‘The public matters!’: Wisc. State Rep’s fiery speech against Walker’s leadership

Dose this mean media sponsorship has occurred?

Does anyone know where to find another link or version of this? I cannot find it at all!

"The fiscal crisis in Wisconsin, as in other states, was largely caused by the increasing power of America’s oligarchy. After all, it was superwealthy players, not the general public, who pushed for financial deregulation and thereby set the stage for the economic crisis of 2008-9, a crisis whose aftermath is the main reason for the current budget crunch. And now the political right is trying to exploit that very crisis, using it to remove one of the few remaining checks on oligarchic influence.

So will the attack on unions succeed? I don’t know. But anyone who cares about retaining government of the people by the people should hope that it doesn’t. "
Paul Krugman

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/opinion/21krugman.html?_r=1&sort=recommend...

Yeah Concerned, I know.. sadly there were not enough of you and too many paid hacks like Hindotka and too many people who believe that crap.

Good call out on those smarmy GOPers. Sneaky, sleazy and underhanded.... are the only way they know how to.... run the government.

Kudos sir! Kudos!

Hindotka and his ilk are a riot. I live up in Canada and I have seen the kind of stuff that is going on in Wisconsin and elsewhere before ... thank you very much. Like:
This group over here earns this much and has decent benefits.
All you guys over here earn this much less and have crappy benefits.
Solution: bring all the workers with decent wages and benefits down to the level of the ones without. Brilliant!!
Do it by making sure that all the have nots really resent the haves. Like the haves are taking it from the have nots.
Of course another possibility would be to bring the have nots up to the level of the haves. Ooopsy! That might cut a tiny bit into the gigantic profits of the corporate heads and the uber wealthy. Cannot have that can we? We gotta keep giving them their tax cuts or the country will go to hell in a handbasket.
You really need a lot of people like Hintz working for you....when he gets the chance.
But then again, you all just had a mid term election and look what your "pissed at Obama" voting got you.

WOW I LOVE THIS GUY

all the protest by the working people in wisconsin makes me think about voting rights, personally I would like to see all national state and local elections be a holiday for working people and even a paid holiday when they show proof of actually voting,, in this country working people basically don't vote,, the conservatives like it that way and could you imagine the uproar if a brave house member tried to pass a law like that,, the conservatives would rather say that americans are lazy and don't care,,, wrong!! the average worker who has just put in a long day on the job, is tired, possibly dirty, sweaty and really not looking forward to standing in line to cast a vote at a polling place that is already scheduled to close in a couple of hours anyway,, the odds are absolutely against the worker even taking the time to go,,, I think they say piss on it and go home for a shower and a easy chair.... so I say change the day to vote from Tuesday, (who ever thought that was a good idea) to Monday or Friday, make it a paid holiday and just see how long those lines are, how the percentage of voters that vote in america jumps like crazy and the corporate controlled system as we know it will change,,,,, eventually

Thank you for posting this.

Great speech; however, we need to start boycotts of Wisconsin and the corporations that support the governor. One thing unions should do is pay a few people to start shadowing the Koch brothers! They talk about union thugs; well, it's about time the thugs start showing up!

Thank you Rep Gordon Hintz, for standing up tp the Republican bullies in your State..Your passionate speech was well received by the people of your State, and Americans in every State of the Union..We all support you, and your cause..

We need more Democrats like Gordon Hintz.

Give 'em Hell, Gordon!

Wow! It's nice to see someone actually representing the people and calling out these un-democratic tactics.

Chills.

Unfortunately, the public doesn't seem to matter much to politicians between elections. Corporations and lobbyists have most of the power in reality.

The truth is that there is nothing that can force Walker's hand in this. I fear that the unions will lose this one. It's not a question of "if" only a question of "when."

Decent guy , standing up for the people ! Thanks for this !

Hindotka I ask you once again if you let us know where you are coming from, what is your history that you hate America! May then we could direct you to some organization that treats your disorder.

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good on ya gordon hinz!
right in the tradition of anthony weiner from new york at the national house
and keith olbermann at the news desk

i LOVE that kind of passion and outrage at injustice
just sue-weeet
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Woah a Democrat showed himself at the state Capitol? Call in the National Guard! *sarcasm*

Good for Gordon Hintz! At least we can see that he is not on an agenda payroll or if he is, he is willing to bite the hand that feeds him. I like that.

Wisconson voters - known to be progressive and level headed with a history of electing great leaders like Wellstone and Feingold - made the mistake of buying the snake oil being peddled by the GOP/Tea Party and voted in a slew of Republican Tea bagging thugs last Nov.

Now Wisconsinites have discovered the true nature of these vipers who are nothing more than shills for big corporations and are intent on decimating the middle class.

The good part is that this attempted rape of the working middle class by Republicans in WI is being watched by the entire nation.

Every legislative aide, secretary,switchboard operator and cafeteria worker in the capitol, along with every other government worker in the state should go on strike until this issue is resolved. All transportation should shut down until this is resolved. Even with as much support as there is in Wi., how can we encourage more? Until the governments, state and federal, get our tax dollars back from special interests and corporate interests, we should give politicians no rest! Still, this merely represents the tip of the spear on which the corporate right intends to impale us all, along with our country. There is no question that the tip is well within us, but with "collective" and coordinated effort, we can wiggle, writhe and jump off of that spear, while turning it around and impaling our attackers. This is WAR, in no ifs, ands or buts about it. Either we get skewered, or they get skewered. Which do you prefer to have thrusted into the roasting fire? Organize your community to march on the capitols and regain control of our government!

Can we get Rep Gordon Hintz on a Presidential ticket?

Oshkosh B'Gosh!

And one other thing in regards to these sorry excuses for public servants on the Rep side of the aisle. My own district's representative Leah Vukmir is refusing to take ANY calls from constituents and another Alberta Darling blocked the hallway to her office! Is this Democracy at work? I think not!

This is the voice of WI democracy! I loved the stinging indictment by Gordon Hintz of the way Republicans do their political dirty work. They claim they want transparency and the people of WI to be able to participate in the democratic process? "Hell no they don't" to paraphrase John Boner. They want drive thru legislation like this is some all night Taco Bell! Not the state legislature. This party has something to hide, this is clear. But WI Dems are standing up and saying "Conduct political business the way the framers of the Constitution intended it." These Rep pols are like thieves in the night and their goal is the theft of Democracy.

Amazing. A glimpse of the last gasp of democratic process going under the well-oiled wheels of the well-funded Engine of Capitalism. The "Club of Growth" indeed. Although I'm more insulated than most, it's still a unspeakable tragic spectacle to witness.
Looking at the lessons of history, your task, if you are in any position to undertake any action, is to resist in any way possible, by any means necessary.
I'm not sanguine about the outcome, but you will know you will have done your best.
That's the only shot we get in our short time in the shadows of the jungle.

How about that, the Repubic Syndicate operates just like their Oligarchical Owners.

As transparent as cowflop.