Posted on 02/12/2006 12:34:57 AM PST by paudio
The New York City teachers union has decided not to stage a demonstration at ABC's offices on Feb. 14 to protest John Stossel's recent 20/20 feature criticizing the public education system, Stossel said in an email to viewers of the show on Thursday. "They are apparently planning something else," he wrote. "Stay tuned." Earlier in the week, Stossel said that he had been scheduled to receive an award from the union's Social Studies Conference "for the oustanding work which you have done for social causes." However, he said, after the broadcast the union wrote a letter withdrawing the invitation and the award because his program "so violates the democratic principles of open mindedness, fairness and balance we hold dear."
Hmm...Teacher union talked about open mindedness after disinviting and taking back an award after the awardee said something they didn't like.
Teacher's unions don't know how good they have it.
They are in for a very rude surprise.
They are in for a very rude surprise."
I would like to think you're right but I don't see any rude surprises coming to them anytime soon. What makes you think they are in for a rude surprise?
Oh, the poor teachers union. Gets its' toes stepped on and you would think that cartoons had been made of them.
Don't be surprised if Stossel gets fired sometime before the 2008 campign season.
Didn't see the 20/20 segment where he criticized public education but all I can say is "GO STOSSEL!"
He slammed the teachers' unions extremely hard for a MSM prime-time TV show.
He also slammed mfg unions the next week for being anti-free trade (to be fair, he slammed pork barrel farm subsidies just as hard).
I think Stossel's on a roll. It's great, even if one might occasionally disagree. I too expect him to get fired, and it would not be for lack of quality, but the opposite.
You're not really surprised by this shameless display of hypocrisy by these scumbag teachers are you?
You've been around here awhile.... Do you happen to remember Stossel's screen name? I remember him posting here a few years ago when he announced a new show he was supposed to get.
'atta boy John. Kick their @ss!
I agree with John. I agree with private school vouchers but my father who is a Democrat and an NEA member do not want to hear this. Even though his son me, was sent to a prestigous military academy in VA.
And they don't even see the irony.
As a New York City educator,I would now say the UFT is part of the problem.They have opposed most efforts to improve the bad schools which are in the majority now.In the beginning the UFT was a force for good schools. Now it is atypical trade union protecting its members interests over the interests of the students.
That could lead yo the biggest opportunity of his life, a weekly show of his own choosing on Fox .
Only rude suprise would be a massive exodus to home schooling. Get 10 families and hire a teacher for the year and give her benefits.
Then stop paying property taxes.
"Then stop paying property taxes."
you first. tell me how it goes.
Mentioned it at a parents meeting a couple of years back when I wanted to have a ten kid home school class. Basically got a bunch of families together and proposed that we pull our kids from school and create a home school for them.
We would pay the teacher salary and benefits as well as a bonus if our kids grades and test scored surpassed those of their contemporaries in public school. Everyone was for it.
Then I mentioned eliminating a percentage of property taxes that we pay for education. The silence was deafening. However, to change the system, there has to be something radical that happens. Can you imagine the media coverage of parents from a school district telling their local board of ed to pound sand? That they are tired of paying taxes for a failed system?
Nahh......
This is off the topic but what kind of headline is "Teachers union to demonstrate against ABC commentator" when the first line tells us they have decided NOT to demonstrate.
More antique media trickery....
"Then stop paying property taxes."
"you first. tell me how it goes."
I understand what your thinking. I do believe all of us as taxpayers should revolt and stop paying. We are not getting what we pay for and home schooling is working. I'm watching it work with my grandsons and it going very very well. The teachers union is our enemy and it is part of the enemy within that wants to destroy all of us. Yes, there are some good teachers today though they are few and far between, unlike when I went to school in the nineteen fifties. I'm very tired of paying dollar after dollar and getting no results that are good for the money spent. The teachers union's answer for everything that doesn't come out good is just put another school levy on the ballot.
"If parents and taxpayers resist the biggest political bully's agenda, the government can and does sell homes and businesses at auction and we do have examples of parents and children being jailed and children being made wards of the state. ( Check the Homeschool Legal Defense Association's website"
I understand your point and I agree with you. The point I'm trying to make is ALL of US have to attack this political bully at the same time and stop giving in to him. We can keep using other forms of getting our young ones educated till the population chooses to do this and when it finally happens the political bully will be weakened. I don't want the children hurt either and when the fight comes WE have to ptotect them.
There is only one solution - encourage your children to disrespect wrongful authority.
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Due to circumstances completely beyond his control, as in...
1 ABC News Anchor suddenly becomes a War casualty
1 ABC News Anchor suddenly becomes pregnant
...suddenly it's:
'The World News Tonight'
...with ABC News Anchor JOHN STOSSEL..?
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If 20/20 is stupid enough to fire Stossel, then I vote for Fox picking him up and giving him a whole hour every week, not just part of an hour.
I watched Stossel's program and the NEA came off looking like themselves...NAZIS.
I would like to think you're right but I don't see any rude surprises coming to them anytime soon. What makes you think they are in for a rude surprise?
In Maine some people are actually looking at and questioning the endless "teachers are underpaid" drivel that the union and their political minions have been spewing for decades.
Re your #19...
Try it alone and you'll have to do your home schooling from your cell.
Good luck.
Try it with 100, and you'll have a redeaux of Waco.
Been nice knowing you.
Do it with 200,000 and we'll have us a bloody revolution.
Not bloody likely, now is it?
Can't say that it isn't about time for one, though.
Alas; No one seems to take the old Declaration of Independance all that seriously any more.
Re #25:
"I don't want the children hurt either and when the fight comes WE have to ptotect them."
So... how many Brigades of Infantry, Artillery, Armor and support staff have you?
Oh; don't forget air superiority, and a Navy with nuclear capability.
When you have all that at your disposal, get back to us, won't you, and we'll all tell the Teacher's Union to go pound sand.
The wackos schools let the wacko enviro wackos in to start their brain washing on 1st graders !
Actual bumper sticker; "Texas teachers need higher pay, NOW!" Might have had more effect if it weren't on the bumper of a late model Caddy.
Really want to get their attention, get your local board to demand that any teacher employed by the (insert your district) and residing in the attendance area shall send their school age children to the public school in that area. Some metro systems have over 50% of teachers' kids in private schools. They KNOW where to get a good education, they just don't care to be required to GIVE one.
No, I did not know he was on FR but if you say he is, I like it all the better ;-)
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You can go off like that if you want. We all need to start telling these communists ENOUGH is ENOUGH. You and I are AMERICA so grow some and lets get started. We run this country, WE the PEOPLE. If you don't like that and are scared get out of the way and let those of us that are telling the teachers union to shove off get it done. Also NO I don't have the Air Superiority or all the Troops, though I'm a Patriot and an American and I'm tired of being pushed around.
Believe me, plenty of people "revolt" every month. (My wife is in real estate.)
Others come along, happily pay the tax bill and pick up a house dirt cheap.
Good luck.
Next the teacher's union will burn the Danish embassy.
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