Over 100,000 Rally For Wisconsin - Video In Comments

When posts get offensive regardless of topic YouTube shuts down the comments section. There isn't a bogeyman hiding in the corner. YouTube doesn't want posts that will offend either side of the political spectrum. Yahoo does the same thing.

Can we conclude that political correctness is considered a long term viability play by Yahoo and YouTube? Does political correctness often impede getting to the truth?

I've never read the terms and conditions for Yahoo and YouTube. I'm going to guess harsh rhetoric is not allowed. They're businesses. They decide the terms and conditions based on what they feel is best for the clientele they're looking to attract.

Since I don't Yahoo or YouTube, I'm oblivious to them except for their net worths. But, of course, they need to both appease, and not offend, potential advertisers.

Disney owns youtube . Just helping out a friend , no doubt . Those 1% gotta stick together .

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Yes, it certainly IS something to think about. Sounds like Republican tactics, doesn't it.

nobody reads what you post...we just vote it down. Hope whoever is paying you is counting those down votes and basing your success as a troll on them.

Perhaps they should kick people out who get to many negative votes.

but he's so much fun....really.

For sure there should be a troll badge , so people can see on their profile . Ignore and vote down .

Nah. That's a union trick.

According to this picture, democrats are not under threat of being recalled.

Utah=Mormon

nuf said...

How bout their Gov. Can that bagger be impeached or something.

It appears you're prejudiced. Since we've established you have religious prejudice are you also a racist?

Understand your frustration but calm down and get some rest. I would suggest a good shot of Jim Beam, but I've had to tearfully pour mine down the drain because of Senator turtle wax Mc Connell. If we lose a good fellow lib we will obviously be one short, relaxxxxxx you are going to be a long time dead, chill as the kids use to say.

Head up, Figg! You are right to be angry, and justified to be battle weary. While it's a steep mountain, the fact that there was a protest in 50 states on Saturday, is a monumental first "NATIONAL" statement of protest! Your work has not been in vain!

I will email MoveOn and suggest that they promote a perpetual protest at every capitol until we reform government. The people are aroused, becoming aware and are growing in the belief that they can force corrective changes in government.

We have to keep on, keeping on. If it were easy, it would have been accomplished long ago. Without us, how will our children and grandchildren know that they are entitled to more that we are experiencing now. How will they know that they have bequeathed the promise of liberty and freedom? You simply don't realize how effective your efforts have been. If I had not come upon people like yourself on this site, I would not have joined the effort of others here. Consider, if ANON is communicating with those in effort on this site, then efforts like yours must be having an effect!

That's exactly how I felt last year when the media were covering TP rallies with more reporters than protestors. Or reported mama grizzly book signings where 50 people showed up like it was national news. At the same time they were silent when more than 15,000 in Illinois demanded that taxes be raised. Or when free health clinics were put on and 1500- 2000 desparate hard working Americans showed up needing medical attention, not even local newspapers covered the events.
The media has been right wing for too long and now any media which doesn't spew the cons propaganda is labeled as the "liberal" media.

The most effective response to censorship is, and has always been, massive and targeted boycotting. Print media is already breathing its' last gasps, and network television isn't far behind, and they know it. If they can't sell their product, sooner or later, they will not be able to finance their empire or their censorship. I don't care what the billionaires want, they cannot accomplish their goals without the blind participation of those they seek to silence and enslave.

Domination of the population has never in history been a workable long term strategy . It has to end sometime .....

Working pretty goof in China since Tienanmen Square.

Good point . They need to be kept asleep , by lack of info , communication and education . Like the dark ages . Even the dark ages ended .

To me , it is a global issue . The very few , have dominated the destiny of the very , very many , for too long . They do a rotten job too . What happens to one affects all the rest . If it were transparent , we would see . Even if we cannot see it , we feel it , in our hearts . I believe we can permanently correct the situation and return balance to the world .

I just wanted to tell you while we disagree on almost everything I do appreciate your ability to articulate your views. Actually we do agree on a lot. We both want people to prosper, we want those who need some help getting back on track to get there and we want to help those who can't help themselves. Where we disagree is how to get it done.

Out of intellectual curiosity I attended the MoveOn rally in front of the statehouse where I was this weekend. I'd guess there were 750-1000 people in attendance. I was surprised there was very little union support outside the teacher's unions. The only visible outside support came from the Socialist Party and the Worker Party.

I heard the usual rhetoric I expected. The crowd was more subdued than I expected, They only made noise when prompted. The event lasted about ninety minutes. There were only a couple of Koch signs. There was only one FOX sign. The Kochs and FOX were not mentioned by any speaker. They kept denounced right wing corporate influences without any more specifics. Walker and one local radio show host were the only "demogogues" mentioned.

Thank you W.M. And I empathize with you.

