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Saturday, December 1, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Atrios Nails It: Teachers Are Sick Of Being Dumped On

Jersey Jazzman: Atrios Nails It: Teachers Are Sick Of Being Dumped On:


Atrios Nails It: Teachers Are Sick Of Being Dumped On

Leave it to the Godfather of Snark to encapsulate what 3.3 million of us are thinking:
Elsewhere in the article someone discusses the family's commitment to public service. Argh. This isn't about Romney, just this conceit that being a member of Congress, or a governor, or the fucking president, is about "public service." There are public servants, like the teachers everybody dumps on these days, but people with high paying cushy jobs which virtually guarantee them a lifetime of future even cushier even more high paying jobs are hardly making some sort of sacrifice for good. [emphasis mine]
Dear lord, I feel this just about every damn day I open the paper or turn on the cable box or read some dumb-ass