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Oh BOO HOO HOO!
The "thanks" rating is for the excellent taste shown by sharing an Ella song.
I don't really agree with the sentiment as applied to the OP's theme and remarks.
Posting an Ella video is the only way Henry can get some class into his posting.
On the OP --- it's kind of instructive that the Administration refers to "Let Girls Learn" as a "brand name".
I don't think Rump has any conception of any kind of value that doesn't involve some kind of transaction.
What is there to address? Elections have consequences. If you don't like it, well, get out there and win some elections."If you don't like it, well, uh um uh uh um, go win some elections"
-Saint Barack Obama
I'm guessing you're unable to actually address the topic and are reduced to repeating the same pathetic memes?
What is there to address? Elections have consequences. If you don't like it, well, get out there and win some elections."If you don't like it, well, uh um uh uh um, go win some elections"
-Saint Barack Obama
I'm guessing you're unable to actually address the topic and are reduced to repeating the same pathetic memes?
I mean, your welcome to participate, but it's gonna be from the back of the bus.
Vindictiveness?
Pettiness?
These are no longer virtues to regressives?
After 8 years of blaming Bush for everything under the sun, and then 8 more years continuing to blame him and undermine his agenda, now bed wetters are apoplectic their shit is being served to them?
Suck it. You brought it upon yourselves for electing a hyper partisan leftist who couldn't get his own party to vote on his budgets, yet the gridlock was all the GOP's fault?
I hope the obozo's are prosecuted and erased from history bolshevik style.
The only reason I can think of for this is: vindictiveness and pettiness. It wasn't controversial, it had considerable private financial support. It targeted serious issues for girls in developing countries such as girls being forced into child marriages and having to leave school. Good grief. Is the Trump Ego so fragile it can't let a good program continue as "Let Girls Learn"?
Trump memo outlines end to Michelle Obama's girls education program - CNNPolitics.com
The Trump administration is discontinuing a signature girls education initiative championed by former first lady Michelle Obama, according to officials.
The "Let Girls Learn" program, which she and President Barack Obama started in 2015 to facilitate educational opportunities for adolescent girls in developing countries, will cease operation immediately, according to an internal document obtained by CNN.
While aspects of the initiative's programming will continue, employees have been told to stop using the "Let Girls Learn" name and were told that, as a program unto itself, "Let Girls Learn" was ending.
"Moving forward, we will not continue to use the 'Let Girls Learn' brand or maintain a stand-alone program," read an email sent to Peace Corps employees this week by the agency's acting director Sheila Crowley.
" 'Let Girls Learn' provided a platform to showcase Peace Corps' strength in community development, shining a bright light on the work of our Volunteers all over the world," Crowley wrote. "We are so proud of what 'Let Girls Learn' accomplished and we have all of you to thank for this success."
but...then...
Hours after CNN reported on an internal document advising administration employees that the education initiative would not be maintained, the White House said the program had not changed.
"There have been no changes to the program," said Kelly Love, a White House spokeswoman, referring to the "Let Girls Learn" initiative, which Obama launched in 2015.
so what is going on?
Tina Tchen, who served as Obama's chief of staff during her time in the White House, said the end of "Let Girls Learn" was a disappointment given a global recognition that educating young women could help improve conditions across developing nations.
"We felt it was important to have a branded campaign that drew attention to those issues, and we found that when we did it, we had extraordinary support," Tchen said. "I think it's unfortunate to not continue with the branded campaign. We think that this is an issue that has bipartisan support, it's really not a Republican or Democratic issue."
Tchen said the benefits of the program, which drew upon private sector support as well as government dollars, outweighed the costs. She noted that a development program launched by President George W. Bush to combat global HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR, had been maintained and expanded by the Obama administration.
...In October of last year, the Obama administration attempted to reinforce "Let Girls Learn" ahead of a new administration. The White House announced $5 million in private sector commitments toward the programs administered under the "Let Girls Learn" banner, bringing the total financial pledges to more than $1 billion for programs in 50 countries.
Quite possible the money was used to perform female genital mutilation.
Well, it wasn't a very long article so it shouldn't have been that strenuous.
My read on that is "total financial pledges" more then 1 billion. That typically means pledges from other countries to support the initiative.
Why isn't it all children? There are plenty of initiatives and aid programs that address all children in developing countries. Girls face particular problems and drop out of education, are denied education or forced into child marriages at a much higher rate then boys. Unlike boys - in many countries there gender alone is the reason for different treatment.
The only reason I can think of for this is: vindictiveness and pettiness. It wasn't controversial, it had considerable private financial support. It targeted serious issues for girls in developing countries such as girls being forced into child marriages and having to leave school. Good grief. Is the Trump Ego so fragile it can't let a good program continue as "Let Girls Learn"?
