What to Look for in a Credit Counselor
If you’re struggling to pay all your bills and have a lot of debt, you may need some help with your money management skills ... Organizations Act credit counselors may not misrepresent their services, encourage you to make false ... contract that outlines the terms of payment, total amount of payments to the credit repair agency [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 18:32:26
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2008 Year in Review - A Look Back (1 of 3)
What follows are excerpts of posts from 2008. It was a busy year.George Bush and Karl Rove were masters of politics and the two stooges of policy, a frightening reminder that voters can be easier to seduce than reality.-----------Why not build the Escher Expressway – build all roads to slope downhill as a means to improve gas mileage? [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 07:53:00
Blocking, Tackling & Running: Leveraging a Crisis Into Real Change
There's a fairly well known cartoon of two scientists working out a problem on a chalkboard covered with complex equations and down in the circle is a little circle with the key step inserted in small print - "and then a miracle occurs". Wouldn't it be nice if we could take the same short-cut to fixing the horrendous shopping list of significant [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 20:07:11
Anything Goes Since Winning Is Foreign!
Apparently Hamas is beginnng to realize they are in deep doo doo! To date, Hamas has failed to accomplish much by way of effective international pressure. A few miscreant led rallies, the usual bashing from certain U.N.nations but nothing has actually deterred Israel from again doing the world a favor and even Gazan Palestinians - though that is a [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 01:55:00
The road ahead for the U.S. economy
This was just put out by the Treasury department and is definitely worth a read as it gives an excellent overview of how the economy got into crisis ... system. Before we acted, we were at a tipping point. Credit markets were largely frozen, denying financial institutions, businesses and consumers access to vital funding and credit. U.S. and European [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 19:11:02
Guest Commentary: If We Don't Learn from History. . .
By Marilyn Barnewall To whom should we listen about banking, the stock market, the economy? There are so many differing analyses right now, it is difficult to know. One opinion is that Wall Street is sitting on $50 plus trillion in leveraged assets and the United States government has a $5 to $6 trillion gross domestic product ( [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 09:15:20
Media Musts To Wrap Up “All Things Girl” Week (Part One)
To whittle down to a handful of ‘media musts’ for our grand finale of ‘All Things Girl’ week has been hard, so I’m going to try to shine the spotlight on some lesser known, deserving Offerings and invitations to be a part of some incredible communities taking steps toward the vision of self-actualization, hope, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 23:44:06
Recognizing a Credit Repair Scam
by David Wada Everyday, companies target consumers who have poor credit histories with promises to clean up their credit report so they can get a ... and someone else has your money. If you see a credit repair offer, heres how to tell if the company behind it is up to no good: * Before they provide any credit repair services, the company wants [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 06:24:58
Identify Credit Repair Scam in 6 Ways!!
by David Wada Everyday, companies target consumers who have poor credit histories with promises to clean up their credit report so they can get a ... and someone else has your money. If you see a credit repair offer, heres how to tell if the company behind it is up to no good: * The company wants you to pay for credit repair services before [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 06:23:45
Credit Repair Agencies - is it a scam ?
