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ABC, Beazer Homes, and 1800 volunteers provided the Harper family with a new McMansion on the show Extreme Makeover. They even included a fund for maintenance and taxes. Did I mention they also kicked in scholarships for the kids?

The grateful brood did what any redblooded American family would do - they took out a $450,000 mortgage, secured by the gift house, and defaulted.

It's nice to see Congress willing to fund Fannie and Freddie since they've been funding politicians for years. Rich Lowry says the two have given over $200 million during the past decade.

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This mic is closed, right?

Here's link to the MoveOn.Org ad.