Trump memo outlines end to Michelle Obama's girls education program - CNNPolitics.com
The Trump administration is discontinuing a signature girls education initiative championed by former first lady Michelle Obama, according to officials.
The "Let Girls Learn" program, which she and President Barack Obama started in 2015 to facilitate educational opportunities for adolescent girls in developing countries, will cease operation immediately, according to an internal document obtained by CNN.
While aspects of the initiative's programming will continue, employees have been told to stop using the "Let Girls Learn" name and were told that, as a program unto itself, "Let Girls Learn" was ending.
"Moving forward, we will not continue to use the 'Let Girls Learn' brand or maintain a stand-alone program," read an email sent to Peace Corps employees this week by the agency's acting director Sheila Crowley.
" 'Let Girls Learn' provided a platform to showcase Peace Corps' strength in community development, shining a bright light on the work of our Volunteers all over the world," Crowley wrote. "We are so proud of what 'Let Girls Learn' accomplished and we have all of you to thank for this success."
but...then...
Hours after CNN reported on an internal document advising administration employees that the education initiative would not be maintained, the White House said the program had not changed.
"There have been no changes to the program," said Kelly Love, a White House spokeswoman, referring to the "Let Girls Learn" initiative, which Obama launched in 2015.
so what is going on?
Tina Tchen, who served as Obama's chief of staff during her time in the White House, said the end of "Let Girls Learn" was a disappointment given a global recognition that educating young women could help improve conditions across developing nations.
"We felt it was important to have a branded campaign that drew attention to those issues, and we found that when we did it, we had extraordinary support," Tchen said. "I think it's unfortunate to not continue with the branded campaign. We think that this is an issue that has bipartisan support, it's really not a Republican or Democratic issue."
Tchen said the benefits of the program, which drew upon private sector support as well as government dollars, outweighed the costs. She noted that a development program launched by President George W. Bush to combat global HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR, had been maintained and expanded by the Obama administration.
...In October of last year, the Obama administration attempted to reinforce "Let Girls Learn" ahead of a new administration. The White House announced $5 million in private sector commitments toward the programs administered under the "Let Girls Learn" banner, bringing the total financial pledges to more than $1 billion for programs in 50 countries.
Well, it wasn't a very long article so it shouldn't have been that strenuous.
That's the point, it was not all that long, but was strenuous.
My read on that is "total financial pledges" more then 1 billion. That typically means pledges from other countries to support the initiative.
So we are both assuming now, aren't we? Seems to me that CNN didn't want to mention actual taxpayer cost, but instead made only one ambiguous mention of costs.
Why isn't it all children? There are plenty of initiatives and aid programs that address all children in developing countries. Girls face particular problems and drop out of education, are denied education or forced into child marriages at a much higher rate then boys. Unlike boys - in many countries there gender alone is the reason for different treatment.
Okay, so wouldn't it be beneficial to educate both genders to stop the problem instead of one?
This is vote buying and nothing more. You stated that few of us ever knew of the program, and that is true. I never heard of it until now,. But if Trump started a similar program called Educate Boys Now, I bet the entire country would hear about it--and not in a positive way either. It would be called sexist, bigoted, and an insult to women around the world.
Well, it wasn't a very long article so it shouldn't have been that strenuous.
That's the point, it was not all that long, but was strenuous.
My read on that is "total financial pledges" more then 1 billion. That typically means pledges from other countries to support the initiative.
So we are both assuming now, aren't we? Seems to me that CNN didn't want to mention actual taxpayer cost, but instead made only one ambiguous mention of costs.
Why isn't it all children? There are plenty of initiatives and aid programs that address all children in developing countries. Girls face particular problems and drop out of education, are denied education or forced into child marriages at a much higher rate then boys. Unlike boys - in many countries there gender alone is the reason for different treatment.
Okay, so wouldn't it be beneficial to educate both genders to stop the problem instead of one?
This is vote buying and nothing more. You stated that few of us ever knew of the program, and that is true. I never heard of it until now,. But if Trump started a similar program called Educate Boys Now, I bet the entire country would hear about it--and not in a positive way either. It would be called sexist, bigoted, and an insult to women around the world.
Uhhhmmmmm......... if "nobody ever heard of it" ----------------- then how does it "buy votes"?
Oopsie.
For the record I did hear of it, heard MO talk about it. But it never in a million years occurred to me that it was a ploy to "buy" my vote. Nor did it. Guess I missed out on the paranoia gene.
