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1. #1
   On February 16th, 2011 at 1:05 pm, jdtruly said:

   Weaning this dependent infantile babies off the government teat will create a lot of whining and unruly behavior. As with all weaning, the adults have to be steadfast and in control.

2. #2
   On February 16th, 2011 at 1:06 pm, jdtruly said:

   Er, that’s “weaning THESE”

3. #3
   On February 16th, 2011 at 1:07 pm, letget said:

   Not having had children, but doesn’t the school/teacher need the parents permission to take their kids to something like this? And, YES the teachers should be fired!
   L

4. #4
   On February 16th, 2011 at 1:07 pm, granite said:

   “ ‘But they knew they were just happy to be out of class….’ ”

   Of course.

   Why do you think we thought the Vietnam “moratorium”, and the first “Earth Day”, and the hub-bub about Kent State were “special” events when we were in high school in the late 60s?

   They were a chance to get out of class….

5. #5
   On February 16th, 2011 at 1:08 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

   Homeschool Baby! Homeschool!

6. #6
   On February 16th, 2011 at 1:10 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

   I think these teachers should be made to stay after class and clap erasers!

7. #7
   On February 16th, 2011 at 1:15 pm, bob121 said:

   There were far, far more people at the first Tea Party rally at this building. I should know, I was there. And no one covered it.

   Don’t worry about Scott Walker. He’s been in this sort of fistfight before to keep Milwaukee County out of the gutter as County Executive. In fact, it’s why we chose him to be the next governor.

   He’s got our votes; and if he keeps using them like this, he’ll keep ‘em.

8. #8
   On February 16th, 2011 at 1:15 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

   I guess that makes Obama the Idi Amin of America…..

9. #9
   On February 16th, 2011 at 1:18 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

   The superintendent said he is requiring teacher absences be verified by a doctor’s note or some other means for the rest of the week. Nerad didn’t say what would happen if a “sick” teacher turned up on the Capitol steps.

   That teacher should find a box with all their stuff in it on the edge of the school property.

10. #10
    On February 16th, 2011 at 1:21 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Don’t worry about Scott Walker. He’s been in this sort of fistfight before to keep Milwaukee County out of the gutter as County Executive. In fact, it’s why we chose him to be the next governor.

    It’s how Governors end up President. Executive Experience.

11. #11
    On February 16th, 2011 at 1:22 pm, RedDog said:

    No more public boodle for you Lefty thieves. Go loaf on the unemployment line you losers. You’re toast.

12. #12
    On February 16th, 2011 at 1:25 pm, Mister P said:

    I am loving this. Exactly what we need. The Leftists unions vs. The Taxpayers. Surprise, surprise. We don’t need the Leftists. The teachers are nothing more than high paid babysitters. If you don’t believe, go spend a day at your neighborhood high school.

    This childish behavior only rallies more taxpayers towards the tea parties.

    Oregon and Illinois Democrats of course capitulated to the Teachers unions and we saw higher taxes. Fortunately we can get even at the local level. Enough already.

13. #13
    On February 16th, 2011 at 1:25 pm, RedDog said:

    If these losers brought schoolkids to use as human shields at their rally, I’d certainly have them fired. If not for absenteeism then for child abuse.

14. #14
    On February 16th, 2011 at 1:29 pm, RedDog said:

    A great beginning. The shot heard ’round the world maybe. All unions must be decertified. Public unions are a good and manditory place to start.

15. #15
    On February 16th, 2011 at 1:35 pm, Regulus said:

    Today’s second installment brings you the lovely union thugs attacking GOP Gov. Scott Walker as the “dictator” governor, “Hosni Walker,” and “Mubarak of the Midwest”

    Rest assured that if we ever go the way of Greece, these will be the same folks rioting in the streets and murdering people, all in the name of giving the middle finger to fiscal reality.

16. #16
    On February 16th, 2011 at 1:35 pm, zorro said:

    Fire them today! Each and every one of them. Then frog march their leaders straight to jail, where thugs belong.

17. #17
    On February 16th, 2011 at 1:37 pm, RedDog said:

    On February 16th, 2011 at 1:10 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:
    I think these teachers should be made to stay after class and clap erasers!

    I volunteer to man one of Coach Foister Amburgy’s fiberglass-laminated, air-cooled butt paddles. Guaranteed to lift cheeks a minimum of 5 inches and leave the skin smokin’. Line them up. Dr. Love is in the office.

