Message to Teachers in Wisconsin: Leave the Governor's Kids Out of It!

Aren't teachers allowed to take a day off for personal reasons? Secondly, how were the governor's children impacted by the protest if it was a school day? Weren't they in school?

If unions- and their supporters- are truly about "the children" (which they are not, of course- they're for gaining as much as they can for their dues-paying members- in this case, public school teachers), they'll leave children's homes and personal information out of these debates.

Look up the defintion of 'ironic' before you use it, genius. Right-wingers are such useless pieces of anti-American trash.

I would interpret the sign as a threat that the teacher was prepared to disclose what she/he knows about the governor's kid and his record. I am a teacher and know that children are off limits in adult issues. This teacher would be the first I would let go, no, fire, if I had the power. "Protect,"..... what a sad joke.

You taunted protesters by laughing and video taping while having dinner with Scott walker. Respect that the state is desperate.
Please! Scott walkers kids won't have to worry once he's ousted.

Hitler? Really. Let me know when Walker mercilessly slaughters millions of people. Then such comparisons are valid and fair. Until then, try focusing more on history and less on histrionics.

Are you a public school teacher? I'm guessing you are either a product of producer of public education. The lack of logic and common sense in your response leads me to that conclusion. Collective bargaining issues and salary while they impact people personally are not personal attacks. The comparison of a state governor who is forced due to the lack of fiscal restraint by prior administrations to genocidal maniacs and dictators stretches the goodwill and civility of public discourse and actually diminishes the real atrocities committed by horrors such as Hitler. Does a teacher having to pay $200 per month for health insurance and having limited collective bargaining rights really warrant a comparison to the deaths of millions in concentration camps due to their race? Honestly. I can see why over a third of public school teachers in Wisconsin have their kids in private schools.

So you would think it fine if teachers showed up protesting to your kids on your front lawn if they didn't like what you did at work? Really you would be fine with that? My guess is you would be the first to call the police to complain and go on talk shows telling how emotionally scarred your kids are.

I agree 100% with you Elizabeth. The writer is probably a republican who sides with Scott anyways! I'd like to see the amount of people commenting actually FROM WI (like me!) Scott should be ashamed of himself but hey- wait he's actually getting more money by passing this bill!

You are right, they do have the right. But what about social graces and civility? These people are setting a poor example by teaching their children and ours that it is okay to act in this manner when you don't like an outcome.

Sarah, really?? So you had no problem with Hitlers policies until he approved the final solution. Or are you captivated by a dictators power? He ruled Germany from 1932 until 1939 and hadn't started a war, but surely showed his true colors from the beginning! Open your eyes and ears and reread your history. Alot of Republicans supported Hitler until he invaded Poland.

Elizabeth, it is you who couldn't be more wrong. These teachers and every other union member across the country need to realize that they need to make the same concessions as the rest of us in these times. The majority of Americans are facing pay cuts and layoffs, yet the unions seem to think they're immune to that. The teachers need to realize that soon they won't have a need for a union as there won't be enough tax payers left to fund a public school system. As Americans, we're ALL in this together. Paying union dues doesn't make you recession exempt.

I'm surprised nobody has taken his kids as political prisoners with a no compromise no negotiations attitude. There was a time when Americans stood determined and unwilling to be the victim. It may be tea party time in America lately but wait til the youth SIP the New nescafe that's bubbled in the Mideast. They drank it in Egypt, Tunisia, lybia, and soon Kuwait. A liberal billionaire met a chemist who knew some bloggers who knew a country fed up with the powers that be. The new LSD is going to fundamentally change America when the time is right. When wikileaks drops documents on BANK OF AMERICA then you will know that its the beginning of something real big.

I agree with you. Unfortunately society has dumped this responsibility on the teachers. A lot of parents are not involved in their child's education and have no idea what's going on. And when the student is not achieving, we dump all the blame on the teacher and none on the parent.

I think you are right. Not only should they be allowed to protest at Walker's home, though he isn't there. We should all get protesters to the White House and the Obama girls school so we can protest what is being taken away from us. I feel he is responsible for my underemployment.

When it involves a Republican, it's the end justifies the means. If it involves a Democrat, why can't people be more caring.

I had to end up home schooling my son, because the teachers couldn't teach him to read. With the help of Sylven's Learning Center, I was able to get him up from 3rd grade level, to 10th grade level, from February to Sept. Just in time for him to start a failing high school attempt.

We should be protesting in front of the School Teachers Union President's home. Those people fail us more than most
Governors do.