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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (114814)	7/31/2008 7:56:27 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 132070

John Edwards Stiffs the Kids, Cancels Scholarships... Hello Media? By Warner Todd Huston (Bio \| Archive) July 31, 2008 - 10:18 ET Yes, there are two Americas. The one where John Edwards used to have a scholarship program that he intended to set up as an example for all of America to follow... and the one where he cancels that scholarship program. Is it because he isn't running for president any more? Since Edwards has other things to do now -- like hiding from the media in his mistresses' house and maybe getting a few $400 haircuts -- Edwards has pulled the plug on his pilot scholarship program in North Carolina. It was for the kids... now it isn't. As the media ignores Edwards' love child story, any takers if they will ignore this one, too? In May of 2007, to great fanfare, Edwards rolled out his "College for Everyone" plan saying that this was a college plan for "any student wishing to work hard." At that time, the well coiffed, two-time presidential candidate said that he wanted "every young person" to go to college and touted his new program then beginning at Greene Central High School in Snow Hill, NC. At Greene Central High School in Snow Hill, North Carolina, Senator John Edwards today announced his plan to make college more affordable for millions of students. Edwards' College Opportunity Agenda includes a national "College for Everyone" initiative, which would pay for one year of public-college tuition, fees, and books for any student who is willing to work hard and stay out of trouble. It was national news, then, of course. But now that he no longer needs the publicity, the kids find themselves in one of those Americas where they have no more scholarship because John Edwards has yanked the one he was offering. Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards is pulling the plug on a scholarship program he started at an Eastern North Carolina high school -- a program he once promised would be a model for the nation under an Edwards presidency. It is said that the program was a great success and helped many of the kids at Greene Central to go on to college and all at a small cost of $600,000 over the last 2 years, small at least for the multi-millionaire, Edwards. But alas it is no more. Some local reports have claimed that this scholarship program was a three-year program. But there was little talk of any three-year-lifespan when he announced the program. In any case, the scholarships are gone, Edwards deciding not to continue the program. Let's sit back and see if the media report this one? Then again, maybe he is just that irrelevant? (Photo credit: jalopnik.com) newsbusters.org.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (114814)	7/31/2008 9:08:43 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Knighty, so what do you think obama will do that won't jack up the country? here in california, the democrats have been running roughshod and have jacked everything up badly. they have increased their annual budget about 35% since 5 years ago and it still isn't enough. a freakin' 35% increase and all they can say is they need more, more, more and taxes have to go up. the school district has 75,000 FEWER students and receives $15,000,000,000 (that's $15 billion) MORE in revenue and all they can talk about is laying off teachers. apparently, the math teachers all need to be fired BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T COMPUTE! in san francisco, they keep illegal immigrant self proclaimed juvenile crack dealers avoid deportation - one of their pet projects just gunned down a man and his two sons. i have no problem shredding bush for the total idiot he is. but if this country think the dems will solve anything other than bankrupt us slightly less quickly that bush, it has another thing coming.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (114814)	8/2/2008 4:02:00 AM
From: Giordano Bruno	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

The world's oldest recorded joke has been traced back to 1900 BC and suggests toilet humor was as popular with the ancients as it is today. It is a saying of the Sumerians, who lived in what is now southern Iraq and goes: "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap." It heads the world's oldest top 10 joke list published by the University of Wolverhampton Thursday. A 1600 BC gag about a pharaoh, said to be King Snofru, comes second -- "How do you entertain a bored pharaoh? You sail a boatload of young women dressed only in fishing nets down the Nile and urge the pharaoh to go catch a fish."