It is important to have a good credit history in difficult economy. It is especially important if you are buying or refinancing a house ... services before they provide any services. Under the Credit Repair Organizations Act, credit repair ... ? Do they really repair your bad credit? Well, a simple answer to these questions is – they cannot [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 03:36:53
Off Label Use of HGH to Treat Tendon and Ligament Injuries Remains Illegal
Dr. Richard Rydze is a vocal advocate of the use of recombinant human growth hormone (rHGH) for the treatment of tendon and ligament injuries. Dr ... with performance-enhancing drugs and the legal restrictions on legitimate medical research by anti ... had purchased $150,000 worth of HGH and anabolic steroids from Signature Pharmacy with his credit card [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 08:33:55
First Draft Of Stimulus Package
SUMMARY: AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT Action and Action Now! The economy is in a crisis not seen since the Great Depression. Credit is frozen, consumer purchasing power is in decline, in the last four months the country has lost 2 million jobs and we are expected to lose another 3 to 5 million in the next year [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 23:03:30
Fed Talk "Slaves 'R' Us"
Bernanke: More bank bailouts neededNEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that President-elect Barack Obama's proposed fiscal stimulus package could help the economy, but he added that additional bailouts of financial institutions may also be needed to bring about a sustained economic recovery [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 17:12:00
Debt Rattle, November 18 2008: He'll Have To Go
John B. Trevor The Century Ahead 1921 Trevor family trip through western United States Ilargi: ... for the first time, somewhere in southern (?!) Ontario where Stoneleigh will sternly lecture the crowds ... to no more than an exceedingly bad soap opera. This charade is starting to seriously undermine [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 19:44:54
Savor The Victory, Get Right To Work
It has been a week and a half now since Barack Obama became president of the elect of the United States, but some socialist groups are taking their time to come up with an analysis of the event.This is the analysis of the National Executive Committee of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization/Organizacion Socialista del Camino para Libertad [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 14:59:00
11 July SWJ News, Op-Ed, and Events Roundup
IRAQ Turks Visit, Regional Warming Trend - Tavernese and Robertson, New York Times Turkey’s prime minister visited Baghdad on Thursday, only the second foreign head of a neighboring state to visit Iraq since the American invasion. The visit of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan came during a flurry of announcements from Arab countries - including [more...]
Date: 2008-07-11 00:34:15
Credit Repair - fast credit repair
by Daniel Fox The majority of Americans have errors and other unverifiable information on their credit reports that could be dragging down their ... to suffer with an unfair credit score because you will do nothing to repair your credit. Most Americans ... t. Your creditors report information, the credit bureaus record it, and for most people, the story [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 10:00:47
Will Credit Repair Enhance Your Plunging Credit Score?
As lending rules get stricter by the day, an increasing number of consumers are desperately looking for ways to improve their credit ratings ... , then you’ll most likely need credit repair. Today, the phenomenal growth of the credit repair ... scores. Credit repair professionals help push up their clients’ credit rankings by promptly [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 07:00:23
Nations Top Firearms Salesman Announced
Nations Top Firearms Salesman Announced on the eve before the opening of this years SHOT Show in Orlando Florida ... of business slumps that have befallen the automotive and housing industries. It’s credit where credit is due. Mr. Obama has consistently voted against individual rights to firearms, appointed a re [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 11:57:24
Types of insurance
.fullpost{display:inline;}Any risk that can be quantified can potentially be insured. Specific kinds of risk that may give rise to claims are known as "perils". An insurance policy will set out in detail which perils are covered by the policy and which are not. Below are (non-exhaustive) lists of the many different types of insurance that exist [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 19:45:00
52 Ways That You Can Change Your Life for the Better in 2009
Hi,I get Health & Wellness for Life Remedy magazine in the mail and I liked this article. This is about love, family, health, work & money. I like this resource http://www.remedylife.com/By Kalia Doner (REMEDY Winter 2008)Once a week, for a year, resolve to do something to improve your quality of life. Just make a ripple. You’ll reap the benefits [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 13:06:00
Is Self Credit Repair Worth It?
