Minnesota Public School Teacher Emails Entire School District to Organize Counter-Protest Against Local Tea Party Rally
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, April 12, 2010, 2:51 PM
A Minnesota teacher emailed the entire school district to organize a counter-protest against the local tea party rally planned for Thursday.
The Post-Bulletin reported:
An e-mail sent out by a Rochester public school teacher calling on others to protest the Rochester Tea Party Patriots’ rally on Thursday is drawing sharp criticism from Tea Party members.
The e-mail was sent out to all teachers in the school district and states that “if you are interested in combating the lies and ignorance of the Tea Party movement” to meet for a counter-rally at 5:30 p.m. at Soldiers Field. The teacher who sent out the e-mail says he will have an air horn and some signs. Rochester Tea Party Patriot Chairwoman Cindy Maves contacted School Board Chairman Jim Pittenger to protest the teacher’s use of district e-mail for the political message.
“I am not surprised that there would be a counter-protest. I am just surprised they used the district e-mail,” Maves said.
In an e-mail sent to Maves, Pittenger said that the e-mail might be a violation of district policy, and Superintendent Romain Dallemand plans to investigate the matter. Rochester Public Schools’ spokeswoman Rachel Hicks could not be reached this morning for comment on the matter.
Of course, this surprises no one.
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sue commented:
If that had happened in our school district, the teacher would be fired. Some of the better school districts do have minimum ethical standards that set examples for our children.
RustyG commented:
Don’t dispair. Many teachers in my Texas district, both current and retired, are meeting and driving together to support our local event. We’re smart enough not to use district e-mail though.
pjean commented:
I live in Minnesota and I am on a mission to contact this superintendent.
frank commented:
“We are sick & tired of you people, you ordinary citizens, butting into our business. Now SHUT UP, pay your taxes, and do as we tell you.”
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Richard Aubrey commented:
Air horn, huh?
Must be some kind of lefty discussion thingy.
Or maybe it’s left over from trying to get her students’ attention.
If she’s interested in her students, that is.
Gman commented:
Air horn…. heh. That is the extent of the lefts ability to debate. Just drown out the opposition. Well I guess if the facts were not on my side I would do the same thing.
Militant Conservative commented:
Air is all the left has, lots of rhetoric, no substance.
Bring it on, lets rock.
Opaobie commented:
Teach this “teacher” a “lesson”. The CAN-SPAM Act. Each separate email in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act is subject to penalties of up to $16,000, so non-compliance can be costly. Granted, this law is aimed at Commercial businesses who use SPAM to promote products or services unsolicited, it can also be applied to individuals who SPAM. Besides being a gross misuse of School District email resources, it is SPAM, and anyone who feels s/he was SPAMMed should file a legal complaint with the FTC (available at the link in this post).
toomuch commented:
Well, now we know why Johnny can’t read, do math, know history or speak correctly…but hegot an A+++ in bull horn use.
Mrgoodwench commented:
One word:
GOONIONS
newton commented:
Hopefully, by sending this through the school district’s e-mail system, that counter-protest will be OVER before it starts.
Heh!
manateespirit commented:
This ticks me off to no end. We protested our school district here in Kirkwood, MO when the school district allowed Bill Clinton to campaign for Obama. The district was paid for it, of course, but we were looked on as kooks. The district said $10,000 was paid to cover the extra costs incurred because of security and setup. My husband said he would rather pay the $10,000 out of his pocket than have this sorry excuse for a human being speak to students…what kind of role model did Clinton turn out to be for kids?….I mean, what really “is” the meaning of “is”?
THIS TYPE OF PARTISAN POLITICS DOES NOT BELONG IN A SCHOOL. What do you want to bet this teacher gets off with not even a warning? What is this teacher’s name? I would love to drop her/him an email. If the district doesn’t release the teacher’s name, we could at least email the superintendent.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
#5, #6
Indeed. An air horn: just blow it whenever anyone starts to make a point, and if that doesn’t stop them from speaking, throw fists.
