Wisconsin protests

Not sure how many Badgers there are on the forum, and whether or not they've been paying much attention to things at home, but there are ~30,000 people occupying/surrounding the state capitol building to protest the new governor's plans to essentially end public employee unions.  Last I heard, they're bringing sleeping bags and planning a 'sleep-in.' 

There are several Twitter feeds with info (#wiunion, #notmywi, #wisolidarity are just a few) and it's now (on the 2nd day) being picked up by the cable news channels. 

Even the Packers have issued a statement supporting the unions.

Exciting stuff!

I have family there and FB is lit up like a Xmas tree with all this talk! Exciting stuff I tell ya!

And Glenn Beck is tieing it into the protests in Egypt and Tunisia!