The time has come to correct the record. We can finally put to rest all those pesky, right-wing rumors and accusations that ACORN monopolized the voter fraud industry. Well to all the bellows of Limbaughs and Becks, we stick out our tongues.


Okay, but not like that.


The Ant, in his usual form, has the link to the story. The NEA has offered a novel way of getting out the vote.

John Leidecker, of the Rhode Island branch of the NEA, has been arrested on charges that he "used false information" and masqueraded as Rep. Gablinske, who was beaten by a pro-union candidate in the primary. According to the story from WPRI, "Rep. Gablinske filed a complaint with the police prior to the Nov. 2 election alleging that someone was sending out e-mails falsely claiming to be from him."

Said Gablinske, "The NEA is really organized crime and [to] resort to these types of tactics during campaigns."

The Tea Party must surely rue its disorganization now. After all, they could only manage open challenges and confrontations of elected officials in town halls and getting attacked by them on the street. How can they possibly compete with the public unions' willingness to trail blaze with ever-new methods of skulduggery (although there is something to be said about the full-frontal [to-the-face] method as practiced by the SEIU; it's hard to argue when you lay beaten in the street).

The NEA leadership claims no knowledge-a claim that is quite embarrassing. Leidecker as an assistant executive director, winning $115,099 working for the teacher union, is far from the standard bottom-feeder lackey. Does the NEA really have no clue as to what its executives are doing?

Of even more cause for concern is the revelation that Leidecker could not even spell Galinske properly. Surely one would assume that a high-level broker in the most-ardent force in public education that is tasked with educating our youth could manage, even if engaging in election fraud, to learn their ABC's.

So as a lesson learned, make sure you all check your email again from now on. It might be not be yours. And if happens to be porn, be careful-it might be the work of an NEA exec.

Posted by Hound No. 4

NEA Con 2010

The Ant over at the EiA has some tidbits from the National Education Association's convention in New Orleans. Compared to the antics at Comic-cons and Sci-Fi-cons , the Cons-cons here really act like denizens from outer space.

Two of our favorites:

1.NBI91 submitted by the CTA:

“Move that NEA RA 2010 New Orleans Delegates stand up and leave the convention center to send a clear message to protest against Public Schools’ budget cuts on July 6th (last day RA) for ‘one’ hour during lunch time (discretion of NEA President for time of lunch). NEA staff will contact TV news to get media coverage and organize the exit of members in an organized manner.”

Nothing says more the modus operandi of the teacher unions from California than if you want something done for yourself, make someone else do it. Imagine the sight: the CTA at the podium speaking to the crowd "Now, all you from New Orleans, you get up and go outside now while we're all eating and we'll watch. And cheer. What? Sorry. You'll just have to make do with whatever is left over at the buffet when you get back." Very droll!

2. Good news for Chris Christie: Other than some Jerry Springer-style wailing by Van Roekel at him, it looks like he is small time now. Arne Duncan appears to be Enemy #1on the NEA Hit List. Also from Ant:

"While introducing New Business Item 42, which directed NEA to “call on the U.S. government to end the war in Afghanistan,” delegate Nancy Porter from the Iowa State Education Association said: 'Bring home the troops and send in the Peace Corps and Teachers for America (sic).'"

Wow.

No question the highlight was Bob Chanin packing it in. Quite a confession he makes here (you can stop after the 1:00 minute mark):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-piPkgAUo0w

"It is not because we care about children, and its not because we have a vision of a great public school or every child..."

Need we hear more?


Posted by Hound No. 4

Prayer Should Stay Out of Schools

The New Jersey Education Association (the same oufit that is trying to downsize the popularity of "The Cartel" film) finally got religion. That's right, they have gotten on their knees and held their card (or whatever they use in place of rosaries) and prayed for the death of newly elected NJ governor Chris Christie.

The NJEA has done some damage control, saying the leaked memo was a private joke.

Cristie pounced on this too with all four paws, and mused, "They said they didn't intend it to be public. So, private prayer for my death would have been OK?"

Will the NJEA's new heavenly weapon work? Who knows? Though we cannot see how much good a divine DEFCON 1 will do against a man who's name is "Chris Christie."

Let us suppose that the NJEA gets its indulgence granted, and Christie goes the way of the NJEA's other favorites: Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, etc. Did you see Michael Jackson's funeral? To get an outing by the NJEA like his, Christie would have to have been quite an incredible person!

Posted by Hound No. 4

[Update 4/13/2010]

Chris Christie has called on for the head of the chapter responsible to resign.

Posted by Hound No. 4

Duke of Puke

Following on the heels of No. 4, back over at Duke, (which attracts sexual assault scandals as much as Vin Diesel attracts photo-phobic, flaying alien predators), yet another scandal erupts with all the outrage as the lacrosse scandal.



