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Mithreal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-14-10 01:43 PM
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44. Some will argue, it's still a nickel.
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  -Contempt for public school teachers is growing under this administration. madfloridian  Mar-13-10 11:15 PM   #0 
  - The new meme is if you don't support Obama's education agenda you don't support kids  proud2BlibKansan   Mar-13-10 11:18 PM   #1 
  - I'm getting mine tomorrow after school! Can't wait! n/t  Fire1   Mar-14-10 01:41 PM   #41 
  - LOL, indeed I saw a few people in DU parroting that line for the past couple of days  liberation   Mar-14-10 03:59 PM   #84 
     - So-called is right.  Enthusiast   Mar-14-10 05:43 PM   #92 
  - There are some people here who will support Obama no matter what he does.  Catshrink   Mar-13-10 11:27 PM   #2 
  - Amazing how easily right wing can demonize even teachers . . .  defendandprotect   Mar-14-10 12:15 PM   #20 
     - ironic, isn't it  Mithreal   Mar-14-10 01:27 PM   #35 
     - I think it is more frightening than anything else...  liberation   Mar-14-10 04:06 PM   #86 
        - Yes, Regan.  emsimon33   Mar-14-10 06:55 PM   #134 
     - Teachers can take heart  Enthusiast   Mar-14-10 05:51 PM   #93 
        - Some of us scientists, were also teachers at some point...  liberation   Mar-14-10 06:03 PM   #100 
           - You are on the right track  Enthusiast   Mar-14-10 07:09 PM   #141 
  - I'm wondering if Senator Bayh was behind this during the Bush years?  LiberalFighter   Mar-13-10 11:28 PM   #3 
  - I have grown weary over 30 years of watching one group after another targeted and scapegoated to  laughingliberal   Mar-13-10 11:35 PM   #4 
  - Alan Grayson/Bernie Sanders in 2012 -- !!!  defendandprotect   Mar-14-10 12:16 PM   #21 
  - I'll vote for Grayson in a heartbeat. n/t  Triana   Mar-14-10 07:28 PM   #149 
  - New Dems are Old Republicans.  Mithreal   Mar-14-10 01:28 PM   #36 
  - Mithreal, I hate to disagree  Enthusiast   Mar-14-10 05:54 PM   #96 
  - + 1000. This is what is actually going on. It's a union-busting privatization scheme.  freddie mertz   Mar-14-10 03:35 PM   #79 
  - President Ronald Reagan The Second  MannyGoldstein   Mar-13-10 11:38 PM   #5 
  - He picks only the best role models.  Mithreal   Mar-14-10 01:34 PM   #37 
  - I considered the same image. nt  Enthusiast   Mar-14-10 05:56 PM   #97 
  - Obama: How to Lose Friends & Alienate People  heli   Mar-13-10 11:50 PM   #6 
  - Gimme a break...  damyank913   Mar-13-10 11:55 PM   #7 
  - I intend to keep pointing out the selling out of education.  madfloridian   Mar-14-10 12:12 AM   #8 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-14-10 01:08 PM   #30 
  - I for one beg you...  daleanime   Mar-14-10 07:37 PM   #153 
  - Go through the past week's, or month's worth of postings concerning education.  MadHound   Mar-14-10 11:29 AM   #12 
  - This also continues the right wing attack on UNIONS for the benefit of corporations -- !!!  defendandprotect   Mar-14-10 12:02 PM   #18 
  - Disgusting is the word.  Enthusiast   Mar-14-10 05:58 PM   #98 
  - Welcome to DU. n/t  YvonneCa   Mar-14-10 12:29 PM   #23 
  - Read this one's profile, "Judgement is for god and small children"  Mithreal   Mar-14-10 01:37 PM   #39 
     - I did...  YvonneCa   Mar-14-10 02:27 PM   #64 
        - I definitely misread it at first  Mithreal   Mar-14-10 02:33 PM   #65 
  - Where you want, em, your kneecaps?  Mithreal   Mar-14-10 01:35 PM   #38 
  - Expand upon that thought... Please  rpannier   Mar-14-10 06:26 PM   #108 
