Wis. Teacher Refuses Award From Paul Ryan During MLK Ceremony: ‘Lackey for the 1%’
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High school social studies teacher Al Levie refused to accept an award from Rep. Paul Ryan during a ceremony last week. (Image source: YouTube)
A Wisconsin teacher refused to accept an award from Rep. Paul Ryan during a ceremony last week, saying he couldn’t do so “in good conscience” because of the Republican congressman’s politics.
Al Levie, a high school social studies teacher in Racine, Wis., was one of three recipients of a Martin Luther King Jr. humanitarian award during a celebration honoring the late civil rights leader. Ryan, who represents the district, was on hand to present congressional recognitions to each award winner, the Kenosha News reported:
After Ryan spoke, Levie criticized the congressman’s policies before being walked off the stage. Levie had earlier stated that he would like to see collective bargaining restored in Wisconsin, fair immigration reform and a fair tax system among other suggestions.
In a video of the ceremony, Ryan is seen stepping from behind the podium to hand the award to Levie, who backs away and instead turns to speak to the audience. His words aren’t audible, but according to the video’s captions he said, “I can’t in good conscience accept this award, as a humanitarian, Paul Ryan stands for everything I don’t believe in.”
“Oh come on,” one person is heard saying.
“For the kids!” someone else adds.
The video was posted by Wisconsin Jobs Now, a coalition of community groups from across the state that advocates for “the 99 percent.” Levie appeared on the video afterward to explain his protest.
“I would not accept the award from Paul Ryan because Paul Ryan is a lackey for the 1 percent,” he said. “Paul Ryan had no business at a Martin Luther King event, it’s totally hypocritical. On the one hand he votes to slash health care, while on the other hand, King dedicated his life and he died for it, for people to have adequate healthcare, to have adequate jobs.”
“King made it very clear that he was on the side of working people,” he continued. “Ryan on the other hand, he has absolutely no affinity for the working class and for him to come to an event where somebody of King’s stature was honored is wrong.”
According to the Racine Journal Times, Levie serves with Voces de la Frontera, an advocacy group for immigrant and low wage worker rights, and is part of the local NAACP. He’s also a teacher and program director for the Wisconsin Correctional Service.
(h/t Gateway Pundit)
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Comments (308)
Mandors
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:17pmWhat would you expect from a Socialist Studies teacher. If you don’t like being in the 99% then get a job with a goal of making money. Nine months a year three-quarter time? Sounds like a pretty good gig.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:22pmRush is crushing the Establishment Republican Hit Job on NEWT. 12.20 Fri,
Report Post »FreedomPurveyor
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:34pmRush Limbaugh’s program has become a daily 3 hour Newt campaign segment.
Report Post »slr4528
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:36pmRush has to make sure his ratings stay high for the next 4 years so he has to push for a Newt GOP victory to ensure 4 more years of Obama.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:37pmHe said Rick was the man last night. You in the bag for Mitt?? RP?? . A false story is a false story, even for Conservatives.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:42pmWhether you like what the guy did nor not, you have to give him credit for acting on his convictions. Something we rarely see from our bought and paid for politicians. And again, who do you think has the money to buy them.
Report Post »Goodforall
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:43pmThe man is an absolute moron. I have news for you Al, you have missed the message MKL died for. And you are the 1%, not Paul Ryan.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:44pmSLR, our little NEODEMOCRAT weed. No one cares what you think.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:47pm@13th Imam I frequently listen to Rush on the way to an from lunch. Usually for the purpose of straight entertainment as he rarely says anything that is accurate or insightful. However, yesterday he had a flash of honesty and integrity when he stated that large corporations in the US do not want a competitive free market. That in and of itself has a lot to do with the amount of government regulations. You always need to check who is supporting legislation and what companies have close relationships with government agencies. Always remember we have the best politicians money can buy….and who do you think has the money to buy and own them.
Report Post »Thomas
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:50pmI wouldn’t let this guy teach my child.
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:52pmThe funniest thing about this twerp is not that misguided, but that he thinks he’s actually making a difference.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:12pm.
Why would any self respecting White person want a MLK Award in the first place?….
You just gonna be Pimped…….
Report Post »SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:16pm@JROOK——
“and who has the money to buy them”? I take it you are speaking about the Democratic party when you asked the question.
My guest would be the unions, lawyers lobby, environmental lobby, green energy lobby, Buffet and Soros to name just a few.
