tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post8784979007519650498..comments2024-03-15T20:52:26.967-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Ricci and UnionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-28996863614929382872009-07-02T18:59:59.757-07:002009-07-02T18:59:59.757-07:00A homeschooler troll, how droll.A homeschooler troll, how droll.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-25889217460154449062009-06-30T19:20:57.411-07:002009-06-30T19:20:57.411-07:00"We'll never know about who teaches best ..."We'll never know about who teaches best because there is no competition for teachers or schools. But one can guess based on the results of other affirmative action hires, like POTUS. We finally moved our son to a private school. Thankfully there is competition in my industry so I can run a successful business and pay the tuition."<br /><br />You could argue that educated parents are the best teachers. Homeschool students average the 87%tile.<br /><br />Ask yourself honestly, is your kid's teacher smarter or more educated than you are?<br /><br />Does she care more about your child and whether he learns than you do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-14286159463576719462009-06-30T14:09:30.674-07:002009-06-30T14:09:30.674-07:00Another unconvincing dissimulation from T99.Another unconvincing dissimulation from T99.ATBOTLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-4970281555081267952009-06-30T13:56:08.092-07:002009-06-30T13:56:08.092-07:00Those Ivy Leaguers just can't get along with e...Those Ivy Leaguers just can't get along with each other. They brawl worse than the drunken Irish. <br /><br />http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=7088#moreAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16889228993296878146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-82389324533049690832009-06-30T13:53:26.248-07:002009-06-30T13:53:26.248-07:00It is sad they keep enforcing the "Jewish con...<i>It is sad they keep enforcing the "Jewish conspiracy" canard. It really isn't helpful, particularly when they seem so close to understanding our demographic concerns.<br /></i><br /><br><br />dream on Big Bill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-64567267072386553912009-06-30T13:44:03.919-07:002009-06-30T13:44:03.919-07:00Mr. Anon, your comment was unfair, although I can ...Mr. Anon, your comment was unfair, although I can perhaps understand your reading. <br /><br />The Forward did not say that Catholics and working class goy Americans do not have <i>moral </i> values, it's that they do not have Jewish moral values.<br /><br />But that is to be expected. In Jewish theology, there are two moralities, two sets ofduties: one for Jews and one for everyone else.<br /><br />Unlike Christianity, it is not appropriate or really acceptable for any non-Jew to become a Jew (al though they will make an occasional exception). <br /><br />In Jewish theology we non-Jews have a perfectly acceptable and appropriate secondary role to play in God's cosmos: we are supposed to follow the Noachide Laws, the seven (?) commandments God gave to Noah. That is our place, our role, our caste. <br /><br />Among other imperatives, Jewish moral values say they are to be a light unto us, to educate us, to lead us. Goy moral values consist simply in following the Noachide laws.<br /><br />Different values for different peoples set on Earth by God for different purposes. Jews must follow 613 mitzvot ("blessings" or "commandments") which include morally leading us and being an example to us, We goyim follow only seven.Big Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-9608851341078726402009-06-30T12:57:20.415-07:002009-06-30T12:57:20.415-07:00Jews are an affluent group, leaving them prone to ...Jews are an affluent group, leaving them prone to SWPL in large numbers.<br /><br />But, numbers of Jews in Union Leadership positions is still far less than numbers of SWPL Yuppies (non Jews) in Union Leadership positions.<br /><br />This is the ongoing problem of iSteve -- too many readers wish to scapegoat Jews who are merely like everyone else who becomes SWPL, and overcount vastly their influence.<br />-----<br />Steve, very likely the Union leadership will have to sell out the interests of the White union workers. This routinely happens in NYC with the Fire and Police depts, because the money all comes from Dem bigshots beholden to the alliance of Gays, Blacks, Hispanics and Women against White Men. <br /><br />The decline of political influence of Straight White Men and the rise of the influence of Women, Gays, Blacks, and Hispanics has been mirrored by the decline of manufacturing, defense, energy, and other resource extraction in the US economy and the rise of services.