     - The demagoguery is astounding. It reeks of the tea baggers.  damyank913   Mar-14-10 06:45 PM   #123 
        - Hey, his Secretary of Education is doing just that.  Catshrink   Mar-14-10 06:48 PM   #128 
  - I thought liberals were the whipping boys of this administration  tavalon   Mar-14-10 12:14 AM   #9 
  - Amazing. Thank you, Madfloridian, for shining light on this outrage. nt  inna   Mar-14-10 12:21 AM   #10 
  - I send your education updates to everyone  bonnieS   Mar-14-10 11:22 AM   #11 
     - "...instead there will be plenty of cannon fodder ..."  CrispyQ   Mar-14-10 01:07 PM   #29 
     - Thank you so much for your service  undergroundnomore   Mar-14-10 06:46 PM   #125 
  - Ignore the teacher haters here MF  Starry Messenger   Mar-14-10 11:40 AM   #13 
  - +1  Mithreal   Mar-14-10 01:40 PM   #40 
  - It takes a Democrat to pass Republican policies.  alarimer   Mar-14-10 11:53 AM   #14 
  - ... and that's what we seem to have put in the White House . . . GOP policies!!!  defendandprotect   Mar-14-10 11:59 AM   #16 
  - +1 sad but true  democracy1st   Mar-14-10 12:59 PM   #26 
  - That's what right wing government tends to do . . . hate the teacher, love the corporation--!!!  defendandprotect   Mar-14-10 11:58 AM   #15 
  - Have you seen any evidence that they are listening to the concerns of classroom teachers?  Catshrink   Mar-14-10 12:02 PM   #17 
  - I've made my objections clear to the administration.  immoderate   Mar-14-10 12:17 PM   #22 
     - Me too.  Catshrink   Mar-14-10 12:32 PM   #24 
        - Keep your head down. It's gonna get bumpier.  Mithreal   Mar-14-10 01:42 PM   #42 
  - Sadly, it's working because Obama won the TRUST of the nation . . .!!!  defendandprotect   Mar-14-10 12:05 PM   #19 
  - We trusted Obama and he has betrayed not only teachers and their families,  Riley18   Mar-14-10 12:56 PM   #25 
  - Teachers are the strawmen. The real problem is poverty and the problems attendant.  RainDog   Mar-14-10 01:02 PM   #27 
  - +1 You said it. 30+ years of conservative economic policies.  Mithreal   Mar-14-10 01:43 PM   #43 
  - Well, I feel for the teachers...so many good teachers out there. However ro  krabigirl   Mar-14-10 01:02 PM   #28 
  - this is a problem in American schools  RainDog   Mar-14-10 01:12 PM   #31 
  - I agree completely that it is insane to cut academics but leave the sports budget intact.  CrispyQ   Mar-14-10 01:20 PM   #33 
  - Reagan had "welfare queen's" and PATCO.. Obama has "low performing teachers" and the NEA and AFT.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Mar-14-10 01:16 PM   #32 
  - Some will argue, it's still a nickel.  Mithreal   Mar-14-10 01:43 PM   #44 
  - Sadly the Teacher Union heads  maryf   Mar-14-10 02:55 PM   #68 
  - Your claims are unsupported by any evidence.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Mar-14-10 01:27 PM   #34 
  - Typical  Mithreal   Mar-14-10 01:45 PM   #45 
  - So? Nothing?  HiFructosePronSyrup   Mar-14-10 01:58 PM   #50 
     - For you? You want me to jump through your hoops?  Mithreal   Mar-14-10 02:03 PM   #53 
        - "MadFloridian has been making her cases both substantively and daily."  HiFructosePronSyrup   Mar-14-10 02:05 PM   #54 
           - Typical.  Mithreal   Mar-14-10 02:07 PM   #55 
           - The only case I'm making...  HiFructosePronSyrup   Mar-14-10 02:10 PM   #57 
              - At least you are consistent.  Mithreal   Mar-14-10 02:14 PM   #62 
                 - Why would he start now?  Jakes Progress   Mar-14-10 03:19 PM   #74 
                 - All one has to do is read the news  tonysam   Mar-14-10 03:33 PM   #78 
