would be tomorrow’s headline on the front page of every paper. you can either represent the tax payer or the union. you can’t have both.
#46 February 28, 2011 at 9:25 pm
Andreas K. commented:

Classic union fat cat. Insult intended.
#47 February 28, 2011 at 9:34 pm
Wolf T. commented:

jUST WONDERING AFTER SEEING THAT GUY LYING ON THE FLOOR:

WHICH ONE IS THE ROTUNDA?
#48 February 28, 2011 at 9:39 pm
toongoon commented:

#37
I feel for you having a problem that is extremely difficult to control and I wish you the best of luck with it, but you can’t expect people to refrain commenting on this guy when the most outstanding part of this picture is his size. He obviously came all the way New York to give us this image of him being a big slob as well as being an agitator against the people of Wisconsin. The comments are made against him, no one else (except for his compatriots).
#49 February 28, 2011 at 9:40 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

Wolf T,

Dude sure is rotund, for sure. Dude’s picture should be in the dictionary under the word.

And you and I paid to get him that way, in all probability.

And he’s pissed that we don’t want to continue buying his eight-steak breakfast. And his three ATVs, and his RV, and his other home, and his insurance for his five unsupervised skateboarding kids, and his 99 other “MY BENNIES”.

How dare we not want to pay for his excess.
#50 February 28, 2011 at 9:50 pm
abdul7591 commented:

I need a can of Febreze (industrial strength) just looking at this picture. If he’s a public school teacher, what exactly does he teach? Personal hygiene?
#51 February 28, 2011 at 9:53 pm
Andrew commented:

I imagine he knows great places to eat breakfast!
#52 February 28, 2011 at 9:59 pm
Randy commented:

It’s gonna get ugly real soon. Violence will escalate. Shots will be fired. The state controlled media will blame the right.

Civility and honor are dead.

What happened to “Elections have consequences” and “We won.”

I just hope nobody gets killed.
#53 February 28, 2011 at 9:59 pm
toongoon commented:

He’s probably not even union and not getting union wages, they’re paying minimum wage.
#54 February 28, 2011 at 10:01 pm
TnPatriot commented:

That picture is awesome!
#55 February 28, 2011 at 10:30 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

#54

Indeed it is. A masterpiece. 5 cops who should be fired, but can’t. One eight-steak-eating union worker who should be fired, and can’t, doing what union workers do best.

This picture says it all.
#56 February 28, 2011 at 10:35 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

….and the cops in the pic are none to lithe and thin themselves, predictably.

Wonder what their “MY BENNIES” look like?
#57 February 28, 2011 at 10:37 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

They look like they’re waiting for their dozen donuts to be put in the box.

Friggin’ walking stereotypes.
#58 February 28, 2011 at 11:28 pm
Peter Warner commented:

That photo tells it all.

Call in the National Guard, clear the building, and replace the incompetent union capital police with National Guardsmen for security. Terminate the union capital police force if necessary.

Conduct State business in an ordered atmosphere, hold the vote and let’s move America forward.

Best regards, Peter Warner.
#59 February 28, 2011 at 11:29 pm
C-Christian Soldier commented:

and the ‘cps’ just stand by–
is the police- person’s union in on this too.,
C-Cs
#61 March 1, 2011 at 4:32 am
backhoe commented:

The feet…

The fat…

The Union Thugs standing guard…
#63 March 1, 2011 at 6:23 am
Jeff H commented:

Hey, if this whole “kill the unions” thing succeeds, how’s that guy gonna afford his daily “5-Big-Mac-lunch”?
#65 March 1, 2011 at 7:38 am
bigred commented:

Note to other states: please refrain from sending us your trash without paying standard land-fill rates. Thank you.
#66 March 1, 2011 at 8:42 am
GrayRider commented:

Was that a walrus?
#67 March 1, 2011 at 8:53 am
Alana commented:

#31 February 28, 2011 at 8:37 pm
toongoon commented:
In fact, I’ll bet even these scumbuckets wouldn’t lower themselves to gang rape Pelosi.

—-

By the looks of that guy, they couldn’t get it up to.
#68 March 1, 2011 at 8:54 am
stace commented:

They’re going to need an extra dumpster and a case of GooGone to clean up all those stupid little signs plastered all over the capitol. What a mess. Why do lefties always trash out every venue they use for protests? They never clean up after themselves, and I bet this time will be no exception.
#69 March 1, 2011 at 9:53 am
oldguy commented:

NY’s and other states actions looks like the beginning of a civil war. I think we had better arm ourselves with as much ordinance as we can. Time appears to be running out.
#71 March 1, 2011 at 11:20 am
greenfairie commented:

Union guy hard at work!
#72 March 1, 2011 at 11:26 am
Harry C commented:

Here is a link to his Facebook profile. Hallis is a graduate of the Institute For Therapeutic Touch.

http://www.facebook.com/hallis.mailen
#73 March 2, 2011 at 9:30 am
Go Gov Walker commented:

Wow!
#74 March 2, 2011 at 9:34 am
Go Gov Walker AWAY FROM WISCONSIN commented:

GO OUT OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN I meant…you people are being dupped into hate…do you think the Koch Brothers even care about you and your families? And get this BIG NY BILLIONAIRE CORPORATE INTERESTS BUS OUTSIDERS INTO STATE…..Koch brothers bringing in people from the rest of the country to spread the lies. LOOK AT THIS VIDEO FROM FOX NEWS..I GUARANTEE THERE ARE NO PALM TREES IN WISCONSIN! And the censorship you exercise on this site keeps you in a little bubble of falsehoods and hate. AND THATS WHAT THEY WANT FOR YOU TO BE THEIR INSTRUMENTS OF HATE so we can fight amongst ourselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RClJ6vK9x_4
#75 March 2, 2011 at 9:39 am
Go Gov Walker AWAY FROM WISCONSIN commented:

