About 50 people were ready to be arrested in the rotunda today. But NBC 15 got a permit for them.

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Local news carries water for Scott Walker by showing their viewers just how easy it is to get a permit to exercise your right to free speech.

http://www.bluecheddar.net/?p=34511

Bruhn says the news story the permit was obtained for aimed to show viewers what getting a permit was like. “It was designed to show, even if people didn’t want to go through the permit process, what’s it like, what are they up against,” he says. Reporter Rachelle Baillon was able to get a permit in less than three hours.

“It seemed like it was a pretty easy process for us to go through,” Bruhn says.

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As for showing viewers what it was like to reserve a space in the capitol building by having a NBC 15 reporter call it in annnnd reserve it under the “NBC 15″ name – really? People who oppose Scott Walker in song are now interchangeable with NBC 15 reporters or “The Press”?

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1. Dipshits.....the point is.....YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO GET A PERMIT!

Free speech ain't free if you to get a permit.

[Lefta Dissenter]

2. grrrrrrrrrrrr...

ASSHOLES! They, and the DOA are liars! Their application was for a sing along. Printed there in black and white. Yet when we called them yesterday, they gave seven different responses for what they had applied for and why they didn't show up.

Did the stupid reporters who filled out the application actually READ the clause that accepted that liability if anyone or anything got hurt or damaged at their "event?" Because my shoulder started to hurt again when I was walking around the rotunda looking for them. I think it might have been from the stress of being stood up.


At least when Blaska applied for a permit for Monday, he had the decency to show up!