18. #18
    On February 16th, 2011 at 1:40 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    ‘But they knew they were just happy to be out of class….’ ”

    Of course.

    Why do you think we thought the Vietnam “moratorium”, and the first “Earth Day”, and the hub-bub about Kent State were “special” events when we were in high school in the late 60s?

    They were a chance to get out of class…

    When my oldest son was in high school, the teachers organized an anti-Bush rally off of school grounds. They spoke out against the Iraq war and likened Bush to Hitler.

    My son asked some of the students in attendance, “So, you’re here to protest the war and the president?”

    Answer: “No. I got out of class early.”

    By the way — any student at the rally got full class credit for attending.

    I wonder if they would be able to leave early and get class credit for an anti-Obama rally? Maybe? (NOT!)

19. #19
    On February 16th, 2011 at 1:44 pm, Chief RZ said:

    MIS-using impressionable students?! Shame on those “teachers”! I never did that, would not, did not and went out of my way to avoid (our) SCEA’s attempts at Mis-using students.

    I did see yellow school buses at (our) state house grounds and I can only assume that students were riding those buses. Shameful.

20. #20
    On February 16th, 2011 at 1:47 pm, jhn1 said:

    By contract, calling in “sick” isn’t a fireable offense. Unfortunately
    But if over 40% are “sick”, It would seem medically required to call in the CDC and check for some disease epidemic.
    Quarantine and don’t allow back until after quarantine interval has passed and the teacher has been cleared by a CDC doctor.
    And all the time comes off their “sick day” bank.

21. #21
    On February 16th, 2011 at 1:48 pm, tarpon said:

    I wonder who these loonies think they are impressing? One good sized tea party is far bigger, and composed of far more intelligent people.

    What do they think, bankruptcy won’t affect them? Hah. True Obama useful idiots.

22. #22
    On February 16th, 2011 at 2:03 pm, babiesgrandma said:

    tarpon said:
    I wonder who these loonies think they are impressing? One good sized tea party is far bigger, and composed of far more intelligent people.

    BUT you will never hear about the good-sized tea party in the LameStreamMedia…it does not fit the agenda for mis-information.

23. #23
    On February 16th, 2011 at 2:05 pm, Truesoldier said:

    O/T, but funny…

    More than 400 amendments were filed Monday night. Among them were a proposal from Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., to eliminate funding for the president’s Teleprompter

24. #24
    On February 16th, 2011 at 2:12 pm, madshark said:

    I guess the joy of Green Bay’s win in the Super Bowl has finally waned, and it’s back to business in Wisconsin.

    eliminate funding for the president’s Teleprompter

    this is part of the House of Representative’s plans to Go Green.

25. #25
    On February 16th, 2011 at 2:14 pm, Truesoldier said:

    Here is something interesting about any adult who knowingly contributes to a child being truant:

    Also, any adult who knowingly contributes to truancy can be found guilty of a Class C
    misdemeanor under s. 948.45, Wis. Stats. Some exceptions exist for parents or guardians of a
    child who has been sanctioned under s. 49.26 (1) (h), Wis. Stats.

    Something that the Governor may want to look into pushing.

26. #26
    On February 16th, 2011 at 2:16 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Today’s second installment brings you the lovely union thugs attacking GOP Gov. Scott Walker as the “dictator” governor, “Hosni Walker,” and “Mubarak of the Midwest”

    Great way to discuss a disagreement. I think my HS debate teacher might not have given them an “A” for this approach. /sarc

27. #27
    On February 16th, 2011 at 2:31 pm, chapoutier said:

    Here is something interesting about any adult who knowingly contributes to a child being truant:

    There may be a law that the governor can look to to punish the teacher protesters. This, however, is not one of them. A child can’t be truant from school if school is canceled.

28. #28
    On February 16th, 2011 at 2:31 pm, Mister P said:

    Great way to discuss a disagreement. I think my HS debate teacher might not have given them an “A” for this approach. /sarc

    What grade would that debate coach give Obama?

29. #29
    On February 16th, 2011 at 2:34 pm, rambler said:

    File under: Home school!!!!
    How can the teachers get away with taking students off campus without parental notification? When will the young realize that they are just useful idiots?

    Teaching kids how to be protesters will not help anyone learning a proper work ethic. It is clear that these teachers and their union leaders have no use for kids getting an education, unless that education is in community organizing.

