BA strike update

Interesting how the PR machine is working for BA. Here are some interesting facts from the Union website, Unite..Click here for information.

Remember to look at other information sources and find out really what is going on.

Visit these other blogs of interest.

http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/public-option-what-happened.html

http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/citigroup-loses-78-billion.html

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Rip-offs, free credit reports

For $179 a year you can have Experian, who owns freedreditreport.com, monitor you credit report. Monitor what?

That is not free. By law, Americans can receive a free credit report once a year. The federal trade commision has a website for consumers to request their yearly credit report from all three credit reporting agencies. www.anualcreditreport.com

Funny how Experian can get away with false and misleading advertising. If you have any questions about this check with the BBB and over 11,000 complaints.

Why do we as Americans have to pay for information that is OUR personal business?

For more information on this please visit CNN/Money at http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/news/1001/gallery.americas_biggest_ripoffs/3.html

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For more information please visit other blogs of interest.
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/citigroup-loses-78-billion.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/aig-bailout-mess.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/mortgage-crisis-and-foreclosures.html

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Wireless minute scam

After reviewing charges that were made on a pay-as-you-go phone plan, I decided to check on the time and the charge associated with this.

On the phone it said the time of the call was 1:47. So knowing the phone company round UP to the minute, I should have been charged for 2 minutes. I was charged for 3 minutes. Huh? Where did the extra minute come into play?

So I logged online to check the account and sure enough, I was charged for 3 minutes and the time stamp online was 2:11. I called customer service , which I might add took me over 15 minutes to find a phone number to call on the wireless site.

After making the call, I spoke to a lovely Supervisor and explained my distress over the difference in the time of the call. At first I was instructed to not charge my phone everyday and to let it run down to one bar. To be clear, I mentioned that I do not charge my phone everyday and I always let it run down.

So knowing I was not going to get anywhere with this, I asked the representative to please show me online where I could find the contract that explains the charges.

After 45 minutes, she was not able to find or show me anything on their corporate site explaining my original concerns.

And the difference between the length of the call on my phone and online was never answered.

Interesting.....

I wonder how much money the wireless companies make with this blatant error? Think about it, I am just one individual that they made 20 cents on.....now multiply that by thousands.....now you understand what I am talking about?

My next step was to contact the FCC and file a formal complaint. Lets see where this takes us.
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Pay attention America, we the consumer are being ripped-off. Time to shout out and have our government work for us for a change!

I want answers.

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For more information, please visit other blogs of interest.
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/02/rip-offs-text-messaging.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/wall-street-bonus-payouts.html

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Rip-offs, text messaging

Sending a text message costs the American consumer between 10 and 20 cents per text.

It costs the carriers one third of once cent to send the message! "OMG"...that just cost 20 cents!

So actually, the carriers are making PURE profit for something that really should cost pennies.

For more information on this please visit CNN/Money at http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/news/1001/gallery.americas_biggest_ripoffs/index.html

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This is amazing to me. The carriers say they use the money for new technology. Would this new technology be something like an accounting program to keep track of the huge bonuses?

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Other blogs of interest:
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/02/wireless-minute-scam.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/gas-pains-again-at-pumps.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/wall-street-bonus-payouts.html

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It is time for the American consumer to voice their concerns and voice them loud!
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State Farm drops Florida

State Farm Insurance will not renew thousands of Florida Insurance policies. They have not written policies in Florida for two years.
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For more information on this please visit the link below on Yahoo news:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100129/ap_on_bi_ge/us_fl_state_farm_1

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Personally I think State Farm should be required to offer all of its insurance services if they want to do business in the state of Florida.

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This is madness..."We the People" need to voice our concerns!

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Haiti Nationals protective status

Haiti Nationals have special protective status.

"Also, a temporary protected status has been established for Haitian nationals who were in the United States as of the day of the earthquake.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano estimated that 100,000 to 200,000 Haitian nationals are in the United States illegally. The temporary status allows them to stay for 18 months, authorizing them to work and send remittances back to Haiti, she said last week."
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/19/haiti.earthquake/index.html?hpt=T1

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States on budget brink

California, Arizona, Alaska, New Jersey and more are facing major budget gaps for 2010.

For the complete article from CNN/Money-Yahoo go here:
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/108602/more-and-more-states-on-budget-brink?mod=bb-budgeting

For more information please visit other blogs of interest.
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/aig-bailout-mess.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/12/bank-failures.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/mortgage-crisis-and-foreclosures.html

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I wonder why this news always comes out on a Friday?

