AR-News: (U.S.) Animal rights activists (a.k.a. "terrorists") in good company?

[Mary Finelli]

Forwarded message:


Dear MoveOn member,

Last month, President Bush's Secretary of Education, Rod Paige, called 
America's largest teachers' union a "terrorist organization." Why? Because 
the union had the gall to insist that President Bush live up to his own 
promises to adequately fund education. Please sign our petition demanding 
that President Bush fire Secretary Paige.

   http://www.FirePaige.org/index.asp?ms=1

This is typical behavior for the Bush administration. It says one thing - 
"no child left behind" and does another - under-funding its promises to our 
schools by $9.4 billion in its latest budget proposal. And when people dare 
to disagree with its policies, it questions their patriotism or labels them 
terrorists.

Secretary Paige uses insult to defend the indefensible. Not only did the 
president break his promise to fund the reforms, his current budget calls 
for cuts in support for schools over the next five years. And he still wants 
to take billions from public schools to pay for private school vouchers. So 
Paige resorts to slurs: even in his supposed apology, he dismissed teachers' 
growing concerns as "obstructionist scare tactics."

We teach our kids that name calling is not the right way to win an argument 
- in fact, it’s usually a sign that you don't have the facts on your side. 
Making our schools better is a tough job. We need a Secretary of Education 
who sees teachers and their representatives as partners in this effort 
rather than as enemies. Join us in calling on President Bush to find a 
better person for the job.

   http://www.FirePaige.org/index.asp?ms=1

We thank the Campaign for America's Future for co-sponsoring this campaign 
with us. Please sign on today.

Sincerely,
--Carrie, Joan, Noah, Peter, and Wes
  The MoveOn.org Team
  Tuesday, March 9th, 2004

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