Biden fails to draw crowd in Erie

Trib Live ^ | July 1, 2009 | Salena Zito

[libertarian27]

http://broadbandcensus.com/2009/07/wattsburg-overjoyed-but-already-ahead-in-school-system/

It gets even better - lol
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WATTSBURG, Penn., July 1, 2009 – Wattsburg, PA citizens are overjoyed with Vice President Joe Biden and company’s Rural Broadband Tour. But the town also serves as a benchmark for public broadband access.
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When asked if the district plans on issuing a grant application, LaPlasca said the school system already has what it needs.
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Good move Joe - show up to a place that already has broadband - lol - nice roll-out for that billion dollars allocated for ‘stuff-we-already-have’

[Miss Behave]

I'd go see Biden, just to ask him about his nice hair plugs."

Me too...like "Do they itch?,"..."Do they tickle?,"... "Can you tell when sometimes people have a hard time keeping their eyes from wandering upward to them?," and..."Do you fist-bump with other hair-plugs men when you pass each other on the street, or do you try not to notice out of a desire to be treated with that same respect?"

"Do you need to alert barbers when you go in for haircuts or color so they will be gentle and not pull any of them out?" "How fast do they grow?" "They grow, don't they?"

I have so many curiosities. I think he'd be nice and answer my questions.

[pissant]

Be sure to ask him why his son arrested and illegally held Larry Sinclair in jail.

[Miss Behave]

Yeahyeahyeah piss, good one—I’m writng that one down. I wonder where his next “show” is? I hope he doesn’t start charging for tickets. He could make a MINT! Dude is a superstar!

[Miss Behave]

Maybe the “unseasonably chilly (global warming) weather” kept the crowds away—they were worried they’d pass out from heat stroke.

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Vice-President-Biden-Launches-Initiative-to-Bring-Broadband-Jobs-to-More-Americans/

THE BRIEFING ROOM

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Vice President
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2009

VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN LAUNCHES INITIATIVE TO BRING BROADBAND, JOBS TO MORE AMERICANS

Announces Availability of the $4 Billion in Recovery Act Loans and Grants to Increase Broadband Access and Adoption

WATTSBURG, PA – Vice President Biden today announced the availability of $4 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act loans and grants to help bring broadband service to un-served and underserved communities across America. This is the first round of Recovery Act funding aimed at expanding broadband access to help bridge the technological divide and create jobs building out Internet infrastructure.

Vice President Biden was joined today by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper at Seneca High School, the first stop on the President’s National Rural Tour.

“Today’s announcement is a first step toward realizing President Obama’s vision of a nationwide 21st-century communications infrastructure – one that encourages economic growth, enhances America’s global competitiveness and helps address many of America’s most pressing challenges,” said Vice President Biden.

The Recovery Act provided a total of $7.2 billion to the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to accelerate broadband deployment in areas of the country that have been without the high-speed infrastructure. Of that funding, NTIA will utilize $4.7 billion to deploy broadband infrastructure in un-served and underserved areas in the United States, expand public computer center capacity and encourage sustainable adoption of broadband service. RUS will invest $2.5 billion to facilitate broadband deployment in rural communities.

“The Commerce Department’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program will reach the last frontiers of America’s information landscape, and the investments it makes in inner-city neighborhoods and rural communities will spur innovation and pave the way for private capital to follow,” Secretary Locke said. “This first wave of funding will help create jobs, jumpstart additional investment and provide model projects that can better inform our national broadband strategy.”

“The funding we’re announcing today will carry out President Obama’s goal to expand broadband to communities that lack access to it,” Secretary Vilsack said. “The President is committed to bringing the educational and economic benefits of the Internet to all communities.”

“Access to high-speed Internet is no longer a luxury, but an essential tool to compete in this 21st-century economy. The availability of this technology is critical to attracting the business and development that will create the good paying jobs that stay in the United States,” said Congresswoman Dahlkemper. “I am so pleased that Vice President Biden and the administration chose Western Pennsylvania to announce this critical broadband initiative - a region that will benefit from this strategic investment.”

NTIA and RUS will be accepting applications for loans, grants and loan/grant combinations to be awarded by each agency under a single application form. This collaborative approach will ensure that the agencies’ activities are complementary and integrated, make the best use of taxpayer funds and make it easier for applicants to apply for funding. This is the first of three rounds of funding the Agriculture and Commerce Departments will provide.

