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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Only in the USA can Illegals get treated like this!

Let me see if I understand all this...



IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR.

IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU ARE
DETAINED INDEFINITELY.

IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT.

IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU ARE JAILED INDEFINITELY.
IF YOU CROSS THE RUSSIAN BOARDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET 5 YEARS IN PRISON.
IF YOU CROSS THE TURKISH BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET 10 YEARS IN PRISON..

IF YOU CROSS THE CHINESE BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN.

IF YOU CROSS THE VENEZUELAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU WILL BE BRANDED A SPY AND YOUR FATE IS SEALED.

IF YOU CROSS THE CUBAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO POLITICAL PRISON TO ROT.

IF YOU CROSS THE U.S. BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET A DRIVERS LICENSE, SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, JOB, WELFARE, FOOD STAMPS, CREDIT CARDS, SUBSIDIZED RENT OR A LOAN TO BUY A HOUSE, FREE EDUCATION, FREE HEALTH CARE, A LOBBYIST IN WASHINGTON AND IN MANY INSTANCES YOU CAN VOTE!
YEAH, I THINK I GOT IT..........

HOW 'BOUT YOU????

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Saturday, January 9, 2010

They only have 7 years to collect

I recently received a pre-recorded message from a company that told me I had an outstanding debt please press zero (0) to resolve this. This was not the first time that I had received this call, generally I would hang up, but that day something told me to find out who was this. So I pushed zero and waited for a representative to answer the phone. The next few words caught me off guard. Julie gave me the name of this company and said that it was a claim from 2001. What a minute you are calling me about a claim from 2001.

She said yes and how would I like to resolve cash or credit?

I ask Julie if she knew that calling me on a claim over 7 years old is against the law. Julie told me that she knew the law and I owed the money.

So I dropped a little knowledge on Julie and I explained that she was in violation of federal law and she and the company could be subject to fines and or jail sentences if they continue violate that law. Julie was a smart lady, she immediately went to get her supervisor. When I started speaking to Bob I realized that he did not know the law either. Of course his call was a ethical call, and most people want to pay their debt no matter how old they are! So I used something called informative information on him and went on to say "if I did not pay the debt in 2001 that I surely was not going to pay it 9 years later" . I asked Bob did he knows what happens after a person files bankruptcy, he said did I file bankruptcy on this case? I said no. The reason that I was asking is after 10 years a bankruptcy automatically drops off of your credit. He said "okay". Listen Bob the first and most important piece of information is, that after 7 years of no activity on any account positive or negative it automatically drops off a consumers credit report and that debt is forgiven.

Again Bob wanted to explain his logical reason why he called, again. This time I stopped him in the middle of his rational approach and asked him for his name and the company that he worked for. I explained to him in layman's terms what was going to happen if he continued on trying to justify why he called. That I would be forced to call an attorney and take it to the next level, and I promised that he would not like the results if I did!

Bob realized his error and apologize, he explained that my name would be removed from his calling list and that would never happen again.


Food for thought: A collector only has 7 years to collect any debt after that it is a forgiven debt and it automatically drops off of your credit!

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Friday, January 8, 2010

The Solist *Review*

On paper, The Soloist sounds like a classic softhearted middlebrow awards-bait movie. Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx) is a homeless schizophrenic on the streets of Los Angeles whose outward dementia — mismatched clothing topped by full sequined jacket; hair plastered down on either side; a mode of ''talk'' that's really a jumble of word salad — conceals a delicate, refined soul obsessed with the beauty of music. Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times who meets Nathaniel on the street and learns, after a bit of investigating, that he was once a budding cello virtuoso at 
Juilliard. He writes a column about him, and as Nathaniel starts to gain a bit of notoriety, the two men redeem each other. Or not.

The Soloist is based on a true story, but it takes pains not to sweeten the facts. And so the film, directed by Joe Wright (Atonement), draws us in without offering the expected ''inspirational'' catharsis. It's all a bit shapeless, yet made with sincerity and taste, and the two actors seize your sympathy.

Much to my surprise this was not the movie that I thought it was going to be. This is a movie without the deep passion that I was seeking. I really had a hard time believing Jamie Foxx as a Schizophrenic Nathaniel Ayers, a mentally ill, homeless street musician who possesses extraordinary talent. Even through his half-broken instruments does not limit his ability to create music.

Inspired by his story, Lopez writes an acclaimed series of articles about Ayers and attempts to do more to help both him and the rest of the underclass of LA have a better life. However, Lopez's good intentions run headlong in the hard realities of the strength of Ayers' personal demons and the larger social injustices facing the homeless. Regardless, Lopez and Ayers must find a way to conquer their deepest anxieties and frustrations to hope for a brighter future for both of them.

