What will tomorrow bring

According to reports, Occupy Wall Street protesters plan an event tomorrow to shut down the city.  According to the video in this article:

In a rant that appears to have been captured after Tuesday’s Zuccotti park eviction in New York City, a man in the middle of the angry protesters reveals his idea of what’s next for the movement: “we’re going to burn this shi* to the motherfu**ing ground on the 17th!”

If it weren't enough that the protesters are planning this, SEIU is also planning to help out.  According to this article:

The SEIU is planning a “Bridge Action Day” for Obama.The overpaid government union goons will shut down traffic on US bridges and harass US workers going to work on Thursday morning.

According to this article:

One of the boldest labor thugs in America today is Stephen Lerner, a crafty economic terrorist who manages to sound like a folksy self-improvement seminar leader while he explicitly calls for the overthrow of capitalism.

An SEIU board member, Lerner is one of the architects of a subversive plan that aims to destroy the nation’s financial system through intimidation, mass protests, and the mob violence that accompanies it. As part of it, Lerner targeted JPMorgan Chase for attack earlier this year because the bank would be “a really good company to hate.”

What can we expect?  Maybe it will be a non-violent event.  I hope so.  With the history of the violence that has already occurred in many places with this "movement" and with the support of SEIU, I have my doubts it will be peaceful.  We will have to wait and see.

Unions right or wrong for the U.S.

I have written about the unions before.  I will say once again, that I am sure there are some things good about belonging to a union.  I have also stated that I believe the union leaders are out to put more money in their pockets than in the pockets of the union members.

Here, I will put some articles to understand better who the unions really look out for.  In this article:

All it took to give nearly two dozen labor leaders from Chicago a windfall worth millions was a few tweaks to a handful of sentences in the state's lengthy pension code.

Twenty years later, 23 retired union officials from Chicago stand to collect about $56 million from two ailing city pension funds thanks to the changes, a Tribune/WGN-TV investigation found.

Because the law bases the city pensions on the labor leaders' union salaries, they are reaping retirement benefits that far outstrip the modest salaries they made as city employees. On average, their pensions are nearly three times higher than what the typical retired city worker receives.

Remember the Boeing Plant being attacked by the National Labor Relations Board?  According to Wikipedia:

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with conducting elections for labor union representation and with investigating and remedying unfair labor practices. Unfair labor practices may involve union-related situations or instances of protected concerted activity. The NLRB is governed by a five-person board and a General Counsel, all of whom are appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate.

Now reports have come out about the NLRB and their decision to fight the Boeing plant. According to this article,  on April 22, 2011:

Acting NLRB General Counsel Lafe Solomon sent an email to Wilma Liebman, outgoing Chairwoman of the NLRB, “The article gave me a new idea. You go to geneva [Switzerland] and I get a job with airbus [French company]. We screwed up the us economy and now we can tackle europe.”

Last year, President Obama bypassed the U.S. Senate and recess-appointed Craig Becker to head the NLRB’s five-member board. The Becker appointment was made after the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate refused to move forward on his confirmation. An ally of ACORN, Becker had previously worked for the SEIU and the AFL-CIO, major financial backers of Obama and the Democratic Party. Controversially, Becker has refused to recuse himself from certain NLRB decisions affecting his former union clients.

According to this article:

The new Obama DOL Union Officer and Employee Conflicts-of-Interest Disclosure Reports will no longer require disclosure of:

• Salary payments by employers to union officials who do absolutely no work for the employer except grease the skids in “grievance adjustments”;
• Bonuses and raises paid by employers to union officials who do absolutely no work for the employer;
• Promotions by employers to union officials who do absolutely no work for the employer;
• Director stipends of $20,000 or more to union officials for attending annual or quarterly labor-management conferences often held at a lush resorts;
• Labor union presidents’ spouses who receive payments of $250,000 a year from a HERE union pension trust will no longer be required to disclose it because Obama’s DOL believes that congress was uninterested in these types of conflicts.

Have you ever heard of the National Mediation Board?  Well, according to this article:

This board is specifically focused on labor relations between the railroad and airline industries. And just like the NLRB, the NMB is aggressively pushing Big Labor’s agenda. Last July, the NMB overturned nearly a century of precedent and issued a new pro-union rule regarding union elections. Instead of requiring the traditional democratic practice of a simple majority of members to unionize, now the rules only require a majority of votes cast for unionization.