<br /><br />If you go to the BLS and check out their reports with breakdowns by Gender/Race, a clear picture emerges. We are becoming basically Argentina. Female-Non-White dominated, service oriented, and poor.testing99noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-53196448284827285312009-06-30T10:52:15.229-07:002009-06-30T10:52:15.229-07:00In my White/Asian School District the union protec...In my White/Asian School District the union protects, even fosters poor teachers. Also, by mutual backscratching with Democrat politicians, our teachers' union has gained an unbelievably favorable contract.<br /><br />First, they took as pay all of the District's money except for the absolute minimum required to pay the lighting bill. Supplies (you know, paper for the photocopier, stuff like that) now come from parents' "voluntary donations." At the start of each term the union teachers send home shopping lists with barely disguised threats that little Johnny will flunk if his folks don't pay up. (Textbooks-- badly-written but very politically-correct ones-- are provided by the State.)<br /><br />Second, since the District had literally no more money to increase teachers salaries, the teachers graciously agreed to work fewer hours for the same pay. Now they send the kids home at lunchtime each Wednesday, and take off one extra school day per month (for "skills improvement," you understand). This has been good for the daycare industry, as working parents scramble to arrange someplace for their kids to stay while teachers golf during business hours.<br /><br />If the price of liberating my school district from the teachers' union was to allow black politicians to hire all black teachers for their neighborhoods, I could agree to that. Let them go to heck in their own way, I say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-55740638393770145762009-06-30T10:45:37.804-07:002009-06-30T10:45:37.804-07:00But it's also worth remembering that unions of...But it's also worth remembering that unions often have imposed rules that keep out competition from minorities. Walter Williams has written how the carpenters' and other unions got labor laws passed that froze out cheaper, non-union black labor.<br /><br />And in recent decades, government workers' unions have become much more powerful, giving their members wage and benefits levels about 47% higher than the equivalent in the private sector -- with much-oppressed taxpayers picking up the tab, and state budgets in the country bleeding red ink.<br /><br />"...the Bureau of Labor Statistics National Compensation Survey, which reports that in the first quarter of 2006 the cost of compensation per hour worked for state and local government employees averaged $36.97 compared to $25.09 for private industry workers.<br /><br />"That's an overall difference of 47.3 percent. The difference in costs of benefits is much greater than the difference in wages and salaries."<br /><br />Source: http://www.heartland.org/policybot/results/20022/Government_Workers_Very_WellPaid_Report.htmlJohn Seilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795977089953532965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-32847200638362146862009-06-30T10:00:35.316-07:002009-06-30T10:00:35.316-07:00Different identity groups hold specific levels of ...<i>Different identity groups hold specific levels of power over others when their battles play out in the media. To wit: Black beats white. Gay beats white. Black beats gay....</i><br><br>This was brilliant satirized in <a href="http://dicklist.blogspot.com/2006/07/tdl-gaming-world-series-of-victimhood.html" rel="nofollow">TDL Gaming: The World Series of Victimhood Poker</a>.Geoffrey Falkhttp://www.geoffreyfalk.com/blog/blog.aspnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-18138901919462319372009-06-30T09:52:23.704-07:002009-06-30T09:52:23.704-07:00RKU: Yeah, but the other strange thing is why the ...<b>RKU:</b> <i>Yeah, but the other strange thing is why the "conservative movement" based in DC hates all unions with such a vengeance. I think it once again shows how totally the "money people" (who dislike unions for obvious reasons) control the conservative apparatchiks. Really stupid and weird.</i> <br /><br />It's a Protestant-Catholic divide, and it's more than 500 years old.<br /><br />I could write about this from now until the cows come home, so maybe I should just leave it at that.Lucius Vorenusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-62338407822761626022009-06-30T08:33:29.362-07:002009-06-30T08:33:29.362-07:00"Are you sure white teachers are best for bla..."Are you sure white teachers are best for black students?"<br /><br />Statistically speaking, yes.<br /><br />However if copious data illustrating the conclusion is not your cup of tea, then you can arbitrarily choose either yes or no. <br /><br />Both white and black teachers that are good prefer not to teach black students anyway. Not every single one, of course, but generally.<br /><br />Blog post, June 3, 2009:<br />http://onestdv.blogspot.com/2009/06/shocking-study-results-study-teachers.html<br /><br />Journal of Labor Economics article:<br />http://works.bepress.com/c_kirabo_jackson/13/silly girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-66344608559457276112009-06-30T07:51:11.990-07:002009-06-30T07:51:11.990-07:00"Anonymous said...