Pay attention America, it is NOT over yet!

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Checked bag fees

American was the latest in raising their checked bag fees.

"Most major air carriers started adding checked-bag fees in 2008. The airlines reported collecting nearly $740 million in baggage fees in the third quarter of 2009, according to U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics." CNN

Now wait a minute, have they offered any more in service?

Did we not as tax payers bail them out after 9/11? That was just a horrible excuse for years of mismanagement.
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Oh yes don't forget about those bonuses!

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To read the article on CNN click the link.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/01/19/american.airlines.bag.fees/index.html?hpt=T2

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For more information please visit other blogs of interest.
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/gas-pains-again-at-pumps.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/public-option-what-happened.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/11/term-limits.html

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Perfect timing, boy the major airlines really are thinking about US!

Spend your money flying, if you can, on those carries that do not charge for your first checked bag...Southwest and JetBlue! I know I am, and my travels are going to be in the US.

Do you know how many National Forests, Monuments, etc. we have in the US? Google it!
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Focus on the family

Tim Tebow, Gaitors quarterback, and Focus on the Family are running a Super Bowl Ad.

To read this article go to CNN Money by clicking the link.
http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/19/news/companies/focus_on_family_super_bowl/index.htm

$3 million spent by this organization for a Super Bowl Ad.

WOW...$3 million could sure be used somewhere else!

For more information please visit other blogs of interest.
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/11/americans-living-in-hunger.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/11/gop-chairman-ends-abortion-insurance.html

I am speachless. This is right up there with Pat Robertson. Oh maybe he was the donor? Now wait .... there are lots of bonuses being paid!

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Citigroup loses $7.8 billion

Citigroup lost $7.8 billion in the 4Q but still plans to give out HUGE bonuses this month to the TOP employees.

For more information on this please visit this article,
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Citigroup-loses-78B-in-apf-4110647778.html?x=0&.v=12&.pf=banking-budgeting&mod=pf-banking-budgeting

WOW! Imagine a company loosing money and yet....there are bonuses.

For more information please visit other blogs of interest.
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/mortgage-crisis-and-foreclosures.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/12/bank-failures.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/12/year-without-santa-clause.html

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Let me guess, the bonuses are going to the individuals that started this entire recession, right?

Pay attention people! Nothing has changed.

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Google hacked

The hacked email accounts of Google in China may now be world-wide.

The code is now available on the internet and shows how easy it was...Bad news.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/18/google-exploit-leaked-internet-security-experts-urge-vigilance/?test=latestnews

The link above gives great information on how to protect yourself. This is for XP users.

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For more information please visit other blogs of interest.
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/12/iran-government-backers-flood-streets.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/china-is-next.html

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I have a feeling Google will figure this one out.

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Haiti earthquake

Haitian people are survivors! ! ! !

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Thanks USA for "stepping-up."

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Your 15 minutes is up...

Fifteen minutes of fame....who said something about 15 minutes of fame?
...oh yeah...Andy Warhol...?

Pants on the ground! This dudes' 15 minutes of fame has been happening all his life! What a history! May Larry Platt have many, many more!

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Proposition 8

Proposition 8, anyone hear of this...?....lol....

Why do I ...LOL....I find it appalling that a discriminated group of individuals, all AMERICAN citizens, have to FIGHT for equal rights! This is soooo 1960's.

What happened to "We the People?"

Here are a few other things I find disturbing.

Why are the "individuals" that are so against equal marriage/rights want to make sure their names, organizations, etc. are not known?

Why would the Supreme court block a legal right by Americans to view the proceedings?

Why are "We the People" so afraid of "Equal Rights?"

Do "We the People" have to HATE some group, individual, organization, etc.?
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China is next ...

China is NEXT for the "bubble" to burst?!?

For some strange reason, I really can see this....why? History repeats.
A very interesting article.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/11/markets/thebuzz/index.htm

How about reading what Jim Chanos had to say in 2007!
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0708/gallery.crisiscounsel.fortune/8.html

For more information please visit other blogs of interest.
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/mortgage-crisis-and-foreclosures.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/wall-street-bonus-payouts.html

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Gas pains again at the pumps

Gas pains at the pumps again. Imagine that...?....Why does this sound so controlling to me?