THAT IS ALL THEY HAVE.
Flyover Sam commented:
Why should DC politicians have all the fun stealing and seizing our personal property and using it against our will to promote ideologies that we are utterly opposed to?
We should empower employees like this teacher to extend that engagement, using time, computers, classrooms and networks we all have paid for to advocate progressivist causes.
jenny commented:
Of course it will be found to be against District policy. Will anything be done about it? NO!
Brenda commented:
What happens when a government turns on some of its citizens……..
Taqiyyotomist commented:
The Post-Bulletin article seems sympathetic towards the Tea Party, for the most part, but it has the added effect of getting the message in the E-mail out to a wider audience.
Still, you have to wonder if that was the author’s intent here – spreading the word about the counter-protest in order to increase attendance. It *is* a newspaper, after all.
The author, Heather J. Carlson, is to be given kudos for allowing so much space for the voice and views of the Tea Party. It’s rather shocking to see this in a newspaper. I hope the paper doesn’t fire her for this conspicuous breech of tradition.
From the article:
“We really want to make it a family event,” Maves said. “We really want to try and get away from this stereotype that people have that we are this angry bunch of people.”
Sorry, Ms. Maves, but you don’t have anything to do with that stereotype, so you and all the Tea Party Patriots can do nothing to “get away” from it.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
And, naturally, “Comments on this article have been disabled.”
Naturally.
No Man commented:
Sounds like misuse of the government’s, i.e., the taxpayers’, property by a government employee.
Should be fired.
Dell commented:
This surprises no one. The libs are in charge now, so everything THEY do is appropriate; anything anyone else does is inappropriate, illegal and will get you in serious trouble.
If those Tea Party folks are sharp, they’ll announce this immediately: “If You Support The Tea Party – Sound Your Air-Horn!”.
That otta frost their a$$es.
cvxvx commented:
“An e-mail sent out by a Rochester public school teacher”
Why does this “teacher” get anonymity?
Name and home address?
down with dems commented:
If nothing happens to this teacher, then conservative / Republican / Tea Party teachers in that same district should feel free to run wild and openly abuse the email system as well to promote conservative values. Wait and see what the punishment is… it will set the precedent for follow up copycats within the same district.
annie commented:
Fire him/her/them immediately! They are public employees…what they do on their own time at their own home is their business. School is for education, not political activism. My gosh these people are brainwashed when it comes to Dear Leader and the rest of the crooks in Congress and this administration!
Taqiyyotomist commented:
#20 Dell
“If those Tea Party folks are sharp, they’ll announce this immediately: “If You Support The Tea Party – Sound Your Air-Horn!”. ”
Dell, you are a friggin genius!
Taqiyyotomist commented:
cvxvx,
That’s a really good question. Why won’t the reporter name this teacher? Think if the ideological poles were reversed, and this was a conservative public school teacher (they do exist, I’m told)… The name would be known to one and all, and this story would be on ABC Nightly News, 60 Minutes, and Nightline.
pamlinson commented:
Seems like that should be considered an abuse of school policy …if not downright illegal
czekmark commented:
I feel sorry for the parents whose children have this clown as their teacher.
Dell commented:
Taqiyyotomist
April 12th, 2010 | 3:44 pm | #24
You gotta fight fire with fire. It’s long past time to take the gloves off and remind those folks inside the beltway just who pays the bills…and we have to do it until they understand.
The best way to counter the “anti” folks is simply overrun them with massive numbers. I don’t mean literally….I mean put so many people out there that the “antis” get lost in the crowd.
Jo commented:
I’m going to the SF tea Party at the end of this week. We wil be met by radical insanoids, possibly violence. But have to have courage. I already know I’m a racist because Obama has cut $500 billion from Medical in his HealthCare Takeover.
If you are against the democrats you are a racist. That is what all the media says. I’m sure that is What Obama approves of as he has never spoken up against this libel.
