Rick Perry Pushes Energy Industry at Iowa Manufacturing Forum

ABC News ^ | November 1, 2011

[Cincinatus' Wife]

blogging of event

Iowa Public Television video.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Faculty Lounge - A tale of Sherpas and superstars [Perry's Higher Education Reform] ….”What Governor Perry actually proposed was this: 1) Students’ evaluations and some other information about faculty performance should be made public; 2) The best teachers should receive bonuses, based in part on students’ ratings; 3) The research and academic budgets should be separated, with teachers paid according to their teaching duties and researchers paid in proportion to the funding they attract; 4) Faculty should have to show that they can in fact teach before they are granted tenure; 5) Students should receive a personalized “learning contract” upon enrollment, along with information about the graduation rates and average starting salaries for students with the same major and comparable SAT scores; 6) Legislative appropriations should go to students directly rather than to the universities; 7) The universities should support an effort to develop a new national accreditation program that would evaluate institutions on measurable student progress.

You’d think that No. 6 would be the deal-breaker — it would have voucherized higher education, forcing the universities to compete for students and the dollars they bring with them, rather than treating students like not-entirely-welcome guests who are privileged to be at the party. But the reformers didn’t even make it that far down the list: No. 1 sent academia into fits.”……

[normy]

This interview was so good. It made me excited not for Perry but for America. When he said essentially "I am not really interested in opening markets overseas for our energy as I am in making us secure with our own supply" I started clapping.

Man this is good a good plan for our country.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The article said Perry will be at Drake’s Diner [Des Moines] today, then at an education and economic town hall in the afternoon.

I hope a video and transcript will be made available.

[TADSLOS]

Big windy Perry is blowin’ smoke again. When is he going to go after the failed high risk green wind energy firms that he loaned taxpayer money to for jobs?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Why don’t you tell us all about it.

[bwc2221]

LaRaza Rick has as much chance of being President as Secretariat has winning next year's Kentucky Derby.

Why don't you Texans do something useful, like counting illegals in your state? That should keep you busy for a long time.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Thank you for stopping by and offering your point of view.

[org.whodat]

Hic

[Cincinatus' Wife]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/01/politics/cain-political-fallout/

[shield]

Perry Ping....

IF you'd rather NOT be pinged FReepmail me.

IF you'd like to be added FReepmail me. Thanks.

*****************************************************************************************************************************************************

[Recon Dad]

Rick was talking energy in Iowa, I didn't see any mention of Biofuels? Where's he stand on ethanol?

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

http://theiowarepublican.com/2011/live-blog-gop-presidential-forum-in-pella/

[org.whodat]

Security starts with a fence on the southern border and stopping spending billions on illegals. We will be bankrupt long before any wild ass dream of energy independence is ever reached. Pipe dream perry.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Perry wants a “level playing field” & an end to ethanol mandate (audio)

......"“We don’t need to have government picking winners and losers in this business,” Perry said during a news conference in Des Moines. “Let the folks get out there with the regulations off their back. I have a good idea that the farmers in Iowa can compete with anybody in the world.”.......

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

http://theiowarepublican.com/2011/live-blog-gop-presidential-forum-in-pella/

The answer is in here.

[dforest]

One of the things I hate about Obama is the blatant cronyism of his administration.

It is in your face.

Perry does the same incestuous kind of dealing. Maybe he isn’t all bad, but his deals are a dealbreaker. And they should be to anyone who is tired of the Obama admin antics.

Thr Gardasil issue should be a red flag to lookout below.

The more you look into Perry, the worse it gets. Just because he sports a R by his name doesn’t make crony politics any sweeter.

There were no “sexual antics” regarding Cain, and it is disingenuous to post a link to the Communist New Network who has changed the narrative to “sexual antics”.
.

[org.whodat]

Are you trying to admit the Perry's camp started the Cain sex allegation. Seems to me that is what you have just done. Attack Cain on a fake sex charge to build up perry. Come on tell use.

[dforest]

Perry always picks winners and losers. He and his pay for play buddies make sure of it.

How quaint. LOL

[normy]

Can you even begin to tell me who has the plan of the fence that you are voting for?

Cain came out Sunday on Face the Nation and basically stole Perry's border security plan from the last debate. He even said there would not only not be an entire border fence but it probably wouldn't be electric either.

i know Bachman stated she wants the 2000 mile fence. Until Face the Nation on Sunday Cain and Romney haven't really had to confirm this although Cain has insinuated it. Now we know he was just talking out his ass again.