There is an excellent article over at Math Wizards, on the effort by some in New Hampshire to repeal a scholarship program for poor kids titled “HB370: A WAR ON POOR CHILDREN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE by RELIGIOUS BIGOTS?” The article observes that opponents are pointing to the NH State constitution as a reason for repeal, but … Read more
Another great video on education destined to make the public school union folks bleed out their eyes. Here’s the blurb from PJTV and Next Generation TV. Victor Davis Hanson joins Col. Allen B. West to discuss our modern system of education. In the zero sum game of educating our children, Dr. Hanson asks, who is … Read more
…She’s a Doctor, wouldn’t you like to be a doctor too?
You might be a doctor and you didn’t even know it, because that is how you solve a doctor shortage caused by oppressive legislation in the peoples Republik of (in this case) Kalifornia. Not enough “Doctors”… change the definition of doctor and Bam! Problem solved.
As a result of Obamacare and its expansion of coverage to millions, many states will begin to experience doctor shortages. California is dealing with this problem by redefining who is a “doctor.”
State lawmakers are working on legislation that would permit physician assistants and nurse practitioners to set up independent practices. Pharmacists and optometrists could now act as “primary care” providers.
Prager Universitie’s latest great video is “How Teachers Unions Hurt Schools.” I’m in a hurry so I’ll just snag some context from Breitbart for now: ” ‘How Teachers Unions Hurt Schools is narrated by Stanford Professor Terry Moe. Moe explains how the Obama administration’s admissions that the education system is broken contradict their pro-union stance. “Union … Read more
Bargaining unit members will not be released from their individual teacher contracts without special permission and agreement from the Merrimack Valley School Board. Board action will be taken at the next regularly scheduled Board meeting after receiving such a request.
Any attempt by a bargaining unit member to resign, except in extenuating circumstances and when released by the School Board as set forth in this section, will constitute a breach of contract. A premature departure cost equal to 2% of Bachelor Step One (payable to the District before a release is granted) will be levied against any bargaining unit member who attempts to breach their individual teacher contract after June 1st. The amount will increase to 4% of Bachelor Step One after July 1st and will increase again to 6% of Bachelor Step One after August 1st. In addition, the District may charge the departing bargaining unit member legal fees incurred while enforcing this part of the collective bargaining agreement.
So, is this a bad thing? Read the rest of the story.
The left’s objection to even one tax dollar finding its way into the hands of a church is legion. It is (apparently) a matter of even greater concern that we might engage in tax policy that accidentally encourages others–by allowing them to keep more of their own money–to give some of it to a religious group.
Such is the current quandary, pressed into the arms of the New Hampshire Superior court judiciary; if a business owner is incentivized by the state to give their own money for a k-12scholarship to a non-profit that manages such scholarships, and some kid or their parents just happens to use their qualified scholarship award at a school run by a religious group, has the state shown an establishment of religion?
This is footage shot from inside the AFP tent in Lansing as the tent was overrun by angry union protesters and began to come down. It’s very shaky but here it is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=0NUGfR4cWkM
Breitbart is posting a series of statements by people who observed or were objects of Union thuggery in Michigan. I’ve posted one here on the front and several more on the jump. They are each relatively short so take a few moments to watch them. It is important to understand that this was not just a bunch of toughs flexing, people who followed the law were denied the right to peaceably assemble for no other reason than that they had an opinion different from that of the union protesters.
Oh, and then there’s the profanity, spitting, threats, and physical abuse. And make sure you watch the last video with Tim Bos. He’ll tell you about the Lansing Union cops who watched the whole thing unfold…and did nothing.
Fellow Grokster(ette?) Susan Olsen dropped this into our email this morning. No, not ‘the royal ‘Our’ as in the royal ‘we,’ as in ‘We are not amused.’ I mean “Our” as in our Grok group email. Anyway, this hits it out of the park on Michigan and Right to Work, and the Unions and Democrats and Obama (oh, My!), or anyone for that matter, squawking about benefits for those who accept the choice to not have to pay dues…
This guy is officially Our hero. I am embarrassed that We didn’t think of it first.
You’ve heard by now, I hope, that the American’s for Prosperity (AFP) Tent in Lansing, Michigan (State Capital), was knocked down and overrun by angry Union protesters–while some activists remained trapped underneath? (You can find Grok Coverage on that and more here, here, here, and here.) AFP was there on the front lines to educate and … Read more
Right to work Bills have passed both Houses of the Michigan State Legislature and the governor has already said he’d sign them into law.