Report Post »Mrs.M
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:16pmI am a teacher at a private school and comparing salaries HE is the 99%, but I would not want his union life for any amount of money!!
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:28pmSorry, but Rush is giving great time and accolades to Santorum for shining the light on Romney and health care. Not a Newt show, friend.
Report Post »islamhater
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:29pmJFK/MLK/Lincon this is why i hope no one kill’s Obama. These people are NOT who people portray them to be..
Report Post »drbage
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:31pmI would be more than happy to have my taxes reduced so Mr. Levie no longer had to use my money to pay his mortgage, buy and fuel his car, heat his home, pay for 95% of his retirement, and 97% of his healthcare. I could sure use the money for my expenses.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:40pmThose who CAN… do.
Report Post »Those who CAN’t….. Teach.
And how dare any Republican try to balance a budget…. Shameful !!!
Jedidavid
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:43pm@islamhater and just who are they? I think we all have a good idea about JFK, but Lincoln? MLK? What do you know that no one else does?
Report Post »MYHEROISRON
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:52pmGeez, do we need a better reason to home school our kids? How did Wisconsin become such a bastion for socialism / communism?
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:02pmGood for the teacher while I detest the socialist unamerican abomination know as the public sector union. I applaude the teacher for his refusal. To long we’ve shaken the hands of the enemy in civil discourse that get us no where. Time to call out our enemies publicly by name refuse to sit at their table or cover contempt with a fake public smile. We have no common ground other than we both desire to same land we’re opposite as night and day. A couple that hates each other but stay together for the kids sake….
Report Post »bassist237
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:03pmanother useful idiot.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:03pmThe Teachers’ Union in Wisconsin stands to lose a lot…I’m not surprised this unionite is angry at a GOP member. Still..he gets no sympathy from me. Let him whine about “1%”…
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:12pm@TRON
Report Post »Same impression I got. Kudos to Santorum for exposing more about Romneycare/Obamacare. If Romney DOES get the nomination, I will vote for him, unlike some people on blogging on here. I will NOT let Obama have a second term just because my feelings got hurt.
right
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:19pmState of Wisconsin website:
Mr. Levie’s salary is $50,472 with an ADDITIONAL $40,381 in fringe benefits.
Upon retirement, he will also receive a lifetime pension. Here’s the link:
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/99999999/WIS0110/399990901/DataMine-Search-Wisconsin-teacher-salaries?appSession=911236864101044&RecordID=641189&PageID=3&PrevPageID=2&cpipage=1&CPIsortType=&CPIorderBy=&cbCurrentRecordPosition=1
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:30pmJROOK says:
“Whether you like what the guy did nor not, you have to give him credit for acting on his convictions. Something we rarely see from our bought and paid for politicians. And again, who do you think has the money to buy them.”
I give him credit for acting at the same level of maturity as most of his students.
Which would be equal to that of “OWS” and most of the union members in Wisconsin.
Report Post »right
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:32pmBased on his salary, if his wife was also a teacher, his household would be in the top 10% of all wage earners
Report Post »(this does not take into consideration his enormous benefit package)
Trenaway
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:36pmTo all the idiots who made untruthful comments on Rush Limbaugh. It is obvious you do not listen to his show. He has criticized Newt a lot. In fact the only person he has not criticized is Santorum.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:56pmIt’s funny, when that hockey player refused to go to the White House to be honored by the President, the typical response was (and this is a real quote):
“So all of the others players were good with this event or was Thomas the only one with the ****** to follow through with his convictions???”
When this teacher refuses to accept an award from Paul Ryan, everybody hates him.
I guess it’s a “whose ox was gored” scenario.
Yeah_Buddy
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:04pmAl is a howl. Besides looking like Eugene Levy, he is dissing MLK who wanted all people to be treated equally.
Report Post »Yeah_Buddy
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:08pmRyan should have smacked down this guy like John Candy does Eugene Levy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhJw0YExtgE
Report Post »Drives Like Jehu
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:15pmObviously the screeching “99%ers” failed math; confiscating all of the 1%er’s wealth and dividing it by 100 (because they surely would want to share equally with the destroyed 1%ers) does NOT make everyone (or anyone) wealthy.
In truth, the “99%ers” are really the anti-Exodus 20:17ers – they know only envy and covetousness and greed and hatred and jealousy and love of money.