There, he ran into a numb..."Anonymous said...<br /><br />There, he ran into a number of holdouts from the Jewish garment unions, and other Jewish union activists who “had a kind of ethical, cultural set of values that I understood better than people who had grown up in a more working-class — in many cases, Catholic — background.”"<br /><br />Notice the implication that Andy Stern is making here - working-class catholics have no ethics and no culture.<br /><br />Interesting article, anonymous - thanks for excerpting.Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-70727469719591491262009-06-30T07:40:03.788-07:002009-06-30T07:40:03.788-07:00I remember you saying similar about the California...I remember you saying similar about the California teachers' unions, and Schwarzenegger's mistake in attacking them.simonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-91011865026122650572009-06-30T06:56:23.618-07:002009-06-30T06:56:23.618-07:00How about some credit to W. and the judges he appo...How about some credit to W. and the judges he appointed, (certainly different ones than Gore/Kerry would have chosen)?<br /><br />None?<br /><br />Oh well.anony-mousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-2806278406050548912009-06-30T05:15:51.139-07:002009-06-30T05:15:51.139-07:00We'd be better off if the Supreme Court hadn&#...We'd be better off if the Supreme Court hadn't forced unions to have a fiduciary duty towards their own members, so unions can't cut off the slackers. If unions could choose and police their own membership, lots of employers would be happy to work with unions.<br /><br />-Adam GreenwoodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40622627467193962372009-06-30T03:59:52.702-07:002009-06-30T03:59:52.702-07:00That's the first time in years I've seen a...That's the first time in years I've seen a pro-Union argument that holds any water. Mind you, it is along the lines of "Set a thief to catch a thief".deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-82170280091142005212009-06-30T02:58:03.701-07:002009-06-30T02:58:03.701-07:00One of the more interesting things about "not...One of the more interesting things about "not coming up from the rank and file" is that SEIU and UNITE-HERE are headed by Ivy Leaguers. Now SEIU represents unskilled labor like janitors, health care workers, etc - largely immigrant, likely quite a few of them illegal. UNITE, which appears to be breaking up with HERE, is largely unskilled needle trades - largely immigrant, likely quite a few of them illegal. HERE is largely unskilled hotel and restaurant workers - largely immigrant, likely quite a few of them illegal.<br /><br />SEIU and UNITE-HERE (now UNTIE-THERE?)were part of Change-to-Win, which broke away from the AFL-CIO a few years ago. Needless to say, the Ivy Leaguers are paid rather well and their members aren't. All of them are big amnesty supporters for obvious reasons. <br /><br />Stern is famous for his "understandings" with companies, one such recent "understanding" appears to be that the company would let him organize some of its branches but only the ones they picked. <br /><br />Pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-55769585785965183972009-06-30T01:13:33.340-07:002009-06-30T01:13:33.340-07:00Phenomena.
Sorry to niggle, but use of "phen...Phenomena.<br /><br />Sorry to niggle, but use of "phenomenon" as if it were plural is creeping into the speech/writing even of intelligent people. Irksome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61102434630634202642009-06-29T23:29:41.894-07:002009-06-29T23:29:41.894-07:00That's a great article from the Forward. Just...That's a great article from the Forward. Just another piece of evidence lining up in favor of KMAC's thesis. Wailing and gnashing of teeth from the usual suspects to follow.ATBOTLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-45958370593711613832009-06-29T22:47:37.614-07:002009-06-29T22:47:37.614-07:00Has anyone ever seen Suri stick fighting?
http:/...Has anyone ever seen Suri stick fighting? <br /><br />http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/going-tribal-suri-stick-fighting.html<br /><br />These are East African rather than West Africans, so they're not the direct relatives of our African American population (only our President!). <br /><br />Still. Makes you think about the public schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40311342462990640132009-06-29T22:34:44.051-07:002009-06-29T22:34:44.051-07:00We'll never know about who teaches best becaus...We'll never know about who teaches best because there is no competition for teachers or schools. But one can guess based on the results of other affirmative action hires, like POTUS. We finally moved our son to a private school. Thankfully there is competition in my industry so I can run a successful business and pay the tuition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-21297134090106450962009-06-29T22:31:02.899-07:002009-06-29T22:31:02.899-07:00Why do we dislike unions? How about the auto indu...Why do we dislike unions? How about the auto industry, the SEIU, the govt employees' unions?<br />How about our own school district where a very abusive tenured teacher just gets transferred to a different school *twice* to avoid parent lawsuits because the adminstration and the school board lack the guts to fire her?<br /><br />http://www.mv-voice.com/story.php?story_id=4973Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-3388282245004433142009-06-29T22:02:32.250-07:002009-06-29T22:02:32.250-07:00--Are you sure white teachers are best for black s...--Are you sure white teachers are best for black students?<br /><br />Wouldn't it be better if we trained black teachers instead to teach black students basic math, basic reading skills, and some minimal amount of self discipline.<br /><br />Black students just do not respect their SWPL teachers. The SWPL urban teachers might as well be space aliens as far as those black students are concerned. <br /><br />But they may show more respect to, say, a tough black ex-Marine high school principal who can dish out punishment and put the fear of God into the students in a way a white liberal teacher would not dare do.--<br /><br />The problem is not just the teachers but the entire system. No one is going to move to a "basic skills model" so that part of your idea is moot. Regarding putting fear into students, yes some teachers can do it, but it doesn't matter. In the present system, students wield tremendous power over teachers and administrators. The entire system is designed so that black students do not bark discrimination. They are passed when they should fail and they are not booted from school when they should be. The incentives for students to work are largely absent in the present system.Zylonetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-21742709548062947942009-06-29T21:20:15.013-07:002009-06-29T21:20:15.013-07:00Yeah, but the other strange thing is why the "...Yeah, but the other strange thing is why the "conservative movement" based in DC hates all unions with such a vengeance.<br /><br />I think it once again shows how totally the "money people" (who dislike unions for obvious reasons) control the conservative apparatchiks.<br /><br />Really stupid and weird.RKUnoreply@blogger.com