Wow, People Really Can’t Stand These Guys
I know I am not the only one out there who is thoroughly sick of the swine flu news epidemic. It’s an easy bit of filler for the media to throw in some new twist on the swine flu, even creating some issues on their own. Take, for example, “swine flu anxiety.” Vaccine shortages, taking too many sick days when unemployment is breaking 10%, schools shutting down because there just aren’t enough kids who can com

Petition From LoanSafe.org
Yesterday after Mortgage Modification Hell was posted on MSN’s Smart Money blog, I heard from a member of the LoanSafe community who asked that I post a link to a petition regarding bank behavior. I’m happy to do so, and post the text as well. Please read it through and if you agree with the statements made, go to the link and sign your name.

WalMart’s Money Saving Ideas
For several months now, WalMart has been running commercials offering up ideas for Americans to save money, giving alternatives to spending habits and showing how much an annual cumulative savings would be. For example, breakfast … I can save $600 a year if I spend $2 per person instead of $5 per person, once a week. Can’t argue with that math, can you? Of course, if you’re in the habit of going to drive-throughs for breakfast on a regular basis for you and your children, this simple change isn’t just about money, it’s about a baby step toward cha

Enough From The Banks
A fun article that has not a lick of anything that will do consumers any good but is all about the banks, from Bloomberg on October 13: Banks will push the Obama administration to expand its mortgage-modification program to allow interest-only periods on reworked loans, seeking to bring more homeowners into the initiative while recognizing concern that it may only postpone defaults, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. Bull. There is no concern t

You’re Hired!
You know, sometimes I wish that I could get my ISP to only block the spam involving prescriptions that I am now approved to re-order (whew, thank goodness!) and make sure that every bit of spam offering me high paying jobs would come through. I also want to get all of the ones offering debt consolidation or debt erasure, and I particularly enjoy getting the pleas for help in getting vast sums of money out of this country or that. Those are real tear jerkers. Yes, I’m sure I miss out on lots of fun reading, but every so often one gets through and today was a good chuckler (I’ve blocked out identifying stuff in the mail because I really don’t want anyone to give th