Sentences with phrase «not obstructionists»

In spite of what anti-public school advocates say, we teachers are not obstructionists to true and helpful reforms.

«Councils want to be regarded as improvement partners, not obstructionists to school improvement,» said Mr Watts, who is also the leader of Islington Council.

We are really not obstructionists.»

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In particular, the US Administration was not helpful; discouraging at best, obstructionist at worst.

«Now the obstructionist Democrats would like us not to do it, but believe me, if we have to close down our government, we're building that wall.»

A conservative is not merely an obstructionist, a brake on frivolous experiment.

Lutherans and Roman Catholics who have not wholeheartedly embraced the joint declaration are looked upon as obstructionists.

They exist, but they certainly are not the major obstructionists since there are so few of them.

It's their way or the highway and to compromise is to show a lack of faith which means you have one side willing to make exceptions for all peoples religions as long as they don't force it on others, and the religious side that says making exceptions or compromising is against their religion so if they are not a majority in the democracy they instead decide to play obstructionist.

In a letter to park district commissioners, McHugh said he would not attend Thursday «s meeting because «my presence at the meeting would not be constructive and could possibly be construed as obstructionist to the workings of the new park board.

«And I'm not trying to be an obstructionist, but my feeling is that all this negotiating has... is maybe even part of the problem.

``...» Ralph, to allow Carl Paladino to use you as a stalking horse or an obstructionist is not good for the future of the Party.

If they don't pass this bipartisan law then the Dems will get labeled as do nothing and the Republicans will be labeled as obstructionists.

@Rick McDaniel, boy you're right because we've been getting plowed by your unpatriotic republican degenerates since Pres.Obamas been inaugerated and at midterms Rick I think we'll return the favor sending your obstructionists home... Don't worry Rick I'll think of a good send off for your moron buds as well!

I hope not... If they do, will you call the Republicans in the Senate «obstructionists» as Republicans have been calling Democratic Senators for years?

But the mayor said he has no regrets about criticizing Cuomo as a vengeful politician and an obstructionist to the city's agenda in Albany last week and Cuomo once again implied de Blasio doesn't understand government as the long - running feud between the two men continued.

«I really believe that the county needs to do a better job of bringing everybody together and not being obstructionist and not being ideological,» she said.

Some educators worry about the fallout from these measures, such as the proliferating plague of standardized testing, but don't know how to oppose them without casting themselves as obstructionists clinging to a failed status quo.

Parent groups get annoyed when the principal seems to be an obstructionist of good ideas, and principals get frustrated when their parent groups want every change to happen yesterday or when their parent groups don't remember the 178 other priorities — like faculty and test scores and swine flu and the curriculum and leaky faucets — that a principal also must face.

Shanker felt educators needed to not be seen as obstructionist, and the years following A Nation at Risk marked a massive shift away from the blue - collar unionism that had previously defined the AFT.

If publishers were being obstructionist maybe patrons wouldn't see the need, thereby actually slashing profit margins?

China has expressed interest in this, as have people in Washington (the state), Oregon, California and Baja — but everyone else in the Northern Hemisphere is being obstructionist, not putting the welfare of the nation and the planet first — you know how that is.

Not all republicans have been been obstructionists or deniers or enablers for the Iraq mess or our «Dead End» energy policy.

This reminds me of the logic used by climate change obstructionists: Because we're not certain how the climate will change or what humanity's causal role is, we should postpone response until we know better.

And part of what I'm hoping everybody here comes away from is hope that we can actually do something about it, but also a sense of urgency that this is not going to be something that we can just kind of mosey along about and put up with climate denial or obstructionist politics for very long if, in fact, we want to leave for the next generation beautiful days like today.

Climate activists are prone to see lukewarmism as a slightly more sophisticated but still fundamentally obstructionist form of denialism, and not without reason.

The work of holding Republican obstructionists, anti-government extremists, and right - wing conspiracy mongers to task is work for principled conservatives, not liberals.

Also not much doubt that Obama will fail to convince Abbott that action on climate is high priority; I'm sure that climate obstructionist Republicans will be in Abbott's ear, assuring him that they will soon undo everything Obama does and more, and praising him for his taking a wrecking ball to anything climate related.

Evidently when Canada's environment minister was being a complete obstructionist jerk in Bali, Al Gore called the country out with a pointed hockey analogy that is not quite Bob Dylan's «You don't have to be a weatherman to know

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Unless the judge as factfinder or jury clearly shows that they are ready for the criminal defendant lawyer to let the obstructionist witness have it — which usually will not happen with any witness other than an opposing expert puffing out his or her obstructionist and obfuscating chest at all times — the judge and jury may well punish the overbearing cross examining criminal lawyer, in one way or another.

To be clear, I do not for a moment hold the view in law that filming a police interaction or reading off one's rights is obstructionist as a matter of law and should never warrant charges; however, I practice in a world where I argue on a daily basis why police overreacted and the charges ought to be withdrawn.

29 The claimant's negative and obstructionist attitude toward Court Orders and court proceedings generally forced the respondent to incur significant unnecessary litigation expenses, which not only damaged his financial well - being, but his emotional well - being as well.

