Protestors Go Too Far Trying to get at Walker.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, and the students and staff at Messmer Preparatory Catholic School were all targets of an obnoxious protest on Friday, August 26, 2011.
Not only was this action a blatant racist attack from the Walker protestors of Wisconsin; these so-called “protestors” scared the young children and parents of Messmer Prep. Messmer Preparatory Grade School is one of the most successful, majority Black schools in the state and yes it is also a Choice School! On Friday they received a visit from Governor Walker who was there to tour the school and read to students.
The incident Friday was embarrassing for kids to see. It showed adults at their worst and most despicable form. It is not a coincidence these terrorists and thugs picked a predominantly Black school to act a fool in front of. Disrupting kids learning and scaring parents who were hearing that their kids might be superglued inside the school. We later found out that the locks were glued prior to the visit from the governor. COWARDS!!!
However parents were spit on and some even pelted with rocks! Shame, shame, shame!
As you can see in the video one ”brother” goes up to Brother Bob Smith, Messmer Prep and Messmer HS president, and pushes him to incite violence IN FRONT OF KIDS MIND YOU. Attacking a holy man, have you no limits?For what reason ”brother” did you feel the need to do that? For what reason are you pushing a Capuchin Brother who has been committed to this inner city community since he was born. Smith is the nephew of Brother Booker Ashe of the House of Peace which still operates on 17th and Walnut. The Capuchins also run several other resource areas in the city such as St. Francis of Assisi Church and other urban centers that feed and clothe OUR people. If anything they should get an award for their decades of service to this community and to BLACK PEOPLE!!! They do it by fund raising and by giving from their own pockets and this is how we thank them? Shame indeed, shame on the fake “residents” who were later identified as mostly Madison students, union reps, and MPS board members and teachers for the most part. A few tokens and Walker hating zealots that had nothing better to do comprised the rest of the crowd.
Just to note, Brother Bob and the Capuchins commitment to Black Milwaukee, particularly our Black youth excelling in education and training them up in the way that they should go, is undeniably solid. Smith has an 85% success rate of those who go on to college. He also has an outstanding record of working with MPS to help form working relations for educating our young people. Some do not like his tactics because he calls on parents and students to be just as accountable as the school. It is not a dumping ground for MPS rejects. He sees them as anything but rejects; they are diamonds in the rough! He is quick to tell the student and parent that they must participate 110% in their education. He gives them the tools to understand the power they have inside of them. They are treasure that no one else wanted or knew what to do with. Brother Bob and staff teach these kids that they are the rightful heirs of our legacy and heritage. And yes it is a Roman Catholic School. He also calls out mess when he sees it and he does not back down or mince words. He has fans and haters alike. Despite the haters, his end result speaks for itself. He gets the job done for the most part whether you like his education style or not. The fact that he and the Capuchins alone raised over 5 million dollars to renovate and upgrade that school speaks to his commitment to our kids and our community. A once barron land is now a vital tax base for our city and sacred ground for Afrocentric Centered Education.
The fact that most of these “protest” crazies don’t even live in our city also speaks volumes!
Later that Friday the “protestors” went on to protest at Governor Walker’s son’s football game. Really? What are you people thinking? Where is your dignity? One said wherever he (Walker) would be, they would be, but again I say there is a time and a place for everything.
Disrupting valuable time from learning or running on football fields to send your message makes you look sick, pathetic and sad. These people have obviously broke with sanity and those things we hold dear like reading time and a peaceful football game are now inbounds for hate for our kids to witness and learn.
If one thing I know I am right 100% is that doing stupid stuff in front of kids is not politics anymore. It is outright anarchy as Sheriff Clark said. Adults acting like kids, using foul and vile language, using violence and pelting people with rocks, spitting on people, taking out their venom on kids at a football game, showing up at any Black school, is all the devil’s work, it is not union protesting. Unions better get their wackos back in line because this is making them look bad and any respect they once had is now lost at the hands of these psycho-nuts.
I challenge our Black reps, Mayor Barrett, and our Police Chief Flynn to take a stand against such nonsense and get these people back in order. Our kids need their learning time. All of it!
I would bet that this type of nonsense would not take place outside a White school!!
