You know, Rebel, all you are doing in continually calling strong women "whores" is showing what a tiny, shriveled-up, non-functional dick you have. Seriously, it's bizarre that this has to be pointed out to you.
On Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 1:05:01 PM UTC-5, minister Rebel wrote: > > WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' attempt to mend fences with > teachers and parents across the country got off to a rocky start, when she > was confronted by angry protesters during her first visit to a public > school. > Several dozen activists gathered outside Jefferson Middle School in > Washington, D.C., a predominantly African-American school, chanted "stand > up, fight back." Two protesters tried to block her way and one man was > arrested. > DeVos, a wealthy Republican operative and promoter of charter and private > schools, said she enjoyed touring the school, but warned her critics that > they will not prevent her from doing her job. > "I respect peaceful protest, and I will not be deterred in executing the > vital mission of the Department of Education," DeVos said in a statement. > "No school door in America will be blocked from those seeking to help our > nation's school children." > DeVos, 59, spent more than two decades promoting charter schools and > school voucher programs in her home state of Michigan and other states. She > faced fierce opposition during the confirmation process from teachers > unions who fear that she intends to defund traditional public schools. Two > Republican senators from rural states that rely heavily on public schools > opposed the nomination and Vice President Mike Pence had to cast a > tie-breaking vote on Tuesday. > As DeVos tried to enter the school building Friday morning, two protesters > physically blocked her way and one of them shouted, "Shame." Visibly > irritated, she retreated to her car, accompanied by an aide, but eventually > she entered the school. Many teachers at the school wore black in a sign of > resistance, according to a staff member. > Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, one of > the groups that vigorously opposed DeVos' nomination, condemned the > incident. > "Just heard a protester blocked & almost knocked Secy @BetsyDeVos down at > Jefferson," she wrote on Twitter. "We don't condone such acts." > D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser also stressed on Twitter that protests should be > peaceful. "We welcome Betsy DeVos & anyone who wants to learn more about > our schools," she wrote. > DeVos' visit to the school was not announced by the Education Department > and was closed to the media. > Jennifer Ibrahim, 34, a humanitarian worker, brought her toddler son in a > stroller to the protest. > "I want to support our local public schools, make sure that everybody gets > fair treatment under the system and I don't feel like that's where we are > headed with our new education person," Ibrahim said. "Charter schools > aren't necessarily better than public schools." > Ari Schwartz, 26, a nonprofit worker, held a poster in which a picture of > a teddy bear was juxtaposed with a photo of Devos. "This is a bear. This is > a threat to students," the caption read. > During her confirmation hearings, DeVos suggested that schools should have > guns on campus to protect students against grizzly bears. > Public schools are "the foundation of our society, that's how everybody > learns what's right and wrong," Schwartz said. "We need to keep it that > way." > Elizabeth Davis, president of the Washington Teachers Union said teachers > will continue to fight for good public education and hope DeVos will listen > to them. > "We want quality public schools ... for all of our children in every ZIP > code in D.C.," Davis told The Associated Press ahead of the protest. "We do > not want to continue a trend of starving, punishing and closing our public > schools to make way for privatization and more charter schools and > vouchers." > But former Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who served under President > Barack Obama, tweeted, "Agree or disagree w @Betsy DeVos on any issue, but > let's all agree she really needs to be in public schools. Please let her > in." -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