So, what is next?  Do we want the Unions taking control of all the jobs in this country?  Do we want to be forced into joining a union in order to get a job?  Do we want to be like this family who is forced to pay Union Dues to take care of their disabled children?  Here is the story.

The price for Occupy Wall Street

When the protesters began to occupy Wall Street, it was a given to anyone who had any common sense that it would end up costing the citizens money.  How much was the question.  In this article, the price tag so far is now  $9,111,487.  How much more will it go up depends on the politicians that are in charge.  How long will they be willing to put upstanding, law abiding citizens at risk?  With the amount of police presence to keep the protesters from breaking the law, it takes away protection from those who abide by the law.  I'm not saying the protesters shouldn't protest if they feel as strongly as they do, but, do not put other peoples lives in jeopardy because of it, don't destroy other peoples property or try to prevent them from making a living.

The woman in this video, whom is wheelchair bound and works for a living, talks about the protestors preventing her from leaving the building.

And in this video,  children are being used as human shields.  This is just going to far.  If you want to protest, go for it, just don't place your children in harms way.

How long will this go on?  It's hard to say.  If those that believe in civil unrest and are not afraid of being arrested, it may be a while.  Are we heading for riots like we see going on in other countries.  That is a possibilty we cannot afford to dismiss.  According to this article: United Steelworkers international president Leo Gerard states:

I think we've got to start a resistance movement. If Wall Street occupation doesn't get the message, I think we've got to start blocking bridges and doing that kind of stuff. This doesn't have to be this way. The economy doesn't have to be this way. It's being put this way because the Wall Streeters are getting their way.

According to this article, dates October 6:

Several influential New York state lawmakers have received threatening mails saying it is “time to kill the wealthy” if they don’t renew the state’s tax surcharge on millionaires, according to reports.

“It’s time to tax the millionaires!” reads the email, according to WTEN in Albany. “If you don’t, I’m going to pay a visit with my carbine to one of those tech companies you are so proud of and shoot every spoiled Ivy League [expletive] I can find.”

Instead of threats, maybe they should contact their Senators and Congress on the wasteful spending of our money.  If our government stops spending money like these then maybe we wouldn't be in this mess.

US bankrolls Pakistani sesame steet

Tax dollars being spent on rubber chickens

or:

State Department buys $70,000 worth Obama memoir books

Occupy Wall Street and Terrorist

When groups such as the Black Panthers, AFL - CIO, SEIU, Acorn, the Communist Party, and people like George Soros, Van Jones, and Francis Fox Pivens, to name a few throw their support behind this so-called movement it is no wonder that Bill Ayers gets involved.

According to this article,  " Bill Ayers, the retired UIC professor and onetime household name, led a "teach-in" with the protesters. He detailed the tactics and history of the Civil Rights movement, drawing analogies to the group before him. "You created power where there was none," the famed agitator said."

According to this website, "In the late Sixties, Ayers became a leader of the Weather Underground (WU), a splinter faction of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Characterizing WU as “an American Red Army,” Ayers summed up the organization's ideology as follows: “Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, Kill your parents.” One of Ayers' fellow WU leaders was Bernardine Dohrn, the woman who would later become his wife."

"Ayers was an active participant in the 1969 “Days of Rage” riots in Chicago, which were led by WU's antecedent group, Weatherman. In the mayhem, nearly 300 members of the organization engaged in vandalism, arson, and vicious attacks against police and civilians alike. Their immediate objective was to spread their anti-war, anti-American message. Their long-term goal, however, was to cause the collapse of the United States and to create, in its stead, a new communist society over which they themselves would rule. With regard to those Americans who might refuse to embrace communism, Ayers and his comrades -- including Bernardine Dohrn, Mark Rudd, Linda Evans, Jeff Jones, and numerous others -- proposed that such resisters should be sent to reeducation camps and killed. The terrorists estimated that it would be necessary to eliminate some 25 million people in this fashion, so as to advance the revolution."