Report Post »Mtroom
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:21pmDon’t have a problem with what he did, just a problem with what a S.S. teacher has said about MLK…..His missing the whole point of his message, that I can tell he teaches at his school…The presenter didn’t award this man anything, it was another group who chose this man…But I would encourage that group to sit in and see what this man tries to teach during “Black history month”..I don’t believe he gets anything even close to right.
Report Post »charleyrocks
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:35pmThey say that they want to be treated the same as white folk but they keep separating the cultures, I guess the past damage still lives with in.
Report Post »Leopold
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:19pm@ ROOK
He did not act on his convictions. He acted in a very discourteous and rude manner. Just because you don’t agree with someone does not mean you behave act like a donkey. What a bad example he portrays toward our children. It is the fault of teachers that our children behave badly. It is the teachers that show our children how to behave if you do not get what you want. Don’t do your job. Don’t show up for your job. Be rude to other people. And last but not least squeeze the system to get what you want. They go as far as taking our children out of school without the permission from parents to take part in demonstrations. I know, I know not every teacher is like that. But where are you, when will you speak out. It’s too hard right?
Unfortunately, that is how the people on the left behave.
With all the things that are coming toward us in this election season, the attacks on good, decent people by mobs of screaming hordes of freeloaders that include teachers, union worker and all other kind, will increase. The Police will be told to stand down and when the time is ripe they will get orders to come down hard on the good and decent people.
When the good and decent people have enough of the insults by the left I hope that the good and decent people will not react in kind. But that will take a lot of humility and grace. Willingness to turn the other cheek. That will not be easy. But if we ask God for help He will give it to us.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:37pmNo JZS
It’s a “Right” vs. “Wrong” scenario.
You have not been paying attention.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 5:45pmAnd JZS,
Do you not see the difference between the way those two events played out?
I mean, I know the left has no class or decency, but come on now.
Not even close to the same thing.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:06pm“…King dedicated his life and he died for it, for people to have adequate healthcare,…”
Report Post »And this ‘Al Levie’ is a social studies teacher? I sure wouldn’t want someone like him teaching my kids, especially humanitarian topics. THis ‘teacher’ should go back to kindergarten and learn what he doesn’t know- which is almost everything.
turkey13
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 6:58pmIf I were him I would complain to the NAACP, because the Rev. Al and the Rev. Jackson wern’t there for him and to give out the award.
Report Post »FormerLib
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:57pmSheesh. Martin Luther King wouldn’t even belong at a Martin Luther King event now. Talk about co-opting someone’s legacy and twisting it to fit an agenda.
Report Post »FormerLib
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:59pmCan this nitwit teacher produce any evidence that King died for universal health care? What an idiot. No wonder our kids are coming in dead last in academics.
Report Post »rc30
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 9:20pmAm a plumber I make 42,000 a year. I don’t think any one owes me any thing. I make 42k a year because of my choices in life. I look up to my boss he made his millions from nothing. People need to stop blaming other for there choices. I go into poor and rich peoples home. After doing so for 15 years. I would say its how people lived there lives. That puts them where they are. People who worked for what they have. Did the right things when they where young. Me very fast cars and fast woman was my thing and am where am at in life. But I had a wild ride and don’t regret it. Still have a kick ass mustang and a great wife and kids.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 12:51amBilly you have a point. There is the commonality that it both cases both people refused to accept an award and honor from someone they disagreed with politically. But otherwise it is different. One was a hockey player and the other a teacher, just to give a single example. They had different hair color too.
Report Post »Macman1138
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 7:18amYou are so right.
Report Post »However…I refuse to be to the MLK lackeys, but I know how to play their game just as well as they do.
Difference is that I don’t buy into it.
Therightsofbilly
Posted on January 28, 2012 at 12:16pmNo problem JZS,
I didn’t think you would be able to make the distinction between the two events.
Perhaps like you so often do, you made a quick judgement and posted your thoughts without ever having read the complete stories?
No wonder this country faces the problems it does. Even the brightest of the left has a hard time making simple, common sense, factual observations.
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 2:52pm“Levie serves with Voces de la Frontera, an advocacy group for immigrant and low wage worker rights, and is part of the local NAACP.” Consider the source.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:16pmUnionism=Communism
Unions only protect the weak and/or stupid.
