Wednesday, March 19, 2008

The current mortgage loan bill S. 2636, lenders say it would ultimately hurt homeowners by raising loan costs for all
http://www.npr.org:80/templates/story/story.php?storyId=54917288

As the Cato Institute's Alan Reynolds points out, foreclosures have not been limited to low-income families with sub-prime adjustable-rate mortgages. Reynolds, citing the Mortgage Bankers Association, notes that "prime mortgages (mostly fixed-rate) accounted for 45 percent of all foreclosures in the third quarter of last year, while sub-prime ARMs accounted for 43 percent."http://www.urbancure.org/article.asp?idCategory=3&idsub=1&id=3089&t=Housing+market+doesn%27t+need+more+government

Alan Reynolds says some useful points that usually don’t appear in the crisis-obsessed media. Here are what Alan believes are the rough stylized facts:

Most foreclosures are prime, not subprime. Half of subprime mortgages are fixed, not ARMs.
(more points at the link below)

http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2008/01/24/background-on-mortgage-markets/

Obama Crushes 'Audacity Of Hope' For Disabled Americans And Their Families, Apologizes That Terri Schiavo Didn't Die Sooner

http://www.raidersnewsnetwork.com/full.php?news=13277

How safe is your drinking water?

Probe finds drugs in U.S. drinking water supplies http://www.onenewsnow.com/Headlines/Default.aspx?id=69373

Liberal, Conservative you will have a hard time home schooling in Germany

Adolf Hitler outlawed home schooling in Germany in 1938.
The practice is still illegal in re-unified Germany to this day.
Germany Imprisons Mum. Dad and Kids Flee to Austria http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/1330
Hitler’s Ghost Haunts German Parents http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/139
POLICE STATE, DEUTSCHLAND Achtung! Germany drags homeschool kids to class Authorities haul crying children away to avoid 'danger' from parental teachings http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52603
Homeschool family told to give up 5 other kidsOfficials suggest breakup would solve dispute over daughter's home education http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54425
Germany Denies Homeschooling: Families are not allowed to homeschool. http://homeschooling.suite101.com/article.cfm/germany_denies_homeschooling
How to Homeschool in Germany http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/regional/Germany.htm