The Teacher’s Union and your Children

15th October 2009

The Teacher’s Union and your Children

posted in ACORN, Change, Conservative Blog Network, Constitution, Liberal, Socialism, indoctrination |

Two things piss me off. Socialism and Communism. Our Constitution does NOT support either and was never meant to. Socialism particularly is on my shit list today. So why do I hate Socialism? Let’s look at the Webster’s definition of Socialism:

1 : any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
2 a : a system of society or group living in which there is no private property b : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
3 : a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done

The Marxist conception of Socialism is phased in to displace Capitalism and be a precursor to Communism. As Vladimir Lenin put it, “The goal of Socialism is Communism.” One of the keys to changing a Capitalist system to Communism is the government control of the school system. The United States Government didn’t always “regulate” the public school system. Until the 1930s, the government only had enumerated powers. During the FDRs Presidency, that changed.

I hate Socialism because it tries to replaces the system that made our country great, Capitalism.

That said, do you know who is teaching your children? I do. I’ve been digging for the poop, so to say. I followed the stink to a name you probably don’t know, which is why I’m bringing her to your notice. Randi Weingarten is the President of the American Federation of Teachers union, or AFT.

Randi Weingarten, elected president of the American Federation of Teachers in 2008, has been president of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), which represents more than 140,000 active and retired educators in the New York City public school system, since 1998. She is also a board member of New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) and a member of the AFT Executive Committee. A vice president of the New York City Central Labor Council of the AFL-CIO, she heads the city Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella organization for some 100 city employee unions. Weingarten serves on a number of boards, including the New York Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH); the Anti-Defamation League, New York Region; the United Way of Greater New York; The International Rescue Committee; The Albert Shanker Institute; and the newly formed Math for America. She is also on the advisory boards of Operation Public Education at the University of Pennsylvania and the Haan Foundation for Children.

Being on so many union boards and committees, is Weingarten looking out for children or unions?

In 2006, children were tested in Europe and America. When Weingarten was confronted with the fact that children of Europe out scored American children, she said, “they [the NYC school board] just don’t want to do the work that’s entailed.” Maybe it’s me, but isn’t it her job to make them do the work required? Oh, that’s right, a teachers union looks out for teachers.

It’s “just about impossible” to fire a bad teacher, says schools chancellor Joel Klein. “We tolerate mediocrity,” because “people get paid the same, whether they’re outstanding, average, or way below average.” One teacher sent sexually oriented emails to “Cutie 101,” his sixteen year old student. Klein couldn’t fire him for years, “He hasn’t taught, but we have had to pay him, because that’s what’s required under the contract.” It’s apparent the teachers unions are not to protect the children.

Weingarten followed in the steps of her mentors Albert Shanker and Sandy Feldman when she stepped up from the United Federation of Teachers union (UFT) and became President of the AFT. To know Randi Weingarten, you need to know her mentors.

Sandy Feldman

Before the age of 17, Sandy Feldman became active in socialist politics and the civil rights movement. In 1958, while working for the Brooklyn College literary magazine, Sandy met and married Paul Feldman. Paul Feldman later became editor of the socialist magazine “New America” and a member of the Socialist Party’s national executive committee. Sandy died in 2005.

Weingarten said, “Those who knew Sandy well knew just how hard she worked and how much she personally sacrificed so others would have “social justice” and economic opportunity.”

Albert Shanker

In college, Shanker was a member of the Young People’s Socialist League and chair of the Socialist Study Club. Shanker became President of the UFT and then the AFT. You can see his priorities with this statement made, “When school children start paying union dues, that’s when I’ll start representing the interests of school children.”

In 1989 Albert Shanker spelled it out, “It’s time to admit that public education operates like a planned economy, a bureaucratic system in which every body’s role is spelled out in advance and there are few incentives for innovation and productivity. It’s no surprise that our school system doesn’t improve; it more resembles the communist economy than our own market economy.” Albert Shanker claimed to be anti-Communist, but again as Lenin said, “The goal of Socialism is Communism”, so since Shanker was the President of the AFT at the time, wasn’t it a reflection on him?