Hahahahahahahhahahahaha.




Not.



In the Duke's continued resemblance of some Greek tragedy, it appears that the title should not be Oedipus Rex or Oedipus at Colonus, but more aptly named Pediphilius Text or Pediphilus at the Colon.

As the Chronicle reports, Frank Lombard, a Duke official and associate director for the Duke Center for Health policy was arrested for prostituting children for sex. Specifically, his own adopted son.

Congratulations to Duke University which has finally broken a long held monopoly on statutory rape by groups such as the AFT and NEA.

Online chatting sessions have been cited that Lombard was interested in incestuous relationships with children.

What is the major story behind this? Answer: Lombard is gay and his adopted son is black. Black rape at Duke? Surely Houston Baker and Karla F(ulla)C(rap) Halloway are protesting this one. Surely Lombard is "a farm animal" and Halloway has written another "Coda," Lubiano has called Lombard "a perfect offender."

A good example of the Duke University outrage over Lombard's actions can be heard here.

Just as Katie Rousse got shafted by Duke officials (well, in a different sense than Lombard's son got shafted), the silence behind Lombard's actions has been quite telling. The two events-the Jermaine Burch rape of Rousse and now Lombard have shown no similarities between the response from them and the rush to judgement and vitriolic hate speech and actions that came out of the media, faculty, administration, and other academic bastions of lunacy across the country during the Lacrosse Hoax.

Renegade professor Mike Adams over at Townhall.com has Lombard's wish list off of amazon, which as he very effectively demonstrates, is quite telling. The Free Republic and World Net Daily both are frothing at the mouth that the media, which went hog-wild over the lacrosse allegations has been silent up to now. We Hounds have checked and even the Foxes have been mum.

The most important question to ask at this point is how long Brodhead et al. have known about this? Could be a Heidi Hurd moment for Duke...

Posted by Hound No. 2

Told You So

The one-percent sales tax, having been passed in April, has turned out just as underhanded and duplicitous as we first reported it to be.

County Board Member Gregg Knott lets the vultures off a bit easy, considering that he has realized, as many of us had during the vote, that the proposition was passed by means of deceit and guile. The County Board now has no control to repeal it, nor as we warned at the offset, are any of the educationalists forced to make good on their promise.

Let us not forget that this faux promise was ostensibly for school construction and renovation, was spearheaded by CLASS and its teacher union hack Del Ryan. Although their own website says that it CANNOT [their emphasis] be used for salaries or indoctdiversity programs, the News Gazette reported in his own words told us this was not the case.


In other TASSer news on the KENNEL front, a case of the RABBIES has been reported in Kansas where a teacher has been fired for not exclusively prostrating to "sunshine" but als0 "rain." Naturally, the school is not speaking, but no doubt much to their frustration, students are. Student-wise the score is 200-1.

Beyond the obvious question of whether the school fired him for his political views, which according to the students sans one were unobtrusive (a notable difference from a notorious Colorado case where the teacher was fired (and later reinstated mind you) for comparing Bush to Hitler minus any form of context or rebuttal), there are several important ones to ask:

• Does Mr. Latham belong to a teacher union?
• What is Mr. Latham's status if he does?
• Will they cover his legal costs (like they do with statutory rapists in their ranks) if he litigates for wrongful termination?

We do not know, since the Kansas NEA branch will not talk, but it will be interesting to watch. The NEA will defend terrorists, but will it defend its own?

Posted by Hound No. 4

Teacher caught parking in Park Ridge

Another teacher-on-student legal action in the works in suburban IL. According to the Chicago Sun-Times

Jennifer Espinosa, 38, of Park Ridge, was charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse as a result of an eight-month relationship with a former
student, according to a Cook County Sheriff’s office release.

The police found the car parked with the pungency of pot coming from the car. Epinosa apparently felt that after the boy was expelled, her sexual abuse of him did somehow not qualify as statutory rape, and that she was legally exempt.

Questions that need to be asked:

1. Who at the school was aware of the relationship?

2. What is/are the Union(s) that Espinosa belongs to?

3. What amount has said Union(s) provided to her legal fees?

All these are important to consider. Thinking back to earlier this year, where Gene Amberg and Janice Bradley were found guilty of witholding mandatory reporting under state law suspected sexual abuse by teachers, it is of vital importance to grill school officials and faculty concerning any suspicions they might have had. Considering as well unions rules for tenured members, we need to ask how much of their money is moving in the case. The NEA's website, for example, gives guidelines for teachers on how to undermine the credibility of children and avoid prosecution, making it look more like an on-line banner for NAMBLA, rather than an "education resource" as they ludicrously claim.

Posted by Hound No. 4