First, let's address and acknowledge the facts ...
Across America foreclosure prevention and loan modification companies popped up like weeds once the rip off artists learned there was easy money to be made by preying on the misfortunes of others ..It's a sad reality but, it's fact.
Secondly, we as consumers need to clearly understand that not all of these companies / individuals are crooks! There are just as many (if not more) honest, ethical, legitimate professionals out here offering distressed homeowners genuine services - I know this because I am one of them, and I've NEVER cheated anyone in spite of being cheated by clients who refused to pay me for services rendered. Oh yes America, getting "burned" is a two way street only you never hear about it when we get cheated as there's no agencies we can complain to and / or report this crime..
Lately, there's been a lot of media coverage / publication regarding how no one should have to pay for professional help ..Nonsense! No one goes to work for free and certainly the banks / Government is not helping homeowners "free of charge" by any stretch of any one's imagination!
The banks, Government, and so called non profits are very well funded and compensated by OUR TAX DOLLARS for these alleged "free" services..so don't buy that lie! The truth is, "they" just don't like and / or want competition from the private sector! This is the reality and truth you will never be told or hear from the media ..
7.2 TRILLION (12 zero's) of OUR TAX DOLLARS are being passed around to banks and government sponsored "free" help agencies instead of being passed out to the tax payers who paid them and desperately need them given back!! Remember president Bush's "stimulus" checks? What a joke! I think I got around $400 bucks back after I paid in over $30k in tax's LOL .. I framed the check and hung it on my office wall as a joke!
Do the math ... there are approximately 300 million people in America - Divide 7.2 Trillion dollars by 300 million... That would give EVERY American approximately $2.4 million dollars each!! Do you think that would solve America's economic crisis? Damned right it would!
I'm digressing ...
All the media hype you see / hear is clearly being promoted (and paid for) by those who DON'T want to see all that money spread around and / or see America's people financially strong again .. Guess who these people might be...The banks? The Government? The Wall St. Power Brokers? The Federal Reserve? All of the above!
"HAMP Homeowner Bailout . . . money goes to banks, mostly
On November 30, Treasury finally began reporting how much it is actually paying out for foreclosure prevention to various banks and servicers (HAMP Incentive Payments 11-30-10). So far $728 million has been paid out to encourage mortgage modifications and prevent foreclosures. Of that total, less than $100 million has gone to homeowners. Nearly half the money was paid to servicers (mostly banks), and about 40% was paid to investors holding the mortgages (in many cases, banks). This relative trickle of homeowner bailout spending, one-tenth of one percent of the TARP bailout budget, turns out to end up mostly where the rest of TARP money ended up: going to the banks.
Meanwhile, the Congressional Oversight Panel's latest report finds that the Administration's foreclosure relief program has fallen woefully short of its targets, and concludes that the money set aside by Congress for homeowners may never get spent. The program's failure is partly due to bad program design, but also because Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, charged with administration and enforcement of the HAMP contracts with banks, have failed in their roles. Pacta sund servanda.
Posted by Alan White on Friday, December 17, 2010 "
The bottom line is if you need a professional, expect to pay them! No one works for free do they? You don't, why should a person helping you out of a very bad situation?
It's up to you as an intelligent consumer to due your due diligence on whom you hire and decide what saving your family home is worth to you... It's just that simple
The Federal Trade Commission now says that as of January 31st, NO ONE (except lawyers and banks) will be allowed to charge retainer fees for their services ..To me, this is pure insanity and nothing more than a cleverly disguised power grab ... Think about it, why should lawyers and banks be exempt? Are they more honest?
C'mon now..you're smarter than that aren't you? Honest lawyers and banks? In all fairness, I'm sure there are many but how many do you know personally and / or met in your lifetime?
http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/the-coming-collapse-of-the-u-s-dollar
Let's also consider who runs the Government / Congress ....Lawyers and Big Banks
http://www.economicpopulist.org/content/hamp-scam
Makes you wonder doesn't it?
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-29/mortgage-lenders-haven-t-gotten-what-s-due-them-ann-woolner.html
Since when do Americans allow themselves to be told what to do and / or who they can do it with?
Since when have "We the People" signed over our lives to politicians and greedy power brokers?
America, stop letting yourself be lied to and cheated ...
"We the People" should be free to hire anyone / anywhere to help us without interferance from any form of Government ..
Don't you agree?
The TRUTH is out here America!!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
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Friday, November 12, 2010
Better Business Bureau: Pay for Play? ABC Investigates
The Better Business Bureau, one of the country's best known consumer watchdog groups, is being accused by business owners of running a "pay for play" scheme in which A plus ratings are awarded to those who pay membership fees, and F ratings used to punish those who don't.
To prove the point, a group of Los Angeles business owners paid $425 to the Better Business Bureau and were able to obtain an A minus grade for a non-existent company called Hamas, named after the Middle Eastern terror group.
"Right now, this rating system is really unworthy of consumer trust or confidence," said Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal in an interview to be broadcast as part of an ABC News investigation airing tonight on 20/20.
In an official demand letter sent to the national headquarters of the Better Business Bureau Thursday, Blumenthal called on the BBB to stop using its grading system, which he said was "potentially harmful and misleading" to consumers.
"The BBB accreditation and the BBB ratings systems is not about generating money," said BBB national president and CEO Steve Cox. He said the A minus grade for Hamas was given in error. "Plain and simple, we made a mistake," Cox told ABC News. Errors seem to abound at the Better Business Bureau.
As reported by an anonymous blogger the BBB also awarded an A minus rating to a non-existent sushi restaurant in Santa Ana, California and an A plus to a skinhead, neo-Nazi web site called Stormfront. Each listing cost $425. "They ran the credit card and within 12 hours they were an approved, accredited member," said the anonymous blogger, who runs a site called bbbroundup.com. "They're more interested in the money than their credibility," he said.
The BBB's Cox said the three listings were all mistakes made by sales people. "That's an inaccurate statement that business people are able to buy A's," Cox said. "We have more than 500,000 non-accredited businesses who have A ratings," he added. Yet, as part of the ABC News investigation, an ABC News producer with a camera was present as two small business owners in Los Angeles were told by Better Business Bureau tele-marketers that their grades of C could be raised to A plus if they paid $395 membership fees.
Terri Hartman, the manager of a Los Angeles antique fixtures store, Liz's Antique Hardware, was told only a payment could change her grade, based on one old complaint that had already been resolved. "So, if I don't pay, even though the complaint has been resolved, I still have a C rating?" Hartman then read off her credit card number and the next business day the C grade was replaced with an A plus, and the one complaint was wiped off the record.
In a second case, Carmen Tellez, the owner of a company that provides clowns for parties was also told she had to pay to fix her C- grade, based on a two-year old complaint that she says had already been resolved. The C minus became an A plus the very next day after she provided her credit card number for the $395 charge. "If I'm paying for a grade, then how are the customers supposed to really trust the Better Business Bureau?" she asked.
Cox said the examples provided by ABC News were violations of sales policy and not a standard way of doing business. "The BBB is not operating fraudulently," Cox said. In his demand letter to the BBB, the Connecticut attorney general said, "I am deeply concerned that certain BBB practices threaten its reputation and effectiveness as a reliable resource for consumers."
Allison Southwick, media relations manager for the BBB, said that the BBB had worked with Attorneys Geneal across the country, including Blumenthal, across the country to fight fraud. "We disagree with his characterization that BBB does not adequately disclose the fact that Accredited Businesses financially support BBB," said Southwick. "However, we are always interested in hearing from our partners in consumer advocacy and are pleased to accept constructive feedback from his office and other consumer advocates." "We have made good progress in working with his office on these issues, and anticipate that we will satisfactorily address his concerns," said Southwick.
Better Business Bureau Grading System The Better Business Bureau, a non-profit group that began 98 years ago, instituted its A plus through F grading system just two years ago, replacing a "satisfactory/unsatisfactory" ratings system.
Critics say the BBB has used the new grading system as part of an extensive tele-marketing campaign to increase membership and revenue. An ABC NEWS examination of filings with the federal government revealed that at least 25 of the Better Business Bureau's top officers had salaries in excess of $100,000. The head of the Los Angeles Better Business Bureau, William Mitchell, was paid more than $400,000, according to the Better business Bureau.
"I think the Better Business Bureau changed course and lost its way by adopting a system of pay to play that maybe enhanced its revenues but also greatly diminished its credibility and honesty," said attorney general Blumenthal, who was elected to the United States Senate from Connecticut last week. "It's very troubling and it could be illegal because the failure to disclose to consumers could well be deceptive and misleading," he added. The ABC News investigation found numerous examples of well known companies that are not members of the Better Business Bureau being branded with F grades, often apparently based on scant evidence or a small number of complaints.
The five-star Ritz Carlton Hotel in Boston was given a F rating after only two complaints. "A million customers served, two complaints resulting in an F rating, seems to be somewhat unusual, to say the least, " hotel general manager Erwin Schinnerl told WCVB-TV in Boston.
Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck told ABC News that parts of his food and restaurant empire have received an F grade because he refused to pay to join the Better Business Bureau. "You know, if you become a member, you're sure to get an A, but if you don't pay, it's very difficult to get an A," said Puck, who has been a regular on the ABC News program "Good Morning America" since 1986. "I think where you have to join an organization to get a good grade is wrong," Puck said.
To prove the point, a group of Los Angeles business owners paid $425 to the Better Business Bureau and were able to obtain an A minus grade for a non-existent company called Hamas, named after the Middle Eastern terror group.
"Right now, this rating system is really unworthy of consumer trust or confidence," said Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal in an interview to be broadcast as part of an ABC News investigation airing tonight on 20/20.
In an official demand letter sent to the national headquarters of the Better Business Bureau Thursday, Blumenthal called on the BBB to stop using its grading system, which he said was "potentially harmful and misleading" to consumers.
"The BBB accreditation and the BBB ratings systems is not about generating money," said BBB national president and CEO Steve Cox. He said the A minus grade for Hamas was given in error. "Plain and simple, we made a mistake," Cox told ABC News. Errors seem to abound at the Better Business Bureau.
As reported by an anonymous blogger the BBB also awarded an A minus rating to a non-existent sushi restaurant in Santa Ana, California and an A plus to a skinhead, neo-Nazi web site called Stormfront. Each listing cost $425. "They ran the credit card and within 12 hours they were an approved, accredited member," said the anonymous blogger, who runs a site called bbbroundup.com. "They're more interested in the money than their credibility," he said.
The BBB's Cox said the three listings were all mistakes made by sales people. "That's an inaccurate statement that business people are able to buy A's," Cox said. "We have more than 500,000 non-accredited businesses who have A ratings," he added. Yet, as part of the ABC News investigation, an ABC News producer with a camera was present as two small business owners in Los Angeles were told by Better Business Bureau tele-marketers that their grades of C could be raised to A plus if they paid $395 membership fees.