We also have to look at the Lefty Phraseology to understand Ms. Weingarten.

Social Justice

The American Federation of Teachers has a tradition of “social justice”. right Mr. Weingarten?

Social justice is a term, generally applied by the left, to describe a society with a greater degree of economic “egalitarianism” through progressive taxation, income redistribution, or even property redistribution, policies aimed toward achieving that which developmental economists refer to as equality of opportunity and equality of outcome.

Economic egalitarianism is a state of economic affairs in which the participants of a society are of equal standing and equal access to all the economic resources in terms of economic power, wealth, and contribution. It is a founding principle of various forms of “socialism”, communalism and cooperative economic organization.

Progressive

Another term to look at when judging Ms. Weingarten, progressive. Ms. Weingarten is known as a “progressive leader”.

“Randi Weingarten” “progressive leader”

Progressive leader invited to WhiteHouse.

“Liberals” today seem ashamed of the label “liberal”. “Progressive” is the preferred term. Liberalism is associated with taxing and spending without limit, and it’s true. So why not be “progressive”? It has a sound of looking ahead or moving forward or onward, when in fact it’s the same old tax and spend liberalism with a new name. So does a shit sandwich taste different if you call it an excrement sandwich?

Progressivism is a political and social term that refers to ideologies and movements favoring or advocating changes or reform, usually in a statist or “egalitarian” direction for economic policies (government management) and liberal direction for social policies (personal choice). Progressivism is often viewed in opposition to conservative ideologies.

There’s that word egalitarian again. I forget, doesn’t it mean Socialist?

In U.S. history, the term progressivism refers to a broadly-based reform movement that reached its height early in the 20th century, generally considered to be left wing in nature. The initial progressive movement arose as a response to the vast changes brought by the Industrial Revolution. Contemporary progressives continue to embrace concepts such as environmentalism and “social justice”.

Randi Weingarten has some great Socialist allies also, like the corrupt ACORN and the George Soros funded Center for American Progress.

“It is unfettered capitalism that created this, the biggest, toughest recession since the Great Depression, and it is unfettered capitalism that is fighting us tooth and nail on healthcare reform,” said Weingarten. The statement says it all. Capitalism is what the founding fathers based our country on. Does this statement mean she has a bias as to what is being taught in school? Are the founding fathers being portrayed as evil white men? Does Ms. Weingarten believe in teaching revisionist history?

Does Ms. Weingarten allow her loathing of Capitalism to influence the class rooms? I’m not sure, but she does allow for indoctrination.

School kids taught to praise Obama
Al Gore: You Know More Then Your Parents
I Pledge Video (watch carefully)
Kids Obama Song
Obama’s National Security Force?
Story of Stuff, Full Version; How Things Work, About Stuff
Hail Obama! Ode of the Obama Youth!

All of this has happened on her watch. What has she said about it? Silence. But when it comes to teacher wearing campaign buttons in the class room, then she speaks out in favor.

In May of 2009, a group of NYC teachers, members of the International Socialist Organization (ISO) and the UFT marched together in New York City, fighting for a “socialist world”. Weingarten, President of the UFT at the time, can’t disassociate with Socialism because she is a Socialist. It’s within the school system.

You Commie libs that read this blog (I get their email), I don’t want to hear your COMMIE LIB CRAP telling me there is no indoctrination in our public school system. Your proof is in front of your face right now. I can see when you open your mouth, it’s full of shit. Weingarten is a Socialist who is in charge of teachers who are teaching our children. I want to repeat Vladimir Lenin’s quote one more time, “The goal of Socialism is Communism.”

Here are two more good quotes to end with.