"All told, Ayers and the Weather Underground were responsible for 30 bombings aimed at destroying the defense and security infrastructures of the U.S.  "I don't regret setting bombs," said Ayers in 2001, "I feel we didn't do enough." Contemplating whether or not he might again use bombs against the U.S. sometime in the future, he wrote: “I can’t imagine entirely dismissing the possibility.”
Now comes this article, "Hey King Andrew and friends! It's time to tax the millionaires," the email begins, presumably referring to Gov. Cuomo. The subject line on the missive is "Time to kill the wealthy."

Are we in for an all out war on wealth?  From all the people and organizations that are involved with the "Occupation", it would not surprise me.  The left wing radicals are coming out in full force.

Thoughts on the Day of Rage

I've been watching the live feed, for several days trying to figure out exactly what they stand for.  I read many of the comments on chat and the post that people made about "revolution" was "corrected" by the moderators.  The moderators would say that this is not a Revolution.  I think that is interesting considering their live feed is called "Global Revolution".

On Saturday, the protesters had clashes with the Police and reportedly, there was over 80 arrests made.  With the people that are involved with "Occupy Wall Street", calling for help from the Unions, and yesterday they interviewed a person from "Code Pink", I feel like their fight is not going to turn out the way they want it.

It is my opinion that they have not done their homework well enough.  With "Code Pink" involved, which is a leftest group, it makes me feel more and more as though the protestors don't really realize what they have gotten themselves into.  Code Pink does not have a peaceful reputation.  If the Unions get involved, with their reputation of violence, things will not turn out well.  The protestors have said they wanted a "peaceful protest". Don't they know what will happen with Code Pink and the Unions involvement?

I don't know if the protestors have thought things out.  What type of system do they hope to have by doing the protests?  Have they really thought this out?  As I have been told many, many times in my life, "Be careful what you wish for."

I heard a protestor ask where the Tea Partiers are.  It is real simple.  The Tea Party is not a Left movement.  They know what they want, they did their research.  Many of the Tea Party members know what the outcome would be if the Constitution was honored, as it should be.  They know what it would be like if the government were smaller and not involved with our every day life.  Many of the Tea Party members know what common sense is and they know how to apply it.   Most know their history.

Unfortunately, some of what these protesters want, means more government involvement, not less.  They say they want their rights and freedoms restored, but, with single payer insurance, for example, this means more government involvement.  They will have less rights and less freedoms.

Obama's love for the Unions

I have written before about the connection between Obama and the Unions.  I am sure there are some good things that come out of being a member of the Union, and I am sure that some Union members are decent people.  I want to take a closer look at the Unions.  Let's take a look at how Obama is putting the Unions ahead of the non-union workers.

According to this article, "I’m sure there are sophisticated arguments for why the UAW members shouldn’t pay back the taxpayers who bailed their employer out of bankruptcy before they negotiate a deal that gives them each a $5,000 bonus. I just can’t think of them right now."
 
According to this article, "Most city workers spend decades in public service to build up modest pensions. But for former labor leader Dennis Gannon, the keys to securing a public pension were one day on the city payroll and some help from the Daley administration.

And his city pension is more than modest. It's the highest of any retired union leader: $158,000. That's roughly five times greater than what the typical retired city worker receives.

In fact, his pension is so high that it exceeds federal limits and required the city pension fund to file special paperwork with the Internal Revenue Service to give it to him."

According to this article, "Collective bargaining agreements with seven labor organizations require the city to pay union officers and provide members with thousands of additional hours to conduct union business instead of doing their government jobs.

The total cost to Phoenix taxpayers is about $3.7 million per year, based on payroll records supplied by the city. In all, more than 73,000 hours of annual release time for city workers to conduct union business at taxpayers’ expense are permitted in the agreements."

Lastly, according to this article, "Taxpayers across the nation are spending millions of dollars to pay the salaries and benefits of government employees to work exclusively for labor unions, an investigation by the Arizona-based Goldwater Institute has found.

The practice is called “official time” in federal law, or “release” time in local labor agreements reviewed by the Institute. At the federal level, it cost taxpayers more than $129 million in 2009, the last year for which figures are available, according to a report from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management."

