Question #1:
can they do this without a judgment?
Can a collection agency freeze your checking account without getting a court judgment? The reason I'm asking is because I no longer have access to my funds. It says I have zero dollars in my bank account, but I know I should have money in there--not a lot granted, but some. I thought a collection agency(even one for student loans) had to get a court order to do that, and I thought I had to appear in court before that happened.Question #2:
Can they do this without a judgment?
Can a collection agency freeze your checking account without getting a court judgment? The reason I'm asking is because I no longer have access to my funds. It says I have zero dollars in my bank account, but I know I should have money in there--not a lot granted, but some. I thought a collection agency(even one for student loans) had to get a court order to do that, and I thought I had to appear in court before that happened.Question #3:
Does Stupack Have a Valid Ethical and Jurisprudential Point?
Who is Right About Federal Public Funding for Abortions on Demand?Stupack says one thing Waxman, Pelosi, and Emanuel say another.
Here are my views, I really want to hear yours.
First I should say I'm pro-choice, used to work with NARAL, and Planned Parenthood, and ZPG. That was back in 1977.
But we did not agree on everything. I agreed with Roe v Wade as it was written by Harry Blackmun. Just the words he wrote there. Not abortion on demand with Federal Public Funding -- he did not write that in Roe v Wade. There is no Constitutional right to that, according to the U.S. Supreme Court (a Bar of which I am a member in good standing).
Why do I think it is immoral and wrong to use Federal Public Funding to do a procedure which I think it is ethical and moral to do?
How could the procedure be right, but the funding be wrong?
If it's legal, why shouldn't it be paid for?
OK fair question.
Here's my answer: Because we want our U.S. Code Annotated to embody a decent respect for the feelings and opinions of all Americans, or as close to that as possible.
Now add to that there are about 150 million Americans who think that abortion is murder.
They are not calling it a waste of money, or an earmark, or a fraud on a defense contract, or a misbegotten bank bailout ---- no ----- they are calling it murder.
People don't want to be complicit in murder.
Many feel that if their Federal tax dollars are used to pay for abortions on demand (not rapes, incest, and life of the mother exceptions, but general abortions on demand -- here I am I want an abortion -- gimme that), then they would be complicit in murder.
That's how Stupack feels. He had 11 others, but Pelosi has softened one of them to jelly, so now Stupack only has 10 dems to stand with him with actual spines in them.
These are people that don't want to be complicit in murder.
On a realpolitik analysis we have the fact that if tens of millions of Americans become tax resisters, it's possible the government may go bankrupt, be actually insolvent, have to cease operations of every kind, including all medical everything, and all everything else, including the mail, including various payouts that people get, including VA services.
So slapping Stupack in the face may not be such a good idea from a Governance perspective (forget about politics, just for a second). Anything that shoots the government in the head is not a very good thing for the government - we don't need Einstein to help us understand that, right? We can see it, you and I both.
It comes down to respect. We don't mind the idea of majority rule, but we don't want the U.S. Code to steamroller over the deeply held sensibilities and moral sentiments of half our population.
I told this to NARAL in 1977. They were just stuffed to the brim with Pelosi's and Waxman's and ACLU types. I could not make them see sense.
Well now the issue is coming around to bite them in the a**.
My last reason is this: There are thousands of other possible sources from which poor women can get money to pay for their personal preference abortions. They are called charitable foundations, and public charities (501 (c) (6) and 501 (c) (3) respectively. Thousands of them. And more can be created. So all those millionaires and billionaires in Hollywood and New York can go ahead and give money to a Foundation, which will distribute it to healthcare related charities that make grants to poor women who want personal demand abortions.
I said that was my last reason, but I've actually got one more. Slapping down Stupack could generate blowback that would result in a new Supreme Court Opinion that cancels Roe v Wade.
So now nobody can get a legal abortion. The poor women can't get it. And the middle class women can't get it. and the rich women can't get it.
That would be an unintended consequence wouldn't it Waxman, and Pelosi, and Emanuel? You would feel pretty dumb then right? Nah, I'm sure your strong self-image would hold up, you are good enough and smart enough, and people like you -- like Al Franken on SNL, right?
I've only been a Federal trial lawyer for 25 years, so I'm just beginning to learn how to make my case. But this is what I have so far, and I want to know if anybody out there agrees with any part of it.
No clowns on this one please, thank you so much.
Question #4:
Who is Right About Federal Public Funding for Abortions on Demand?
Stupack says one thing Waxman, Pelosi, and Emanuel say another.Here are my views, I really want to hear yours.
First I should say I'm pro-choice, used to work with NARAL, and Planned Parenthood, and ZPG. That was back in 1977.
But we did not agree on everything. I agreed with Roe v Wade as it was written by Harry Blackmun. Just the words he wrote there. Not abortion on demand with Federal Public Funding -- he did not write that in Roe v Wade. There is no Constitutional right to that, according to the U.S. Supreme Court (a Bar of which I am a member in good standing).
Why do I think it is immoral and wrong to use Federal Public Funding to do a procedure which I think it is ethical and moral to do?
