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1. #1
   On October 20th, 2009 at 1:19 pm, sonofdy said:

   Unions shilling for obama. That NEVER happens…

2. #2
   On October 20th, 2009 at 1:32 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

   * Does not contain taxes or more costs to working families who are already paying more than their fair share into the system.

   THey fail on that one. The Baucus bill includes taxing employer provided health insurance as income.

3. #3
   On October 20th, 2009 at 1:32 pm, GladzKravtz said:

   I hope you’ll call each of your members of Congress today at 1-800-603-SEIU

   1-800-603-SEIU
   If that doesn’t drive home how close the dems are to unions, I don’t know what is.

4. #4
   On October 20th, 2009 at 1:32 pm, tre said:

   Yet another reason to send my children to a private Church school.

5. #5
   On October 20th, 2009 at 1:35 pm, TigerLady said:

   What part of NO don’t they get? The N or the O?

6. #6
   On October 20th, 2009 at 1:35 pm, flmom said:

   So we have public employees, paid by the taxpayer, being solicited on the taxpayer dime to sway the outcome of legislation. Meanwhile, the Administration tries to gag the insurance companies from informing their customers of the costs of health reform. Funny, that gag order was rescinded a few days ago, I wonder why?

7. #7
   On October 20th, 2009 at 1:36 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

   I hope you’ll call each of your members of Congress today at 1-800-603-SEIU

   That’s gotta be a typo. If not, we are in more trouble that we thought.

8. #8
   On October 20th, 2009 at 1:39 pm, GladzKravtz said:

   That’s gotta be a typo. If not, we are in more trouble that we thought.

   My concern exactly!

9. #9
   On October 20th, 2009 at 1:41 pm, letget said:

   Dexter Alarius,
   I seem to recall, I hope this is correct, Glenn saying members of seiu have a weekly meeting at the wh and has a big hand writting bills. This # might not be a typo. I agree ‘we are in more trouble that we thought’ with this bho, team, and the dc bunch!
   L

10. #10
    On October 20th, 2009 at 1:42 pm, cicerokid said:

    And a jaw-dropping 44,000 people a year are dying because they lack health insurance

    That’s why this bill does not kick in until 2013. Population control disguised as health care.

11. #11
    On October 20th, 2009 at 1:44 pm, rambler said:

    Teachers and Administrators have the time to engage in spewing propaganda but not to actually educate our children with academics. We just continue to rack up the reasons for home schooling.

12. #12
    On October 20th, 2009 at 1:57 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Well, since my kids are home schooled I don’t have to worry about this. If your kids were home schooled you wouldn’t have to worry about this either.

    If all conservatives took their kids out of publicly-funded socialist indoctrination centers there wouldn’t be very many unionized teachers left to lobby for this insanity.

    Take your kids out of public “education.” End state-sponsored socialist indoctrination of our kids! You HAVE the power!

13. #13
    On October 20th, 2009 at 1:57 pm, WarTip said:

    Sick and funny all at the same time.

    It is sick that they would be doing this at all, much less on taxpayer funded equipment while doing taxpayer funded jobs.

    Funny that they think that our cackle of congress critters really gives a tinker’s damn at all about what any of we the people really think to begin with.

    Lobbyist dollars (maybe including those from the unions) have already made up the minds of those in our bloated bureaucracy and there is nothing that we the people are going to do to sway them one way or the other.

14. #14
    On October 20th, 2009 at 1:59 pm, Drained Brain said:

    That’s what the union calls a teachable moment.

15. #15
    On October 20th, 2009 at 1:59 pm, spaceycakes said:

    And a jaw-dropping 44,000 people a year are dying because they lack health insurance.

    LOL–they must be counting abortions…

16. #16
    On October 20th, 2009 at 2:00 pm, spaceycakes said:

    oops; my bad: they used ‘people’….but perhaps they just do that when it suits them…

17. #17
    On October 20th, 2009 at 2:06 pm, ThackerAgency said:

    so they are demonizing both the insurance companies and employers. . . the entities that are providing health care currently.

    But at the same time, they expect them to pay for their own demise (insurers and employers).

    It’s interesting that it asks ‘employers pay their fair share’ when they are paying everything now.

    Teachers get their benefits through tax dollars anyway, why do they get a voice in the debate?

18. #18
    On October 20th, 2009 at 2:15 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    * Ends insurance company abuse;
    * Makes health care affordable for everyone;

    Not sure about that first one, but I’m pretty sure that both of the above would get taken care of with increased competition. I’m pretty sure if we were allowed to buy health insurance the way we buy car or homeowner’s insurance it would cost a lot less.

