Listen to What Ronald Reagan says about Unions

“Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. … Their number is negligible and they are stupid.” -Eisenhower

The quote was one that Ike had penned in a letter to his brother Edgar in November of 1954.

I would like to thank Caffeinated Politics (http://dekerivers.wordpress.com/2011/02/26/president-eisenhower-on-labor-unions/) for finding this quote.

The information document was shared with the Senate Education Committee members to address the concern that have been raised about the quality of our public schools. It startled and amazed virtually all of them. Among the most jaw-dropping –literally – were

• Indiana teachers rank first in the nation for credentials in teaching what they teach (in other words in CONTENT certification which with the Governor should be THE priority. We subscribe to a higher standard – that both content and teaching skills are important.

• If Indiana were a country, our 4th and 8th grade math students would rank 7th highest IN THE WORLD.

• 87% of our students rank the equivalent of a C or higher on NAEP 4th grade math tests. (That’s a higher standard than a passing score and -
at nearly 90% with a C or better equivalent – is truly phenomenal.)

So the rhetoric that would lead the public to believe our schools are failing, teachers are not all that effective so evaluations procedures must be severely tightened and prescript, that teachers have focused on OTHER than student achievement are misleading, unfair, and not research driven.

Blogger who can't the heat.

The *The Hoosierpundit* is a blogger who is all wind. What use is a blog that can't be replied to? In the last blog of *The Hoosierpundit* he/she made a couple of comments that I wanted to reply to. His site said "Comment on Facebook" and I went to FB and you can't comment.

Now for my comments:
1. The ISTA rally was at 5:00 p.m. The teachers I talked to had driven down in groups. All who I talked to had taught that day.
2. In my opinion Mitch doesn't give a damn about anyone in Indiana, especially the public school kids. (Actually that is not true, if you give money to him or the Republian Party then he cares for you). If *TH* had attended, he/she would have seen mothers (with their babies), school-aged children, parents, grandparents, and future grandparents supporting public education.

I said what I need to say. I'm done...No, I'm not. If *The Hoosierpundit* doesn't have the guts (I was going to use balls, but I don't know what sex *TH* is) to voice his/her opinion and take on comments, then he/she is a coward.

Ronald Rodgers

My dad is doing better. With that being said....

I made a comment on Aim Higher blog (http://www.aiminghigherindiana.com/). This is a Republican CAP blog. The topic was education. OMG the Republicans have to resort to anecdotal comments.

Remember the the old, really old, Wendy's commercials with "Where is the beef?" "Where is the beef, Mitch?" I'm sorry, no I'm not, but Stephanie Salter wrote wrote a great article about Indiana's public education system. The link is *http://tribstar.com/opinion/x1894465482/STEPHANIE-SALTER-Have-you-heard-Indiana-s-schools-are-failing-It-s-a-lie*. It is a must read for everyone.

Mitch told congress that that the Bush tax cuts would put the the U.S. in the black, the cuts puts in the the red.

Sorry Nothing This Week

I'm sorry, but with my dad in the hospital, I didn't write anything.

Sorry,
Ronald Rodgers

Vi Simpson Resonds to Daniels' "State of the State"

Thank you Ms. Simpson! Thanks also to The Briefing Room for posting the clip. Here is the link. Please watch this and remember that there are individuals that care for the same things you do.

http://insendems.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/video-senate-democrat-leader-simpson-responds-to-2011-state-of-the-state-address/


Ronald Rodgers