• Countries donate pizza to the Wisconsin protesters
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[url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49888.html]Politico[/url] [img]http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgum8fVijL1qat9xfo1_500.jpg[/img] [release]MADISON, Wis. — Someone in Egypt has been paying attention to what’s happening in Madison and wanted to send a message of solidarity from across the globe — so they ordered a pizza. It might seem like a small gesture, but it’s overwhelming to the staff at Ian’s on State Street — a campus staple mere blocks from the Capitol — where in the last few days, they’ve fielded calls from concerned citizens of 12 countries, and 38 out of 50 states looking to donate money to provide free pizza to the Wisconsinites who have congregated here. On Saturday alone, Ian’s gave away 1,057 free slices in their store and delivered more than 300 pizzas to the Capitol itself. By 2 p.m. local time Sunday, they’d given away 351 slices and sent countless other full pies to the rotunda, where protesters have been gathering since well before noon. As a few locals stood waiting for their slices, an Ian’s staffer went to the chalkboard hanging behind the register and wrote, “Turkey” in big block letters and co-workers expressed a sense of disbelief. “I don’t think we started it,” said Ryan O’Connor, a sophomore at a local technical school who works the register at Ian’s. “We made a post to our Facebook page because of the volume of calls we already had been getting unprompted.” O’Connor said Ian’s got its first call Thursday when a mother of a University of Wisconsin student called and offered to donate $200 to help feed the people her daughter told her had flooded the Capitol. Since then, the outpouring of money from all over the world has put the pizza-makers into overdrive. The blackboard behind the counter lists the “countries donating” as “Korea, Finland, Egypt, Denmark, Australia, US, Canada, Germany, China, London, Netherlands, Turkey” and has the abbreviations for all 50 states listed below, with donating states circled. As of Sunday afternoon, 38 states had been marked as contributors. The small pizza chain with locations in Madison and Chicago has been using Facebook and Twitter to take what started as one phone call and make it into an international movement. Saturday night, the State Street location was so overwhelmed by orders it had to cease its delivery operations. But employees still are finding time to update the restaurant’s social media pages to keep the pizza revolution going and share with the world their chalkboard progress. “This is astounding!” Ian’s posted Saturday to twitter.[/release] [editline]21st February 2011[/editline] Aw shit nevermind I'm late
That's really cool I'm glad some people at least realize how important workers rights are.
I might just be bad at reading, but could someone explain what they're protesting about?
i want some pizza :smith:
[QUOTE=RearAdmiral;28191719]I might just be bad at reading, but could someone explain what they're protesting about?[/QUOTE] The governer's trying to take away the collective bargaining rights of public employees. [editline]21st February 2011[/editline] Which will reduce the power of the union significantly.
[QUOTE=Habsburg;28191815]The governer's trying to take away the collective bargaining rights of public employees. [editline]21st February 2011[/editline] Which will reduce the power of the union significantly.[/QUOTE] That's good, a union is just some socialist-communist group who thinks that the workers deserve more rights than everyone else!
Countries?! Interesting.
[QUOTE=Second 11'er;28191981]That's good, a union is just some socialist-communist group who thinks that the workers deserve more rights than everyone else![/QUOTE] No. If you're serious, you're too stupid to even deserve a real answer, just No. If you're joking, then, my bad, missed the joke.
I thought the sign read 'One world, One pan'. It's like the whole world is like-a pizza in a pan and we're all different toppings-a.
how can you take rights away from unions... that doesnt make any sense... unions do nothing more than unite the numbers...
[QUOTE=dj0wns;28192357]how can you take rights away from unions... that doesnt make any sense... unions do nothing more than unite the numbers...[/QUOTE] Thatcher took away loads of unions' rights, like sympathetic striking, mass picketing etc. They were getting much too powerful (especially the miners).
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;28192026]No. If you're serious, you're too stupid to even deserve a real answer, just No. If you're joking, then, my bad, missed the joke.[/QUOTE] Looks like a joke. One of the signs of a joke like that is the presence of an exclamation point. Trust me, I'm an expert.
Maybe I should send pizza. Hmm. I've been thinking about what I can do and while money seems nice, a gesture of support, like pizza, seems like the best thing to do.
Have you heard the things Fox News is saying about these people... hilarious.
[QUOTE=Habsburg;28191607] The blackboard behind the counter lists the “countries donating” as “Korea, Finland, Egypt, Denmark, Australia, US, Canada, Germany, China, [b][highlight]London[/b][/highlight], Netherlands, Turkey” [/QUOTE] What
Brainfart on their part
London is a country?
[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;28196087]Have you heard the things Fox News is saying about these people... hilarious.[/QUOTE] no i havnt
[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;28196087]Have you heard the things Fox News is saying about these people... hilarious.[/QUOTE] FOX NEWS TELLS LIES FOX NEWS TELLS LIES Love it.
[QUOTE=Capitulazyguy;28194617]Thatcher took away loads of unions' rights, like sympathetic striking, mass picketing etc. They were getting much too powerful (especially the miners).[/QUOTE] No they weren't she just knew that they would never support privatisation.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;28192026]No. If you're serious, you're too stupid to even deserve a real answer, just No. If you're joking, then, my bad, missed the joke.[/QUOTE] your bad.
[QUOTE=Second 11'er;28191981]That's good, a union is just some socialist-communist group who thinks that the workers deserve more rights than everyone else![/QUOTE] The fuck are you talking about? [QUOTE=Tigster;28208264]your bad.[/QUOTE] You're*
[QUOTE=Habsburg;28191607] The blackboard behind the counter lists the “countries donating” as “Korea, Finland, Egypt, [B]Denmark[/B], Australia, US, Canada, Germany, China, London, Netherlands, Turkey” and has the abbreviations for all 50 states listed below, with donating states circled. As of Sunday afternoon, 38 states had been marked as contributors. [/QUOTE] Nice to see my country is on the list even tho it's so small. I might send a pizza.
You'd think Walker would see a whole bunch of [b]COUNTRIES[/b] are even against him and figure out [b]HE'S FULL OF FUCKING SHIT[/b] Fucking Republican bastard
i laughed
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