NEA to target Republicans in 2004 {Educating YOUR kids}

WorldNetDaily ^ | August 20, 2003 | Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfield

[George Frm Br00klyn Park]

WorldNetDaily / Commentary

Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfield

NEA to target Republicans in 2004

Posted: August 20, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

Back in 1984, when I wrote "NEA: Trojan Horse in American Education," my goal was to awaken conservatives and Republicans to the fact that the National Education Association had become a radical, leftist political organization using the Democrat Party to achieve its goals. For years, they had been using their extensive local influence to elect liberals and leftists to school boards, municipal governments, state legislatures, and the U.S. Congress.

Back in 1967, five years after the NEA had become a labor union, the NEA's executive secretary, Sam Lambert, made it very clear that the NEA was determined to become a powerful political machine rather than merely an organization of teachers devoted to improving education. He declared:

NEA will become a political power second to no other special interest group ... NEA will organize this profession from top to bottom into logical operational units that can move swiftly and effectively and with power unmatched by any other organized group in the nation.

And, indeed, his prediction became reality with the help of Uniserv, the association's full-time, unionized, political cadre.

Without the support of the NEA, it is doubtful that Bill Clinton would have been elected president in 1992, and re-elected for a second term. But they had the terrible taste of defeat in 2000 when George W. Bush won over Al Gore by just a few votes in Florida. They are now determined to never let that happen again. And so, they are gearing up for 2004.

The NEA is planning to target 16 states where the Democrat nominee for the presidency has a good chance of upsetting George W. Bush. The NEA is also planning to upset Republicans in 45 House races by recruiting candidates who they believe can win. This was spelled out to the delegates at their latest convention in New Orleans during the July 4 weekend.

Although about 30 percent of NEA members are Republicans, the delegates at the convention were, for the most part, the most radically leftist leaders of the organization. And they are pushing the leftist agenda, which includes full-day pre-kindergarten, gay rights in curriculum development and teacher hiring, comprehensive sexual health education, support for Title IX quota policies, national socialized medicine, multiculturalism, statehood for the District of Columbia, an Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution, etc.

And they are still anti-homeschooling, anti-vouchers and tuition tax credits, anti-English as the official language, pro-family planning – otherwise known as abortion – anti-school prayer, including moments of silence, pro joining the International Court of Justice. The NEA has always been a strong supporter of the United Nations and world government. It was instrumental in creating UNESCO as a future "World Board of Education." In 1946, Joy Elmer Morgan, editor of the NEA Journal, wrote:

In the struggle to establish an adequate world government, the teacher has many parts to play. He must begin with his own attitude and knowledge and purpose. He can do much to prepare the hearts and minds of children for global understanding and cooperation ... At the very top of all the agencies which will assure the coming of world government must stand the school, the teacher and the organized profession.

And while 57 years later, world government is still to be achieved in a conflict-ridden, discredited United Nations, the NEA is still betting on its becoming reality. Schools downplay patriotism as politically incorrect, nativist and exclusionary.

But perhaps the most dangerous of the NEA's latest policies is that concerning early childhood education. Their resolution on the subject reads:

The National Education Association supports early childhood education programs in public schools for children from birth [you read correctly!] through age eight. The Association also believes that early childhood education programs should include a full continuum of services for parents /guardians, and children, including child care, child development [including drugging with Ritalin and other mind-altering drugs], developmentally appropriate and diversity-based curricula [no doubt including the gay-rights agenda], special education [as a result of the deliberate dumbing-down process], and appropriate bias-free screening devices.

Naturally, all of this at taxpayer expense. The last thing any of us should want is for those behaviorist educator-psychologists to get hold of America's defenseless infants so they can be brainwashed as early as possible and turned into intellectual cripples before they can even speak their own language.

That resolution alone should make us all aware of the brave new world being planned by these malevolent utopians who call themselves educators. Neither the Nazis nor communists could have done better!

Nineteen years ago, it was obvious that the NEA would go from bad to worse. Their membership has increased greatly by including cafeteria workers, janitors, etc. And their budget for political mischief has grown enormously. Their defeat in 2000 has made them redouble their efforts to regain control of the two houses of Congress and the White House. Undoubtedly, the homeschool movement put a crimp in the NEA's political power. Thus, conservatives must do everything they can to make sure that the NEA monster is kept in its cage in 2004.

Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld is the author of eight books on education, including: "Is Public Education Necessary?" "NEA: Trojan Horse in American Education," "The Whole Language/OBE Fraud" and "Homeschooling: A Parents Guide to Teaching Children." His books are available on Amazon.com. Back issues of his incisive newsletter, The Blumenfeld Education Letter, are available online.

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[George Frm Br00klyn Park]

Nineteen years ago, it was obvious that the NEA would go from bad to worse. Their membership has increased greatly by including cafeteria workers, janitors, etc. And their budget for political mischief has grown enormously.
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All, Is this a tax "free" organization???? In politics????? Peace and love, George.

