"Officers, you have a choice/Disobey illegal orders":
Teachers Assistants Association:
Confrontation of pro- and anti-Walker folk:
An "I support Scott" guy with an antagonist coming up behind him:
Solidarity:
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Meade takes the fisheye to the protest today...
"Who will want to risk their life for no pay?"
"Officers, you have a choice/Disobey illegal orders":
Teachers Assistants Association:
Confrontation of pro- and anti-Walker folk:
An "I support Scott" guy with an antagonist coming up behind him:
Solidarity:
"Officers, you have a choice/Disobey illegal orders":
Teachers Assistants Association:
Confrontation of pro- and anti-Walker folk:
An "I support Scott" guy with an antagonist coming up behind him:
Solidarity:
Meade got into the Capitol for the Governor's speech and, afterward, shot this video...
... which I edited:
0:00 — in the Assembly chamber
0:37 — in the rotunda, a Democratic legislator slips on a pile of peace signs
1:14 — a woman has a dog in the Capitol, and the vibration is freaking her out
2:12 — our Assemblyman Brett Hulsey calls it the "Budget Despair Bill"
2:35 — "Oh, oh, freedom..."
3:16 — "Which door do I go out if I don't want to be replaced?"
4:06 — "Is there a door I can go out where someone else won't come in because I went out?"
4:35 — boombox duct taped to a stand made of cross-country skis
5:06 — Meade inquires about a child labeled "planted troublemaker"
5:21 — folkie guy plays "When the Ship Comes In"
6:26 — the folkie switches to rap
7:50 — "I'll be growin' food with all my friends and we'll be livin' on a big farm somewhere."
0:00 — in the Assembly chamber
0:37 — in the rotunda, a Democratic legislator slips on a pile of peace signs
1:14 — a woman has a dog in the Capitol, and the vibration is freaking her out
2:12 — our Assemblyman Brett Hulsey calls it the "Budget Despair Bill"
2:35 — "Oh, oh, freedom..."
3:16 — "Which door do I go out if I don't want to be replaced?"
4:06 — "Is there a door I can go out where someone else won't come in because I went out?"
4:35 — boombox duct taped to a stand made of cross-country skis
5:06 — Meade inquires about a child labeled "planted troublemaker"
5:21 — folkie guy plays "When the Ship Comes In"
6:26 — the folkie switches to rap
7:50 — "I'll be growin' food with all my friends and we'll be livin' on a big farm somewhere."
Jesse Jackson & Tammy Baldwin hold court in the Wisconsin Capitol.
Meade got the video today, and even gets in a question. I did the editing.
At the Wisconsin Capitol today.
Photos by Meade (who also took a long video of the Tammy Baldwin/Jesse Jackson procession).
The taped-on message there is: "If you voted for Walker, then you voted for Nazism."
The taped-on message there is: "If you voted for Walker, then you voted for Nazism."
Today's protest at the Wisconsin Capitol.
What it was like inside at the protest today at about 2 p.m.:
Meade took that. The crowd was a bit thinner. Lots of drumming. A rendition of "Rally 'Round the Flag."
ADDED: I'm sorry, I had the wrong video before. Fixed. Here's the scene outside today, also by Meade:
Meade took that. The crowd was a bit thinner. Lots of drumming. A rendition of "Rally 'Round the Flag."
ADDED: I'm sorry, I had the wrong video before. Fixed. Here's the scene outside today, also by Meade:
Saturday night's all right for protesting...
... get a little activism in.
Enlarge to read more of the signs. Do you see the "Big Lebowski" reference? "Do you see what happens, Larry?" is a reference to — click for harsh language...
It's a violent reference. NSFW language after the jump:
"Do you see what happens, Larry? DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FUCK A STRANGER IN THE ASS? [proceeds to smash up what he wrongly believes is Larry's new Corvette] THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS, LARRY! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FUCK A STRANGER IN THE ASS! DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FUCK A STRANGER IN THE ASS? [proceeds to smash up what he wrongly believes is Larry's new Corvette] THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS, LARRY! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FUCK A STRANGER IN THE ASS!"But, of course, the children don't understand what it means.
"Keep our protest CIVIL/Don't become Incited/THE NATION IS WATCHING/And so are our children!"
2 young men with good signs at the Wisconsin State Capitol last night:
(Enlarge.)
Someone put a blindfold on the "Forward" statue:
And, in the rotunda, the old "Obey" image has been Walker-ized:
(All photos by Meade.)
(Enlarge.)
Someone put a blindfold on the "Forward" statue:
And, in the rotunda, the old "Obey" image has been Walker-ized:
(All photos by Meade.)
How much respect did the demonstrators show for the State Capitol grounds?
Here are some photographs taken yesterday by Meade (my husband) at the demonstration against Gov. Scott Walker's budget plan:
"If I'm a GREAT worker WHY are you treating me THIS WAY?" — an abandoned sign pleads.
"Hands Off," says a sign that no one touches.
"Educators... care..." enough to leave signs to be trampled into the texture of the wet concrete.
"Proud" pile of dirty snow promises to "fight."
(I attended the Tea Party rally at the Wisconsin State Capitol last year on April 15th, and I did not see a scrap of litter left behind. Participants not only took care to leave no trash of their own, they looked around and made sure no one else did.)
UPDATE: Four days into the protests, we observed that the protesters have done a great job of keeping litter off the Capitol grounds. More here.
"If I'm a GREAT worker WHY are you treating me THIS WAY?" — an abandoned sign pleads.
"Hands Off," says a sign that no one touches.
"Educators... care..." enough to leave signs to be trampled into the texture of the wet concrete.
"Proud" pile of dirty snow promises to "fight."
***
(I attended the Tea Party rally at the Wisconsin State Capitol last year on April 15th, and I did not see a scrap of litter left behind. Participants not only took care to leave no trash of their own, they looked around and made sure no one else did.)
UPDATE: Four days into the protests, we observed that the protesters have done a great job of keeping litter off the Capitol grounds. More here.
Protesting Gov. Scott Walker's union-busting budget at the Wisconsin Capitol today.
I had to work, but Meade made it up to the Capitol and got some great stills and video.
"Bust corps. not unions":
"Dick move, Scotty!"
"Hosni + Hitler = Dictator Scott Walker":
"We have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers":
Abandoned placards, stuck in the snow, including a depiction of Scott Walker, lynched:
"Bust corps. not unions":
"Dick move, Scotty!"
"Hosni + Hitler = Dictator Scott Walker":
"We have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers":
Abandoned placards, stuck in the snow, including a depiction of Scott Walker, lynched:
At the Under-the-Table Café...
... come on! I dare you to say anything you think!
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Photographs by Meade at the Milwaukee Art Museum today. The sculpture — called "Under the Table" — is by Robert Therrien.
A midday ski.
Meade and I squeezed in a lunch-hour ski break today.
Feel free to talk about anything you want in the comments. The photography — by Meade — is just for fun. This is an open thread.
ADDED: I changed the video. This one has more of a semblance of motion.
Feel free to talk about anything you want in the comments. The photography — by Meade — is just for fun. This is an open thread.
ADDED: I changed the video. This one has more of a semblance of motion.
Barehanded snowball fighting, Althouse-style....
... in a scarf beautifully knitted by Irene. Wait a minute...
... in a hat spiffily hand-knitted by Martha.
Gotcha!
(Seriously, thanks, Irene and Martha, for the cool handmade birthday stuff.)
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