Displaying 631 To 660 Of 3,348 Comments Cutie pie! » Posted By boomer1949 On March 2, 2011 @ 11:47 am They kept John Kasich. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 2, 2011 @ 11:18 am Just sent this to PBS:
Dear Ms. Bentley: http://www.pbs.org/about/news/archive/2011/voters-oppose-pbs-elimination/ » Posted By boomer1949 On March 2, 2011 @ 11:16 am Make them take the union-busting GOP governors along. Good way to clean house — pun intended. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 2, 2011 @ 10:34 am Since when did they become so concerned about “conflict”… » Posted By boomer1949 On March 2, 2011 @ 10:32 am https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjb44QYB8nw http://act.boldprogressives.org/sign/sign_wiunion_waronworkingfamilies/?source=bp » Posted By boomer1949 On March 2, 2011 @ 10:29 am It’s not nice to be judgmental… » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 5:49 pm Why and for what? » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 5:39 pm For sure! » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 5:31 pm Which is my argument against those who are too lazy to realize there is “more to the story.” I never would have known about the Kochs and their hidden, manipulative agenda, were it not for The Planet, my curiosity, and my desire to find out the facts. Seriously Adonai, I and many others at The Planet, have been clamoring about the Kochs for weeks. If only MSM were as diligent and honest when reporting (oops, forgive me, TABLOID reporting). As I’ve mentioned in the past, Uncle Walter has been spinning in his grave for at least a year now. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 5:14 pm I understand that. Please compare a professor from UC-Berkley to a shill from the Koch funded CATO Institute. However, and what pissed me off, was Jeffrey Brown never once mentioned the Koch brothers; made the CATO Institute sound like an independent organization. Thus, the reason I’m FURIOUS! » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 5:02 pm Neither. He was acknowledged as “from the CATO Institute.” Most people wouldn’t have a clue, which is why I called them out. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 4:57 pm Seriously? Go figure KT — as do I. kes is NW of us, much closer to those Wolverines. You really need to venture north of the outer belt; would do wonders for your mental health. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 4:54 pm I am furious!!!!! PBS Newshour just had a debate over public employees, collective bargaining, and all the issues we’ve been hearing about lately. Well, go figure, 1/2 the debate was a Koch shill, from the CATO Institute: My nasty gram… How dare PBS bring a representative of the CATO Institute, which is FUNDED by the Koch brothers to debate public employees, collective bargaining, etc. This individual is on the Koch payroll and I find it repulsive that the PBS Newshour would give voice to the Kochs. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 4:41 pm Sorry, I skimmed. Shame on me. Skimmers drive me crazy. No, not the President, the Weeper of the House. Apologies. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 4:18 pm My daughter, with a B.S, Masters, 9 years experience, and a guest lecturer at The Ohio State University Spring Quarter, is somewhere between 4 & 5. John Kasich is the next Scott Walker. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 4:15 pm Adonai, No, he is a wannabe and has waited 20 years to make his mark. Unfortunately, in the last 20 years, he has spent too much time attending DC Happy Hours. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 4:03 pm WTF? Do they really think their colleagues are stupid? » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 3:40 pm Careful…kes and I live here and have to put of with this shit. Please don’t make generalizations; some of us can even spell! » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 3:34 pm Maybe where you live. ***EDIT*** david, did you read this? boomer1949 says: Found this over at dailykos over the weekend. I sent it to my daughter the Kindergarten teacher. She has been in the classroom for 9 years; she replied: Very well written…
I Don’t Want to be a Teacher Any More http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/26/950079/-I-Dont-Want-to-be-a-Teacher-Any-More This is what happens when the patients are running the asylum, and it is very sad » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 3:30 pm Thanks — you saved an enormous amount of time! » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 1:39 pm I never got the belt, but my younger brothers did. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 1:34 pm Oh yes I do! LIFEBOUY! Yuck!! The problem is they’ve gotten away with this stuff for so long, without being punished, they actually believe what they spew. It’s the same as a little kid having unacceptable behavior ignored; no consequences = condoning and the little kid is in 7th heaven. » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 1:33 pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YMPR_Gowdk
» Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 12:29 pm The Ohio Senate 1.Reinstates collective bargaining rights for state employees. 2.Removes the right to strike for all public employees and establishes penalties for participation in a strike. Violators are subject to removal, and shall have pay deducted at the rate of twice the daily rate of pay for each day of participation in a strike. The penalty for violating a court injunction against a strike is a fine up to $1,000, up to 30 days imprisonment, or both. In addition, an employee who willfully disobeys a court mandate may be fined for contempt in an amount left to the court’s discretion. Penalties and fines may not be waived as part of a settlement. At an unfair labor practice hearing related to illegal strike activity, the board shall order the suspension of payment of dues or fees to the employee organization for the greater of two days, or two times the duration of the illegal activity. 3.Establishes that all matters pertaining to wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment are subject to collective bargaining. Also establishes matters not appropriate for bargaining, such as health care benetfits, pension pick-ups, privitazation of services, workforce levels, and other provisions. 4.Establishes a procedure for dispute settlement for all public employees. If the parties are unable to reach agreement, any party may request the State Employment Relations Board (SERB) to intervene. The board shall appoint a mediator. Any time after appointment of a mediator, either party may request appointment of a fact-finder. The fact-finder must consider factors listed in statute. Fact finding meetings may be open to the public at request of either party. The interests and welfare of the public and ability of employer to administer and finance the proposals must be a primary consideration. During negotiations between a public employer and exclusive representative, for purposes of determining inability of the public employer to pay for any terms agreed to, only the employer’s current financial status at the time period surrounding the negotiations – not any potential future increases in income that would only be possible by the employer obtaining funds from an outside source including passage of a levy or bond issue, ability to sell assets, raise revenue, or other revenue enhancements. 5.Clarifies public employer rights, including such issues as hiring, discharging and discipline of employees; work assignments and hours; qualifications of employees; employee rules and regulations. 6.Establishes bargaining timelines. Adjusts the timelines for certification and bargaining to ensure reasonable deadlines. The amendment also requires SERB to investigate a request to certify instead of automatically certifying an employee organization. Nonexclusive recognition previously through an agreement or memorandum of understanding does not preclude SERB from determining an appropriate unit, removing a classification, or holding an election to determine an exclusive representative. 7.Establishes bargaining guidelines related to fire departments. SERB shall not designate a unit that includes rank and file members with members who rank lieutenant or above (similar to police departments under current law). A current bargaining unit that does not meet those requirements ceases to be an appropriate unit when their CBA expires, or three years after the bill’s effective date, whichever is earlier. Fire supervisory officers are not subject to collective bargaining. 8.Establishes public employee pay ranges. The amendment reinstates pay ranges, but not step values and automatic increases, in current law. Employees are paid based upon merit within the ranges set in statute. Merit shall be the only basis for an employee’s progression through the schedule. Teachers are paid based upon merit and salaries may be bargained in a CBA. Teacher performance is measured by considering the level of license held by the teacher, whether the teacher is a “highly qualified teacher” as defined in statute, the value-added measure used to determine student performance, the results of performance evaluations, or any other system of evaluation or other criteria established by the board. 9.Establishes guidelines for employee vacation & sick leave. Caps vacation leave at 7.7 hours per biweekly pay period after 19 years of service. Current law caps vacation leave at 9.2 hours per biweekly pay period after 24 years of service. Sick leave for employees in offices of the county, municipal, and civil service township service, and state colleges and universities is accrued at 10 days a year. 10.Clarifies that health care benefits apply equally to all employees. 11.Restores current law as it relates to the School Employees Healthcare Board. 12.Allows all new CBAs to be reopened under a fiscal emergency/watch. 13.Allows teachers to negotiate an initial contract of up to three years. Subsequent contracts are two to five years. 14.Clarifies when faculty at public universities exercise managerial authority, making them management level employees not subject to bargaining. 15.Prohibits length of service from being the sole factor in determining order of layoff and requires compliance with federal anti-discrimination statutes. For teachers, preference is given to teachers under continuing contracts then the school board considers the relative quality of performance (see factors considered in “public employee pay ranges,” above) as the principal factor in determining reductions. Ohio Senate will not vote on SB 5 today: » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 11:43 am If you’re interested Dear Friend, As Congress works to pass a budget that makes sense and Democrats fight to protect American working families, I know progressives in Ohio and across the country are wondering how they can get involved and make a real difference. If you count yourself in that number, then you’re in luck. I’m joining my friends at Democracy for America tonight for an online conference call and webinar. I’d love for you to join the conversation. WHEN: Tonight, March 1, at 8:00 PM ET I’ll also be joined by Nancy Altman, co-director of Social Security Works, for a discussion about how we’re protecting the critical programs that families across our nation depend on. I hope you can join us! Click here to get details and join me at 8PM ET tonight. Thank you for all you’ve done, and all you’ll do. Sherrod » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 11:01 am Was he wearing gloves? » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 9:35 am PW, Stupid is a preexisitng condition you know. 