tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post7860914291729786844..comments2024-03-28T08:55:53.818-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: How Rigged Was The AFT Endorsement Process?reality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-50179649815182165362015-08-20T00:40:38.692-04:002015-08-20T00:40:38.692-04:00RESEARCH...it is all outlined online...the townhal...RESEARCH...it is all outlined online...the townhall meetings, the Online pooling....look it up. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-5693098024461142802015-08-20T00:39:14.231-04:002015-08-20T00:39:14.231-04:00There are 1.6 million members of the AFT.....you k...There are 1.6 million members of the AFT.....you know a few dozen. The "you Decide" poll was online. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-89868199448469527882015-07-14T00:30:03.188-04:002015-07-14T00:30:03.188-04:00Nicely, Slate has picked up on the stench of somet...Nicely, Slate has picked up on the stench of something rotten in the state of the AFT:<br /><br />http://www.slate.com/blogs/schooled/2015/07/13/aft_hillary_clinton_endorsement_not_everyone_s_pleased_with_the_early_pick.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_bot<br />Grigorio Palestrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12560389142671785819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-50299817735060258542015-07-14T00:29:53.142-04:002015-07-14T00:29:53.142-04:00Nicely, Slate has picked up on the stench of somet...Nicely, Slate has picked up on the stench of something rotten in the state of the AFT:<br /><br />http://www.slate.com/blogs/schooled/2015/07/13/aft_hillary_clinton_endorsement_not_everyone_s_pleased_with_the_early_pick.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_bot<br />Grigorio Palestrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12560389142671785819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-91509741668893376662015-07-13T16:07:20.111-04:002015-07-13T16:07:20.111-04:00We need to break with the afl-cio and organize a n...We need to break with the afl-cio and organize a new union with the IWW. If we do not this bs will keep happening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-16146269864774239182015-07-12T22:26:51.590-04:002015-07-12T22:26:51.590-04:00I wonder which candidate Kathy Hochul endorses? He...I wonder which candidate Kathy Hochul endorses? Hey Randi, hit that speed dial and let us know ok? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08125018774502675730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-78084838566176186622015-07-12T22:21:26.811-04:002015-07-12T22:21:26.811-04:00Thanks for referencing my blog, Perdido. I've ...Thanks for referencing my blog, Perdido. I've admired your work for years. Glad I could help make sense of this issue. Steven Singerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459617344872640607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-40495116828441638422015-07-12T22:04:45.678-04:002015-07-12T22:04:45.678-04:00F Hillary and F Whinegarten.F Hillary and F Whinegarten.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-43393769392807782172015-07-12T21:38:30.563-04:002015-07-12T21:38:30.563-04:00Stop. RANDI WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE LEADER OF THE...Stop. RANDI WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE LEADER OF THE AFT, WILL CONTINUE TO BE FOISTED ABOUT AS THE FACE AND VOICE OF ORGANIZED TEACHERS AND WILL CONTINUE TO SELL US OUT. Why? Because she knows that teachers don't have what it takes to remove her. And we don't. She has F'd us soooooo many times and what did we do (besides complain)? Yup. Nothing. Same goes for NYSUT. We had an RA this year. Not a peep. Turns out teachers were only a strong and formidable political force when it was easy...when leadership was loud and we weren't so removed from the labor movement's origins....an<br />d when we didn't face existential threats. We are going to lose it all. Period. Full stop. We cant even get our unions on our side. We don't have what it takes<br /> Sorry folks. We kind of suck. We don't even know what a rampart is, let alone know how to storm one. This is what it looks like when a generation or two don't meet the challenge of their time. <br />Weingarten/NYSUT/etc....they are all just symptoms. I know many of you fancy yourselves as "activists" and perhaps some of you are....but there aren't enough. <br />This stuff isn't so complicated....but we managed to be too smart or to dumb to do what it takes. <br />Couldn't be more disheartened. <br />I quit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-21807526578034574022015-07-12T20:37:18.643-04:002015-07-12T20:37:18.643-04:00 I want out of the Weingarten/Mulgrew regime. Memb... I want out of the Weingarten/Mulgrew regime. Members views and rights are always an afterthought. Remember the Soviet Union!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-54191435047448177522015-07-12T20:35:16.030-04:002015-07-12T20:35:16.030-04:00Weingarten used Common Core math to come up with h...Weingarten used Common Core math to come up with her numbers.<br /><br />Now she must show ALL of her steps to prove to the American people how she came up with her findings.<br /><br />It's an amazing time we live in...an absolute disgrace!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-9124003072003484052015-07-12T20:31:21.129-04:002015-07-12T20:31:21.129-04:00Wow!Wow!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-15721871539291212752015-07-12T20:30:15.285-04:002015-07-12T20:30:15.285-04:00It was all done behind closed doors and under the ...It was all done behind closed doors and under the table.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-50934473584106463422015-07-12T20:24:51.915-04:002015-07-12T20:24:51.915-04:00I, nor any of the other dozens of teachers that I ...I, nor any of the other dozens of teachers that I know in three states received ANY questions regarding endorsing a candidate for president. Did any readers of this this blog get asked about who to endorse?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-16571580087043969212015-07-12T19:41:25.685-04:002015-07-12T19:41:25.685-04:00I have always hoped that, and still do although th...I have always hoped that, and still do although the hope is gradually dimming, that the day would come when "leadership" would eventually come to the realization that it's decisions which were both purposely and "accidentally" geared against the people would start to be reversed. Over time, after much suffering from the criminally negligent and fraudulent actions by this faux leadership, it would be exposed under the spotlight for all to see the naked and perverse crimes committed, and that the day would come when it says "enough is enough" and that "we cannot get away with this any longer".<br /><br />But after this latest snipe at the American people, it is clear that Randi Weingarten has not learned, nor does she have any intention to protect the people she is supposed to. Ms Weingarten demonstrates her homily and tribute to her task masters once again, this time more flagrant than ever before.<br /><br />I sincerely hoped, and still do in my heart, that the nightmare that the American people have been forced to endure would come to an end through the processes and actions of democratic and peaceful movements across our nation.<br /><br />But, after this latest travesty committed by Weingarten, I fear that peaceful movements by Americans to protect their rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" may be needed to be secured through other means rather than peaceful ones.<br /><br />I love this nation, and have always looked at it as "God's Greatest Gift" to the world...<br /><br />But now I am concerned that the methods that the American people have been using may not be enough.<br /><br />Those like Weingarten have no second thoughts about starving, bleeding, and crushing the American people.<br /><br />We are headed for revolutionary times because of criminal actions, such as the "mock" vote that Weingarten runs to the news waving fake results for all to swallow.<br /><br />Revolutions however, do harm the people, but they also harm those that have declared war, the "leadership" that is often out of touch, enacting harmful policies against the citizens, and failing to realize when their actions have pushed people past the breaking point.<br /><br />Once the American people have come to the understanding that their civil actions only result in more crimes against them, civil action will be thrown out the window for other alternatives.<br /><br />Those like Weingarten are poor students of history. They fail to understand what their actions provoke...it is based on shortsightedness, on power, on greed, and the "pleasures of the day". What they fail to see is where their actions drive a nation...<br /><br />I hope that Weingarten is eventually removed, and a person who demonstrates human qualities places her. Not just the Weingartens...but the Mulgrews, and Cuomos, and Rhees, and Moscowitz that trod over our children, our citizens, and the 250 year old experiment that has always served as a guiding light for humanity that we call our home, the United States of America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com