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FCC to impose new limits on automated telemarketing calls

  You can see the full CNN story – “FCC set to impose new limits on automated telemarketing calls.” 

  I wonder if the FCC has been reading my blog. 

  Of course I been calling for the death of those callers and calling for their entire families to be killed. 
  But I guess we can try the FCC way.

 

“Washington (CNN) -- The Federal Communications Commission is making it harder for telemarketing companies to call or text message you.

New rules expected to be approved Wednesday will further limit automatically dialed or pre-recorded calls know as "robocalls" and automated text messages. The FCC's rules go beyond the existing Federal Trade Commission rules which have been in force since 2008.

"People find loopholes, people find ways around them," said one FCC official not authorized to speak publicly. These new overlapping regulations seek to close them…”

Home Savers

253-382-9080 

  You all know me I am a nice guy.  Correct? 
You may also know I do not like the telephone.  I do not chat away on the telephone.  I hate dealing with phone calls.
  I just recently got a new phone number and I been getting calls.   Someone trying to collect money I think from who ever had the phone before (Smith). 
  I also been getting calls from “Home Savers” and I think they are one of those scum bag groups that try and fuck over someone that is having problems with their home loan.  I am not sure but I think that is the case.
  They have called a number of times.   One time the guy called and I said I was not the person and did not own a home and the guy hung up in my ear without saying anything.
  The same guy called today and I did not take the call but I called back the phone number right away:  253-382-9080 and he answered right away and said is this Mr. Prue or something like that and I said “no” and he hung up on me right away.
  I called him right back and he answered again and asked if I was Mr. Prue and I told that mother fucker that I was not and if he fucking called my number one more time I was going to come up there and pull his fucking lungs out of him.  I told him I am on a do not call list.  I said mother fucker do NOT fucking call me again. 
  He said he was sorry and he had a “button on his phone” and I said what will that do and he said take your number off my phone so I do not call again.  I said what is my number and he gave me my phone number and then I fucking told him again “DO NOT FUCKING CALL ME AGAIN YOU SOB!”

 

  Why can’t we hunt down and kill people like this? I want them dead.  I want their entire families dead.
Now a couple of things… One thing he/they did not use call blocking.  Another thing it was not a robot call with a recorded message.  I been getting some of those from companies. 
Also it takes a month to get on a do not call list and I do not think it has been a month yet.

  But a word of warning to home owners from Jim Howard ….   these companies that say they are going to help homeowners facing foreclosure are the lowest of the low.  They are the scum of the earth.   They are flat out crooks. 
  These companies take your money and do nothing. 

 

“Free foreclosure and homeownership counseling is available at www.homeownership.wa.gov or by contacting the Washington State Homeownership Information Hotline at 1-877-894-HOME (1-877-894-4663). Additional resources are listed on the Attorney General’s Web site at www.atg.wa.gov/foreclosure.aspx.

Documents:

United Home Savers Complaint

United Home Savers Consent Decree”

Freedom of information

  Well now we can read about Steve Jobs.  Not from one of the books about him but from his FBI file. 
  I believe in the freedom of information act.  I think we need something like that but I do not think that the news media should have the right to get all the information and release it.
  It is the same with 911 calls.  We need to have the ability for someone to listen to them to make sure that things are being done correct.  But every time a person makes a 911 call for the police or an ambulance the news media should not be allowed to broadcast it or even print it.

  What right do we have to hear a 911 call from someone when a star has a fight at their home or takes drugs and needs an ambulance?  
 
  I lived in FL for a few years and they have a law in that state that makes it possible for the news media to get just about everything.  There would be stuff that they should not have the right to access but the DA or the police would say well the law allows them to get the information.
  A couple of times I was shocked that they got the information and printed it and broadcast the information.  I can not remember which stories it was now but one of them was autopsy photos of a dead  child.

  Must of the information in the FBI file of Steve Jobs came because he was being considered for an appointment to a government commission or something like that.

  I have had back ground investigations done on me.  I am not sure if the first was when I attempted to join the Peace Corp or if the first was when I went to work for the Post Office.
  Then I had background investigations done when I was on the list to get a job as a Federal Protection Officer.
  There might have been other times that I can not remember.
  The last time was when I worked for a contract guard agency that had the contract to supply security for FAA control towers here in Texas.  The guard company was having a hell of a time getting anyone approve.  The FAA was turning down just about every one they checked.  The company got all the post filled and then after a few months the air traffic control union (yes, there is a very powerful air traffic control union) convinced the FAA that they did not need security for the control towers and that was the end of the job for me and the contract for the guard company.
  
  In the United States just about everyone has background checks done on them.  So just about all of us have FBI files.  Hell my father had a Q Clearance back when I was in grade school. 

Bank Mortgage Fraud deal

“The government is expected to announce on Thursday a roughly $26 billion deal with some of the nation's largest banks to settle charges of systemic and widespread mortgage fraud, according to multiple sources close to the negotiations.

The deal would be the largest payout to date from banks in the wake of the financial crisis.

The settlement, 16 months in the making, could bring significant relief to those in danger of losing their homes and also much needed stability to the long-suffering housing market.