Terri Hartman, the manager of a Los Angeles antique fixtures store, Liz's Antique Hardware, was told only a payment could change her grade, based on one old complaint that had already been resolved. "So, if I don't pay, even though the complaint has been resolved, I still have a C rating?" Hartman then read off her credit card number and the next business day the C grade was replaced with an A plus, and the one complaint was wiped off the record.
In a second case, Carmen Tellez, the owner of a company that provides clowns for parties was also told she had to pay to fix her C- grade, based on a two-year old complaint that she says had already been resolved. The C minus became an A plus the very next day after she provided her credit card number for the $395 charge. "If I'm paying for a grade, then how are the customers supposed to really trust the Better Business Bureau?" she asked.
Cox said the examples provided by ABC News were violations of sales policy and not a standard way of doing business. "The BBB is not operating fraudulently," Cox said. In his demand letter to the BBB, the Connecticut attorney general said, "I am deeply concerned that certain BBB practices threaten its reputation and effectiveness as a reliable resource for consumers."
Allison Southwick, media relations manager for the BBB, said that the BBB had worked with Attorneys Geneal across the country, including Blumenthal, across the country to fight fraud. "We disagree with his characterization that BBB does not adequately disclose the fact that Accredited Businesses financially support BBB," said Southwick. "However, we are always interested in hearing from our partners in consumer advocacy and are pleased to accept constructive feedback from his office and other consumer advocates." "We have made good progress in working with his office on these issues, and anticipate that we will satisfactorily address his concerns," said Southwick.
Better Business Bureau Grading System The Better Business Bureau, a non-profit group that began 98 years ago, instituted its A plus through F grading system just two years ago, replacing a "satisfactory/unsatisfactory" ratings system.
Critics say the BBB has used the new grading system as part of an extensive tele-marketing campaign to increase membership and revenue. An ABC NEWS examination of filings with the federal government revealed that at least 25 of the Better Business Bureau's top officers had salaries in excess of $100,000. The head of the Los Angeles Better Business Bureau, William Mitchell, was paid more than $400,000, according to the Better business Bureau.
"I think the Better Business Bureau changed course and lost its way by adopting a system of pay to play that maybe enhanced its revenues but also greatly diminished its credibility and honesty," said attorney general Blumenthal, who was elected to the United States Senate from Connecticut last week. "It's very troubling and it could be illegal because the failure to disclose to consumers could well be deceptive and misleading," he added. The ABC News investigation found numerous examples of well known companies that are not members of the Better Business Bureau being branded with F grades, often apparently based on scant evidence or a small number of complaints.
The five-star Ritz Carlton Hotel in Boston was given a F rating after only two complaints. "A million customers served, two complaints resulting in an F rating, seems to be somewhat unusual, to say the least, " hotel general manager Erwin Schinnerl told WCVB-TV in Boston.
Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck told ABC News that parts of his food and restaurant empire have received an F grade because he refused to pay to join the Better Business Bureau. "You know, if you become a member, you're sure to get an A, but if you don't pay, it's very difficult to get an A," said Puck, who has been a regular on the ABC News program "Good Morning America" since 1986. "I think where you have to join an organization to get a good grade is wrong," Puck said.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
51% are disqualified fro Mortgage Relief
Washington: 09/23/2010
More than half of all enrolled in Obama's flagship mortgage relief program have fallen out of the program!
As of August, approximately 680,000 homeowners who applied for help have (51%)have been disqualified - Hope and Change? Excuse me??
The treasury dept said this is up from the 48% reported in July ..
2.5 Million have have been lost to foreclosure since December 2007 with another 3.3 million projected to still be lost
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More than half of all enrolled in Obama's flagship mortgage relief program have fallen out of the program!
As of August, approximately 680,000 homeowners who applied for help have (51%)have been disqualified - Hope and Change? Excuse me??
The treasury dept said this is up from the 48% reported in July ..
2.5 Million have have been lost to foreclosure since December 2007 with another 3.3 million projected to still be lost
Obama, the Democrats, HAMP and "Hope and Change" are FAILURES and the FACTS prove it!
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Another Obama Nightmare
Did you know that if you sell your house after 2012 you will pay a 3.8% sales tax on it?
That's $3,800 on a $100,000 home etc.
When did this happen? It's in the healthcare bill. Just thought you should know. SALES TAX TO GO INTO EFFECT 2013 (Part of HC Bill)REAL ESTATE SALES TAX!
So, this is "change we can believe in"?
The bulk of these new taxes don't kick in until 2013 (presumably after obama's re-election).
America can thank Nancy, Harry and Barack and your local Democrat Congressman for this one.
This tax will ABSOLUTELY SCREW the retiring generation who often downsize their homes.
Hope & Change my ass! More like taxation without representation! Seems to me a war was fought over just such outrageous actions resulting in the the Declaration of Independence in 1776...
This type of political thievery / tyranny makes your November and 2012 votes much more important than ever before because if "We the People" don't stop these corrupt, illegal alien loving, anti-American politicians now, America's future seems dire ..
I'm sorry...you weren't aware this was in the obamacare bill? No surprise.. you aren't alone. There are very few members of Congress in the same boat because of their clandestine, midnight voting for bills they've never read!
The Patriot Act is another prime example of these "midnight meetings" .. You recall the "Patriot Act" right? The laws that strip Americans of their civil liberties and gives our Government almost absolute power of us?
Do you even know what letters in "Patriot" stand for? Here ya go:
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001
Doesn't sound very "patriotic" to me ...
Why am I writing this? BECAUSE AMERICA NEEDS TO WAKE THE HELL UP AND GET A CLUE, THAT'S WHY!
C'mon America ...
NOT Of,By, and For the Government!
Only "We the People" can reclaim / restore America back to the Country we knew as children ..A strong, fair, SAFE place where any / anyone could be anything they wanted to be provided they WORKED for it and EARNED it versus it being given to them because of their skin color or religions
That's $3,800 on a $100,000 home etc.
When did this happen? It's in the healthcare bill. Just thought you should know. SALES TAX TO GO INTO EFFECT 2013 (Part of HC Bill)REAL ESTATE SALES TAX!
So, this is "change we can believe in"?
The bulk of these new taxes don't kick in until 2013 (presumably after obama's re-election).
America can thank Nancy, Harry and Barack and your local Democrat Congressman for this one.
This tax will ABSOLUTELY SCREW the retiring generation who often downsize their homes.
Hope & Change my ass! More like taxation without representation! Seems to me a war was fought over just such outrageous actions resulting in the the Declaration of Independence in 1776...
This type of political thievery / tyranny makes your November and 2012 votes much more important than ever before because if "We the People" don't stop these corrupt, illegal alien loving, anti-American politicians now, America's future seems dire ..
I'm sorry...you weren't aware this was in the obamacare bill? No surprise.. you aren't alone. There are very few members of Congress in the same boat because of their clandestine, midnight voting for bills they've never read!
The Patriot Act is another prime example of these "midnight meetings" .. You recall the "Patriot Act" right? The laws that strip Americans of their civil liberties and gives our Government almost absolute power of us?
Do you even know what letters in "Patriot" stand for? Here ya go:
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001
Doesn't sound very "patriotic" to me ...
Why am I writing this? BECAUSE AMERICA NEEDS TO WAKE THE HELL UP AND GET A CLUE, THAT'S WHY!
C'mon America ...
- Enough of this politically correct garbage that's destroying the very foundations of our Nation ...
- Enough looking to the government to solve all of our troubles!
- Enough turning a blind eye to the illegal alien invasion flooding over our borders!
- Enough of allowing 545 people in D.C. to dictate the lives of America's 300 million LAWFUL citizens!
NOT Of,By, and For the Government!
Only "We the People" can reclaim / restore America back to the Country we knew as children ..A strong, fair, SAFE place where any / anyone could be anything they wanted to be provided they WORKED for it and EARNED it versus it being given to them because of their skin color or religions
Friday, September 17, 2010
George Carlin on Education
“They say we need more money for education. That’s the big answer to everything, education. They say we need more money for books, more teachers, more classrooms, more schools, and more testing for the kids, and they’ll say, well we tried all of that, and the kids still can’t pass the tests. Don’t worry about that, because we’re going to lower the passing grades, and that’s what they do in a lot of these schools. They lower the passing grades so more kids can pass – more kids pass, the school looks goods, and the IQ of the country slips another 2 or 3 points. And pretty soon all you’ll need to get into college is a pencil. Got a pencil? Then get in there, it’s physics!
Then people wonder why 17 other countries graduate more scientist than we do. Education – politicians use that word, they use it on you. Politicians have traditionally hidden behind 3 things: the flag, the bible, and children – no child left behind, no child left behind. Oh, really it wasn’t too long ago you were talking about giving children a head start. Head start – left behind, someone’s losing ground here, but there’s a reason. There’s a reason for this. There’s a reason education sucks, and it’s the same reason it’ll never ever be fixed – it’s never going to get any better, don’t look for it, be happy with what you got, because the owners of this country don’t want that. I’m talking about the real owners now. The wealthy big business interests that controls things, and makes all the important decisions.
Forget the politicians, they’re irrelevant. The politicians are put there to give you the idea you have freedom of choice – you don’t. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own, and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought, and payed for the senate, the congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets, and they own all the big media, so they control just about all the information you get. They got you by the balls. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying – lobbying, to get what they want.
Well we know what they want. They want more for themselves, and less for everybody else, but I’ll tell you what they don’t want – they don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that – that doesn’t help them. That’s against their interests. That’s right. They don’t want people that are smart enough to sit around a kitchen table, and think about how badly they’re getting screwed by a system that threw them overboard 30 fucking years ago. They don’t want that. You know what they want? Obedient workers – Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines, and do that paper work. And just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime, and vanishing pension that disappear the minute you go to collect it, and now they’re coming for your social security money. They want your retirement money. They want it back so they can give it to their criminal friends on Wall Street, and you know something? They’ll get it – they’ll get it all from you sooner or later cause they own this place. It’s a big club, and you aint in it. You, and I are not in The Big Club.
By the way, it’s the same big club they use to beat you over the head with all day long when they tell you what to believe. All day long beating you over the head with their media telling you what to believe, what to think, and what to buy.
The table has tilted folks. The game is rigged, and nobody seems to notice. Nobody seems to care. Good honest hard working people: white collar, blue collar it doesn’t matter what color shirt you have on. Good honest hard working people continue (these are people of modest being) – continue to elect these rich douchebags who don’t give a fuck about you. They don’t give a fuck about you – they don’t give a fuck about you. They don’t care about you at all – at all – at all, and nobody seems to notice. Nobody seems to care.