It impresses me favorably that as many people are turning out everywhere as are, despite the fact that there is no clear local leadership in all areas, and that there is no clearly defined broader agenda. Don't you think that this is a mighty "baby step"?

This suggests to me that people are indeed dissatisfied; while not being informed of all the facts and figures that contribute to the causes of their dissatisfaction, and are willing to actively participate in addressing the issues of their dissatisfaction. Considering that there has never been, and probably never will be, across the spectrum agreement on looming problems, their causes and their possible solutions, it is little wonder that the general public has not been able to get behind any remedies. So much false information, disinformation and spin, is bound to forestall any overcoming of collective inertia.

In fact, I believe that small and medium size businesses have not been given a fair shake in the market place. Big business has been afforded competitive advantages by paid for legislation, I believe. In my estimation, it is not socially beneficial to state sponsor the formation of super sized international companies, which force individual enterprise out of the marketplace.

It is also my opinion that the Republican party platform has more recently evolved to include some very nonconservative positions. Take the environment as one example. As there are farmers in my extended family, I was brought up understanding sustainable agricultural principles. Every farmer knows that they can only take so much from the land before they must put something back into it, to renourish it. Otherwise, the land will stop producing. Simple acts like crop rotation can help in this task. But, it seems to me that giant corporations have taken, taken and taken from this country and it's people, without contributing back to it. For G.E. to virtually pay no taxes of consequence, relative to it's gross trade volume and profit, is both predatory and parasitic, in my opinion. When it comes to the country and the people, I do believe in the "pay to play" concept. But big business has been paying a mini fraction of what it should, while paying more to our legislators than to the National Treasury. This is not a; (by it's definition of cautious, prudent, responsible), a conservative act. It does not promote the long term health of the base from which it has derived it's prosperity. This single dynamic is the base issue of most of my political view. It's not about morality, it's about sensibility and practicality.

I expected more teachers to be in attendance. This is their issue. I expected more support from other unions. It was virtually nonexistent. I chatted with an SEIU member standing next to me during the rally. He was disappointed with the lack of support from other unions.

Is this weekend a baby step? It depends how you're looking at it. A majority of people are not supportive of unions in general. I'm not being specific to this issue. The polls on the current situation could change day to day. But there are union people out there doing things to hurt the unions cause. There's news film of physical attacks and threats of physical harm. It's always a union person on the offensive. There's religious and race prejudice occuring. It's all on news film. One could argue the Tea Party did the same thing but very little was on video. The mantra from the left was "trust us, it's happening. There's an accumulation of video of union people threatening or physically assaulting others. This is the stereotype the typical non union person has of unions. I realize it's a very minute fraction of the protestors. But its reflects poorly on unions.

Is it a baby step? The Boston Globe didn't report the rally in the Sunday Paper. There isn't a left wing cause the Globe doesn't jump all over. (Their poll had Scott Brown down 15 points the day before the election when every other poll showed him ahead. Their columnists rip Brown every week even though he's the most popular politician in the state) I'm sure there was tv news coverage. But I didn't notice one camera person or reporter. They could have been where I couldn't see them. I didn't watch the tv news Saturday night (rarely watch anyway). I would have watched had I been home. I'm sure the local Fox news was there. They have an statehouse office on the corner of the rally. No one was protesting against Fox (it's the local news). The right wing Herald had a small article buried in the paper. The coverage was nonpartisan news. They reported MoveOn held a rally in support of Wisconsin teachers with several hundred in attendance.

True, attemis6. "It takes a (global) village".

Maybe because it's 1.7% of the state population. 98.3% were not there.

Well what im saying is 40,000 tea partiers show up in Washington and its big deal, that's only like .01 percent of the population and the right act like its the biggest thing to ever happen that was my point!

HERE, HERE!!!

That is a beautiful sight! Thanks for sharing it, toy.

Massachusetts is an old school, died in the wool Democrat, blue collar state. Only 750-1000 showed for the rally.

Might this not merely be a warm up? The preparation for these mass demonstrations was sudden and little. It impresses me that there was a turn out of any size in 50 states.

I expected a massive teacher's union turnout. It wasn't there. Thirty minutes before the rally there were fifty people on the sidewalk. I figure many of them were doing the set up. Half the crowd wasn't there for the first half of the ninety minute rally. What does it say a person (me) who disagrees was more interested in hearing what was being said than those with something at stake? I got there thirty minutes early because I figured it was necessary to be close enough to hear anything.

** Now I'm going to play the other side. Do not confuse the following with my politics ** If I were a tenured teacher I would have made sure every teacher in my school district was aware of the protests. I would have told them it could be our state next. I would have told them nothing short of important family business should get in the way of being there. I would have told the younger teachers I once stood up for what they have. Now it's time for them do do it for themselves and the next generation.

Indeed, indifference, apathy, discombobulation or inertia, if not a combination of these, is part of the reason that as a country we have veered so off the path of a healthy nation.