# Govenor Scott Walker (R) WI **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 17, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743 "2011-02-17T20:56:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/441 "2011-02-26T06:49:52Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > A friend shipped a vase by UPs and it got chipped. They refuse to honor the insurance that he bought. He has been fighting them for 4 months and they give him non manned phone numbers or give him a new person to talk to. But they will not honor the guarantee. He has been given a royal run around. He says he will never UPS anything again,. That certainly sucks. But it doesn’t amount to even one milli-Walker. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/442 "2011-02-26T12:51:06Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > If you’re interested, you should look at the experiences of public cable utilities. Some communities can’t find cable companies that fit their standards of price and service and so start up their own cable providers. My brother lived in a community that did so and he was happy with his $45 a month service, which doesn’t sound cheap except when you look at the alternatives. My experience as well. About ten years ago the local public utility installed fiber drops to all meters to prepare for “energy deregulation” (remember that?). It tried to franchise out the excess bandwidth, but couldn’t find anyone willing to take on Cable, Inc; so they set up an independent subsidiary to market it. Not only does the subsidiary offer comparable television service at a lower rate, but local CI customers pay less than in adjacent areas where there is no alternative. (I also get internet through a private franchisee for less than CI’s six-month teaser rate.) > [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > That certainly sucks. But it doesn’t amount to even one milli-Walker. What’s an m-W — a measure of the increased pressure on one’s brain caused by exposure to this sort of bushwa? ---
**Author:** ![Agnostic\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Agnostic\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agnostic_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/443 "2011-02-26T15:31:50Z")
[QUOTE=Try2B Comprehensive] That certainly sucks. But it doesn’t amount to even one milli-Walker. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=OttoDaFe] What’s an m-W — a measure of the increased pressure on one’s brain caused by exposure to this sort of bushwa? [/QUOTE] I like this. My proposal: 10 palins = 1 walker 10 walkers = 1 bush 10 bushes = 1 cheney (Based on the populations of the states they governed, with the exception of Cheney) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/444 "2011-02-26T15:49:46Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > Quick question Nadir, if you suddenly find yourself in the middle of a widening defecit in your home budget, what do you do? Buy a smaller house (rent a smaller apartment) or buy cheaper coffee filters? Oh, Oh! I know this one! You decrease your take home pay by giving it away to the rich guy down the block, and then blame the dog because you have to buy kibble. ---
**Author:** ![Assi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@Assi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Assi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/445 "2011-02-26T21:18:27Z")
I once heard a messiah say, “Elections have consequences” I hope Walker rams this down their throats. ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/446 "2011-02-26T21:24:01Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > UPS went after the big pay , big cost delivery items. They left mail and flyers to the Post Office because there is no money in them. That is why the post office loses money. > But I still get better results from shipping packages through the Postal System. > A friend shipped a vase by UPs and it got chipped. They refuse to honor the insurance that he bought. He has been fighting them for 4 months and they give him non manned phone numbers or give him a new person to talk to. But they will not honor the guarantee. He has been given a royal run around. He says he will never UPS anything again,. I had something similiar happen to me----except the guy who accepted the package had fucked up the insurance paperwork and didn’t check the right box. They lost the item, I paid for the damned insurance, and they gave me the fucking run-around. So I went to the AG—in two states—and told them that basically, if I’d have been pregnant instead of just screwed, I’d have been having labor pains. (It took nine months.) A little sleuthing turned up the owner’s name and phone number, and both AG’s wrote nice letters on official letter head. (Oh, and I kept every piece of paperwork, plus all receipts. Scanners are _wonderful_ things, let me tell you.) The owner called me, practically kissing my ass, and wrote me the check while he was on the phone with me. If that doesn’t work, try small claims court. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/447 "2011-02-26T21:41:25Z")
> [@Assi](#): > > I once heard a messiah say, “Elections have consequences” > > I hope Walker rams this down their throats. So the actual content doesn’t matter to you? Simply that your side gets theirs? What’s it like being a fucking moron? Do you get comfy, right-up-front seats on the bus? ---
**Author:** ![Assi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@Assi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Assi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/448 "2011-02-26T21:54:07Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > So the actual content doesn’t matter to you? Simply that your side gets theirs? What’s it like being a fucking moron? Do you get comfy, right-up-front seats on the bus? I was told by the Messiah that I had to get in the back of the bus. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/449 "2011-02-26T21:59:40Z")
> [@Assi](#): > > I was told by the Messiah that I had to get in the back of the bus. Implicit in your use of “the Messiah” is the idea that people on the left think of Obama as the Messiah. This isn’t true. But you don’t know that because you’re too weak to deal with the world as it is, and instead you have chosen to pretend the world is as you intuit it to be. See, you’re so one dimensional that I understand you after seeing exactly two posts on an internet forum. Prove me wrong idiot. Bring some intelligence to this or flail like a fish drying out. ---