Now personally, if I were a Union member, I would not like my money going into the Union Bosses pockets.  The Unions are suppose to help workers, not to fatten their wallets.  I have to wonder if the Union members realize that every time they get a better "contract" for their work that not only do the non - union member have to pay for it, but, so do they.  Every time the Unions negotiate a contract, the new benefits they receive, they are paying for it as well as everyone else.  It just doesn't make sense to me, that union members have to pay more out in taxes or whatever the government wants to call it, in order for them to have better pay or benefits.  Is it really worth it, when you see the bosses of the Unions making as much money as they are and everyone is paying their salaries?

Day of Rage latest update

I find it interesting that it is extremely hard to find details on the Day of Rage.  Yesterday, the "live feed" was down most of the day, but, reports, according to tweets were there were several arrests. 

According to tweets today, there was suppose to be a meeting between the protesters and the Teamsters.  Now, this is not a good thing.  As I have posted before, the teamsters are looking for a fight.  It will be interesting to see what happens.

The live feed is somewhat working today.  According to what I have seen, there is heavy police presence.  It amazes me how the live feeds work whenever someone get arrested.  Of course, let's not forget about people going around yelling "Police Brutallity".  I am not there, so, I don't know if there is or not.  The video do not show any.  That's not to say that it isn't happening.

According to the New York Observer, "Yesterday saw seven more arrests, which is more than the compiled total of the previous days. Neither was it all calm and peaceful protests, either: According to website Death and Taxes, the NYPD are being accused of using “excessive force” in tearing down the tents the groups were using to stay out of the rain."  You can read more and see video here.

Union influence in White House

In Obama's speech last night he said, "I reject the idea that we have to strip away collective bargaining rights to compete in a global economy."  Now this is no surprise to me.  As I have posted before, the Unions have power over Obama and this country. 

This has been obvious since 2008 when he spoke before SEIU and commented that he would "Paint the nation purple."  (SEIU colors)  He also said to SEIU members that he is "helping you organize to build more and more power."  Watch the video here.

According to Judicial Watch "As of July 2011, 1,472 one-year waivers and 106 three-year waivers were granted, covering some 3.4 million enrollees, more than half of which belong to unions. Yet, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, union members account for only about 12% of the total workforce.
Judicial Watch previously obtained documents from HHS regarding closed-door health care meetings between union officials and Vice President Joe Biden, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and then-Obamacare Czar Nancy-Ann Min DeParle. The documents include a list of all of the labor union leaders who attended a meeting with President Obama, along with brief biographical information on each participant. The list includes: Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO; Andy Stern, President of the Service Employees International Union; and Jim Hoffa, President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, among other Big Labor leaders. The documents suggest that the key provisions of the Obamacare law were written solely to address the concerns of union interests."  Read the story here.

Now more and more reports are coming out about union strikes and the illegal activities, and the bully tactics that are associated with it.  According to this report, "One of the West Coast's most powerful trade unions is in a high-stakes fight over who runs a state-of-the-art grain terminal in southwest Washington. Allegations of "union busting" and "illegal activity" are at the heart of a conflict at the Port of Longview."

The story continues to say, "Union president Dan Coffman, "I look at it as they're trying to bust a union. Everybody knows the ILW is one of the strongest unions in the United States, and I believe the attack's on."
EGT argues that the union is blocking commerce that could boost the regional economy. EGT president Larry Clarke says the grain terminal is capable of processing up to nine million tons of grain a year. That's almost twice what the Port of Portland did last year."  Read the story here.

While this was going on Richard Trumka sat with Michelle Obama during the presidents speech  last night.  With all the influence the unions have over the White House makes me wonder whether we will all be forced to join a union in order to earn a living and provide for our family.  If we are not careful and are not observant as to what the unions and Obama is up to that is exactly what will happen..

Speaking of Obamacare, according to another report from Judicial Watch, "The director of the new agency created to oversee the government takeover of the nation’s healthcare system was the Chairman and Executive Officer of a Maryland company that cheated taxpayers out of more than $74 million in Medicaid overpayments."

The report also states, "When Larsen ran Amerigroup Maryland, the company was embroiled in a huge corruption scandal for billing Uncle Sam for medical services that about 90,000 low-income residents never received in the District of Columbia. Amerigroup was one of three healthcare contractors involved in the "$100 scheme", which was exposed in 2007 by D.C.’s Office of the Inspector General."  Read the report here.

