Well, the DUmmies have found a subject more to their liking than this:
http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,57618.0.htmlhttp://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x832804Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Apr-07-11 05:38 AM
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Evangelical Christian Liberty University received half a billion dollars in federal aid money
Liberty University -- where the biology department teaches Young Earth Creationism -- is, astoundingly, an accredited school of higher learning.
Liberty University, the evangelical private Christian school founded by dead apartheid-supporting bigot Jerry Falwell, received $445 million in federal financial aid last year. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, by the way, received $420 million from the federal government.
That massive sum was thanks to the growth of Liberty's online program, which enrolled 52,000 students last year. The school is the No. 1 recipient of Pell grant money in the state of Virginia. While it may seem like the federal government is basically subsidizing this formerly financially challenged ultra-conservative religious private school, LU's executive director of financial aid sees it differently:
For Ritz — a financial aid veteran who got his start at a small Bible college — Liberty’s use of federal financial aid does not run counter to the university’s conservative values. Liberty does not receive the federal money directly, Ritz said, but through students, who use it to pay for tuition, room and board and other expenses.
“These funds are authorized by Congress and Congress is elected by voters. . . I’ve always been in the position where I believe I’m a steward of those federal funds. I’m a steward of tax-payer money.â€
And I'm sure ACORN, Planned Parenthood and NPR feel the same way.
Already 3 replies. Obviously, the DUmmies have a lot more interest in students choosing specific colleges than they have in subjects like the murder of innocent civilians. It's so interesting to see what subjects really command their attention, and what subjects they completely ignore...
OF course, it may be that DUmmies see the "reason" behind Islamic murders of Jewish innocents, but just don't see the reason behind allowing college students to take education grants and attend schools the DUmmies don't personally support.