Vice President Biden also announced today that Commerce and USDA officials will host public workshops in July to share information about the funding availabilities and the application process. Forums will be held in Boston, Mass.; Charleston, W.Va.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Memphis, Tenn.; Lonoke, Ark.; Birmingham, Ala.; Billings, Mont.; Albuquerque, N.M.; and Los Angeles, Calif.

Applications will be accepted beginning July 14, 2009, through 5:00 p.m. EDT on August 14, 2009. The complete details of this Notice of Funding Availability are available at http://www.broadbandusa.gov.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was signed into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009. It is designed to jumpstart the nation’s economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century. The act includes measures to modernize our nation’s infrastructure, enhance energy independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and improve affordable health care, provide tax relief and protect those in greatest need.

More information about efforts regarding the Recovery Act is available at www.usda.gov/recovery, www.commerce.gov/recovery and www.recovery.gov.

[patriot08]

GREAT NEWS! Our own FReeper, Beckwith of the fantastic ‘The Obama File’, will be on Thursday (tomorrow) at 7:30pm CST, for the last 30 mins of Liberty Pole with Ken Dunbar! http://www.plainsradio.com/

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[muawiyah]

They'd had a rain the day before (June 30) that dropped 10 inches in an hour or so.

Good chance even the most hardcore of Erie Democrats were busy tending to their flooded septic tanks.

[Primadona]

This is great news. As the Vice President said yesterday, (I am paraphrasing) “Imagine if we had only strung electric lines to the cities and not rural communities when we were beginning to electrify the country back in the 1890s. Imagine if telephones lines were not strung from town to town because it would have been too expensive.”

It is unacceptable in this day and age to deny rural communities access to communications technology that will bring better health care, education, innovation and jobs.

And by the way, those of us who actually attended the Vice President’s announcement in Wattsburg know that there were closer to 400 people in the audience, not counting staffers and media.

Check the video from the Erie Times News (goerie.com) and readers can count heads for yourself.

Also, know that the writer of the above-referenced Pittsburgh Trib-Review blog post is a conservative columnist who used to work for Bush and Santorum.

[Liz]

There, there, FReepers. This'll cheer you up.

Obama appoints Biden to handle stimulus trillions: "I'm Sorry I'm Not an Economist"
American Spectator | 6.8.09 @ 3:04PM | By Philip Klein
FR Posted by Behind Liberal Lines

Vice President Joe Biden said it was “above [his] pay grade” to explain in detail the methodology the White House uses to estimate the number of jobs created or saved by the economic stimulus legislation, but stressed that there had been no “reasonable” challenges to the estimates. **** “I’m sorry I’m not an economist,” Biden said as he was describing the methodology. “My background is foreign policy and the constitution. “ (Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...

"Hi there, Americans. My son and brother are gonna help me disperse the trillion dollar stiumulus. "

REFERENCE Fraudster had links to fund run by Bidens
Reuters on Yahoo | 2/23/09 | BY Ajay Kamalakaran
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...

(Reuters) – A fund of hedge funds run by two members of VP Joe Biden's family was marketed exclusively by firms controlled by Texas financier Allen Stanford, charged by regulators with an $8 billion fraud, the Wall Street Journal said. The Bidens $50 million fund was jointly branded between the Bidens' Paradigm Global Advisors LLC and a Stanford Financial Group entity, and was known as the Paradigm Stanford Capital Management Core Alternative Fund, the paper said. Stanford-related companies marketed the fund to investors and also invested about $2.7 million of their own money in the fund, the paper said, citing a lawyer for Paradigm.

Paradigm Global Advisors is owned through a holding company by the vice president's son, Hunter, and Joe Biden's brother, James, according to the paper. Paradigm's attorney, Marc LoPresti, who represents Hunter Biden and James Biden, as well as Paradigm, told the paper he did not know which Stanford entity invested the roughly $2.7 million. He told the paper the Bidens NEVER met or communicated with Stanford.

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And then he said........."duh."

There don’t you feel better now?

[AngelesCrestHighway]

The only crowd Biden can draw is flies!.....

[Liz]

This’ll cheer you up.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Biden can draw.....

[stephenjohnbanker]

Biden couldn’t get arrested.

LOL!!