you missed it, Bill Hobbs is now back, fully blogging again at BillHobbs.com. Of particular note is the continuing TEA involvement in attacking SJR 629

The TEA Legislative Report editor then goes on to say the TEA has “no intention of entering into a running debate on this issue.”

I thought the TEA - which describes itself on its website as “an organization that advocates learning without limits,” would not seek to limit what its members might learn about Senate Joint Resolution 629, and might actually favor the free and open exchange of ideas and points of view on the issue. But I was mistaken - apparently the TEA prefers merely to lecture its members with a one-sided and inaccurate message and then shut down debate.

The TEA is, as mentioned many times on this blog, a union. It is not comprised of a bunch of teachers wanting to ensure the best possible education of students. It is comprised of quasi-Teamsters working to ensure there is no other possible education for students but public education, and by public, meaning that every negative aspect of an inefficient government bureaucracy be expanded and embraced. Fewer students mean less teacher members, which means less power.
As for TEA inaccuracy and uninterest in debate, I’m hardly surprised. The last thing the TEA may be is a First Amendment organization. The attack of the TEA on Bill Hobbs was a bit surprising, though. The TEA piles on, and Hobbs has become the official whipping boy of conservative blogdom. I suppose from the TEA’s perspective it’s better than actually defending indefensible ideas.