unlikely: THAT will really stop them.

People do what they know, and we're talking about Republicans here. They sat down and thought up the worst thing in the world, and it would be not getting paid.

Lando Lincoln: One of the Wisconsin Senators is sleeping on my couch. I'm okay with him sponging off of me for a few months.

Snerk. Reminds me of the Dilbert cartoon where Dogbert buys a Senator. "He's hungry. Do we have any whiskey?"

OH MY GOD NOT RAMEN SOUP

Remember, if Republicans do something the people don't want, it's because they're principled.

But Democrats can't be principled, so blocking their direct deposit will make them grant quorum for something they don't believe in.

Good sense.

DarnoKonrad: unlikely: THAT will really stop them.

People do what they know, and we're talking about Republicans here. They sat down and thought up the worst thing in the world, and it would be not getting paid.

THIS. Most of these guys are independently wealthy so their public wages are really not much. Or they get paid enough where missing a paycheck or two won't matter.

Lando Lincoln: One of the Wisconsin Senators is sleeping on my couch. I'm okay with him sponging off of me for a few months.

Don't know if serious.. that's awesome if it's true though.

After this, maybe he can try stomping his feet and shaking his fists?

I thought for something like State Senator, that's usually your *other job*. State Lawmaker can't really pay enough to live off of can it?

Lando Lincoln: One of the Wisconsin Senators is sleeping on my couch. I'm okay with him sponging off of me for a few months.

Send him my way when you get tired of it. He can have a few months on my couch too.

Anyone failing to show up for work will have their paydirect deposit withheld and will have to get their checks in person. This includes you Wisconsin Senators

FTFY subs

Dr. Mojo PhD: Remember, if Republicans do something the people don't want, it's because they're principled.

But Democrats can't be principled, so blocking their direct deposit will make them grant quorum for something they don't believe in.

Good sense.

The fleebaggers aren't principled.
If they were, they would show up and fight.
Or they would stay in the state and be willing to face the consequences.

Instead they are ducking their responsibilities.

The Homer Tax: I thought for something like State Senator, that's usually your *other job*. State Lawmaker can't really pay enough to live off of can it?

According to Wikipedia, salary for a Wisconsin State Senator is $49,943.

None of them are using this job as their primary means of earning a living.

Lando Lincoln: lennavan: Lando Lincoln: One of the Wisconsin Senators is sleeping on my couch. I'm okay with him sponging off of me for a few months.

Send him my way when you get tired of it. He can have a few months on my couch too.

If he throws my Xbox controller at the wall one more time, then he's out of here.

Thanks for the tip, I'll hid the Wii.

This correlates directly with the prank interview Scott Walker did with (fake) David Koch that just came out.

I wonder if the media will pick up on that interview and quote some of the things Walker said in it.

Lando Lincoln: One of the Wisconsin Senators is sleeping on my couch. I'm okay with him sponging off of me for a few months.

Privatized Socialism?

lennavan: Lando Lincoln: One of the Wisconsin Senators is sleeping on my couch. I'm okay with him sponging off of me for a few months.

Send him my way when you get tired of it. He can have a few months on my couch too.

Well this is the first time I've wanted to live in Illinois. What a weird feeling. I'd love to have a pillow fight with Senatress Julie Lassa of district 24 as we wait for our frozen pizza to finish cooking.

DarnoKonrad: unlikely: THAT will really stop them.

People do what they know, and we're talking about Republicans here. They sat down and thought up the worst thing in the world, and it would be not getting paid.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

tenpoundsofcheese: The fleebaggers aren't principled.
If they were, they would show up and fight.
Or they would stay in the state and be willing to face the consequences.

Preventing something they don't believe in from occurring is a fight, you farking retard.

It's not a matter of fisticuffs, where you have to be face to face with a person.

Unless, of course, you're calling US Special Forces snipers and Air Force bomber pilots, who also don't fight face to face, unprincipled cowards who can't face the consequences.

Oops, kinda shot yourself in the foot there didn't you, troop-hater?

The Homer Tax: I thought for something like State Senator, that's usually your *other job*. State Lawmaker can't really pay enough to live off of can it?

State senators in Wisconsin make $49,943 a year. That's right around a teacher's salary here, so yes it's enough to live off of.

I can't speak for every member of the chamber, but most of them don't have "other jobs", and the wealthy people in this state normally go after higher positions like US Senate (Ron Johnson) or House (former rep Mark Neumann for WI-1)

CmndrFish: State senators in Wisconsin make $49,943 a year. That's right around a teacher's salary here, so yes it's enough to live off of.

I can't speak for every member of the chamber, but most of them don't have "other jobs", and the wealthy people in this state normally go after higher positions like US Senate (Ron Johnson) or House (former rep Mark Neumann for WI-1)

That's higher that I would have thought.

DevideByZer0: This correlates directly with the prank interview Scott Walker did with (fake) David Koch that just came out.

I wonder if the media will pick up on that interview and quote some of the things Walker said in it.

The media will not indulge such an obvious prank. If the caller meant business enough to be taken seriously and repeatedly interviewed, he would have dressed like a cartoon pimp.

So a tiny minority can effectively filibuster a vote?

It's okay when our side does it?

Lando Lincoln: lennavan: Lando Lincoln: One of the Wisconsin Senators is sleeping on my couch. I'm okay with him sponging off of me for a few months.

Send him my way when you get tired of it. He can have a few months on my couch too.

If he throws my Xbox controller at the wall one more time, then he's out of here.

I call this verified, that's Wisconsin senator through and through.

Murphyr: DevideByZer0: This correlates directly with the prank interview Scott Walker did with (fake) David Koch that just came out.

I wonder if the media will pick up on that interview and quote some of the things Walker said in it.