As anyone who has researched credit repair to any degree has heard, you absolutely have the right to repair your credit on your own. In fact, Dr ... when it comes to credit repair. You have probably also read that you can dispute the questionable negative ... your own credit is rarely as easy as it initially seems. On its surface, credit repair seems [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 20:01:41
Paulson Translated
After listening to and reading the text from Paulson’s speech this morning, ... at a tipping point. Credit markets were largely frozen, denying financial institutions, businesses and consumers access to vital funding and credit. He uses past tense verbs, but I’m not sure [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 03:56:07
Paulson Translated
After listening to and reading the text from Paulson’s speech this morning, ... at a tipping point. Credit markets were largely frozen, denying financial institutions, businesses and consumers access to vital funding and credit. He uses past tense verbs, but I’m not sure [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 04:08:18
Women’s Festival Monthly Dec. Edition
Welcome to the December 21, 2008 edition of women’s festival. Linda W. presents Recognizing Verbal Abuse in Relationships posted at The Eclectic Female, saying, “Words can hurt, and it is important to recognize when verbal abuse occurs.” Amy @ The Q Family presents Get out and enjoy free admission in Atlanta posted at The Q Family [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 18:00:43
From the FIRE Coalition on illegal immigrants to the US
Will our country remain a sovereign United States of America or become another Latin American state?We are reaching the tipping point in this fight for our country, especially in terms of demographic shift, and while we do not have the resources of the opposition, we still have the numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 01:40:00
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited Takes Delivery of Capesize Newbuilding
Technorati Tags: Baltic Dry Index,Baltic Dry Indices,Ship Chartering,Shipchartering,Voyage Fixtures,Time Charter Fixtures,Panamax,Capesize,Handymax, ... has drawn upon its 10-year, $1.4 billion revolving credit facility to finance the remaining balance ... credit facility as well as cash flow from operations to fund these acquisitions.The following table [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 08:10:00
Barack Obama: The Outdoor Wire's "Gun Salesman of the Year"
By Jim Shepherd In recognition of the unprecedented demand for firearms by nervous consumers, ... the automotive and housing industries. It's credit where credit is due. Mr. Obama has consistently ... when a gentleman came and said he'd never wanted to own a gun before, but wanted to get one while [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 05:10:00
Using A Consumer Credit Repair Service
by William Blake Good credit is important and if you have bad credit you know it is necessary to take steps to repair it ... of a professional. Consumer credit repair services, whether they offer their services free of charge or they require that you pay a fee, can really help you get your credit back on track. A credit repair [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 23:45:32
Are You Tired of Searching for A Perfect Credit Repair Service?
by David Wada 1) According to the latest figures, the average American has a credit score of 677 ... and obligations. The Credit Repair Organizations Act guarantees that credit repair organizations must give ... often wonder if credit repair really works, and the short answer is , “Yes, definitely.” The U.S. Public [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 03:17:44
Beware of Credit Repair Firms: But Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater
Most of the credit repair, TILA audit, Loan mod etc firms are incompetent, perhaps dishonest, and definitely misleading. BUT SOME ARE ON THE LEVEL ... , and other accurate information from consumers’ credit histories. Under the Credit Repair Organizations Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act, credit repair firms are forbidden from promising to [more...]
Date: 2008-11-16 15:26:24
Memo to the President-elect on Energy Realism and the Green New Deal
Memo to the President-elect on Energy Realism and the Green New DealExecutive SummaryOur continued national dependence on fossil fuels is creating a crippling vulnerability to both long-term fuel scarcity and catastrophic climate change.The current economic crisis requires substantial national policy shifts and enormous new government injections [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 00:22:00
Outdoor Wire Names Obama “Gun Salesman of the Year”
In recognition of the unprecedented demand for firearms by nervous consumers, ... the automotive and housing industries. It’s credit where credit is due. Mr. Obama has consistently ... . For December 2008 the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) recorded a twenty [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 01:22:18
Bike Week 2008
Bicycling can make you healthy and hot… er… hotter. Bicycling with even light effort (10-12 miles per hour) burns 400-500 calories an hour. To shape her legs for the Miss Universe competition, Miss Korea, Lee Ji-seon, started getting her workouts on a bicycle. Apparently, Miss Universe 2007, Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico, is of a similar mind [more...]
Date: 2008-06-13 12:28:36
Friday Digest - Vol. 09 No. 02
Friday Digest — Vol. 09 No. 0216 January 2009THE FOUNDATION"We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency of the times [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 17:15:00
Danger Signs of Bad Credit Repair Companies
By: John Rasor If you are considering legitimate credit repair and restoration, then good for you ... Organizations Act state that credit restoration companies cannot charge you fees until after they’ve completed ... out there that promise ridiculous results. Beware of credit repair companies that ask you to pay [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 19:35:54
"US Banksters Flip Flop On Bailout Rationale"
... expansion of the program into the markets that provide support for credit card debt, auto loans and student loans.Paulson said 40 percent of U.S. consumer credit is provided through selling securities [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 23:52:00
When in Doubt: COMPLAIN. The new Rx for 2009.