AND STACE FOR YOUR INFO WE ACTUALLY DO CLEAN UP AFTER OURSELVES. ITS BEEN AN ORDERLY NONVIOLENT PROTEST. OF the almost 200000 people who have been there for weeks, there has not been one arrest, no violence and not even on thief. You are reading and believing lies the media are telling you. The people on the streets are not thugs, or unemployed bums. We are the mothers and the fathers of people like you, the sister and brothers. We are good people who can see past the lies of the media and the greed of the corporate interests. Did you know the bill allows our governor to sell the power plants with no bidding or public discourse? And who do you think will be buying them up? Koch brothers, who want to do what is called FRACKING, which is a highly toxic way of mining natural gas that pollutes the land and drinking water. PLEASE EDUCATE YOURSELVES BEYOND YOUR BUBBLE. I was there…the mainstream media is lying to you. Koch Brothers and Americans for Prosperity are lying to you. WAKE UP…..
#76 March 2, 2011 at 9:41 am
Go Gov Walker AWAY FROM WISCONSIN commented:

THE REAL FACE OF THE PROTESTERS FROM ONE OF MY FRIENDS: Let me tell you a different Union story. My husband works for AT&T, the landline business, and has worked inside doing computer “translations”…essentially telling the phone systems about the various features that are… carried on ind…ividual and business lines. In January, the company announced they were closing the shop and sending the work from here (Chicago) to Dallas as of this week. Since my husband 1) would have 20 yrs in on March 19, and 2) is 64 1/2 years old, this was extremely distressing news. But the workers here are represented by IBEW, not CWA (Communication Workers of America).) IBEW is a tough Union, and they negotiated with the company to keep the shop open until January next year. The work still left this week, but they are all being trained in something new for the upcoming 10 months. And who knows, maybe it will stay open with this new work. But if it DOES close in January 2012, he will at least have reached 65 and can go on Medicare. Although he won’t be the 66 and a few months being required by SS for full retirement, he’ll be a year closer.

However, MY health care will be another story. I am 5 years younger than he, so I am quite a ways away from Medicare. I am uninsurable. I’ve had two very intricate spinal neural surgeries and will probably need another one. My mobility is impaired and it is likely only to get worse. So even if the new health care bill forbids discrimination based on pre-existing conditions, In my case individual coverage would be so expensive that we could never afford it. And THAT, dear readers, is why we needed a PUBLIC OPTION in that bill, spreading the risk among millions of people so it would be affordable to individuals. Without access to my pretty-expensive health care, I will die. Blunt, but true.
#77 March 2, 2011 at 9:42 am
Go Gov Walker AWAY FROM WISCONSIN commented:

WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!
#78 March 2, 2011 at 9:46 am
Go Gov Walker AWAY FROM WISCONSIN commented:

ANd you people are promoting grabbing your guns and shooting us??? Are you kidding me? NO ONE WANTS TO DEPRIVE YOU OF YOUR RIGHTS. No one is marching to prevent KOCH from his health care or living wage. And you want to kill us for that? LOOK AT YOURSELVES FIRST PEOPLE…. this is who you want to be? Filled with hate and about to kill your neighbors? THIS IS WHAT KOCH WANTS YOU TO DO because in the end when there is no water and they have raped the land and put us all into an unemployed country, I GUARANTEE YOU KOCH and WALKER WON’T BE STANDING UP FOR YOU
#79 March 2, 2011 at 9:58 am
Go Gov Walker AWAY FROM WISCONSIN commented:

‎”After being accused of astroturfing for corporate interests, Americans for Prosperity volunteers started making hand-made signs for rally participants to gave more of an appearance of an actual grassroots crowd. ” And by the way, the unions DID NOT BUS THOUSANDS IN TO WISCONSIN from NY. At least 90% of the people at the capitol are state residents. And the others came on their own accord to stop the spread of fear and lies. However, the billionaire KOCH BOYS will bus in people from all over, making it look like they are “grass roots” because that is their MO and they have a documented history of it. WAKE UP!
#84 March 10, 2011 at 6:24 am
Solid Citizen commented:

The “rotund” in the Rotunda!

Quo warranto, B.O.?
#86 March 10, 2011 at 11:42 am
ROBERT commented:

REPUBLICANS PIG BASTARDS.
#88 March 11, 2011 at 9:00 am
5(_) commented:

So this is where Norm hangs out now that Cheers is closed
#89 March 13, 2011 at 10:17 am
ann commented:

Let’s make generalizations based on one person. A whole group of people should be judged by a few. The next time your child’s teacher tells you your rights as a parent, just remember, he could get fired for that if he wasn’t part of a union. A union protects his right to protect your child’s rights.

Sure there are problems with the system, but that’s partially because passive-agressive leaders don’t know how to address problems with individual workers and would rather punish everyone than have to do the difficult job of addressing individual issues. If you don’t want to fix the cracks in the boat, the boat will sink. Don’t sit and watch the boat sink while pointing fingers at everyone else. Lets fix the cracks.

Or maybe we should get rid of public education and other institutions and move towards a for-profit educational system like they have in 2nd and 3rd world countries. That way, we can really root out the useless and change our society into one where the poor and disabled can live in slums while the rest to the conservatives can hold on to their pocket-books and enjoy their social superiority with the satisfaction of knowing that their books are balanced and they are not giving any money to anyone in need. Except maybe that cute poverty-stricken child begging for food at the back gate.

If this sounds ridiculous, it’s because it is. We need to find a closer middle ground in order to fix public systems. If not, nothing with improve except the arguments.