The media will not indulge such an obvious prank. If the caller meant business enough to be taken seriously and repeatedly interviewed, he would have dressed like a cartoon pimp.

It's quite brilliant if you listen to it. The caller was unprepared and if Walker had asked a couple of questions he could have busted the pranker pretty quickly.

Walker was so desperate to impress Koch though he just starts talking and talking about all of the things they are planning to make sure things go their way. It has zero to do with the budget and everything to do with a union busting movement that is only starting in WI.

Dr. Mojo PhD: tenpoundsofcheese: The fleebaggers aren't principled.
If they were, they would show up and fight.
Or they would stay in the state and be willing to face the consequences.

Preventing something they don't believe in from occurring is a fight, you farking retard.


Oops, kinda shot yourself in the foot there didn't you, troop-hater?

A principled person would show up to do their farking job.
The fleebaggers aren't fighting, they are running away and not confronting the issue.

The fleebaggers should get back to work, argue, filibuster, whatever. Leaving the state is lame and shows a complete lack of integrity.

I have no idea where you get troop-hater from. That is a really lame.

I hope the democrats never return. This is the best thing to happen to the GOP since the 2010 election.

goober1223: So a tiny minority can effectively filibuster a vote?

It's okay when our side does it?

If they show up to work and filibuster, sure. Fine if either side does it.

The Fleebaggers don't have the integrity or guts to do that.

YoMammaObama: I DIDNT READ THE ARTICLE

Oh, well you should, there's some interesting tidbits in there.

WTFDYW: Nah. They can always give handjobs for hamburgers.

A man's got to eat...


/hotlink

Lando Lincoln:
If he throws my Xbox controller at the wall one more time, then he's out of here.

Not to derail too hard, but is your name based on a made up identity from babylon 5?

lennavan: YMO! YMO! I NEED YOUR ATTENTION!!! PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!!!PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!!!

Is there something you want to talk about, lenny?

Falcc: Lando Lincoln: lennavan: Lando Lincoln: One of the Wisconsin Senators is sleeping on my couch. I'm okay with him sponging off of me for a few months.

Send him my way when you get tired of it. He can have a few months on my couch too.




Do they eat a lot of cheese? I still have some honey left over from the Killer Bees™ (the Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico tour).

tenpoundsofcheese: The fleebaggers

Is that yours? How droll. "Fleebaggers". It's almost like "teabaggers", but with "flee" at the beginning. Because they're fleeing to prevent a vote to pass a law that their core principles won't let them pass.

Just like Abraham Lincoln. (new window)

tenpoundsofcheese: goober1223: So a tiny minority can effectively filibuster a vote?

It's okay when our side does it?

If they show up to work and filibuster, sure. Fine if either side does it.

The Fleebaggers don't have the integrity or guts to do that.

You mean like these guys did? (new window)

Wow, did you just say Democrats have integrity and guts? Cool!

tenpoundsofcheese: Dr. Mojo PhD: tenpoundsofcheese: The fleebaggers aren't principled.
If they were, they would show up and fight.
Or they would stay in the state and be willing to face the consequences.

Preventing something they don't believe in from occurring is a fight, you farking retard.


Oops, kinda shot yourself in the foot there didn't you, troop-hater?

A principled person would show up to do their farking job.
The fleebaggers aren't fighting, they are running away and not confronting the issue.

The fleebaggers should get back to work, argue, filibuster, whatever. Leaving the state is lame and shows a complete lack of integrity.

I have no idea where you get troop-hater from. That is a really lame.

I see that you're really pushing hard to make the new Michelle Malkin-created insult "fleebaggers" stick, huh? Amusing really. Reminds me of The People's Cube's valiant effort of labeling liberals as "fisters" to avenge the left calling tea partiers "teabaggers", which of course failed and never caught on. Link (new window)

What you don't seem to realize is that insults don't just become funny if you coin one and try to repeatedly label your enemies as such. The "teabagger" one was funny because the tea partiers themselves coined it without realizing that it was a double entendre. People were mocking their lack of awareness and knowledge in modern slang, not at the phrase itself.

tenpoundsofcheese: fleebaggers

tenpoundsofcheese: fleebaggers

tenpoundsofcheese: Fleebaggers

Determined to run it straight into the ground, are you?

KarmicDisaster: The operative thing here is that not only do they have to get their check in person, but they can only get it in the Senate chamber from the Majority leader. That way, if even one Senator enters the chamber to get his check, they can vote, Walker has said that he will consider there mere presence enough to conduct the vote.

Seems like there may be some legal issue to be explored here, placing a political requirement on collecting your pay.

How about:

If you don't work, then you don't get paid. Not now. Not eventually. Fleeing the state to prevent the (probably) inevitable is not "working".

YoMammaObama: I'M NOT ORIGINAL/i>

I know, you always steal other peoples bits. Like me and Jon Stewart, who presumably you're still butthurt over because he made fun of teabaggers like you. You're so unoriginal.

ikanreed: Lando Lincoln:
If he throws my Xbox controller at the wall one more time, then he's out of here.

Not to derail too hard, but is your name based on a made up identity from babylon 5?

That was Abrahamo Lincolni, if I recall correctly.

/Not that I know what a Babylon 5 is, or a Centauri for that matter. Sounds like nerd stuff.

tenpoundsofcheese: goober1223: So a tiny minority can effectively filibuster a vote?

It's okay when our side does it?

If they show up to work and filibuster, sure. Fine if either side does it.

The Fleebaggers don't have the integrity or guts to do that.

The rules in the US Senate allow filibustering by just saying "We want to filibuster." They don't have to DO anything. You then need 60%. The rules in Wisconsin allow an effective filibuster by not showing up. The rules are the rules, you can't say these people are breaking the rules by using procedures just because you disagree with the rules/procedures you don't like. Otherwise change the rules/procedures.