It's an Obsession...

it is nearly an obsession for myself. I had to post this.

clipped from online.wsj.com The Connecticut personal-injury lawyer cracked three vertebrae when he slipped during a race last December. He pulled a hamstring in Tampa two months later, and again in Mississippi a week after that. He nearly passed out in the parched hills of South Dakota in August, finishing last by two hours. In October, he got lost in the woods of Indiana when organizers cleared away the markers. "It's an obsession," he says. "No different than gambling, drinking or doing drugs." Mr. DeFronzo is part of a proud subculture of self-styled "mega marathoners," people who run hundreds of the 26.2-mile races. Three Germans, a Finn and a Japanese woman are known to have clocked more than 1,000 marathons apiece -- that is 26,200 miles, about 1,300 miles more than the circumference of the earth. The record holder, 74-year-old Horst Preisler, has run 1,636 marathons.

Legal Service Plans Can Benefit Homeowners Facing Foreclosure

Davis Miles is also the provider law firm for Albuquerque.

clipped from finance.yahoo.com ADA, Okla., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- As the foreclosure crisis in the U.S. expands, along with a rising unemployment rate now at 10 percent, one thing has become all too clear: homeowners who are in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure need access to affordable professional legal services. Yet, at the time that many homeowners most need legal counsel, to understand their rights, obligations and options, they are least able to afford these vital services. By some estimates, 3.4 million households will receive a foreclosure notice this year and 2010 may set another record in foreclosures and homes lost. Davis Miles has organized a comprehensive platform of activities to assist PPD members The firm has developed a special loan modification program which is communicated through free local market seminars on the firm's website and on a weekly radio program broadcast on KFNN 1510.com on Thursdays at 1:00 p.m

Sights are set on rise in Pre-Paid Legal’s era

With the stock market and housing in decline, some people are wondering where they can invest their money. How about investing in yourself? How about starting a small business, a part time venture and see what you are made of? See if you can double or triple your investment in 6 months. The risks are minimal and limited, but the benefits are endless.

clipped from newsok.com "They need our services more now than at any other time. Foreclosures are at record highs, and, in fact, we’re told in 2010 and 2011, more than 50 percent of mortgages will be under water. Those people will need lawyers.” Published: November 15, 2009 ADA — The economy is still in the doldrums, people are losing their jobs — and conditions couldn’t be better for Ada-based Pre-Paid Legal. "It’s just our business model,” Stonecipher said. "We’ve reported positive net income for the past 10 years. Pre-Paid members are already getting good use of their service, consulting with attorneys about foreclosures and having a better shot at working out an agreement to keep their homes. "A lot of people who get into this situation can’t afford $300 to $500 an hour,” Stonecipher said. "But with Pre-Paid, they get unlimited access.” programs designed to help small businesses deal with unions and debt collection. when the economy recovers, Pre-Paid is in good position to do even better

Founding Fathers Risin from the Dead

Excellent explanations of our Constitution in light of today's issues.
Live streaming...

clipped from www.givemeliberty.org LIVE WEBCAST AGENDA:  SATURDAY, NOV. 14   8:00 AM - Violations of the Constitution's Tax clauses (i.e., the "Income Tax" fraud) 1:30 PM - Violation of the "Natural Born Citizen" clause (i.e., Obama's unknown citizenship status) SUNDAY, NOV. 15    8:00 AM - Violations of the War Powers clauses (i.e., U.S. military actions without any declaration of war) 1:30 PM - Violations of the Constitution's Privacy Clauses (i.e., warrantless searches, U.S. spying on citizens, etc.)