I have peace in my heart but when my babies, our babies are trying to learn, break from hate that they live with day in and day out, and come to sacred ground to impart knowledge, Hell to the naw!! WW don’t get down like that. Any school, MPS or other is scared space and if wacko terrorist nuts don’t see it that way, there will be hell to pay. And that’s all I got to say about that!
FYI… in the video….One of the so-called ‘resident protestors” was Brian Rothgery – the red headed bully telling that lady, “go back where you came from, we don’t want you here.” Brian’s occupation is Communications Coordinator for Citizen Action of Wisconsin.
Peace Family,
WW
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44309295
MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee Police say they’ve got a lead on the person who glued door locks at Messmer Preparatory School in the city’s Riverwest neighborhood before Governor Scott Walker’s visit last week.The incident happened just hours before Walker was scheduled to speak with children there Friday afternoon.Investigators say they’re reviewing surveillance video of the suspect.Protesters crowded the street outside of the Milwaukee school well before Walker spoke with the kids.
This writer is either working for Scott Walker or is insanely ignorant.
No I am quite reasonable. Tell me exactly how going up to disrupt a school day (GRADE SCHOOL) is the act of a sane individual? Tell me how scaring kids, pelting parents with rocks, spitting on parents and school staff and super gluing locks is the work of rational minded people?
If you want respect, leave our kids out of it. They could have rallied before he got in the school and after he got out, no they used vile and obscene langauge and acts in front of young kids, YOUNG KIDS!!!!!!
If you want to fight for your rights, fine but not while our kids are taking in precious learning time.
I don’t have to be for Walker or anyone politician to know this is absurdly wrong and since it was the work of mostly white union reps and Madison cronies, followed by people who lack common sense that God gave them, I don’t have to be ignorant, in fact I am rather smart! These people are the insanely ignorant ones.
JUSTIFY THAT! YOU CAN’T!!!!!
Peace,
WW
WW Walker could give a damn about helping Black kids in Milwaukee. His political agenda is to destroy Black people in Milwaukee. Currently, the NAACP has filed a lawsuit directly to the state government to denounce this assault on our city. WW Walker and his republican conservatives are not interested in the quality of education our Black kids receive. Don’t be so naiive.
Standard come back, if you can’t win on facts just spout a lie you hope people will believe.
Anonymous, Now if that isn’t the pot calling the kettle black I don’t know what is! It is pretty cowardly taking pot shots at a conservative sister and Scott Walker without offering one shred of evidence to back up your accusations. Embarrassing really!
WW stay strong you can always tell when you hit a nerve cause they’ll always project what they themselves are guilty of!
How does damaging Brother Bob further the union cause? If this was about Walker why did they vandalize the school and not just Walker?
We are not talking about what Walker has done or not done for Blacks in this article!!!! We are talking about the accomplishments of Brother Bob Smith and Messmer Prep and High schools. The accomplishments of these two schools and the impact they have had on the Black community is what we are talking about. Why do you think these people chose to come here? They know that these kids are learning and being educated. This was about trying to undermine the work of a solid school who built up its community and the youth and families in it. I think I was pretty clear in my focus on Messmer and not Walker as Walker has no credit in the success of this school, their kids, our Black families along with the Capuchins and the Catholic church who help support the school.
This has very little to do with Scott Walker and very much to do with schools being safe havens for our kids PERIOD. These people used foul and vile language in front of young children, they pelted staff and families with rocks, and damaged property of a grade school. If you think this is okay than there is something wrong with you. If you are a parent would you want to be spit at or have people cussing and calling you filth in front of your kids? Really? Would you want to expose your kids to this hate and drama of which they would be too little to process and therefore become scared and fearful. As a parent I would not imagine bringing any of this around young children if i can help it.
Simply put: Schools are off limits to the politics and destructive nature of adults.
They have enough drama of their own that they come to school with.
There is plenty of time to get at Walker but not when school is in session! Whether it be a MPS school or a private one such as this, espeically not a Black school where we need every precious moment to educate our kids!!