           - Start here  Catshrink   Mar-14-10 02:10 PM   #56 
              - Direct link please.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Mar-14-10 02:12 PM   #60 
                 - You don't want a direct link. It would not matter at all.  madfloridian   Mar-14-10 03:39 PM   #80 
                    - It wouldn't matter in the slightest. n/t  donco6   Mar-14-10 06:33 PM   #116 
                    - I'd just like a poll to support the claim is all.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Mar-14-10 06:52 PM   #129 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Mar-14-10 01:51 PM   #48 
  - Open your fricking eyes......  yourout   Mar-14-10 05:10 PM   #90 
  - "conspiracy theory nonsense"  Enthusiast   Mar-14-10 06:06 PM   #101 
  - I'm a retired teacher.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Mar-14-10 06:52 PM   #131 
  - +1000 And I was a teacher....  msanthrope   Mar-14-10 06:52 PM   #130 
  - Actually,  undergroundnomore   Mar-14-10 07:07 PM   #138 
  - What worries me if they keep putting charter schools in where public schools were  southernyankeebelle   Mar-14-10 01:46 PM   #46 
  - Indeed. What will happen to the special ed kids?  Catshrink   Mar-14-10 02:11 PM   #59 
  - They can beg for vouchers and go to "Storefront Jesus" schools in strip malls  SoCalDem   Mar-14-10 02:14 PM   #61 
  - Not to put too fine a point on it but, what the hell do you think the plan is?  Greyhound   Mar-14-10 04:04 PM   #85 
  - I find it hard to believe this  AngryAmish   Mar-14-10 01:47 PM   #47 
  - "I have held teachers in contempt for a long time" Wow!  madfloridian   Mar-14-10 01:52 PM   #49 
  - Wow is right  undergroundnomore   Mar-14-10 07:12 PM   #142 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-14-10 01:59 PM   #51 
  - I guess you were home schooled.  pecwae   Mar-14-10 02:01 PM   #52 
  - Obviously.  Jakes Progress   Mar-14-10 03:21 PM   #76 
  - Why, did they give you bad grades?  freddie mertz   Mar-14-10 03:39 PM   #81 
  - What other professions  Enthusiast   Mar-14-10 06:14 PM   #104 
  - Somehow, because they are union probably, teachers are reviled  SoCalDem   Mar-14-10 02:11 PM   #58 
  - Excellent post.  madfloridian   Mar-14-10 02:16 PM   #63 
  - I respectfully disagree  thefaithful   Mar-14-10 02:35 PM   #66 
  - I agree..  Fruittree   Mar-14-10 02:58 PM   #70 
  - Obviously you aren't paying attention.  Catshrink   Mar-14-10 03:21 PM   #75 
  - speaking of motives... what would yours be?  fascisthunter   Mar-14-10 04:51 PM   #88 
  - Obama's statement about the RI school firings was based on bad information.  EFerrari   Mar-14-10 03:00 PM   #71 
  - You are very generous...  Catshrink   Mar-14-10 03:07 PM   #72 
  - I must also disagree?  sulphurdunn   Mar-14-10 06:09 PM   #102 
  - Interesting  rpannier   Mar-14-10 06:28 PM   #109 
  - Well, of course they can  skepticscott   Mar-14-10 06:45 PM   #124 
  - was that pizza for one or two?  madrchsod   Mar-14-10 02:42 PM   #67 
  - Thanks!!  maryf   Mar-14-10 02:58 PM   #69 
  - Obama a corporate puppet - privatizing education is a way to expand private industry profit  jonathon   Mar-14-10 03:15 PM   #73 
  - K&R  avaistheone1   Mar-14-10 03:30 PM   #77 
  - K & R. Thanks for keeping this issue front and center.  freddie mertz   Mar-14-10 03:41 PM   #82 
  - Anyone who shapes such policies affecting public schools ought to put their kids in public schools  ProgressIn2008   Mar-14-10 03:43 PM   #83 
  - Sad that we were punked by Obama  FunMe   Mar-14-10 04:19 PM   #87 
  - Its sad that I am starting to "hope" he is a one termer.  yourout   Mar-14-10 04:53 PM   #89 