How could the procedure be right, but the funding be wrong?
If it's legal, why shouldn't it be paid for?
OK fair question.
Here's my answer: Because we want our U.S. Code Annotated to embody a decent respect for the feelings and opinions of all Americans, or as close to that as possible.
Now add to that there are about 150 million Americans who think that abortion is murder.
They are not calling it a waste of money, or an earmark, or a fraud on a defense contract, or a misbegotten bank bailout ---- no ----- they are calling it murder.
People don't want to be complicit in murder.
Many feel that if their Federal tax dollars are used to pay for abortions on demand (not rapes, incest, and life of the mother exceptions, but general abortions on demand -- here I am I want an abortion -- gimme that), then they would be complicit in murder.
That's how Stupack feels. He had 11 others, but Pelosi has softened one of them to jelly, so now Stupack only has 10 dems to stand with him with actual spines in them.
These are people that don't want to be complicit in murder.
On a realpolitik analysis we have the fact that if tens of millions of Americans become tax resisters, it's possible the government may go bankrupt, be actually insolvent, have to cease operations of every kind, including all medical everything, and all everything else, including the mail, including various payouts that people get, including VA services.
So slapping Stupack in the face may not be such a good idea from a Governance perspective (forget about politics, just for a second). Anything that shoots the government in the head is not a very good thing for the government - we don't need Einstein to help us understand that, right? We can see it, you and I both.
It comes down to respect. We don't mind the idea of majority rule, but we don't want the U.S. Code to steamroller over the deeply held sensibilities and moral sentiments of half our population.
I told this to NARAL in 1977. They were just stuffed to the brim with Pelosi's and Waxman's and ACLU types. I could not make them see sense.
Well now the issue is coming around to bite them in the a**.
My last reason is this: There are thousands of other possible sources from which poor women can get money to pay for their personal preference abortions. They are called charitable foundations, and public charities (501 (c) (6) and 501 (c) (3) respectively. Thousands of them. And more can be created. So all those millionaires and billionaires in Hollywood and New York can go ahead and give money to a Foundation, which will distribute it to healthcare related charities that make grants to poor women who want personal demand abortions.
I said that was my last reason, but I've actually got one more. Slapping down Stupack could generate blowback that would result in a new Supreme Court Opinion that cancels Roe v Wade.
So now nobody can get a legal abortion. The poor women can't get it. And the middle class women can't get it. and the rich women can't get it.
That would be an unintended consequence wouldn't it Waxman, and Pelosi, and Emanuel? You would feel pretty dumb then right? Nah, I'm sure your strong self-image would hold up, you are good enough and smart enough, and people like you -- like Al Franken on SNL, right?
I've only been a Federal trial lawyer for 25 years, so I'm just beginning to learn how to make my case. But this is what I have so far, and I want to know if anybody out there agrees with any part of it.
No clowns on this one please, thank you so much.
Question #5:
Can a school bus company keep your CDL ?
My boyfriend needs his CDL class B license. He has no money for CDL school and has tried to get a WIA grant for school but they say their are no funds ect...So if he goes to a school bus company that trains you and you get your CDL then you quit the next day, does the company have any right to take the CDL away ?
It is issued by the state so I would think they have no right to take the license away.
Only thing I can think they could do is maybe have him sign something that says they would charge him if he just ups and quits.
He has a job lined up he just needs the B license.
Question #6:
Being dropped from mom's orders for not being in school..help?
Hey all, let me give you a little background info on the situation at hand so you know what's going on.March 2009 I began talking to a recruiter about enlisting in the military [courtesy of my mother who thought it would be the best route to go]. I eventually got a date to leave [March 2, 2010]. Two days before this date I was called by my new recruiter [old one was fired] and told that I had been disqualified from the military due to a birth defect [one kidney (which has never given me any issues)]. This is something the military knew about when I went to MEPS in April 2009, so why it took 11 months for this information to get back to be no one seems to know. If anyone knows how to handle this problem input is welcome.
But anyway.
I'm 18 years old and stationed overseas on my mother's orders. I'm not enrolled in school because I was set to leave, and I quit my job 3 weeks ago for that same reason. From what my mom has been yelling at me about basically I'll be dropped from all military organizations [insurance, ID taken away, etc] on my 19th birthday [which is in 2 weeks]. The only way to stop this is by enrolling in school full time. There are a few campuses on the base so this is do-able, however I don't have the money to enroll. My mom isn't helping me at all either. Scholarships and grants are plausible but they won't cover everything, so what do I do?
Is there possibly a way to get around this rule for the military? I've applied for summer and/or fall semesters at 3 colleges in the US and although I haven't been notified, I'm near certain I'll gain entry to at least of one them. Could we possibly use that as a way to keep me here just until the summer-fall when I can go to college?
Question #7:
Which of these ten examples stimulus waste has inspired Obama the most to make a 2nd stimulus package?
Ten examples of wasteful stimulus projects in the report include:1. $1.5 million in “free” stimulus money for a new wastewater treatment plant results in higher utility costs for residents of Perkins, Oklahoma.
