Paterno Gets No Respect From Obama And Dems

As previously reported Paul Kanjorski refused to sign a letter nominating Coach Joe Paterno of Penn State for the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Well it seems he is not the only national Democrat who disrespects Joe PA.

SATURDAY IN MINNEAPOLIS: OBAMA V. FOOTBALL
Posted by Mark Wogenrich at 04:54:03 PM on October 18, 2010


A Minnesota gubernatorial candidate and has made a curious scheduling decision: He plans to hold a rally Saturday on the University of Minnesota campus, at which President Obama is set to appear.

At the same time as the Penn State-Minnesota football game.

Mark Dayton, the state's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate for governor, has scheduled the rally for 1 p.m CST on Minnesota's Northrop Mall. That figures to coincide with the third quarter of the Penn State-Minnesota game, which kicks off at 11 a.m. at nearby TCF Bank Stadium.

Obama will be the first sitting president to appear at a public event on Minnesota's campus since William Howard Taft in 1911, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

How will that compare with Joe Paterno's first, and possibly last, appearance at TCF Bank Stadium?

It seems like JoePA is Rodney Dangerfield. "I get no respect, no respect at all I tell ya."

Joe Paterno And Kanjo's Retribution

Mainstream media reported on the issue that Lou Barletta raised with Paul Kanjorski's refusal to sign a nomination letter honoring Joe "PA" Paterno for the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Joe Paterno's legacy isn't about football. Don't get mad yet.. Don't say McGruff is off base because this still isn't about baseball or football...

We must honor Joe "Pa" Paterno's benevolence, his commitment to Penn State University and to its programs. His tireless admiration, devotion, for the University and its mission. Joe Paterno didn't drive, he was driven by passion beyond explanation. Stars are the precursors of planets, Joe Paterno was the father to many in whom he instilled confidence, respect, determination, and, understanding.

Roll the television archives back to 2008 and a Fox News report by Gregg Jarrett over Kanjorski, his nephews, and Cornerstone Technologies.

In a startling interview, Joe Yudichak, who ran the non-profit Regional Equipment Center in Kanjorski's district, says the congressman initially tried to bully him into helping Kanjorski direct the money to Kanjorski's family members. In the documentary, Yudichak recounts his conversation with Kanjorski: "He said, 'You're telling me I can't take care of my family?' He said, 'Well, I'm telling you, it's gonna be done. And it's gonna be done with you or without you.' And he said, 'I'll bury you. I'll destroy you.'"

Kanjorski later earmarked more than $10 million directly to the company run by his family. The money was supposed to fund the development of new technologies to help turn around desperate coal towns and make them prosperous.

The company, Cornerstone Technologies, went bankrupt.

Harold Shobert, head of Pennsylvania State University's Energy Institute, and a leading expert on anthracite coal, worked with Cornerstone on one project. Shobert said "It was clear that these guys were clueless as to how to do research and development," "It was sort of like trying to collaborate with the cast of Looney Tunes."]

I submit to the public that it is Kanjorski who is playing politics by refusing to acknowledge Joe Paterno over Professor Shobert's remarks.

Joe Papa Gets No Respect

In case no one noticed Penn State, Temple, Pitt, and Lincoln University are without funding. Way to go Legislature...

The passage of Pennsylvania's $27.8 billion budget on Oct. 9 after a 101-day stalemate was good news for the Commonwealth, but it still leaves Penn State and other state-related institutions without an appropriation.


While the media is reporting the end of the state's longest budget impasse in history, few are taking note of the fact that the state has not enacted its non-preferred appropriations — the category under which Penn State falls. Which means that Penn State has not received any allocation of funds.


Appropriations made to institutions not under the absolute control of the Commonwealth (such as Penn State, Pitt, Temple and Lincoln) are considered non-preferred appropriations. Each institution's appropriation requires a separate bill and two-thirds vote of each House of the General Assembly in order to pass.


The general appropriation bill that was just signed by Gov. Ed Rendell and which is receiving media attention, contains appropriations for the executive, legislative and judicial departments and public schools, and covers public debt.


"We are still without a state appropriation 30 percent of the way into our fiscal year," said Bill Mahon, vice president for University Relations. "We are watching developments closely from day-to-day and getting by as best we can without an appropriation. It could be misleading to our students and their families to make guesses about what might or might not happen in the coming days or weeks."


Since July, Penn State has covered its appropriation shortfall through reserves. In addition, the University fronted money this semester to students who expected to receive a Pennsylvania state grant administered through the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) in the amount of $25 million — the total expected grant amount for 17,000 Penn State students.


"We are continuing to manage our finances in ways that will not interfere with operations and with the education of our students," Mahon said. "We're hoping for an outcome soon."

But our Legislature made sure it gots its $500,000 + per diem during the budget impasse...Unbelievable...