Well, it wasn't a very long article so it shouldn't have been that strenuous.
That's the point, it was not all that long, but was strenuous.
My read on that is "total financial pledges" more then 1 billion. That typically means pledges from other countries to support the initiative.
So we are both assuming now, aren't we? Seems to me that CNN didn't want to mention actual taxpayer cost, but instead made only one ambiguous mention of costs.
Why isn't it all children? There are plenty of initiatives and aid programs that address all children in developing countries. Girls face particular problems and drop out of education, are denied education or forced into child marriages at a much higher rate then boys. Unlike boys - in many countries there gender alone is the reason for different treatment.
Okay, so wouldn't it be beneficial to educate both genders to stop the problem instead of one?
This is vote buying and nothing more. You stated that few of us ever knew of the program, and that is true. I never heard of it until now,. But if Trump started a similar program called Educate Boys Now, I bet the entire country would hear about it--and not in a positive way either. It would be called sexist, bigoted, and an insult to women around the world.
Uhhhmmmmm......... if "nobody ever heard of it" ----------------- then how does it "buy votes"?
Oopsie.
For the record I did hear of it, heard MO talk about it. But it never in a million years occurred to me that it was a ploy to "buy" my vote. Nor did it. Guess I missed out on the paranoia gene.
It was the intention but not the result. She had no idea that the MSM wouldn't run with it, but apparently it must have at some point since you heard about it.
Well, it wasn't a very long article so it shouldn't have been that strenuous.
That's the point, it was not all that long, but was strenuous.
My read on that is "total financial pledges" more then 1 billion. That typically means pledges from other countries to support the initiative.
So we are both assuming now, aren't we? Seems to me that CNN didn't want to mention actual taxpayer cost, but instead made only one ambiguous mention of costs.
Why isn't it all children? There are plenty of initiatives and aid programs that address all children in developing countries. Girls face particular problems and drop out of education, are denied education or forced into child marriages at a much higher rate then boys. Unlike boys - in many countries there gender alone is the reason for different treatment.
Okay, so wouldn't it be beneficial to educate both genders to stop the problem instead of one?
This is vote buying and nothing more. You stated that few of us ever knew of the program, and that is true. I never heard of it until now,. But if Trump started a similar program called Educate Boys Now, I bet the entire country would hear about it--and not in a positive way either. It would be called sexist, bigoted, and an insult to women around the world.
Well, it wasn't a very long article so it shouldn't have been that strenuous.
That's the point, it was not all that long, but was strenuous.
My read on that is "total financial pledges" more then 1 billion. That typically means pledges from other countries to support the initiative.
So we are both assuming now, aren't we? Seems to me that CNN didn't want to mention actual taxpayer cost, but instead made only one ambiguous mention of costs.
Then find the actual taxpayer cost and post it.
Why isn't it all children? There are plenty of initiatives and aid programs that address all children in developing countries. Girls face particular problems and drop out of education, are denied education or forced into child marriages at a much higher rate then boys. Unlike boys - in many countries there gender alone is the reason for different treatment.
Okay, so wouldn't it be beneficial to educate both genders to stop the problem instead of one?
That could be happening - through other programs. Why can't a program address a particular need? Must it be all encompassing? There are millions of programs and initiatives around the world and within this country targeting specific areas, populations, needs. Is this a bad thing?
This is vote buying and nothing more. You stated that few of us ever knew of the program, and that is true. I never heard of it until now,. But if Trump started a similar program called Educate Boys Now, I bet the entire country would hear about it--and not in a positive way either. It would be called sexist, bigoted, and an insult to women around the world.
It's not vote buying in the least. It's addressing a very real problem.
Oh...and here are some more initiatives and programs that address specific problems.
Boys Farm Character and Responsibility Program
My Brother’s Keeper: A New White House Initiative to Empower Boys and Young Men of Color
Shaun Harper leading new national initiative to help boys and men of color succeed | Penn GSE
Educating Boys for Success
Welcome to Raising Boys
A Bold Initiative for Children - Action Plan on Children in Adversity
Working with Men and Boys to End Violence Against Women and Girls
Learning How to be REAL Fathers and Husbands
Plan's
The only reason I can think of for this is: vindictiveness and pettiness. It wasn't controversial, it had considerable private financial support. It targeted serious issues for girls in developing countries such as girls being forced into child marriages and having to leave school. Good grief. Is the Trump Ego so fragile it can't let a good program continue as "Let Girls Learn"?
Trump memo outlines end to Michelle Obama's girls education program - CNNPolitics.com
The Trump administration is discontinuing a signature girls education initiative championed by former first lady Michelle Obama, according to officials.
