On 2/25/2011 3:05 PM, Jonathan Cook wrote:

I think 2011 will turn out to be a historic year in those farther
places, but Madison....I must assume you mean the teachers' union when
you refer to anti-democratic institutions.

Jon.

care to explain this one, Jon? Because, I sort of like my teachers
having some bargaining power. Just because the rest of the nation got
gulled into going non-union, and then watching their wages stagnate and
benefits get stolen so the folks at the top of the scale can enrich
themselves, doesn't make the unions the bad guys for resisting the trend.
Tom