You can get at Walker before the school day starts, after, when he is leaving, or EVEN BETTER at some other public event. SCHOOL IS SACRED SPACE!! Why do you not get that point? You let your hatred of one man get in the way of educating our kids? Check on that and see if it is not twisted a bit. Our kids need protection and school is one place they ARE protected. It should remain that way!
Please try and stick to the article or read it first and then see if what your saying makes any sense, because really i am not following you about Walker, clearly this was about Messmer. What are you reading?
WW
Did you bother to listen to what Brother Bob said? Take a listen and hear what he is saying and what the school means to these families. Put Walker out of it for 3 minutes of your time and try to step in the shoes of the school. Just an idea.
The MacIver Insitute in Wisconsin put together this video about a union protest of a school in Wisconsin where Governor Scott Walker recently made an appearence. The building was vandalized, and the head of the exemplary school understandably worries about what example this protest sets for the children that attend the school:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/ugly-reality-union-protests_591482.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
An Aside to the Haters…
Because you have addressed me via, phone, WORK, mail, email, church, and especially on public forums, I need to address you back. This article seemed to bring the same type of people and attention to me and my family, my children especially, that it did to Messmer Prep.
It is forums like Drum and the respectful dialogue that we have, that will be the only cure for this new disease of American politics. In this sacred space on the Dum we explore, educate, and challenge. It may get heated but at the end of the day it is all respect and mad love. NEVER QUESTION MY LOAYALITY TO MY PEOPLE, MY COMMUNITY, MY FAMILY! There is nothing I would not do for my community and my people and our advancement together.
However occurrences like the above and the things that are happening to my kids and myself just for thinking differently should not be tolerated at any level.
I do very much respect my brothers and sisters on the other side who disagree with me and I have by action reciprocated love to show that we are family though we are not of the same ideologies. That is what makes us great. I do think most people respect me but then there are outright haters. In recent weeks some have taken to using my background or using vicious lies to silence me and to use my family as bait. I have never hidden from my background, my missteps and wrongs, that is my human side. It makes me who I am.
Their agenda and tactics I find vile. When I first came to Drum, it was food for my soul and as I began to grow, be challenged, and to be this person-Wonder Woman (Dub Dub, WW, etc…), the more love I felt, the more hate I felt. I cannot understand the actions of hatred, especially directed on to my kids. I know at the end of the day it must have something to do with power, the ruffling of feathers, upsetting apple carts, and nothing but pure hate. The effort it took to find my kids, talk to them, or act against them, WOW! Really?
My background, hell anyone can Google that and you know all about me. I am not shocked by that and expected nothing less from the devil. Made my peace with that when He gave me a second chance to be a better person, woman, mother, friend, community member,etc… and He is not done with me yet! But by God’s grace I am loved and one of His chosen and I am a self-proclaimed sinner, but I am also blessed and highly favored as well.
The fact that Drum is unabashed in lending its space to thoughts and opinions without edit and free from behind the scenes shot callers, like and MSNBC or FOX is a scary thing for those who have made careers of keeping the public (Blacks especially) dumb, deaf, and apathetic. There is not much you can do to control this space. MILWAUKEE DRUM IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!! The Drum will not be silenced! You must know this by now. We are still here, I am still here.
I have decided that I am not going to let you win your little war against Wonder Woman or the need to have open, honest, discourse. I have made the decision to stand my ground and to hunt you down-those who seem to think getting at my kids is a noble cause. For those who chose to use their time to attack me personally, that comes with the territory. If it makes you feel good about yourself, hey have a party. But remember there are consequences for every action you take. As easy as it is to try to destroy me, it is as easy to find you and legally settle libel and slander.
For those have made this place a tool for education and conversation and the passing of knowledge, I thank you for allowing me into your life and for your comments, challenges and talks. I have learned much, I have met many people and I have nothing but love for you. You help keep me grounded, humble, honest, and always Wonder Woman proud member of the JustUs League!!
