Every Thursday, Gov. Scott Walker delivers a weekly radio address. This week’s address was given Wednesday and is titled Thanksgiving.
The state has partnered with the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association to produce and distribute brief radio address once a week. Audio files and a written transcript of this radio address can be accessed on http://www.wi-broadcasters.org and http://walker.wi.gov/section.asp?linkid=1761&locid=177. To download an mp3 file you can visit http://walker.wi.gov/section.asp?linkid=1761&locid=177, right click the radio address link and click “save link as.”
Here is the transcript from this Thursday’s radio address:
Hi. I'm Scott Walker.
A tornado hit Merrill earlier this year. The next day I came to survey the damage. Homes were destroyed and trees were thrown all over the place.
As we pulled in to one of the neighborhoods, I couldn’t help but notice that pickup trucks everywhere. The sheriff informed me that many family members and friends had come to help clean up.
Walking around, I talked to folks and soon realized there were also plenty of people who didn't know any of the homeowners but were there to help. One guy came up from Wausau just because he heard it on the news.
I found that this attitude was similar in other parts of the state when I made similar visits during the past eleven months. People in Wisconsin really do look out for each other.
This Thanksgiving, I am truly thankful for a wonderful family and outstanding friends. But I'm just as thankful to live in a state where neighbors selflessly help neighbors.
From our family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving...and oh by the way Go Pack Go!
Your knowledge of American History leaves a great deal to be desired. You need to understand the true reasons for the American Revolution and it had very little to do with taxation and everything to do with representation in the English Parliment.
2nd, you want a teacher with a union that has lost all power to stand up to an employer about a disagreement on policy. Can you say fired? 3rd, read my previous post. Elect new officials, place direct force on management with new officials.
Schulte School is a good example of a school that RUSD has ruined! It used to be known as a hidden gem that produced great students. I don't blame the teachers for this, because Schulte has/had some awesome teachers. I do blame the former "weak" principal who didn't have a clue on how to discipline children. Hey RUSD - How many involved Schulte parents have you lost in the last 5 years? I have a feeling that RUSD is going to implode on itself within the next 10 years (maybe 5) and then what are the die hard union members going to do? I think they are going to regret following their Union like sheep as they head over the cliff...
1st) Obviously you are a government union thug if you can somehow justify this type of contract. 2nd) Private sector employees deal with policy issues all the time without union representation 3rd) Again I will state that WEAC has worked hard to control school boards across the state. 4th) I love it when a liberal advocates for local control of education. Can we agree to then eliminate not only the Wisconsin Dept of Education but also the Federal Dept of Education? Two things that the liberals absolutely LOVE because they generate policies which require MORE teachers and MORE money. 5th) Give me a flipping break. 6th) Nobody is changing their mind out here anyway so we're all just typing a way for nothing..... :)
#1: Getting 10 annual sick day doesn't mean one should use 10 sick days. What people forget (both public & private) that sick days are for being SICK. My husband has worked almost 25 years in the public sector and he has probably called in sick less then 10 times! Quite honestly, unless a person has a medical issue they don't need 10 sick days a year. Or give them 5 paid sick days and 5 unpaid sick days. I bet you would see an increase in healthy employees! #2: RUSD teachers have had years of collective bargaining and they have never stood up and publicly demanded that RUSD & WEAC address this issue of behavior problems in our school. #3: WEAC has such a tight grip on their union members throats, that they pick and choose who they want their members to vote for. Then they use the teachers mailboxes at school to spread their message. So quite honestly, unless a person is wealthy they will never be able to compete with the free advertising that WEAC uses. Brian Dey was right - Look at the school board... They are all firmly entrenched in support of WEAC.
WEAC & REA-REAA should be ashamed of themselves - They always say that, "It's for the children" and then they refuse to adapt to minimal pay cuts. Governor Walker won the election last year and he is doing his best to turn our state around. Instead of trying to make our cities and state a better place, Democrats are crying and stomping your feet like 2 year olds! How many millions will it take before people realize that WEAC & the REA-REAA have just flushed your dues down the toilet?
1st) I think you have some challenges 2nd) You dont know how school employment works 3rd) Show me where WEAC has been puppeting a school board) and 4th) Ron paul would love to see the Dept of Education shut down and the decision to go back to the states. As for local control, and your assumption that I was advocating for it...I said for you to get off your lazy butt, drop the patch, and spend some time on your school board to effect the change that you want to see. 5th) GIVE ME a flipping break
You must mean common curtesy toward your fellow man. Respect, in it's truest form, is earned through honorable actions. I was taught to obey my elders, I was taught to obey authority. I was never taught to automatically respect someone.
God love ya for being the spelling police, but who do you really think you are? Stop spewng your lies about my children!!!!. YOU do not know MY children!!!
As far as questioning authority, this is where we probably differ the most. In my culture it is appropriate to question, especially authority when authority appears to be overreaching or disseminating questionable information. Questioning does not mean disrespect but validates veracity or rejects it.
Lyle- Not into that hippie stuff, remember, evil capitalist conservative business owner who also has a background in mining. No drum circles here with intense :)
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