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_____________________________________ THE LANGUAGE OF TERROR �We don�t make a distinction between civilians and non-civilians, innocents and noninnocents. Only between Muslims and nonbelievers. And the life of a non-believer has no value. There�s no sanctity in it. . . . We assume the purpose is to kill as many people as possible, to spread the terror� Terror is the language of the 21st century. If I want something, I terrorize you to achieve it.� - Suspected al Qaeda terrorist Omar Bakri Muhammad in an interview reprinted in the July issue of Harper�s DRAINING THE SWAMP �What makes America more secure is going where the terrorists are, killing large numbers of them, and fixing - or at least neutralizing - the dysfunctional states in whose murky waters they breed.� - Columnist Mark Steyn THE CHICAGO WAY �If he pulls a knife, you pull a gun. If he sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Chicago way, that's how you get Capone." - Sean Connery in �The Untouchables� THE NOFZIGER WAY �Terrorists will not be deterred by idle words� The fact is, all terrorists understand is counter terror -- an eye for an eye, a head for a head. What the president should do is go to Congress and demand that it give him the right to order the execution of ten terrorists for every American they kill. They, the members of Congress, won�t do it, of course, but if they value American lives they should.� - Lyn Nofziger, �Musings,� 6/28/04 THE MARINE WAY �I see that you have captured a U.S. Marine, and that you plan to cut off his head if your demands are not met. Big mistake. . . . We have a warrior culture in this country, and they are called Marines. It is a brotherhood forged in the fire of many wars, and the bond between us is stronger than blood. While it is true that this country has produced nitwits like John Kerry, Michael Moore, Howard Dean and Jane Fonda who can be easily manipulated by your gruesome tactics, we have also produced men like Jason Dunham, Brian Chontosh and Joseph Perez. If you don't recognize those names you should. They are all Marines who distinguished themselves fighting to liberate Iraq, and there will be many more just like them coming for you. �...You are nothing but a bunch of women. If you were men you would show your faces, and take us on in a fair fight. Instead, you are cowards who hide behind masks and decapitate helpless victims. �...When you raise that sword over your head I want you to remember one thing.� Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun is not alone as he kneels before you.� Every Marine who has ever worn the uniform is there with him, and when you strike him you are striking all of us. If you think the Marines were tough on you when they were cleaning out Fallujah a few weeks ago you haven't seen anything yet. If you want to know what it feels like to have the Wrath of God called down upon you then go ahead and do it. We are not Turkish truck drivers, or Pakistani laborers, or independent contractors hoping to find work in your country. �We are the United States Marines, and we will be coming for you.� - An open letter to al Qaeda from a Marine stationed in Iraq, republished in The Federalist this week TWO SOCIALIST PEAS IN A POD �From each according to his ability. To each according to his need.� - Karl Marx �Many of you are well enough off that...the (Bush) tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton, 6/28/2004 I STAND CORRECTED �Chuck: You're wrong about the 185-day work year for teachers, at least in New Jersey. By state law they have 180 days, and you know the union won't settle for more. But they also get 15 sick days, 2 personal days, 1 or 2 administrative days, bereavement days for the neighbor's dog and whatever else they've come up with since I had to negotiate with them back in the 1970's. Most of them fight like hell to keep from giving the public 160 days!!!! We even had teachers come back in September who wanted a bereavement day for a friend who had died and was buried in July.� � - Reader Bill Coleman of Salem, NJ ANOTHER PAY PERSPECTIVE �I want to say I think you are right on with your criticism of the high salaries some teachers are making. $150,000 plus for 9 or 10 months work is ridiculous. I am a police manager with 33 years experience. I hold the highest ranking promotional position of Commander. Our department is 180 people. I supervise approximately 120 of these people who make life and death decisions every day and who have risked their lives and well-being numerous times throughout the year. I work year round, usually 60 hour a week and make less than $85,000. Most of the cops that work the street make about $50,000. Am I supposed to swallow the idea that teaching for 9 months out of the year is so much harder than police work that it is worth triple or quadruple the pay! Give me a break!