Peace Family,
WW
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Messmer CEO not thwarted by protesters
Written by Tracy Rusch, Catholic Herald Staff
Thursday, 01 September 2011 12:49
http://www.chnonline.org/news/local/10616-messmer-ceo-not-thwarted-by-protesters.html
Between 250-300 people surrounded the entire block of Messmer Preparatory Catholic School on Milwaukee’s East Side Friday, Aug. 26, protesting Gov. Scott Walker’s scheduled visit that was meant to “highlight early reading and literacy programming.” Two protesters were arrested for disorderly conduct. (Catholic Herald photo by Ernie Mastroianni)MILWAUKEE –– Messmer Preparatory Catholic School at 3027 N. Fratney St. was vandalized Thursday, Aug. 25, and parents were threatened by protesters surrounding the school Friday morning, Aug. 26, before Gov. Scott Walker’s scheduled visit, according to a press release from the school.
Gov. Walker’s visit to the K4-8 campus, which included a student welcome, tour and book reading to second- and third-grade students, was meant to “highlight early reading and literacy programming” in the Catholic school system that educates Milwaukee’s urban youth.
The release said school officials were informed Thursday night that the building alarms were set off, and discovered Friday morning that nine locks on exterior doors, including a parking gate, doors to the building and a church building door, were sealed with glue. Capuchin Br. Bob Smith, president and CEO of Messmer Catholic Schools, which include Messmer High School and the K4-8 St. Rose and St. Leo School, told your Catholic Herald Monday that opening the doors, whose locks that were filled with superglue, wood glue and wood, required staff from all three campuses.
People that surrounded the entire block of the school Friday held signs in protest and grew angrier as the police presence grew, said Br. Bob, who walked up and down Fratney Street asking protesters to stay off the school property and to remove signs and blankets they were hanging on the school’s fences. Two protesters were arrested for disorderly conduct, according to Capt. Steve Basting of the Milwaukee Police Department. Jeffrey Robb, the school’s development director, said no one has been arrested for the vandalism, as of press time, though security tapes from Messmer show one person involved in the vandalism.
“As we had told people from the beginning, the governor is here to read to second and third graders and he has a right to do that, and you talk about how important education is for all kids and that all kids deserve this and yet you come out here and you disrupt a school?” Br. Bob said. “And I said, ‘How are they going to get those minutes back that you just stole from them?’”
Students at Messmer Preparatory Catholic School gather around Gov. Scott Walker, who came to read to them on Friday, Aug. 26. Protesters occupied the sidewalk outside the school during the governor’s visit. (Catholic Herald photos by Ernie Mastroianni)Br. Bob said the most tragic part of Friday was that kids in classrooms facing Fratney Street could hear the drums, horns, yelling and screaming from protesters. He instructed teachers to tell the kids to stay calm and not worry.
“There was a group going to lunch and a little second grader said, ‘Br. Bob, what are all those crazy people doing at our school?’ And I kind of smiled and said, ‘You know, I was wondering the same thing myself,’” Br. Bob laughed, though an elderly man had threatened to beat him up and “mess up” his “nice” suit.
“It was a certain segment of Milwaukee at its worst,” he said. “There were people telling me that they didn’t want to see me in the neighborhood again, and I said to them, ‘I didn’t ask you when I came here, and I’m not asking you for permission to come back. This neighborhood doesn’t belong to you.”
The school assured parents who called concerned about the students’ safety, after watching TV news coverage of the prep school, that a large contingent of law enforcement was present, Br. Bob said.
“Literally, every branch of law enforcement in the state was here and, not to mention the calls from people who had heard about it wanting to know if we needed any help,” Br. Bob said. “We had private security companies calling, offering assistance, and that’s the good side of our society – that people see insanity and they know what it leads to if left to its own devices.”
Kathleen Cepelka, superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, said she received an email message from the school explaining the situation, and that the archdiocese also supports the school.
“Our schools are locally governed and our position would be one of support for Br. Bob Smith and his team of administrative leaders there.”
In Br. Bob’s 26 years of working at Messmer, he’s never questioned inviting or allowing people like Mayor Tom Barrett, former Gov. Tommy G. Thompson, and current Gov. Scott Walker to visit the school, and he’s not going to start because “it shouldn’t matter.”
Protesters crossed the line for Br. Bob when he had to wait to head to the high school for dismissal, because a staff member informed him that police asked him to wait: People waiting outside the parking lot were planning to “smash” Br. Bob’s car as he left and “drag” him out of it.