So even on paper it sound like a block buster movie that you will want to see over and over again. Lets look at it on paper it was a good movie but I could not not see more than two (2)** stars. You are not missing anything if you wait to see it on regular tv.

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Thursday, January 7, 2010

Deception *Review*

Deception is a a would-be erotic thriller with no heat and zero chills, “Deception” has the kind of glassy, glossy sheen and risible story that mean to suggest.

Without giving much more away, these three characters end up in a treacherous triangle ruled by multiple seductions involving erotic and also emotional same-sex entrapments, as well as interchangeable identities and split personalities. But Deception suffers from a serious identity crisis of its own, alternating between a love story, a sexy noir, and a psychological crime caper, and failing to settle sufficiently on any one of these competing narrative strands. And last but far from least, an over-achieving malevolent mastermind who's such a genius at circuitous schemes to get other people to commit crimes on his behalf, that the greatest mystery in Deception, may be why he can't just think up ways to simply do the dirty work himself to begin with.

The story is slow with a gradual build, nothing about this movie was believable. It had a concept that really has nothing that you can really sink your teeth into.
ai give this movie two (2) stars.


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Star Trek *Review*

“Star Trek” as done it again with a captivating script that keeps you glued to your seat, waiting to see whats going to happen next!

The 2009 “Star Trek” film goes back eagerly to where “Star Trek” began, using time travel to explain a cast of mostly the same characters, only at a younger point in their lives, sailing the Starship Enterprise. As a story idea, this is sort of brilliant and saves on invention, because young Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Uhura, Scotty and the rest channel their later selves. The child is father to the man, or the Vulcan, and all that.

The evolution of Star Trek to the Next Generation and Deep Space Nine kept me watching. Although this movie took an old concept and showed how the friends became friends.

This is one of the best Star Trek movies thus far. I give the movie four (4) **** stars. It is worth watching over and over again.

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They expect him to work a miracle

For some reason, the conservative force seems to believe that the president ideal of fixing the economy is not going to work. They think that some of his ideals are on the extreme side, but I believe that he has a plan and he is working this recession driven economy like a chess game. You see, chess is a game of thinking several moves ahead, and you never see it coming until you have been check mated. Unfortunately, I like many others can not see the forest for looking at the tree right now.

This plan is not going to happen over night, but it is going to happen! It took 8 years to create the mess, yet the world expects him to fix the problems, bad decision and all, yesterday! You see the President has proven one thing to me, when he annihilated the Clinton machine and destroyed the McCain campaign, I knew that he was a forced to be recognized. I am seeing gradual changes in the economy, the stock market is over 10,000 again and unemployment is still high but it has reached its highest point and its starting to fall.

The day is coming when the miracle will come, that the economy will bounce back and the dollar will become stronger again. Okay what took 8 years to tear down will not take more than 8 months to build it back up. If you believe it can happen!

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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

The Movie 'Fighting' *Review*

Fighting is a rough-hewn heroic tale about realizing dreams of glory, putting audiences ringside at high-stakes underground street fights. Tatum stars as Sean Arthur, a young man who scrapes up a living hustling counterfeit merchandise in NYC. With family tragedy in his past and his father keeping him at a distance, this outsider has little to motivate him. A chance encounter with veteran street-fighting coach Harvey Boarden (Howard) leads to a whole new career for Sean. The ensuing bouts get tough, especially with the criminal element horning in, so Sean gets tougher. He will fight to win, not only the prize money but also the unexpected new relationships that are strengthening him.

Fighting is a poor excuse of a action movie, the acting is sorry and no matter how hard that you try to get into the movie the horribly written story line will leave you hangingt. This dry and dull drama offers little in the way of excitement or interesting moments. Tatum, fight scenes where pathetic, I kept wondering who would pay this guy $5,000 dollars to fight? I know that he's was capable of a strong performances, but he just mumbled his was through the role.and It was clear that his tough guy demeanor and pretty face was not enough to save this movie. Terrence Howard fairs better, but his mild-mattered sleaze ball character with his strange gay accent is so uninteresting you won't really care. At least Zulay Henao (who plays Zulay Valez in the movie)Is a bright point in the movie.

There's not much more to say, other than that those expecting a bunch of fight sequences will be massively disappointed. There are a few fight scenes, but the realistic approach director and co-writer Dito Montiel takes results in rather uninspiring battles, as Tatum and his opponent throw a few punches, roll around on the floor and try to put each other in choke holds a la MMA-style fighting. None of the scenes are very climactic, including the final fight scene, and so what we're left with is yet another story where some poor sap finally finds his calling with some illegal criminal hobby. We've all seen this story done a dozen times before and to better results.

Fighting is truly boring and poorly done. A lack of plot or strong performances ensure that this one will skip right over the bargain bin and into the trash.I give this one a one (*) star.

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