Wisconsin Capitol blocks pro-union website
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin spoke out forcefully Tuesday after it was discovered that the state Capitol had blocked a website that was attempting to organize those protesting Republican Gov. Scott Walker's plan to strip unions of their rights.
Anyone trying to use the state Capitol's Wi-Fi connection to access www.defendwisconsin.org Monday and early Tuesday received an error message.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Teacher Assistants created the website to share information with protesters and let them know where volunteers were needed. Democratic party officials claimed that it was available at the Capitol until at least last Friday.
"In a direct assault on the First Amendment, Scott Walker's administration is blocking access in the Wisconsin Capitol to opposition websites," Wisconsin Democratic Party press secretary Graeme Zielinski told CNN.
"It seems that we are entering a nightmare period in Wisconsin history in which Scott Walker is drawing all power unto himself, to the point that he feels comfortable blocking the First Amendment rights of protesters at the exact time they are exercising their First Amendment rights," Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chairman Michael Tate said in recorded audio message.
"This is undemocratic and it is un-American," he added. "We have seen so many things without precedence from Scott Walker in recent weeks, including blowing up almost seven decades of labor peace."
"We call on Walker to specifically renounce the practice of suppressing opposition websites. We call on him to explain fully how and why this is being done and we call on him to apologize for his administration's attack on our fundamental principles."
In a statement Tuesday, Walker's spokesman, Cullen Werwie, called the claim a "lie."
"The Department of Administration blocks all new websites shortly after they are created, until they go through a software approval program that unblocks them. Within 30 minutes of being notified this website was blocked, DOA circumvented the software and immediately made the website accessible," the statement said.
"Well, that doesn't explain why the website was fully accessible for the entire time it was up, up until they started blocking it on Friday," Tate countered.
Former Capitol tech worker Sachen Chheda examined a screen image of the error said that the that blockage appeared to be intentional.
The software designers -- probably under the control of the Koch brothers -- obviously implanted a bug in the Wi-Fi system at the Wisconsin Capitol knowing that the union protesters who someday would occupy the rotunda would not have Verizon or AT&T 3G service on their laptops and PDAs, and thereby would be cut off from access to the world.
Oh, the evil of this regime.
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Kadahfi would be proud.
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They had Walker on the Morning Joe show this morning via remote. That guy is a first class flaming asshole. No matter what he was asked he already had his answer planned out and he wouldn't even bother to act like he gave a damn about anything except his determination to break the unions. He's the kind of guy you just want to slap and tell him not to be so dramatic and get real. You want to tell him that the world is not all about him, there are other humans and families involved. This guy is never going to give an inch if it takes forever. We have a stinkin' new govt here in Florida but so far, Walker takes the cake for biggest jerk.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
That error message indicates that a specific IP address is being blocked. That can't be a mistake or a glitch.
If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders.
George Carlin
How many websites pop up each week and who has the time to block them so quickly? If it's a pro union website Walker does.
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