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Pissed off? Want to make a significant impact? by Mischief Maker 03/12/2011, 3:33am PST
The Raw Story wrote:

As the protesting spirit spreads in Wisconsin, one tactic that union members are now adopting is to take aim at institutions that have donated heavily to Governor Scott Walker.

Members of the Wisconsin firefighter's union set out for a local branch of the M & I Bank on Thursday to withdraw their personal savings. The UpTake, which describes itself as "a citizen-fueled, online video news gathering organization," reports that "on Thursday members of the union withdrew close to $200,000 from the bank." [$192,000 before the bank closed early -MM]

A website titled "Keep on eye on Marshall & Ilsley Bank" had been targeting the M & I Bank since last month. "After working families gave Marshall and Ilsley Bank (M&I) a $1.7 billion bailout in 2008," the site explains, "their executives did an about face and funded Governor Scott Walker's attack on our right to collectively bargain. In fact, their financial help combined was more than what the Koch Brothers contributed. And while Governor Walker was demanding austerity from working people, M&I CEO Mark Furlong got an $18 million golden parachute. Even after the bank was having diffulty paying back its TARP loan."


Lets be strategic for a minute here. Scott Walker is a college dropout whose idea of honest government is that once he's bought he stays bought. Guys like him are a dime a dozen. In the long run a recall is only a temporary reprieve.

Kicking Walker's sugar daddies right in their wallets? That's another story.

Do you have any money in M&I Bank? Take it out and tell them EXACTLY why you're taking it out.

Are you Canadian and have money in Bank of Montreal? They're about to buy M&I bank...

Here's the official boycott site for the time being.
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I liked Scott Walker better when he was a second-rate crooner NT by Fullofkittens 02/21/2011, 9:19am PST NEW
    I liked you better when you were dying in a hospital bed of a diseased liver NT by Scott Walker 02/21/2011, 8:57pm PST NEW
        What? NT by Fullofkittens 02/22/2011, 12:43am PST NEW
            Hahahaha NT by laudablepuss 02/22/2011, 8:42am PST NEW
                Fullofkittens scoops Scott Walker, poses as laudablepuss. News at 11. NT by Rachel Maddow 02/24/2011, 4:39pm PST NEW
    Fuck Laissez-faire government, let's being on the return of political bossism! NT by Mischief Maker 02/22/2011, 12:00pm PST NEW
        WI Senators escaping the cops in a Dodge Charger flying over a river NT by Fullofkittens 02/22/2011, 12:04pm PST NEW
            Laughing and Screaming at the same time by Mischief Maker 02/23/2011, 11:47am PST NEW
                Bear in mind that Walker has refused to talk to ANYBODY in this debate. No time! NT by Mischief Maker 02/23/2011, 11:59am PST NEW
                I am literally afraid to listen to this due to possible head explodage NT by Fullofkittens 02/23/2011, 12:07pm PST NEW
                    BROTHER by SOLIDARITY 02/25/2011, 1:03am PST NEW
                Confirmed that this is legit, plus an interview with the prankster. by Mischief Maker 02/23/2011, 12:15pm PST NEW
                8:05 of part 2. (!!!) NT by Mischief Maker 02/23/2011, 12:31pm PST NEW
                The firing of the air-traffic controllers lead to Ronald Reagan defeating commun by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/23/2011, 10:13pm PST NEW
                    Surfing a wave of slickly-produced 3rd party attack ads. NT by Mischief Maker 02/24/2011, 4:10pm PST NEW
    Goin' to Madison tomorrow, what should I write on my sign? by Mischief Maker 02/25/2011, 6:01pm PST NEW
        FAG NT by SOLIDARITY 02/25/2011, 8:53pm PST NEW
            People always forget this, but this is a sneaky-good post. NT by Bill "Cocksucker" Simmons 02/25/2011, 9:55pm PST NEW
        Fuck, that was cold! NT by Mischief Maker 02/26/2011, 5:06pm PST NEW
        "Scott Walker is a Koch sucker" NT by zing 03/10/2011, 7:19pm PST NEW
    Ha ha! by Mischief Maker 02/28/2011, 6:37pm PST NEW
        Re: Ha ha! by laudablepuss 03/02/2011, 4:13pm PST NEW
            The one sign I saw the most of on Saturday was "Fox will lie about this" NT by Mischief Maker 03/02/2011, 4:34pm PST NEW
    I guess all that talk about needing to balance the budget NOW was bullshit, huh? NT by Mischief Maker 03/10/2011, 4:00pm PST NEW
        I have my own rogue governor, legislature to worry about now. =( NT by Fullofkittens 03/10/2011, 5:35pm PST NEW
            Don't we all? by Mischief Maker 03/10/2011, 5:50pm PST NEW
                Truth NT by Guy who says, "Truth." 03/10/2011, 6:10pm PST NEW
        A right-wing jagoff lying about his motivations? Never! NT by motherfuckerfoodeater 03/10/2011, 8:40pm PST NEW
        Anyone quick with Photoshop willing to help a brother out? by Mischief Maker 03/11/2011, 2:27am PST NEW
            I can put together the pieces if you can assemble the materials! by up with pod people 03/11/2011, 1:09pm PST NEW
                Re: I can put together the pieces if you can assemble the materials! by Mischief Maker 03/11/2011, 2:51pm PST NEW
                    mailed NT by up with pod people 03/11/2011, 7:49pm PST NEW
            Holy shit! That was not a rally for the claustrophobic. NT by MM 03/12/2011, 5:37pm PST NEW
                How did your Borg poster go over? NT by Aces? 03/12/2011, 11:25pm PST NEW
                    Re: How did your Borg poster go over? by Mischief Maker 03/13/2011, 1:24pm PDT NEW
            MM's sign: outgeeked by fabio 07/05/2011, 3:38pm PDT NEW
                Broken image, broken link :( by laudablepuss 07/05/2011, 5:12pm PDT NEW
                    Same here NT by Fullofkittens 07/05/2011, 6:43pm PDT NEW
                        It's an anti-hotlinking thing by Siskel and Ebert 07/05/2011, 10:35pm PDT NEW
        Pissed off? Want to make a significant impact? by Mischief Maker 03/12/2011, 3:33am PST NEW
            Holy Shit! by Mischief Maker 03/13/2011, 2:18pm PDT NEW
                Not if voters dont know the correct election deadline! ^___^ by Scott Walker 08/01/2011, 3:07pm PDT NEW
                    It's like this Mischief Maker guy doesn't realize I won. by Scott Walker 08/01/2011, 6:02pm PDT NEW
                        Caaaaaaaaablllleeeeeeeeessssssss! NT by Is this what you expected? 08/01/2011, 7:41pm PDT NEW
                        Re: It's like this Mischief Maker guy doesn't realize I won. by Scrote Walker 08/30/2011, 1:30pm PDT NEW
                            "Longer hours, less take home pay" by = "a boon to teachers and students" 09/18/2011, 6:38pm PDT NEW
    Recall petition just started. Already ~100K sigs out of ~550K needed. NT by Mischief Maker 11/19/2011, 11:57pm PST NEW
        What, getting soundly thrashed in the senatorial recall election didn't teach NT by you anything? 11/20/2011, 3:48pm PST NEW
            What, getting soundly thrashed in the ohio referendum didnt teach YOU anything? by Mischief Maker 11/20/2011, 4:40pm PST NEW
                Also, didja know how Scott Walker got his previous job before governor? by Mischief Maker 11/20/2011, 8:28pm PST NEW
        1+ Million signatures! by Mischief IP Necromancer 01/17/2012, 1:38pm PST NEW
 
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