• sheltercrow said on Feb 19, 2009....

  
  From Think Progress
  
  

  Republicans react to Obama’s housing plan by mouthing the mortgage banking industry’s talking points.»
  
  Yesterday, President Barack Obama unveiled his plan to deal with the housing crisis. One part of the plan in particular — a provision allowing bankruptcy judges to “cram-down” mortgage payments for troubled homeowners — has drawn the ire of conservatives. Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA) said it is “going to affect future mortgages, because that’s going to put an additional risk premium on all mortgages,” while Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) claimed “this is going to raise rates for everyone else because banks have to cover the risk.” Watch it:
  
  
  
  As The Wonk Room noted, conservatives are getting their arguments straight from banking industry talking points. BusinessWeek reported that the Mortgage Bankers Association “is distributing talking points to key congressional aides…[with] the argument that if lenders can’t be confident that loan terms will survive, they will raise rates.”
  
  

• sheltercrow said on Feb 19, 2009....

  
  And there is more...
  
  

  Rep. Cao Faces Potential Recall Petition For Toeing GOP Line And Voting Against The Stimulus»
  
  Earlier this month, New Orleans’s new congressman Joseph Cao (R) stated that he would vote for the economic recovery package. “I believe that more likely than not, I will vote for it because the 2nd Congressional District needs a stimulus package,” he said. Even on the day of the vote, Cao was telling reporters that he was “leaning yes.”
  
  In the end, however, Cao succumbed to GOP arm-twisting and voted against the package. The Republican party’s chief deputy whip stood near the freshman lawmaker during the entire vote, and Cao admitted that the leaders had applied some “pressure” on him to vote no, so that they could boast 100 percent opposition from their party.
  
  BayouBuzz.com reports that many of Cao’s constituents are now angry and may launch a recall petition:
  
  

  Congressman Joseph “Anh”Cao, a Republican, who defeated William “Bill” Jefferson is facing a recall petition because of his vote on the Barack Obama stimulus package. The recall has been initiated by a group of ministers. […]
  
  One elected official, State Representative Juan A. LaFonta, Democrat of District 96 told Bayoubuzz that he does not know about the existence of the petition but that he would sign it. … “People are starving and Cao needs to represent the people of the district”, LaFonta said.
  
  

• sheltercrow said on Feb 19, 2009....

  
  And more...
  
  

  Then And Now: Canadians Welcomed Bush With Violent Protests, Raise American Flags For Obama»
  
  Today, President Obama arrived in Canada, his first foreign trip since taking office. Already, the trip is a stark departure from the Bush years. U.S. presidents have traditionally made their first trip abroad to Canada. President Bush, however, broke with tradition and headed south to Mexico.
  
  Already, there’s been a noticeable difference in the way the Canadian public has received the two presidents. Bush was wildly unpopular in Canada. Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who supported the Iraq war (and later admitted it was a mistake), was lambasted by Canadians as supporting “Harper-Bush” policies. Not surprisingly, Bush’s visits to Canada spurred massive protests:
  
  

  “Thousands of protesters marched on Parliament Tuesday, rallying against President Bush’s visit and the U.S.-led war in Iraq. Twelve people were arrested after scuffling with police on the fringes of the peaceful demonstration.”
  
  – “But with thousands of protesters expected to demonstrate against Mr. Bush, the White House decided to cut short his visit to Ottawa and travel to Halifax instead.”
  
  

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• Kickingbird said on Feb 19, 2009....

• sheltercrow said on Feb 19, 2009....

  Red State "wards of the state"
  February 19, 2009, 5:22PM
  
  
  In light of all of the Republican posturing about the evils of federal spending, why isn't the data on federal spending vs. federal taxes paid getting more play?  The statistics put out by the tax foundation paint a pretty damning picture of who's really sucking at the federal teat. Hint - it's not those evil CA or NY elitist liberals.  The top half of the list is deep red.
  
  http://www.taxfoundation.org/files/fedspend_per_taxesbystate-20071009.pdf 

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