Chris Christie's Advice to GOP Governors Brings Down the House

Is this the same Governor Christie who killed a major construction project in our state (NJ) and caused the loss of thousands of much needed jobs in the worst recession since the grate depression? With all of the other flops he's made since being in office, the loss of federal education funding in the millions, we will make sure he's a one turn Governor!

It looks like all the teacher union advocates are out in force judging by the comments. WAKE UP union people! You are killing our economy. I know teachers have a tough job, but compare money spent per student public v. private and guess what... private is less. A lot less. AND private gets better scores. Let's be reasonable and put country first, not union first, political job, etc., but the best interest of USA first.

To all those that plan on running for presidental office: "If you want to keep up with the other countries of the world; you had better be kind to the teachers unions or at least pay the teachers out of federal pay"! I would rather be a coal miner than go through the crap that a teacher has to go throough everyday. I started out as a teacher (teachers for many generations in our family), but couldn't handle the idea of not the kids so much, but the overbearing parents who demand results that are above the childs abilities! How many parents do you know that spend a full hour helping their kids with their homework (not doing it, but helping them). There is a big difference between doing their homework and helping them understand it. Being a teacher is a very tough job,don't kid yourself.

I challenge any of these idiots who think it's a walk in the park to teach school to do it ON FILM AND COMPLETELY DOCUMENTED for a month. Fuzz out the kids faces, their parents' faces (if they ever show up to a parent/teacher meeting), the administrator's faces, and do a frank documentation of exactly what a teacher has to go through on a day to day basis. If you think actual teaching comprises the majority of the day, think again. Administrative BS, classroom management of children who have never been told "no" by their parents, "mainstreaming" of children who would be better served by being in classes specializing in their disability, photocopying, meetings, and more meetings - the list goes on and on.

I don't know what's worse... Imposing what amounts to a surtax on teachers to pay for the mess that everyone else created, or Newt Gingrich's fascism. I know the moniker of fascism gets thrown about a little too easily, but his education proposal is ACTUAL FASCISM.

Ever notice how state and local government union bosses and teacher union bosses live compared to their workers. Pretty amazing - big houses, tons of money, lots of very expensive cars. The ONLY difference between a union boss (who is as greedy as any CEO), or a "greedy" CEO, is the CEO at least had a vision for building something new while the Union Boss only has a vision on how to take others money from their work and their vision.

Are we ready for an "Italian American" for president...A good man!...

The day Christie forces NJ's towns and school districts to combine into 100 from the current 700 or so is the day he gets this real conservative's vote. Until then he stands out among the rest of the bloated politicians for all the WRONG reasons.

Reading Christie's comments, I was reminded of the evangetlist's tale of a preacher who preached a fiery Sunday sermon. Afterward, one of his congregants came up to shake his hand and said, a little blanched in the face, "Preacher, you really rubbed the cat the wrong way!" To which the preacher replied firmly, "Well, then, the cat needs to turn around!" Precisely the message of the American electorate, 2010.

Newt and all his buddies complaining make millions, and we are all over paid......The government is doing a good job brainwashing all of us into thinking we.....we are over paid, and should not have Social Security,or a pension, all the while they have for life great government healthcare, and a great pension. go figure. The American public is a bunch of brainwashed idiots...