An anti-education push gets more aggressive

[KamaAina]

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/anti-education-push-gets-more-aggressive

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) caused a bit of a stir last week when he referred to “the Twitter” and made a series of odd beeping sounds that were intended to mimic online discussion. It suggested the Republican might not be as tech friendly as he likes to believe.

But Bush’s comments immediately beforehand were largely overlooked. What he said would “light up the Twitter” was his condemnation of public education systems, which he blasted as “government-run, unionized monopolies.”

We rarely hear this kind of talk about other parts of the public sector. For example, Republicans don’t usually run around chastising police departments or fire departments as “government-run, unionized monopolies.” Conservatives do, however, direct this ire at public education.

It was a reminder that as Republican politics becomes more radicalized, GOP opposition to public education is becoming more obvious. In Wisconsin, for example, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) already won a brutal union-busting fight directed at school teachers, and he’s now going after higher education.

[muntrv]

1. Jeb doesn't believe in education for the unwashed masses, only the gentry class.

[elleng]

2. Oh damn,

it's gonna be a looooong 22 months!

[blkmusclmachine]

3. Christian reconstructionism/Christian dominionism.