{"id":2139,"date":"2004-02-23T20:03:04","date_gmt":"2004-02-24T00:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2004\/02\/23\/us-sec-of-education-calls-teachers-ter"},"modified":"2004-02-23T20:03:04","modified_gmt":"2004-02-24T00:03:04","slug":"us-sec-of-education-calls-teachers-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2004\/02\/23\/us-sec-of-education-calls-teachers-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"US Sec of Education Calls Teachers “Terrorists”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Rod Paige called the nation’s
\n largest teachers union a "terrorist organization” during a private
\n White House meeting with governors on Monday.<\/p>\n

Democratic and Republican governors confirmed Paige’s remarks about the
\n National Education Association.`These were the words, ‘The NEA is a terrorist
\n organization,”’ said Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle of Wisconsin.\n <\/p>\n

Whoa! Who knew! We were seriously thinking of joining their teacher’s
\n group health insurance program if we lose our BU benefits! What a narrow
\n escape. We certianly hope and expect that Secretary Paige is in contact
\n with Secretary Ridge and Attorney General Ashcroft and that they are
\n even now in the process of rounding up these terrorist scum. <\/p>\n

They may
\n need to expand the holding pens in Guantanamo in preparation for the
\n NEA’s 2.7 million members, but the only way to defeat these terrorist
\n organizations is to roll them up like soiled rugs, exfoliating their roots
\n so they can’t grow back. Thank God our leaders were able to detect this threat in time…<\/em><\/p>\n

from the New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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