Here's what asshat Gov. Scott Walker had to say about the shootings

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

at the Sikh temple:

"Our hearts go out to the victims and their families, as we all struggle to comprehend the evil that begets this terrible violence. At the same time, we are filled with gratitude for our first responders, who show bravery and selflessness as they put aside their own safety to protect our neighbors and friends."

...Just not enough gratitude to pay them well and provide them with decent pensions, benefits, and the right to collective bargaining.

You're still an asshole, Scott Walker.

[xchrom]

1. du rec. nt

[malthaussen]

2. In his next speech, he'll identify the evil:

Gubmint freeloaders. And Obama. Democraticism leads to senseless violence.

-- Mal

[WCGreen]

5. Then we have to hit them back with Wisconson's first terrorst attack

happened under Gov. Walker...

Walker is soft on terrorism.

[malthaussen]

6. If Walker were a Dem (horrid thought!)

... that's exactly what Fox and Friends would do.

-- Mal

[AllyCat]

11. This deserves its own post.

I will start repeating it. CNN reports it as "domestic terrorism "

[Thinkingabout]

20. Good comment, let it ring

[ET Awful]

23. Actually, their first attack (that I know of) was in 1970, when Sterling Hall was bombed

(using the same type of explosive that McVeigh used).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Hall_bombing

[Scuba]

3. I heartily endorse the "you're still and asshole, Scott Walker" comment.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. I thought the same

They woud be even more heroes if they accepted cuts to the bone, signed Scott Walker.

[malthaussen]

7. Savour of 'is country when the Guns begin to roar...

Tommy
I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:
O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play.

I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide,
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.

Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.
Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.

We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints;
While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind",
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind,
There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind,
O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind.

You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!

Mutato mutandis, ol' Rudyard could have been talking about our true public servants...

-- Mal

[Mapletonian]

25. You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din...NT

[NYC Liberal]

8. And if you point it out, at all -- ever -- you'll no doubt

be accused of "politicizing" it.

[mysuzuki2]

9. Crocodile tears.

[LarryNM]

10. Next time Don't call 911 - Call the Billionaires! n/t

[Cryptoad]

12. what the hell,,,

happened to WI,,,,,, i spent some time there back in the 60's, and never saw this side of WI

[AllyCat]

21. We've had our share of nuts. Ed Gein, Jeffrey Dahmer, and now this freak.

Not to mention the criminal occupying the Governor's mansion. It is not the state I moved to decades ago.

[progressivebydesign]

13. Hypocrite!! n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

14. That's exactly what my housemate said

His "gratitude" doesn't extend to the right to collective bargaining.

[Kalidurga]

15. Well that's what they do...

They say nice things. But, when it comes down to what they are really like they will bash the people not with words, but deeds. They will talk about entitlement mentality and that we all need to make sacrifices. What they really mean is "you people need to make sacrifices and smile" cause you know those money hoarders created your job.

[Chorophyll]

16. Kick and DU Rec.

Big time.

[pacalo]

17. Stated by one of the nuttiest symbols of the "evil that begets this terrible violence".

Divide and conquer.

And such a hypocrite!

... we are filled with gratitude for our first responders, who show bravery and selflessness as they put aside their own safety to protect our neighbors and friends."

[fascisthunter]

18. So, folks should ask him if those first responders are worth benefits

watch the worm squirm.

[zeemike]

24. Well don't expect the press to do it.

Cause they want to keep their job.
And the non press or alternative press will never get close enough to ask that question.

[Kurovski]

19. K&R

Priggin' Frick

[47of74]

22. Fuck you, Scott Walker

[SleeplessinSoCal]

26. To protect Rush Limbaugh many Americans will give up their benefits, living wage, as well as lives.

[VPStoltz]

27. "our first responders - who by the way supported me in both elections

so I'm not going to take away THEIR right to collective bargaining.
If those damned teachers had just given me their vote, they wouldn't be in the pickle they are today - but I digress."