That’s what the owners counted on. The fact that Americans will probably remain willfully ignorant of the big red, white, and blue dick that’s being jammed up their assholes everyday, because the owners of this country know the truth. It’s called the American Dream cause you have to be asleep to believe it.” – George Carlin
Then people wonder why 17 other countries graduate more scientist than we do. Education – politicians use that word, they use it on you. Politicians have traditionally hidden behind 3 things: the flag, the bible, and children – no child left behind, no child left behind. Oh, really it wasn’t too long ago you were talking about giving children a head start. Head start – left behind, someone’s losing ground here, but there’s a reason. There’s a reason for this. There’s a reason education sucks, and it’s the same reason it’ll never ever be fixed – it’s never going to get any better, don’t look for it, be happy with what you got, because the owners of this country don’t want that. I’m talking about the real owners now. The wealthy big business interests that controls things, and makes all the important decisions.
Forget the politicians, they’re irrelevant. The politicians are put there to give you the idea you have freedom of choice – you don’t. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own, and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought, and payed for the senate, the congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets, and they own all the big media, so they control just about all the information you get. They got you by the balls. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying – lobbying, to get what they want.
Well we know what they want. They want more for themselves, and less for everybody else, but I’ll tell you what they don’t want – they don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that – that doesn’t help them. That’s against their interests. That’s right. They don’t want people that are smart enough to sit around a kitchen table, and think about how badly they’re getting screwed by a system that threw them overboard 30 fucking years ago. They don’t want that. You know what they want? Obedient workers – Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines, and do that paper work. And just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime, and vanishing pension that disappear the minute you go to collect it, and now they’re coming for your social security money. They want your retirement money. They want it back so they can give it to their criminal friends on Wall Street, and you know something? They’ll get it – they’ll get it all from you sooner or later cause they own this place. It’s a big club, and you aint in it. You, and I are not in The Big Club.
By the way, it’s the same big club they use to beat you over the head with all day long when they tell you what to believe. All day long beating you over the head with their media telling you what to believe, what to think, and what to buy.
The table has tilted folks. The game is rigged, and nobody seems to notice. Nobody seems to care. Good honest hard working people: white collar, blue collar it doesn’t matter what color shirt you have on. Good honest hard working people continue (these are people of modest being) – continue to elect these rich douchebags who don’t give a fuck about you. They don’t give a fuck about you – they don’t give a fuck about you. They don’t care about you at all – at all – at all, and nobody seems to notice. Nobody seems to care.
That’s what the owners counted on. The fact that Americans will probably remain willfully ignorant of the big red, white, and blue dick that’s being jammed up their assholes everyday, because the owners of this country know the truth. It’s called the American Dream cause you have to be asleep to believe it.” – George Carlin
Thursday, September 16, 2010
An idea whose time has come AND is LONG OVERDUE!
Governors of 35 states have already filed suit against the Federal Government for imposing unlawful burdens upon them. It only takes 38 (of the 50) States to convene a Constitutional Convention.
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For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed (such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment) while ordinary citizens must live under those laws.
The latest was to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform ... in all of its forms. Somehow, that doesn't seem logical. We are not supposed to have an elite that is above the law.
I truly don't care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever. The self-serving must stop. A Constitutional Convention is a good way to do that!
It is an idea whose time has come, and in this writers opinion, is FAR overdue!
With the advent of modern communication, the process can be moved along with incredible speed. There is talk out there that the "government" doesn't care what the people think which is absolutely irrelevant, as their personal opinions mean NOTHING versus those of "We the People"
It is incumbent on the (that's us by the way)population to address elected officials to the wrongs afflicted against the populace. Think about this...The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc.
Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.
I'm asking EVERY AMERICAN (illegals don't count!) forward this posting to a minimum of 20 (or more) people they know and in turn, ask them to do likewise.
In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message!!
This is one proposal that really should be passed around.Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:
"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States ."
"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases"
- Thomas Jefferson -
God Bless America and the Republic!
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For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed (such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment) while ordinary citizens must live under those laws.
The latest was to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform ... in all of its forms. Somehow, that doesn't seem logical. We are not supposed to have an elite that is above the law.
I truly don't care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever. The self-serving must stop. A Constitutional Convention is a good way to do that!
It is an idea whose time has come, and in this writers opinion, is FAR overdue!
With the advent of modern communication, the process can be moved along with incredible speed. There is talk out there that the "government" doesn't care what the people think which is absolutely irrelevant, as their personal opinions mean NOTHING versus those of "We the People"
It is incumbent on the (that's us by the way)population to address elected officials to the wrongs afflicted against the populace. Think about this...The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc.
Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.
I'm asking EVERY AMERICAN (illegals don't count!) forward this posting to a minimum of 20 (or more) people they know and in turn, ask them to do likewise.
In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message!!
This is one proposal that really should be passed around.Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:
"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States ."
"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases"
- Thomas Jefferson -
God Bless America and the Republic!
Friday, September 10, 2010
People are finding these bombs in mailboxes and in their yards
Sounds like something happening more up North but wouldn't be surprised to see it make its way across America~
This is terrifying and 100% TRUE!
The next time you see a bottle laying around think twice before you pick it up.
I checked the Snopes website and it is true. Pay attention to this.
1. a plastic bottle with a cap.
2. a little Drano.
3. a little water.
4. a small piece of foil.
5. Disturb it by moving it; and BOOM!!
6. No fingers left and other serious effects to your face, eyes, etc..
People are finding these bombs in mailboxes and in their yards, just waiting for you to pick it up intending to put it in the trash. But, you'll never make it!!!
It takes about 30 seconds to explode after you move the thing.
See "SNOPES" below....it's true. This happened ...April 27, as a matter of fact.http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/bottlebomb.asp
This message brought to you as a public safety advisory by Ed Benko & Genesis Credit Solutions, Inc.
www.GenesisCreditSolutions.net
This is terrifying and 100% TRUE!
The next time you see a bottle laying around think twice before you pick it up.
I checked the Snopes website and it is true. Pay attention to this.
1. a plastic bottle with a cap.
2. a little Drano.
3. a little water.
4. a small piece of foil.
5. Disturb it by moving it; and BOOM!!
6. No fingers left and other serious effects to your face, eyes, etc..
People are finding these bombs in mailboxes and in their yards, just waiting for you to pick it up intending to put it in the trash. But, you'll never make it!!!
It takes about 30 seconds to explode after you move the thing.
See "SNOPES" below....it's true. This happened ...April 27, as a matter of fact.http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/bottlebomb.asp
This message brought to you as a public safety advisory by Ed Benko & Genesis Credit Solutions, Inc.
www.GenesisCreditSolutions.net
Sunday, September 5, 2010
CAN MUSLIMS BE GOOD AMERICANS?
This is reposted from an email I recieved ...I leave any opinions to the discrestion of my readers but, it's certainly 'food-for-thought'.
This is very interesting and we all need to read it from start to finish. And send it on to everyone. Maybe this is why our American Muslims are so quiet and not speaking out about any atrocities.
Can a good Muslim be a good American?
This question was forwarded to a friend who worked in Saudi Arabia for 20 years.The following is his reply:
Call it what you wish it's still the truth. You had better believe it. The more who understand this, the better it will be for our country and our future. The religious war is bigger than we know or understand. ....
Footnote: The Muslims have said they will destroy us from within. SO FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.
This is very interesting and we all need to read it from start to finish. And send it on to everyone. Maybe this is why our American Muslims are so quiet and not speaking out about any atrocities.
Can a good Muslim be a good American?
This question was forwarded to a friend who worked in Saudi Arabia for 20 years.The following is his reply:
- Theologically? No. . . . Because his allegiance is to Allah, The moon god of Arabia .
- Religiously? No.. . . Because no other religion is accepted by His Allah except Islam . (Quran, 2:256)(Koran)
- Scripturally? No. . . Because his allegiance is to the five Pillars of Islam and the Quran.
- Geographically? No.. . Because his allegiance is to Mecca , to which he turns in prayer five times a day.
- Socially? No. . . Because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews .
- Politically? No.. . . Because he must submit to the mullahs (spiritual leaders), who teach annihilation of Israel and destruction of America , the great Satan.
- Domestically? No. .. . Because he is instructed to marry four Women and beat and scourge his wife when she disobeys him (Quran 4:34 )
- Intellectually? No. . Because he cannot accept the AmericanConstitution since it is based on Biblical principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt.
- Philosophically? No. . . . Because Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran does not allow freedom of religion and expression. Democracy and Islam cannot co-exist. Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.
- Spiritually? No.. . . Because when we declare 'one nation under God,' The Christian's God is loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to as Heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in the Quran's 99 excellent names.
Call it what you wish it's still the truth. You had better believe it. The more who understand this, the better it will be for our country and our future. The religious war is bigger than we know or understand. ....
Footnote: The Muslims have said they will destroy us from within. SO FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.
What the Media DIDN'T Tell America......
Edward "Ed" Mezvinsky, born January 17, 1937, is a former congressman. A Democrat, he represented Iowa's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms, from 1973 to 1977.
In March 2001, Mezvinsky was indicted and later pleaded guilty to 31 of 69 charges of bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud. Nearly $10 million was involved in the crimes.
Shortly after his indictment, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but the judge at his trial disallowed a mental illness defense.
After serving five years in federal prison, he was released in April 2008. He is expected to remain on federal probation until 2011, and owes substantial restitution to his victims. Who, exactly is "Ed" Mezvinsky?
He's Chelsea Clinton's new father-in-law.
Interesting that we saw nary a mention of this in any of the media hoopla eh?
Can we say "spin doctors?"
Wake up America!
www.GenesisCreditSolutions.net
In March 2001, Mezvinsky was indicted and later pleaded guilty to 31 of 69 charges of bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud. Nearly $10 million was involved in the crimes.
Shortly after his indictment, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but the judge at his trial disallowed a mental illness defense.
After serving five years in federal prison, he was released in April 2008. He is expected to remain on federal probation until 2011, and owes substantial restitution to his victims. Who, exactly is "Ed" Mezvinsky?
He's Chelsea Clinton's new father-in-law.
Interesting that we saw nary a mention of this in any of the media hoopla eh?
Can we say "spin doctors?"
Wake up America!
www.GenesisCreditSolutions.net
Friday, September 3, 2010
Illegal Immigration Costs U.S. tax payers $113 Billion a Year!!
Although this subject seems to have become "politically incorrect" (which boggles my mind) the facts are the facts and undeniable...
America is under siege! "We the People" need to stop being intimidated by false claims of racism and correctly identify / deal with this insult for what it is!!
The cost of harboring illegal immigrants in the United States is a staggering $113 billion a year!!
America owes these people NOTHING yet they now owe us EVERYTHING ...
