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defrogOkay. I know I said I wouldn’t post anything else about the Battle of Wisconsin.
But I did want to pass on this amazing list of new rules issued by the Madison State Capitol Police prohibiting certain items and activities in the capitol building.
Such as:
I’d love to know how much of this list was compiled from actual things protesters have been bringing with them (massage chairs?) and how much was the product of some imaginative civil servant tasked to cover as many bases as possible.
Anyway, I’m sure the Capitol Police should have no trouble enforcing all that – especially now that it looks like Scott Walker will get his way.
As for that …
Well, you know what’s coming. I don’t know how much longer the protests will continue once this is a done deal, but no reasonable person would expect the pro-union protesters and the Demos to have a sense of humor about it – not least because of the way in which it was done, to say nothing of State Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald bragging on Fox News about how defunding unions will hurt Obama’s re-election chances in Wisconsin in 2012.
Which is not only ballsy, but also an interesting insight into his (and presumably Walker’s) ideas on how to win elections – i.e. it doesn’t matter how badly you piss people off so long as you can outspend them.
We’ll find out how true that is in the next election. Possibly sooner.
Meanwhile, you can just forget about bringing massage chairs to the Capitol building.
Now or never,
This is dF
But I did want to pass on this amazing list of new rules issued by the Madison State Capitol Police prohibiting certain items and activities in the capitol building.
Such as:
— No signs or public displays, reading of books or newspapers, tobacco products, or food and beverages.
— No backpacks or large bags.
— No eating, drinking, smoking, talking, use of mobile phones, laptop computers, video cameras, still cameras, newspapers, bags, briefcases, signs, posters, placards, or hats.
— No clapping, cheering, jeering or stomping.
— No animals (except service animals), balloons, coolers, crockpots and other cooking appliances, easels, extension cords, large bags, boxes, or storage containers for food or other items.
— No massage chairs/beds, mattresses, sleeping bags, blankets, pillows, musical instruments, noisemakers (air horns, buckets, drumsticks, trash can lids, vuvuzelas), portable PA systems, signs or flags on sticks.
— No tables, chairs, furniture, tape (masking, painter's, duct, transparent, etc.)
— No backpacks or large bags.
— No eating, drinking, smoking, talking, use of mobile phones, laptop computers, video cameras, still cameras, newspapers, bags, briefcases, signs, posters, placards, or hats.
— No clapping, cheering, jeering or stomping.
— No animals (except service animals), balloons, coolers, crockpots and other cooking appliances, easels, extension cords, large bags, boxes, or storage containers for food or other items.
— No massage chairs/beds, mattresses, sleeping bags, blankets, pillows, musical instruments, noisemakers (air horns, buckets, drumsticks, trash can lids, vuvuzelas), portable PA systems, signs or flags on sticks.
— No tables, chairs, furniture, tape (masking, painter's, duct, transparent, etc.)
I’d love to know how much of this list was compiled from actual things protesters have been bringing with them (massage chairs?) and how much was the product of some imaginative civil servant tasked to cover as many bases as possible.
Anyway, I’m sure the Capitol Police should have no trouble enforcing all that – especially now that it looks like Scott Walker will get his way.
As for that …
Well, you know what’s coming. I don’t know how much longer the protests will continue once this is a done deal, but no reasonable person would expect the pro-union protesters and the Demos to have a sense of humor about it – not least because of the way in which it was done, to say nothing of State Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald bragging on Fox News about how defunding unions will hurt Obama’s re-election chances in Wisconsin in 2012.
Which is not only ballsy, but also an interesting insight into his (and presumably Walker’s) ideas on how to win elections – i.e. it doesn’t matter how badly you piss people off so long as you can outspend them.
We’ll find out how true that is in the next election. Possibly sooner.
Meanwhile, you can just forget about bringing massage chairs to the Capitol building.
Now or never,
This is dF