Get ready it's coming

Yesterday I wrote about the comments Hoffa made at the rally where Obama spoke to union members.  Today I read about comments that Hoffa made after his speech where he stated: “We didn’t start this war – the right wing did. My comments on Labor Day in Detroit echo the anger and frustration of American workers who are under attack by corporate-funded politicians who want to destroy the middle class,” Hoffa said. “We’re tired of seeing good-paying jobs shipped overseas. This fight is about the economy, it’s about jobs and it’s about rebuilding America. As I said yesterday in Detroit, we all have to vote in order to take these anti-worker politicians out of office.”   Read more of the story here.

In the book Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky he writes: " Enter the labor organizer or the agitator. He begins his “trouble making” by stirring up these angers, frustrations, and resentments, and highlighting specific issues or grievances that heighten controversy. He dramatizes the injustices by describing conditions at other industrial plants engaged in the same kind of work where the workers are far better off economically and have better working conditions, job security, health benefits, and pensions as well as other advantages that had not even been thought of by the workers he is trying to organize."

He also writes: "The organizer dedicated to changing the life of a particular community must first rub raw the resentments of the people of the community: fan the latent hostilities of many of the people to the point of overt expression. He must search out controversy and issues, rather than avoid them, for unless there is controversy people are not concerned enough to act."

In the book he has 11 rules listed pertaining to the ethics of means and ends.  His 3rd rule is "that in war the end justifies almost any means."  Now is the unions stirring up trouble, well, you be the judge.  Obama has made no comments on the remarks Hoffa made.

Back on January 12, 2011, Obama gave a eulogy for the shooting victims in Tuscon, Arizona where Gabriell Giffords was shot.  In that eulogy Obama made the statement: " Only a more civil and honest public discourse can help us face up to the challenges of our nation."  See the video here. 

Why isn't Obama speaking out against Hoffa's remarks?  Could it be that civil unrest is what he is hoping for?  Is it a political maneuver?  Will he speak up when the "U.S. day of rage occurs on September 17,2011?  What day of rage?  According to their website "The American Revolution is alive and well. It's a group of non-violent citizen nobodies who believe in the radical notion that Americans have a right to freedom of speech and the right to peaceable assembly, in deed the right to engage in politics through free and fair elections unsullied by disloyal, incompetent, and wasteful special interests that are destroying our democratic republic and preying on the resources and spirits of citizens."  The date for this day of rage is September 17,2011.  Read more about it here.

The website calls for non- violence, but, if you watch this video, you will see the truth of what the "Day of rage" is all about.  To say the least it does not in any way promote non-violence.  They call for a "Tahrir moment."  Let's not forget the death and destruction that this moment caused in Egypt.

Now there is an online game that promotes the killing of "Tea Party Zombies."  According to the reports: "A New York-based video game developer has set his virtual crosshairs on Republican and conservative political figures in a game called "Tea Party Zombies Must Die," which allows players to indiscriminately slaughter politicians like Michele Bachmann, Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin."

"The gruesome game, created by StarvingEyes Advergaming, is billed as "first-person shooter" featuring "Tea Party zombies" to be targeted with an "arsenal of weapons," including multiple firearms and a crowbar. Notable politicians depicted in the game include current and previous presidential hopefuls like Palin, Bachmann, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum.  Several Fox News personalities are also featured, including Huckabee, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and Brit Hume."  Read the story here.

This is just pure irresponsibility on the part of our "President" not to speak out and condemn the actions of these people.

Obama and the unions

As I read and hear about the "union boss" Jimmy Hoffa making comments about the Tea Party and the Republicans it makes me wonder what he means.  He stated at the rally for Obama, "We got to keep an eye on the battle that we face: The war on workers. And you see it everywhere, it is the Tea Party. And you know, there is only one way to beat and win that war. The one thing about working people is we like a good fight. And you know what? They've got a war, they got a war with us and there's only going to be one winner. It's going to be the workers of Michigan, and America. We're going to win that war," Jimmy Hoffa said to a heavily union crowd.

"President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march. Let's take these son of bitches out and give America back to an America where we belong," Hoffa added.

What kind of "War" is he referring to?  When he says "Let's take these son of bitches out..." what exactly does he mean?  Watch the video here.

When I hear our Vice President say at a AFL - CIO Rally  "Don't misunderstand what this is, don't misunderstand.. this is not a joke.... not a joke.  Not an applause line.  You are the only folks keeping the barbarians from the gates.  You are the only non-governmental power."  Watch the video here.  Well, Mr. Biden, I will not misunderstand what this is.

