- Mortgage Relief...Foreclosure plague
"Foreclosure plague: 2009's worst-hit cities."
"The good news is that all top 20 cities recorded declines in foreclosure filings in the last three months of the year.
The bad news is that the foreclosure plague is spreading beyond these usual trouble spots, according to RealtyTrac's CEO, James Saccacio. And, nationwide, foreclosures grew 21.2% during the year.
"Areas like Provo, Utah, Fayetteville, Ark., Portland, Ore., and Rockford, Ill., all posted foreclosure rates above the U.S. average in 2009," he said. "And markets like Honolulu, Minneapolis and Seattle saw foreclosure activity increase at more than twice the national pace over the past 12 months."
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- A Successful Plan To Get Out Of Debt.
Guernsey Island: A Lesson in Municipal Finance
In the early 19th century, the little British Channel island of Guernsey faced a problem. Its sea walls were crumbling. its roads were too narrow, and it was already heavily in debt. There was little employment and people were leaving for elsewhere.[READ MORE] [COMMENT]
- Return Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness?
This is the article referenced to below… Don't lecture us: Arabs tell Obama Or is it that we are all telling the ruling class worldwide “What's he going to do for us?” Return Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness?
CAIRO (AFP) – "Obama is just a prettier face…from an electrician in Cairo and further that Pres. Obama’s intentions may be right but that he does not expect much. I am so much happier with the change from Bush to Obama.
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- We are about to have a big problem! Foreclosures were bad last year? It is going to get worse.
We are being told that the Stock Marking is rebounding as a result of consumer confidence. Yea, this week, the reality is not that simply as job losses rise, growing numbers of American homeowners with once solid credit are falling behind on their mortgages, amplifying a wave of foreclosures.
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NY Times - Job Losses Push Safer Mortgages to Foreclosure
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- A Bailout Plan: Keep Homes.- Single Payor Health Plan -Take Over Monetary Policy
Kucinich on the Economic Crisis and Monetary Policy
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- How can I know what is really going on? This is a question that I get asked a lot.
This is a great sources for anyone wishing to know "what is going on" in these dire financial times. I have referenced Catherine Austin Fitts many times. You won't hear very much from her or about her view in the main media. She knows as an insider how the system works. So her interviews are truthful and she tells it like it is--Pulls No Pushes. If you are concerned about the direction the country and world is going, how it will affect you and your family, and how to survive and thrive, I urge you to subscribe to her News Blog.
This Week at the Blog
Goldman Sachs remains in the hot seat this week, agreeing to pay $60 million to the Massachusetts Attorney General for subprime mortgage shenanigans and seeking to repay TARP funds to avoid restrictions on employee compensation. Goldman showed up as one of the financial industry contenders for "Worst Corporation of 2009." As a secured creditor on Chrysler, Goldman took quite a write down but it looks like they did a lot better than the dealers.
* Goldman to Pay $60 Million in Subprime Settlement with Mass AG
* Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Goldman Said to Apply to Repay TARP
* Vote for Worst Corporation of 2009
* Chrysler and GM to Dealers: Drop Dead
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- Free Your Mind, Free Your Life!
Doctor of Psychology and Metaphysics, and lifelong student of the human mind, Eldon Taylor discussed his work in mind control and brainwashing, subliminal suggestion, lie detection, and reverse speech. The intent of his new book Mind Programming is to make people aware that marketers are spending billions to influence their minds, and that armed with this knowledge they can take back the power of their mind.
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- Are We Going To Live In Fear OR Do We Creat Some Thing Better?
Power to the People: Catherine Austin Fitts has spent her career trying to bring economic independence to individuals.
Katherine Austin Fitts is correct: only WE can fix this thing.
Otherwise we will have to accept what 'they' are giving out.
I don't know about you, but I don't want ANYTHING from the criminals
that have created this mess, except for them to be serving long prison sentences.
The 'Bubble' economy must end now. You need to share this with whole presentation with all my family and friends.
SO many great ideas were shared during this show.
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0KJM-4SlKE
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDwG_n9q3QA
Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNxsA6EZYG4
Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3IxilRnYcQ
Part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqlIeEzm9u4
Part 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXytNoznVQ
Part 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s7l7dBJEHg
Part 8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-4bs9Bw4X4
Part 9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ8Y5MjD0h8
Part 10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSzh-YKGnG0
Part 11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awrpCgTJQBE
Part 12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z18XhGPr9p0
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- How deep is the sea of debt...Beyond credit card debt ,beyond World Governments Debt ..to your local community and your home.
LEWISBURG, Tenn. — Five years ago, this small factory town was struggling to pay the interest on a bond for new sewers. Bob Phillips, Lewisburg’s part-time mayor and full-time pharmacist, was urged by the town’s financial adviser, an investment bank named Morgan Keegan & Company, to engage in a complex financial transaction to lower interest rates.
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- "What if I'm current and not behind in my mortgage payments, is there something that I can do?"
The guest will be Dennis Santiago of Focus Consulting Group. We have referred several home-owners in foreclosure or soon to be in foreclosure to FCG over the last year. If this is not an issue for you, GREAT! But without question will benefit you or someone you know, so ask
friends or family to join us. He will address the issue "what if I'm current and not behind in my mortgage payments, is there something that I can do?"
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