http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/funding/ en-us Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:07:56 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285470/posts Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington -- The Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center, a job-training facility in one of Los Angeles' poorest neighborhoods, is threatened with receiving no federal money at a time of high unemployment -- simply because of its name. The center has become a victim of a move on Capitol Hill to block funding for projects that bear the monikers of sitting lawmakers. "It doesn't seem fair that rich private entities can get funded and this poor school cannot," said Rep. Waters (D-Los Angeles), who had a heated confrontation with Appropriations Committee Chairman David R. Obey (D-Wis.)... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285470/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:07:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263129/posts Legislators hear pleas to fund college programs, financial aid By Laurel Rosenhall Published: Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2009 - 12:00 am | Page 3A College students, faculty and administrators from up and down California blasted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's education budget proposals in a packed budget conference committee hearing Monday afternoon.Their bottom line: The proposed cuts to California's community colleges and universities will mean fewer students can attend, just as the economy is driving more people to seek education.To help close the $24.3 billion deficit, Schwarzenegger has proposed cutting payments... ...That would leave 118,000 high school seniors who were expecting Cal Grants... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263129/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:14:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259633/posts The Obama administration moved Wednesday to impose financial sanctions on two men accused of providing financial support to the Hezbollah terror group. The Treasury Department's action covers Kassim Tajideen, who operates a network of businesses in Lebanon and Africa, and Abd al Menhem Qubaysi, whose base of operation is Cote d' Ivoire in Western Africa. Any bank accounts of other financial assets found in the United States that belong to the men must be frozen. Americans also are prohibited from doing business with them. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259633/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 06:16:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2248761/posts Over the last decade the various teachers unions across the country have expanded their operations into the courtroom. Unions have threatened, and even successfully litigated, "adequacy" lawsuits across the country, to force states to increase funds to K-12 education. On Tuesday, Lynn Warne, president of the Nevada State Education Association, threatened such an adequacy lawsuit. But what exactly is "adequate" funding? The National Center for Education Statistics reports that during the 1959-60 school year, Nevada spent $430 per pupil. By the 1999-2000 school year, Nevada was spending $6,145 per pupil. After adjusting for inflation, Nevada spent about 146 percent more... Nevada Policy Research Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2248761/posts#comment Mon, 11 May 2009 20:48:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2248085/posts One of the technologies that seems a likely candidate for this funding is the rebirth of cold fusion, or now known as a low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) such as featured in a 60 Minutes TV news magazine segment on April 19. Green Energy News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2248085/posts#comment Sun, 10 May 2009 17:51:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244796/posts Public school finance is a world where relatively arbitrary accounting categories are regularly deployed to give parents and taxpayers overly modest impressions of existing spending. In reality: 1. In Nevada, the true spending amount on K-12 education during the 2008-09 school year averaged $13,052 per pupil. 2. Per-pupil expenditures during that period ranged from a low of $10,889 in Churchill County to a high of $49,551 in Eureka County. 3. Although the Clark County School District officially reports per-pupil spending for the 2008-09 school year will be $7,175, the actual true cost per pupil will be $13,387. 4. Only 34... Nevada Policy Research Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244796/posts#comment Tue, 5 May 2009 20:24:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242706/posts The previous article examined how Violence Policy Center (VPC) had to downsize in recent years in order to survive, due to significant decreases in “direct public support.” Because VPC has no public membership revenues, the term “direct public support” is misleading. Two people perform most of VPC’s public outreach: Executive Director Josh Sugarman and Legislative Director Kristen Rand. Between 2003 and 2007, as revenues decreased 49.9%, both Sugarman’s and Rand’s salaries increased 5.9%. But because revenues decreased, these two top earners––each of whom earned $132,894 in salary and $3,987 in benefits in 2007––went from 15.5% of total revenue in 2003... Austin Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242706/posts#comment Sat, 2 May 2009 14:19:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2239102/posts Last November, before the election, this blog predicted that if Obama was elected president, he would push for the legitimization of the Hamas Islamic terrorist organization. That post has been continuously updated as relevant moves by Team Obama have taken place. Here is the most shocking, but not surprising, move by Team Obama yet. From Jpost: "The Obama administration has asked Congress for minor changes in US law that would allow the continued provision of funds to the Palestinian Authority even if Hamas officials become part of a Palestinian unity government, the LA Times reported Monday. " [There should be... Amerisrael http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2239102/posts#comment Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:52:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230828/posts Hey Nancy--you have implied that the nationwide Tea Party's were funded by wealthy right-wing types that have an agenda regarding taxes. Guess what--you are right--only about the taxes though. I attended a TEA'd party in my hometown and who funded our little gathering? Common folks who care about America-that's who. We had donations from local groups for sound equipment, a banner and a few t-shirts worn by those who by a true grass roots effort established our tea party. I did not see one ounce of the "astro turf" as Ms. Pelosi would like to claim was there. Ms. Pelosi... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230828/posts#comment Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:35:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225932/posts Major war-funding legislation while Barack Obama was in the Senate, and how he voted: AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225932/posts#comment Thu, 9 Apr 2009 23:10:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2209548/posts "Western Funders Misled: Fatah Still Refuses To Recognize Israel" That should be a frontpage headline on all the major news sites. As well as talked about on the nightly news. It should be front and center on Drudge Report, but it isn't. The Fatah Palestinian Authority recieves Western funding and support because it's alledged that they are the "moderates" who want peace and recognize Israel. This report exposes that myth. But the MSM, including Fox, the Drudge Report, and Yahoo News, are not bothering to cover this. Forget about CNN. Amerisrael http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2209548/posts#comment Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:05:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2208780/posts (03-17) 16:51 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- UC Hastings College of the Law can deny recognition and funding to a Christian student group because it excludes gays, lesbians and non-Christians, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The San Francisco law school is entitled to require official student organizations to "accept all comers as members, even if those individuals disagree with the mission of the group," the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. It said the school's policy is "viewpoint-neutral" and does not violate the rights of theChristian Legal Society. The brief ruling cited the court's decision last year allowing a... San Francisco Chronicle / sfgate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2208780/posts#comment Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:14:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2200849/posts Call, e-mail, or fax your Congressman and tell them to oppose $900 million U.S. tax dollars Obama wants for Islamists in Gaza, who voted for Hamas and danced in the streets on 9/11. It is bad enough that taxpayers have to pay for the irresponsible lending practices of some financial institutions in this country. It is worse when we have to pay for damage in Gaza as a result of Islamic terrorists and their supporters who brought Israel's counter-terror operation upon themselves. No U.S. taxpayer "bailout" for Gaza or the Fatah PA! Contrary to what is reported in the media,... Amerisrael http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2200849/posts#comment Fri, 6 Mar 2009 18:53:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193771/posts Washington, DC -- Democratic Party leaders in the House of Representatives shut down an attempt by a leading pro-life congressman to fix a budget bill that authorizes funding to a group that has supported forced abortions in China. Rep. Chris Smith hoped to amend the omnibus budget bill to strip UNFPA funding. LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193771/posts#comment Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:53:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2193047/posts U.S. Secretary of State Clinton will pledge $900 million in taxpayer aid to help rebuild parts of Gaza, damaged as a result of Islamic terrorists drawing fire from the IDF after launching rockets into Israel. Lincoln once asked Grant when he expected Lee and his soldiers to be starved out of the trenches around Petersburg, Va. Grant replied, "Never, so long as our army continues to supply their army with beefsteak." That in reference to a successful Confederate raid on a herd of yankee cattle. When will the terrorists and their supporters in Gaza and the other Arab populated areas... Amerisrael http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2193047/posts#comment Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:22:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2192881/posts Washington, DC -- Congressional Democrats have unveiled their new omnibus spending bill that will fund federal government programs through the Autumn months. The measure, H.R. 1105, contains language that would restore the money President Bush withheld from the UNFPA because of its abortion activities. Sending taxpayer dollars to the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, has been controversial because the group both advocates for abortion and has been involved in China's population control program. LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2192881/posts#comment Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:03:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2186104/posts A House committee held an important hearing Thursday morning on the issue of "libel tourism." That's the practice of bringing libel suits against American authors in other nations, particularly the United Kingdom, where First Amendment protections do not apply and where the burden of proof is placed on the defendant rather than on the plaintiff. Saudi Arabian businessman Khalid bin Mahfouz has brought several such lawsuits, winning a default judgment against American researcher Rachel Ehrenfeld for her book Funding Evil: How Terrorism Is Financed and How to Stop It, and forcing a Cambridge University Press to destroy copies of the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2186104/posts#comment Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:23:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2176590/posts