30. #30
    On February 16th, 2011 at 2:35 pm, Mister P said:

    Hey, I can’t that too. “Union Busting, busting, busting, Union Busting, busting, busting, Union busting, busting, busting,…

31. #31
    On February 16th, 2011 at 2:38 pm, Ty85719 said:

    Not sure how it works in Wisconsin, but in most other places, dragging students to such an event would be illegal.

32. #32
    On February 16th, 2011 at 2:40 pm, Mister P said:

    There may be a law that the governor can look to to punish the teacher protesters. This, however, is not one of them. A child can’t be truant from school if school is canceled.

    I would say these teachers punish themselves. Unlike old anti-war protests, these guys have something to lose. They get to lose the support of the parents of these students, and the taxpayers who must pay their salaries.

33. #33
    On February 16th, 2011 at 2:52 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On February 16th, 2011 at 2:31 pm, chapoutier said:
    This, however, is not one of them. A child can’t be truant from school if school is canceled.

    Good point Chap. I guess what I was trying to say is that if the parents/adults can be held accountability for the truancy of children then there ought to be something in the law that would prevent this kind of activity from occuring (teachers taking students to protests). I also wonder if the parents sent the children to school thinking there would be school that day, but once the children showed up the teachers shepered them off to the protest.

    I know when I was in high school the teachers had a sick out. We found out after we got to school and were sent home.

34. #34
    On February 16th, 2011 at 2:57 pm, RedDog said:

    These union/government gravy trains always fly beneath the radar during the salad days of an economy. When things go south, as now, the people begin to see how heavily they were exploited by their elite masters. Payback is coming and it will get ugly.

    We are still seeing little or no sacrifice on the part of Federal or state employees during this recession. On the contrary, the Federal payroll is expanding by leaps and bounds. Some teacher layoffs in Georgia and Tennessee. But they are the low end of the government totem. The House needs to give Obama and the Dems their allowance and leave it up to them to decide what sacred cows to starve.

35. #35
    On February 16th, 2011 at 3:06 pm, max said:

    Those teachers should be fired.

    That’ll be the day…

36. #36
    On February 16th, 2011 at 3:07 pm, J S Ragman said:

    A lot of these government/union folks sound like a guy who is at the craps table, who is down $14.3 trillion, and has just discovered an absolutely foolproof system for beating the house.

37. #37
    On February 16th, 2011 at 3:25 pm, mattymatt10 said:

    Golly, I thought it’d be a couple more years before we turned into Greece. Guess I was wrong.

38. #38
    On February 16th, 2011 at 3:34 pm, ThunderHawkk said:

    “YOU’RE FIRED!”

    That’s what I would say.

    Oh, boy. Then listen to them change their tune…

39. #39
    On February 16th, 2011 at 3:46 pm, Ron said:

    Teachers should be fired for taking students to protests, period. Did they have their parents’ permission? Were they taken out of school where they were supposed to be learning something? Start firing some of these radicals and draw a line in the sand.

40. #40
    On February 16th, 2011 at 3:55 pm, right_on said:

    Teachers who engage in sex with their students project power over them to get cooperation. Why are teachers bringing students to these protests any different? The students are getting screwed either way.

41. #41
    On February 16th, 2011 at 4:13 pm, battleaxe said:

    Students at the protests should be arrested for truancy.

42. #42
    On February 16th, 2011 at 4:14 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Some sleazeball on Cavuto a few minutes ago said that the teachers just wanted their “fundamental human rights”. Say what?? High pay and endless pension benefits is now a basic human right? These people are out of control and this is getting really scary.

43. #43
    On February 16th, 2011 at 4:25 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On February 16th, 2011 at 2:31 pm, Mister P said:

    What grade would that debate coach give Obama?

    No grade; just mark him as “Present.”

    Would seem appropriate for Obama.

44. #44
    On February 16th, 2011 at 4:26 pm, Truesoldier said:

    Seeing that the teachers went on strike perhaps the taxpayers should demand a days refund in taxes…

45. #45
    On February 16th, 2011 at 4:29 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    Some sleazeball on Cavuto a few minutes ago said that the teachers just wanted their “fundamental human rights”. Say what?? High pay and endless pension benefits is now a basic human right?

    Just go to the Communist Party USA website. All the Marxist/Leninist/Socialist talking points are there. Right where the teachers and their unions get them.

46. #46
    On February 16th, 2011 at 4:35 pm, Flyoverman said:

    llegally striking teachers from Madison East High School students dragged hundreds of students to their union protests at the Wisconsin Capitol yesterday.

    If these teachers took these students to protest as part of their class, they could be fired or severely disciplined for reasons other than what they were engaged in.

