The State of My Union
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:03 am
My state of the union -- something to woo-hoo about in light of the doo-doo we had on television tonight and in our recent news.
This is very old news, but when I read it, it still makes me happy. Occasionally, I'll just think about it and some other comments Mr. Paige made on national television that no one seemed to take note of, and I'm like, yeah, unions kick ass!
THE NEA TOOK ROD PAIGE AWAY!
On February 23, 2004, at a White House meeting with the nation's governors, Paige criticized the National Education Association (NEA) for obstructing "No Child Left Behind's historic education reforms," calling the NEA a "terrorist organization." He later said it "was an inappropriate choice of words" and apologized later the same day, but maintained that the NEA uses "obstructionist scare tactics" in opposing the law. The union called for his resignation. (The National Education Association is the largest labor union in the United States)
Mr. Rod Paige who requested that all schools allow recruiters to have access to the personal contact information of students resigned from his position as United States Secretary of Education in November of 2004 -- take that!
This is very old news, but when I read it, it still makes me happy. Occasionally, I'll just think about it and some other comments Mr. Paige made on national television that no one seemed to take note of, and I'm like, yeah, unions kick ass!
THE NEA TOOK ROD PAIGE AWAY!
On February 23, 2004, at a White House meeting with the nation's governors, Paige criticized the National Education Association (NEA) for obstructing "No Child Left Behind's historic education reforms," calling the NEA a "terrorist organization." He later said it "was an inappropriate choice of words" and apologized later the same day, but maintained that the NEA uses "obstructionist scare tactics" in opposing the law. The union called for his resignation. (The National Education Association is the largest labor union in the United States)
Mr. Rod Paige who requested that all schools allow recruiters to have access to the personal contact information of students resigned from his position as United States Secretary of Education in November of 2004 -- take that!