**Author:** ![Assi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@Assi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Assi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/450 "2011-02-26T22:15:39Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Implicit in your use of “the Messiah” is the idea that people on the left think of Obama as the Messiah. This isn’t true. But you don’t know that because you’re too weak to deal with the world as it is, and instead you have chosen to pretend the world is as you intuit it to be. > > See, you’re so one dimensional that I understand you after seeing exactly two posts on an internet forum. Prove me wrong idiot. Bring some intelligence to this or flail like a fish drying out. I pointed out where the Mesiah stated that elections have consequences. I stated that I hope Governor Walker shoves this bill down the throats of the opposing side. Someone with minimal intelligence and no overemotional reactions probably can understand that I agree with the bill and would like to see it passed. You don’t like it when I use the nickname “Messiah”? I’ll remember that next time I use it. As far as being one demensional, I guess you nailed it. I am always right. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/451 "2011-02-26T22:26:11Z")
> [@Assi](#): > > I pointed out where the Mesiah stated that elections have consequences. I stated that I hope Governor Walker shoves this bill down the throats of the opposing side. Someone with minimal intelligence and no overemotional reactions probably can understand that I agree with the bill and would like to see it passed. Well stupid, why not explain why you like it? Are you a fan of no-bid power plant sales? > [@](#): > > You don’t like it when I use the nickname “Messiah”? I’ll remember that next time I use it. I don’t particularly care. It simply marks you as someone too stupid to grasp substantive policy. Ladies and gents, I give you the modern Republican. > [@](#): > > As far as being one demensional, I guess you nailed it. I am always right. Keep fuckin’ that chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/452 "2011-02-26T22:32:26Z")
> [@Assi](#): > > I once heard a messiah say, “Elections have consequences” > > I hope Walker rams this down their throats. SAll of vthose Democrats won their elections and are doing what they were elected to do - protect their constituents. What they’re doing IS an electoral consequence. It’s called “democracy.” Suck it. By the way, calling Obama “Messiah” pretty much marks you as a non-thinker undeserving of any regard. It’s childish, mindless and self-discrediting. This is an adult message board. You mmight want to seek out Free Republic or something where witless parakeeting of talk radio memes passes for discussion. Around here it just identifies you as somebody to be disregarded. ---
**Author:** ![Assi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@Assi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Assi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/453 "2011-02-26T22:41:32Z")
Who knew applying The Messiah’s own logic to Gov. Scott Walker could so easily upset the emotional left. What a fun exercise. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/454 "2011-02-26T22:47:21Z")
> [@Assi](#): > > Who knew applying The Messiah’s own logic to Gov. Scott Walker could so easily upset the emotional left. > > What a fun exercise. Didn’t you hear what he said…it’s just not done around here!!! What’s wrong with you? How dare you use “Messiah” to refer to Barry Hussein Obama after being told that Old **Dio** doesn’t approve. Tsk, tsk. Perhaps he’ll be more accepting of “The One”. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/455 "2011-02-26T22:47:30Z")
> [@Assi](#): > > Who knew applying The Messiah’s own logic to Gov. Scott Walker could so easily upset the emotional left. I don’t think finding you particularly degenerate and worthless is the same as being upset. You are a strange insect. And watching you wiggle while transfixed by a pin is engaging. > [@](#): > > What a fun exercise. Keep it up, maybe the under-arm flab will go away. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/456 "2011-02-26T22:49:02Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Didn’t you hear what he said…it’s just not done around here!!! What’s wrong with you? How dare you use “Messiah” to refer to Barry Hussein Obama after being told that Old **Dio** doesn’t approve. Tsk, tsk. Perhaps he’ll be more accepting of “The One”. Have you considered writing Obama’s name with a zero instead of an O? That seems about your level. Also, we should shine the Retard Signal. There is a post talking about gay marriage in great debates. Why don’t you put on your best dress and give us a whirl? ---
**Author:** ![Assi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@Assi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Assi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/457 "2011-02-26T22:50:08Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Suck it. > > It’s childish, mindless and self-discrediting. This is an adult message board. Hypocrisy - check. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/458 "2011-02-26T22:51:15Z")
> [@Assi](#): > > Hypocrisy - check. Working on your resume? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/459 "2011-02-26T22:52:56Z")
Adult doesn’t mean sanitized. Just out of curiosity, who are you a sock for? ---
**Author:** ![Assi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@Assi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Assi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743/460 "2011-02-26T22:54:48Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Didn’t you hear what he said…it’s just not done around here!!! What’s wrong with you? How dare you use “Messiah” to refer to Barry Hussein Obama after being told that Old **Dio** doesn’t approve. Tsk, tsk. Perhaps he’ll be more accepting of “The One”. I dunno, I guess I just assumed that in a thread where someone wished a truck would run over the Governor, I could use “Messiah” without such an emotional reaction. It was a decent welcome anyways. I take it the puppies are just sniffing me out and don’t want to share their waterbowl just yet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/govenor-scott-walker-r-wi/571743.md?page=24)