Paying once again over $3 for a gallon of gas in January or getting close to it sounds INSANE to me. Read the article at CNN Money http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/07/markets/thebuzz/index.htm

What will gas be when it gets warmer and America wants to travel? Isn't that the time gas prices go UP? Oh lets not forget about the Holidays....need I say more?

Who is making money on this? Oh...Wall Street...Has anything changed?

For more information, please visit other blogs of interest.
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/12/credit-card-rates-and-christmas.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/12/last-christmas.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/10/somali-pirates.html

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AIG bailout a mess

AIG once again is in the news for not allowing the public to know all the details of the 180 billion dollar mess.

The instructions came at a time when Geithner, who is now the Treasury secretary, led the New York Fed. Along with Fed chief Ben Bernanke and former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Geithner was one of the key architects of the federal response to the economic meltdown of 2008. New York Fortune Magazine, http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/07/news/geithner.disclosure.fortune/index.htm



I find this amazing, and I wonder Why?



For more information, please visit other blogs of interest.

http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/11/federal-reserve.html

http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/12/federal-reserve-chairman-and-christmas.html

http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/wall-street-bonus-payouts.html

Iran bars co-operation with foreign groups

Iran blacklisted aprox. 60 groups which include the BBC, Voice of America and Human Rights Watch.

The official said the groups had helped incite post-election unrest.

This means for Iranians that should they come into contact with anyone in the 60 blacklisted groups, they will be arrested.

For the entire story please visit the BBC, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8441376.stm

For more information, please visit other blogs of interest.
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/12/iran-government-backers-flood-streets.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/12/iran-whistleblower-ramin-pourandarjani.html

This is how revolutions start.

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Public option, what happened?

Where did the public option go? Why is something so important not being addressed?
Where will the compitition come from?

Oh, I forgot, the pharmacutical, insurance, and etc. lobby....Got it, you guys had more money to spend. Doesn't Conneticut have big insurance companies there? We can always ask Joe.

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For more information, please visit these blogs of interest
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/wall-street-bonus-payouts.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/mortgage-crisis-and-foreclosures.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/12/on-sixth-day-of-christmas-public-option.html

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Home prices no gain in 10 years

The National Association of Realtors released a report that home prices are actually lower than 10 years ago!

"The median home price in November 1999 was $137,600, NAR said, and by November 2009 it had risen 25% to $172,600. But with cumulative effect of inflation, prices are actually 3% lower in real terms." cnnmoney.com http://money.cnn.com/2009/12/30/real_estate/prices_dropped_over_decade/index.htm?therealpantsdownblog=yes

...Now I find this very interesting. Why lower? This doesn't make sence. Oh, the Federal Reserve.

For more information, please visit other blogs of interest,
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/wall-street-bonus-payouts.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2010/01/mortgage-crisis-and-foreclosures.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/11/federal-reserve.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/12/federal-reserve-chairman-and-christmas.html
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Oh Great... with all this news, I need a drink and this is where I go, just a click away.

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Mortgage Crisis and Foreclosures

Many more forclosures are going to happen before the real estate market picks up again.

Banks are foreclosing and NOT, I repeat, NOT changing the deed to reflect that THEY are the owners.

Why are the Banks doing this? If they foreclose on a property, are THEY not the owners of the property? Why are the banks not changing the ownership?

For more information visit other blogs of interest,

http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/12/bank-failures.html
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/12/credit-card-rates-and-christmas.html


More information about this on the way! Pay attention America! Why are the banks doing this?...oh that's right the BONUS!

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Wall Street Bonus Payouts

The Wall Street bonus payouts for the 2009 year are coming out. I wonder if this will be hushed up? It is amazing to me that we are in a great recession and the taxpayers just bailed out the "Big Boys" and again they do not get it.

How does 20 billion in Wall Street bonus payments sound to you?

Need more information on this? Go to the article in Money magazine http://money.cnn.com/2009/12/30/news/economy/bonuses.fortune/index.htm?cnn=yes
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For more information, please visit other blogs of interest
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/11/federal-reserve.html

http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/12/bank-failures.html

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20 BILLION! I have an idea, Feed America! Check out the link below and find out WHY?
http://therealpantsdown.blogspot.com/2009/11/americans-living-in-hunger.html

Does this sound INSANE to anyone?
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Coat of many Colors

**** Happy New Year Everyone****

...What a song..!!!.. Coat of many Colors by Dolly Parton



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