Patman commented:
Maybe it will be as big of a hit as the Coffee Parties sweeping across the nation.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
OT
Pastor Manning, God bless him, is losing his mind.
http://la-gun.com/manning/
bill-tb commented:
Fright time … union pensions cannot be met, they never could.
Todd commented:
Maybe they should bring the coffee party 7 with them
Melody commented:
Now this is why parents today really need to be involved in schools or have thier kids go to private school… Teachers are all a bunch of leftest brainwashing kids and doing as they please, even if that means breaking the law.
What a waste of our precious resourses ( our children )
Flyover Sam commented:
New mantra of the government employee:
“You worked hard all day, only so that that we could take away half of your pay in income taxes, sales taxes, property taxes, business taxes, registration taxes, use taxes, excessive fees and regulations.
I worked all day to piss away that money and use it against you.
You want a thank you? We say screw you.
Sincerely, Your Government Employees”
Derak commented:
Good luck getting the teacher even suspended.
In Seattle, two kids broke into a high school and proceeded to vandalize and spray paint the inside of the school.
Turns out, their teacher gave them the key code.
Slap on the wrist.
See Dori Monson’s blog.
Goonions is right.
so cal chick commented:
Here’s to ‘Jo’ up in San Francisco…attending a Tea Party up there… The rest of the nation has no idea what Tea Party attendees have to put up with in Northern CA… They’ve been exposed to leftist haters openly and angrily confronting them from day one of the Tea Parties. The SF Tea Partiers are true Patriots…I met several of them in Nashville… You would not believe the crap they’ve already seen at their rallies. God Speed Jo!
Palinfan commented:
Classic example of why the school districts need to be watched more closely. Your kids are not served well by government-run, union-infested school districts.
TB commented:
I believe this teachers ‘punishment’ should be that she have to attend the tea-party rally and talk to the ‘protesters’ to find out what they really are like and what their concerns actually are. She would find out that they are ordinary folks, who are reasonable and non-violent and pay the taxes that pay her salary.
She should be required to take students with her, no bull-horns, no air-horns, no funny hats.
sliderblaze commented:
drudge has a pic of obama bowing to the communist china
Rhymes With Right commented:
This teacher is horrified!
http://rhymeswithright.mu.nu/archives/300488.php
Jerry M commented:
These idiots in teachers unions no doubt fully support Obamacare which if implemented will require states to put even more money into Medicaid further diminishing what will be available for education spending.
Slappy commented:
“if you are interested in combating the lies and ignorance of the Tea Party movement”
This sentence from the e-mail is the typical rhetoric and behavior we’ve come to expect from the insane Left. They toss out generalizations and use projection when attacking anyone that doesn’t agree with them. I deal with this in face-to-face conversations all the time. When I ask them to mention their criticisms in specifics (e.g., what are the “lies,” what is the evidence of “ignorance,” etc.), they start stammering or resort to saying something nonsensical or completely untrue.
For example, one Lefty acquaintance (an African-American woman) started bashing Palin out of left field just a couple of weeks ago. We were both part of a group of 6 or so people talking about a completely unrelated, non-political topic. She didn’t apparently know my political ideology. When I asked her to name specifics about Palin she doesn’t like, the first and only thing she mentioned was that Palin didn’t criticize the racial epithets and spitting on a black congressman by members of the Tea Party in D.C. the day the House voted on the healthcare plan. After I pointed out that there is no evidence that any of the racial epithets were said or, as in the case of the spitting incident, was completely mischaracterized and exaggerated as seen in the video of the incident posted online, she didn’t care. I also pointed out that Palin had nothing to do with those protests. Regarding the accusation of racial epithets being used, she actually told me that John Lewis simply wouldn’t lie about it. I told her he has been an extremely partisan politician since he was first elected despite his admirable actions in the civil rights movement 40-plus years ago. To support my claim, I cited in specifics his strongly partisan rhetoric against the GOP, such as in 1995 when he compared them to the Nazis (“They’re coming for the children. They’re coming for the poor. They’re coming for the sick, the elderly and the disabled”) and in 2008 when he compared McCain to segregationist George Wallace. Her response was to say three times in a row that she didn’t want to talk about it anymore. Of course, she didn’t. Like Lewis, she thought being black that she could make a false allegation about supposed racial incidents being committed by people opposed to the Democrats’ agenda as well as spout completely ridiculous criticisms of Palin and those of us that are white Republicans would simply kowtow to her. It’s the same arrogant mentality and intellectual dishonesty that caused the Congressional Black Caucus to walk through the middle of the Tea Party protests and then to manufacture and/or embellish their experiences.
