I have two jobs and two sets of bosses: At my regular job, my bosses treat me fairly, treat me with respect and are great, down-to-earth guys. On election day they tell me to take as much time as I need to go vote, but do not try and intimidate me in any way. These guys truly have my utmost respect.
At my other job, the situation is quite the opposite. I walked into work this weekend to find that our boss had printed a packet for each full-time, regular employee (I was not included) complete with their home address, the address of their polling station, each candidate on the ballot in their district, and EVERY REPUBLICAN highlighted and check-off. Where there were only Democrats on the ballot he had written, "No vote needed.'
To be fair, my boss did not say or write to vote Republican or else, but none-the-less, I feel this is intimidation and political bullying in the work place, so did quite a few of his other employees.
Some employees are sending emails to their employees warning them that if Obama wins, the company may have to cut jobs. Some employees are offering to reimburse employees if they go see the new anti-Obama "documentary".
Maybe if I listen to 620 WTMJ while at work, I can ask for another dollar per hour. Maybe if I tune into Fox News at night, I can clock in for some overtime pay. Maybe if I attend a Paul Ryan rally in Waukesha I can get reimbursed for mileage. Maybe if I am a registered Democrat and don't vote Tuesday, I can get an extra large Christmas bonus this year.
Maybe if my boss treated his employees with respect and dignity and kept his nose out of their politics he wouldn't be seen as "The big bad wolf" at work. I hope your boss isn't trying to bully you into voting a certain way.
Thanks to the Supreme Court "Citizens United" case, this crap is now totally legal. You know, the more money, power and influence you have, the louder your voice is allowed to be and the more rights you are allowed to have. I can't imagine what would happen if I had come to work and handed out to each employee a packet of how I thought they should vote. My guess is I would now have my weekends free and one less job to collect a W2 from next year.
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On a separate note, I now understand that people in the city of Milwaukee are receiving phone calls "allowing" them to vote by phone. To combat this fraudulent B.S., volunteer groups are now printing fliers and pasting them in the inner city at bus stops and corners that read,
No ballot,
No vote!
You cannot vote by
phone or internet in
Wisconsin. If you did not
visit a polling place or
mail an absentee ballot,
you did NOT vote.
Questions? Call the City of Milwaukee
Election Commission (414) 286-3491
Will the right-wingers stop at nothing to intimidate and cheat? This makes me sick to my stomach.
It wasn't convervatives/republicans out protesting for months and months and assaulting representatives of our government - it was liberals. You guys are the haters - and poor losers - not us. Best of luck in 4 years.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/22/Wisconsin-Senator-s-Son-Beaten-to-a-Pulp-by-Obama-s-Thugs I am sure others will find at least twice as many as you have. How about good old Gwen " I need a makeup artist" son slashing tires?
ROMNEY/RYAN/THOMPSON 2012!!!
Why would anyone want to bet that you won't hold your breath?
Thinking about slitting your wrists or is seppuku more your style? Moving to another country (please)? Take your buddy Saul with you on any of the above. While you and your kind sit and wimper, pout and bitch, the rest of us adults will deal with the results, whether we like it or not. The world does not end when things don't go your way. Grow up and try to be a man.
You don't see Hoffa encouraging his representatives to flee the state or country to prevent a quorum, staging a fraudulent sickout in our public schools, occupying the Capitol buildings, marching around the Capitols with signs depicting his political opponents as Adolf Hitler, launching frivolous recalls, filing a multitude of frivolous litigation, pouring beers over the heads of the member of the opposition political parties, etc, do you? And yet, that's exactly what you and your ilk have been doing for the last two years when you didn't get you way in this state, remember? BTW - The Wisconsin GOP reclaimed a definitive majority in all branches of the state government: Senate, Assembly, Governor's mansion, and Supreme Court! Thanks for wasting millions of our taxpayers dollars on your frivolous and meaningless recalls. Suck it!
Sorry, but Hoffa refuses to roll over and play dead. You and your fellow blue fisters didn't in 2010 when Walker and the GOP was rightfully elected to control our state government, so how can you now expect conservatives to just cave on their values and believes? COME ON Koven - get real! BTW - The GOP retook majority control of the State Senate, by a 3 seat margin (new balance is 18-15), and maintained their control of the State Assembly. Not to mention that we still have the Governor's mansion and State Supreme Court! Will you guys go all ape again over Walker's next budget - that's the next round of fun that we have to look forward to!
Apparently you do not understand that this is not news, nor is it a column. Jason is also NOT a journalist or writer. This is just a blog. If you had read any of his prior blogs you may understand he never writes about facts. In fact his last blog was proven to be a totally fictional piece. It was after several people pointed out this fact that he responded with language that would make a drunken sailor blush. The Patch editors actually removed his foul comments. Finally, this "blog" is not published work. Hopefully with time you will come to understand that.
Why didn't you guys do that when Walker proposed and passed Act 10 into law? Instead, you were thinking like a Democrat instead of like a Wisconsinite.
Why do you refuse to explain your childish behavior during the Walker / Act 10 controversy?
Funny how you want me to wait a while, but nobody on your side wanted to wait and see how things would work out when Walker proposed his budget repair bill. You all pitched a fit immediately and soon went to full temper tantrum mode...
Jason the election is over there is no need for more lies as the liar in chief has won. Patch it is time he is banned from posting. His blogs bring your reputation down to the gutter