“Give us four years to teach a child and the seed we have sown will never be uprooted. Give us the child for eight years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.” — Vladimir Lenin

“Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.” — Joseph Stalin

Sources:

http://www.ashankerinst.org/shankerboard.html

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1557274/posts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Feldman

http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_teacher/nov05/specialreport.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Shanker

http://www.aft.org/about/history/socialjustice.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivism_in_the_United_States

http://www.uftproviders.org/news/let_s_get_organized

http://www.aft.org/presscenter/releases/2009/012809a.htm

http://www.aft.org/news/2009/hc-pe_conf09.htm

http://animal-farm.us/change/your-kids-heads-are-full-of-crap-647

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1850598,00.html

http://www.nycsocialist.org/2009/02/teacher-happy-hour-lessons-from-utla.html

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On October 15th, 2009, SamHenry said:

Another good one, FOX and timely and info needed. I don’t know how you gather or know all of these things. SH

On October 15th, 2009, foxwood said:

It literally took me all week to get the information. It was not all in one spot. I had a lot of stuff that I couldn’t substantiate and had to throw out.

On October 15th, 2009, Sam said:

Fox I don’t know how you did but great job putting all this information in one spot.

On October 15th, 2009, Sgt. Jarhead said:

Great post.

The Prussian education model (tax payer funded compulsory education) was first adopted on the American Continent in Massachusetts in 1852. It soon spread to New York. By the early 1900s the progressive movement was alive and growing in America. President Woodrow Wilson, a progressive, was a big supporter of the young Benito Mussolini and his Italian Fascism. It wasn’t until WWII that America started using the term fascist with negative connotations. The progressive movement of the early 1900s was based on fascistic beliefs, and under Woodrow Wilson, compulsory Prussian style education spread across America. That was the beginning of the end.

This has been around for a long time. We are now seeing the results of close to 100 years of state-run education. Why don’t more people understand this? Most of us were educated under this system! They control what information we are allowed to learn! You cannot resist what you do not understand.

Jonah Goldberg links all of this together in his book “Liberal Fascism.” I recommend reading it and “The Underground History of American Education” by John Taylor Gatto for a full understanding of what has happened in the last 100 years.

http://www.conservativebookclub.com/products/BookPage.asp?prod_cd=C7192

http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/underground/

On October 15th, 2009, Brian Barker said:

According to the Forbes Rich List, George Soros is now the 28th most wealthy man in the World.

However Soros would not be a multi-billionaire if it were not for the international language Esperanto.

Born in Hungary in 1930 as Gyorgy Schwartz, the family changed its name in 1936 to Soros, which in Esperanto means “to soar.” The deliberate Esperanto name-change was an effort to protect the Jewish family from the rise of fascist rulers and the whole family spoke this language at home.

George Soros used Esperanto to defect to the West in 1946, by attending an Esperanto youth meeting in Ipswich, England.

Esperanto enabled Soros both to defect, and to become a multi-billionaire.

Your readers may also be interested in http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_YHALnLV9XU Professor Piron was a former translator with the United Nations

On October 15th, 2009, An American Mom said:

This is a great article! And great comments as well. I have known for years that our educational system was under assault, first realizing this with my own college experience and then found confirmation later. When I look at the education my children received, I am mortified and as I see the common literary standard of most people in America today it breaks my heart. It is sad to know that so many Americans have no idea how much richer their lives would be if they had received a real education. Not only have they missed the great literature of the world but also the ability to do simple math in their heads and give out change when the computer is down. Our entire society is suffering because our fellow citizens have received such very poor educations. Thanks!

On October 15th, 2009, The New Anarchist said:

“I hate Socialism because it replaces the system that made our country great, Capitalism.”

While I’m not an advocate of Communism or State Socialism, I have to say that Capitalism has done a lot of things for the entity you called the United States of America, but none of them can be considered great.

Capitalism in the United States originally created such a wedge between employers and employees in terms of privilege and lifestyle that, had the government not stepped in to enforce regulation on capitalist enterprise, US citizens would still be living in a state of aristocrat/peasant squalor.

That’s why a hundred years ago there were constant uprisings, rebellions, assassinations, bombings, and widespread displays of discontent, not so much because the government was oppressing, but because big capitalist companies were outright murdering their employees and getting away with it. What you call “big government” actually protects citizens from the Capitalism you claim to admire.

