Teachers are more prolific at molesting children than Catholic priests, so I don't think they are "above" anything.

I'd rather have Miley Cyrus backing me in a bar fight than Harry.

If we were talking about, say, New Jersey, her "they'd freeze" comment might have some merit. But rural North Texas? I'm not buying it.

Plus, it would have to be negotiated into the union contract.

We've got losers like her all over Austin. I think they're the cause of all those 200 year old oak trees dying of blight.

Full disclosure, I've got a bleedin' heart liberal sister just like her. She's married to true blue ambulance chaser. She BMW's (B$tch, Moan Whine) because her daughter has to pay back a student loan. Life must be tough on $250k/year.

Back to the topic. I don't think Gov. Rick Perry will stand in the way of this initiative.

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I was having a few beers with a rep one day and at the hotel were some people from the Michigan Teacher's Union, or more commonly known as the MEA, and we were talking in the line at the bar about the election, 2004, and how we support Bush, and a little weaselly looking guy got into it with us and I just matter-of-factly talked to him about lower taxes, etc. He was having none of it and I could see he was a true lefty by the attitude he was giving me after I trounced on any argument he could put up. He went away after a bit, we got our drinks and went outside.

The next time I was in line, an older matronly looking woman, also obviously a teacher, who was sitting with this guy, came over to us in line and told me that I needed a punch in the head because of what I was saying to the nice little lefty teacher gentleman.

These are our teachers, the people who form education policy.

She is obviously so afraid of guns that she is emotionally incapable of using logical thought.

They don't have it in them to aim at a student and kill him. They'll freeze. Nor would I want them to.

She is saying that her constituents are incapable of making a split second decision in an emergency and that she would prefer inaction that allows innocents to be killed than action that kills the perpitrator. These are the teachers that she would prefer to have in the classroom? Teachers that are incapable of acting in an emergency? Teachers that are timid or afraid to act? I wouldn't want those types of people responsible for teaching my children.

I bet the teachers in the Harold, Texas school disctrict are not like that at all. I bet they are full of brave and responsible teachers who would do almost anything to protect their students in the event of an emergency.

Are Houston teachers that different? I bet they are not. I think they might want to re-concider who they elect to 'represent' them as president of their union.

The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.

"Nor would I want them to."

Tell that to Barry Grunow, the teacher who was shot in the face after he confronted an armed student even though Mr. Grunow was, himself, unarmed. That's the hallmark of courage and sacrifice and these are the standards that all teachers should follow. Hiding behind a lock classroom door is NOT the answer, as this discourages NOTHING other than self-reliance and a willingness to sacrifice yourself for your fellow man.

The woman from Houston is the poster child for why this nation is on the verge of electing Obombo. These people do not live in reality, they must trick themselves into believing the drivel that comes out of their mouths. Take the VT shootings, if even one armed citizen had been in the first classroom he attacked, we might have been talking about one or two dead instead of 30 something. Instead, they want to focus on the armed citizen shooting up the joint or an accidental discharge of the gun that kills an innocent bystander.

Can't we find an island somewhere to dump these moron's?

MSM = PR firm for the Democrat Party

Why have we not heard from the teachers?  They will not be forced to carry any ordinance.  They will be volunteers. 

Parents, you need to pay close attention to what the president of the teachers union says.  This woman would prefer to have your children killed by anyone, including another child, than have the teachers stand up, defend YOUR children and the teachers own life.  Ask yourself WHY she would be willing to believe that.  Ask yourself why she was voted in as president of that union.

America - Personal responsibility to protect your self and your neighbors. 

Wait a minute, that comment may offend someone.

MF:  "...None of that mattered to Fallon".  Nor, IMHO, does it appear to matter to Harry Smith at first glance.  But I did as extensive a search as I am capable of and could not find anything on "harry smith+guns" or "2nd amendment".  This video is very interesting and thank God for people like Mr. Thweat, who makes the case very well for having "resistance" to evil perps like those that entered Columbine or Va. Tech.  I found two articles that didn't get much comment on NB, here and here, that address some of the issues that arise with allowing private citizens to carry concealed weapons.

What I found most surprising was Smith's apparent objectivity while interviewing the two, especially his "um-hmm" non-partisanship while Mr. Thweat was speaking.  This is because I watched this video of a contentious Smith being smacked down by Tony Snow (h/t Conservative Girl) before I actually watched the Thweat interview.  Smith barely lets Tony get a word in edgewise before interupting him with some new lib slant.  Then there's this reasonable interview with Thweat.  Sometimes these guys do surprise us.

Just a thought here.  Watching Tony was like watching an old friend.  I've never met the man, and I'm sitting here almost tearing up thinking about him doing Rush's show, the Bush inauguration, etc.  I'm calling him Tony as if he was a friend of mine.  Watch the video.  What a guy.

"The future is not set.  There is no fate but what we make for ourselves."

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Liberal's goal is to take our guns away not to prove their usefullness in stopping crimes. Because they cannot have Socialism till they disarm us.

I'm sorry. Anyone who has childern placed in his care and who would stand by and fail to protect them with WHATEVER means available should not be trusted to have them in his(HER) care in the first place. I can think of no moral failure so complete as to put one's own social theories ahead of protecting innocents. "Can't we all just get along(whine)" Apparently we don't so the question in the meantime is "whose side are you on?"

It's a shame that this woman speaks for ALL teachers. I'd estimate at least 10-15% of them would defend the kids with vigor. Many people have witnessed some pretty brutal fights in high school. It is always the real men who go in and break it up. Others, men and women, stand by and are freightened. Weak, cowardly, spineless  "liberals", unfortunately, run the educational system in America. That's why it is so bad.

P.S. A weak, cowardly, spineless "liberal" could soon be running the country. Sad. 

NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"

"Now, I've been around teachers a long time. They don't have it in them to aim at a student and kill him. They'll freeze. Nor would I want them to."

So, in your world, it's preferable that kids continue to die at the hands of a fellow classmate rather than have an armed teacher save their lives?

Never assume that because you are a moronic fool that everyone else is too.

I can't read your replies. they are cut of on my computer screen.

Gingertwit is highly creative though.  It's great to watch the names come out as you lose the debate.  Happens everytime, just like clockwork.

In fact, you know you've proven your point when grown adults resort to sandbox name calling.   

I'll end the debate right now. Instead of giving teachers guns, just keep your kids at home.

Homeschooling is your solution. That way you don't inconvenience the rest of us who don't live every day in perpetual fear.

When did we become the party of fear? Every issue is a dire threat to our existence around here. Perhaps it's time to step back and relax.

I'm off to bed, early meeting tomorrow.