😉 » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 9:34 am John Boehner has short term memory loss (must be the alcohol) regarding the use of vitriolic rhetoric. Honestly, pass the duct tape please. Speaker Boehner to Brody File: Preparing For “one giant fight over the future for our country.” Speaker John Boehner tells The Brody File that when it comes to issue over the budget and raising the debt ceiling he is preparing for “one giant fight over the future for our country.” Speaker Boehner made the comments to me Sunday night in Nashville. Speaker John Boehner: “It’s not just Wisconsin. It’s Ohio. It’s Indiana. You’re going to see these types of actions taken in a lot of states because the states are broke and over the last couple of years the Obama administration, the Democrat controlled Congress bailed out the states where they could avoid making the tough decisions. Well, there are no more bailouts coming from Washington. We’re broke. We’re broke! We don’t have money to dish out to the states so all these Governors are trying to find ways to balance their budgets, which they’re required to do. In some of these states you’ve got collective bargaining laws that are so weighted in favor of the public employees that there’s almost no bargaining. We’ve given them a machine gun and put it right at the heads of the local officials and they really have their hands tied. And I think what you’re seeing in these states is they’re trying to bring some balance to these negotiations that when you look at the pay of public employees today and you look at their retirement benefits they are way out of line with many other working Americans. So all of these Governors are going to have big challenges and it’s not just going to be the Governors. You’re going to see every political jurisdiction in America grapple with what do we need to do as opposed to what do we want to do. All of them are going to go through a very difficult period.” » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 9:17 am A union worker, a CEO and a member of the tea party are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table there is a plate with a dozen cookies on it. The CEO reaches over and takes 11 cookies, he then turns to the tea party member and says “watch out for your cookie, that union member wants a piece of it.” » Posted By boomer1949 On March 1, 2011 @ 9:04 amComments Posted By boomer1949
While I agree with the results of the survey, PBS loses credibility when accepts funding from The Koch Foundation. The philanthropy of the Kochs does not, by any stretch of the imagination, make up for, or detract from, the harmful and hatefilled messages they send. They can not have it both ways and PBS should recognize the conflict of interest.
03/01/2011 at 5:08 AM
Sadly, I feel the same way from time to time now…
I’ve always been a teacher. Even before I received my teaching credentials 34 years ago, I was the one who Mr. Wells asked to help Kim Hull learn how to do his story problems. I always knew I’d become a real teacher some day because Kim told me I was the first one who ever explained it to him in a way he could actually understand.
Now, I wasn’t ever one of “those who can’t, who teach,” and I always knew it. My high-school guidance counselors had advised me not to go into education because I would be “wasting my brain.” They suggested that due to my 98th percentile math scores, I should go into engineering. But I was undaunted, because I knew that in reality I already was a teacher. I just needed to go to school to get a piece of paper to make it official so I could get paid for it. I was very clearly told that I wasn’t making the best financial choice that I could, but that didn’t matter in the least—I was out to change the world—one student at a time.
I finished college in three years, and began teaching third grade in 1976 at the age of 21, and I’ve never looked back. I found what all who become teachers know, that being a teacher is so much more than a job. It’s always been my passion, my mission, even my identity.
Being a great teacher came naturally to me. Now that doesn’t mean it’s ever been an easy job. I’ve always found it exhausting, challenging, frustrating, and very rewarding—in other words, a perfect job for somebody who needs their brain to be challenged in ways they could never imagine. I went from being able to focus on only one or two things at a time, to being able to easily manage twenty or thirty on-going projects or ideas. Over the years I’ve improved my creativity, flexibility, problem solving skills, and sense of humor.
I’ve taught grades three through six, and felt very lucky that I never felt I was in a rut. I knew people who got burned out, but it honestly never happened to me. I knew I was very blessed to find the perfect occupation. I’ve changed how I do things in my classroom many times, incorporating new ideas, trying new things, always learning, always changing, and loving every minute of it. I’ve always been told in every way that I’m a great teacher, but I honestly didn’t need to be told, because I could feel it. That is, until recently.
Senate Bill 5
Omnibus Ammendment Summary
If the parties are unable to reach agreement within 14 days after publication of the findings and recommendations, or if the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) has expired, the public employer shall submit the findings, the employer’s last best offer, and the employee organization’s last best offer to the legislative body of the public employer. The legislative body shall conduct a public hearing, as soon as practicable, at which the parties shall explain their positions. At the conclusion of the hearing, the legislative body must vote to accept either the last best offer of the employee organization or the last best offer of the public employer. The parties shall execute a CBA that represents the last best offer chosen by the legislative body and the agreement is effective for 3 years.
http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2011/mar/01/18/senate-set-revise-ohio-union-bill-amid-protests-ar-409872/
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