Troll Busters! Links to Online Research

Often a conservative will remind us that more people in the United States are willing to call themselves “conservative” than “liberal.”

But when asked, a majority of Americans agree with various liberal ideas. This article, entitled “Dispelling the Myth of Conservative America,” shows why this is NOT a “center-right country,” despite what people may say.

http://www.emorywheel.com/detail.php?n=29141

I looked over the topics on this Troll Busters page, and didn’t see anything quite like this, so I thought it should be added.

More links on Immigration:

End of the Melting Pot?
Harvard Magazine
http://harvardmagazine.com/2007/05/end-of-the-melting-pot.html

RE: Remittances:
http://trendsupdates.com/migration-boon-not-bane/

The Pew Hispanic Center
Mexican Immigrants: How Many Come? How Many Leave?
http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=112

Center for Immigration Studies
http://www.cis.org/articles/2000/back1100.html

Court of Appeals Finds USCIS Acted Outside the Law

http://www.alternet.org/immigration/145937/court_of_appeals_finds_uscis_acted_outside_the_law

Big Think articles re: Immigration
http://bigthink.com/search?q=immigration&commit=Search

Health Reform and Illegal Immigration: The Truth

http://www.truthout.org/091209Z

Democracy Arsenal
Some Specifics (Imagine!) on Immigration

http://www.democracyarsenal.org/2006/03/some_specifics_.html

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration

Newsweek
Why Immigration Boosts Wages

On last Friday’s Vox Populi, the question came up about illegal immigrants, and whether or not legalizing them would help the Federal budget. Here are a couple of links addressing that:

Center for Immigration Studies
The High Cost of Cheap Labor: Illegal Immigration and the Federal Budget

http://www.cis.org/node/54

TPMUckracker gets it– so far they are the ONLY one that does:

Offshoring Up Support: Obama Looks For Help From Democrats On Climate-Energy Legislation

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/offshoring-up-support-obama-looks-for-help-from-democrats-on-climate-energy-legislation.php?ref=dcblt

IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS

Beginning of the end of mountaintop removal?

Appalachians hail EPA

Universal Health Care

For the Firebaggers, from the Firebaggers

Getting a Public Option:

Momentum had been building to reintroduce the government-run plan. Over 40 senators have endorsed a letter sponsored by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) that called for senators to pass the public option using the budget reconciliation process.

But the number of senators who backed the plan falls short of the 50 needed to pass the package, assuming Vice President Joe Biden votes to break a tie.

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), a public option supporter, said last week that he will push for a public option in a separate bill should it not be included in the current legislation.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) removed the public option from the Senate’s bill in December because he could not attract enough centrist [MY EDIT: CONSERVADEM]support for the overhaul with it included.

Pelosi gave solace to supporters of the public option, saying that its intent will largely be fulfilled with other provisions in the bill.

“While it may not have a public option, we have a purpose of the public option served by the exchanges” and other reforms, she said.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/86447-pelosi-public-option-will-not-be-in-health-bill

The five most promising cost controls in the health-care bill

Re: HCR

Until Medical Bills Do Us Part

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/opinion/30kristof.html

Health care reform does not increase premiums and boot people out of their coverage

http://newstrust.net/stories/987634/toolbar?ref=hp

Perino claims the public “rejected” the public option; polling shows otherwise

http://newstrust.net/stories/987634/toolbar?ref=hp

Re: Filibuster, Nuclear Option

Smith ignores Fox’s role in perpetuating “nuclear option” falsehood

http://newstrust.net/stories/987634/toolbar?ref=hp

How did media cover GOP’s 2003 use of reconciliation? They didn’t

http://newstrust.net/stories/987634/toolbar?ref=hp

Re: Stimulus

Quick Fact: Beck advances myth that stimulus bill is not working

http://newstrust.net/stories/987634/toolbar?ref=hp

Hypocrisy Alert: 91 House Republicans Take Credit for the Economic Bills They Opposed

http://newstrust.net/stories/987634/toolbar?ref=hp

They voted against the Recovery Act, attacked it… then took credit for projects in their districts. They’re Highway Hypocrites.

http://newstrust.net/stories/987634/toolbar?ref=hp

Full Clip: Bullet Points For Stimulus & Health Care Water Cooler Wars

http://newstrust.net/stories/987634/toolbar?ref=hp

Re HCR

[from David Plouffe] We’ve put together a simple summary of the President’s proposal, a fact sheet to show friends and co-workers how the plan will specifically help them, posters to display, Facebook notes to post, and much more. Please download the fliers and posters below, and make sure everyone in your community sees the facts about reform.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/finalmarch-day1?email=felice.bachrach%40gmail.com

RE: HCR

Overview of the President’s Proposal

http://www.whitehouse.gov/health-care-meeting/proposal/whatsnew/overview

Obama Plan and Differences Between House And Senate Legislation

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/02/22/obama-health-plan/

Highlights of Obama’s health care proposal

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/22/health.care.details/index.html