"When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of school children."

Well, if you want to do a 911 to summon the civility police on Mr. Walsh, I suggest you e-mail Rich Lowry and burn him out about it. Or why not just be positive instead? Tell us how it should have been phrased, i.e. what bouquets he should have sent, and set an example for us all. Mr. Walsh displayed his evidence and made his case. You, on the other hand, gave no evidence and made no case. Objection overruled.

Aside from what the others have said . . .

These things you point out aren't self-contradictory.

You're a lightweight if you think that's snarling. I guess you missed Maxine Waters last week? But aside from that, the "teachers" really know how to educate. Too bad they couldn't use some of this energy "teaching" the 3 R's.

Heh. Two years ago I decided I wanted to change careers, so I entered a master's program in education. I just finished up all but the student teaching. I'm on a break to build up more cash now, but should finish in the next year or so. And then I get into the viper pit.

I'm not a tea partier per se as I've only ever been to one rally and that only as a casual observer...but I'm definitely a sympathiser.

Wait until the union gets a load of me. They'll truly wish I would stop showing up to meetings before I'm done.

It's time to turn the tables on the Left. They've attempted to take over all the traditional institutions by infiltrating quietly and then turning those institutions to their own ends.

Turnabout is fair play, beeyatchez. Here I come, ready or not. Time to make education truly for the children rather than the union, at least in one district. More, if anybody else out there is thinking and acting as I am.

Interesting that Tea Partiers are "terrorists" because - what? Because Democrats were less than enthusiastic that Tea Partiers' arguments may have influenced legislation which Democrats voted in favor of? That's "terrorism?"

I wonder what Joe Biden would call actual vandalism and threats of violence?

Not terrorism, I'm sure. Like redfate, who commented earlier, I'm sure the Vice President finds unpleasant but accurate descriptions - such as Walsh's "snarling viciousness" phrasing - far more dangerous than actual violence and threats of violence displayed by left-wing goons.

Exactly. There is a very interesting test you can apply. Anytime the left accuses the Tea Party of something really vile, you can be sure that the left is doing it themselves. That is how they arrive at the accusations. They just assume that their opposition must be just as unprincipled, violent, and uncultured as they are. Of course we are not, but that does not stop the accusations. So we end up with the Tea Party, who to my knowledge never perpetrated any violence, labeled terrorists and haters, while the left constantly perpetrates actual violence, and the MSM lets them slide.

One thing though, some have advocated that conservatives should start adopting the dems tactics. We should be careful about that, since we dont want to become as bad as they are. Good organizing and strong criticism, yes, but illegal or uncivil, no. The basic honesty, politness, and responsibility of conservative organizations is a major asset, like when the left wing rally trashes everything, while the Tea Party rallies leave the area cleaner than when they arrived.

Some may disagree, but I think it's a very short walk from "super-gluing doors of a Catholic school" to what we saw in London the last several weeks.

Some people have absolutely no regard for private property, especially if they think they're making a "larger" statement.

I don't agree with Ron Paul on much, but I think he hits it out of the park when he says that the civil unrest that we've seen in London and Greece are just a taste of what is to come here. Or, as Barack Obama and most of his administration puts it, "Mission Accomplished".

I have absolutely no idea what your comment means or is meant to imply.