[George Frm Br00klyn Park]

Guys, more of the unadulterated EVIL that has become present day education. And, the social-ization of YOUR children is deliberate and malicious. Peace and love, George.

[1Old Pro]

The teachers unions have been a huge part of the liberalcause thru their large funding and their campaign workers.

I believe this is one of the biggest threats we face in our country. The indoctrination of children with their left wing ideology and the graduation of too many kids who can't read or write.

Too bad the pols are scared to death to take them on. We need competition by NON-union workers/teachers.

[sarasota]

Is there such a person as a "non-union teacher/worker"?

[DustyMoment]

I think we conservatives are overdue for declaring "war" on the NEA. We have witnessed the decline of our schools and the decimation of the curricula that was dedicated to teaching children the skills and knowledge that would help them succeed. We are seeing the results of over 40 years of sitting on our hands and letting them destroy the most important institution we have; our schools. The time has come to bring it to a close. As the NEA brings it attack dogs to bear on conservatives and conservative values, we should should loose ours on their leftist dogma. TAKE BACK THE SCHOOLS!!!!

[Russ]

The NEA has targeted Republicans in every election for many years. I dare say their failures have well outnumbered their successes. Let them throw their money away. I have no proof other than knowing alot of teachers (my brother is a teacher and I sit on our local school board) but the majority of teachers I know (the vast majority) pay their union dues (because they have to) and vote Republican. That is why they have few electoral victories, they don't have the rank and file united behind them.

[mrs tiggywinkle]

The NEA is a political machine....nothing less.

[.cnI redruM]

I remember being a teacher and hearing dedicated NaziEA members talk about 'starting little revolutions' inside their classrooms. They talked of ignoring any state and national standards and just closing the door when administrators tried to monitor their teaching.

I'm not sure what to do about our educational situation, but it needs to be mucked out. US educational policy currently puts us on a fast track to a Darwin Award.

[RoseofTexas]

Sad to say this CULT of a teaching prostitudes is claiming thousands of our youngster's minds and souls!! Liberalism-communism-Marxism-Leninism is alive and well here in our very own backyards! In the future liberals will outnumber conservatives, 3to1! Come Lord Jesus, come!

[Starboard]

the NEA was determined to become a powerful political machine rather than merely an organization of teachers devoted to improving education

Bingo. Its ultimately all about jobs. More "educational" programs equals bigger budgets equals more teachers, administrators, etc.

[RoseofTexas]

OOOPS..prostitutes

[HitmanLV]

It amazes me anyone is afraid of the NEA. If I ran for office, I'd run against them, not from them.

There is no way they can possibly defend their record.

[LiteKeeper]

INTSUM

[sasafras]

When are republicans going to grow some balls and take away their non-profit status?? Organizations like this and JJ's PUSH are nothing but political machines for the democrats. The republicans are so afraid of being called kid-killers and racists by the press that they do nothing. By the way have you boycotted your local liberal newspaper? Do something people, quit the talk and start to walk.

[Helix]

There was an interesting and somewhat related thread posted today discussing "public" vs. "private" matters, Here's my post from that thread.:

This is exactly why I'm starting to believe that "public" schools are built on an inherently flawed premise. These institutions can never be truly "public".

Children have not fully formed the ability to analyze the merits of competing ideas and will always need some guidance and protection from subjects they are just not developmentally prepared to discuss. Therefore, the school and society must decide what beliefs are "acceptable" and, in doing so, are taking on the character of a private institution where speech can be constrained. Trying to combine the public sphere of freedom of speech and religious expression with the many individual private ideas concerning morality has created a hybrid institution which serves neither the public nor private interests.

This hybrid nature of public schools, being neither truly public nor private is sole reason why there are so many debates about prayer, discipline, sex education, and other ideas in schools. The shame of it is that all taxpayers, no matter which side of the debate they are on, are being forced to pay for the teaching of some ideals which they do not support.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/967175/posts

[George Frm Br00klyn Park]

S, I visit the BS's {Baltimore Sun} website every now and then to check the lotto numbers. Peace and love, George.

[blackdog]

From an equal protection argument, there is not a non-profit organization in this country who cannot violate IRS laws in bold, in your face fashion based on the NEA and it's actions which go unquestioned by those tasked with questioning.

[dc27]

Yes, there is such a thing as a non-union teacher. They all work at private schools.

[1Old Pro]

Not to mention their flouting of the Beck decision.

[Helix]

Most of them are. Take a look at some of the form 990's on guidestar for "non-profit" organizations like International Action Centerand other "peace" groups, Evironmental Groups, Islamic Groups, etc. IMO these so-called "non-profits" consistently violate their non-profit status by attempting to influence elections.