I think it important that readers realize that this is a multi-part video that pertains to so-called “emergency” rules to restrict access to the WI state capitol for groups of people wishing to express their first amendment rights.

They include a second segment with a stirring rendition of The Internationale and successive speakers.

These Octogenarians were arrested for singing as their means for exercising their First Amendment rights in a publicly owned building.

How ironic is it that Republicans who claim to be the outspoken defenders of "liberty" move so forcefully to silence those who would dare to question them.

We saw the same method deployed when Cindy Sheehan, a Congressional invitee to Bush's State of the Union Address, was promptly arrested by Capitol Police because she was wearing a tee shirt bearing the number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq.

That arrest produced another photo:

Hopefully, the ACLU will challenge this latest right wing assault on the First Amendment in court.

Unfortunately, my comments regarding the situation in North Carolina have to be repeated for Wisconsin:

As a veteran, I cannot help but wonder if certain GOP officeholders are aware that Article VI, Clause 3 of the supreme law of the land requires that "The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution...." And is this how so many of those self-styled patriots tell us, "Thank you"--those of us willing to uphold the Fundamental Charter at risk of life and limb?

You said it well when you asked what has this country come to? It is what happens when the democrats sit home on election day and let the T-Party take over our country. As only about 10% of the people know what the heck is going on I don't hold out much hope of anything changing. Between the crooked Supreme court activist judges and the republican gov's controlling the elections it don't look to good.

Fox Business host stuart Varney accused AARP of signing seniors up for food stamps as a "buy-the-vote campaign". If that's true then the converse would also be true that the Republicans trying to cut funding for food stamps targetting seniors and the poor would be (starving) killing the opposition to win an election.

Newman Tomes @ 3 said:

It is what happens when the democrats sit home on election day and let the T-Party take over our country.

I might also suggest that it is what happens when Democrats do not give their voters something to be excited about voting for, and also when both Democrats and Republicans do not allow citizens to oversee the results of their own elections.

Just sayin.