Wisconsin Governor Attacks Teachers Union

That man is a real prick who is being bought, yes bought by the, is it Koch, or Crotch brothers. You can't trust this weinie.

Oh those poor “Working Class” people. You know…the ones that bear no resemblance to those workers in the early 20th century. You know, the unions where crappy teachers can’t get fired, they get send to places to sit around and play Rummy while getting paid. You know, those poor public sector unions that have been bargaining from both sides of the table for decades. Taking our dues and handing it over to the Democrat party. You know, the poor people in unions that have those "real" Cadillac HC and pension plans (most don’t pay into) that we the tax payer pony up for. Never mind all that, a couple of concessions should do the trick, fuck all the “real reform” that is so desperately needed for ALL organized labor unions.

This listing raises an eyebrow for me - any goofy repub. simply despises teachers for both real and imagined reasons, but Walker isn't just out to bash the teachers. He wants heads and scalps of working people - ya know, because that's why Wisconsin is in such trouble! Walker started out well - but the story picked up steam and he is now, as I see it, in a neck-and-neck race. But he's already lost something -let's pretend he gets everything he wants. . .the public pushback will almost insure Wisc. will go blue in 2012. I'd give reasons why Walker is wrong but his followers aren't really interested in facts or reasons- they have drank the Kool Aid that unions are killing 'Merica. Good luck playing that card again in Wisc. in 2012. . .

For some reason, this story and the coverage has become immensely boring. I don't think unions have got this much press since Boss Tweed.

I've already covered this extensively in a comment about Gov. Scott Walker. Here's the bottom line about this event: We're seeing a crass manipulation of public opinion into "pro" and "anti" union camps, with the intent to play management and labor against each other. This is a classic divide and conquer tactic, almost as old as the book itself. But that's not where the battle lies. The real battle is over workers rights and a massive and well orchestrated campaign to eliminate as many of the gains brought about collective bargaining. These are costs that structured finance and their allies in government don't want to pay. This is spreading throughout the country, to the point where entire state legislatures are being shut down, as is the case in Indiana, who couldn't reach a quorum the other day because Democrat legislators walked out. In the case of Wisconsin, the confrontation/problem is raised by a governor and a solution is given, attack workers rights, and include legi... Read more

Is this a list of important world news events or just the Central Upper-Midwest United States? Just checking before I give it my final star rating.

What does this story tell you?Two-Thirds of Wisconsin Public-School 8th Graders Can’t Read Proficiently—Despite Highest Per Pupil Spending in Midwest Tuesday, February 22, 2011 By Terence P. Jeffrey (CNSNews.com) - Two-thirds of the eighth graders in Wisconsin public schools cannot read proficiently according to the U.S. Department of Education, despite the fact that Wisconsin spends more per pupil in its public schools than any other state in the Midwest. In the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests administered by the U.S. Department of Education in 2009—the latest year available—only 32 percent of Wisconsin public-school eighth graders earned a “proficient” rating while another 2 percent earned an “advanced” rating. The other 66 percent of Wisconsin public-school eighth graders earned ratings below “proficient,” including 44 percent who earned a rating of “basic” and 22 percent who earned a rating of “below basic.”