WHERE WOULD JESUS BANK?

clipped from www.scoop.co.nz WHERE WOULD JESUS BANK? Jesus acted with ferocious and bold integrity when he threw the money changers out of the temple. Needless to say, he hiccuped their cash flows on what otherwise would have been a big grossing day. Their business model threatened, the priests who managed the money changers insisted that the Romans crucify Jesus. The Romans tried to pawn the problem off on the local king, Herod, who ducked and sent Jesus back to the Romans. The Romans, still looking for a way out, tried a flogging. That did not work. The priests meanwhile had succeeded in persuading the crowd to support them and scapegoat Jesus. Thirsting for a crucifixion, the crowd voted to set the criminal Barabbas free instead of Jesus. Jesus died because the crowd voted for the criminal enterprise. The crowd voted for the priests and their rich endowments and their alliance with the money changers. It's 2000 Years Later and We're Still Voting for the Criminals

ARRESTED & Cuffed for two overdue library books

clipped from creditsuit.org Wisconsin woman, 20, arrested for two overdue library volumes Book Her, Dan-O Dalibor, who made the mistake of ignoring a court citation issued after she failed to respond to letters and phone calls from the Grafton library, was busted August 6 for failing to return copies of Janet Fitch’s best-seller “White Oleander” (a 1999 Oprah Book Club selection) and “Angels & Demons,” author Dan Brown’s precursor to “The Da Vinci Code.” According to a police report, Dalibor was apprehended at her family’s home, cuffed and stuffed in a cruiser, and booked for violating the “overdue library materials” ordinance. She also had to pose for the below mug shot at the Grafton Police Department. But that’s the trend across America.  I hear Alex Jones’ statements about police brutality, setups and more and more laws to control and humiliate us.  And I often find it hard to believe, but then you watch videos and read the official press releases, and it’s true.

Continental Congress 2009 Live Stream

Don't wait to see the Revolution on TV. Michael Badnarik speaking now.

clipped from www.givemeliberty.org

America's Priorities, by the Beltway Elite

This is a great article that reminds me of the same problem Jesus found in His day. To the religious elite (the Pharisees) He had to ask...

Mark 3:4 Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?

The Pharisees could do amazing things. They could swallow a camel and strain at gnats. They could kill, but not heal on the Sabbath. It was there nature. Apparently they had children for they are with us this day.

"You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. John 8:44

clipped from www.salon.com "America's Priorities," by the Beltway elite Endless war in Afghanistan is an absolute necessity. Health care for Americans is a luxury that can wait. By Glenn Greenwald the Post demands that Obama's health care plan not be paid for with borrowed money, yet the very same Post Editors vocally support escalation in Afghanistan without specifying how it should be paid for.  "Why is it okay to finance wars with debt, asks our reader, but not to pay for health care that way?" nearly 45,000 annual deaths are associated with lack of health insurance" in America.  Adam Smith, all the way back in 1776, in An Inquiry into the Nature And Causes of the Wealth of Nations, described this Beltway attitude exactly: In great empires the people who live in the capital, and in the provinces remote from the scene of action, feel, many of them, scarce any inconveniency from the war; but enjoy, at their ease, the amusement of reading in the newspapers the exploits of their own fleets and armies . . .

Federal Courts Issue Rulings on Bush-Era Torture, Racial Profiling Cases

clipped from www.truthout.org Mr. Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian citizen, was detained at JFK Airport in September 2002 while changing planes on his way home to Canada. The Bush administration labeled him a member of al-Qaeda and sent him not to Canada, his home and country of citizenship, but against his will to Syrian intelligence authorities renowned for torture. He was tortured, interrogated and detained in a tiny underground cell for nearly a year before the Syrian government released him, stating they had found no connection to any criminal or terrorist organization or activity.

