08.22.07

The Bank of America Fails to Live Up to its Name

Posted in General at 9:44 am by MamaSaid

Recently my husband discussed a news program he watched when he was unable to sleep one night about the Bank of America issuing credit cards to illegal aliens without identification. I was alarmed and within a day or so, one of my friends who knows my political perspectives sent on additional information about this unbelievable situation.

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08.14.07

Hopeless Future?

Posted in General at 5:35 pm by Kevin Scott

I promised I would return to write a small article anyway, so just to keep my promise, here’s some dirt.

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08.13.07

False Promises to Veterans and a Possible Draft

Posted in General at 8:12 am by MamaSaid

Recently a reader, Dan, offered information about another situation where veterans are being treated unfairly by being promised what no one intends to actually deliver (thank you for sharing, Dan). Obviously lofty promises are made to the men and women who join the military – after all, if the government told them that they were really going to give you the shaft for getting shot at, how many people would voluntarily join?The bottom line of the sad story shared by Dan is that the University of Illinois made a promise last spring to veterans and military members who wanted to earn an MBA – they would give 110 full scholarships to the people who qualified. Each scholarship is worth about $74,000, with 70 percent paid by the state and the rest by the university. However, it seems that this was not quite what happened.

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