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To: JBTFD who wrote (306008)	6/9/2011 1:40:54 PM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

It doesn't register with JBD when Weiner lies, when serial sexual predators Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton lie, when Gerrie Studds and Barney Frank flaunt their 'gayness' on the taxpayer's dime, when Charles Rangel lies and lies. That's a drop in the bucket.

To: JBTFD who wrote (306008)	6/9/2011 10:31:48 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 306849

Wisconsin Protest organizers disavow Special Olympics (zombie) demonstration Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel 6/9/11 Emma Roller and Jason Stein jsonline.com Madison - Opponents of Gov. Scott Walker were backing away from a demonstration against him held Wednesday at a Special Olympics event, even as organizers of the ceremony said the protesters did not disrupt it. Also Wednesday, state Capitol Police removed a dozen protesters dressed as zombies from the office of Rep. Robin Vos (R-Rochester) on Wednesday and arrested them. Matt Guidry, a spokesman for the United Council of University of Wisconsin Students, which organized the Vos protest, said his group did not back the demonstration during the noon hour Special Olympics ceremony attended by Walker, though some of the same zombie demonstrators were involved. "That was not associated with anything that United Council was doing," Guidry said. "That doesn't make us look that good." State Treasurer Kurt Schuller, a GOP official whose daughter was a Special Olympics competitor, denounced the demonstration in a statement. "To be confronted by protesters, who will never understand the personal challenges that these Special Olympians face, who decided to politicize a nonpolitical event, shows a complete lack of civility when civility is something we should all be working toward," he said. Janet Ramsey, a medical laboratory technician and a member of the Wisconsin State Employees Union, said protests such as the Special Olympics event do not help the cause that state union members are trying to further. "It's taking away from what the Special Olympics do and putting a bad mark on what we're trying to do," Ramsey said. Ramsey differentiated between union members who are protesting Walker's budget and the protesters involved with the zombie demonstration. "I think that's someone looking to get their 15 minutes of fame. That's not what we're trying to do," Ramsey said. Cullen Werwie, a spokesman for Walker, called the demonstration "unfortunate" but declined further comment, saying that he didn't want to draw attention away from the ceremony. "That event was about the Special Olympics," Werwie said. Of the 12 who were arrested in Vos' office, 10 were cited and released, one person was booked and released and one person was required to post $263.50 because he was from out of state and has no ties to the community. Kit Beyer, Vos' spokeswoman, said the group came into the office around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. After first gathering in the receiving area, the group then walked into Vos' personal office, locked arms and sat or laid down. She said the group was asked to leave and refused. Vos was not in the office at the time, Beyer said. Don Walker of the Journal Sentinel staff contributed to this article.