    Many school districts have a strict policy that any students being transported to a school sponsored event must be transported by district transportation assets such as buses, vans, school cars, etc.

    If these teachers transported these students as part of their class in their personal cars or had the students transport themseleves that would have exposed the district to HUGE liability issues.

    That would provide a superintendent with all the justification needed to hammer the teachers.

47. #47
    On February 16th, 2011 at 4:37 pm, rocketman said:

    ***
    President Ronald Reagan knew what to do when the Air Traffic Controllers decided to do a public union strike. They thought they couldn’t be fired–they choose poorly!
    ***
    Time for a similar remedy.
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

48. #48
    On February 16th, 2011 at 4:51 pm, GladzKravtz said:

    This isn’t good. Unionized teachers using their power with students to protest. Something like this could eventually get out of control and run across many cities.

49. #49
    On February 16th, 2011 at 5:00 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    On February 16th, 2011 at 2:31 pm, chapoutier said:

    This, however, is not one of them. A child can’t be truant from school if school is canceled.

    That would apply today; yesterday, however, school was not canceled and those kids were out protesting.

50. #50
    On February 16th, 2011 at 5:33 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Those teachers should be fired

    Absolutely!

51. #51
    On February 16th, 2011 at 5:58 pm, ThunderHawkk said:

    “A child can’t be truant from school if school is canceled. nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah”

    Geezus. You sound like the little snotty twerp during recess who would always pipe in with some inane BS just before the school bully kicked his ass. Again.

    That’s just what you sound like.

52. #52
    On February 16th, 2011 at 6:31 pm, JonB said:

    Those teachers should be fired

    From a big cannon into a huge pond of tar and feathers.

53. #53
    On February 16th, 2011 at 6:41 pm, xplodeit said:

    Fire them all….NOW!

54. #54
    On February 16th, 2011 at 7:08 pm, CO2 Producer said:

    Gov. Walker is trying to do what the majority of WI voters elected him to do, part of which was to reduce the state’s $3 billion+ deficit. Rectifying the many financial problems facing the state is a primary obligation. The protesters make the ridiculous claim that all their rights are being taken from them. What is really happening is a sort of readjustment more in line with what’s happening in the private sector, a readjustment that is appropriate and long overdue in our struggling economy. Woe are they who may soon be required to become more responsible by contributing to their already generous retirement and health care plans. They can expect to regain bargaining privileges once things get better. But for now, they should have to make sacrifices like the rest of the workforce.

    If the teachers love what they do, they will realize that they must accept changes in order to continue preparing their students for the future success of this nation.

    The majority of Wisconsinites don’t care much for the teachers’ supposed plight. Wisconsinites want to work. They want businesses to come back. They want to prosper. Publicly-employed teachers are beholden to their employers. If the teachers don’t like that, no one’s forcing them to work for the public sector. They ought to pursue their happiness, but they can no longer expect to get away with it on the backs of others who are trying to do the same.

    Protest if you will, union members. It’s your right, and charter bus companies love when you get angry. But you’re not helping your cause when you involve the governor’s family.

55. #55
    On February 16th, 2011 at 7:26 pm, wren said:

    Wisconsin needs to set up a school voucher program NOW!

    Give the parents the money that is currently spent on educating their children at the public school, and then let the parents decide which school they want to spend those dollars on for their children.

    Give the parents a way to get their children away from these teachers who care more about their union than the childrens’ education.

56. #56
    On February 16th, 2011 at 7:45 pm, granite said:

    On February 16th, 2011 at 5:58 pm, ThunderHawkk said:

    TH, you are by no means the only one who has come to that -correct – conclusion.

57. #57
    On February 16th, 2011 at 7:59 pm, Christian Soldier said:

    and the PARENTS are WHERE!!!!!?

    C-CS

58. #58
    On February 16th, 2011 at 8:02 pm, Christian Soldier said:

    BTW-
    as a ‘certified’ teacher who saw educational standards decaying -I chose to Homeschool my off-spring-28 years ago…
    and things have gotten worse in the public schools since then…
    Thank God for the blogs- we no longer have to rely on the MSM and its lies..
    C-CS

59. #59
    On February 16th, 2011 at 8:09 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    …demonstrators insisted their concern was about more than money.

    They worried the legislation would weaken their unions.

    Sure. Because a weaker union wouldn’t be able to extort and extract more money from the taxpayers.

    “It is about the right of workers to organize and to bargain, not only for their salary but also for working conditions,” said teacher Cheryl Brenner.