Now, I also said that I don’t advocate Communism or State Socialism. In that respect, I have to concede that big government has only been a necessary evil to protect citizens and workers, but it has also been detrimental in that it’s destroyed millions of lives in the name of progress and outright imperialism. It’s a government that claims to be all about liberty but clearly stepped off that path long ago by backing corporations over people, lofty misplaced ideals over human life, and political delusions of grandeur over the simple ideal of freedom.

I think you can feel safe, though. Capitalism isn’t going anywhere. And Communism isn’t actually looming on the horizon. The power is in the money and the people with the money would as soon change their base of operations to an island and leave the US out to dry than fall under the control of a Communist regime. And the US elected officials know the power of green as much as anybody. Americans still want things, cars, status and comfort more than they want actual change. I wouldn’t lose any sleep over it.

On October 15th, 2009, Les Carpenter III said:

Foxwood,

Great post with many valuable insights.

A great Book, if you have not already read it is The Ominous Parallels by Leonard Peikoff. It draws many parallels between fascism in Germany and current trends in America.

After I completed reading I found myself agreeing with 90 percent of his arguments.

Thanks for stopping by Rational Nation USA.

On October 16th, 2009, foxwood said:

Anarchist,

While I’m not an advocate of Communism or State Socialism, I have to say that Capitalism has done a lot of things for the entity you called the United States of America, but none of them can be considered great.

A graduate of public school, no doubt. You can’t be neither, either your a Capitalist or a Socialist/Commie. I’m betting the latter.

That’s why a hundred years ago there were constant uprisings, rebellions, assassinations, bombings, and widespread displays of discontent, not so much because the government was oppressing, but because big capitalist companies were outright murdering their employees and getting away with it. What you call “big government” actually protects citizens from the Capitalism you claim to admire.

What your calling “government” then and government today are not the same thing. Government today is on the road to Socialism/Communism. You don’t see it with your indoctrinated eyes. Hmmm… seems I remember Commies like Fidel and Stalin and Mao MURDERING their people. I don’t suppose you advocate that, huh?

Now, I also said that I don’t advocate Communism or State Socialism.

You need to make a choice buddy. Oh, that’s right, since your commenting on your distaste of Capitalism, you have made your choice.

I think you can feel safe, though. Capitalism isn’t going anywhere. And Communism isn’t actually looming on the horizon.

Not with your help. Um, you voted for the Commie, Berry Obutthole?

I’m guessing with the pros and cons on this post, Anarchist, your view is on the minority down side. Old hat buddy. People are waking up to the truth. Sleep good, we Capitalists are looking out for you. Darwinism would surely have taken care of you by now.

What a weenie. I don’t see a flame here. Only insinuation. Take it how you like. I failed to mention another thing I hate. Anarchists.

The New Anarchist said:
“That’s why a hundred years ago there were constant uprisings, rebellions, assassinations, bombings, and widespread displays of discontent”

Anarchist, huh? Didn’t the anarchists do such things at the last G20 meeting? At any G meeting?

What a hypocrite.
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Now that’s name calling.

I would like to know where there was ever a country based on Anarchy? Oh… I guess that would have been Afghanistan, before elections.

On October 17th, 2009, Scott said:

Don’t bother with New Anarchist, Fox. He is obviously so entrenched in and so enamored of his own beliefs that he won’t risk any challenge to them by actually debating them. It’s a pity though. I’m curious to see how New Anarchist might lay out the evidence to support his claim that, “Capitalism in the United States originally created such a wedge between employers and employees…that, had the government not stepped in to enforce regulation on capitalist enterprise, US citizens would still be living in a state of aristocrat/peasant squalor.”

Believe something long enough and it becomes true for you, I guess, and damn the evidence to the contrary.

On January 26th, 2010, Lynne said:

I’ve added the books recommended to my reading list, The Ominous Parallels and Liberal Fascism. Thank you… wonderful blog!

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