This is just one example but is the typical behavior I have come to expect from Lefties, whether online or offline. They certainly don’t let the details get in the way of a “good” (and false) allegation or rallying cry against those with whom they disagree politically, especially one that falsely tries to portray all Republicans/conservatives as racists.
pst314 commented:
“he will have an air horn and some signs”
One thing that peaceful leftists like to do is blast air horns in the ears of people they disagree with. Bring ear plugs or headphones.
pst314 commented:
“the e-mail might be a violation of district policy”
Might?
pst314 commented:
“I am just surprised they used the district e-mail”
The public schools are an echo chamber of liberal and left-wing ideology. The teacher probably forgot that leftist politics is different from announcing the school cafeteria menu.
Disgruntled Worker commented:
So the teachers can organize this, but no color guards at other affairs? Doesn’t this send the same message of the school being partisan? I wonder what these teachers are telling the kids in the classroom.
jef costello commented:
The Teachers Union, the root of all evil. Like all unions, leeches and hacks. They will be gone soon as they have proven their ineffectiveness and their evil ways.
Jinx McHue commented:
We have a saying on the Conservative Cave and Conservative Underground websites for stories like this: “What’s his DU [Democrat Underground] name?”
Paul commented:
The Coffee Tea Party are for Democrats..
Paul commented:
To say in one state and one school The kid’s were below 50% in learning half the school was.And when found out..The SA of the school had a meeting with those Union Teachers saying we have got to bring these kid’s up to standard above the level..He ask for them..the teachers to come in 20 minutes early and stay 20 minutes later..All the Union Teachers said ‘NO ” Ok.. I was like ..WHATTTTT ..They are teachers and if 50 % of the kids in the school are well below grade level
..who is teaching them or what’s going on in that school really? Ok, now another then the parent’s should be invold as well..But again.. did you not know as time goes on the students are being dum funded for an agenda? Yes they are.. Now it’s up to the parent’s to keep an eye on what thier children are doing and what they are being taught.. did you know of some of the home work in lower grades,I don’t know if any of you have got it..well the home work is like so they say Math..Ok, but,it ask how many tv-How many pitures..Beds.Tv.. how far is to to your front door to the back … How many windows- How many sisters”Brothers? Parents /The questions goes on and on.This goes on about 3 months a little at a time with even more questions…
I thought,ok for a third-fourth.sixth grader or any graders what is the point of this question ? Well, When my son came home again with more home work as such…I said you do not have to do that….
You know it’s all about searching and wanting to know infromation of your personal life and your family…. watch what your children bring home as home work ! REALLY ? TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT IT..Maybe some of you did not get any of this or you did not sit or check your child’s home work..or what ever the case may be..But… See what your children has for home work every time.as well as talk of what about in school work… You will be surprised what they are doing in these schools ..alot of them…
Keep the air ways open between you and your child.. please.
pst314 commented:
“if 50 % of the kids in the school are well below grade level”
This is Minnesota, where all the children are supposed to be above average.
(Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)
E.T.J. commented:
Time for insisting on “separation of >school< and state." Abolish the Department of Education and bring schools back home to the neighborhood under the watchful eye of parents.
Brian H commented:
It’s quite simple. If your cause is right (=left), you can do no wrong in its service.
To all the Amerikans commented:
Free speech for teabaggers and nobody else.