Or at least that's what the protester's button said.
There's been a rally in Madison, Wisconsin. It's actually been a multi rally or mega rally or a bunch of rallies or something that means it's been going on for over two weeks straight. The crowd was different today from when I first went two weeks ago.
For a video clip of the people outside were screaming during Governor Walker's speech, just click this link.
Then, it looked like a lot of union regulars from back when my dad was in the UAW - gruff looking guys, older (which means about my age), lots of national speakers. Today though, it was the middle of the week and two weeks in, so it was the locals that kept things going today.
Students, teachers, mostly white-ish collar union people. In with the mix were the firemen you've come to expect along with a contingent of cops.
One of the goals was to make a lot of noise during the time when the governor was giving his speech and presenting his budget to the national audience. It got loud (check out the video to see how loud). And apparently it worked. When I asked a network audio techie if they could hear the crowd in the auditorium he replied "Oh yeah, they could hear it. I had the headset on checking the sound from the podium and I could hear you guys over that."
Good job, ey?
As for the name of this post, it wasn't my idea. The phrase came from a button that a woman in one of the pictures was wearing. Apparently, there was another woman going around with a box of these handing them out to people.
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