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Monday, February 28, 2011

KING5 News: "Thousands march in Olympia over union rights" (video)

More than 2,500 people gathered on the capitol lawn in Olympia on Saturday in support of union workers.

It was part of a national day of union members fighting in Wisconsin to retain their rights to represent workers and negotiate contracts.

"If workers don't make a decent living American won't be a decent place to live because we're workers," said Jim Hoerst, who drove from Woodinville. "If we don't make any money we don't spend any money, nobody makes any money so they gotta pay us if they want a good country." MORE...

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Cheesehead Mania Strikes Olympia (WA)

In addition to turning up in other state capitols around the US yesterday, Cheeseheads made an appearance here yesterday in Washington state (above). Go Packers!

Is it just an eerie coincidence that Barack Obama recently visited WI? If you listen to his speech there, audio (00:15) you can hear him say "Let them come" to Wisconsin to see "the incredible promise of our country." Is Wisconsin what California was in sixties, the epicenter of a national cultural transformation? Probably not. But it's still pretty cool. Today, we are all Cheeseheads.