Firefighters Fight Back - Warns GOP!

[roxiejules]

Run time: 05:41 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xrL4HvxqZA   Posted on YouTube: March 14, 2011 By YouTube Member: IAFFTV Views on YouTube: 2064   Posted on DU: April 02, 2011 By DU Member: roxiejules Views on DU: 865

 
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"In 2012, it going to change,” he said. “Our members are furious.... We will be putting our money where our mouth is.”

Schaitberger said GOP governors and legislators across the country were attacking union rights, even though the media has largely focused on events in Wisconsin and Ohio. “This is clearly a GOP right-wing coordinated attack on workers,” he said. “Their goal is to kill our union and cripple us in the political arena.”

[pacalo]

1. They gave Wisconsin a standing ovation. :)

Kudos to the Wisconsin firefighters & policemen for standing with the other state workers even though they weren't targeted for cuts. Perhaps they had the wisdom & foresight to anticipate being eventual targets, as Kasich's plan in Ohio did include firefighters & police officers.

I never would have dreamed that teachers, firefighters, & policemen would ever be demonized in this country.

[roxiejules]

2. Restoring the dignity of workers

"This is the new civil rights movement in America: the right to restore the dignity of workers, the right to protect their social and economic—the obligation to protect their social and economic rights."

- Rep. Dennis Kucinich

[AlinPA]

3. Great. He is correct - the republicans have defined the public workers as "the enemy". nt

[aquart]

4. So they think Blackwater is the only protection they need?

[AlinPA]

5. They are getting very bold, I would not be surprised if they used Blackwater.

[roxiejules]

6. And the public workers are now defining the GOP as the enemy

:hi:

[aquart]

7. Considering what a long, grand plan the takeover of the US was and is

The Republicans are amazingly shortsighted.

[roxiejules]

8. No kidding

They are headed straight to extinction.

[aquart]

10. They told me that after Bush.

They won't be extinct till we understand that we CANNOT allow the accumulation of vast wealth. It's like allowing cancer to grow until it takes over every organ of the body.

That is going to be a very tough sell. But we cannot allow more Kochs. And we cannot wait till they die and use their bequests to rule this nation from the grave.

[roxiejules]

11. Agreed

Money is power and it is used against us. It must stop.

[jillan]

9. Powerful!! Watch out Repugs - you picked the wrong fight.