tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post450302861682214876..comments2023-06-13T04:53:25.935-05:00Comments on On the left in Victoria: Student LoansUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-35189630781925978612011-10-31T09:05:42.093-05:002011-10-31T09:05:42.093-05:00BigJ
I was never pro Morrison; I'm just not o...BigJ<br /><br />I was never pro Morrison; I'm just not obsessed with her being the root of all evil in Texas. Everything is about context. When Edith Ann asked "And why am I the only one talking about Geanie Morrison? Talk about a free pass!"....I replied "they will never address Geanie Morrison or any other good point you might make. Like the national politicians, they will just skip over it, as if it never existed."<br /><br />Again, I see this as a national program not one for Victoria and Wharton. We might not even have a problem with student loans in this county.<br /><br />If you're talking about Pilot and his talk about a revolution; I've been saying the same thing for years but I don't know how the revolution would take place. It might be a wheel chair and fold away walkers protest at the Washington Mall, a mass e-mail campaign, jamming the White House switchboards, but we would have the highest voter turnout in the history of this nation. Republican politicians know that, even Ron Paul will assure the current retirees and those about to go on Social Security that their situation will not change. That's why I continue to say that Social Security will be there when a young person like you retires.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668070524354374505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-15481030654492274932011-10-31T03:39:40.971-05:002011-10-31T03:39:40.971-05:00Mike.
It is about time you are jumping on the ant...Mike.<br /><br />It is about time you are jumping on the anti-Geanie Morrison wagon. Speaking about craziness, I would hope you talk some scence to person who cried on your blog about having a relovution because of his own personal/Social Security problems. You know who I am talking about.BIGJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01902308637000699137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-8089796505506976652011-10-30T12:16:06.313-05:002011-10-30T12:16:06.313-05:00Rebecca
You should do more posting ,not less becau...Rebecca<br />You should do more posting ,not less because you have a great way of defusing a subject before it picks up any steam......I'm too old for Halloween,,so I would have ignored this thread ,if not for your posts.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668070524354374505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-32015531110191389252011-10-30T09:16:15.637-05:002011-10-30T09:16:15.637-05:00I was going to ask GETSMART if it would insult him...I was going to ask GETSMART if it would insult him if I were to dress up as Telly Savalas this Halloween... I figured I better stop posting obsessively.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01722801117481334969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-18638283665936528402011-10-29T17:40:52.509-05:002011-10-29T17:40:52.509-05:00They do not know how to think in the big picture. ...They do not know how to think in the big picture. That is what they get when they are trained by FOX to digest tiny bytes. And for Pete's sake, do not expect them to string thoughts together to come up with a complete concept.<br /><br />I'm going to Costco next weekend. Shall I pick up one or two jumbo boxes of microwave popcorn? It'll be my treat...Edith Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06623443279337364086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-10799588522391281902011-10-29T17:33:34.846-05:002011-10-29T17:33:34.846-05:00EA
Have you noticed that the thread about Hollowee...EA<br />Have you noticed that the thread about Holloween costumes didn't stir up any resentment,in fact Rebecca had a little fun with it but WWW is asking why people are thin skinned,and Observer gripes about political correctness?<br /><br />We are going to have a long twelve months...:-)Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668070524354374505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-91599178854468270552011-10-29T17:07:31.447-05:002011-10-29T17:07:31.447-05:00I agree it's a great comment....some have said...I agree it's a great comment....some have said the universities lose but that's not always so ,because before the government took over ,they were selling the student loans to 3rd party loan companies...Guess what they did? Jacked up the interest rates.<br /><br />People are making their case on Victoria and Texas but it's a 50 state problem where their home spun lectures don't apply.They don't realize the problem because all they are interested is lecturing others without facts.<br /><br />What they don't realize,a lot of those students will repay those loans and pay MORE income tax after they graduate.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668070524354374505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-90840374964430956922011-10-29T16:12:07.311-05:002011-10-29T16:12:07.311-05:00HookEm1 gets it. He/she left a message on my Advo...HookEm1 gets it. He/she left a message on my Advocate wall. Made a good point. The college doesn't have to produce, the student does.Edith Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06623443279337364086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-54258081782590782102011-10-28T22:56:42.380-05:002011-10-28T22:56:42.380-05:00EA