“I said to people that I spoke with then and I said earlier today that I’ve lived in Detroit, I’ve lived in Chicago, Atlanta, here, and I don’t run from bullies and thugs or threats,” said Br. Bob, who hopes someone will turn in the person or people responsible for the
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker greets students at Messmer Preparatory Catholic School on Friday, Aug. 26 during a visit to highlight early reading and literacy programming. The visit was interrupted by more than 100 protestors angry with Gov. Walker’s policies. More photos can be viewed and purchased at http://photos.chnonline.org. (Catholic Herald photo by Ernie Mastroianni)vandalism so that he, she or they can pay to replace the school’s key and fob systems that were destroyed. “And you’re going to have to go through me to get to the kids and the faculty and staff, and you better bet that if you cross that line, we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.”
As noisy as protesters were outside, students inside were elated to meet Gov. Walker, who read “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” and put on Dr. Seuss and Messmer Prep hats, said Br. Bob. According to him, meeting the governor was “a powerful moment for many.”
“They (kids) know who is safe and who they can trust, and you could just see it in their eyes – they were happy he was there,” Br. Bob said. “They love visitors, and they love to show people how much they learn.”
As police investigate the vandalism, Br. Bob said he will continue to watch out for everyone at the schools.
“I will take necessary precautions to keep an eye out for things that look out of the ordinary, but at the end of the day my focus is on the 1,700 kids that we educate at our three campuses, and the couple hundred faculty and staff that are here with us,” he said. “That’s what I’m concerned about.”
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http://www.chnonline.org/news/local/10616-messmer-ceo-not-thwarted-by-protesters.html
MILWAUKEE –– Messmer Preparatory Catholic School at 3027 N. Fratney St. was vandalized Thursday, Aug. 25, and parents were threatened by protesters surrounding the school Friday morning, Aug. 26, before Gov. Scott Walker’s scheduled visit, according to a press release from the school.
Gov. Walker’s visit to the K4-8 campus, which included a student welcome, tour and book reading to second- and third-grade students, was meant to “highlight early reading and literacy programming” in the Catholic school system that educates Milwaukee’s urban youth.
The release said school officials were informed Thursday night that the building alarms were set off, and discovered Friday morning that nine locks on exterior doors, including a parking gate, doors to the building and a church building door, were sealed with glue. Capuchin Br. Bob Smith, president and CEO of Messmer Catholic Schools, which include Messmer High School and the K4-8 St. Rose and St. Leo School, told your Catholic Herald Monday that opening the doors, whose locks that were filled with superglue, wood glue and wood, required staff from all three campuses.
People that surrounded the entire block of the school Friday held signs in protest and grew angrier as the police presence grew, said Br. Bob, who walked up and down Fratney Street asking protesters to stay off the school property and to remove signs and blankets they were hanging on the school’s fences. Two protesters were arrested for disorderly conduct, according to Capt. Steve Basting of the Milwaukee Police Department. Jeffrey Robb, the school’s development director, said no one has been arrested for the vandalism, as of press time, though security tapes from Messmer show one person involved in the vandalism.
“As we had told people from the beginning, the governor is here to read to second and third graders and he has a right to do that, and you talk about how important education is for all kids and that all kids deserve this and yet you come out here and you disrupt a school?” Br. Bob said. “And I said, ‘How are they going to get those minutes back that you just stole from them?’”
Students at Messmer Preparatory Catholic School gather around Gov. Scott Walker, who came to read to them on Friday, Aug. 26. Protesters occupied the sidewalk outside the school during the governor’s visit. (Catholic Herald photos by Ernie Mastroianni)Br. Bob said the most tragic part of Friday was that kids in classrooms facing Fratney Street could hear the drums, horns, yelling and screaming from protesters. He instructed teachers to tell the kids to stay calm and not worry.
“There was a group going to lunch and a little second grader said, ‘Br. Bob, what are all those crazy people doing at our school?’ And I kind of smiled and said, ‘You know, I was wondering the same thing myself,’” Br. Bob laughed, though an elderly man had threatened to beat him up and “mess up” his “nice” suit.