It's time to say "enough is enough" and enforce our laws regardless of it being "unpopular"
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/02/immigration-costs-fair-amnesty-educations-costs-reform/
America is under siege! "We the People" need to stop being intimidated by false claims of racism and correctly identify / deal with this insult for what it is!!
The cost of harboring illegal immigrants in the United States is a staggering $113 billion a year!!
America owes these people NOTHING yet they now owe us EVERYTHING ...
It's time to say "enough is enough" and enforce our laws regardless of it being "unpopular"
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/02/immigration-costs-fair-amnesty-educations-costs-reform/
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Portrait of HAMP Failures
http://rortybomb.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/david-dayens-portrait-of-hamp-failures/
Very interesting coverage of HAMP's outrageous, shameful, and VERY EXPENSIVE Failure
HAMP is the President's "Home Affordable Modification Program" AKA Federal Train Wreck!
Very interesting coverage of HAMP's outrageous, shameful, and VERY EXPENSIVE Failure
HAMP is the President's "Home Affordable Modification Program" AKA Federal Train Wreck!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Credit Repair...Understanding the game
Credit repair is like a game of cat and mouse. Our job as credit repair experts is to know how, where, and when to set up, and spring the traps.
Credit Reporting Agencies, Collection Agencies, Banks and Credit Card companies get sued 1000's of time per year.
The majority of the lawsuits filed are born out of incompetenace, laziness, and neglect. The collection agencies, banks, credit reporting agencies and credit card companies consistently report inaccurate, unverifiable and outdated data. Reporting of inaccurate, outdated and unverifiable data is a violation of several laws and acts however, as they assume the public is to ignorant to know the law and their rights, and that there's no real agency "watch dogging" their actions, they simply do what they want and / or don't bother.
The FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act), FACTA (Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act), FCBA (Fair Credit Billing Act), HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act) all have consumer protections and special provisions that deal specifically with collection agencies, credit reporting agencies, original creditors and / or medical providers.
Credit Reporting Agencies, Collection Agencies, Banks and Credit Card companies get sued 1000's of time per year.
The majority of the lawsuits filed are born out of incompetenace, laziness, and neglect. The collection agencies, banks, credit reporting agencies and credit card companies consistently report inaccurate, unverifiable and outdated data. Reporting of inaccurate, outdated and unverifiable data is a violation of several laws and acts however, as they assume the public is to ignorant to know the law and their rights, and that there's no real agency "watch dogging" their actions, they simply do what they want and / or don't bother.
The FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act), FACTA (Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act), FCBA (Fair Credit Billing Act), HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act) all have consumer protections and special provisions that deal specifically with collection agencies, credit reporting agencies, original creditors and / or medical providers.
Understanding which of these numerous, complex laws apply to which situation is EXTREMELY important BUT also very confusing.
For example: If you were to send a letter to a collection agency stating that they have violated the "XYZ" consumer protection act and the must comply within "X" amount days or a formal complaint will be filed using an incorrect statute your dispute will be useless, and a waste of time, energy, and resources. This is a common error made by many so called "credit repair" professionals .. It's a sad reality but many of these credit repair, loan modification, debt consolidation companies hire inexperienced, unqualified sales people (who work for much less than a credentialed professional) to "sell" and work their files ..Like the credit agencies they pursue, they too are often lazy, incompetent, and motivated by profits ..
GCS, Inc., is staffed by only credentialed professionals, and makes it a point to understand the consumer protection sections of each of the aforementioned laws, and apply them effectively to maximize the benefits our clients seek, and need .
Don't misunderstand, mentioning laws and quoting statutes is very effective however, it can also be equally detrimental if not done / presented correctly. Obviously misquoting the law makes you look like an incompetent idiot, and sending form style letters is impersonal / unprofessional. Another major mistake constantly made by self professed credit "experts"..Mistakes that waste their clients time, and money. Both of which are unacceptable.
Another little know fact is that it cost’s the credit reporting bureaus money to have employee’s spend countless hours reviewing / addressing dispute letters ..The “Big 3” DOES NOT like the added expense's dispute letters bring, and do whatever they can to cut corners / minimize the time spent addressing them! The beauty of this is that their weakness now becomes our strentgh!
As professional credit advisors / credit repair experts, we understand the complexities of the credit dispute process and how use the credit reporting agencies incompetence to benefit our clients.
I hope you found information in this article useful. I will be posting more in the future that contain equally helpful information on a variety of topics related to credit repair, loan modification, debt consolidation, debt management.
Thank you
Edward J.Benko, Owner / CEO
GCS, Inc., is staffed by only credentialed professionals, and makes it a point to understand the consumer protection sections of each of the aforementioned laws, and apply them effectively to maximize the benefits our clients seek, and need .
Don't misunderstand, mentioning laws and quoting statutes is very effective however, it can also be equally detrimental if not done / presented correctly. Obviously misquoting the law makes you look like an incompetent idiot, and sending form style letters is impersonal / unprofessional. Another major mistake constantly made by self professed credit "experts"..Mistakes that waste their clients time, and money. Both of which are unacceptable.
Another little know fact is that it cost’s the credit reporting bureaus money to have employee’s spend countless hours reviewing / addressing dispute letters ..The “Big 3” DOES NOT like the added expense's dispute letters bring, and do whatever they can to cut corners / minimize the time spent addressing them! The beauty of this is that their weakness now becomes our strentgh!
As professional credit advisors / credit repair experts, we understand the complexities of the credit dispute process and how use the credit reporting agencies incompetence to benefit our clients.
I hope you found information in this article useful. I will be posting more in the future that contain equally helpful information on a variety of topics related to credit repair, loan modification, debt consolidation, debt management.
Thank you
Edward J.Benko, Owner / CEO
Genesis Credit Solutions, Inc.
License # MB100019240
800-364-1939 Toll Free Voice / Fax
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
The President Without A Country. By Pat Boone
I recieved this in an email today.... I thought it was worth sharing - Of course you're free to make your own decisions / judgments - In a FREE America, this is your God Given right .. In a muslim country, you would not have such liberties
The President Without A CountryBy Pat Boone
"We're no longer a Christian nation." - President barack obama, June 2009" America has been arrogant." - President barack obama"After 9/11, America didn't always live up to her ideals."- President barack obama"You might say that America is a Muslim nation."- President barack obama, Egypt 2009
Thinking about these and other statements made by the man who wears the title of president. I keep wondering what country he believes he's president of.
In one of my very favorite stories, Edward Everett Hale's "The Man without a Country," a young Army lieutenant named Philip Nolan stands condemned for treason during the Revolutionary War, having come under the influence of Aaron Burr. When the judge asks him if he wishes to say anything before sentence is passed, young Nolan defiantly exclaims, "Damn the United States ! I wish I might never hear of the United States again!"
The stunned silence in the courtroom is palpable, pulsing. After a long pause, the judge soberly says to the angry lieutenant: "You have just pronounced your own sentence. You will never hear of the United States again.. I sentence you to spend the rest of your life at sea, on one or another of this country's naval vessels - under strict orders that no one will ever speak to you again about the country you have just cursed."
And so it was. Philip Nolan was taken away and spent the next 40 years at sea, never hearing anything but an occasional slip of the tongue about America. The last few pages of the story, recounting Nolan's dying hours in his small stateroom - now turned into a shrine to the country he fore swore - never fail to bring me to tears. And I find my own love for this dream, this miracle called America , refreshed and renewed. I know how blessed and unique we are.
Reading and hearing the audacious, shocking statements of the man who was recently elected our president - a young black man living the impossible dream of millions of young Americans, past and present, black and white - I want to ask him, "Just what country do you think you're president of?"
You surely can't be referring to the United States of America, can you? America is emphatically a Christian nation, and has been from its inception! Seventy percent of her citizens identify themselves as Christian. The Declaration of Independence and our Constitution were framed, written and ratified by Christians. It's because this was, and is, a nation built on and guided by Judeo-Christian biblical principles that you, sir, have had the inestimable privilege of being elected her president.
You studied law at Harvard, didn't you, sir? You taught constitutional law in Chicago? Did you not ever read the statement of John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and an author of the landmark "Federalist Papers": " Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers - and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation - to select and prefer Christians for their rulers"?
In your studies, you surely must have read the decision of the Supreme Court in 1892: "Our lives and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian."
Did your professors have you skip over all the high-court decisions right up till the mid 1900's that echoed and reinforced these views and intentions? Did you pick up the history of American jurisprudence only in 1947, when for the first time a phrase coined by Thomas Jefferson about a "wall of separation between church and state" was used to deny some specific religious expression - contrary to Jefferson' s intent with that statement?
Or, wait a minute . were your ideas about America's Christianity formed during the 20 years you were a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ under your pastor, Jeremiah Wright? Is that where you got the idea that " America is no longer a Christian nation"?
Is this where you, even as you came to call yourself a Christian, formed the belief that "America has been arrogant"?
Even if that's the understandable explanation of your damning of your country and accusing the whole nation (not just a few military officials trying their best to keep more Americans from being murdered by jihadists) of "not always living up to her ideals," how did you come up with the ridiculous, alarming notion that we might be "considered a Muslim nation"?
Is it because there are some 2 million or more Muslims living here, trying to be good Americans? Out of a current population of over 300 million, 70 percent of whom are Christians? Does that make us, by any rational definition, a "Muslim nation"?
Why are we not, then, a "Chinese nation"? A "Korean nation"? Even a "Vietnamese nation"? There are even more of these distinct groups in America than Muslims. And if the distinction you're trying to make is a religious one, why is America not "a Jewish nation"? There's actually a case to be made for the latter, because our Constitution - and the success of our Revolution and founding - owe a deep debt to our Jewish brothers.
Have you stopped to think what an actual Muslim America would be like? Have you ever really spent much time in Iran? Even in Egypt? You, having been instructed in Islam as a kid at a Muslim school in Indonesia and saying you still love the call to evening prayers, can surely picture our nation founded on the Quran, not the Judeo-Christian Bible, and living under Shariah law. Can't you? You do recall Muhammad's directives [Surah 9:5,73] to "break the cross" and "kill the infidel"?
It seems increasingly and painfully obvious that you are more influenced by your upbringing and questionable education than most suspected.. If you consider yourself the president of a people who are "no longer Christian," who have "failed to live up to our ideals," who "have been arrogant," and might even be "considered Muslim" - you are president of a country most Americans don't recognize.
Could it be you are a president without a, and should not have a Country?
Makes ya wonder eh?
The President Without A CountryBy Pat Boone
"We're no longer a Christian nation." - President barack obama, June 2009" America has been arrogant." - President barack obama"After 9/11, America didn't always live up to her ideals."- President barack obama"You might say that America is a Muslim nation."- President barack obama, Egypt 2009
Thinking about these and other statements made by the man who wears the title of president. I keep wondering what country he believes he's president of.