Now for Obama.  He makes a speech yesterday at the union rally where Jimmy Hoffa spoke, he says: "We’re going to see if we’ve got some straight shooters in Congress. We’re going to see if congressional Republicans will put country before party," he said. "We’ll give them a plan, and then we’ll say, do you want to create jobs? Then put our construction workers back to work rebuilding America. Do you want to help our companies succeed? Open up new markets for them to sell their products. You want -- you say you’re the party of tax cuts? Well then, prove you’ll fight just as hard for tax cuts for middle-class families as you do for oil companies and the most affluent Americans. Show us what you got."  Read the story and watch the video here.  By the way, the construction workers also have a union.   Maybe Obama needs to think about putting country before the unions. 

According to this article "Labor political spending is hardly negligible. During the 2007-08 election cycle (i.e., the most recent cycle involving a presidential election), unions and their political action committees spent about $400 million on preferred candidates and party organizations. This figure does not even include various in-kind expenditures such as phone banks, mass mailings, media advertising and voter education projects. Most of this money flows into Democratic coffers".:  Read the story here.

As I have mentioned before, The labor unions and their bosses are close to Obama.  Who is Obama looking out for?  The unions get more "power", which means they will be able to control workers.  They have political power now.  All the unions want is power and money.

Obama on Labor Day

Today is Labor Day.  How is Barack Obama spending his day?  Well, "President Barack Obama is celebrating Labor Day in Detroit, previewing his ideas for job creation and economic growth at a rally with thousands of supportive labor union members."

"In Detroit on Monday, Obama was also expected to tout his efforts to save the auto industry and millions of jobs by providing federal bailouts in 2009 for General Motors Corp. and Chrysler Group LLC. The AFL-CIO rally was being held in a GM parking lot."  Read the story here.

Let's take a look at the unions.  Obama is a big supporter of SEIU.  He has stated in this video his support for SEIU.  Comments he made: "Helping you organize to build more and more power." "Paint the nation purple."

According to Wikipedia, "Andrew L. "Andy" Stern (born November 22, 1950), is the former president ^{[7] [8]} of the 2.2 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the fastest-growing union in the Americas. SEIU is the second largest union in the United States and Canada after the National Education Association.^[9][10] Stern was elected in 1996 to succeed John Sweeney. Stern is intent upon influencing federal legislation that helps revitalize the labor movement through universal health care, expanding union ranks via the Employee Free Choice Act,^[11] stronger regulations on business, profit sharing for employees, higher taxes, and efforts consistent with the improvement of the lives of workers.^[12]" 

Andy Stern is also known for his comment "If we can't use the power of persuasion, we will use the persuasion of power."  See the video here.  Andy Stern is a frequent visitor to Obama.  You can read more on Andy Stern here.

Let's take a look at some other Unions.  The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a complaint against the Boeing Co. for OPENING a new plant in South Carolina., which is a "right to work state".  

According to this article,  "The Obama National Labor Relations Board moved to eliminate secret ballot election protections this week. The NLRB removed barriers that enabled workers to protect themselves from union bosses’ bullying and coercive tactics."
Also in this article, "What union bosses often neglect to tell workers is that if enough workers sign cards, there’s no need for an election. They’d already be unionized."

In this article, "The same week the Obama Administration announced it was making an effort to scale back burdensome rules on small businesses, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal government’s labor union advocate, demonstrated an unprecedented overreach of its authority today by issuing a punitive new rule requiring all private-sector employers to post a notice in their business informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act."

Now, I'm sure there are some good unions out there and there are some good people in those unions.  Rob Chanin, who is the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), General Council makes comments like, "It's not about kids, it's about power" that is a problem for me.  Watch the video here.  Our children need correct education and teachers who care.  Have you watched Jay Leno's "Jaywalking" lately?  It is such an embarrasement to see young adults who have no idea about our history, but, yet they know about the current fads and musicians.

When I see and hear about how the unions protest, it makes me wonder why people wonder how our kids learned to be bullies.  Adults should act with diginity and respect for others.  Adults should not bully other adults.  America is known to be a "kind and gentle nation".