poorrichard i believe at that time of the day its fox opinion;)

Walker is the one who provokes lawsuits, putting working families in a choke hold. His supporters blame teachers like they are reliving some bad childhood memory about their poor study habits.
In 1996, in the case of Thompson v Craney, the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down a similar plan to remove educational policymaking authority from the state superintendent

Thanks for the info- The Daily Show comes on right after RENO 911 so I do watch several times a week at diayslis. Then on to Fox News.

absolutely. just right click to copy the link and right click to paste it on the post. heres another one that will make you chuckle;)

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-ju...

kid-Good one.
Can you tell me how you link websites to posts?
Thanks for the help.

ive never implied anyone who watches fox news wouldnt have a sense of humor. youd almost have to;)

nice job manning up there honorfirst. good post.

kid-Sorry to say I never watched the video you're referring to so I guess it is lost on me.
I agree with much of what you say, especially the way most media report the news. But just because I watch Fox News doesn't mean I have no sense of humor-one of my favorite shows is RENO 911, so I get Stewart. But not for real news.

My apologies on suggesting the teachers were "pathetic". I agree that was a mischaracterization and what I meant was some of their behavior is pathetic (IMO). Although I do not need to explain myself, my education is equal to or surpasses many of the teachers. My salary reflects my education and determination to succeed and I have accomplished this without being a union member. I have progressed through the ranks on my own merits, not because of “collective bargaining”.
My comments on neutrality (union vs. non-union) are factual. Only lately have I witnessed such greed and selfishness coupled with the hatred of a person/party and the ideals they believe in. The inconsistencies of the union logic and lack of compassion for others that cannot afford to pay anymore have really opened my eyes to the realities of the union. They used to stand for safety, reasonable work hours, compensation that was reasonable for the job performed, training for the growth of the workforce, to assure there was no discrimination in hiring/promotion and for 8 hours pay for 8 hours worked, to name a few. So many of these ideals have been corrupted in the modern day union mentality: people that are doing mundane jobs are being paid way over market wages, people don’t work the entire day (although they may be at their place of employment), sick time is abused and overlooked, the problem employee is protected and defended by the union (even though they know the behavior is wrong) and the union keeps pushing for more control, wages, benefits and more involvement into management decisions. The union mentality seems to be; throw more money at the problem by higher wages or more employees. This is similar to the ‘Big Government’ mentality of building a bloated bureaucracy that is by nature cumbersome and extremely inefficient.
I know these times are troublesome to some people, but for the sake of our children/grandchildren, we have to change how we do things and stop unions from dictating the outcome. Entitlement is a thing of the past. You want it…earn it.

Scott Walker run our schools? No way! Walker is an avowed enemy of public education. He didn't even graduate from college. This is a pure power grab.

Yes for sure. To leave it in the cities hands is disaster. Some towns are so out dated and behind in the times you need the state to step in.

The WEAC and school boards have the system in such a mess someone has to take over and I hope the governor can do something, and if not then change it. Just don't ever give it back to the union or teachers period.

janesvillefirst
Jul 1, 2011 at 5:28 a.m.
Suggest removal Mary Bell, another union thug feeling her power slip away. She may as well use the last of the union dues to try to save her job.
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Take your hatred for unions out of the equation...Do you believe that Governor Walker OR ANY GOVERNOR being able to, "to approve agency rules before they can take effect."?
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Remember, eventually a Deomcrat will be governor with the ability to abuse this power.

To answer the headline, no. Especially a Governor who is so politically focused. For him it is about the money and prestige, and not education of Wisconsin kids.

"Mary Bell, a teacher and president of the Wisconsin Education Association Council, the state’s largest teachers union".
It should be "Mary Bell, president of the Wisconsin Education Association Council, the state’s largest teachers union."
I'll bet she hasn't set foot in a classroom in years.

Mary Bell, another union thug feeling her power slip away. She may as well use the last of the union dues to try to save her job.

NO!

NO! Our governor doesn't even have a college degree. What makes him think he's an expert on educating kids? He's not!

poorrichard- You are correct. Jon Stewart is a comedian; and Walker is a clown.

And all along we've been subjected to the conservative viewpoints on and on and on touting LESS govenment interference. He really is a control freak micro- manager, isn't he?

i totally understand he comes from humor and his show IS satire. that being said, he doesnt make up the things people say and ive seen him make fun of the current potus numerous times. did you watch that video poorrichard?? its hard to deny the hypocrisy in it yes?? i enjoy that mr stewart is a comedian because he makes fun of whoever needs to be made fun of. one of the best bits ive seen him do is when he made fun of how the dems campaigned(they didnt) for mr kennedys senate spot that scott brown won. mr stewart obviously leans liberal. that doesnt give the liberal politics or liberal media a free pass. it is, in my opinion, and my opinion is pretty much echoing mr stewarts, but its a sad state of politics, and more importanty those who cover politics that he is given so much credibility because of the way the 'news' sources report the news. msnbc included. yes poorrichard he is a comedian, but the funny part is that he doesnt make up what other people say, or lie about, or are hypocrites about, he just points it out. as i stated, if you watch fox news on a regular basis, im sure the point of the video will be lost on you. you confirmed that sir. its a humor much like jerry seinfeld...its soooo funny because its soooo true. buenos noches.

bassman you have the wrong party that put us in the position we are in right now. Yes Walker is a college dropout and that's like telling a construction worker how to put up a wall. He knows nothing about education. Our good teachers will continue to leave our state and the teachers that do remain will not be doing our children a service. You get what you pay for. Especially the teachers in Milwaukee need a better eye but then again it was led by republicans.