In one of my very favorite stories, Edward Everett Hale's "The Man without a Country," a young Army lieutenant named Philip Nolan stands condemned for treason during the Revolutionary War, having come under the influence of Aaron Burr. When the judge asks him if he wishes to say anything before sentence is passed, young Nolan defiantly exclaims, "Damn the United States ! I wish I might never hear of the United States again!"
The stunned silence in the courtroom is palpable, pulsing. After a long pause, the judge soberly says to the angry lieutenant: "You have just pronounced your own sentence. You will never hear of the United States again.. I sentence you to spend the rest of your life at sea, on one or another of this country's naval vessels - under strict orders that no one will ever speak to you again about the country you have just cursed."
And so it was. Philip Nolan was taken away and spent the next 40 years at sea, never hearing anything but an occasional slip of the tongue about America. The last few pages of the story, recounting Nolan's dying hours in his small stateroom - now turned into a shrine to the country he fore swore - never fail to bring me to tears. And I find my own love for this dream, this miracle called America , refreshed and renewed. I know how blessed and unique we are.
Reading and hearing the audacious, shocking statements of the man who was recently elected our president - a young black man living the impossible dream of millions of young Americans, past and present, black and white - I want to ask him, "Just what country do you think you're president of?"
You surely can't be referring to the United States of America, can you? America is emphatically a Christian nation, and has been from its inception! Seventy percent of her citizens identify themselves as Christian. The Declaration of Independence and our Constitution were framed, written and ratified by Christians. It's because this was, and is, a nation built on and guided by Judeo-Christian biblical principles that you, sir, have had the inestimable privilege of being elected her president.
You studied law at Harvard, didn't you, sir? You taught constitutional law in Chicago? Did you not ever read the statement of John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and an author of the landmark "Federalist Papers": " Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers - and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation - to select and prefer Christians for their rulers"?
In your studies, you surely must have read the decision of the Supreme Court in 1892: "Our lives and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian."
Did your professors have you skip over all the high-court decisions right up till the mid 1900's that echoed and reinforced these views and intentions? Did you pick up the history of American jurisprudence only in 1947, when for the first time a phrase coined by Thomas Jefferson about a "wall of separation between church and state" was used to deny some specific religious expression - contrary to Jefferson' s intent with that statement?
Or, wait a minute . were your ideas about America's Christianity formed during the 20 years you were a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ under your pastor, Jeremiah Wright? Is that where you got the idea that " America is no longer a Christian nation"?
Is this where you, even as you came to call yourself a Christian, formed the belief that "America has been arrogant"?
Even if that's the understandable explanation of your damning of your country and accusing the whole nation (not just a few military officials trying their best to keep more Americans from being murdered by jihadists) of "not always living up to her ideals," how did you come up with the ridiculous, alarming notion that we might be "considered a Muslim nation"?
Is it because there are some 2 million or more Muslims living here, trying to be good Americans? Out of a current population of over 300 million, 70 percent of whom are Christians? Does that make us, by any rational definition, a "Muslim nation"?
Why are we not, then, a "Chinese nation"? A "Korean nation"? Even a "Vietnamese nation"? There are even more of these distinct groups in America than Muslims. And if the distinction you're trying to make is a religious one, why is America not "a Jewish nation"? There's actually a case to be made for the latter, because our Constitution - and the success of our Revolution and founding - owe a deep debt to our Jewish brothers.
Have you stopped to think what an actual Muslim America would be like? Have you ever really spent much time in Iran? Even in Egypt? You, having been instructed in Islam as a kid at a Muslim school in Indonesia and saying you still love the call to evening prayers, can surely picture our nation founded on the Quran, not the Judeo-Christian Bible, and living under Shariah law. Can't you? You do recall Muhammad's directives [Surah 9:5,73] to "break the cross" and "kill the infidel"?
It seems increasingly and painfully obvious that you are more influenced by your upbringing and questionable education than most suspected.. If you consider yourself the president of a people who are "no longer Christian," who have "failed to live up to our ideals," who "have been arrogant," and might even be "considered Muslim" - you are president of a country most Americans don't recognize.
Could it be you are a president without a, and should not have a Country?
Makes ya wonder eh?
ObamaCare and New, Excessive Tax's
If you plan to sell your home do it before 2013..... and get ready for the new health care tax in 2011.
Here is something everyone will be able to say thankyou to “ObamaCare” and it’s “architects.”
Please read this unbelievable article, and remember it when you go to vote on Nov. 2, 2010Do you know that Under the new health care bill all real estate transactions will be subject to a 3.8% Sales Tax? The bulk of these new taxes don't kick in until 2013 (presumably after Obamas re-election).
Example: If you sell your $400,000 home, there will be a $15,200 tax!
This bill is essentially “screws” the retiring generation who often downsize their homes after retirement with the proceeds going to benefit those in America who’ve chosen NOT to work and / or subsidize the ever increasing illegal alien population …
These are FACTS my friends not “urban legends” and / or political mud slinging…How this for “Hope & Change?” Isn’t it nice to know that after you’ve worked hard all your life to achieve what was once known as the “American Dream” you’ll be excessively taxed, and that your hard earned tax dollars will simply be handed out to those who don’t care to contribute or enter our Country lawfully?
If that’s not enough to make your blood boil, here’s more good news…. You can verify this by going to verify this, go to http://www.thomas.gov/ and entering "HR 3590" in the search box,
2011 W-2 Tax Forms and Obamacare
Title IX Revenue Provisions-Subtitle A: Revenue Offset "(Sec.9002). Requires employers to include in the W-2 form of each employee the aggregate cost of applicable employer-sponsored group health coverage that is excludable from the employee's gross income (excluding the value of contributions to flexible spending arrangements)."Starting in 2011-next year-the W-2 tax form sent by your employer will be increased to show the value of whatever health insurance you are provided. It doesn't matter if you're retired. Your gross income WILL go up by the amount of insurance your employer paid for. So you'll be required to pay taxes on a larger sum of money than you actually received.
Take the tax form you just finished for 2009 and see what $15,000.00 or $20,000.00 additional gross income does to your tax debt. That's what you'll pay next year. For many it puts you into a much higher bracket. This is how the government is going to buy insurance for fifteen (15) percent that don't have insurance and it's only part of the tax increases, but it's not really a "tax increase" as such, it is a redefinition of your taxable income.Also, go to Kiplinger's and read about the thirteen (13) tax changes for 2010 that could affect you.
Why am I writing / posting this? Because hard working, tax paying Americans have an absolute right to know the truth, and also because an election is coming in November.
I’m not trying to sway political opinion and / or endorse / support any political party but I am hoping to bring awareness to very real issues that will dramatically effect all tax paying Americans and bring potentially devastating financial consequences!
Please vote intelligently, do your homework, dig deeper than the political ad’s on TV and / or the constant automated campaign phone calls you’ll be receiving. So much for the “do not call list” eh?
Be careful! Adjust your tax withholding, or increase your savings, so that you aren't surprised and put in a jam when your federal income taxes are due on April 15, 2012.
Edward J.Benko, Owner / CEO
Genesis Credit Solutions, Inc.
License # MB100019240
440-510-8288Office
720-334-2994 Cell
800-364-1939 Toll Free Voice / Fax
www.GenesisCreditSolutions.net
http://www.noscamshere.com
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." - Thomas Jefferson -
Here is something everyone will be able to say thankyou to “ObamaCare” and it’s “architects.”
Please read this unbelievable article, and remember it when you go to vote on Nov. 2, 2010Do you know that Under the new health care bill all real estate transactions will be subject to a 3.8% Sales Tax? The bulk of these new taxes don't kick in until 2013 (presumably after Obamas re-election).
Example: If you sell your $400,000 home, there will be a $15,200 tax!
This bill is essentially “screws” the retiring generation who often downsize their homes after retirement with the proceeds going to benefit those in America who’ve chosen NOT to work and / or subsidize the ever increasing illegal alien population …
These are FACTS my friends not “urban legends” and / or political mud slinging…How this for “Hope & Change?” Isn’t it nice to know that after you’ve worked hard all your life to achieve what was once known as the “American Dream” you’ll be excessively taxed, and that your hard earned tax dollars will simply be handed out to those who don’t care to contribute or enter our Country lawfully?
If that’s not enough to make your blood boil, here’s more good news…. You can verify this by going to verify this, go to http://www.thomas.gov/ and entering "HR 3590" in the search box,
2011 W-2 Tax Forms and Obamacare
Title IX Revenue Provisions-Subtitle A: Revenue Offset "(Sec.9002). Requires employers to include in the W-2 form of each employee the aggregate cost of applicable employer-sponsored group health coverage that is excludable from the employee's gross income (excluding the value of contributions to flexible spending arrangements)."Starting in 2011-next year-the W-2 tax form sent by your employer will be increased to show the value of whatever health insurance you are provided. It doesn't matter if you're retired. Your gross income WILL go up by the amount of insurance your employer paid for. So you'll be required to pay taxes on a larger sum of money than you actually received.
Take the tax form you just finished for 2009 and see what $15,000.00 or $20,000.00 additional gross income does to your tax debt. That's what you'll pay next year. For many it puts you into a much higher bracket. This is how the government is going to buy insurance for fifteen (15) percent that don't have insurance and it's only part of the tax increases, but it's not really a "tax increase" as such, it is a redefinition of your taxable income.Also, go to Kiplinger's and read about the thirteen (13) tax changes for 2010 that could affect you.
Why am I writing / posting this? Because hard working, tax paying Americans have an absolute right to know the truth, and also because an election is coming in November.
I’m not trying to sway political opinion and / or endorse / support any political party but I am hoping to bring awareness to very real issues that will dramatically effect all tax paying Americans and bring potentially devastating financial consequences!
Please vote intelligently, do your homework, dig deeper than the political ad’s on TV and / or the constant automated campaign phone calls you’ll be receiving. So much for the “do not call list” eh?
Be careful! Adjust your tax withholding, or increase your savings, so that you aren't surprised and put in a jam when your federal income taxes are due on April 15, 2012.
Edward J.Benko, Owner / CEO
Genesis Credit Solutions, Inc.
License # MB100019240
440-510-8288Office
720-334-2994 Cell
800-364-1939 Toll Free Voice / Fax
www.GenesisCreditSolutions.net
http://www.noscamshere.com
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." - Thomas Jefferson -
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Credit Repair / Loan Modification Simpliified
America you DO NOT need to spend thousands of dollars and / or hire unknown, unseen, out of State attorneys / "law centers" to help you fix your bad credit or save your home from foreclosure!
Of course these are very valuable professional services but honestly, how can anyone sleep at night knowing they've over charged someone already in financial hardship? Predators ..Nothing more.
