Unions vs Taxpayers war heating up

Wisconsin voters won yesterday when the assembly passed an altered version of the pro-taxpayer bill that had all the financial language stripped out but still removed some collective bargaining powers from the unions.
After learning they had lost despite their illegal occupation of the statehouse and tactics of harassment and intimidation, union thugs got surly and started beating drums, yelling, chanting, and whistling.
There were no reports of actual violence and the police actually abandoned ground floor entrances when it was evident that there was no way to stop the union supporters from invading.
The police showed remarkable restraint and shrewdness in not arresting these thugs, many of which had the ACLU phone number written on their hands or arms for when they got sent to the slammer.

Speaking of violence, Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have received death threats, including one unambiguous e-mail, that are being investigated.

And now that they have failed (as they knew they would from the start) to stop the bill from passing, the Democrats are coming back from under their rock.

Meanwhile, in Sacramento a face-off between Tea Partiers and Moveon.org thugs ended with a fizzle after a megaphone wielding thug from Stockton tried to mix it up with the Tea Party by crossing the street and tussling with someone (on video).
The thug was arrested and it was all over but the shouting (literally, they shouted at each other for a while and it was over).

So, no big violence yet and the good guys aren't falling for the thugs tactics.
I wish that were the end of it, but we know it will escalate before it ends.

Wisconsin explained

Some people may be confused as to why public employee unions have illegally occupied the statehouse, filed false sick leave requests, and freaked out about actually having to pay for a small portion of their retirement.
Well, a report showing that 2/3rds of Wisconsin 8th graders are not proficient at reading provides at least a partial explanation.
I was mad at the teachers for abandoning the students by staging sick-outs so they could protest, but I know see that they were allowing the kids to self educate.
They will likely fare better playing video games or burgling the neighbor's house than they would sitting in classes run by a failed, union run system.
The most telling statistic is that the state basically doubled the per student spending from 1998 to 2008 yet no improvement in test scores was seen.

Wisconsin leads the way

Considering its past and the left leaning politics of the region, it is surprising that Wisconsin is leading the way in fighting back against union abuse of taxpayers.
But the last elections turned over the state house and governorship to Republicans and they are working to pull the teeth of the Socialist beast that has been ravaging every state in the union in its rapacious pursuit of more power and money.
You go Wisconsin!
Win one for the rest of us.

On a side note; if the picture in the article is correct, I would say there might be more than 'hundreds' at the rally.
Maybe that's just a miscalculation on my part after having my crowd calculator messed up by 'million man math'.