Earlier today Tim Condon updated us with the video of union protesters knocking down the Americans for Prosperity tent in Lansing, trapping some activists under it. It’s sad but none of us were surprised by this. Nor are we surprised by this from a recent email blast by Tim Phillips, President of Americans For Prosperity…
Right now, the Left—union bosses, special interest groups, and even President Obama himself—is ramping up pressure for him to not sign these necessary workers’ rights reforms.
If union thugs are not beating on you, they are lying to you (about job growth and wage growth), and so is your President. But here’s the truth…
According to Michigan’s Mackinac Center, using data taken from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and Bureau of Labor Statistics, private-sector, inflation-adjusted employee compensation in right-to-work states increased by 12% between 2001 and 2011 compared with just 3% over the same period in forced-unionization states.
Societal decay has many symptoms. One of which that mottles our society like a cancerous blotch on the drooping bosom of freedom is the unending, unforgiving, and unyielding sense of entitlement –entitled to things coming not just from government, but directly from fellow citizens as well.
The expression supposedly uttered from Marie Antoinette to the people suffering from a bread shortage, “let them eat cake” has been transposed and inverted to the 21st century version of “let them never eat golden sponge cake again,” coming from not a Queen, but from a whaling union worker as a union strike eats the last Twinkie and a bakery shuts its doors, laying off 18,000 workers (if you want the details, Google it for yourself).
Liberals (typically Democrats) and Conservatives (typically Republicans) have very different viewpoints about education. Liberals see the public school educational establishment (the unions, the government bureaucracies, the University Education Departments, etc.) as the way to educate children (except occasionally for their own children).
Conservatives believe results are the important thing, “Is the child getting a good education?” Government ads claim that every day 7000 children drop out of school and millions more graduate lacking basic knowledge. The educational establishment isn’t meeting society’s need to prepare children for adulthood.
In June of 2011, I contacted current House candidate Representative Kathleen Stroud and asked her about her reasoning for not supporting Right to Work (HB474). She replied with the usual vacuous boilerplate one expects from a politician, but what surprised me was her reasoning’s incoherence and lack of depth. What I found most off-putting was her pat-me-on-the-head-you-silly-constituent condescension encrusted in the email exchange. She must have thought that I was an idiot and would simply, unquestioningly bobble-head support her arguments without understanding them. Well, I’ll share some of her reasoning, and you can decide whether she intended to be condescending by putting forth such discombobulated arguments in order to intentionally confuse, or if she is actually confused.
One of her reasons for not supporting Right To Work is that, “It is being driven by an out-of-state lobby from Virginia; and I do not believe Virginia knows (or cares) what is best for New Hampshire.”
The left and the unions are obsessed with big corporations and the rich paying ‘Their fair Share,” but when are the great big unions, who can expend billions (4.4 billion from 2006-2011) on political campaigns, (but pay no taxes) going to start paying their fair share? Labor unions are nonprofits, and they rake in millions … Read more
New Hampshire parents and children should annually celebrate June 27th. On that day, the NH Legislature enacted SB 372 which helps the children of low and middle income families attend the schools of their choice rather than being trapped in failing and mediocre public schools.
On June 27th 251 Republicans and one Democrat overrode Governor Lynch’s veto of SB 372. The other Democrat legislators joined Governor Lynch in trying to protect the teacher’s unions and the educational establishment which provides Democrats so much campaign support but which has been increasingly failing the children of New Hampshire and the United States for the last 50 years.
And now for the third set of four questions (list of previous questions and their links after the jump) from the Granite State Institute of Politics Republican Gov. Debate that was hosted by John Burt, questions asked by Speaker Bill O’Brien and Alex Talcott , and answered by the Candidates for the Republican nomination for NH Governor, Ovide Lamontagne and Kevin Smith.
Question 9:
“One of the least known aspects of Obamacare is how it seeks to hijack State finances in order to expand insurance coverage particularly in the area of Medicaid. One area it does this in is doubling income elegibility. That’s the aspect to bring forward the decision. That’s the aspect and the reason for the Supreme Court decision that it is optional to the States. Can you tell us whether or not NH should take up that option and expand its population? As part of your answer, can you tell us where Medicaid is going in NH and how NH is going to finally be able to protect its sovereignty from the Federal Government trying to push us to overspending here in NH?”
