Put up a photo of Bush - lose your job!!! (I don't freakin' believe this!!!!!)

[ButchA]

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Post a picture of the president..... lose your job....

Before you read this, look at the context of it: She put a picture of the sitting president up on the bulletin board next to all the other presidents and the Declaration of Independence.. Because of a couple of Bush Hating parents she is told to put a Kerry picture up. She refuses becasue he hasn't earned the job. She is then told to get out of the building.

Monmouth Junction-WABC, October 3, 2004) "” You might say it is a symbol of the Great American Divide, a teacher putting up a picture of President Bush in the classroom. Some say it is partisanship while others say it is patriotism
Rita Bianco, Parent: "Children should know their president and their first lady!"

Parents expressing outrage after a teacher is kicked out of her public school for hanging a picture of President Bush next to pictures of other presidents in her classroom.

Shiba Pillai-Diaz, Teacher: "It happened on a small bulletin board near the American flag and also with a poster of the Declaration of Independence."

This is Crossroads South Middle School in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey. On Thursday, there was a back-to-school night for parents of students. Veteran English teacher Shiba Pillai-Diaz says she was shocked when three parents confronted her. The three, insisting the teacher either add John Kerry's photo to the montage of presidents or remove the Bush photo. When Pillai-Diaz refused, she says the school's vice-principal threatened her job which is an act that has parents here fuming.

Paula Sjolund, Parent: "She didn't do anything wrong, and I think that it should have stayed up there."

Pillai-Diaz ultimately removed the entire bulletin board and says School Principal Jim Warfel told her she disrupted the school with her "inflammatory politics". She says he then ordered her out of the building. While she says she is a Bush supporter in her personal life, Pillai-Diaz says she keeps politics out of the classroom.

Shiba Pillai-Diaz, Teacher: "There was no political intent, nor was there any political content in that photograph nor on the bulletin board."

School officials would not talk on camera but insist nobody here has been fired. To that, Ms. Pillai-Diaz asks what does it mean then when your boss asks you to hand over the keys and kicks you out of the building? She also says she is not sure if she'll be returning to school tomorrow.
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Now, this just torques me off to no end!!!!!!!! [:@][:@][:@][:@] Bush is the President of the USA! He is the Commander in Chief!!!! You can't teach children who their presidents are?!?!? WTF is the world coming to!!!!!!!

Butch A.

[kevin1]

Why would the idiot parents insist that a pic of Herman be put up with pics of Presidents ?
Ketchup Boy ain't one and never will be . [:@]

Do you happen to have the e-mail addy for that school board ? Post it if you do .

[ButchA]

Yeah, Kevin.... Hang on. I'm going to dig into this and get an email for the school, or a website, or SOMETHING. I am just totally at a loss for words.... That's how PO'd I am! [:@]

Butch A.

[ButchA]

FOUND IT!!!!!!!

http://myschoolonline.com/folder/0,1...-76184,00.html

Butch A.

[Aught Six]

Gave them a piece of my mind.

[logs]

The arguement is, It is not a picture of G W Bush, it is a picture of the current President of the USA.
If kerry wins the election, then put a picture of him up. If you have a area for senators, put a picture of him up there but that is not what that was in the that class room.
Some one should be fired and some one should sue for punitive damages paid by the offender, not the school system.

More PC to the parents crap gone astray.

[stuckinthereeds]

[:@][:@]Someone should sue the parents for not letting the teachers do their job.

[8mm/06]

It appears to me that there is a little more to it than what has been presented so far.

http://www.command-post.org/oped/oped_pda.html

[CalHunter]

ORIGINAL: 8mm/06

It appears to me that there is a little more to it than what has been presented so far.

http://www.command-post.org/oped/oped_pda.html

8mm, that was a very interesting website/blog. Scrolling halfway down the page, I found this interesting post.