The "Let Girls Learn" program, which she and President Barack Obama started in 2015 to facilitate educational opportunities for adolescent girls in developing countries, will cease operation immediately, according to an internal document obtained by CNN.
While aspects of the initiative's programming will continue, employees have been told to stop using the "Let Girls Learn" name and were told that, as a program unto itself, "Let Girls Learn" was ending.
"Moving forward, we will not continue to use the 'Let Girls Learn' brand or maintain a stand-alone program," read an email sent to Peace Corps employees this week by the agency's acting director Sheila Crowley.
" 'Let Girls Learn' provided a platform to showcase Peace Corps' strength in community development, shining a bright light on the work of our Volunteers all over the world," Crowley wrote. "We are so proud of what 'Let Girls Learn' accomplished and we have all of you to thank for this success."
but...then...
Hours after CNN reported on an internal document advising administration employees that the education initiative would not be maintained, the White House said the program had not changed.
"There have been no changes to the program," said Kelly Love, a White House spokeswoman, referring to the "Let Girls Learn" initiative, which Obama launched in 2015.
so what is going on?
Tina Tchen, who served as Obama's chief of staff during her time in the White House, said the end of "Let Girls Learn" was a disappointment given a global recognition that educating young women could help improve conditions across developing nations.
"We felt it was important to have a branded campaign that drew attention to those issues, and we found that when we did it, we had extraordinary support," Tchen said. "I think it's unfortunate to not continue with the branded campaign. We think that this is an issue that has bipartisan support, it's really not a Republican or Democratic issue."
Tchen said the benefits of the program, which drew upon private sector support as well as government dollars, outweighed the costs. She noted that a development program launched by President George W. Bush to combat global HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR, had been maintained and expanded by the Obama administration.
...In October of last year, the Obama administration attempted to reinforce "Let Girls Learn" ahead of a new administration. The White House announced $5 million in private sector commitments toward the programs administered under the "Let Girls Learn" banner, bringing the total financial pledges to more than $1 billion for programs in 50 countries.
It doesn't matter if the program is good or bad. If Obama created, it has to be reversed. This is American politics, one step forward and two steps back. Expect the next Democratic president to do the same thing.The only reason I can think of for this is: vindictiveness and pettiness. It wasn't controversial, it had considerable private financial support. It targeted serious issues for girls in developing countries such as girls being forced into child marriages and having to leave school. Good grief. Is the Trump Ego so fragile it can't let a good program continue as "Let Girls Learn"?
Trump memo outlines end to Michelle Obama's girls education program - CNNPolitics.com
The Trump administration is discontinuing a signature girls education initiative championed by former first lady Michelle Obama, according to officials.
The "Let Girls Learn" program, which she and President Barack Obama started in 2015 to facilitate educational opportunities for adolescent girls in developing countries, will cease operation immediately, according to an internal document obtained by CNN.
While aspects of the initiative's programming will continue, employees have been told to stop using the "Let Girls Learn" name and were told that, as a program unto itself, "Let Girls Learn" was ending.
"Moving forward, we will not continue to use the 'Let Girls Learn' brand or maintain a stand-alone program," read an email sent to Peace Corps employees this week by the agency's acting director Sheila Crowley.
" 'Let Girls Learn' provided a platform to showcase Peace Corps' strength in community development, shining a bright light on the work of our Volunteers all over the world," Crowley wrote. "We are so proud of what 'Let Girls Learn' accomplished and we have all of you to thank for this success."
but...then...
Hours after CNN reported on an internal document advising administration employees that the education initiative would not be maintained, the White House said the program had not changed.
"There have been no changes to the program," said Kelly Love, a White House spokeswoman, referring to the "Let Girls Learn" initiative, which Obama launched in 2015.
so what is going on?
Tina Tchen, who served as Obama's chief of staff during her time in the White House, said the end of "Let Girls Learn" was a disappointment given a global recognition that educating young women could help improve conditions across developing nations.
"We felt it was important to have a branded campaign that drew attention to those issues, and we found that when we did it, we had extraordinary support," Tchen said. "I think it's unfortunate to not continue with the branded campaign. We think that this is an issue that has bipartisan support, it's really not a Republican or Democratic issue."
Tchen said the benefits of the program, which drew upon private sector support as well as government dollars, outweighed the costs. She noted that a development program launched by President George W. Bush to combat global HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR, had been maintained and expanded by the Obama administration.
...In October of last year, the Obama administration attempted to reinforce "Let Girls Learn" ahead of a new administration. The White House announced $5 million in private sector commitments toward the programs administered under the "Let Girls Learn" banner, bringing the total financial pledges to more than $1 billion for programs in 50 countries.
