Hurricane Irma

Padawanbater2

Padawanbater2

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Fogdog said:
We saw this happen in Oregon when we eliminated tuition for recent HS grads who attend jr college. The schools are packed and the system was stretched to cover the additional students. Over time the problem has lessened.
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Do you have a source?

Fundamentally, do you believe the idea of having a more educated population benefits everyone?
 
Fogdog

Fogdog

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Padawanbater2 said:
Do you have a source?

Fundamentally, do you believe the idea of having a more educated population benefits everyone?
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http://www.oregon.gov/highered/research/Documents/Reports/HB-4076-Oregon-Promise-Student-Support-Services.pdf
The largest area of investment for colleges was in personnel. Examples of investments in personnel include hiring additional academic advisors and career coaches, supporting faculty and staff teaching first-year experience courses, providing additional access to financial aid staff, or identifying staff that could increase student participation in orientation and welcome activities on campus. In some instances, colleges had intended to devote more resources to personnel, but due to staff turnover or hiring difficulties, relied upon existing staff and redirected grant funds to other areas.

The above is government speak for "couldn't staff up"

Classes at local Jr College are packed. Some classes are in such high demand that all who needed to enroll in them were left standing when the music stopped and will have to get creative later in order to catch up. This is a problem but a better one than if funds were cut.

Society as a whole benefits when more people are better educated, most definitely.

Benefit EVERYONE? Every single person, 100% of the US population benefit? Not even going to comment on that.
 
Unclebaldrick

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Rush Limbaugh is suggesting that Hurricane Irma is fake news. He did not say so exactly but his implications were clear. It seems in the age of the internet, nothing is real news anymore except lies from the White House and associated right-wing nut-jobs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/09/06/rush-limbaughs-dangerous-suggestion-that-hurricane-irma-is-fake-news/?utm_term=.9be9484656f6

Incidentally, 29 years ago next week the eye of a class five hurricane passed directly over me. It was arguably more powerful than Irma. If you judge by minimum barometric pressure, the one I went through was more than 20 mb lower - though it seems Irma's wind is just as strong. Despite what Limbaugh says, the strom was hella awesome and very awful for the people who lived there and could not fly home five days later as I did.
 
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schuylaar

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Fogdog said:
Trump must be repeating something he heard on the "news".

Limbaugh says it's all fake news to sell water and batteries.

“Here comes a hurricane, local media goes on the air, ‘Big hurricane coming, oh, my God! Make sure you got batteries. Make sure you got water. It could be the worst ever. Have you seen the size of this baby? It’s already a Cat 5. Oh, my God, oh, my God, it’s bigger than the island of Haiti. Oh, my God.’ People run to the stores, they stock up everything, and they hoard. And they end up with vacant stores, nothing there. And it’s a big success. TV stations got eyeballs, the advertising businesses have sold out of business, gotta restock and the cycle repeats.”

And the real corker is his take on Hurricane Harvey. He says media coverage is blown way out of proportion in order to push climate change

“Hurricane Harvey and the TV pictures that accompany that go a long way to helping further and create the panic,” Limbaugh said.

"People in all of these government areas” are “hell-bent” on proving climate change."

Climate change has already been proven. Cynics like Rush aren't convinced. There is a difference.

Oh and, Hurricane Harvey's total bill to the Houston area is about $50 Billion, maybe as much as $150 B. The bill for disaster relief in discussion by the GOP congress is $8 B and it's not even clear that the bill can get by the ultra ultra righties.

"create the panic." :finger:
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but the wall..
 
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schuylaar

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Fogdog said:
Texas and their right wing Congressmen aren't being hypocritical when they ask for aid even though the same people vetoed aid for New York after Hurricane Sandy. The right wing has always been quick to approve aid when their people are affected.
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yeah and cruz says lets not play politcs, when he and the other freedom caucus assholes filled superstorm sandy bill with their pork.
 
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schuylaar

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_gresh_ said:
Vote Bernie 2020!
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i just heard something very interesting.

a commentator referred to 'the bernie sanders party' and how 'they will want infrastructure' in a conversation on trump and the budget.

we've made it..we're being recognized.
 
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schuylaar

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Fogdog said:
Mexico is going to pay for it. Believe me.

Democrats will be told to support money for the wall in order to pass legislation to protect Dreamers. I hope they refuse this blackmail.
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i was listening to senator brat from freedom caucus they view dreamer as 'way in' for dreamer relatives. do other immigrants go through this? why does gop hate latinos so much?
 
Fogdog

Fogdog

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schuylaar said:
i was listening to senator brat from freedom caucus they view dreamer as 'way in' for dreamer relatives. do other immigrants go through this? why does gop hate latinos so much?
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Unreasonable hate is their way of attracting votes?
 
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