     - Dupe  liberation   Mar-14-10 06:09 PM   #103 
     - Unfortunately, an one term Obama is most likely due to a GOP winning in 2012  liberation   Mar-14-10 06:16 PM   #106 
  - 18 unrecs....not a popular topic.  madfloridian   Mar-14-10 05:37 PM   #91 
  - "Reagan's 80's propaganda worked."  Enthusiast   Mar-14-10 06:40 PM   #120 
  - Signing on (which I do seldom) to kick and thank you so much for your work.  tbyg52   Mar-14-10 05:53 PM   #94 
  - And my contempt for this administration is growing. I'm tired of the teacher bashing.  Orlandodem   Mar-14-10 05:54 PM   #95 
  - Excellent As Usual madfloridian. Enough Is Enough  Dinger   Mar-14-10 06:00 PM   #99 
  - Outrageous...they're locking private for-profits into healthcare and working  ibegurpard   Mar-14-10 06:15 PM   #105 
  - I Used To Despise Nader, But It Looks Like He Was Right (nt)  Dinger   Mar-14-10 06:30 PM   #112 
  - I Have This Theory That I've Pretty Much Kept To Myself. I Think I'll Say It Here, At Last  Dinger   Mar-14-10 06:18 PM   #107 
  - next time, keep it to yourself  ecstatic   Mar-14-10 06:30 PM   #110 
  - There's bullshit here alright  Catshrink   Mar-14-10 06:32 PM   #114 
  - Maybe if we get Palin in 2012, we can get back to how it used to be  ecstatic   Mar-14-10 06:40 PM   #121 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-14-10 06:47 PM   #126 
  - I Don't Have to. First Amendment You Know (nt)  Dinger   Mar-14-10 06:32 PM   #115 
  - An opinion is an opinion and his is worth as much as yours.  saracat   Mar-14-10 06:42 PM   #122 
     - Fine. It's all a conspiracy. Republicans "allowed" Obama to win  ecstatic   Mar-14-10 06:48 PM   #127 
  - failing to prosecute war crimes  Catshrink   Mar-14-10 06:30 PM   #111 
  - Shhh. You're getting FAR too close. n/t  donco6   Mar-14-10 06:34 PM   #117 
  - O.K. (nt)  Dinger   Mar-14-10 06:36 PM   #118 
  - No kidding.  Catshrink   Mar-14-10 06:37 PM   #119 
     - Keep the tinfoil shiny side out....n/t  msanthrope   Mar-14-10 06:56 PM   #135 
  - +1  LWolf   Mar-14-10 07:36 PM   #152 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Mar-14-10 06:31 PM   #113 
  - Obama seems determined to ax murder every one of the groups  emsimon33   Mar-14-10 06:54 PM   #132 
  - See Post # 107 (nt)  Dinger   Mar-14-10 07:15 PM   #144 
  - I spent this weekend working with educators from all around my region.  LWolf   Mar-14-10 06:54 PM   #133 
  - Did the conversation ever drift over to improving poor performance?  msanthrope   Mar-14-10 07:03 PM   #137 
  - You obviously have no idea of the complexity of the issues in education.  Catshrink   Mar-14-10 07:08 PM   #139 
  - I was a teacher. So I'm quite well aware of the sense of entitlement  msanthrope   Mar-14-10 07:13 PM   #143 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-14-10 07:16 PM   #145 
        - My co-workers who could not match my performance ratings  msanthrope   Mar-14-10 07:28 PM   #148 
  - The conversation was all about the sources of poor performance.  LWolf   Mar-14-10 07:33 PM   #151 
  - There's More Of That In Wisconsin  Dinger   Mar-14-10 07:16 PM   #146 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Mar-14-10 07:02 PM   #136 
  - Good Post MF! Ignore the ones who are to blind to see.  Little Star   Mar-14-10 07:09 PM   #140 
  - Obama =- Reagan 2.0  Odin2005   Mar-14-10 07:18 PM   #147 
  - The best education goes to the highest bidder  Wednesdays   Mar-14-10 07:31 PM   #150 
  - I honestly don't understand why Obama is going in this direction, was  Jefferson23   Mar-14-10 08:13 PM   #154 
  - Locking  cbayer   Mar-14-10 08:14 PM   #155 
 

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