I know exactly how you feel....Some are worried...EA<br />I know exactly how you feel....Some are worried about the taxpayers except when it comes to the insurance companies,oil subsities,tax cuts for the rich,Wall Street,and defense contractors....Taxpayers won't be billed for Obama's student loan program.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668070524354374505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-387211740313257332011-10-28T21:01:43.549-05:002011-10-28T21:01:43.549-05:00I am always puzzled by folks who like to look at p...I am always puzzled by folks who like to look at problesm as if they are trains. The can only see the caboose as the problem, and cannot fathom that the problem is up at the front of the train, the engine that is driving the problem! Geanie Morrison is driving the train and the rest of the legislature that voted to deregulate tuition are riding in the other car.<br /><br />It would take generations for colleges to be finally put in a position where they were forced to slash tuition to attract students. <br /><br />But, I've done all I can do. I'll leave it to the others.Edith Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06623443279337364086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-12321837419256957502011-10-28T16:31:37.170-05:002011-10-28T16:31:37.170-05:00I like Gheni's response because it seems like ...I like Gheni's response because it seems like she did all the right things, so I hope her efforts are not overlooked by those unwilling to have a dialogue. They would rather make a statement.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668070524354374505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-85565352961796217292011-10-28T13:46:18.384-05:002011-10-28T13:46:18.384-05:00Wow,Geraldine Talley sounds like Michelle Bachmann...Wow,Geraldine Talley sounds like Michelle Bachmann.<br /><br />You certainly proved her wrong a thousand times over.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668070524354374505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-34091995614842949712011-10-28T13:39:43.968-05:002011-10-28T13:39:43.968-05:00EA
I never get worn out but I know when I'm wa...EA<br />I never get worn out but I know when I'm wasting my time. <br /><br />You make a good point about the time lapse that wasn't considered...On the basic principles of supply and demand, born is right but those assumptions don't consider the consequences such as teacher pay and other essential costs needed to run the institution.<br /><br />That's the same question I had, what do the students do in the meantime? <br /><br />I don't even read rollingstone's posts any more because they don't make any sense.They are boilerplate right wing talking points. At one time, they criticized Obama because the stimulus was used to support union paid public employees and now the lack of Federal money bankrupted the states. Which is it? Texas used $17 billion in stimulus to balance our budget. Texas legislators also deferred $5 billion in Medicaid payments and cut four billion in education. We're still dead last in health care for our children and almost last in education but that was before Obama became president. That's just more right wing talking points like all of a sudden some regulations and the EPA is pushing us over the cliff.<br /><br />If you don't start arguing ,those skills will deteriorate..:-) They will never address Geanie Morrison or any other good point you might make. Like the national politicians, they will just skip over it ,as if it never existed.... That's why Steve jobs told Rupert Murdoch that his Fox News is a destructive force...They do the same thing.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668070524354374505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-40626728373633966592011-10-28T12:23:19.614-05:002011-10-28T12:23:19.614-05:00Not every college student is fresh out of high sch...Not every college student is fresh out of high school, unemcumbered with family and obligations.<br /><br />Sometimes we're single parents who have decided that we can either work the floor at J. C. Penney's and try to raise two children, or we can get an education that can help us raise our children and not rely on welfare.<br /><br />When I was a 31 year old student at Victoria College and I had the ever priggish Geraldine Talley as a sociology teacher, she made a comment that really annoyed me. <br /><br />She said, "Any woman who divorces her husband, destines herself to a life of poverty." I said, "No matter why she left?" She said, "No matter." (that was probably the second time in my life that it became very clear to me that republicans have very screwy thinking) <br /><br />And I looked around the classroom at the women in the nursing program and the women who were studying to be teachers and knowing that many were divorced, and wondered why we were all there.<br /><br />I only know I was there because I did not want a life of poverty.Edith Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06623443279337364086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674561724432497133.post-27191565789702437632011-10-28T11:56:39.880-05:002011-10-28T11:56:39.880-05:00I am worn out from the Advocate, but I categorical...I am worn out from the Advocate, but I categorically disagree with born on taking away the help and college will lower tuition. In theory, yes, but in reality, just how many quintillion (that is 18 zeroes) years do you think it would take for that to happen. And in the meantime, students are supposed to do what? <br /><br />Yeah, it's Obama's fault. It been this way forever, but it's Obama's fault.<br /><br />And why am I the only one talking aout Geanie Morrison? Talk about a free pass!Edith Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06623443279337364086noreply@blogger.com