I've published a great deal of useful information on my websites
www.GenesisCreditSolutions.net
and
www.NoScamsHere.com
Before hiring/paying anyone, visit my websites!!
Ed
Of course these are very valuable professional services but honestly, how can anyone sleep at night knowing they've over charged someone already in financial hardship? Predators ..Nothing more.
I've published a great deal of useful information on my websites
www.GenesisCreditSolutions.net
and
www.NoScamsHere.com
Before hiring/paying anyone, visit my websites!!
Ed
Friday, August 13, 2010
Heart Broken
I've travelled back east this month and visited my old home town ..
I drove past my old house that I'd sold about 10 years ago .. a big, beautiful turn of the century home in an exclusive neighborhood on the coast of Lake Erie - I loved that old house, and loved living in it ...
To my astonishment, I found the house standing vacant, and in a state of bad disrepair ..The lawn was over grown, and looked like it's stood empty for quite some time ... Seeing this broke my heart, and almost brought tears to my eyes...
I put years of my life, and a lot of love into restoring that beautiful old home .. It was a grand place with beautiful wood work, wall sized fire places, antique fixtures, etc.. I can't comprehend how anyone could not / would not care about it..
The old place sits about 90 feet off the road on 2.5 acres. It's surrounded by large old trees, and a once beautifully landscaped lawn which my old dog "Wolf" loved to play on ..
Wolf was a "rescue" and had a rough life before coming to me.. She was an amazing animal. Highly intelligent, fearless, fiercely loyal, and an exceptional guard dog. The old house was her home, and I know she was happy there. When she died, I spread her ash's over the grounds so she'd always be, and have her home ...
As I stood in the driveway looking at what time, and neglect had done to our beautiful old home, I suddenly sensed Wolf's presence..Maybe it was the light or my mind playing tricks but, I could swear I saw her running in the yard, and standing in the place where the driveway gates once stood ..That was Wolf's spot - She'd sit for hours by / guarding those old gates. Knowing she's still "on patrol" would not surprise me -
Maybe it was the many happy memories that created Wolf's presence or maybe her spirit is still on guard ..I don't know. Either way, it felt good to "see" her again.
I walked to where the old gates stood, and called her name .. I told her I loved her, and thanked her for the many years of love, companionship, and loyalty she'd given. I told her she'd done her job well but that it was time for her to go to Heaven, and guard God's Gates..
(I know this all sounds "crazy" but if you knew that old house, you'd know that other spirits occupied it also .. I too was a skeptic but after living there, I became a firm believer)
I drove away with a piece of my heart left behind...There's an old saying of "you can't go home again" and perhaps this is true in the physical World but in my heart, and minds eye, my old home is still beautiful, and a place filled with many happy, warm memories..This is the memory I prefer / choose to keep.
Farewell Wolfie girl...Rest in Peace -We will meet again on the Rainbow Bridge
I drove past my old house that I'd sold about 10 years ago .. a big, beautiful turn of the century home in an exclusive neighborhood on the coast of Lake Erie - I loved that old house, and loved living in it ...
To my astonishment, I found the house standing vacant, and in a state of bad disrepair ..The lawn was over grown, and looked like it's stood empty for quite some time ... Seeing this broke my heart, and almost brought tears to my eyes...
I put years of my life, and a lot of love into restoring that beautiful old home .. It was a grand place with beautiful wood work, wall sized fire places, antique fixtures, etc.. I can't comprehend how anyone could not / would not care about it..
The old place sits about 90 feet off the road on 2.5 acres. It's surrounded by large old trees, and a once beautifully landscaped lawn which my old dog "Wolf" loved to play on ..
Wolf was a "rescue" and had a rough life before coming to me.. She was an amazing animal. Highly intelligent, fearless, fiercely loyal, and an exceptional guard dog. The old house was her home, and I know she was happy there. When she died, I spread her ash's over the grounds so she'd always be, and have her home ...
As I stood in the driveway looking at what time, and neglect had done to our beautiful old home, I suddenly sensed Wolf's presence..Maybe it was the light or my mind playing tricks but, I could swear I saw her running in the yard, and standing in the place where the driveway gates once stood ..That was Wolf's spot - She'd sit for hours by / guarding those old gates. Knowing she's still "on patrol" would not surprise me -
Maybe it was the many happy memories that created Wolf's presence or maybe her spirit is still on guard ..I don't know. Either way, it felt good to "see" her again.
I walked to where the old gates stood, and called her name .. I told her I loved her, and thanked her for the many years of love, companionship, and loyalty she'd given. I told her she'd done her job well but that it was time for her to go to Heaven, and guard God's Gates..
(I know this all sounds "crazy" but if you knew that old house, you'd know that other spirits occupied it also .. I too was a skeptic but after living there, I became a firm believer)
I drove away with a piece of my heart left behind...There's an old saying of "you can't go home again" and perhaps this is true in the physical World but in my heart, and minds eye, my old home is still beautiful, and a place filled with many happy, warm memories..This is the memory I prefer / choose to keep.
Farewell Wolfie girl...Rest in Peace -We will meet again on the Rainbow Bridge
Loan Modification HAMP -v- Conventional
Good morning
Today I'd like to clarify the differences between the Governments HAMP program, and what I consider "old fashioned" common sense banking AKA conventional modification
The other day, I had a client accuse me of "ripping him off" because his lender told him that all the work I'd done for him. they would have done for "free" ...
In the loose sense, yes..lenders will do this "free" of cost (although it's costing tax payers billions) however, it's not an "automatic" nor an "entitlement" ..The Federal programs still require a tremendous amount of work - Preparing the numbers (expense's versus debts) hardship letters, etc,etc.....it can quickly become very, very complicated and overwhelming for the average person ... Such was the case in the above mentioned client's case - Very complex.
This particular client went through a divorce, and to save the house from being taken / given to his ex wife, he convinced his elderly, retired Father to refinance the house into his name but leave (the Son) him on title only .. The Father did so thinking he was helping his son ..
Long story short, they found an out of State mortgage broker who threw them both under the bus in one of the worst loans I've ever seen ... NINA (no income / no asset verification) Interest payment only, adjustable rate with a payment (interest only mind you) totaling more than the Father makes per month in his retirement / social security ..To make matters worse (if that was even possible) this mortgage broker even tacked on a home equity line of credit!!
So now we have an 80 year old retired man living on a fixed income of less than $3k per month owning two homes with combined mortgage payments totalling over $5000 per month ..The Son is self employed which makes verifying his income a nightmare .. Are you starting to see the challenges?
The Son lives in the house but is not on the mortgage - Unbeknownst to me, the Father did not actually occupy the property, and lived in another house with his wife. Basically, the Son lied to me about this very important detail - Under HAMP, this scenario is an immediate dis qualifier as the homeowner MUST occupy the property - Period - No exceptions
The Father / Son hired me 6 months ago - The home was in serious default and was scheduled to be sold at auction within less than 3 weeks from the time we all first met ..The clock was ticking / and ticking fast - After meeting with my clients and gathering their paperwork, I returned to my office, immediately faxed their authorization form to their lender and began conversation with them -
Within less than 24 hours (and after sorting out financials / details, etc) I was able to get the lender to approve a 3 month trial program under HAMP.. Another minor miracle as using the Son's income to qualify was "iffy" but the lender allowed it - This immediately stopped the foreclosure sale, and "bought" (figure of speech) my client 3 more months to stay in their home.
During this time, I contacted our State's Attorney Generals office to pursue predatory lending charges against the broker who put this loan together, and threw my client's Father under the bus .. Rarely do I ring the predatory lending alarm but this loan was SO jacked up, it demanded an investigation ... The AG's office agreed, and opened a case - This postponed any foreclosure even longer -
While the AG's office was investigating, the lender was still working on the trial modification ..It was denied after the trial payment plan due to the lender learning the Father did not actually occupy the property - Another "surprise" for me -
The AG's office concluded their investigation and basically told my client's to hire private legal counsel blah blah blah ...Still uncertain why that investigation fell flat - I can only assume the lender has deep pockets, and very good lawyers ..
So..now I have a HAMP denial, and the AG's office dropping the ball ... The lender immediately reinstated the foreclosure sale date and scheduled it for two weeks into the future! Again, I'm on the phone with the lender, and their attorney's trying to put the fires out, and I did - The lender / their attorneys agreed to re-open the case, and re review it for a "conventional" modification - This review is still pending by the way -
The Father had had enough, and simply wanted out - As he's the only one on the mortgage, he's the only one that will feel the full impact of the foreclosure .. He asked me to put him in touch with a good Realtor to short sale the home, and I did ... This Realtor specializes in short sales and is very knowledgeable and reputable ..The Son NEVER followed up with the Realtor and left his Dad hanging ...I contacted the Father, and gave him the Realtors direct number & strongly suggested he bypass his Son, and meet with the Realtor himself ..Apparently the Son talked him out of it as my colleague told me no meeting has ever been arranged ...
The point of all of this is to demonstrate how much work actually goes into securing a HAMP modification ..Of course not all scenario's are this dramatic / complicated but, this one was a real roller coaster ride!
I also want to mention that all this work was done WITHOUT my being paid in full - I mobilized a small army of professionals to assist this client, and did so on the honor system .. I still haven't been paid for my work & doubt I ever will be - This client promised to pay me over one month ago ..Never happened - Phone calls went unanswered - voicemail messages ignored / un-returned - Excuses being made by the Parents etc,etc..
Now this guy's accusing me of "ripping him off" ...How convenient eh? What better way to get out of paying for services rendered than to cry "foul" and "victim" ..I've seen it many times before - It's sad - Unfortunately, there's no agency / organization I can go to and complain about being burned - I just have to suck it up
The point I'm driving at here is this ....
Although lenders will do this for "free" it's not as simple as just picking up the phone and asking nicely ...There is still a great deal of ground / preparation work that must be done, and even more monitoring work "babysitting" the lenders to insure they've recieved all the paperwork, understand what they are reading, and that nothing gets "lost" or falls through the cracks .. It seems like "babysitting" the banks has become the most challenging part of our work these days!
HAMP is not "guaranteed" nor is it an "entitlement" .. It's a Federal program with very complex guidelines / restrictions ..it is not a "freebie" or a "one size fits all" program - Not everyone qualifies equally -
Another point is this ...If you choose to hire a professional to do the work for you - Pay them! Just because the lender's assist for "free" does not mean professionals work for free! If you want it "free" ..do all the work yourself - I'm sure you'll quickly discover how difficult it really is!
Yes...there are scam artists preying on America's misfortunes, and consumers must be very careful / cautious HOWEVER, this applies equally to "us" - We too have been burned many times, and need to be cautious -
I am an honest businessman, and a credentialed, qualified, experienced professional - I do not / will not mislead any client into thinking our work is "easy" - I do not make empty promises or offer false hopes. I do all I can to make sure my clients fully understand what we are going into, and that we go into it "eyes wide open" -
Like any other professional, I'm entitled to be paid for my time, experise, and services .. No one works for "free" do they? Do you? Of course not ...Why would anyone expect us to?