    Working conditions? Working conditions!?!? Excuse me, but how bad can it be when you have to work in a heated building in winter and an air conditioned building in summer? Besides, isn’t OSHA the watchdog for working conditions? Oh yeah! Then why do you need a union for that?

    “What do they have against people that work for a living? That’s what I’ve never understood,” said demonstrator Lloyd Hess.

    And what I’ve never understood is why teachers’ unions have something against the taxpayers that pay their salary! Hey Lloyd, STFU and get back to work instead of demonstrating on the taxpayers’ dime and the taxpayers’ time! You know, taxpayers. Those people that work for a living.

    “People with everything seem to have something against those of us that just work,” said Hess.

    What?!?! The people that actually work are the ones that pay your salary, you scum! As opposed to you tax eaters that never learn there is a limit to what tax payers can afford to pay.

    Fire them all and never let them work in any job that is paid from a public treasury, anywhere, ever again. See how they like it in the real world.

60. #60
    On February 16th, 2011 at 8:12 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    and the PARENTS are WHERE!!!!!?

    Sitting in front of their TVs, watching the demonstration on the news, while wearing their tie-dyed t-shirts and chanting, “We shall overcome.”

61. #61
    On February 16th, 2011 at 8:32 pm, Straight_Talk_Luigi said:

    First of all, I hope Wisconsinites call Mr. Walker and support him. Madison is an island of chaos in a state that is really getting its act together.

    Secondly, you have to admire college/high school protestors:

    “Cause we are trying to stop the dude from doing something”

    “I don’t really know what were doing here”….but I’m just glad we got out of school.

    Or

    Because like, people, like they have a right to get all the free stuff cuz like they work and like deserve it

    (laughs)

    Such model students of government run-education!

62. #62
    On February 16th, 2011 at 9:07 pm, thefoundingfathers said:

    Reason No. 1001 why we homeschool.

63. #63
    On February 16th, 2011 at 9:10 pm, jrgdds said:

    …More than 10,000 people, including many teachers, came to the Capitol on Tuesday to protest against Walker’s proposal and testify at a public hearing on the measure…

    With most states buried in debt they can never pay and no federal bailout coming, you haven’t seen anything yet.

    The Greek riots over entitlement cuts will look tranquil by comparison.

64. #64
    On February 16th, 2011 at 9:25 pm, rightisright said:

    fire ‘em all then have them reapply with new rules and curriculum, along with dress standards for students and teachers.

    I live about 2 blocks from a hi-school, when I see these students when school lets out at 3:15 pm it looks like a gang thugs the way they dress. Aren’t kids taught to have pride in themselves and a little self respect anymore.

    What the hell have their parents been doing for the last 15 to 18 years with their kids?
    Not much from the looks of their kids.

65. #65
    On February 16th, 2011 at 11:13 pm, plymouthacclaim said:

    On February 16, 2011 at 08:07 pm, thefoundingfathers said:
    

    Reason No. 1001 why we homeschool.

    +1

66. #66
    On February 16th, 2011 at 11:29 pm, plymouthacclaim said:

    Take a page from Pokemon: Gotta fire ‘em all!”

67. #67
    On February 17th, 2011 at 11:13 am, locomotivebreath1901 said:

    Aren’t there laws against truancy and contributing to the delinquency of minors?

    Or are those laws only enforced when the teacher’s union need butts in seats to claim federal dollars?

68. #68
    On February 17th, 2011 at 2:35 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Does the union have something in their contract that says they can’t be fired, or wording that somehow protects their members from losing their jobs? I’d like to know….

69. #69
    On February 17th, 2011 at 3:24 pm, nail49 said:

    A child can’t be truant from school if school is canceled.

    As the state’s chief executive, the governor should declare school is NOT canceled and start firing teachers, principals and administrators who are derelict.

    The schools were declared closed because of “substantial concerns of excessive staff absences.” The governor should make any absence permanent unless said absence can be proven to have NOT been associated with the protests.

    Anyone fired would be barred from any government job for at least 15-20 years. In the meantime, if they want a union job they can go apply for one at Gubmint Motors.

70. #70
    On February 18th, 2011 at 7:01 am, pokenhorn said:

    A golden opportunity to fire these Global Leftists. Be Reagan-like. Tell them ‘You have 24 hours to get back in the classroom. Failure to comply means dismissal.’ It will be a better educational system without these politicized Alinski clones indoctrinating our young people.