Those who already lost their home, however, would receive just the smallest fraction of the money: a one-time cash payment of about $1,800 as compensation. “Their entire lives have been turned upside down and changed," said Philip Robinson, the acting executive director of Civil Justice, a Baltimore-based nonprofit that has worked with thousands of Maryland families fighting for their homes. "Does $1,800 sound fair? Does that seem like compensation for a financial and emotional tragedy?"

The Department of Housing and Urban Development, one of the Obama administration's lead negotiators on the deal, could not be reached for comment…”   The Huffington Post

 

    Banks committed major wide spread fraud.  They committed felonies.  No one is going to jail.  If you or I had done what they did we would be in a federal prison for mail and wire fraud and other crimes.
    They are going to pay a fine. They will, of course, get all that fine money back from you and I.
    
    I think what should have happened is that outside of each bank hanging from the flag pole should be the president of the bank.  Maybe also other officers of the banks.
   Everyone that had any part in the fraud should not be allowed to work in banking, Wall Street and in other areas doing with business.  They should be allowed to work fast food jobs.
   The banks should have been taken over by the government.  They should now be owned by the American people.  They should be run and profits made should be paid to the American people. We should all be owners of the banks.

  The President of the United States should have called in Wall Street and the bankers and told them “You fuck with us – WE FUCK WITH YOU.”  
  I got a feeling that we should see a change the way Wall Street and major corporations worked after that.  

  The Republicans talk about the “free market.”   There is NO free market in the United States.
  Banks and Wall Street are a criminal conspiracy. 

 

“In criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future. Criminal law in some countries or for some conspiracies may require that at least one overt act must also have been undertaken in furtherance of that agreement, to constitute an offense. There is no limit on the number participating in the conspiracy and, in most countries, no requirement that any steps have been taken to put the plan into effect (compare attempts which require proximity to the full offence). For the purposes of concurrence, the actus reus is a continuing one and parties may join the plot later and incur joint liability and conspiracy can be charged where the co-conspirators have been acquitted or cannot be traced. Finally, repentance by one or more parties does not affect liability but may reduce their sentence…”

David Beckham H&M Underwear Commercial

  I am not a sports fan.  I am not a fan of David Beckham.  I also do not want to see anyone with a tattoo.  Well a small one someplace is OK but none on the face.  I also do not want to see someone with them showing all over their arms etc.  That is just me.  I know a lot of you will not agree with me.  It is your body deface it if you want.  I just do not want to look at it. 

 

  It looks like CNN’s Roland Martin is in trouble with gay and gay groups.  He was watching the Super Bowl and tweeting about everything and commented on the Beckham video and how gay guys were commenting about the “steamy” Super Bowl commercial. 

  If corporations would not use people with a lot of tattoos that would help put an end to me and others having to see shit like this on TV.
  Just let the word go out that if you got a lot of tattoos or even one on your face you will not be working in TV, movies or even on the radio. 
  I know it is not going to happen.  I have lived to long.

 

The American Dream : American Airlines Bankruptcy

  The Star-Telegram has an interesting story on the American Airlines Bankruptcy. 

 

“When AMR Corp. announced its plan Wednesday to terminate all four of its employee pension plans, it joined a long line of U.S. employers that have abandoned what was long seen as a birthright of American workers.

In 1980, 84 percent of Americans working for large or midsize private employers were eligible for a traditional pension, known as a defined benefit plan because it promises to pay a specific benefit based on earnings and years of service. By 2010, that was down to 30 percent, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute, a not-for-profit research organization in Washington, D.C…”

 

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/02/01/3705574/amr-wants-to-terminate-all-four.html#storylink=cpy

 

  Back when I was young…  A long long time ago… I worked as a welder for a corporation (Hess Trucks).  We made trucks that carried beer, soft drinks and stuff like that.  It was sometime in the 60s I think.  It was a union job of course.  We were UAW members.  The pay was good.  I enjoyed the work.  I did take off my hard hat one time when I was welding under a truck and the workers on top were pounding with sledgehammers and a c-clamp came loose and came down and hit me in the head.  Yes, that is how I became a Democrat.  Hit in the head by a hammer.
  I was in my early 20s then.  The company hired in about five guys and they looked old to me. Very old men.  They all came to work at the same time and all had worked at another company before.  The company they had worked at went out of business.  All of these old guys had been a year or two from retirement age and they all had worked for the company most if not all of their lives.  They lost their company pensions.  They ended up with zero for all those years of work.  They would, of course, get Social Security.

  I remember thinking at the time that it was not right that a person could work for a company and then have them just cancel the pension and say get lost. 
  It looks like after all these years this sort of thing is still happening.
  Thank God for Social Security.
  But we need government regulation in this area and in a lot of areas.  That is one of the reasons for government.

