Schwarzenegger: Communism still bad idea. Vetoes plan that would have opened public schools to avowed party members
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided communism still is a bad idea, and opening up public schools and other public facilities to avowed party members who may seek to overthrow the U.S. government is not very smart either.
"Many Californians have fled communist regimes, immigrated to the United States and sought freedom in our nation because of the human rights abuses perpetuated in other parts of the world," the governor said in a message accompanying a veto of a plan lawmakers had approved.
"It is important particularly for those people that California maintains the protections of current law," he said. "Therefore, I see no compelling reason to change the law that maintains our responsibility to ensure that public resources are not used for purposes of overthrowing the U.S. or state government, or for communist activities."
The proposal, SB 1322, had been submitted by Democratic state Sen. Alan Lowenthal of Long Beach.
Randy Thomasson of the Campaign for Children and Families, a group that is active in monitoring California's social agenda, commented: "The Austrian upbringing of Arnold Schwarzenegger apparently taught him to dislike communism. If only he disliked the homosexual-bisexual-transsexual agenda that is attacking moral values of people of conscience."
WND reported earlier when members of the California Legislature approved the plan.
The lawmakers wanted to give unfettered access to public schools and facilities to activist communists who seek the "elimination" of the system of capitalism and who blame problems ranging from "homophobia" to "sexism" on the free market system.
The plan by Lowenthal was viewed with horror by Campaign for Children and Families and the pro-family Capital Resource Institute.
"[Legislative] passage of SB 1322 comes just as three Americans were arrested and aggressively removed from Tiananmen Square by communist police for peacefully protesting their opposition to China's brutal violation of human rights," the family group CRI said in its statement at the time of the vote. "The peaceful activists capitalized on international media coverage of the Beijing Olympics to draw attention to China's human rights abuses, including forced abortions and sterilizations, religious persecution of its citizens, and the denial of fundamental civil liberties."
Officials said the bill would "banish from current law the ability of schools to fire teachers for being communists. It will also allow communists to use public school property for their meetings."
Said Karen England, executive director of Capitol Resource. "Every parent should have the assurance that their child will not be exposed communist brainwashing in their classroom. In addition to approving such brainwashing, Democrat lawmakers also decided that children's safety is not as important as their radical political agenda. They rejected their chance to protect students from terrorists infiltrating their schools."
The lawmakers, as part of their discussions, had refused to endorse amendments that would crack down on terrorism.
According to current postings on the website for the Communist Party USA, racism, sexism and male supremacy, national chauvinism, homophobia, anti-Semitism and anti-communism all can be blamed on capitalism.
Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, who led his nation through decades of communism
"The problems of exploitation, oppression, and survival facing humankind can only be solved, ultimately, by the elimination of the exploitative system of capitalism," the organization states. "Our survival depends on a transformation to socialism. The U.S. working class, with a long revolutionary history and many powerful mass movements and organizations, has the potential to make this transition happen."
Capital Resource said promoters of the bill said communism is a "failed ideology" that no longer is a threat to the U.S.
"But simply visiting the Communist Party USA website shows that communists have no desire to support our government and still embrace radical beliefs," CRI said.
Gun Owners of America said Democrats "who now want communists to start teaching your kids demonstrated amazing chutzpah."
"They praised Ronald Reagan for winning the Cold War and argued that 'it is now time to move on' and let these anti-freedom Marxists teach in our schools. Wow! Aren't these Democrats the same people who wanted to coddle the Soviets and who opposed Reagan's military build-up every step of the way? Now they are praising Reagan, but all in an effort to immobilize us," the group said in a statement.
"Never mind the fact that communism is still alive in countries like Cuba and China ... not to mention our own country. The Revolutionary Communist Party of the USA still calls for 'mass armed insurrections' which will lead to a civil war 'to finally and completely defeat the old ruling class," the GOA said.
Lowenthal represents the state's 27th District, including the towns of Artesia, Avalon, Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Lakewood, Long Beach, Lynwood, Paramount, Signal Hill and South Gate.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided communism still is a bad idea, and opening up public schools and other public facilities to avowed party members who may seek to overthrow the U.S. government is not very smart either.
