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Obama’s Slush Fund Saves a Job
Cybercorrespondent's blog ^ | 5-3-2010 | Cybercorrespondent

Posted on 05/04/2012 4:42:40 AM PDT by Cybercorrespondent

After an 8 -11 start (2-5) in the Pac 10 conference, Mr. Bob DeCarolis, who’s the Athletic Director of Oregon State University, was considering weather to fire their Basketball Coach Craig Robinson. When word reached the Undersecretary of Education Martha Kanter in Washington, $17 million of stimulus money was immediately dispatched to the University to save Basketball Coach Craig Robinson’s job. Thanks to Obama’s slush fund, Coach Craig Robinson’s job was saved. For those of you unfamiliar with Coach Robinson, he just so happens to be the brother in law of none other than our country's beloved President Obama, the brother of Michelle Robinson Obama.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Politics; Sports; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bobdecarolis; craigrobinson; jobs; marthakanter; oregon; robinsonobama; slushfund; stimulus
After an 8 -11 start (2-5) in the Pac 10 conference, Mr. Bob DeCarolis, who’s the Athletic Director of Oregon State University, was considering weather to fire their Basketball Coach Craig Robinson. When word reached the Undersecretary of Education Martha Kanter in Washington, $17 million of stimulus money was immediately dispatched to the University to save Basketball Coach Craig Robinson’s job. Thanks to Obama’s slush fund, Coach Craig Robinson’s job was saved. For those of you unfamiliar with Coach Robinson, he just so happens to be the brother in law of none other than our country's beloved President Obama, the brother of Michelle Robinson Obama.
1 posted on 05/04/2012 4:42:43 AM PDT by Cybercorrespondent
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To: Cybercorrespondent
After an 8 -11 start (2-5) in the Pac 10 conference, Mr. Bob DeCarolis, who’s the Athletic Director of Oregon State University, was considering weather to fire their Basketball Coach Craig Robinson.

weather - the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

whether - used to introduce the first or two or more alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by or, or by or whether

2 posted on 05/04/2012 4:55:31 AM PDT by upchuck (Need is not an acceptable lifestyle choice; dependent is not a career. ~ Dr. Tim Nerenz)
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To: Cybercorrespondent

bflr


3 posted on 05/04/2012 5:34:01 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: upchuck
Perhaps a play on sticking one's finger into the political wind?

But more likely it was the brain breaking wind...

4 posted on 05/04/2012 5:48:50 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Cybercorrespondent

ABSOLUTLY NO SHAME......NO SHAME WHATSOEVER!

17 MILLION DOLLARS SHOULD MAKE THE WORST LOSERS INTO BIG WINNERS!

WE DO NOT EVEN NEED TO KNOW OUR ABDs TO UNDERSTAND HOW OUR NATIONAL DEBT HAS BECOME WHAT IT IS!


5 posted on 05/04/2012 5:52:34 AM PDT by Letmarch75
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To: Cybercorrespondent

Old news.

Just as is Michelles $300,000 dollar job at the hospital.

These two make the Clinton’s look honest.


6 posted on 05/04/2012 5:55:45 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Venturer

Yes, didn’t this happen 3 years ago?


7 posted on 05/04/2012 6:27:43 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Cybercorrespondent
was considering weather

"weather"?

8 posted on 05/04/2012 7:12:58 AM PDT by OldPossum
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9 posted on 05/04/2012 7:26:33 AM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93)
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To: Cybercorrespondent

You’re the author, you’re the poster and it’s your website.

Why the excerpt ?

Can you say shameless blog pimping ? I knew you could.


10 posted on 05/04/2012 8:38:48 AM PDT by jimt (Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I would say yes, I am not sure of exactly it happened ,but it was a while ago.


11 posted on 05/04/2012 9:26:52 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Cybercorrespondent.
Undersecretary of Education Martha Kanter... $17 million of stimulus money was immediately dispatched to the University to save Basketball Coach Craig Robinson's job... he just so happens to be the brother in law of none other than our country's beloved President Obama, the brother of Michelle Robinson Obama.

