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THE COFFEE BREAK - Monday, July 28, 2008
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's political dealings of the past
aren't good predictors of what will happen to the troubled
lenders in the future, observers said.
The government-sponsored mortgage enterprises, which saw
their stocks tumble as they struggle to raise billions of
dollars in fresh capital, in the past successfully lobbied
against more stringent regulation. Both entities have deep
ties to campaigns of major party candidates, Sens. John
McCain, R-Ariz. and Barack Obama, D-Ill., The Washington
Post reported Thursday.
Both McCain and Obama have Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
advocates as advisers or on their campaign staffs, the
newspaper said. After issuing statements commenting in
general terms about the mortgage crisis and mentioning
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac second, both political camps
have been quiet.
"You see a consensus developing that the current system
is unsustainable," said David C. John, senior research
fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation. "But
actually saying what has to happen next is a little bit
scary if you're in a campaign, especially if some of your
most prominent supporters have such deep ties to these
entities."
Douglas W. Elmendorf, an economist at the Brookings
Institution, said he hopes the mortgage crisis "shakes up"
the status quo.
"(If) the taxpayers end up putting in a significant amount
of money, which I think they will, members of Congress
will realize whatever their past views were, the futu
cannot be a replay of the past," Elmendorf said.
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Mayor, in newsletter, offends tourists
Belmar, N.J., Mayor Ken Pringle has angered some residents
of New York's Staten Island Borough with comments in a
newsletter about women from the borough. Pringle wrote in
his July 4 newsletter that an "SI girl behaving badly"
caused a ruckus at a Belmar club, the Staten Island Advance
reported Thursday. "As the Staten Island girl was pummeling
the Boonton girl's face, she used the hand she was still
holding her drink glass in," the mayor wrote. "Now, we're
not sure if the glass was stuck to her hand cause of all
the hair spray or if this is a technique Staten Island
girls learn in Brownies, but we are thankful she left her
brass knuckles and straight razor in her other purse."
The mayor also made references to "guidos" -- often used
as a derogatory term for young Italian males -- saying
they are "as welcome as, oh, Canada geese." The slurs
led one Staten Island councilman to suggest his
constituents "avoid (Pringle's) town like the plague."
Mario Flotta of Staten Island, who said he frequently
visits Belmar, said he was shocked and outraged by the
mayor's comments. "It's surprising to know that a place
where tourism thrives and pays for pretty much everything
around here, that someone would make comments like this,"
he said.
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Pope prays during Last Supper staging
Pope Benedict XVI attended a staging of the Stations of the
Cross, which trace the last hours of Jesus, Friday during
World Youth Day celebrations in Sydney. The pontiff
appeared at St. Mary's Cathedral as part of the
re-enactment of the "Last Supper," the Australian
Broadcasting Corp. reported. He began with a prayer.
"Lord many people lack the food and drink to bring true
joy. They do not know or have forgotten how you wish to
meet them at the Eucharist and share with them your
humanity and divinity," Benedict said. About 80 performers
participated in the pageant at various Sydney landmarks as
part of the World Youth Day celebrations. A group of
people tried to draw attention to the issue of sexual
abuse by Roman Catholic priests was told it had to move
from one location in Sydney's Hyde Park to another to
accommodate security measures for the pilgrims. On
Saturday, the pope is to join a vigil of tens of thousands
of Catholic youths who will sleep out at Randwick
racecourse, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. Up to
500,000 people are expected to attend the Sunday mass
celebrated by Pope Benedict, the Herald reported.
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Mandela plans quiet day as he turns 90
Former South African President Nelson Mandela planned to
spend his 90th birthday Friday quietly with his family.
But the festivities in Qunu, his home village in the
southeast of the country, have mushroomed, the BBC reports.
There will be a birthday dinner for 500 guests Saturday, a
concert and a soccer festival. Mandela, the African
National Congress leader who spent 27 years as a prisoner
on Robben Island, is one of the most honored men in the
world. His 90th birthday has already been marked by a
concert in London and other international events. One of
those who paid tribute to Mandela on the eve of his
birthday was F.W. DeKlerk, the last white president of
South Africa. "After his inauguration, Nelson Mandela
used his personal charm to promote reconciliation and to
mold our widely diverse communities into an emerging
multicultural nation," DeKlerk told reporters Thursday.
"This, I believe, will be seen as his greatest legacy."
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