“It was a certain segment of Milwaukee at its worst,” he said. “There were people telling me that they didn’t want to see me in the neighborhood again, and I said to them, ‘I didn’t ask you when I came here, and I’m not asking you for permission to come back. This neighborhood doesn’t belong to you.”
The school assured parents who called concerned about the students’ safety, after watching TV news coverage of the prep school, that a large contingent of law enforcement was present, Br. Bob said.
“Literally, every branch of law enforcement in the state was here and, not to mention the calls from people who had heard about it wanting to know if we needed any help,” Br. Bob said. “We had private security companies calling, offering assistance, and that’s the good side of our society – that people see insanity and they know what it leads to if left to its own devices.”
Kathleen Cepelka, superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, said she received an email message from the school explaining the situation, and that the archdiocese also supports the school.
“Our schools are locally governed and our position would be one of support for Br. Bob Smith and his team of administrative leaders there.”
In Br. Bob’s 26 years of working at Messmer, he’s never questioned inviting or allowing people like Mayor Tom Barrett, former Gov. Tommy G. Thompson, and current Gov. Scott Walker to visit the school, and he’s not going to start because “it shouldn’t matter.”
Protesters crossed the line for Br. Bob when he had to wait to head to the high school for dismissal, because a staff member informed him that police asked him to wait: People waiting outside the parking lot were planning to “smash” Br. Bob’s car as he left and “drag” him out of it.
“I said to people that I spoke with then and I said earlier today that I’ve lived in Detroit, I’ve lived in Chicago, Atlanta, here, and I don’t run from bullies and thugs or threats,” said Br. Bob, who hopes someone will turn in the person or people responsible for the
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker greets students at Messmer Preparatory Catholic School on Friday, Aug. 26 during a visit to highlight early reading and literacy programming. The visit was interrupted by more than 100 protestors angry with Gov. Walker’s policies. More photos can be viewed and purchased at http://photos.chnonline.org. (Catholic Herald photo by Ernie Mastroianni)vandalism so that he, she or they can pay to replace the school’s key and fob systems that were destroyed. “And you’re going to have to go through me to get to the kids and the faculty and staff, and you better bet that if you cross that line, we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.”
As noisy as protesters were outside, students inside were elated to meet Gov. Walker, who read “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” and put on Dr. Seuss and Messmer Prep hats, said Br. Bob. According to him, meeting the governor was “a powerful moment for many.”
“They (kids) know who is safe and who they can trust, and you could just see it in their eyes – they were happy he was there,” Br. Bob said. “They love visitors, and they love to show people how much they learn.”
As police investigate the vandalism, Br. Bob said he will continue to watch out for everyone at the schools.
“I will take necessary precautions to keep an eye out for things that look out of the ordinary, but at the end of the day my focus is on the 1,700 kids that we educate at our three campuses, and the couple hundred faculty and staff that are here with us,” he said. “That’s what I’m concerned about.”
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Someone pointed out that a need for clarification would be good here. I think they are correct. The above article referred to those who violated the code of human compassion, used violence, graphic language in front of children, disrupted innocent children for your own self-serving needs. For those who thought it okay to be ignorant in front of kids and their parents as a display of their “rights.” Yes you have rights you also have decency, USE IT!! Dropping the “F” bomb is not okay.
For those who came to protest and had no idea that the protest would become grotesque I am not speaking of you.
School ground is sacred space. Those who cannot understand our kids are not to be in harm’s ways, this is for you.
For those who protested and used sound judgment, helped and assisted that day and tried to invoke sanity or later apologized for the display. You my friends are not who I am talking about.
Peace Family!!
WW
WW Apologizes!
Some time ago I wrote this article in which the former title was offensive, disturbing, and wrong.
I would like to apologize to those I offended and offer my sincerest apologies for the names I used.
I do stand by the sentiments of the article that the actions taken by the protestors and those who defamed and damaged Messmer Preparatory Grade School, caused fear to little ones, and threatened to endanger and inflict violence to innocent people was very wrong. The protest was wrong. The disruption of a school day was indefensible. Those actions I do not apologize for.
