350,000 Chicago Students Out of School for Teachers Strike | Heartlander Magazine
Union Rejected Pay Raise
CPS offered teachers a four-year package worth $400 million that would have increased the average teacher’s compensation by 16 percent over that time, said Chicago School Board President David Vitale. The city expects to face a $3 billion budget deficit over the next three years, plus a $2 billion pension deficit over the next two years.
CPS’s annual spending is approximately $5.5 billion.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
A Short History of the Obama Campaign Against Education
Chicago Daily Observer » Blog Archive » A Short History of the Obama Campaign Against Education
This Strike is a perfect example of what happens when Democrats, in the Chicago Way, take control of both government and the unions.
Each side in this strike is controlled by Democrats, all avid supporters of Obama.
Instead of working together in the best interests of kids in school, these factions fight over how much more of the tax payers’ dollars will wind up in their pockets.
The union leadership and Chicago politicians, Democrats all, get fatter, and the kids and people of Chicago suffer more.
This Strike is a perfect example of what happens when Democrats, in the Chicago Way, take control of both government and the unions.
Each side in this strike is controlled by Democrats, all avid supporters of Obama.
Instead of working together in the best interests of kids in school, these factions fight over how much more of the tax payers’ dollars will wind up in their pockets.
The union leadership and Chicago politicians, Democrats all, get fatter, and the kids and people of Chicago suffer more.
You break it, you buy it? Whitehall considers charging users for damage to parks
You break it, you buy it? Whitehall considers charging users for damage to parks | MLive.com
Whitehall City Council is scheduled to consider making people and festivals who rent the city’s parks pay for any damage they cause.
Whitehall City Council is scheduled to consider making people and festivals who rent the city’s parks pay for any damage they cause.
Monday, September 10, 2012
FIRE's Red Alert List Exposes the Worst Violators of Campus Rights
FIRE's Red Alert List Exposes the Worst Violators of Campus Rights - The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education - FIRE
Michigan State University
Michigan State University (MSU) joined FIRE's Red Alert list after finding student government leader Kara Spencer guilty of "spamming" and misuse of university resources for criticizing the administration's plan to change the school calendar.
Spencer had carefully selected and e-mailed 391 faculty members to encourage them to express their views on the proposed changes.
Despite the fact that Spencer merely wished to alert a small percentage of the campus community—roughly 8 percent of MSU's faculty—to an important administrative decision, MSU found her to be in violation of the university's Network Acceptable Use Policy and of engaging in an "unauthorized" use of the MSU network.
After FIRE intervened, MSU dropped the charges but made its policy even more restrictive.
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Michigan State University
Michigan State University (MSU) joined FIRE's Red Alert list after finding student government leader Kara Spencer guilty of "spamming" and misuse of university resources for criticizing the administration's plan to change the school calendar.
Spencer had carefully selected and e-mailed 391 faculty members to encourage them to express their views on the proposed changes.
Despite the fact that Spencer merely wished to alert a small percentage of the campus community—roughly 8 percent of MSU's faculty—to an important administrative decision, MSU found her to be in violation of the university's Network Acceptable Use Policy and of engaging in an "unauthorized" use of the MSU network.
After FIRE intervened, MSU dropped the charges but made its policy even more restrictive.
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43 Months of Depressing Misery
PJ Media » 43 Months of Depressing Misery
Mort Zuckerman accurately contended in a Friday evening Wall Street Journal op-ed, “we are experiencing, in effect, a modern-day depression,” where “dependent millions” relying on food stamps and swelling the disability rolls “are the invisible counterparts of the soup kitchens and bread lines of the 1930s.”
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Full-time employment only increased by 43,000 in August. It’s down (yes, down) by 902,000 since March, and by over 1.4 million since Obama took office.
562,000 fewer married men and 700,000 fewer married women were employed in August than were when the recession officially ended in June 2009.
22% of the 3.47 million private-sector jobs created since the recession’s end have been at temporary help services.
What about what the new jobs created actually pay? The National Employment Law Project recently reported that “Lower-wage occupations were 21 percent of recession (job) losses, but 58 percent of recovery growth. Mid-wage occupations were 60 percent of recession losses, but only 22 percent of recovery growth.” The leftists at the NELP wouldn’t state the obvious, so I will: Their research proves that the Obama administration’s economic policies are gutting the middle class.
Mort Zuckerman accurately contended in a Friday evening Wall Street Journal op-ed, “we are experiencing, in effect, a modern-day depression,” where “dependent millions” relying on food stamps and swelling the disability rolls “are the invisible counterparts of the soup kitchens and bread lines of the 1930s.”
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Insight: GM's Volt - The ugly math of low sales, high costs
Insight: GM's Volt - The ugly math of low sales, high costs | Reuters
Cheap Volt lease offers meant to drive more customers to Chevy showrooms this summer may have pushed that loss even higher.
There are some Americans paying just $5,050 to drive around for two years in a vehicle that cost as much as $89,000 to produce.
Cheap Volt lease offers meant to drive more customers to Chevy showrooms this summer may have pushed that loss even higher.
There are some Americans paying just $5,050 to drive around for two years in a vehicle that cost as much as $89,000 to produce.
The Disappearing DUI: MLive finds wide disparities in drunk driving arrests; see how your police rank
The Disappearing DUI: MLive finds wide disparities in drunk driving arrests; see how your police rank | MLive.com
The totals do not include additional arrests by campus police at Michigan State University and the University of Michigan, though the trend there was similar.
MSU police arrested three times as many drunken drivers as Michigan’s.
Ann Arbor Deputy Police Chief Gregory Bazick said he could not explain the differences, or why his department ranks so low overall.