Foreign aid is one of the best investments of tax payer.Could have spent those MILLIONS spent overseas here....they didn't.Funny how Obama could fund education overseas but not help education here....very interesting!Better to fund bombs then education.
Funny. If it were true.
7 Education Initiatives Led by Michelle Obama - The Edvocate
The money the US spends on foreign aid is actually very small - something like 1/10 of a percent of the overall budget.
Foreign aid is one of the best investments of tax payer.Could have spent those MILLIONS spent overseas here....they didn't.Funny how Obama could fund education overseas but not help education here....very interesting!Better to fund bombs then education.
Funny. If it were true.
7 Education Initiatives Led by Michelle Obama - The Edvocate
The money the US spends on foreign aid is actually very small - something like 1/10 of a percent of the overall budget.
Yeah you are reading it wrong, like the usual conservative, you are too stupid to comprehend what's in plain sight....Some feedback on this...
Trump Axes Michelle Obama's Let Girls Learn Program, Twitter Goes Ballistic
“Donald can’t get anything accomplished so he tears down everyone else’s accomplishments like a grade school bully,” one commenter wrote.
“Will be replaced by Melania Trump’s, ‘Marry For Money’ program,” joked another.
And another pointed out that unlike the former first lady’s involvement in initiatives for healthier school lunches — which has also been targeted for elimination by the new administration — this program has gotten much less attention: “I bet everyone outraged by the Let Girls Learn news never even knew it existed…”
They tried healthier lunch programs, and what they found is that kids were throwing away good food or otherwise not eating until they left school and make it to Burger King.
As I pointed out - that program had it's share of controversy.
Let Girls Learn did not.
Well I have a controversy right now: I scanned the article (couldn't read the entire thing because it was too boring and repetitive) and I could not see a taxpayer price on it. The closest I found was this paragraph:
In October of last year, the Obama administration attempted to reinforce "Let Girls Learn" ahead of a new administration. The White House announced $5 million in private sector commitments toward the programs administered under the "Let Girls Learn" banner, bringing the total financial pledges to more than $1 billion for programs in 50 countries.
Now unless I'm reading this wrong, this article suggests the American taxpayer is paying almost a billion dollars for people across the world. This is what we are doing when we are 20 trillion dollars in debt?
Another thorn in my side: Why is it Let Girls Learn and not all children learn including boys? It's not that it would make spending US tax dollars any better, but it would't implicate a vote buying motive behind it.
In October of last year, the Obama administration attempted to reinforce "Let Girls Learn" ahead of a new administration. The White House announced $5 million in private sector commitments toward the programs administered under the "Let Girls Learn" banner, bringing the total financial pledges to more than $1 billion for programs in 50 countries
Yeah you are reading it wrong, like the usual conservative, you are too stupid to comprehend what's in plain sight....Some feedback on this...
Trump Axes Michelle Obama's Let Girls Learn Program, Twitter Goes Ballistic
“Donald can’t get anything accomplished so he tears down everyone else’s accomplishments like a grade school bully,” one commenter wrote.
“Will be replaced by Melania Trump’s, ‘Marry For Money’ program,” joked another.
And another pointed out that unlike the former first lady’s involvement in initiatives for healthier school lunches — which has also been targeted for elimination by the new administration — this program has gotten much less attention: “I bet everyone outraged by the Let Girls Learn news never even knew it existed…”
They tried healthier lunch programs, and what they found is that kids were throwing away good food or otherwise not eating until they left school and make it to Burger King.
As I pointed out - that program had it's share of controversy.
Let Girls Learn did not.
Well I have a controversy right now: I scanned the article (couldn't read the entire thing because it was too boring and repetitive) and I could not see a taxpayer price on it. The closest I found was this paragraph:
In October of last year, the Obama administration attempted to reinforce "Let Girls Learn" ahead of a new administration. The White House announced $5 million in private sector commitments toward the programs administered under the "Let Girls Learn" banner, bringing the total financial pledges to more than $1 billion for programs in 50 countries.
Now unless I'm reading this wrong, this article suggests the American taxpayer is paying almost a billion dollars for people across the world. This is what we are doing when we are 20 trillion dollars in debt?
Another thorn in my side: Why is it Let Girls Learn and not all children learn including boys? It's not that it would make spending US tax dollars any better, but it would't implicate a vote buying motive behind it.
In October of last year, the Obama administration attempted to reinforce "Let Girls Learn" ahead of a new administration. The White House announced $5 million in private sector commitments toward the programs administered under the "Let Girls Learn" banner, bringing the total financial pledges to more than $1 billion for programs in 50 countries
