Protesters Breitbarted Over Bogus Teachers' Excuses

[Raine1967]

Wisconsin Protesters Breitbarted Over Bogus Teachers' Excuses http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/wisconsin-protesters-breitbarted-over-bogus

Fox News broke this bulletin about an hour ago. It stems from a video posted by the MacIver Institute Wisconsin alleging that a doctor is signing bogus excuses for teachers protesting in Madison. Because it is illegal for teachers to strike, they called in sick and have been told they will have to produce a valid doctors excuse in order to be excused for their absences.
So isn't it interesting that a right-wing organization would produce a news report saying such excuses are fabricated? Usually, the way this works is that part of the final negotiation also forgives the days missed for protests, by the way, so this is ginned up nonsense from the start.

Here's some information about the MacIver Institute:

In December the domain maciverinstitute.com was privately registered with no one willing to lay public claim to the new org. They also have set up a super duper secret Twitter account that you can’t follow without special permission. When I visited their actual website last night, it was still largely lacking substance. Right now I am having problems accessing it but here is a cached version. The site did give some important information however. It gave a glimpse of some of the people involved with this operation - a motley crew indeed. First you have Scott Jensen who still is awaiting his second criminal felony trial. Then you have Michael Dean, from the wild-eyed First Freedoms Foundation, listed as a contact person. Listed as treasurer for the org is Mark Block, the guy that got the stiffest penalty for political campaign violations ever handed down in the state. This new right wing org is also listed on a national directory and it lists Block as also being a contact for the organization.

Speaking of Mark Block, he posted an interesting entry on his Twitter account on January 30, 2009 at 3:18pm. I’m wondering if that Tweet inadvertently tells us a few more things about this new right wing outfit. It states the following:

“Klauser and Grebe will be calling meeting for Saturday, March 7th. Very important.”

Klauser is of course a long-time disciple of former Governor Tommy Thompson and Grebe is surely the right wing Bradley Foundation sugar daddy Michael Grebe. Michael Grebe and the Bradley Foundation are notoriously partisan and have funded some of the most extreme and narrow right wing outfits in the country.


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So we're clear on this, Christian Hartsock, the guy "interviewed" and also the guy who probably produced that first video is the same guy who helped out with the smears of ACORN and New Jersey teachers, and he works for Andrew Breitbart.

Breitbart has bragged about being at the protests in Wisconsin today. Americans for Prosperity is linked to the MacIver Institute. A Breitbart video smear guy is quoted in an article smearing teachers. Figure it out.
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There is FAR more information at the link.

Please if you are on twitter, FB or whatever place you go, PLEASE pass this information on. For myself, I have not forgotten about ACORN or Ms. Sherrod -- even Planned Parenthood? Let's get out ahead of this NOW!

Thanks Everyone, and especially thanks to the lovely people that gave me the hearts!

[Raine1967]

1. It's all fake cheese compared to real cheddar, IMO

They have no shame. Thanks for the Rec's everyone. I hope this goes viral.

[deminks]

2. Thank you for using the new verb 'to Breitbart'.

And thank you for posting. The thugs are becoming too predictable.

[AzDar]

3. The doctor's excuses should just explain that Walker's policies are sickening everyone.

Nothing but the truth.

[beac]

4. K&R! n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. k n r

Breitbart the Bastard.