"Many Californians have fled communist regimes, immigrated to the United States and sought freedom in our nation because of the human rights abuses perpetuated in other parts of the world," the governor said in a message accompanying a veto of a plan lawmakers had approved.
"It is important particularly for those people that California maintains the protections of current law," he said. "Therefore, I see no compelling reason to change the law that maintains our responsibility to ensure that public resources are not used for purposes of overthrowing the U.S. or state government, or for communist activities."
The proposal, SB 1322, had been submitted by Democratic state Sen. Alan Lowenthal of Long Beach.
Randy Thomasson of the Campaign for Children and Families, a group that is active in monitoring California's social agenda, commented: "The Austrian upbringing of Arnold Schwarzenegger apparently taught him to dislike communism. If only he disliked the homosexual-bisexual-transsexual agenda that is attacking moral values of people of conscience."
WND reported earlier when members of the California Legislature approved the plan.
The lawmakers wanted to give unfettered access to public schools and facilities to activist communists who seek the "elimination" of the system of capitalism and who blame problems ranging from "homophobia" to "sexism" on the free market system.
The plan by Lowenthal was viewed with horror by Campaign for Children and Families and the pro-family Capital Resource Institute.
"[Legislative] passage of SB 1322 comes just as three Americans were arrested and aggressively removed from Tiananmen Square by communist police for peacefully protesting their opposition to China's brutal violation of human rights," the family group CRI said in its statement at the time of the vote. "The peaceful activists capitalized on international media coverage of the Beijing Olympics to draw attention to China's human rights abuses, including forced abortions and sterilizations, religious persecution of its citizens, and the denial of fundamental civil liberties."
Officials said the bill would "banish from current law the ability of schools to fire teachers for being communists. It will also allow communists to use public school property for their meetings."
Said Karen England, executive director of Capitol Resource. "Every parent should have the assurance that their child will not be exposed communist brainwashing in their classroom. In addition to approving such brainwashing, Democrat lawmakers also decided that children's safety is not as important as their radical political agenda. They rejected their chance to protect students from terrorists infiltrating their schools."
The lawmakers, as part of their discussions, had refused to endorse amendments that would crack down on terrorism.
According to current postings on the website for the Communist Party USA, racism, sexism and male supremacy, national chauvinism, homophobia, anti-Semitism and anti-communism all can be blamed on capitalism.
Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, who led his nation through decades of communism
"The problems of exploitation, oppression, and survival facing humankind can only be solved, ultimately, by the elimination of the exploitative system of capitalism," the organization states. "Our survival depends on a transformation to socialism. The U.S. working class, with a long revolutionary history and many powerful mass movements and organizations, has the potential to make this transition happen."
Capital Resource said promoters of the bill said communism is a "failed ideology" that no longer is a threat to the U.S.
"But simply visiting the Communist Party USA website shows that communists have no desire to support our government and still embrace radical beliefs," CRI said.
Gun Owners of America said Democrats "who now want communists to start teaching your kids demonstrated amazing chutzpah."
"They praised Ronald Reagan for winning the Cold War and argued that 'it is now time to move on' and let these anti-freedom Marxists teach in our schools. Wow! Aren't these Democrats the same people who wanted to coddle the Soviets and who opposed Reagan's military build-up every step of the way? Now they are praising Reagan, but all in an effort to immobilize us," the group said in a statement.
"Never mind the fact that communism is still alive in countries like Cuba and China ... not to mention our own country. The Revolutionary Communist Party of the USA still calls for 'mass armed insurrections' which will lead to a civil war 'to finally and completely defeat the old ruling class," the GOA said.
Lowenthal represents the state's 27th District, including the towns of Artesia, Avalon, Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Lakewood, Long Beach, Lynwood, Paramount, Signal Hill and South Gate.
1 comment:
What about freedom of speech, freedom of belief?
If we ban communist teachers from school then we are the communists.
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