I therefore wish to offer my apologies to any persons who may have experienced discomfort as a result of my expressions. I again, apologize and hope the protesters as well as myself learn from the mistakes that were made and identify more productive ways in which we can communicate our feelings and or ideas. We all must work together to forge a better path for all of Milwaukee and in so doing interact with one another in a more progressive manner. Again, I acknowledge my error in inappropriately expressing my displeasure in regard to the event that took place at Messmer Prep and hope we may all learn from our mistakes so we may create a better Milwaukee for ourselves and children.
Sincerely,
Wonder Woman
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Brother Perp Smith is instigating a fraud with his comments. What is it about? It’s the cherry picking that he get’s to do over at Mesmer and other Catholic Schools. I am a proud graduate of Catholic School. My parents and sponsors paid tuition so I could attend the religious school of my choice. Not the taxpayer. There are guidelines and restrictions for parochial and other private schools. They get to pick the best and leave the rest for public schools to educate. Tell the truth liars. If there was a level playing field, the privates would be faced with the same dilemma. So have your choice, but don’t take the funds needed to deal with the dilemma of the effects of poverty, racism, and huge portions of our population being left behind. Don’t call yourself a christian, biased, self-serving asshole. Jesus would turn your Bradley Foundation money-table over. Why you ignore the joblessness, injustice in our government, poverty in our community and the lies of your benefactors is immoral. So your against the community and the protestors who suffer. Way to go Brother Grinch. Your a mean, selfish one. And if those kids are learning any manners, any Christianity, in your school, they will grow up to protest the filth, injustice, and greed that you seem to embrace.
The college drop-out governor, who was sporting a proud 2.3gpa as he was asked to leave Marquette. He is an acknowledged cheater who was found unfit to serve in Student Government by the Marquette school newspaper. The same governor who has never finished college, then goes on to cut education in public schools, colleges, and tech schools. The same governor who does not have one black face in his administration, other then the tools who have to guard him for a living. So along come Bradley Foundation tool, Brother Perp Smith, who is more then willing to sacrifice the Black Community of Milwaukee for Bradley Foundation money so he can brag how well mannered the children are in his school. Great Brother Smith, great those children get to sit in comfort. But do you think Jesus would address the robbing of our community by your benefactors. I recall the story of the good Samaritan. You can stay inside your school, and quote your ridiculous election shit. Did Martin Luther King just wait for an election? Brother Smith is a fool and a tool. He is the mis-education of the Black man and anyone else. He makes money for his school, good job, and is a tool for the right wing as they continue to rob and destroy the Black community. Educate all or shut up. No child left behind. No parent left jobless. No community should be left behind. The rich are not better then anyone. The love of money is the root of all evil. Support people that support the community. Don’t be self-serving. That is the reason we are losing the fight. Just can’t seem to care about others more then ourselves. A religious person should have been the first to know that. Now the truth of Scott Walker and is filth and corruption is coming out in the media. You exposed the children to this vile creature because you wanted to be so different you’d be willing to smile and grin for dollars. You can keep your head in the sand and talk about the 400-500 students you effect. How many are you harming by your actions or in-actions.
The Milwaukee Drum story. I wonder did Martin Luther King and the other martyrs go to far for civil rights and freedom. I guess they could have just stayed at home and told how one black man had a business. Maybe they should have just suffered the lynchings, disenfranchisement, poverty, and joblessness. Oh snap, sounds like the same fight using the same techniques. Maybe the damn Drum then gone wrong. Or maybe they smelling so money from the right wingers too. Yeah, that money can buy a nugget anytime, any place.
A school that takes money away from inner-city schools to fund religious indoctrination, chooses to honor a corrupt enemy of education and every other progressive principal for which Wisconsinites (Republican, Democrat, Progressive and Socialist) traditionally stood; and then you whine because you get some blowback? This is shoddy “reporting” in the FAUX News tradition. I apologize if some people are so disgusted as to use immoderate language to express their horror; but don’t pretend that you didn’t invite this on yourself by honoring such an incredibly dishonorable, contemptible little white creep.
Howdy! I could have sworn I’ve been to this blog before but after checking through some of the post I realized it’s new
to me. Nonetheless, I’m definitely glad I found it and I’ll be bookmarking and checking back frequently!