Unions are anti American and so are a lot of the “intelligentsia”
Report Post »Athinkerinaseaoflibs
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:37pmSome time ago I worked for a company that had unionized the engineers in the company. It was in the state of Washington so it was optional. However every two weeks a guy from the union would come and ask me if I would join. I would politely say no and he would go away. 14 days later same drill. One day the guy got me on one of my bad days when he asked me to join. I told him “I believe that Unions represent two maybe three kinds of people; the incompetent, the lazy or a combination of both”. Being young and full of spit and vinegar and needing to turn the knife, I then asked “which one are you?” He never came back again.
Report Post »Robert999
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:02pmRight. That’s why unions should be illegal in America.
Report Post »SEPARATENOW
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:08pmallen.levie@rusd.org
Report Post »JRook
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:15pm@Athinkerinaseaoflibs Hmmm trying to figure out if you actually read or think before you speak or comment. It is more than established that turn of the century unions were both necessary and very successful in bringing about improvements in worker safety that never would have been done by the related companies on their own. And I guess you along with the other anti-union folks would be willing to give back many of the fringe benefits that even white collar workers receive and enjoy that were first proposed by unions. And I assure you I am not pro union, just pro facts.
Report Post »Athinkerinaseaoflibs
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:35pm@jrook
I have many interactions with the unions that go back many many years. There may have been a time when the unions have helped. Early 1900s but I have never seen the Unions standup for anyone recently while a person has tried to do those things that made this country great. The Unions have fought against innovation, efficiency and hard work. Most of us go to work with the expectation that at the end of the day we will be either phyisically or mentally spent. When that happens, for one I feel good.
On the other hand unions want 2-5 times as many people on a task. It has created the poor work ethic of the worker today. Also please don’t tell me that the American worker is the most productive worker in the world because of the unions. Our productivity is because of automation. We have been forced to impliment automation because the Unions have insisted on unrealistic wages. Unions are a major force that will ruin this country!
Report Post »islamhater
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:00pmactually union’s was started by russian communist and orginised crime. Nothing about union’s is American. Read history and yes my spelling is bad if you don’t like it you can kiss my american A$$!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:16pmUNION CRYBABY!! I would take my kids out of his classes. I am glad I don’t live there.
Report Post »Athinkerinaseaoflibs
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:38pmMaybe he should be glad that YOU don’t live their. These idiots can handle the truth.
Report Post »KansasPatriot
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:09pmParents! If I were you I wouldn’t let this snide, hateful, little communist teach his ideology to my child. Get you children out of government schools where they are attempting to raise “little green leftists”…
Report Post »Whatsizface
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:28pmAnd for a quick review of his performance as a teacher and awards recipient, check out:
http://www.ratemyteachers.com/al-levie/1006775-t
Make sure you add your own ‘review’ of his performance.
Just a thought.
Report Post »DesertRose1960
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:59pm@whatzhisface, in other words, feel free to tank his ratings and leave written evidence of what hateful, mean-spirited people TeaCons really are. I see you’ve been successful in stacking his reviews against him. His older reviews are positive. Have you never heard the old phrase “Do unto others, as you would have done unto you”? I think it’s from the Bible or something.
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:12pm@DesertRose1960
Report Post »What school would be so stupid as to put a teacher’s ratings out for the entire population of the world to rate? Don’t blame Whatsizface for the schools network policy. They are probably a union network and are waiting on a network administrator to come in and set the policy, because, as we all know, a union person can only do one specific job, or they will be in trouble.
DesertRose1960
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:30pm@anonymous, the site is a private site, and not affiliated with any school district. It is used by students and even some parents to rate teachers on a voluntary, free basis. There are several of these sites with teachers rated from all over the U.S. and Canada. I’ve used them myself when choosing a teacher for a continuing education course (college), and I ‘ve posted to them to rate my experiences with these teachers. And when I was teaching, I used to check my ratings, too. Most high school and college students are aware of these websites, why aren’t you?
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:09pm.
Report Post »If your wondering, his mother had no other children that lived………….
NancyBee
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:09pmSorry …I just don’t understand people like him….he is so decieved
Report Post »Gimme Shelter
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:07pmJust another ungrateful, unappreciative union teacher. Hey Levie, be glad you have your job, although I’m confident I know the content of your class lessons.