Last May, Awad al-Qiq, the headmaster of a UN run school in Gaza, a paid employee of UNRWA and science teaher, had more on his mind than teaching science to kids. He also applied his knowledge of science, as it was, to the science of making rockets for the terrorist group Islamic Jihad. Take note that this man was highly educated. His terrorist mindset was not shaped by poverty or a lack of education, but by Islamist indoctrination. Amerisrael http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2176590/posts#comment Mon, 2 Feb 2009 11:57:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2174002/posts The Republic neither recognizes, nor salaries, nor subsidizes any religion." So says the 1905 French law on the separation of church and state. Yet nowadays officials do everything in their power to promote the construction of mosques — even providing sweetheart land deals that push the bounds of legality. A report finds that 30% of the funding for mosques in France can be traced to public coffers. While one Muslim leader credits "divine will," the real driver is politics: The mayors involved sometimes want more control but also to win votes in tight elections. With the explosion of land prices,... Europe News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2174002/posts#comment Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:04:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2172759/posts Higher Ed Ka-ching by: Heather Latham, January 27, 2009 The argument that higher education funding stimulates economic growth because more people are getting into the workplace and earning more money, thereby spending more money was kicked on January 14, 2009, at a Cato Institute event by George Leef, Vice President for Research at the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, Barmak Nassirian, the Associate Executive Director, External Relations, at the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, and Neal McCluskey, the Associate Director, Center for Educational Freedom, at the Cato Institute. The moderator was Doug Lederman, the... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2172759/posts#comment Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:44:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2172321/posts PELOSI SAYS BIRTH CONTROL WILL HELP ECONOMY To the Editor: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi boldly defended a move to add birth control funding to the new economic "stimulus" package, claiming "contraception will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government." Pelosi, the mother of 5 children and 6 grandchildren, who once said, "Nothing in my life will ever, ever compare to being a mom," seemed to imply babies are somehow a burden on the treasury. The revelation came during an exchange Sunday morning (January 25) on ABC's THIS WEEK. In 1984, former Democrat Governor Richard Lamm... Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2172321/posts#comment Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:49:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171075/posts Scientists across America are celebrating the passing of the Bush administration as the end of a dark age, a bleak stretch in which research budgets shrank and everything — stem cells, sex education, climate change, and the very origins of the Grand Canyon — became a point of conflict. President Barack Obama has ignited a new optimism among the white coats. In his inaugural speech, he promised to "restore science to its rightful place," hinting at nothing short of a renaissance in the fields of health, energy, the environment and America's schools. As a testament to that, the United States... Globe and Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2171075/posts#comment Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:01:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170047/posts THERESE POLETTI'S TECH TALES Ebullience over Obama cannot mask tech's woes Commentary: Social networks all aflutter, but some start-ups hurting By Therese Poletti, MarketWatch Last update: 12:01 a.m. EST Jan. 22, 2009SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Social networks have been atwitter the past few days with opinions, observations and general jubilation about the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama, who also happens to be one of the most technologically savvy U.S. chief executives ever. But the hoopla for those inside and outside the tech business over Facebook newsfeeds, Twitter tweets, blog postings and Ustream live video belies the fact many of... Market Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170047/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:08:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2160026/posts Six weeks from today, TV signals will turn digital, but a program intended to ease the transition, is out of cash. The government set aside $1.3 billion to provide $40 coupons to help people pay for the converter boxes. But less than two months before the switch, the program is out of money. If you applied for a coupon before December 31st you should be in the clear, and recieve it about four weeks after your application date. For more information on the digital switch, click on the DTV link on our homepage at www.wifr.com wifr.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2160026/posts#comment Wed, 7 Jan 2009 03:38:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142106/posts Officials and board members at Pine Tree Independent School District continue to mull ways to spend $540,000 in extra state funding the district is slotted to get this year. At the top of the list: teacher pay, classroom technology and maintenance needs. Trustees are scheduled to review several options during Monday's board meeting. In a November board meeting, Superintendent Lynn Whitaker discussed using the extra funds this year for teacher bonuses. However, Whitaker said an attorney with the Texas Association of School Boards advised against that because it would go against an opinion issued by the attorney general. "A recent... Longview News Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142106/posts#comment Wed, 3 Dec 2008 14:38:54 GMT