What I'm saying here is that if you choose to hire representation, you should fully expect to pay them for their services!
Today I'd like to clarify the differences between the Governments HAMP program, and what I consider "old fashioned" common sense banking AKA conventional modification
The other day, I had a client accuse me of "ripping him off" because his lender told him that all the work I'd done for him. they would have done for "free" ...
In the loose sense, yes..lenders will do this "free" of cost (although it's costing tax payers billions) however, it's not an "automatic" nor an "entitlement" ..The Federal programs still require a tremendous amount of work - Preparing the numbers (expense's versus debts) hardship letters, etc,etc.....it can quickly become very, very complicated and overwhelming for the average person ... Such was the case in the above mentioned client's case - Very complex.
This particular client went through a divorce, and to save the house from being taken / given to his ex wife, he convinced his elderly, retired Father to refinance the house into his name but leave (the Son) him on title only .. The Father did so thinking he was helping his son ..
Long story short, they found an out of State mortgage broker who threw them both under the bus in one of the worst loans I've ever seen ... NINA (no income / no asset verification) Interest payment only, adjustable rate with a payment (interest only mind you) totaling more than the Father makes per month in his retirement / social security ..To make matters worse (if that was even possible) this mortgage broker even tacked on a home equity line of credit!!
So now we have an 80 year old retired man living on a fixed income of less than $3k per month owning two homes with combined mortgage payments totalling over $5000 per month ..The Son is self employed which makes verifying his income a nightmare .. Are you starting to see the challenges?
The Son lives in the house but is not on the mortgage - Unbeknownst to me, the Father did not actually occupy the property, and lived in another house with his wife. Basically, the Son lied to me about this very important detail - Under HAMP, this scenario is an immediate dis qualifier as the homeowner MUST occupy the property - Period - No exceptions
The Father / Son hired me 6 months ago - The home was in serious default and was scheduled to be sold at auction within less than 3 weeks from the time we all first met ..The clock was ticking / and ticking fast - After meeting with my clients and gathering their paperwork, I returned to my office, immediately faxed their authorization form to their lender and began conversation with them -
Within less than 24 hours (and after sorting out financials / details, etc) I was able to get the lender to approve a 3 month trial program under HAMP.. Another minor miracle as using the Son's income to qualify was "iffy" but the lender allowed it - This immediately stopped the foreclosure sale, and "bought" (figure of speech) my client 3 more months to stay in their home.
During this time, I contacted our State's Attorney Generals office to pursue predatory lending charges against the broker who put this loan together, and threw my client's Father under the bus .. Rarely do I ring the predatory lending alarm but this loan was SO jacked up, it demanded an investigation ... The AG's office agreed, and opened a case - This postponed any foreclosure even longer -
While the AG's office was investigating, the lender was still working on the trial modification ..It was denied after the trial payment plan due to the lender learning the Father did not actually occupy the property - Another "surprise" for me -
The AG's office concluded their investigation and basically told my client's to hire private legal counsel blah blah blah ...Still uncertain why that investigation fell flat - I can only assume the lender has deep pockets, and very good lawyers ..
So..now I have a HAMP denial, and the AG's office dropping the ball ... The lender immediately reinstated the foreclosure sale date and scheduled it for two weeks into the future! Again, I'm on the phone with the lender, and their attorney's trying to put the fires out, and I did - The lender / their attorneys agreed to re-open the case, and re review it for a "conventional" modification - This review is still pending by the way -
The Father had had enough, and simply wanted out - As he's the only one on the mortgage, he's the only one that will feel the full impact of the foreclosure .. He asked me to put him in touch with a good Realtor to short sale the home, and I did ... This Realtor specializes in short sales and is very knowledgeable and reputable ..The Son NEVER followed up with the Realtor and left his Dad hanging ...I contacted the Father, and gave him the Realtors direct number & strongly suggested he bypass his Son, and meet with the Realtor himself ..Apparently the Son talked him out of it as my colleague told me no meeting has ever been arranged ...
The point of all of this is to demonstrate how much work actually goes into securing a HAMP modification ..Of course not all scenario's are this dramatic / complicated but, this one was a real roller coaster ride!
I also want to mention that all this work was done WITHOUT my being paid in full - I mobilized a small army of professionals to assist this client, and did so on the honor system .. I still haven't been paid for my work & doubt I ever will be - This client promised to pay me over one month ago ..Never happened - Phone calls went unanswered - voicemail messages ignored / un-returned - Excuses being made by the Parents etc,etc..
Now this guy's accusing me of "ripping him off" ...How convenient eh? What better way to get out of paying for services rendered than to cry "foul" and "victim" ..I've seen it many times before - It's sad - Unfortunately, there's no agency / organization I can go to and complain about being burned - I just have to suck it up
The point I'm driving at here is this ....
Although lenders will do this for "free" it's not as simple as just picking up the phone and asking nicely ...There is still a great deal of ground / preparation work that must be done, and even more monitoring work "babysitting" the lenders to insure they've recieved all the paperwork, understand what they are reading, and that nothing gets "lost" or falls through the cracks .. It seems like "babysitting" the banks has become the most challenging part of our work these days!
HAMP is not "guaranteed" nor is it an "entitlement" .. It's a Federal program with very complex guidelines / restrictions ..it is not a "freebie" or a "one size fits all" program - Not everyone qualifies equally -
Another point is this ...If you choose to hire a professional to do the work for you - Pay them! Just because the lender's assist for "free" does not mean professionals work for free! If you want it "free" ..do all the work yourself - I'm sure you'll quickly discover how difficult it really is!
Yes...there are scam artists preying on America's misfortunes, and consumers must be very careful / cautious HOWEVER, this applies equally to "us" - We too have been burned many times, and need to be cautious -
I am an honest businessman, and a credentialed, qualified, experienced professional - I do not / will not mislead any client into thinking our work is "easy" - I do not make empty promises or offer false hopes. I do all I can to make sure my clients fully understand what we are going into, and that we go into it "eyes wide open" -
Like any other professional, I'm entitled to be paid for my time, experise, and services .. No one works for "free" do they? Do you? Of course not ...Why would anyone expect us to?
What I'm saying here is that if you choose to hire representation, you should fully expect to pay them for their services!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Credit Repair / Loan Modification Simplified
I've published some information on how to avoid spending hundreds / thousands of dollars on hiring professionals ..
You can find this information at www.NoScamsHere.com
Ed
You can find this information at www.NoScamsHere.com
Ed
Excuse me?
People amaze me ...
Guy hires me 6 months ago to save his home from foreclosure with less than 30 days left on the auction date clock ..
I immediately run all the numbers, prepare the paperwork, submit it / contact his lender, and get him qualified for the HAMP program which automatically stops the foreclosue sale for 3 + months.
I then contact the Attorney Generals office to file a predatory lending complaint against this clients mortgage company - AG's office opens an investigation stalling any potential foreclosure for another few months ...
Meanwhile, the lender denies the client for HAMP after the (very common) after the 3 month trial ..Foreclosure sale date is reactivated and scheduled for auction in two weeks..
Again, I get lenders attorneys on the phone and get the modification case re-opened / under review for a conventional program ...Sale date's postponed until November ..
This client owes me money for my work and has been ignoring me for over a month ..
Today I get a text msg from him stating I ripped him off because this was something he could have done blah blah blah ... Right - I do all this work and when it's time to pay me, I'm the crook - Uh huh
Why is it thee is no agency to protect honest businessmen from consumers that scam us??
Guy hires me 6 months ago to save his home from foreclosure with less than 30 days left on the auction date clock ..
I immediately run all the numbers, prepare the paperwork, submit it / contact his lender, and get him qualified for the HAMP program which automatically stops the foreclosue sale for 3 + months.
I then contact the Attorney Generals office to file a predatory lending complaint against this clients mortgage company - AG's office opens an investigation stalling any potential foreclosure for another few months ...
Meanwhile, the lender denies the client for HAMP after the (very common) after the 3 month trial ..Foreclosure sale date is reactivated and scheduled for auction in two weeks..
Again, I get lenders attorneys on the phone and get the modification case re-opened / under review for a conventional program ...Sale date's postponed until November ..
This client owes me money for my work and has been ignoring me for over a month ..
Today I get a text msg from him stating I ripped him off because this was something he could have done blah blah blah ... Right - I do all this work and when it's time to pay me, I'm the crook - Uh huh
Why is it thee is no agency to protect honest businessmen from consumers that scam us??
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Debt Consolidation / Credit Repair Rip Off's
Hello America
I'm writing today to issue yet another "warning" to you ....................
Today's warning is regarding another breed of predator / scam artist -
The "debt consolidation" companies.............. I never cease to marvel at what new ways these bottom feeders can contrive to extract money from consumers, and do so seemingly without care, concern not conscious ..
For the record, there are LEGITIMATE debt consolidation firms that genuinely do the job they've been hired to do, and help their clients but I'm not discussing them today .. Today I'm focusing on the ones that call consumers in need, create fictitious "payment plans" and then start deducting money from the client's bank account each month alleging it's going into a "savings / escrow" account which will then be used to pay creditors ... BULL!
These companies claim to be "saving" money for you and once they get enough to offer a settlement to your creditors, will pay it off ...What they DON'T tell you is that they are deducting their fees (monthly) from this alleged "savings" account and that they are making little to no effort to establish communication with your creditors!
Pay attention now ....Let's say you owe XYZ bank $10,000.00 on a credit card and that the "debt consolidation" company is deducting $250.00 a month from your bank account to transfer to the "savings / escrow" account they (or an affiliate bank of theirs) has allegedly established for you .. To pay the $10,000.00 in full it will take over 3 full years of "saving" ...Now let's say they are planning to offer XYZ bank a 50% settlement ...at $225.00 (deducting $25.00 for their service fee) it's going to take 1.85 YEARS to "save" the $5k!! Do you honestly believe XYZ bank is just going to sit there for 2 years with no payment, and do nothing???? Of course not! Odds are very good that XYZ bank will charge off your account within 4 months, and send you to collections, and then most likely SUE you! The "Debt consolidation" company that's been taking your money can DO NOTHING to stop and / or protect you from XYZ bank, and odds are even better, XYZ bank has never even heard of or from the company you hired to help you!!
Bottom line? You're basically "screwed" and have no legal leg to stand on!! - DON'T FALL FOR THESE SCAMS and / or HIRE THESE THIEVES!
Let's now move on to the "Credit Repair" companies that operate much in the same manner as the debt consolidation companies discussed above ....