19. #19
    On October 20th, 2009 at 2:26 pm, Southpaw said:

    And a jaw-dropping 44,000 people a year are dying because they lack health insurance.
    Nice stat, let’s see the data. Here’s some right back at you SEIU (From cpiu.us):

    The Statistics of Teacher sexual abuse to Students
    The best estimate is that 15% of students will be sexually abused by a member of the school staff during their school career.
    Though, when the American Association of University Women Foundation surveyed more than 1,600 students in eighth through 11th grade, 25 percent of the girls and 10 percent of the boys who said they had been harassed or abused said the harasser was a school employee.
    The number of K-12 public and private school students in 1996 who have been or will be sexually abused by a member of the school staff is nearly 7 million of 51,331,000.
    Between 1% and 5% of teachers sexually abuse or harass students.
    At least a quarter of all school districts in the United States have dealt with a case of staff sexual abuse in the past ten years.
    Most cases of sexual abuse of students by teachers are never reported.
    In nearly half of the cases, suspects were accused of abusing more than one student.
    Only two cases were cases of false accusations; less than 1 percent of the cases studied.
    No type of school was immune to abuse: public or private, religious or secular, rich or poor, urban or rural.
    Responses to Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Students by Staff
    38.7% of the teachers resigned, left the district, or retired
    17.5% were spoken to informally
    15% were terminated or not re-hired
    11.3% received a formal verbal or written reprimand
    8.1% were suspended and then resumed teaching
    7.5% were cases where the superintendent determined that the teacher hadn’t meant to sexually abuse
    Of the nearly 54% of abusers who resigned, weren’t rehired, retired, or were terminated, superintendents reported that 16% were teaching in other schools and that they didn’t know what had happened to the other 84%. All but 1% of these teachers retained their teaching license.

    Clean your own house before you complain about other peoples garbage.

20. #20
    On October 20th, 2009 at 2:30 pm, d1carter said:

    Happy Birthday, Michelle!

21. #21
    On October 20th, 2009 at 2:31 pm, RedDog said:

    The county Super should be cracking down on that kind of crap. I would have thought the NEA would be passing notes like that rather than the SEIU.

    I’ve had enough forced Socialism for one lifetime.

22. #22
    On October 20th, 2009 at 2:35 pm, letget said:

    Happy Birthday to you Michelle. Sorry, I did not realize it was your birthday.
    Keep up all your great work and stay safe.
    L

23. #23
    On October 20th, 2009 at 2:40 pm, Rob said:

    Happy birthday Michelle… enjoy it, 25 only comes around once!

24. #24
    On October 20th, 2009 at 2:45 pm, CommentGuy said:

    This is all part of an effort today spearheaded up by Organizing for America

    http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/10/watering_the_grassroots.php

    Organizing For America is about to hit its goal of 100,000 calls to members of Congress today on health care reform.

25. #25
    On October 20th, 2009 at 2:57 pm, letget said:

    CommentGuy,
    WND has over 2.5 million ‘pink slips’ going to be sent to the house and senate to stop this and other spending. I just pray this will make a small difference, but probably not.
    L

26. #26
    On October 20th, 2009 at 3:09 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Due to the lack of affordable health insurance the last American NON GOVERNMENTAL worker died 7 am October 20th and so they are sending these memos to each other.

    If just somehow, sometime get Fedzilla OUT of the education destruction business we just might solve some of these problems. I do know teachers who salary I would double. I do know some teachers who have to read the manual every week to start their lawn mower.

27. #27
    On October 20th, 2009 at 3:17 pm, graysonret said:

    Happy 29th birthday, Michelle! (You know what I mean )

28. #28
    On October 20th, 2009 at 3:20 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Happy Birthday, Michelle!

    I can’t even remember what I was doing back in October of 1970 or where I was doing it. But then you probably can’t remember that day either!

29. #29
    On October 20th, 2009 at 3:22 pm, onefed said:

    Took mine out of government school a couple weeks ago. Highly recommended if you can do so. I feel liberated already not being tied to a government calendar.

30. #30
    On October 20th, 2009 at 4:09 pm, SpeakEasy said:

    End the abuse. Privatize education now. Making this change now will go a long way to solving many of our other problems of tomorrow. Good teachers will still have jobs. For the feckless teachers, well the world needs ditch diggers too.

31. #31
    On October 20th, 2009 at 4:20 pm, swede said:

    I can’t even remember what I was doing back in October of 1970

    I was a star football player on my hometown WI football team. Well, OK, I warmed the bench, but my heart was in it.

    Happy birthday Michelle! A great year for you, and here’s hoping the best is yet to come! We’re with you!

