Way out in the western part of the great state of Maryland is a mountainous land that is mostly rural and white and working class, more Winter's Bone than The Wire. This corner of the state has been represented approximately forever by Roscoe Bartlett, an 86-year-old Republican who has something of a reputation of being "one of the sane ones" on that side of the aisle. But ol' Roscoe is in a tough re-election fight this year, so he's had to maybe pander a little bit, to improve his poll numbers. Like, telling your constituents at a town hall meeting that federally subsidized student loans will basically lead to a new Holocaust, a Holocaust perpetrated by the millions of German-Americans who are just lurking among us, just waiting for their orders from their dead Nazi overlords to rise up and slaughter the Jews -- that's what they want to hear, right? That'll get votes?
Funny how the right wing nutz had no objection to the student loan program when it consisted of Federal loan guarantees. The private lenders took the profits and the taxpayers got the losses.
Mr. Obama didn't think the lenders needed subsidies. So now the Federal government is a direct lender - collecting over 3% when 10-year Treasuries are just over 1%. And the right wing fringe doesn't like it.
Meanwhile private lenders are back in the market without those Federal government loan guarantees are in some cases offering lower fixed rates than the Feds! Mr. Obama's plan worked.
I am really getting tired of these strict interpretation of the constitution buttheads. Cars weren’t in the constitutions were they? How about AK-47s? Cigarettes? Toilets? Huh? WHAT ABOUT THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL TOILETS!!!!!!!
you should let loose some cephalopods.
They only read it for the Articles.
Do they think "promote the general welfare" means promoting a General named "Welfare" to some higher rank?
"There are more people of German ancestory in the United States today than from any other country - including English."
Well, my wife would be one of those. I guess that means our kids are a couple more.
But I have a hard time believing there are more people of Germany ancestory than, say, Mexican.
And I have an even harder time figuring out why in the Hell it makes any difference at all.
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Rich/stupid/stupid/rich etc etc.
Seems more gauche to me, somehow.
You know who else was Austrian...
Michelle Manikin?
Squeeeeellll like a pig!
Funny how the right wing nutz had no objection to the student loan program when it consisted of Federal loan guarantees. The private lenders took the profits and the taxpayers got the losses.
Mr. Obama didn&#039;t think the lenders needed subsidies. So now the Federal government is a direct lender - collecting over 3% when 10-year Treasuries are just over 1%. And the right wing fringe doesn&#039;t like it.
Meanwhile private lenders are back in the market without those Federal government loan guarantees are in some cases offering lower fixed rates than the Feds! Mr. Obama&#039;s plan worked.
I am really getting tired of these strict interpretation of the constitution buttheads. Cars weren&rsquo;t in the constitutions were they? How about AK-47s? Cigarettes? Toilets? Huh? WHAT ABOUT THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL TOILETS!!!!!!!
Needz moar 9/11 references.
Roscoe got it backwards. If he asked his friends, they would tell him that Hollywood and the money are controlled by teh Jooooz.
The Boreman Brotherhood.