The Fabulous Fourteen (WI) are on Time's 100 Poll - VOTE!

[blogslut]

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2058044_2060338_2060007,00.html

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Occupation: Wisconsin state senators
Previous TIME 100 appearances: 0

They've revolutionized the very concept of the filibuster. Presented with a state budget plan that limited the rights of public employees, 14 Democratic members of the Wisconsin state senate, recognizing that they were outgunned in the chamber, decided their best course of action was to pick up and leave the state with the aim of forcing a compromise. You can't have a vote if you don't have a quorum. When their 22-day adventure came to an end they returned to Madison, they became a flash point for both union rights and austerity in debt-ridden America. Derided as the "most shameful 14 people in the state of Wisconsin" by the Republican state senate majority leader, they also became folk heroes on the left. Pins were printed in their honor, and people even learned their lawmakers'

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[NYC_SKP]

1. K/R goddammit!

Thanks for the post, blogslut!

[highplainsdem]

2. Done. 2077 to 474. Thanks for the link! K&R.

[Lisa0825]

3. K&R and shared on FB! thanks! nt

[blogslut]

4. Kicking for the early birds

Vote em up!

[dembotoz]

5. k and r

[robinlynne]

6. k&r. That was a pleasure! And it looks like the votes are actually counted.

unlike normal elections.

[Berserker]

7. 4541 to

631 Not Influential.

[FSogol]

8. K & R. n/t

[Lifelong Protester]

9. Voted!

4649 "influential"
635 "not influential"

K & R!!!

[progressoid]

10. That's kind of a sad list.

1 Rain 31363 3070 34433
2 Chris Colfer 13747 1898 15645
3 Lady Gaga 12167 2284 14451
4 Julian Assange 10279 468 10747
5 Jay Chou 10121 1782 11903
6 Beyoncé 9608 1633 11241
7 Ron Paul 7836 606 8442
8 Fukushima Power Plant Workers 9767 2727 12494
9 Rihanna 6478 1250 7728
10 Mohamed Bouazizi 4902 244 5146
11 Wisconsin's 'Fab 14' State Senators 4823 642 5465
12 Mohamed Elbaradei 4420 330 4750
13 Wael Ghonim 4612 926 5538
14 Michelle Obama 5208 1784 6992
15 Mark Zuckerberg 3971 884 4855
16 Gabrielle Giffords 4157 1532 5689
17 Susan Boyle 2747 557 3304
18 Cecile Richards 2969 792 3761
19 Michelle Rhee 2862 721 3583
20 Betty White

etc

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2058044_2061021_2061023,00.html #ixzz1Ien9iQDi

[toddwv]

11. Michelle Bachmann is there too...

Don't forget to drop a big steaming pile of "no" on her doorstep:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2058044_2060338_2059885,00.html

and Newt:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2058044_2060338_2060079,00.html

Scott Walker:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2058044_2060338_2060095,00.html

John Boehner:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2058044_2060338_2059952,00.html

Chris Christie:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2058044_2060338_2059996,00.html


Some people to prop up:

Michelle Obama:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2058044_2060338_2060288,00.html

Gabrielle Giffords:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2058044_2060338_2060080,00.html

Natalie Portman (Just because I like her...):
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2058044_2060338_2060249,00.html

Joe Biden:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2058044_2060338_2059946,00.html

Hillary Clinton:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2058044_2060338_2059996,00.html