david gregory just asked gov walker on meat the press, about some exemptions for police and fire, while still encouraging them to engage in collective bargaining.


""are you saying that sand police are more important than teachers who spend six hours a day in a class room?"

and i say... yes, yes they are. they are more important to our society.

__________________
give me liberty.... or give me birth...

WASHINGTONAMERICA.COM ....... evolving forward ...

Is the liver more important than the heart?

__________________
"Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

the liver is the only organ that regenerates.

__________________
give me liberty.... or give me birth...

WASHINGTONAMERICA.COM ....... evolving forward ...

well, police are obviously not. like the old saying goes: "Never around when you need one. Always there when you don't" :P

__________________
"a tax merely proportionate to individual income would be far from equitable: and this is probably what Smith meant, by declaring it reasonable, that a rich man should contribute to the public expenses not merely in proportion to the amount of his revenue, but even somewhat more. For my part, I have no hesitation in going further, and saying that taxation cannot be equitable unless its ratio is progressive."

--Jean Baptiste Say; from A Treatise on Political Economy, Book III, Chapter 8

We are all Teachers, we don't however all run against the crowd, or into burning buildings, or reach into burning cars to save lives.

__________________

Mitt 2012!!! Yes It's That Easy.

What a way to minimize what a teacher is.

That's rich Intense...really.

LoL!!!

__________________
Until conservatives once again hold Republicans to the same standard they hold Democrats, they will have no credibility and deserve no respect.
- Bruce Bartlett (R)
Let's face it -- when our "Christianity" makes us unloving we obviously don't have the real thing, even if we are correct on all the doctrines. But when we realize that Christ, through the grace of God, has truly rescued us from the pit on sin, our response will be love. A lack of it indicates that we have yet to be rescued ourselves.
- George R. Knight
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. - Matthew 15:11

Which is why "liver failure" is completely unheard of.

__________________
"Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

Skin, the largest organ on the body, regenerates. I learned that from a teacher.

__________________
Talking about Iraq: Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Wednesday defended his five sons' decision not to enlist in the military, saying they're showing their support for the country by "helping me get elected."

And if Republicans had their way, they would be doing that at 70.

__________________
Talking about Iraq: Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Wednesday defended his five sons' decision not to enlist in the military, saying they're showing their support for the country by "helping me get elected."

At any rate, the OP is a false dichotomy.

They do different things so it's pointless to compare them.

Kind of like the heart and the liver.

__________________
"Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.

Good point (I think)
They're all important, we just can't afford to pay them high wages and gold plated medical benefits anymore.

__________________
Ron Paul 2012!

(You Don't Have To Thank Me For Reps)

They are both important. Putting your life on the line everyday is something not many people want to do. Teaching isnt on that type of level. But it is important.

Yeah, being a public school teacher is really the path to riches.

__________________
"Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

Society needs both firefighters and teachers.

Gov. David ”I’m Mr. Koch’s whore!’ Walker is obviously cynically trying to pit firefighters and cops against teachers and public nurses, and split their support.

But like most fringe rightwingers, Gov. Walker is evidently unaware that most human beings, including most firefighters, have humility and modesty about their jobs and are not prone to viewing themselves as superior to other public workers. The chances are slim to none that the firefighters union is going to throw the teachers union under the bus, and support Walkers cynical proposal to only let firefighters and cops have collective bargaining.