Speed Cameras Add More Woes To Commuters

More people need to get involved in their local government to put the brakes on this sort of thing. The people should decide how much surveillance they want, not big corp. You can get the cameras removed by calling for a vote.

clipped from www.washingtonpost.com Rise of the stealthy traffic camera fuels drivers' disgust There's something that doesn't smell right about these tickets, but you're not quite sure what. People get worked up. Put these cyborgs on a ballot, and the voters beat them to the pavement. Three cities Tuesday -- two in Ohio, one in Texas -- voted to rip the things down. In College Station, Tex., the camera manufacturer and their subcontractors reportedly spent $60,000 campaigning to keep them in place, more than five times the amount raised by the opposition, and lost anyway. Voters in Chillicothe, Ohio, went against the cameras at a rate of 72 percent. In Heath, Ohio, the mayor got caught removing anti-camera campaign signs from an intersection. He, and the cameras, got sent packing. Nationwide, there have been something like 11 elections on automated enforcement. Your vote total: Revolting Peasants 11, Machines 0. Yet the cameras multiply

Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. Cited by The Motley Fool as Undervalued Stock

not all companies fail in a depression.

clipped from finance.yahoo.com In developing the list of undervalued small cap companies -- those with market capitalization between $200 million and $2 billion -- Mr. Chokkavelu considered both positive earnings, through the price/earnings (P/E) ratio, and the positive free cash flow (P/FCF) ratio for the past five years. As noted in the article, "We want companies that are both accounting profitable and generating cash off of that profitability." Among the 20 small cap companies, PPD's ratios were listed as P/E (7.3) and P/FCF (6.3). "This is another in a series of favorable articles about Pre-Paid Legal Services and we're pleased to see this recognition," said Harland C. Stonecipher, Pre-Paid Legal Services Founder and CEO.

Attorneys Warn Second Wave of Foreclosures Coming Urges Consumers to Know Their Rights

clipped from trak.in Washington D.C. October 29, 2009 — E. F. Robinson, an attorney who specializes in consumer law, is warning the public that a second wave of foreclosures is on the horizon, and he is urging that people prepare for any eventuality by knowing their rights– before they need them. Regarding conventional wisdom that people facing foreclosure are getting what they deserve, Robinson offers this retort: “Poppycock” “Most did not understand what they were signing,” We have had lots of success, “Less than 2 percent have had to turn their house back in.” But the mortgage crisis is just one part of the equation For example, identify theft has increased, affecting those with good credit who unexpectedly find themselves victims. And other good credit risks who invested in extended warranties are finding that some firms are not honoring service contracts. “Such companies are getting less business, therefore making less money,” Robinson said, adding that many are now reneging on warranties

Jesus, Worry, and You - Matthew 6:25-34

After hearing this explained, no wonder the Lord gained a committed and loyal following.

There is an audio portion you can listen to that goes with this at the site.

clipped from www.gty.org the matter of financial security There are always a series of doomsday prophets who want to camp on our fears Three times in this passage...first of all in Verse 25...it says, "Do not be anxious."  Secondly, in Verse 31, "do not be anxious."  And finally in Verse 34, "do not be anxious."  The key to the whole passage then is, "don't be anxious."  That mandate...that command...is illustrated, elucidated, argued, and reasoned with the inimitable skill of the master teacher, the Lord Jesus Christ.  It defines the proper attitude with which disciples of Jesus should live their lives in a material world. Wanting the necessities of life is very normal.  "Just don't worry about it," He says. three reasons never to worry.  This is the end of financial stress.  Number one, "It is unnecessary because of Your Father."  Two, "It is uncharacteristic because of your faith."  Three, "It is unwise because of your future."

What do I do if police frisk me?

clipped from www.flexyourrights.org What do I do if police frisk me? If police detain and frisk you, you have the right to clearly state your refusal to consent to the search. For example, you may say "Officer, I'm not resisting. I do not consent to this search." But you should only verbally refuse. Never physically resist. Just touching an officer could get you tasered or beaten. You could also get a felony charge for assaulting a police officer. If you believe you were wrongly frisked, consider filing a police misconduct report.

Police stop more than 1 million people on street

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. ~ John F. Kennedy, In a speech at the White House, 1962

Protect yourself with this shield.
Using this Shield will reduce stress and injury
It will help you drive back injustice!
See it at http://www.american-synergy.com/shield/

clipped from www.flexyourrights.org Police stop more than 1 million people on street Each frisk is an ordinary injustice. One million frisks is a national tragedy disgrace.