And as Ellis makes clear, such a result is not a function of the political stripe of the current federal government, but is endemic to the system itself: 20 years earlier, Jean Chrétien's Liberal government viewed Mulroney - government appointees to the board as too obstructionist with refugee claims, and simply replaced them with its own set of patronage appointments more inclined to deliver politically simpatico approvals of refugee claims.

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rod whiskey (1881) · Intentional deceit (1961) · Irresponsible Members (1969) · Irresponsible reply (1962) · Joker in this House (1960) · Kangaroo court (1960) · Lacking in intelligence (1934) · Lie (1959) · Lies (1976) · Living politically by deceit (1899) · Members have aligned themselves with the murderers in Quebec (1970) · Mislead (1958) · Misleading the public (1960) · Misrepresenting his constituency (1909) · Nazi (1962) · Nefarious (1960) · Not telling the complete truth (1964) · Not telling the truth (1960) · Obstruct the operation of government (1957) · Obstructionist (1961) · Offensive (1964) · Pompous Ass (1967) · Reneged promises (1962) · Scarcely entitled to be called gentlemen (1876) · Scurrilous (1961) · Seeking cheap notoriety (1919) · Shameful conduct (1960) · Sick animal (1966) · Silly reason (1961) · Sitting for his constituency by the grace of the leader of the Government (1884) · Slanderous accusations (1960) · Small and cheap (1960) · Stealing (1960) · Stooping to pretty low motives (1956) · Talking twaddle (1898) · The political sewer pipe from Carleton County (1917) · Theft (1960) · To hell with Parliament attitude (1961) · Trained seal (1961) · Treason (1957) · Trickery (1959) · Underhanded (1961) · Untrue statement (1961) · Violated his oath (1967) · Wilfully misled (19not got the guts (1959) · Honourable only by courtesy (1880) · Hypocrites (1961) · Hypocritical (1961) · Hysterical (1943) · Idiot (1962) · Ignoramus (1961) · Illegal (1977) · Illegal (actions)(1976) · Insolent and impertinent (1890) · Insolent and irresponsible reply (1962) · Inspired by forty - rod whiskey (1881) · Intentional deceit (1961) · Irresponsible Members (1969) · Irresponsible reply (1962) · Joker in this House (1960) · Kangaroo court (1960) · Lacking in intelligence (1934) · Lie (1959) · Lies (1976) · Living politically by deceit (1899) · Members have aligned themselves with the murderers in Quebec (1970) · Mislead (1958) · Misleading the public (1960) · Misrepresenting his constituency (1909) · Nazi (1962) · Nefarious (1960) · Not telling the complete truth (1964) · Not telling the truth (1960) · Obstruct the operation of government (1957) · Obstructionist (1961) · Offensive (1964) · Pompous Ass (1967) · Reneged promises (1962) · Scarcely entitled to be called gentlemen (1876) · Scurrilous (1961) · Seeking cheap notoriety (1919) · Shameful conduct (1960) · Sick animal (1966) · Silly reason (1961) · Sitting for his constituency by the grace of the leader of the Government (1884) · Slanderous accusations (1960) · Small and cheap (1960) · Stealing (1960) · Stooping to pretty low motives (1956) · Talking twaddle (1898) · The political sewer pipe from Carleton County (1917) · Theft (1960) · To hell with Parliament attitude (1961) · Trained seal (1961) · Treason (1957) · Trickery (1959) · Underhanded (1961) · Untrue statement (1961) · Violated his oath (1967) · Wilfully misled (19Not telling the complete truth (1964) · Not telling the truth (1960) · Obstruct the operation of government (1957) · Obstructionist (1961) · Offensive (1964) · Pompous Ass (1967) · Reneged promises (1962) · Scarcely entitled to be called gentlemen (1876) · Scurrilous (1961) · Seeking cheap notoriety (1919) · Shameful conduct (1960) · Sick animal (1966) · Silly reason (1961) · Sitting for his constituency by the grace of the leader of the Government (1884) · Slanderous accusations (1960) · Small and cheap (1960) · Stealing (1960) · Stooping to pretty low motives (1956) · Talking twaddle (1898) · The political sewer pipe from Carleton County (1917) · Theft (1960) · To hell with Parliament attitude (1961) · Trained seal (1961) · Treason (1957) · Trickery (1959) · Underhanded (1961) · Untrue statement (1961) · Violated his oath (1967) · Wilfully misled (19Not telling the truth (1960) · Obstruct the operation of government (1957) · Obstructionist (1961) · Offensive (1964) · Pompous Ass (1967) · Reneged promises (1962) · Scarcely entitled to be called gentlemen (1876) · Scurrilous (1961) · Seeking cheap notoriety (1919) · Shameful conduct (1960) · Sick animal (1966) · Silly reason (1961) · Sitting for his constituency by the grace of the leader of the Government (1884) · Slanderous accusations (1960) · Small and cheap (1960) · Stealing (1960) · Stooping to pretty low motives (1956) · Talking twaddle (1898) · The political sewer pipe from Carleton County (1917) · Theft (1960) · To hell with Parliament attitude (1961) · Trained seal (1961) · Treason (1957) · Trickery (1959) · Underhanded (1961) · Untrue statement (1961) · Violated his oath (1967) · Wilfully misled (1970)