8 thoughts on “It’s a Sunday open thread!

  1. I was watching the news last night and thought they were rerunning a old newscast, they were talking about protestors in Madison!? Really? there has been no coverage of this for weeks and all of a sudden boom there they were, a few drum beaters and some yellers and screamers inside the Capitol building. They must have put a little extra effort in it today since there was a tv camera their filming them for once.

    It must be disappointing for them to be putting on such a show and knowing that the only people who know about it or for that matter even care that they are still there, are their own kind. The weather is beautiful and normal people are out enjoying it.

    Absolutely hysterical.

  2. To fix public schools, you have to control public schools.

    And there’s little control when teachers unions, with their self-serving agendas, question every cost-cutting proposal and reform on the table.

    That’s why so many state governments have taken swift action to limit the power of organized labor in public schools. Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Idaho and Michigan were the first, and Tennessee added itself to the list on Wednesday.

    Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam affixed his signature on House Bill 130 and Senate Bill 113, ending collective bargaining and giving local school boards the full authority to operate their districts in the manner they choose.

    Wisconsin will do the same soon.

    1. Adding…the most hilarious part is that these folks’ concept of a citation to back up their historical claims is that “a prominent U.S. politican recently stated these claims publicly”.

      How do these people dress themselves in the morning?

  3. From A Sunday Op Ed piece in the Washington Examiner:

    Though they displayed more creativity in signage than you might expect from steelworkers, overall, they brought pretty much the same work habits to their protests that they bring to their jobs. (Sleeping in the capitol? Pretty much what they do at the office.)

    America’s DMV clerks aren’t known for toughness and dedication on the job, and it would be asking a lot to expect them to display such characteristics for the first time when they’re off the job.

    When the street protests didn’t work out, the public employee unions decided to make a “nonpartisan” judicial election a referendum over Wisconsin’s anti-union legislation.

    The Service Employees International Union and other labor groups went all in on the election, but still lost. A pointless recount failed even to narrow the margin significantly.

    Bottom line: All the might of the public employee unions wasn’t even able to swing a nonpartisan, off-year, judicial election. Can you say “paper tiger”?

    Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2011/06/sunday-reflection-hard-get-good-goons-these-days#ixzz1OUdtb3PW

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