Muskegon seems to be a great county to drive drunk!
The totals do not include additional arrests by campus police at Michigan State University and the University of Michigan, though the trend there was similar.
MSU police arrested three times as many drunken drivers as Michigan’s.
Ann Arbor Deputy Police Chief Gregory Bazick said he could not explain the differences, or why his department ranks so low overall.
Muskegon seems to be a great county to drive drunk!
Obama's Communist Party Endorsement
Articles: Obama's Communist Party Endorsement
Nevertheless, we must not allow the extreme rhetoric in which the endorsement is couched to distract us from a more fundamental issue, which is this: the CPUSA endorses Barack Obama on the very same grounds -- even in the same words -- that Obama uses in defense of himself.
If a communist were operating under the official umbrella of the Democratic Party, and were thus forced to use Democrat talking points rather than speak his own radical mind, we would interpret this as typical leftist cynicism and subterfuge.
But this time the words appear on the CPUSA's own website.
Nevertheless, we must not allow the extreme rhetoric in which the endorsement is couched to distract us from a more fundamental issue, which is this: the CPUSA endorses Barack Obama on the very same grounds -- even in the same words -- that Obama uses in defense of himself.
If a communist were operating under the official umbrella of the Democratic Party, and were thus forced to use Democrat talking points rather than speak his own radical mind, we would interpret this as typical leftist cynicism and subterfuge.
But this time the words appear on the CPUSA's own website.
Sunday, September 09, 2012
CARPE DIEM: There's One Place with Jobs, Jobs, and More Jobs
CARPE DIEM: There's One Place with Jobs, Jobs, and More Jobs
The jobs report today was pretty grim even though the jobless rate fell to 8.1%.
But there's at least one place where the job market is booming like never before, where the state jobless rate is only 3%, where there are ten counties with jobless rates below 2% and where one county with a jaw-dropping 0.7% unemployment rate: North Dakota.
The jobs report today was pretty grim even though the jobless rate fell to 8.1%.
But there's at least one place where the job market is booming like never before, where the state jobless rate is only 3%, where there are ten counties with jobless rates below 2% and where one county with a jaw-dropping 0.7% unemployment rate: North Dakota.
At Top Business Schools, an MBA Application Drought
At Top Business Schools, an MBA Application Drought - Businessweek
A handful of schools reported even steeper drops, including Michigan State University’s Broad College of Business, where applications fell 18 percent
A handful of schools reported even steeper drops, including Michigan State University’s Broad College of Business, where applications fell 18 percent
Debt collectors cash in on student loan roundup
NYT: Debt collectors cash in on student loan roundup - Business - US business - The New York Times - NBCNews.com
In all, nearly one in every six borrowers with a loan balance is in default.
The amount of defaulted loans — $76 billion — is greater than the yearly tuition bill for all students at public two- and four-year colleges and universities
In all, nearly one in every six borrowers with a loan balance is in default.
The amount of defaulted loans — $76 billion — is greater than the yearly tuition bill for all students at public two- and four-year colleges and universities
Jeff Bezos And The End of PowerPoint As We Know It
Jeff Bezos And The End of PowerPoint As We Know It - Forbes
I know what some of you are thinking—it works for Bezos because he’s revealing products that people can see and touch.
Let me be clear—picture superiority works in any presentation, even for the most complex ideas.
I know what some of you are thinking—it works for Bezos because he’s revealing products that people can see and touch.
Let me be clear—picture superiority works in any presentation, even for the most complex ideas.
Decision on Muskegon County jail, juvenile facilities still weeks away following planning event
Decision on Muskegon County jail, juvenile facilities still weeks away following planning event | MLive.com
However, the final decision by the County Board of Commissioners is likely still several weeks away, perhaps coming after the Nov. 6 general election.
However, the final decision by the County Board of Commissioners is likely still several weeks away, perhaps coming after the Nov. 6 general election.
Muskegon County commissioner, township trustee candidates maintain primary wins after recounts
Muskegon County commissioner, township trustee candidates maintain primary wins after recounts | MLive.com
Based on the recount, Hughes gained three votes and finished with a 772-748 edge over Plummer, who is completing his first two-year term as a county commissioner.
Based on the recount, Hughes gained three votes and finished with a 772-748 edge over Plummer, who is completing his first two-year term as a county commissioner.
Congressman Huizenga facing Muskegon Democratic challenger who received 1,800-plus write-in votes
Congressman Huizenga facing Muskegon Democratic challenger who received 1,800-plus write-in votes | MLive.com
Muskegon City Commissioner Willie German Jr. received nearly 2,000 write-in votes in the Aug. 7 primary election
Muskegon City Commissioner Willie German Jr. received nearly 2,000 write-in votes in the Aug. 7 primary election
Saturday, September 08, 2012
The Terrifying Line in Obama's Speech That Everyone Missed
The Terrifying Line in Obama's Speech That Everyone Missed - Investors.com
Instead of stirring rhetoric filled with hope and promise, Obama pledged that under his leadership, "our path is harder" and "our road is longer."
Seriously?
After four years of the worst economic recovery since the Depression, falling incomes, lower-paying jobs, increased hopelessness and exploding debt, all Obama has to offer is that he'll make this nightmare last even longer?
Instead of stirring rhetoric filled with hope and promise, Obama pledged that under his leadership, "our path is harder" and "our road is longer."
Seriously?
After four years of the worst economic recovery since the Depression, falling incomes, lower-paying jobs, increased hopelessness and exploding debt, all Obama has to offer is that he'll make this nightmare last even longer?
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