Report Post »OhYeah
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:07pmThis teacher is not the working class. He belongs to a large Union with great power and millions in campaign donations to the political party. I however have no representation and I work labor jobs not reading from a book. I am the working class and Paul Ryan has done nothing but tried to contain overspending and fighting for the individual to keep their freedom. The medical issue Mr. Teacher is a control that you need to visit in the EU. It is a monster that eats 60% of ones paycheck and then the innovation is not sought out due to lack of govt funds. So the medical care in a Socialist Society that you call equal is lacking individual freedom to choose and freedom for a medical specialist to be innovative. Mr. Social Studies teacher you do not have a clue, only what your large bully Unions tell you to do.
Report Post »slr4528
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:38pmOHYEAH
Right on!
Report Post »DesertRose1960
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:15pmThis teacher makes somewhere between $39,150 and $70,044, which is from the Racine Unified School District salary schedule. Such schedules are based on education and experience, a person coming out of college with no experience would get the lower end and some with a Doctorate and 20+ years of experience would make the maximum. Mr. Levie is probably somewhere in the middle of this, which means he makes somewhere around $54,000 a year. The per capita average income in the U.S. is currently $47,200 according to the CIA Factbook. That makes him middle class.
It doesn’t say he is a union member, it says he believes in collective bargaining. One can believe in collective bargaining without being a member of a union, I offer my present employment situation as an example. If you check out the life expectancy of most European countries, you will find that they live longer than we do, and some of them have higher per capita incomes than we have. Which means that they are both healthier and wealthier than we are.
Oh, and just so you know, those “big, bully unions” are only 12% of the workforce, down from a high of around 35% in the late 1960s, when overall real wages in constant dollars were higher than they are today. Please feel free to check out my links.
http://www.racine.k12.wi.us/?do=dept.content&pageID=195
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
http://www.workinglife.org/wiki/Wages+and+Benefits:+Real+Wages+(1964-2004)
Report Post »DesertRose1960
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 3:07pmMr. Levie is part of the Middle Class, the 99%. He makes somewhere between $39,150-$70,044 per year. A teacher is paid for both their experience and their education, someone just coming out of college would make the former and someone with a Doctorate and 10+ years of experience would make the later. Levie is probably somewhere in the middle, making about $54,000. Since the average, per capita income in the U.S. is currently $47,200 according to the CIA Factbook, he is middle class. He may or may not be part of the union. One can believe in collective bargaining without being part of the union. I offer my own current employment situation as an example. I have the option to join a union but am not currently a member.
While visiting the CIA Factbook, you might want to check out the stats on European countries, many of them have higher life expectancies and higher per capita incomes than we do. That means they are healthier and wealthier than we are. Many of them also have strong unions, and our American-based multinational corporations manage to deal with them while refusing to deal with American unions. The freedom that Representative Ryan wants to give you is a return to 1900, when workers had no pensions and no medical coverage. He wants you to be free to starve or freeze or die of easily prevented diseases. He wants to do away with Social Security and Medicare and replace them with personal investments in an unprotected stock market and a tax credit that wou
Report Post »Taxed_N_Spent
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:06pmWeird, I thought MLK wanted equality not handouts.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:19pmThe question now is, will the three black women, standing on the stage, call him racist, too, for not accepting the MLK award.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:04pmfire him!!
Report Post »ThaDuke
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 4:16pmwouldnt that be great? ….. prob next to impossible though with the unions protecting him. to say hes disgraceful doesnt do him justice
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:04pmYet another uneducated teacher.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:04pmHis being a Social Studies teacher, makes me ponder about what he teaches the TAXPAYERS children. His Anti-American socialist agenda couldn’t be leaking thru his lessons, could it?? As he is a lackey for the thug unionistas that , according to him, want unrestricted collective bargaining by politicians that will give away TAXPAYERS money to union theives, with no representation of the TAXPAYERS who pay the bill.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:04pmMust have been no MONEY attached to the award … yea .. “99%” my bu tt .. these teachers are so cottled with their retirement and bennies they are closer to the “1%”. You don’t like teaching now that you are losing some of the perks .. go out in the REAL WORLD and try to get a job.
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:04pmSocial and economic justice = Redistribution of wealth = Socialism = No thanks.
What would be the link between mlk day and social / economic justice?
Report Post »Goodforall
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:47pmHe fought and died for EQUAL rights, not social justice. The left has desperately tried to sweep his message under the rug so they can keep their main voter base in the dark and dependent upon them.