They charge you a "down payment" fee and then a recurring monthly fee until the job is done ..I've seen some of these go on over a year!! I have been helping people fix their damaged credit for YEARS and I have NEVER seen it take longer than a couple of months!
Ok..so now you've been "warned" and know what to watch out for .... Debt consolidation / Credit repair are BOTH legitimate industries when handled by honest, credentialed professionals so don't assume it's all a scam - it's not
Do your homework before hiring anyone / company ..Don't rely solely on a BBB report as it may not reflect EVERYTHING you absolutely need to know...Call your State's Attorney General, Call the Federal Trade Commission, investigate licensing, etc ..
It's your money, and future! Protect it!
Until next time....God Bless
Edward J.Benko, Owner / CEO
Genesis Credit Solutions, Inc.
License # MB100019240
303-745-7003 Office
800-364-1939 Toll Free Voice / Fax
www.GenesisCreditSolutions.net
http://www.noscamshere.com/TheFactsofLoanModification.html
I'm writing today to issue yet another "warning" to you ....................
Today's warning is regarding another breed of predator / scam artist -
The "debt consolidation" companies.............. I never cease to marvel at what new ways these bottom feeders can contrive to extract money from consumers, and do so seemingly without care, concern not conscious ..
For the record, there are LEGITIMATE debt consolidation firms that genuinely do the job they've been hired to do, and help their clients but I'm not discussing them today .. Today I'm focusing on the ones that call consumers in need, create fictitious "payment plans" and then start deducting money from the client's bank account each month alleging it's going into a "savings / escrow" account which will then be used to pay creditors ... BULL!
These companies claim to be "saving" money for you and once they get enough to offer a settlement to your creditors, will pay it off ...What they DON'T tell you is that they are deducting their fees (monthly) from this alleged "savings" account and that they are making little to no effort to establish communication with your creditors!
Pay attention now ....Let's say you owe XYZ bank $10,000.00 on a credit card and that the "debt consolidation" company is deducting $250.00 a month from your bank account to transfer to the "savings / escrow" account they (or an affiliate bank of theirs) has allegedly established for you .. To pay the $10,000.00 in full it will take over 3 full years of "saving" ...Now let's say they are planning to offer XYZ bank a 50% settlement ...at $225.00 (deducting $25.00 for their service fee) it's going to take 1.85 YEARS to "save" the $5k!! Do you honestly believe XYZ bank is just going to sit there for 2 years with no payment, and do nothing???? Of course not! Odds are very good that XYZ bank will charge off your account within 4 months, and send you to collections, and then most likely SUE you! The "Debt consolidation" company that's been taking your money can DO NOTHING to stop and / or protect you from XYZ bank, and odds are even better, XYZ bank has never even heard of or from the company you hired to help you!!
Bottom line? You're basically "screwed" and have no legal leg to stand on!! - DON'T FALL FOR THESE SCAMS and / or HIRE THESE THIEVES!
Let's now move on to the "Credit Repair" companies that operate much in the same manner as the debt consolidation companies discussed above ....
They charge you a "down payment" fee and then a recurring monthly fee until the job is done ..I've seen some of these go on over a year!! I have been helping people fix their damaged credit for YEARS and I have NEVER seen it take longer than a couple of months!
Ok..so now you've been "warned" and know what to watch out for .... Debt consolidation / Credit repair are BOTH legitimate industries when handled by honest, credentialed professionals so don't assume it's all a scam - it's not
Do your homework before hiring anyone / company ..Don't rely solely on a BBB report as it may not reflect EVERYTHING you absolutely need to know...Call your State's Attorney General, Call the Federal Trade Commission, investigate licensing, etc ..
It's your money, and future! Protect it!
Until next time....God Bless
Edward J.Benko, Owner / CEO
Genesis Credit Solutions, Inc.
License # MB100019240
303-745-7003 Office
800-364-1939 Toll Free Voice / Fax
www.GenesisCreditSolutions.net
http://www.noscamshere.com/TheFactsofLoanModification.html
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Foreclosure Prevention / Loan Modification Facts and Fiction
Today I'm writing on a subject I know a great deal about ... Foreclosure prevention and loan modification ..
First off, the programs created by the Government are (in my professional opinion) junk! Statistically, fed programs have a National failure rate of over 88%! It boggles my mind that our elected officials in Washington create / continue pursuing such garbage but...they do - So please don't rely solely on the Feds and / or think their programs are the only ones available
Everyone needs to understand that there are no "magic wands" when it comes to loan modification / foreclosure prevention ..It's all about business, and what makes sound financial sense for both lender and homeowner - Don't be misled by these scam artists 1 - 2% interest rates and / or claiming to be "attorney backed" ...I've been doing this along time, helped many hundreds of homeowners Nationwide and NOT ONCE have I ever had need for an attorney - So don't buy into that nonsense unless of course you have a legitimate, solid case to fight / defend against the banks .. Anything else will prove an expensive lesson in futility -
Also beware of the "snake oil" salesman ...You know the type, smooth talking with the "to good to be true" offer ... Use your heads, and trust your instincts! If it sounds to good or shady, RUN!
Foreclosure is stressful but don't ever let that stress over ride your intellect - When these people call, challenge them! Ask questions! Request documented evidence of their credentials, experience, success ratio's etc...Don't just take their word for it and certainly don't be misled into a false sense of security by a BBB (Better Business Bureau) rating! The BBB is NOT a regulatory, licensing or legal enforcement agency...
Dig deeper before shelling out your hard earned money!
I don't care what anyone says ...not just anyone can modify a loan successfully ...it's a complicated, complex procedure that requires a sound working knowledge of the mortgage banking / lending industry ...Trusting it to just anyone is just plain dumb and will most likely cost you your home ...
This all being said, let me also state that "expensive" doesn't always define better ... it does not cost thousands of dollars for professional modification help ..I've been doing it successfully for years and have never charged over $800.00 ...Granted, the service we provide is valuable, and we are skilled, degreed, credentialed professionals but that doesn't give us a license to steal ...
It all breaks down to knowing what you're doing, and getting the job done correctly, and as quickly as humanly possible ...
Don't fall for the fairy tales ... If you need professional help, hire a REAL professional ..very simple
Feel free to contact me should you have any questions ..I'm always happy to help
Thanks for listening
Edward J.Benko, Owner / CEO
Genesis Credit Solutions, Inc.
CO. License # MB100019240
303-745-7003 Office
720-334-2994 Cell
800-364-1939 Toll Free Voice / Fax
http://www.genesiscreditsolutions.net/
www.noscamshere.com/TheFactsofLoanModification.html
First off, the programs created by the Government are (in my professional opinion) junk! Statistically, fed programs have a National failure rate of over 88%! It boggles my mind that our elected officials in Washington create / continue pursuing such garbage but...they do - So please don't rely solely on the Feds and / or think their programs are the only ones available
Everyone needs to understand that there are no "magic wands" when it comes to loan modification / foreclosure prevention ..It's all about business, and what makes sound financial sense for both lender and homeowner - Don't be misled by these scam artists 1 - 2% interest rates and / or claiming to be "attorney backed" ...I've been doing this along time, helped many hundreds of homeowners Nationwide and NOT ONCE have I ever had need for an attorney - So don't buy into that nonsense unless of course you have a legitimate, solid case to fight / defend against the banks .. Anything else will prove an expensive lesson in futility -
Also beware of the "snake oil" salesman ...You know the type, smooth talking with the "to good to be true" offer ... Use your heads, and trust your instincts! If it sounds to good or shady, RUN!
Foreclosure is stressful but don't ever let that stress over ride your intellect - When these people call, challenge them! Ask questions! Request documented evidence of their credentials, experience, success ratio's etc...Don't just take their word for it and certainly don't be misled into a false sense of security by a BBB (Better Business Bureau) rating! The BBB is NOT a regulatory, licensing or legal enforcement agency...
Dig deeper before shelling out your hard earned money!
I don't care what anyone says ...not just anyone can modify a loan successfully ...it's a complicated, complex procedure that requires a sound working knowledge of the mortgage banking / lending industry ...Trusting it to just anyone is just plain dumb and will most likely cost you your home ...
This all being said, let me also state that "expensive" doesn't always define better ... it does not cost thousands of dollars for professional modification help ..I've been doing it successfully for years and have never charged over $800.00 ...Granted, the service we provide is valuable, and we are skilled, degreed, credentialed professionals but that doesn't give us a license to steal ...
It all breaks down to knowing what you're doing, and getting the job done correctly, and as quickly as humanly possible ...
Don't fall for the fairy tales ... If you need professional help, hire a REAL professional ..very simple
Feel free to contact me should you have any questions ..I'm always happy to help
Thanks for listening
Edward J.Benko, Owner / CEO
Genesis Credit Solutions, Inc.
CO. License # MB100019240
303-745-7003 Office
720-334-2994 Cell
800-364-1939 Toll Free Voice / Fax
http://www.genesiscreditsolutions.net/
www.noscamshere.com/TheFactsofLoanModification.html
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Happy 4th of July
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. --Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states.
To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the state remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavored to prevent the population of these states; for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands.
He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.
He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislature.
He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation:
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states:
For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing taxes on us without our consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury:
For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses:
For abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule in these colonies:
For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments:
For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow citizens taken captive on the high seas to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare, is undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren.
We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.
New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton
Massachusetts: John Hancock, Samual Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island: Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery
Connecticut: Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott
New York: William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris
New Jersey: Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark
Pennsylvania: Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross
Delaware: Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean
Maryland: Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Virginia: George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton
North Carolina: William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn
South Carolina: Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton
Georgia: Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton
Source: The Pennsylvania Packet, July 8, 1776
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. --Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states.
To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the state remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavored to prevent the population of these states; for that purpose obstructing the laws for naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands.
He has obstructed the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers.
He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislature.
He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation:
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states:
For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing taxes on us without our consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury:
For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses:
For abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule in these colonies:
For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments:
For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow citizens taken captive on the high seas to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare, is undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren.
We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.
New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton
Massachusetts: John Hancock, Samual Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island: Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery
Connecticut: Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott
New York: William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris
New Jersey: Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark
Pennsylvania: Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross
Delaware: Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean
Maryland: Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Virginia: George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton
North Carolina: William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn
South Carolina: Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton
Georgia: Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton
Source: The Pennsylvania Packet, July 8, 1776
No "Spam" here
Recently, my blog was "flagged" by Google as alleged "spam" ....Not sure how that happened but I think it may be due to my posting information from my website(s)
Please accept my sincerest apologies ...I never intended to and am not a "spammer"
Have a safe 4th of July
Ed
Please accept my sincerest apologies ...I never intended to and am not a "spammer"
Have a safe 4th of July
Ed
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