The lovely, intelligent Michelle Malkin:
Silly parents. Remember: “A” isn’t for academics. It’s for “agitation” and “advocacy.” We must never forget the words of former National Education Association official John Lloyd: “You cannot possibly understand NEA without understanding Saul Alinsky. If you want to understand NEA, go to the library and get Rules for Radicals.”[...]
Educators must be “teachers of unionism,” Peterson preaches. “We need to create a generation of students who support teachers and the movement for workers rights, oppressed peoples’ rights.” Because, you know, asking teachers to contribute more to their pension plans is just like crushing freedom fighters in Iran, Egypt, and China.
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Uncertainty reigned over Wisconsin as both sides braced for a possible recount on Tuesday night. But from their first unhinged salvos 16 months ago in the state capitol right up until Election Day, the union bosses have made one thing clear as a playground whistle: It’s not about the children. It’s never about the children. It’s about protecting the power, perks, and profligacy of public-employee union monopolies..
I think a (re-)reading of Rerum Novarum is in order in wich Pope Leo XIII teaches the rights of workers to unionize (a theme strongly expounded on by the late Pope John Paul II).
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Teachers have the right to unionize, but unions do not have the right to terrorize and coerce their members. The situation has gotten completely out of control. At any rate, the way we approach education has to be completely rethought. It has become all about the unions, and not about educating the child.
ReplyDeleteI object not to unions, per se, but thuggery. Unfortunately, the two are currently inextricable.
ReplyDeleteA little off topic here, but I also object to the way many unions foment discontent among well-paid public servants. For example, when a Canadian government employee regularly receives union literature which characterizes a 70K salary as "crumbs" received from the Treasury Board, that can only be described as disgusting.
ReplyDeleteNot off-topic at all, but certainly disgusting. Which aptly describes about 99% of what unions do (and stand for) these days. Greed, power, manipulation, and thuggery. Solidarity and justice no longer figure in the equation. I am thrilled for the precedent set by Walker's victory. It means there is HOPE for REFORM: education, healthcare, government, you name it.
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