32. #32
    On October 20th, 2009 at 4:52 pm, rightwingmom said:

    Former teacher.
    Quit to homechool.
    I’ve NEVER bee happier!!!

    BTW - Happy Bithday Michelle!
    You’ve accomplihed so much, and ALL by 25!
    WOW!

33. #33
    On October 20th, 2009 at 4:53 pm, rightwingmom said:

    Former teacher.
    Quit to homechool.
    I’ve NEVER been happier!!!

    BTW - Happy Bithday Michelle!
    You’ve accomplished so much, and ALL by 25!
    WOW!

34. #34
    On October 20th, 2009 at 4:58 pm, Ron said:

    Exactly how does SEIU get to send email to teachers? They don’t represent them, do they? Is this an infringement of the no-politics on school campus policy most districts have? Mmmmmm? MMMMM? MMMMM?

35. #35
    On October 20th, 2009 at 5:39 pm, Wayfaring Stranger said:

    On October 20th, 2009 at 4:58 pm, Ron said:

    Exactly how does SEIU get to send email to teachers? …Is this an infringement of the no-politics on school campus policy most districts have…?

    Good question, Ron. Does anyone know the answer?

    Another thing that caught my eye in that e-mail is this:
    

    …Newborn babies are being denied coverage because they’re “too fat” or “too small.”

    How about the “newborn babies” who are denied the most basic health care simply because they managed to survive an abortion? Anyone think that Merle Cuttitta cares about them?

    We all know what SEIU’s man in the white house thinks about their audacity of survival. /sarc.

36. #36
    On October 20th, 2009 at 6:06 pm, whiteasianrose said:

    as a teacher in uft controlled nyc it doesn’t surprise me at all…hell my school’s union rep is a socialist party member and one of our teachers is an actual out and out communist

37. #37
    On October 20th, 2009 at 6:15 pm, RhymesWithRight said:

    I teach high school down here in Texas. Today one of my colleagues (I’m not sure which one — I’ll be checking on that tomorrow) sent A STUDENT to me DURING CLASS TIME with a piece of cardstock with the email printed on it.

    Could you imagine how the crap would hit the fan if I sent out kids with conservative messages for my colleagues during the school day?

38. #38
    On October 20th, 2009 at 6:17 pm, RhymesWithRight said:

    Sending emails is easy — our email addys at school are public information, posted on school and district websites.

    If the email is coming from outside the district, no law is being violated. If it is being sent form within the district, it may be illegal — though the question is whether or not it really constitutes partisan activity or is simply a personal email between colleagues (which is permitted in most districts).

39. #39
    On October 20th, 2009 at 7:45 pm, mattm said:

    On October 20th, 2009 at 1:32 pm, GladzKravtz said:

    I hope you’ll call each of your members of Congress today at 1-800-603-SEIU
    1-800-603-SEIU

    If that doesn’t drive home how close the dems are to unions, I don’t know what is.

    I don’t get it.

    On October 20th, 2009 at 4:58 pm, Ron said:
    Exactly how does SEIU get to send email to teachers? They don’t represent them, do they? Is this an infringement of the no-politics on school campus policy most districts have? Mmmmmm? MMMMM? MMMMM?

    Maybe the support staff (janitors, food service, etc.) are in the SEIU and most likely have school email acct’s. Possibly someone from them sent it to a teachers distribution list.

40. #40
    On October 20th, 2009 at 8:53 pm, prendad said:

    Gee, if we want to help Obama push America over the cliff, we really need to line up the unions and everybody else we can to get the job done. Let’s all get together now and PUSH, PUSH, PUSH, PUSH, AMERICA OVER THE CLIFF OBAMA STYLE.

41. #41
    On October 21st, 2009 at 8:05 am, beachmom said:

    This is probably going out to Maine teachers. It’s probably going out to the state workers too. The state workers are members of SEIU.

42. #42
    On October 21st, 2009 at 8:34 am, MDH3 said:

    Maybe the support staff (janitors, food service, etc.) are in the SEIU and most likely have school email acct’s.

    The state workers are members of SEIU.

    Immaterial. Md. Code Ann., State Pers. & Pens. (ASPP@) ’2-304 (political activities); Md. Code Ann., State Gov=t ’15-101, et seq.; and 5 U.S.C. ’1501, et seq. (Hatch Act) specifically prohibit use of public money/resources by public employees to engage in political activity. Arguably, the e-mail is an inducement to do so. Completely inappropriate.

43. #43
    On October 21st, 2009 at 11:59 am, beachmom said:

    MDH3
    Do you think they really care what is appropriate or not?
    To them inappropriate is not agreeing with them or not giving in to their bullying.