Seattle Radio Station causes high school to immediately remove offensive pictures from website

3-05-03 | bellevuesbest

[goodnesswins]

In a way, I kind of agree with you.....because it's better to KNOW what these teachers are promoting, than to have it "hidden" in the classroom only. BUT, on the other hand, he STILL has FREE SPEECH....no one MADE him take it down, he (or the school district) decided it was not appropriate for the school to have such a one-sided picture...and they can make that decision, also.....but there has been NO ruling that it HAD to be REMOVED.....

[bellevuesbest]

The Propaganda link is back up.

Click Links on the top:

http://www.berkaweb.com/

[Pushi]

But not on a school's website and make it required reading for students!

[CFC__VRWC]

I was educated in a commie, liberal high school. One of my history teachers gave us Howard Zinn's "People's History of the United States" as a supplemental textbook.

But you have to recognize that there is an enormous distinction between a teacher placing a leftist propaganda piece on a reading list, and this same teacher using the school district's computers to set up a leftist web site.

Besides the use of taxpayer funds to support this site, there's also the question of the teacher's use of his employer's resources. Obviously the school felt that he was using their computers in an inappropriate manner, since the site was dismantled.

[CFC__VRWC]

Well put.

[tuna_battle_slight_return]

These are sick. These are the worst.

http://www.markfiore.com/animation/fire.html

http://www.markfiore.com/animation/strikes.html

http://www.markfiore.com/animation/holy.html

[bellevuesbest]

Have you considered a job at Issaquah High School?

[hellinahandcart]

Keep cramming this leftist propaganda down their throats.... they'll see right through the lies.

Wait, I have an even better idea, and it's a really novel one too.

How about the teachers just stick to imparting hard knowledge to the kids INSTEAD OF cramming leftist propaganda, collectivist values, and feelgood psychobabble down their throats? It's what we are PAYING them to do, after all...

[LayoutGuru2]

"Home of the 2002 Teacher of the Year"

I sure hope that it wasn't Mr. Berka that received this award.

[Madame Dufarge]

From his website:

That pesky Saddam, a "thorn in the side of the United States.."

Saddam Hussein has proved to be a thorn in the side of the United States even after his defeat in the Persian Gulf War in 1991. To this day, low-key air clashes occur on regular basis. Currently, the United States may pursue a unilateral use of force to remove Hussein from power in Iraq.

[bellevuesbest]

""Home of the 2002 Teacher of the Year" "

"I sure hope that it wasn't Mr. Berka that received this award."

He was.

[flying Elvis]

Ditto. I teach college and I tell my students on the first day that I am not out to make them Republicans, Democrats, Bhuddists, or Martians for that matter. I am here to teach and they are old enough to make up their own minds and investigate questions they have.

[bellevuesbest]

"All the offensive images are now gone!"

You're right, that's not an accurate comment. I had not surfed the entire site when I posted. And still haven't.

The image of George Bush with the Devil was the one I was looking for and it disappeared and I wasn't able to find the propaganda images again and thought they had been taken down but perhaps they never were.

Fortunately my son, who's taking European History at Issaquah High School, has a different teacher.

[PoisedWoman]

I heard the Carlson show on my car radio...there's more than offensive pictures on that web page....I hope the stupid teacher is FIRED. His name is Burka (sp?), sounds like Burqa, and he led the teacher strike at Issaquah school distric last fall. If he's so anti-corporations, who the heck does he think will pay his salary increases?

Oh yeah, he also had a photo of Bill Gates getting hit in face with pie along with some anti-corporation blather. I hope that parents in Issaquah will make such a huge stink about this creep that he ends up homeless and on welfare, which is the only thing he seems to approve of anyway.

The big question is, does he grade tests on his prejudices? Do kids have to answer questions in the negative about Republicans and corporations to get a passing grade?

[bellevuesbest]

"The big question is, does he grade tests on his prejudices? Do kids have to answer questions in the negative about Republicans and corporations to get a passing grade?"

Nobody knows the answer to that. There's been some discussion on that on the talk show and the jury's not in. One of his his fellow teachers in the same department called in (a conservative) and didn't seem to have a concern, but admitted he hadn't seen the website.

[PoisedWoman]

Thanks! If students have to spew out liberal hate speech to get grades, Mr. Burqa must be removed.

[Libertina]

BUMP This was very cool! However, the socialist teacher still has anti-Bush, anti-conservative posters on his window and walls in the classroom. And the principal, Mike Gallegher, was disgraceful. TAKE DOWN THOSE IMAGES!!!!

[archy]

Way to go Carlson.

Someday, he'll have his own station again.