12 posted on 05/05/2012 10:30:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Obama’s Slush Fund Helps Bother in Law
Friday, April 24, 2009
Athletic budget cut update #21 - Beavers chopping east! and west?
The latest budget news has Oregon State Director of Athletics Bob DeCarolis suggesting that if their recently announced fund raising efforts are not successful the Beavers may be forced to drop teams. Nonetheless, preliminary numbers suggest Oregon schools have used stimulus dollars and tax measures to make way for tens of thousands of new students this fall.
Oregon state agencies, click here for prime award data
After Slush fund
For Oregon State University in Corvallis, where the brother-in-law of the current U.S. President coaches basketball, record enrollment has translated to longer lines and greater competition for everything from classes to parking places.
OSU officials say they expect an estimated 24,000 students this year – marking another record enrollment year. Student registrations have grown gradually over the school’s 142-year history. However, within the past three years the pace has increased dramatically.
This comes as OSU spends its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars, including $252 million in federal research grants and contracts earned in 2009. The school’s website reports the $252-million amount is “more than that received by all other Oregon public universities combined.”
Some of the funding for expansion also came from state stimulus dollars. These funds were approved for “capital construction” projects as part of Oregon Senate Bill 338. For example, OregonLive.com reported that $500,000 in state stimulus money paid for part of a $3.7 million renovation of OSU’s Gill Coliseum, where the Beavers play basketball.
The Gazette-Times reports OSU’s anticipated 9.2 percent jump from fall 2009’s record of 21,969 students would put OSU on track for the school president’s envisioned enrollment of 30,000 to 35,000 students by 2025.
Cybercorrespondent
http://youtu.be/8qHmXMMCrlI


13 posted on 05/06/2012 7:03:35 PM PDT by Cybercorrespondent (http://cybercorrespondent.blogspot.com)
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To: SunkenCiv

Obama’s Slush Fund Helps Bother in Law
Friday, April 24, 2009
Athletic budget cut update #21 - Beavers chopping east! and west?
The latest budget news has Oregon State Director of Athletics Bob DeCarolis suggesting that if their recently announced fund raising efforts are not successful the Beavers may be forced to drop teams. Nonetheless, preliminary numbers suggest Oregon schools have used stimulus dollars and tax measures to make way for tens of thousands of new students this fall.
Oregon state agencies, click here for prime award data
After Slush fund
For Oregon State University in Corvallis, where the brother-in-law of the current U.S. President coaches basketball, record enrollment has translated to longer lines and greater competition for everything from classes to parking places.
OSU officials say they expect an estimated 24,000 students this year – marking another record enrollment year. Student registrations have grown gradually over the school’s 142-year history. However, within the past three years the pace has increased dramatically.
This comes as OSU spends its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars, including $252 million in federal research grants and contracts earned in 2009. The school’s website reports the $252-million amount is “more than that received by all other Oregon public universities combined.”
Some of the funding for expansion also came from state stimulus dollars. These funds were approved for “capital construction” projects as part of Oregon Senate Bill 338. For example, OregonLive.com reported that $500,000 in state stimulus money paid for part of a $3.7 million renovation of OSU’s Gill Coliseum, where the Beavers play basketball.
The Gazette-Times reports OSU’s anticipated 9.2 percent jump from fall 2009’s record of 21,969 students would put OSU on track for the school president’s envisioned enrollment of 30,000 to 35,000 students by 2025.
Cybercorrespondent
http://youtu.be/8qHmXMMCrlI


14 posted on 05/06/2012 7:04:01 PM PDT by Cybercorrespondent (http://cybercorrespondent.blogspot.com)
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To: SunkenCiv

Obama’s Slush Fund Helps Bother in Law
Friday, April 24, 2009
Athletic budget cut update #21 - Beavers chopping east! and west?
The latest budget news has Oregon State Director of Athletics Bob DeCarolis suggesting that if their recently announced fund raising efforts are not successful the Beavers may be forced to drop teams. Nonetheless, preliminary numbers suggest Oregon schools have used stimulus dollars and tax measures to make way for tens of thousands of new students this fall.
Oregon state agencies, click here for prime award data
After Slush fund
For Oregon State University in Corvallis, where the brother-in-law of the current U.S. President coaches basketball, record enrollment has translated to longer lines and greater competition for everything from classes to parking places.
OSU officials say they expect an estimated 24,000 students this year – marking another record enrollment year. Student registrations have grown gradually over the school’s 142-year history. However, within the past three years the pace has increased dramatically.
This comes as OSU spends its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars, including $252 million in federal research grants and contracts earned in 2009. The school’s website reports the $252-million amount is “more than that received by all other Oregon public universities combined.”
Some of the funding for expansion also came from state stimulus dollars. These funds were approved for “capital construction” projects as part of Oregon Senate Bill 338. For example, OregonLive.com reported that $500,000 in state stimulus money paid for part of a $3.7 million renovation of OSU’s Gill Coliseum, where the Beavers play basketball.
The Gazette-Times reports OSU’s anticipated 9.2 percent jump from fall 2009’s record of 21,969 students would put OSU on track for the school president’s envisioned enrollment of 30,000 to 35,000 students by 2025.
Cybercorrespondent
http://youtu.be/8qHmXMMCrlI


15 posted on 05/06/2012 7:04:12 PM PDT by Cybercorrespondent (http://cybercorrespondent.blogspot.com)
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