Thursday, January 19, 2012
Who will challenge Hal Rogers?
The Congressional campaigns will be starting soon. Who will challenge Hal Rogers?
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Hal Rogers in the news--cutting payments to college students.
Federal aid decreases for students
from The Massachusetts Daily Collegian
By: | January 26, 2011
"On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed Resolution 38, a piece of “legislation directing spending cuts to the fiscal year 2008 levels or less on the floor of the House today,†according a press release from the Committee on Appropriations.
"House Appropriations Chairman Harold Dallas “Hal†Rogers said in support of the resolution, “This resolution will help our effort to reduce discretionary spending to fiscal year 2008 levels, and show the American people today that we are serious about reducing the out-of-control government spending that is hampering our economic growth.†He is a Republican representative from Kentucky.
"Cutting the federal funding to the levels of 2008 would cause a 24 percent reduction of the funding for the Pell Grant.
"According to The United States Student Association, the Pell Grant award helps approximately nine million low-income students attend universities every year.
"Additionally, there will be a 17 percent reduction in federal student financial aid, decreasing the federal funding from $19.3 billion to 16.1 billion, if the resolution is passed in the Senate.
"Of the far reaching cuts, Congressman Rogers said “Let there be no mistake: The cuts that are coming will not be easy to make. They will not represent ‘low-hanging fruit.’â€
"Jake Stillwell, Communications Director of United States Students Association said “The United States Student Association (USSA) vehemently opposes this resolution as an irresponsible and shortsighted way to deal with the country’s deficit,†of Resolution 38 in a press release. He added that the recession has depleted state governments of their higher education funding, making these federal investments “increasingly vital to our nation’s college students.â€"
Yeah, I was the 2006 Democratic nominee running against Hal Rogers, and it does not surprise me that he is trying to balance the Federal budget on the backs of the college students. Kenneth Stepp.
from The Massachusetts Daily Collegian
By: | January 26, 2011
"On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed Resolution 38, a piece of “legislation directing spending cuts to the fiscal year 2008 levels or less on the floor of the House today,†according a press release from the Committee on Appropriations.
"House Appropriations Chairman Harold Dallas “Hal†Rogers said in support of the resolution, “This resolution will help our effort to reduce discretionary spending to fiscal year 2008 levels, and show the American people today that we are serious about reducing the out-of-control government spending that is hampering our economic growth.†He is a Republican representative from Kentucky.
"Cutting the federal funding to the levels of 2008 would cause a 24 percent reduction of the funding for the Pell Grant.
"According to The United States Student Association, the Pell Grant award helps approximately nine million low-income students attend universities every year.
"Additionally, there will be a 17 percent reduction in federal student financial aid, decreasing the federal funding from $19.3 billion to 16.1 billion, if the resolution is passed in the Senate.
"Of the far reaching cuts, Congressman Rogers said “Let there be no mistake: The cuts that are coming will not be easy to make. They will not represent ‘low-hanging fruit.’â€
"Jake Stillwell, Communications Director of United States Students Association said “The United States Student Association (USSA) vehemently opposes this resolution as an irresponsible and shortsighted way to deal with the country’s deficit,†of Resolution 38 in a press release. He added that the recession has depleted state governments of their higher education funding, making these federal investments “increasingly vital to our nation’s college students.â€"
Yeah, I was the 2006 Democratic nominee running against Hal Rogers, and it does not surprise me that he is trying to balance the Federal budget on the backs of the college students. Kenneth Stepp.
Friday, January 13, 2012
HAPPY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WEEKEND!
What was the South like before Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech? I remember. I was there. I was raised in a small Southern town. When we went shopping in a nearby Southern City, I was laughed at when I drank out of one of the two side-by-side water fountains. I was told that I had drunk out of the water fountain reserved for black people, and white people were expected to drink out of the other water fountain. It was a time
of separate rest rooms for black people and for white people. It was a time of separate public schools for black people and for white people. It was a time for separate State Parks for black people and for white people. No black people attended my public high school--they were sent to a nearby all-black high school. Of course, the elementary public school that I attended was the same. The nationally ranked university that I attended from was the same--no black students were allowed to enroll in it until 1963, and then under Federal Court Order. Many motels, restaurants, and lunch counters were closed to black people throughout the South. During that time, my Father had told me that Jews were treated in the North in the same manner that black people were treated in the South.
Kenneth Stepp salutes Martin Luther King, Jr. A wise man once said that the philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next century. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a twentieth century American philosopher who held his countrymen to the promise of the American Declaration of Independence that "All Men Are Created Equal". Now, in America, it is common sense to conclude that all men are created equal, and the segregated schools, lunch counters, water fountains, restrooms, motels, restaurants, and State Parks are all gone--and forgotten by most people. Most Americans are too young to remember them. For Martin Luther King, Jr. they were real, and he went to jail in the struggle to end them.
