Oklahoma teachers jingle keys, chant 'Where's my car?' at governor
Source: The Hill
Oklahoma teachers jingle keys, chant Wheres my car? at governor
BY MORGAN GSTALTER - 04/05/18 11:02 AM EDT
Striking Oklahoma teachers jangled their keys and chanted Wheres my car? at their governor on Wednesday after she compared their demands to a teenager wanting a better car.
Public schools in Oklahoma are closed this week as teachers strike for better pay and resources.
On Tuesday, Gov. Mary Fallin (R) said the teachers striking for improved pay and benefits are asking for too much, like a teenager wanting a better car."
Protesters followed Fallin up the stairs, chanting Wheres my car? on Wednesday.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/381781-oklahoma-teachers-jingle-keys-chant-wheres-my-car-at-governor
Hat tip, Joe.My.God: http://www.joemygod.com/2018/04/05/oklahoma-striking-teachers-jangle-car-keys-chant-wheres-car-gop-gov-mary-fallin-video/
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)deurbano
(2,895 posts)jpak
(41,758 posts)malthaussen
(17,216 posts)I love it when condescending politicians are put in their place.
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ProfessorGAC
(65,159 posts). . .in a state near the bottom of the teacher pay scale is like a spoiled kid wanting a better car?
Ms. Fallin must be even dumber than i thought.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,588 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,159 posts)That's a pretty nice website. Thanks for the link.
marble falls
(57,172 posts)notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)marble falls
(57,172 posts)erronis
(15,328 posts)There is nothing more damaging to a self-proud politician than looking like a little boy/girl who has been caught doing something bad, and then lying about it, and then escaping to the playhouse to avoid scrutiny.
Public ownership of the media (cell-phones, internet blogs) is critical to getting the irrefutable evidence of their miscreancy. Public use of public resources will prevent fux, sin-kkklar, white-house pr from owning the message.
If we lose this (and the FCC is working on it), we will lose a whole lot of cohesiveness and power.
cp
(6,652 posts)Go teachers!
Hey, Fallin, why don't you spend a day, or a week, in a classroom and see what teachers actually do and how hard they work?
Habibi
(3,598 posts)I love this so much!
turbinetree
(24,713 posts)the following:
https://ballotpedia.org/Oklahoma_state_government_salary.................
and The teachers have to "USE" there hard earned money to pay for notebooks, pencils and other supplies........while you gave fucking "oil companies" tax breaks to not pay teachers....................go fucking figure
And then you get on your high horse Fallin and make some right wing snide remark to demean about teachers and cars, while you get a per diem to drive a car at the "Oklahoma taxpayers teachers expense", the same taxpayers you hate...........................and it must be asked ,did you go to a "public school".................does /did your kids go to a "public school"....................hypocrite...............
And then when it comes to teachers............................this country pays:
American Teachers are "UNDERPAID"
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2016/06/20/teacher-pay-around-the-world/
November 2018 cannot get here fast enough
No Vested Interest
(5,167 posts)statement denigrating the teachers.
Do it now!
onecent
(6,096 posts)geardaddy
(24,931 posts)barbtries
(28,810 posts)make it very, very clear that you do not respect your constituents and dismiss their claims out of hand.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)In fact, it is $10,000 under the median wage for someone with a degree in Oklahoma, and about $20,000 light, nationally. And the myth about short workdays and "all that time off" annually is just that. A myth.
Upthevibe
(8,069 posts)It's hard for me to feel real sorry for them because chances are most of these people voted for these Repugs that are now shitting on them............. But then the compassionate side of me realizes that they haven't gotten it and maybe now they will....