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Thank you Justin. That explains it nicely.

I'm a newbie and have recently seen many ads for websites offering "transactional funding" on gmail. Can someone explain the process? All the ads give you is a vague, though very optimistic, blurb about how their company gives you all the money you need, no credit or income verification necessary, just easy money with nothing down, like all the hucksters promise.
What kind of transactions are they talking about? Is this a legitimate tool for investors? Something newbies could use? What are the real costs?

Had Obama lost to McCain, I think we would have seen far more unrest in our cities right here in secular humanist USA.

Another thing to remember is that the President of Iran, no matter who it is, has far less power than the Ayatollah. We can only hope that the Iranian people keep pulling away from theocracy.
Jimmy Buffett said on one of his live CDs that the way to solve the problem with Iraq (this was during the first Gulf War) was to drop millions of $5 bills on the cities of Iraq, and a day later drop LL Bean and Victoria's Secret catalogs on them. They would then embrace the West and our economy would get a nice boost too.

Originally posted by Sorin T:

Originally posted by Chris Pelach:

Also, Ahmadinejad is becoming Iran's version of Nicolai Ceausescu, the Romanian Commie that was overthrown by the kids and grandkids of the people who had willingly followed him into the depths of Soviet communism. He probably regretted working to create a population boom in his early years in control, because those babies took him out when they became adults.

Ahem, wrong. After communist block started crumbling in all surrounding countries, Ceausescu (old style communist) was removed from power (and murdered without a proper trial) by a neo-communist coup d'etat. The neo-communists stayed in power many yrs after that (depending on who you ask, even today).

You're trying to refute a point I didn't make. Nowhere in my post did I mention any party affiliation of the tens of thousands of young Romanian revolutionaries that stormed the government and loyalist buildings, scaring Ceausescu and his wife onto that helicopter.

The Wiki authors also seem to know far less than you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_Revolution_of_1989

I have heard, from an author that has traveled in Iran, that the black market satellite TV business is the most lucrative niche in Iran. And that most women under 40 in Iran wear the traditional garb to work, and once they get home, change into shorts and tank-tops and watch western DVDs and listen to western music.

Also, Ahmadinejad is becoming Iran's version of Nicolai Ceausescu, the Romanian Commie that was overthrown by the kids and grandkids of the people who had willingly followed him into the depths of Soviet communism. He probably regretted working to create a population boom in his early years in control, because those babies took him out when they became adults.

I would venture that you could get some legal help through a housing advocacy group in the Milwaukee area.
As for getting a new place in a better part of town; ditto MikeOH's post.

Originally posted by Debbie Butler:

Originally posted by Chris Pelach:

Debbie,
What rights, and we need specific examples here, are being taken away by the current administration? Are they the same ones that were taken away by Bush that caused millions to move up to Canada?

1) My right to choose my health care and my doctor is in jeopardy.
2) My right to reap the benefits of my hard work. I do not work to support lazy underachievers. I should not be ashamed of being successful.
3) My right to feel safe in my own country. Now we're reading Miranda rights to terrorists?!? Good Lord!
4) My right to bear arms. If he has his way, the 2nd Amendment will be obliterated.
5) Companies rights to set the salaries for their OWN executives. Since when did the Constitution give government control over private sector business? And I'm not talking about bailout bums.

I could go on...

Bush wasn't the best, but he wasn't a socialist, either. And, the people who moved to Canada probably belong there anyway

1. Hasn't happened, and well, most people with health insurance have no choice than what is provided through their employer, and individual policies do often have restrictions on which doctors, clinics, and hospitals (for non-emergency care) that the insured can use.
2. You've been supporting the lazy underachievers ever since you drew your first check. Has nothing to do with the Obama admin.
3. How the hell can you possible define the right to "feel safe?" I feel completely safe. Spare us the paranoia. If you drive a car, you're far more likely to die from that than you are to be a victim of a terror attack.
4. Really? We're going on hypothetical suppositions now? What has Obama done as far as gun rights are concerned since he has been in office? The fact that gun and ammo sales have gone way up only means that people have bought more. It doesn't mean that the 2nd Amendment has been stripped.
5. When the government has to prop those businesses up, they are no longer in the private sector. I don't follow that stuff much so I don't know if Obama has proposed limiting executive pay for companies that have received no financial assistance from Uncle Sugar. If he has, that really sucks, and #5 would be your first valid point.

And finally, nobody moved to Canada. Lots said they would because Bush and the Patriot Act were supposedly stripping our individual rights, but nothing changed, and nobody left.

Originally posted by MikeOH:

Chris,

You have a 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Would you FIGHT if the government decided to take your guns? They didn't fight in Australia or Canada!

Definitely. Whether or not I choose to keep a gun in my home, it was determined long ago by men much smarter than I that it is my right to have one, or several. FWIW, the only gun I have any ownership of is my grandpop's service pistol from WWII. Made by the Remington typewriter company. So it has a lot of sentimental value along with still being a damn fine pistol.
As for Aussies and Canucks, that's their problem.

Debbie,
What rights, and we need specific examples here, are being taken away by the current administration? Are they the same ones that were taken away by Bush that caused millions to move up to Canada?

Mike,
My answer is on p.7 on the thread. Short answer, yes, I, and I believe almost all Americans, will fight for their individual rights. As long as everyone is looking out for their selves and loved ones, nobody will have anything taken from them.