Thursday, December 29, 2011

Nice Sale

Jobs for 50,000 due to the plane sale by Boeing to Saudi Arabia.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Save Democracy

Support the proposed constitutional amendment which declares that corporations do not have an individual's rights.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Monday, October 17, 2011

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Rating Question

What rating does Standard & Poors give themselves for their performance?

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Building Bacllinks

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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Polarization Effects

Polarization in political thinking has driven out common sense. It is distressing to converse with someone in a polarized condition. It is easy to badger the other party if they go for the bait. This type of conversation is amusing but has no positive effects. I wonder what could lead us towards more common sense in our thinking. I hope it does not take a recession to do it.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Setting Value

The sale of items sets a price and an indication of value. There are many factors which enter into the decision to accept a certain price for a particular item.

If you are trying to engage in commerce and make some profit you will have to consider the factors involved.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

US Politics-Its Time

Its time for sanity in our politics. Lets find solutions for our problems. The barking back and forth by the parties is getting tiresome.

Could we find a country that is successful and copy their policies?

Monday, July 11, 2011

Do AS I Say

Pay your bills on time!

Monday, July 4, 2011

Suggestion For Government

Raise the debt limit.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Squash Harvest

Monday, June 6, 2011

Whats Good For The Goose

ner Foreclosures on Bank of America (Yes, You Heard That Right)

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By TARA-NICHOLLE NELSON – Mon Jun 6, 4:50 pm ET

In a modern-day evocation of David's slingshot triumph over Goliath, a couple of foreclosed homeowners in Naples, Florida reportedly foreclosed on a Bank of America branch last week, their attorney actually having moving trucks pull up in front of a Naples branch to execute a foreclosure judgment against the bank.

What must have seemed to observers like a scene out of a parallel universe - you can see some video here - was actually the fair and logical conclusion to a situation which, the court had ruled, had an unfair and illogical start. In 2009, retired police officer Warren Nyerges and his wife, Maureen Collier, paid $165,000 cash for their 2,700 square foot home in the Golden Gate Estates subdivision, and never took a mortgage out on it. So imagine their surprise when, in Februrary of 2010, Bank of America initiated foreclosure proceedings against them. The Nyerges hired an attorney, Todd Allen, to defend them against the wrongful foreclosure, and the Bank eventually abandoned the matter.

But not before the Nyerges incurred $2,534 in attorney's fees, which they requested informally from Bank of America multiple times before resorting to the courts, which ordered the bank to make the couple whole. When B of A still had not paid the judgment after five months of phone calls and letter writing by Allen and the Nyerges to the bank insisting that the court order be obeyed, Allen took the next step in the legal collection process, obtaining an order of foreclosure against the bank. (See The Best Blogs of 2011)

"They've ignored our calls, ignored our letters, legally this is the next step to get my clients compensated," Allen stated during an interview with CBS News.

Allen then reported to a local branch of the bank with sheriff's deputies, who he instructed to remove cash from the tellers' drawers, furniture, computers and other property. Approximately one hour later, the Naples News reports, the bank manager produced a check for $5,772.88 to satisfy Allen's fees and additional costs.

"We apologize to Mr. Nyerges that there was a delay in receiving the funds," read the bank's written statement to the Naples News. "The original request went to an outside attorney who is no longer in business."

Some might say all's well that ends well in this scenario, seeing as the Nyerges got their home, Allen got his fees and the bank got its come-uppance. But there are deeper implications to every one of these foreclosure foul-up horror stories we read about, and even those we don't. The finger-pointing to outside attorneys seems reminiscent of the banks' excuse for the robo-signing scandal that broke last fall, and just as flimsy: the fact that a bank has lots of foreclosures to process and hires an overworked, underqualified or otherwise not-up-to-the-job professional to do it does not justify the nonchalance with which documents and properties of such gravitas were treated. The similarity didn't escape Allen, who told CBS News "this is a symptom of a larger problem." (Foreclosure Watch: It's Not as Bad as You Think)

Further, these excuses also doesn't stand up to snuff: I've pointed out before that in transactions with far less monetary significance than foreclosure (and far greater frequency), banks get it right, almost every single time. Just think: when was the last time you got an extra $20 bill at the ATM? I've never yet met someone who could remember such a time. Similarly, while one or even several of the Nyerges' efforts to get B of A to pay the court judgment might have gone to the defunct lawyer's office, the Nyerges say they actually submitted their pleas directly to the bank, multiple times, to no avail: "I talked to branch managers, I called anyone who would listen to me," the couple told the Naples News. "And I wrote a certified letter to the president (of the bank). No response, nothing." (See the Top 9 Successful Ex-Playboy Bunnies)

And all these instances - from the robo-signing news to the refusal to pay this judgment, may contribute to the depression of home values, with just a few degrees of separation. A survey last year found that the robo-signing scandal caused American adults to trust the banks less. Not surprising, but perhaps this is: a study by professors at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago recently found that the vast majority of homeowners, even those with negative equity, would rather keep their homes than strategically default on them. However, "people who are angrier about the current economic situation are more willing to express their willingness to default, as are people who trust banks less."

To be fair, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's sweeping investigation into the robo-signing scandal concluded that only a small number of foreclosures actually took place wrongfully, and that even those were only wrongful because of an intervening law or event (like a bankruptcy filing by the homeowners), not because the mortgage payments weren't actually delinquent.

But if ever there was a business argument for the banks to get their procedures and processes together when it comes to foreclosure and cleaning up the messes created by the few, truly wrongful foreclosures which, like the Nyerges' case, will get widespread notoriety and further tear down consumer trust in the banks, it might be contained in these three simple statements. Less trust, more walk aways. More walk aways, more foreclosures. More foreclosures, lower home values. Enough said? We'll see.

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

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Jennifer Aniston Appears Topless In New Smartwater Ad

Jun. 3 2011 - 10:49 am | 45,259 views | 1 recommendation | 8 comments

Back in March Smartwater combined the power of celebrity, sex and new media savvy with its “Jennifer Aniston Sex Tape” video, which has racked up more than 9 million views on YouTube to date.

In one of Smartwater’s new print ads, Aniston appears topless. “Sex sells” might be one of the most well-worn clichés in advertising – but, like it or not, some clichés are well-worn for a reason, because they work.

Gratuitous? Of course – you wouldn’t have to “go there” to sell water. But bottled water is also a category where brand really does matter a great deal – because there’s little to be had in the way of tangible benefits, and therefor little is expected. For Smartwater, the name of the game is to be top-of mind at point of purchase. To that end, edgy print ads and videos featuring a beautiful celebrity are likely to deliver.

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