Glenn Greenwald is my Rush Limbaugh

(video at pbs)
What I mean by the Title is as Rush is the source of truth for too many Americans, so Greenwald is the source of truth for me. This is a great interview where Greenwald succinctly articulates all my major concerns in a very short time. Thank you Bill Moyer for having him on.

clipped from www.pbs.org WEB EXCLUSIVE: Glenn Greenwald TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/mt3/mt-tb.cgi/1874 Acclaimed blogger Glenn Greenwald, recipient of the Park Center for Independent Media Izzy Award, spoke with Bill Moyers this week for the special web-exclusive conversation below.

U.S. Spies Buy Stake in Firm That Monitors Blogs, Tweets

Which is our greater threat, domestic or foreign? If we don't use our rights we lose them. Take this quiz and find out how much you know about your rights. http://www.american-synergy.com/survey/

Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day. ~ Thomas Jefferson

clipped from www.wired.com America’s spy agencies want to read your blog posts, keep track of your Twitter updates — even check out your book reviews on Amazon. In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the CIA and the wider intelligence community, is putting cash into Visible Technologies, a software firm that specializes in monitoring social media. Visible crawls over half a million web 2.0 sites a day, scraping more than a million posts and conversations taking place on blogs, online forums, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter and Amazon. (It doesn’t touch closed social networks, like Facebook, at the moment.) Customers get customized, real-time feeds of what’s being said on these sites, based on a series of keywords. Visible “scores” each post, labeling it as positive or negative, mixed or neutral. It examines how influential a conversation or an author is. such a tool can also be pointed inward, at domestic bloggers or tweeters. Visible already keeps tabs on web 2.0 sites for Dell, AT&T and Verizon

The Facts On Junk Mail

Call 888-567-8688. This single automated phone line takes you off the lists of all major credit bureaus. You can also do this online at:
http://www.optoutprescreen.com.

Mail Preference Service, Direct Marketing Association, P.O. Box 643, Carmel, NY 10512 or download the online form at
http/www.dmaconsumers.org/cgi/offmailinglistdave.

clipped from www.nativeforest.org FACTS ON JUNK MAIL! The average person gets only 1.5 personal letters each week, compared to 10.8 pieces of junk mail. Each person will receive almost 560 pieces of junk mail this year. That's 4.5 million tons of junk mail produced each year! 44% of all junk mail is thrown in the trash, unopened and unread. Approximately 40% of the solid mass that makes up our landfills is paper and paperboard waste.

U.S. Mercenaries Exempt from all laws

Absence of justice? Our country will pay. Everyone is subject to natural law and nature's God.

How the faithful city has become a harlot, She who was full of justice! Righteousness once lodged in her, But now murderers. Your silver has become dross, Your drink diluted with water. Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves a bribe And chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan, Nor does the widow's plea come before them. Therefore the Lord God of hosts, The Mighty One of Israel, declares, "Ah, I will be relieved of My adversaries And avenge Myself on My foes. Isaiah 1:21-24

Have we forgotten how Assyria and then Babylon rose up to take this corrupt nation away? Will it be any different for any other nation? Will it be different for us? While the crooks, liars, and thieves rape and pillage some of us are learning the meaning of the 1st and 2nd Amendments. Learn about Committees of Safety and Constitutional Homeland Security

clipped from www.guardian.co.uk US defence firms face penalty over block on assault claims Senate passes measure prompted by case of woman prevented from suing over alleged rape by Halliburton/KBR colleagues Jamie Leigh Jones testifying in Washington in 2007. Photograph: Greg Nash/AP Halliburton/KBR used a clause in Jones's contract requiring disputes to be settled by arbitration to block legal action, a policy her lawyer says has encouraged assaults by creating a climate of impunity. Franken described it as a denial of justice. "Contractors are using fine print to deny women like Jamie Leigh Jones their day in court," he said in a Senate debate. "They can't have mandatory arbitration on issues like assault and battery."