» More Fearmongering in San Francisco A New Year's Day Letter To All My Cyber Friends 01/05/2009: New year = New mindset. I haven't been around. I've neglected and ignored my myspa Posetd by: huggamira» More Finance WWGCA: What Would God Complain About? 9 hours ago: SUBTITLE: The Analysis or (more likely) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 15:42:24
Credit Scams: Part 2 - Different Credit Repair Scams and False Claims
This is part two of two part guest post from Debt Lead, who has a debt consolidation website by Kimberly Credit Counseling. If you’ve missed part one on credit reports, click here. The credit repair scam artists ... credit repair scams that are circulating newspapers, television, magazines and radio. Credit [more...]
Date: 2008-06-20 15:30:42
Millions at risk of foreclosure fraud
Angela Carter outside the Chicago home she may lose because, she says, she fell for a foreclosure rescue scam. ( ... . The problem is so bad that in Portland, Ore., local police now automatically send a letter [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 09:00:00
Redland, the Wades, and the armies of compassion: Part 5 ... by gimleteye
.fullpost{display:inline;}"It is a joy to be here with members of the armies of compassion ... performed most poorly at places where the pressure of growth was most intense. Not once has The Miami Herald or other media in Miami, for instance, featured the volunteerism that has operated [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 17:57:00
Learn 5 Credit Repair Tips to Avoid Being Scammed
by David Wada 1) The latest figures show that an average American has a credit score of 677 ... Reporting Act. 4) Also, the credit repair organizations must give you a copy of the “Consumer Credit File ... have never heard of The Fair Credit Reporting Act that guarantees the credit repair process [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 03:17:32
Recognizing a Credit Repair Scam
by David Wada Companies target consumers with poor credit histories all the time, ... a credit repair offer, here’s 6 simple ways to tell if the company behind it is up to no good: * The company wants you to pay for credit repair services before they provide any services. Under the Credit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 04:06:09
Credit Repair - fast credit repair
by Daniel Fox So why is it that, though everyone has the right to dispute the negative items in their credit reports, very few people do? ... t. Your creditors report information, the credit bureaus record it, and for most people, the story ends there.The ... t. Your creditors report information, the credit bureaus record [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 10:06:40
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks
Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 19:05:51
Choosing a Credit Repair Company
Selecting a credit repair company to help you improve your credit score is a big decision. A typical credit repair service will cost you a few hundred dollars and will take up to a year to complete their service. Choosing the wrong credit repair company can end up wasting money [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 18:23:12
Repairing Your Credit Score: To Pay or Not to Pay
Repairing Your Credit Score: To Pay or Not to Pay There are tons of advertisements on television, online, ... and in print that showcase companies ready, willing, and able to hammer repair your credit score ... Reporting Act does not allow anyone to remove information from a credit report but does permit [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 00:13:03
Company Made False Claims About Its Credit Repair Services
December 23, 2008 FTC Press Release: Credit “Repair” Company Agrees to Settle FTC Charges; ... . The defendants are also prohibited from violating the Fair Credit Practices Act and the FTC’s Disposal Rule ... Company Made False Claims About Its Credit Repair Services A credit repair company that lured [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 21:04:11
FTC Helps With Your New Years Resolution to Manage Debt
Information from the Federal Trade Commission to Help You Manage Debt: Knee Deep in Debt Having trouble paying your bills? ... , consider these options: realistic budgeting, credit counseling from a reputable organization, debt [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 17:45:34
Dec. 12, 2008 HPI Daily Wire
BUSH WEIGHS USING TARP FUNDS: CNN is reporting that the White House will now consider using TARP funds ... s not going to be a pleasant sight.” Mr. Reid added: “This is going to be a very, very bad Christmas [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 14:25:26