� - Reader Greg Peterson HIGH-PRICED PENCIL PUSHERS �Dear Chuck: I totally agree with everything you wrote about teachers. Yet while teachers' unions are certainly a problem, don't let the administrators off the hook either. For example, our local newspaper recently revealed that the top-earning public official in Fairfield, CT was the superintendent of schools. She pulls down $205,505 -- more than the police captain and more than the fire chief. Now, I can tell you broadly what a police captain and a fire chief do for a living, but I have no idea what a superintendent of schools does all day. In fact, of the top six highest-earning officials in town, FIVE of them are school administrators. Some teachers complain they don't have enough money for school supplies, to which I say, go swipe some pencils and paper off the superintendent's desk.� - Reader Jackson Kuhl THE GOOD OL� DAYS �Hi Chuck. I graduated high school in 1948.� My entire public school education was K-8 in one school and 9-12 in another.� The elementary grades class sizes were 35 to 40 students.� One teacher, no teacher�s aid. That one teacher had that entire class under complete control at all times. And we all got an education far superior to anything to be had in government schools today. It was dedicated teachers (no union needed) and dedicated parents both of whom insisted on discipline.� We knew the teachers were authorized to use corporal punishment, usually more embarrassing than painful.� If you received punishment in school you tried to keep that fact to yourself, because if your parents found out, shame on ya', you got more of the same from them.��� - Ray Tweedy of Oxford, Arkansas WELCOME TO TOUCHY-FEELY U �If you're going to ban teacher unions, why not ban schools of education as well?� There is no greater medieval torture extant today than the crap they teach in education programs.� Example:� I was training to be a high school math teacher. They made me put together a pamphlet called �My Life as a Teacher,� talking about my favorite color and the like, that I was to show my students in order to connect with them.� - Reader Charlie Mehler TEACHING DEGREE NOT NECESSARY TO BE GOOD TEACHER �Hi Chuck: The best teacher I had in high school was a retired electrical engineer who was volunteering to teach math classes for free.� He certainly motivated me.� He had us doing things like using trig and geometry to create a scale map of the lake behind our high school, and doing hearing testing with a wave generator with an oscilloscope attached to it so we that could see the way the wave changed as the frequency changed.� He also had the kids who did best in class help tutor the kids who were having problems.� Now that is teaching; and he wasn't even being paid.� - Reader Larry Maturo THE NEA�S CULTURE OF FEAR �I taught in public schools for almost 10 years.� I�refused to�belong to the NEA (National Education Association). The main reason public school teachers join the NEA�is the fear of being sued.��NEA�will campaign�new teachers every recruitment year, stating,��NEA will fight for you.���NEA representatives�will site horror stories and scare the��living�daylights��out of the you.��Wide eyed, you could see the fear in these naive college grads eyes.� At�the end of every �scare the rookies� meeting they will�have enrollment forms�ready to sign.� �Out of fear,�rookies would happily sign away a percentage of their monthly income to the NEA.� - Diane Yarnell of Tulsa, Oklahoma HEY...TEACHER...LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE �More than 4.5 million students endure sexual misconduct by employees at their schools, from inappropriate jokes all the way to forced sex, according to a report to Congress. The best estimate available shows nearly one in 10 kids faces misbehavior ranging from unprofessional to criminal sometime between kindergarten and 12th grade, says the report by Charol Shakeshaft, a Hofstra University professor. . . . The report found teachers are the most common offenders, followed by coaches, substitute teachers, bus drivers and teacher aides.� - Associated Press, 6/30/04 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Chuck Muth�s News & Views is published by Citizen Outreach, a non-partisan, 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. The opinions and views expressed in Chuck Muth's News & Views reflect those of the writers, editors and columnists therein and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Citizen Outreach, its officers, directors or employees. 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