You have a happy Martin Luther King, Jr. day Monday, O.K.?
of separate rest rooms for black people and for white people. It was a time of separate public schools for black people and for white people. It was a time for separate State Parks for black people and for white people. No black people attended my public high school--they were sent to a nearby all-black high school. Of course, the elementary public school that I attended was the same. The nationally ranked university that I attended from was the same--no black students were allowed to enroll in it until 1963, and then under Federal Court Order. Many motels, restaurants, and lunch counters were closed to black people throughout the South. During that time, my Father had told me that Jews were treated in the North in the same manner that black people were treated in the South.
Kenneth Stepp salutes Martin Luther King, Jr. A wise man once said that the philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next century. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a twentieth century American philosopher who held his countrymen to the promise of the American Declaration of Independence that "All Men Are Created Equal". Now, in America, it is common sense to conclude that all men are created equal, and the segregated schools, lunch counters, water fountains, restrooms, motels, restaurants, and State Parks are all gone--and forgotten by most people. Most Americans are too young to remember them. For Martin Luther King, Jr. they were real, and he went to jail in the struggle to end them.
You have a happy Martin Luther King, Jr. day Monday, O.K.?
Saturday, January 07, 2012
Haiti and Paraguay.
Haiti suffered a disasterous earthquake, forcing many people of that poverty-stricken third world country to live in tent cities. America's reaction has been that we have sent numerous wealthy people from my small town community and many other small town communities to visit the Haitians in their tent cities in their impoverished third world country, and pray with them, and encourage them to work harder within their tent cities in their impoverished third world country, and give them lectures on Christianity. "May you prosper," we tell the Haitians.
I visited Haiti in 1970. I found the Haitians to be friendly people, eager to talk with an American visitor.
Giving the Haitians lectures on Christianity and telling them "May you prosper" does not seem like enough to me. What America should do is to present the people of Haiti with a treaty providing that, when the treaty is ratified, Haiti will be a member of The United States. That would help end poverty in Haiti, and would make The United States have a stronger military and a stronger economy.
In a previous blog, I had stated--which I restate here--that America should present the people of Paraguay with a treaty providing that, when the treaty is ratified, Paraguay will be a member of The United States. Paraguay is a third-world South American country the size of Texas, with a climate like Texas has, and with the approximate equal population with Kentucky.
Kenneth Stepp.
I visited Haiti in 1970. I found the Haitians to be friendly people, eager to talk with an American visitor.
Giving the Haitians lectures on Christianity and telling them "May you prosper" does not seem like enough to me. What America should do is to present the people of Haiti with a treaty providing that, when the treaty is ratified, Haiti will be a member of The United States. That would help end poverty in Haiti, and would make The United States have a stronger military and a stronger economy.
In a previous blog, I had stated--which I restate here--that America should present the people of Paraguay with a treaty providing that, when the treaty is ratified, Paraguay will be a member of The United States. Paraguay is a third-world South American country the size of Texas, with a climate like Texas has, and with the approximate equal population with Kentucky.
Kenneth Stepp.
Back to the Bible.
I'd like to know if any of my readers have a Bible reading program this new year 2012.
I'm keeping up with mine--in fits and starts. What I did today was read from the book of Genesis while I was riding Wilma's indoor bicycle machine--it just has a front wheel mounted above the floor so it doesn't go anywhere, but it's good exercise. That way I can work on two resolutions--read the Bible and exercise. I guess you are all familiar with Abraham, Isaac, Rebekah, Sarah, Israel (the man, not the twenty-first century nation) and all the rest of the people in that panorama of Genesis. Anyway, my Living Bible has a table of contents in three columns. I completed Column Three--all the short books of the Old Testament and most of the short books of the New Testament. So I have completed about half the books of the Bible, but only a third of the pages. Some books are about two pages long, but some are about fifty pages long. I will save the fifty page ones for last.
Keep the faith, baby.
Kenneth Stepp.
I'm keeping up with mine--in fits and starts. What I did today was read from the book of Genesis while I was riding Wilma's indoor bicycle machine--it just has a front wheel mounted above the floor so it doesn't go anywhere, but it's good exercise. That way I can work on two resolutions--read the Bible and exercise. I guess you are all familiar with Abraham, Isaac, Rebekah, Sarah, Israel (the man, not the twenty-first century nation) and all the rest of the people in that panorama of Genesis. Anyway, my Living Bible has a table of contents in three columns. I completed Column Three--all the short books of the Old Testament and most of the short books of the New Testament. So I have completed about half the books of the Bible, but only a third of the pages. Some books are about two pages long, but some are about fifty pages long. I will save the fifty page ones for last.
Keep the faith, baby.
Kenneth Stepp.
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