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2005-09-28 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-09-28 12:32|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Is it me or does the second bold item prove the first bold item?

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-09-28 13:50|| 2005-09-28 13:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Simply get "Ahnold" to declare them an illegal Union, and move along without them.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-09-28 14:10|| 2005-09-28 14:10|| Front Page Top

#3 It's good they had their meeting in July. You know, one of the months they don't have to work?

Posted by tu3031 2005-09-28 14:14|| 2005-09-28 14:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Vote yes on Props 74, 75, 76, and 77 to break the union/democrat stranglehold on California schools, government, and taxpayers' wallets. The commercials that the unions have been running for the last few months make Schwarzenegger look like a cross between a con man and Adolf Eichmann.

Posted by RWV 2005-09-28 14:17|| 2005-09-28 14:17|| Front Page Top

#5 What's really bad is that the union collected a fee hike (illegally) to pay for the anti-props campaign. I want them to take the next step and declare participation in the union dues as voluntary. If they did that their money would dry up in a second. For those that don't understand: California State employees have union dues deducted from their pay whether they join or not. Yes it is taxation without representation.

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2005-09-28 14:38|| 2005-09-28 14:38|| Front Page Top

#6 The CTA is run out of LA and the Bay area. No other input is tolerated. All decisions are decided on before the membership is polled. Paying dues is not voluntary. Much of the money the union spends has nothing to do with the people who belong to it or with students and teachers. It's a wholly owned organ of the Democrtatic party and is a slush fund for them.

Most Teachers do not support the Union but are forced to pay dues by State Law if the school is a Union shop. Very few teachers can tolerate having to deal with anything other than the local Union due to radical politics. It's strange but I only know 3 CTA members who are not Republicans. My next door neighbor comes home and listens to a replay of Hanaty and conservative talk radio. My wife and daughter are also forced to belong and are both Republicans. Getting your dues back that go towards political efforts is almopst imposible. They use other moneys for that anyway even if it's illegal.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-09-28 16:24|| 2005-09-28 16:24|| Front Page Top

#7 I want to thank the Teachers Assn. and the State Employees union - I no longer have to read all propositions. All I do is check which side these two unions are on and vote the opposite...THANKS to both....

Posted by Ex-Teacher 2005-09-28 16:25|| 2005-09-28 16:25|| Front Page Top

#8 And they're sick enough to hide behind the school kids whenever criticized.

It's union first then kids....

Posted by macofromoc 2005-09-28 16:35|| 2005-09-28 16:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Union first, DNC second, F-ck the kids - they are just something to suck the blood out of....

Same as in Washington State.

Damn vampires.

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-09-28 16:38|| 2005-09-28 16:38|| Front Page Top

#10 Hopefully the union falls.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-09-28 16:42|| 2005-09-28 16:42|| Front Page Top

#11 I direct your attention to the official listing of "New Business Items" adopted by the NEA during its annual meeting in July 2005. These are the poicies and positions formally adopted by the union membership. While this is not specific to the California Teachers' Union, I don't imagine their policies vary that much.

Item 2: Educating Wal-Mart consumers as to the lack of union labor
Item 3: Patronage of financial services providers that don't advocate Social Security reform
Item 4: Add the words "other" and "multi-ethnic" in addition to "unknown" in the category of ethnicity on all forms.
Item 5: Commemorate the 40th anniversary of the historic merger of the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Teachers Association (ATA), which occurred in 1966.
Item 8: Health problems from exposure to fragrance chemicals
Item 9: Indoor air quality studies
Item 11: The NEA shall expand our nationwide plan to elect pro public education candidates to Congress in 2006 by sponsoring political training for members in targeted areas leading up to the election.
Item 13: That NEA continue to oppose attempts by billionaire Eli Broad and any other entities to remove elected school boards from cities in California and in any other state or territory.
Item 30: Refers to the "so-called" No Child Left Behind Program
Item 32: Study the feasibility of initiating a boycott of Gallo wine.

Boycott of Gallo Wine???

Go get 'em, Arnie. These 'educators' are not serious about education.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-09-28 17:15|| 2005-09-28 17:15|| Front Page Top

#12 All those commercials that have been running day and night that attack Arnold have succeeded; I will be sure to vote against anything the CTA supports.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-09-28 23:11|| 2005-09-28 23:11|| Front Page Top

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