Comments on Akindele Unleashed: Education Should Be Our ONLY Issue in 2010 by Akin...

I disagree that education is an appropriate core i...

2008-11-15T07:03:00.000-08:00

I disagree that education is an appropriate core issue for 2010. As I have posted on Right Michigan, our best bet for 2010 is to strip MEA of their ability to strong-arm uncooperative members by removing forced-unionization from Michigan law. Then, in 2012, when a Fair Tax and Right-to-Work environment are "rolling the snowball downhill" on rebuilding and reviving Michigan's economy, we slap Personal Education Accounts (read: "school vouchers"), along with other pro-citizen, pro-worker, pro-children, smaller-government initiatives, onto the ballot. But not sooner.

Consider it a chess match. Only in the rarest of circumstances does a four-move checkmate actually work. Make no mistake, we're going up against Big Labor, MEA, the Legislature itself, and Stryker's pocket book. If we spread our resources too thin, then we lose again . . . huge. Therefore, what we do is focus on a couple of issues that, when successfully executed, will set the stage for the larger sweep of the bigger agenda.

Good post. I'm a conservative teacher myself, and...

2008-11-13T14:04:00.000-08:00

Good post. I'm a conservative teacher myself, and I agree with a lot of what you say about education. Republicans buy into the meme and talk like Democrats on so many issues, including education, and this is why the Republican Party struggles. Check out my post for some of my posts on education!

Yes, because we've heard it said that when we seek...

2008-11-13T05:44:00.000-08:00

Yes, because we've heard it said that when we seek things a certain way all these other things 'will be added unto' us.

We need to go deeper then social issues and preferences, even when we're right. The deeper root causes of these issues.

Education is one of those 'deeper' root issues. This involves MEA and economics as well.

We can't see clearly where to make a difference if we rewrite history either. We must always be looking at the truth and facts. For some, this may not always be pleasant as it sheds a positive light on the "other" party. So be it. I think this is a positive for conservatives.

I'm so encouraged by this focus. We must remain focused for the next several years.