A college cheater dropout in charge of our education system. WOW!

You do know that Steward is a comedian don't you?

i do think its over the top. dis/agree with them protesting all you want. dis/agree with their point of view. stay strong on your own perspective...but the people teaching our children...are gonna be labeled 'pathetic'?? nope. that more accurately reflects on the poster who would say that.

on a side note, if you watch fox news you probably wont understand this but mr stewart shows you how they operate...

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-ju...

SarahB1 said "Most journalists see AP as vanilla or white bread --- straight down the middle with no bias." Most "journalists" lean so far left I'm sure they would think that way. That's one reason why they think Fox is so far right. These AP headlines consistently give a negative slant against Republicans on almost every story.

The Democratic party in the last 29 months have put the U.S in ruins ! The worst we have ever been in,if the left cannot see that we need a conservative majority and a President that will have the nads to do what Walker is doing than ,I guess your party is more immature and blind than I thought !
Did you Dem's or Liberals or anyone else hear our JOKE of a President 's speech yesterday ? He was a disgrace to our Country and will be until we have leadership like Scott Walker. MPS has recieved the notice,and the law was effective today,that system alone had a 400.000 deficit and when the new law landed they were 1.5 million in the black,HMMMM makes sense don't it !

thekid3477... I agree. I was just commenting on his/her main points. "Pathetic" is probably over the top. Do you think?

Once again the Republicans complain complain complain about "big government" until they want to make it bigger. Then they claim it's the right thing to do. Hmmmm. Hypocrisy. I guess it's as American as baseball and apple pie.

solidarityforever... NO envy here. Just pity for what it is doing to many families. That said, this needs to be accomplished. We can't be bankrupt and run the state effectively. Most of us are educated voters... we voted our conscience.

i dont completely disagree with your point gma, or honorfirst. its the wording that honorfirst chose that makes me think it should be disparagefirst

Honorfirst, I absolutely agree. For our public employees to hold the entire state hostage because a union is involved, is detrimental to the financial welfare of this state. They had many great financially lucrative years. Those years are over. We can't blindly support them anymore.
Honestly, from my heart, I hate the fact that so many families will be financially impacted by this. But ALL of us in the state, are affected by a budget in debt. My grandchildren need to have an opportunity to pursue their dreams, without concerns over the financial health of the state or country.
The idea of living beyond one's earnings is over.

honorfirst Teachers and teacher unions are one in the same,so you keep calling teachers names.You sound like your just envious of them with an education and something to be proud of.

'They represent a group of pathetic individuals (educated maybe, but lacking integrity and common sense) that can't understand why they can't have their way'

i have a hard time believing you were ever 'neutral' with a comment like that. lacking integrity and common sense?? pathetic?? wow. scooter himself couldnt have worded it worse.

honorfirst sounds like a winner,must of gotten kicked out of school.

Another temper tantrum by our pitiful teachers union. And people wonder why we want a voucher system? The teachers union is a group that won't be happy until they suck every penny out of the taxpayers. They represent a group of pathetic individuals (educated maybe, but lacking integrity and common sense) that can't understand why they can't have their way.
Follow through on the suit, but if it is defeated or found to be frivolous, then the state should sue WEAC for expenses and libel against the state.
These unions are turning so many people against them and all they stands for. I used to be pretty neutral on union or non-union, but my eyes have been opened to what a bunch of bottom dwellers they really are.

Next he's gonna make draft picks for the packers.Then we also voted for him to do the play calling for the badgers,Paul Christ is toast.Next his church will be the only one legal in the state all others will pay weekly fines to him.Plus who said he didn't graduate from college,he has a quadruple masters in all subjects best ever with the highest honors anyone ever got.We will have to call him your holiness or again be subjected to fines. dr.evel or dr.bozo your choice.

You can't get a job teaching in a public school without a degree in education. Why should he be allowed to make decison about schools and how they are run. Scary given his track record in Milwaukee County. Cost the city lots of dollars to clean up after him.

LOL!

Judging by his close/beady eyes Scooper can be trusted to do the right thing by our kids. Afterall he loves Wisconsin, in case you haven't heard we're open for business. So all you Libs will just have to deal with it. Like Grundys666 always says, Thank you Governor Wanker for doing what we put you in office for.

With his college record, he isn't qualified to organize a campus navel lint removal project.

"Should governor rule the schools?" This is Fitzwalkerstan! Walker rules everything. You had to ask?

I don't think this is a frivolous lawsuit, and I am very against the frivolous ones. There is a real distortion happening with checks and balances within our state as well as some others. We should be very, very mindful of these changes in power structure.

Gotta love the good ole AP bias. Come on editor of the paper...seriously?

The conservative way--Steal, Steal, Steal, and then Steal some more.

Wise move. No governor should give him or herself that much power. It's just plain wrong.

"Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed a measure in May that gives him the power to approve agency rules before they can take effect." WOW who was surprised about this??????Of course Dictator Walker wants to become the next Hitler and run everything.