Kiva loans

  I just made two Kiva loans this month.  One was to the Nueva Esperanza Group (Paraguay) and the other was a woman in the Ukraine. 
  I recommend Kiva – www.kiva.org 

 

“Kiva Microfunds (commonly known by its domain name, Kiva.org) is an organization that allows people to lend money via the Internet to microfinance institutions in developing countries around the world and in the United States, which in turn lend the money to small businesses and students.^[2] It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization^[3] headquartered in San Francisco, supported by loans and donations from its users and through partnerships with businesses and other institutions.^[4] Kiva itself does not charge any interest; the loans made by Kiva members are passed interest-free to the independent field partner servicing each loan. These interest rates are disclosed and are discussed in the relevant section on the Kiva website and in this article below…”

Living high on the hog

  I got my SSA-1099 and I got last year from Social Security $13,866.00 for the year.  I am part of the 99% for sure.
  It is hard for someone like me to believe that Republicans want to cut Social Security so that people that make over a million a year can pay less tax.  But the Republicans do.
 
  The thousand dollars a month I get pays the rent on this apartment and pays for food and a few other things.  OK OK I have Internet service and cable TV.  I am not wealthy.  I do not drink or smoke. I think I should be allowed to have cable.

  The Koch Brothers and the Republicans for some reason think it would be better for me and the United States if I was homeless.  They seem to think that some church would feed me.  I am not sure where I would sleep.  But I guess they would say I could get access to the Internet at a library.
  I just do not understand how that would be better for the United States.  How is it going to better for the United States to have your mother and father and your grandfather and grandmother living and dying on the streets of the cities of United States?

  Now as I have said many times here …. Social Security is not welfare. 
But Republicans call it welfare.  It is called often “middle-class welfare” by Republicans. 

  
  Also another thing…. I never collected unemployment in my life but it needs to be said… Again here … Unemployment payments are not welfare.   It is insurance.  When you work your employer pays a small amount of money into an unemployment fund for you.  It is insurance.
  Just as I paid into Social Security all my life I also worked and paid into unemployment insurance.  I never collected from that fund.  
  Republicans act like they know all about business and money matters but they seem pretty dumb on these issues.

  The way the Republicans think is that if you have a house or a car and you have insurance on them.  You pay each month the insurance payment.  Then if your house burns down or you have a car accident according to the way they think the money you would get from the insurance company is welfare.

  I have a statement from Social Security that shows how much I paid into Social Security each year for all the years that I worked.  
  Do not be stupid … Do not let the Republicans lie to you.

Google AdSense update

  Google AdSense did their update of accounts on the 7th of the month. 

  This last month I was having one hell of a month.  I was surprised and shocked.  I watched the earnings each day and for December I had estimated earnings of $157.57 for the month. With what was due for the past few months I was expecting to get about $240.00 this month.

  Then today when they updated my page I saw this message:

 

“A payment will not be issued this month. Your unpaid earnings prior to January 1, 2012 was calculated to be $96.27. Payments are issued within 30 days after the end of the month in which your unpaid earnings reach $100.00.”

 

  So I was thinking that they just failed to notice that $157.57 and that they would catch it at some point today and the earnings would correct.

  It did not happen.  So I went to their help files and did some digging and found the following:

“Estimated earnings, which are used in your reports, typically reflect close estimates of your recent account activity. These estimates are intended to give you a rough idea of your recent account activity as soon as possible, but do not necessarily reflect the amount you will be paid.

Finalized earnings, shown on your Payments pages, are accurate earnings amounts that include all revenue you will be paid for valid clicks. Once our records are processed and verified at the end of each month, finalized earnings are posted to your Payments page.

If you’re seeing a significant difference between your reporting estimates and your finalized earnings, it’s possible that your account has been receiving a high percentage of invalid clicks and/or impressions. If you believe this is the case, please visit our Help Center topic regarding invalid clicks for more information.”

 

So what they are saying is that the “estimated” amount of $157.57 was not correct due to invalid clicks and that the correct amount was $13.49 for the month.  That amount would be about what I have been getting for the last few months. 
So I suspect that there have been “invalid clicks.”
  I think I just did a blog post on ShowMeBlog or Howard’s Notebook about the people that were being kicked off of Google AdSense.  I seem to remember posting about it.  There are hundreds if not thousands of them.  Many of them post YouTube videos about it.
  So if I am getting invalid clicks I am surprised the I have not received a warning or that I have not been kicked out of the Google AdSense program.  Maybe I can expect an email one of these days.

  So Google AdSense is not working for me.  I was thinking that at last it was working for me.  I got about six blogs and I put advs on them and I did stuff like putting a big banner across the top and a small one at the very top right column.  I attempted to find tune everything and I was thinking at last I have found the correct way to make a few dollars but I was wrong.  All the work I did and I made zero improvement.

Are we being told the truth by CNN?

  I reported on this blog about Parija Kavilanz a CNN writer.  The writer seems to be doing stories on the CNN web site about how poor doctors are and how hard doctors have it and I do not believe it.
  The writer did a story on CNN “I’m a Medicare doctor, Here’s what I make.”  Then there was a story by the same writer “Doctor-starved: American’s heartland in crisis.”

  Now the new story from the CNN writer is:  “Doctors going broke.” 

  I think someone needs to take a look at this writer.  Is the writer telling the truth?  Is the writer getting paid by someone other than CNN to write certain stories?