Posted on 07/18/2009 5:51:35 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary _______________________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 30, 2009
President Obama Announces Rural Tour with Cabinet Secretaries and Administration Officials
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, President Obama announced the launch of his Administration’s Rural Tour. This summer, over the course of the next few weeks and months, top Administration officials, including Cabinet Secretaries, will fan out across the nation to hold a series of discussions on how communities, states, and the federal government can work together to help strengthen rural America.
Vice President Joe Biden and Secretaries Gary Locke and Tom Vilsack will kick-off the Rural Tour on July 1st by visiting Wattsburg, Pennsylvania, to discuss the issue of rural broadband.
"A healthy American economy depends on a prosperous rural America," President Obama said. "Rural America is vast and diverse, and different communities face different challenges and opportunities. That’s why we’re going out to hear directly from the people of rural America about their needs and concerns and what my Administration can do to support them."
Administration officials participating in the Rural Tour will hear about the diverse set of challenges and opportunities facing the small towns and rural communities that are so integral to the fabric of American life. They will share some of the Administration’s ideas about how to nurture strong, robust, and vibrant rural communities. And, when they have heard from the people, they will report back to the President about the state of rural America, and what the Administration can do to strengthen it.
These events, involving multiple Cabinet secretaries, will serve as listening sessions to focus on such issues as broad-based rural health, economic development, infrastructure, education, energy, natural resources, and agriculture. Events will be held in Alaska, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin. And, Secretary Vilsack will hold listening sessions in additional states with local and state elected officials.
The entire tour will provide an opportunity for the Obama Administration to listen to diverse voices throughout rural America, and to highlight its broader vision for growth and prosperity in these regions of the country.
Rural Tour events planned so far include:
JULY 1ST
Vice President Joe Biden and Secretaries Gary Locke and Tom Vilsack will travel to Wattsburg, PA, to discuss rural broadband.
JULY 16TH
Secretaries Ray LaHood and Tom Vilsack will travel to La Crosse, WI, to discuss rural economic development.
JULY 18TH
Secretaries Steven Chu and Tom Vilsack will travel to Ringgold, VA, to discuss green jobs and a new energy economy, with a focus on weatherization and carbon sequestration.
JULY 20TH
Secretaries Kathleen Sebelius, Eric Shinseki, Hilda Solis and Tom Vilsack will travel to St. John’s Parish, LA, to discuss rural healthcare.
AUGUST 12TH
Secretaries Steven Chu, Shaun Donovan, Arne Duncan, Ken Salazar and Tom Vilsack will travel to Bethel, AK, to discuss rural infrastructure, green jobs and a new energy economy, as well as climate change.
AUGUST 16TH
Secretaries Ken Salazar and Tom Vilsack will travel to Zanesville, OH, to discuss green jobs and a new energy economy, with a focus on renewable energies.
AUGUST 17TH
Secretaries Arne Duncan and Tom Vilsack will travel to Hamlet, NC, to discuss rural education.
SEPTEMBER 28TH
Secretaries Ken Salazar and Tom Vilsack will travel to Scottsbluff, NE, to discuss production agriculture.
SEPTEMBER 30TH
Secretaries Shaun Donovan and Tom Vilsack will travel to Las Cruces, NM, to discuss rural infrastructure.
More details on the Rural Tour will be released when they become available.
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I assume they’ll bring a few hundred people with them everywhere to act as the local audiences.
Or Illinois, Missori, Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Michigan...
Iowa’s Ex-Rat-Gov Vilsak is getting some frequent flier miles...
them there guys in Rural america are them there guys who built this here nation. Dome might not be the best schooled but they nose right frum rong and commies when they see em.
that BO best be puttin on his knife proof ear muffs. I thinks hes on the wrong side of a broke america.
I sense many spontaneous tea parties springing up at these same locations on those dates.
From what I read no one showed up for Biden’s talk on broadband on July 1st. Aides had to remove chairs and the SS finally let some students in to add a few more to the audience.
People can’t remain ignorant of the importance of rural America from a military standpoint.
Everything the Dems—Waxman, Schumer, Conyers, et al—are trying to do would weaken the livelihood of most rural residents whether it is in the name of food safety, greenhouse gases, animal traceability, or what have you. They saw the red and blue county-by-county electoral map in 2000 and rightly concluded that they were surrounded and that the red areas controlled food, water, and land-based transportation. Furthermore the rural people are the ones that cling to their guns.
The power hungry socialist/fascist Dems have allied with multinational agribusiness and environmental whackos to cleanse the rural areas of a troublesome populace and the loss of US food quality will be acceptable collateral damage. It is happening already especially around water usage.
Jefferson knew that the yeoman farmer with his acreage, beasts, and musket was the true backbone of a Constitutional and Free Republic.
Those rural areas should have lots of vegetables handy (preferably rotten ones). Eggs too.
Notice they didn’t have the nerve to show their commie asses in Texas! LOL
When Stalin was cleansing Russia and the Ukraine of its “troublesome” peasants and farmers, they cried out, “If only our dear leader Stalin knew of our plight.”
I'll trade my blazing 56K dial up line for what ever you have.
nobama promised me broadband and I want to know where it is!
they don’t want to come to NY.
while we are looking at 53% taxes, they would be run out of town on a rail.
Who can make the meeting?
Lots of peoples upset, but no attenders...
We need people to try to make the meeting.
Its a Verizon air card. You can use it where ever you get cell phone service...
If one comes within 100 miles of me I will go to it.
I am living in NY
My condition makes travel imposable for more than 20 minutes at a time. a 100 mile drive will take a full day and I will be down for 3 days after, but I would still go if i can do it in under 100 miles.
They will have their own paid crowds, but surely the Tea Party patriots can “overwhelm” whatever they bring with them. This looks to be the opportunity that we have been looking for to “do” something. We can get in their faces and leave them with no doubt as to how we feel about their socialist government.
Well ring the bell. Start inviting people. Both for this one and the future ones.
Sound the alert.
Good idea! With big signs, and the FUBO logo. The insane clown needs to know we’re on to him & sick of it!
This is a joke, right?
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