'There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning.'--Warren Buffett

Labor Day 2011 in Cartoons

Special thanks to our friends, Gary Huck and Mike Konopacki, of Huck/Konopacki Labor Cartoons.  

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Labor Day Sex Ed. 101

Now, Jimmy, when two people love each other very much, they want to be as close as possible… To hell with that.  Send the kids out of the room.  This is about real sex, great sex—naughty, passionate, creative, blow-your-mind-in-any-way-that-floats-your-boa …

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Cheesehead Rebellion: Labor sage taps into labor rage as pay cuts bleed Wisconsin state workers

MADISON, WI--Jerry Tucker descends on the escalator at Madison airport, white hair gleaming, eyes searching for his ride.  At first glance he seems like a garden variety grandpa or someone who'd be a perfect department store Santa. But he's not here to play nice.

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Cheesehead Rebellion: Update 8/21 -- Sunday Headlines: Walker on the run? And more...

Greetings, One & All.  It's a gorgeous day here in Madison, and I'm getting out in it.  So, comments are closed.  Please take what you want for your own articles, seeds, comments, emails, text messages, whatever.  Also, check out this seed by fellow News …

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Cheesehead Rebellion: Update 5/10 -- Election fraud, recall fraud, and the usual shenanigans from the usual suspects

Just when you think things are slowing down, even a little, well, they're NOT!  Everything here in Wisconsin seems to work just like the weather: Wait five minutes and it changes. Going out of town. Back around May 18.

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Cheesehead Rebellion: Update 8/10 -- Dems lost nothing, gained two seats in historic Wisconsin recalls

It was electric last night at Capitol Square in Madison, WI, as thousands rallied for Dem victories under clear skies and in balmy weather. For a change.

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Cheesehead Rebellion: Update 8/4 - Countdown to recall and a bloody metaphor

Five days from now, we should know the results of the recall elections of six GOP Wisconsin state senators.  By all accounts, three of the races are looking very good for Dems, with a couple of the others "close." The recalls are just one manifestation of the fightback here …

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Grover Norquist Drowns in Bathtub: Murderous Metaphor Exacts Revenge

—The Undergrounder Grover Glenn Norquist, renowned small government advocate, drowned Saturday in the bathtub that he planned to use on the government he abhorred. “I don’t want to get rid of government, I just want to shrink it to the size you could drown it  …

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Cheesehead Rebellion: Update 07/25 -- How Gov. Walker and the GOP are rigging the vote in 4 steps

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the Republican majority in the state legislature have embarked on a radical agenda to permanently rig the vote in their favor. Here’s how they’re doing it: 1.

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Cartoon: Negotiations Obama Style

  ----------------------------------------------------------------------- So, whadya think? True? False? Somewhere in between? Is Obama playing chess while the repubs play checkers--badly? Is he saving their bacon or setting them up? Is he too tough, not tough enough? S …

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Cheesehead Rebellion: Update 7/18 -- Wisconsin university workers plot direct workplace action to combat Gov. Walker's union busting

“We can bring 100,000 people to the Capitol, and it doesn’t matter!” It was a statement of pure frustration from one of about three dozen University of Wisconsin workers meeting July 14 in a stuffy, tightly- packed conference room at the offices of Centro Hispa …

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Cheesehead Rebellion: Update 5/21 -- End of the World...for Wisconsin voters. What is the justification? (Polls!)

As I sit here waiting for the end of the world today, I'm looking over stories about the very real end of longstanding voting rights here in Wisconsin as a result of the new voter ID bill that Gov.

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Cheesehead Rebellion: Update 5/18 -- Cheeseheads or Asshats, Take Your Pick

Scott Walker: The Gift That Just Keeps On...Taking  One can hardly pick up a newspaper or go online without finding one sorry story after another about Walker and other Wisconsin Republicans running amok.

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Cheesehead Rebellion: Update 5/16 -- Us v. Them

Sorry, comments closed.  I'm still out of town and unable to moderate a discussion.  Please take what you want for seeds, articles, emails, Twitter, Facebook, etc. ----------- US May 11: Reverse-Robbin’ Hood Rally Forces Chase Bank to Close Doors (w/video and pho …

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Cheesehead Rebellion: Update 5/11 -- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Sorry, comments closed.  I'm out of town and unable to moderate. Please, please take this info and run with it for seeds, articles, email, text messages, Facebook, Twitter, etc.  Thanks heaps! GOP: $636M boost to Wis. Budget won't help unions

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Cheesehead Rebellion: Update 5/05 -- Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with gusto (the worst hangover will come from Walker anyway)

Cinco de Mayo is upon us. People are celebrating. We've got some special events going on here in Madison. And typically, large quantities of alcohol (especially beer) will be involved. That's the law or something. It's a Wisconsin thing.

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Cheesehead Rebellion: A weekend to worry Walker and his rightwingers

What a weekend. It started Friday night at the "Labor Temple."  No, we don't go there to pray.  We're godless commies, remember?  It's the home of the South Central Federation of Labor, and we came to share food and ideas.  You know: redistributing "from each …

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Cheesehead Rebellion: On the Slime Trail of the Kochtopus--Just how far do those tentacles reach into Wisconsin state government?

  For anyone who’s been following the events here in Wisconsin, it’s common knowledge that Koch Industries’ oil/energy billionaire owners, David and Charles Koch, have been the object of scrutiny for their involvement with GOP Governor Scott Walker.

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Cheesehead Rebellion: Update 04/25 -- Recounts and Recalls and Court, OH MY!

  Here’s a roundup of news about what’s going on here in Wisconsin.  JUST FYI.  Comments closed.  Use any or all of the stories for seeds, articles, emails, Facebook, Twitter, etc.  Help spread the word! ------------- RECOUNT Wisconsin Agency …

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Cheesehead Rebellion: Update 4/18 -- Tea Partiers outnumbered and angry as Palin et al drowned out at raucous rally

There were two rallies at the Capitol in Madison, WI, on Saturday. One was short, civil, happy, fun, and fairly well attended by supporters. The other was a Tea Party rally.

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Cheesehead Rebellion: Update 4/15 -- Tea Party, Palin to rally in Madison on Saturday and we'll be ready (heh heh)

Yes, Sarah Palin, in all her Nieman-Marcus splendor, will be speaking at a Tea Party rally here in Madison, starting at noon on Saturday, April 16, at the Capitol. Bully for them. And bully for us! We'll be there.

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Cheesehead Rebellion: Update 04/12 -- Walker/GOP budget news to use or lose

Just the facts. Links and excerpts. Useful for your own edification OR intellectually smacking some nimrod upside the head. ------------------------------------------ Analysis: Balanced Budget Possible, Despite Legal Challenges to Collective Bargaining Law

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Cheesehead Rebellion: California dockworkers shut down port, hoist Wisconsin 'distress' flags in April 4 national 'Day of Action'

APRIL 4, 2011 What a day. Labor, community, and other activists joined in a national "Day of Action" to commemorate the day Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Cheesehead Rebellion: Update 4/01 --- I got yer April Fools right heah!

Sorry, comments closed. I'm out celebrating! I just won the lottery and when I woke up this morning I was 20 years younger. Spring is springing, birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, and the grass is greener... somewhere.

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Cheesehead Rebellion: Update 3/31 -- BREAKING: Judge issues THIRD order against union busting bill; Walker finally backs off

Sorry, comments closed. But please take info and use as you wish. Just FYI. Stay tuned... John Nichols reported here this morning that Judge Maryann Sumi has issued a third order blocking implementation of Gov. Scott Walker's union busting bill.

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