Teacher of th Year Suspended, Denied Pay Raise Over O'Keefe Video

[Puppycow]

Convicted criminal James O'Keefe strikes again.

A teacher who once literally threw herself in front of a van to protect her students is being punished because of a James O'Keefe propaganda video. :rolleyes:

NJ Teacher Punked By O'Keefe: 'I Felt Like I Was Raped' (VIDEO) (http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/11/nj_teacher_punked_by_okeefe_i_felt_like_i_was_rape .php?ref=fpa)

It turns out that in 1997, Ploshnick received a letter of commendation from President Bill Clinton, after she threw herself in front of a van to protect her students. She suffered broken ribs, a fractured wrist, a badly bruised pelvis and glass cuts in her eyes. "You are an example for all of us, and I applaud you for your sense of duty," Clinton wrote to her.

[themusicteacher]

How is it this guy has any credibility at all? You think he's going to take his dog and pony show to a republican stronghold and record what they say about unions? Class-A douchebag.

[PixyMisa]

How is it this guy has any credibility at all?
Because he actually catches people saying really stupid things. Mind you, some of the things he's done have been pretty stupid too.

[NobbyNobbs]

She wasn't even being racist! She was relating what somebody else said. By these standards, she could get in trouble for reading Huckleberry Finn aloud.

[InfidelSavant]

Because he actually catches people saying really stupid things. Mind you, some of the things he's done have been pretty stupid too.

He also engages in creative editing to discredit people with whom he disagrees.

[daenku32]

Imagine if we all could be recorded all the time, and the recordings given to our supervisors.

Imagine how great life would be.

[BenBurch]

This guy needs to be taken for a ride.

[Astrodude]

Was the reason for the suspension her speaking the word '******', or was it because she said bad stuff about another tenured teacher?

[Skeptic Ginger]

How is it this guy has any credibility at all? You think he's going to take his dog and pony show to a republican stronghold and record what they say about unions? Class-A douchebag.He produces his distortions then uses right wing circles to spread them around. Sounds like these comments got back to the Repub Gov. Christie. From the OP link:"Go watch this video," Gov. Christie himself remarked. "It's enlightening, it's enraging."Credibility doesn't matter to the right wing spin machine so O'Keefe has a guaranteed following there.

[Cleon]

Imagine if we all could be recorded all the time, and the recordings given to our supervisors.

Imagine how great life would be.

Blissfully quiet.

[GreyArea]

Imagine if we all could be recorded all the time, and the recordings given to our supervisors.

Imagine how great life would be.

Welcome to the future. It's called lifelogging. Of course, the people who do this are recording their own lives. But the rest of us could appear "in the shot", so to speak.

http://singularityhub.com/2010/07/20/your-entire-life-recorded-lifelogging-goes-mainstream/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/sony-demonstrates-eye-tracking-glasses-designed-for-lifelogging/
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/09/0904_total_recall/1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mann

[MattusMaximus]

I wonder if anyone could sue this douchebag O'Keefe and take everything he owns. That might just shut him up a bit.

[Dancing David]

Depends he might have his finances set up for that eventuality.

[Drudgewire]

Imagine if we all could be recorded all the time...


I'd have about 7 charges of "making terroristic threats" for every hour driving. :o

[Infoexcavator]

I think calling that "like being raped" is trivializing rape. She could just stand by her words instead of playing the victim, they were not that scandalous.