You Can Tell A Man By The Company He Keeps (09:52AM)

Cross-posted to my blog

In light of John Kerry"™s puzzling insistence on a go-it-alone approach to North Korea in Thursday night"™s debate, I thought I"™d make a little list. Admittedly, I"™m doing much of this from memory, but there seems to be a certain consistency . . .

1. The North Vietnamese, during the Vietnam War, compared Ho Chi Minh to George Washington, argued that their war was one of national liberation, accused US troops of regularly committing war crimes and atrocities, called on Nixon to end the war immediately, argued that the people of South Vietnam would be happy to accept communism, and generally argued that the US war in Vietnam was immoral from beginning to end. John Kerry, during the Vietnam War, compared Ho Chi Minh to George Washington, argued that the North"™s war was one of national liberation, accused US troops of regularly committing war crimes and atrocities, called on Nixon to end the war immediately, argued that the people of South Vietnam would be happy to accept communism, and generally argued that the US war in Vietnam was immoral from beginning to end.

2. The Soviet Union and its allies denounced the US invasion of Grenada in 1983. John Kerry denounced the US invasion of Grenada in 1983.

3. The Soviets, in the 1980s, denounced Ronald Reagan as a warmonger and a threat to peace for deploying missiles in Western Europe. John Kerry, in the 1980s, denounced Ronald Reagan as a warmonger and a threat to peace for deploying missiles in Western Europe.

4. Daniel Ortega, in the 1980s, denounced US support for the Nicaraguan contras and argued that the US should have peace talks with his regime. John Kerry, in the 1980s, denounced US support for the Nicaraguan contras and argued that the US should have peace talks with Ortega"™s regime.

5. Moammar Qaddafi argued that Reagan"™s bombing of Libya was unjustified and caused excessive civilian casualties. John Kerry argued that Reagan"™s bombing of Libya was unjustified and caused excessive civilian casualties.

6. Our adversaries during and since the Cold War have argued that we were reckless and irresponsible by pursuing missile defense. John Kerry has argued that we were reckless and irresponsible by pursuing missile defense.

7. Fidel Castro has, for decades, regularly denounced US sanctions against Cuba. John Kerry has, for decades, regularly denounced US sanctions against Cuba.

8. In 1991, Saddam Hussein wanted to draw out the process of the Western response in the hopes that it would bog down. John Kerry said we should have drawn out the process.

9. Yasser Arafat has denounced the security fence erected by Israel. John Kerry has denounced the security fence erected by Israel.

We can add four more from the debate alone:

10. In 2002-03, Saddam Hussein wanted to draw out the inspections process and make it more multilateral. John Kerry says we should have drawn out the inspections process and made it more multilateral.

11. Kim Jong-Il wanted to have bilateral talks rather than multilateral talks. John Kerry says we should have had bilateral talks rather than multilateral talks.

12. Osama bin Laden says we helped him by invading Iraq. John Kerry says we helped bin Laden by invading Iraq.

13. The Iranian mullahs oppose US sanctions against Iran, wish to enter into agreements with the US, and insist that there are plausible reasons why a poor but oil-rich country needs nuclear power. John Kerry opposes US sanctions against Iran, argues that we should enter into agreements with Iran, and insists that there are plausible reasons why a poor but oil-rich country needs nuclear power.

Does Kerry have company on some of these stances? Yes. Can he defend some by pointing to occasions (as with Israel and Cuba policy) where he"™s since taken the opposite position? Yes. Is he actually an unpatriotic America-hater? Of course not. But remember: Time and time and time again, America"™s enemies have argued against us - and Kerry has echoed their charges. I"™d rather trust the national defense to someone who"™s not so quick to echo the words and strategies of our enemies.

(A partial list of sources: Kerry"™s stances on Grenada and Nicaragua, the first Gulf War, the Cold War and Grenada again, the security fence, the Cold War again, Libya, Nicaragua again, and Grenada again, and Cuba).

[burniegoeasily]

I think I know a teacher who is going to own a school. Why isnt the ACLU all over this one. If it was a picture of Jesse Jackson, Oshama, Hussain, etc. They would be all over it.[:@]