Report Post »diablosho
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:03pmYou ever notice Black History Month starts earlier and earlier every year…
Report Post »okredstate
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:51pmWhy black history month, when a day is more than sufficient.
Report Post »SuttonShimai
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:03pmExcuse my ignorance, but I thought Martin Luther King, Jr. was advocating for equal treatment for the races, not healthcare.
My version of healthcare: don’t drink, don’t smoke, eat right, and get plenty of exercise. I am in my late 50‘s and I’m not on any medications to maintain life or bodily functions.
Report Post »5061304072
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 7:32pmMLK is conveniently dead, so the liberals can say that he stood for whatever best suits their warped agenda.
King was a registered Republican. His niece, Dr. Alveda King, has said that his message has been hijacked by the Democrats, distored, and used as a tool to enslave an entire race.
This guy is a useful idiot.
When the revolution starts, he’ll be one of the first eaten by the progressive overlords.
Report Post »Scarybones
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:02pmClassless. Paul is a realist, someone who has actually presented a workable plan of action to save our country. This yahoo is intellectually vapid and couldn’t separate his emotions from a cogent thought if his life depended on it.
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:14pmWell said.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:01pmI’m not sypathetic to the teacher, but would have refused the reward based on:
-Voted YES on federalizing rules for driver licenses to hinder terrorists. (Feb 2005)
Report Post »-Voted YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)
-Voted YES on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant. (Sep 2006)
justangry
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:04pmOh and voting yes on the NDAA.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:05pmHe also voted yes to the NDAA
Report Post »Joey8
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:07pmhe was also part of the nwo build-a-bear society of 9/11 CIA plotters.
Report Post »eric6161
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:36pmAll communists should refuse to accept MLK awards. MLK, as a Republican, was for equality of opportunity. He knew something that the communists don’t know… that most black people are quite capable of earning a very good living if they are given a chance to do so. MLK just wanted the democrats to get out of their way and let them earn a living.
Report Post »In honor of MLK, Pres. Johnson worked tirelessly to put black people back onto the plantation and into prisons with his “war on poverty” program that encouraged black women to have illegitimate kids.
COFemale
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:01pmSo if Ryan is a hypocrite for being there why are you there. You are a white also. So now only black people can celebrate MLK day and awards.
You know this guy is such a jerk and if I were Ryan I‘d would say I’d rather be a 1% than 99% Jerk.
It is time to fire Wisconsin teachers.
Report Post »Gita
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:00pmAnother progressive without a brain. This is what is teaching our kids! No wonder we are spiraling into oblivion our kids are being indoctrinated by these socialists and our chickens are coming home to roost.
Report Post »gregjackie1
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:00pmWhat a piece of garbage. What kind of message does that send to the kids? No there is no liberal indoctrination going on. Paul Ryan is one of the few politicians in Washington who should stay there and keep doing what he is doing. In my opinion, Ryan is one of the most intelligent people on capital hill.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:17pmThat is what they are afraid of .. intelligence … note that Government Schools dumb down the students. Can’t have anyone telling them the truth in a way that they would understand … goes against the propaganda machine that is the public schools.
Report Post »gregjackie1
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 1:10pm@CATB Don‘t get me started on gov’t schools and the dumbing down of our students. Have you listened to any interviews from Charlotte Iserbyt? Very intelligent woman. Our kids and us have been getting short changed on education for a long time.
Report Post »Shenandoahvalleypatriot
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:00pmIf I had a kid in his class I would immediately pull them out! I am sick and tired of activist teachers. There is no way this guy can objectively teach a class on social studies.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:00pmThis teacher is a lackey for the government unions
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:00pmNow there’s a guy who should be unemployed.
Report Post »While I have to give him credit for standing behind his “convictions”, I wouldn’t want him near my kids.
And when the press covers this, they will canonize the jerk and paint Ryan the villain.
barber2
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:00pmSo typical of the in-you-face, partisan , hateful nastiness of the current Left. Remember the Anarchist female at Newt’s speech ? They are completely filled with hate . They are trying to further the divide and civil unrest in this country. They are now Occupiers who have gone out on solo missions. Disgraceful.
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:03pmProof Positive we have to many mo’s in our childrens lives.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on January 27, 2012 at 2:10pmThe new Lefties have continued the old custom of civil disobedience . They have just subtracted the “ civil” part of it.
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