400 charged in mortgage fraud

More than 400 people have been charged in the mortgage fraud probe, of whom nearly 300 have been arrested, including 60 in a coordinated sweep Wednesday, the Justice Department said.
The losses in the mortgage fraud cases cost consumers more than $1 billion, Mueller said.
"We will, as appropriate, seek prison terms," Filip said. "It is a very, very serious matter."
"Operation Malicious Mortgage," the investigation by the FBI and Justice Department, began March 1, government officials said. It resulted in 144 fraud cases in which 406 defendants were charged.
The FBI is investigating about 1,400 more cases of potential fraud, Mueller said, calling it "a substantial number of investigations, unfortunately."
The agency has 42 mortgage fraud task forces in operation, employing 180 agents, Mueller said.
Many agencies were credited as contributing to the investigation, including the Internal Revenue Service, the Secret Service, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, immigration and customs agencies, postal inspectors and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Mc Grady ordered to pay $54,000 in child support

Basketball star Tracy McGrady of the Houston Rockets must pay a Bradenton woman $54,156 a year in child support for their daughter, plus insurance and tuition, a Sarasota County circuit judge ruled. The amount is far less than the $204,000 a year that Pearl Vega, 36, had argued would be more in line with McGrady's $21.6 million annual income and give their child a lifestyle more equal to that of McGrady's other children.
Women seem to think that since they had a baby by a star it intitles them to the stars money claiming that the child should live as the star lives. This is just simple logic that must be considered that if the child lives at a certain life style so must the parent! The Circuit Judge Donna Berlin ruled that Vega had overstated the child's needs and has "used child support to enhance her personal lifestyle and that of her other two children." "It is inappropriate for Ms. Vega to use child support as a means to further her education when she chooses to attend college as a full-time student and expect Mr. McGrady to pay for tuition, a full-time nanny and other domestic help," Berlin wrote in the decision. Now this makes sense, although a large majority of child support judges don't follow this thinking. Maybe a book should be written for judges called "Decision making For Dummies involving Child Support issues"
Vega's attorney immediately filed a notice the mother would appeal. At a trial, she highlighted exactly what it means to be the child of an NBA star: McGrady shares a six-bedroom, 23,000-square-foot house with a pool outside Houston with his wife and three children. He spends $5,000 per month on a chef and $1,732 for a housekeeper. One of the children had a $16,000 birthday party for about 40 children, with a magician, clown, face painter, games and music. McGrady and his family spend about $45,000 per month for personal travel, sometimes on private jets. The children went on trips to New York, to North Carolina a dozen times -- to Florida about the same number -- and to Atlanta, California, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Bahamas, Mexico, the Virgin Islands and Rio de Janeiro. They stay at Ritz-Carltons, have private preschool and tutors, and get thousands of dollars' worth of clothes a month.
So he spends $45,000 a month with his family, this is a train wreck waiting to happen if he does not invest his money wisely... Some people call a train wreck (bankruptcy)...

What if

What if Daniel Snyder decides to hire Ron Meeks, (a black man) as the head football coach of the Washington Redskins.......
What if the Washington Redskins make it to the Super Bowl next season, under quarterback Jason Campbell, (a black man)..........
What if the Washington Wizards make it to the NBA championship this year. They're coached by Eddie Jordan, (a black man).....



............and what if the next resident of the White House is President of theUnited States Barack Obama, (a black man).........

We would be able to welcome back the "black man" to the nation's capitol, who is not a criminal, not locked up or strung out on drugs. He has leadership skills, is articulate, is of good character, is spiritual, is well groomed, is a family man, is a good father, a good husband. Wouldn't this bring much pride back to the black man and the black family who has been portrayed so negatively in the media, though a lot of it is our own doing. Wouldn't it be great to see a black family at the highest level in the country? Maybe our youth would want to mimic that, instead of the gangsta rap artist with the drooping pants, the bling and the slang. Just maybe they would want to complete their education and want to further that education. Maybe they would want to strive to be the next black president? Well at least I can dream and and guess what? That dream could very much become a reality. Martin Luther King Jr. said it best, "I have a dream........".

The Reason

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant .
Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.

Sleep on the Job

When caught sleeping on the job ...
Raise your head slowly and say, '...in Jesus' name, Amen.'

NJ Cops

Two men were driving through New Jersey when they got pulled over by a NJ cop. The cop walked up and tapped on the window with his nightstick. The driver rolled down the window and WHACK," the cop smacked him in the head with his nightstick. "What the hell was that for?" the driver asked. "You're in New Jersey, son," the cop answered. "When we pull you over in New Jersey, you better have your license ready by the time we get to your car." "I'm sorry, officer, " the driver said, "I'm from New York and didn't know your laws here." The cop runs a check on the guy's license--he's clean and gives the guy his license back. The cop then walks around to the passenger side and taps on the window. The passenger rolls down the window and "WHACK," the cop smacks him on the head with the nightstick. "What'd you do that for?" the passenger demands. "Just making your wish come true," rep lied the cop. "Making WHAT wish come true?" the passenger asked. "Because I know you New Yorkers," the cop says, "two miles down the road ; you're gonna turn to your buddy and say....." I wish that asshole would've tried that shit with me!"

A Polish man

A Polish man moved to the USA and married an American girl
Although his English was far from perfect, they got along very well until one day he rushed into a lawyer's office and asked him if he could arrange a divorce for him.
The lawyer said that getting a divorce would depend on the circumstances, and asked him the following questions: Have you any grounds? Yes, an acre and half and nice little home. No, I mean what is the foundation of this case? It made of concrete. I don't think you understand. Does either of you have a real grudge? No, we have carport, and not need one. I mean. What are your relations like? All my relations still in Poland . Is there any infidelity in your marriage? We have hi-fidelity stereo and good DVD player. Does your wife beat you up? No, I always up before her. Is your wife a nagger? No, she white. Why do you want this divorce? She going to kill me. What makes you think that? I got proof. What kind of proof? She going to poison me. She buy a bottle at drugstore and put on shelf in bathroom. I can read, and it say: 'Polish Remover'