2. $1 billion for FutureGen in Mattoon, Illinois is the “biggest earmark of all time” for a power plant that may never work.
3. $15 million for “shovel-ready” repairs to little-used bridges in rural Wisconsin are given priority over widely used bridges that are structurally deficient.
4. $800,000 for little-used John Murtha Airport in Johnstown, Pennsylvania airport to repave a back-up runway; the ‘Airport for Nobody’ Has Already Received Tens of Millions in Taxpayer dollars.
5. $3.4 million for a wildlife “eco-passage” in Florida to take animals safely under a busy roadway.
6. Nevada non-profit gets $2 million weatherization contract after recently being fired for same type of work.
7. $1.15 million for installation of a new guard rail for the non-existent Optima Lake in Oklahoma.
8. Nearly $10 million to renovate an abandoned train station that hasn’t been used in 30 years.
9. 10,000 dead people get stimulus checks, but the Social Security Administration blames a tough deadline.
10. Town of Union, New York, encouraged to spend a $578,000 grant it did not request for a homelessness problem it claims it does not have.
Click Here
Question #8:
Can You See 3D in the theater with one eye?
Me and my husband want to go see a movie in the theater that happens to be 3D. After an accident in 2008 his vision in his right eye is impaired. We can't watch 3d movies at home because the red and green 3d glasses don't work for him, but someone has said it would be different in the theater because of the glasses they use. I was wondering if anyone can grant me some insight, before we go and spend the money on a movie were not sure he can watch.Question #9:
Do you think that majority of the women in the US prefer White guys?
By that I mean a large majority of Asian, Hispanic and Black women in this country.I was talking to a neighbor of mines about this issue and he said "wow, nice to see an Asian guy married to a Latina, wish it would happen more often". He said to me that it is sad most women in the US, particularly Asian and Hispanic, go after White guys like dogs and ignore men of their own race because the women want status and believe that dating a White guy will grant them riches in life.
So I have a question, with all things being equal, lets say in this situation:
An Asian guy makes the same amount of money as the White guy, has the same job, same height and same weight but he looks Asian while the White guy looks White, do you think that most Asian women will still take the White guy over him?
Question #10:
Can I buy my first home even if I have bad credit?
I also own my own business, make good money, and have no credit card bills. But before all this, about two years ago, I didn't have a job, lost eveything, couldn't pay any of my bills, even had repo's, and so pretty much my credit is BAD BAD . Can I still get grants/loans as a first time home buyer? Please don't just tell me to go sit with a broker...I already know that. Just wanting some advice and honest answers. thanksQuestion #11:
How can people claim Obama & the Democrats are socialist & Bush & his Republican enablers are not?
President Bush signed into law the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program on October 3, 2008. along with Democrats 34 Senate Republicans and 91 House Republicans voted for the bill.September 8, 2008, the federal government seized the government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Treasury agreed to provide up to $200 billion in capital.
September 16, 2008, the Federal Reserve Board, with the support of the Treasury Department, authorized the Federal Reserve of New York to lend up to $85 billion to the American International Group (AIG).
October 8, 2008 Federal Reserve increases AIG bailout by $37.8 billion.
November 10, 2008, the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department announced a restructuring of AIG's bailout, increasing its total loan package to $150 billion.
December 19, 2008, President Bush made available $13.4 billion of TARP funds to General Motors and Chrysler and agreed to release an additional $4 billion to G.M. under this plan in February 2009.
Forced Bank of America to acquire Merrill Lynch.
Forced Banks to take TARP money to hide which ones were in trouble.
Bush created the biggest new entitlement since Lyndon Johnson, the Medicare drug benefit.
George Bush also had his cronies in the Justice Department write memos granting legal approval to ignore constitutional rights, including First Amendment freedoms of speech and the press and Fourth Amendment requirements for search warrants.
Question #12:
Buying a New Car While in College?
I am currently in college, so I don't have a ton of extra money floating around. I need a new car and I can afford to pay $250-$300 a month on it. I have somebody that will co-sign with me, but I need money for a down payment. I have heard that there are grants that you can get to buy new cars with. Is this true? If so, how do I go about getting one?Question #13:
Pell grants for summer classes...?
I am currently a freshman at an university, sophomore next year. I have already filled out my FAFSA for next school year, but I will be taking a science, and possibly math, class over the summer at my local community college. I will need finical aid for those classes. I contacted the finical aid adviser here at my university and he said that I may be able to get a Pell grant but I might have to be a "degree seeking student" (which I thought I was...?) in order to qualify for it. He then went on to tell me that I should take classes at my university this summer, but I know they will cost more and I don't want to travel from home to my university every day since its a 45 minute drive. After this he told me to contact FAFSA. So I contacted FAFSA and they told me that it depended on the school and certain schools made you use a different form than the one you used for your fall/spring FAFSA. Neither my finical adviser or FAFSA were helpful and I need to know what I have to do to get money for this summer. Should I try calling the community college I will be take classes at this summer? Or should I try calling FAFSA back and speak to someone different?Question #14:
Does this quote sum up the global warming grants bonanza?
"If I wanted to do research on, shall we say, the squirrels of Sussex ...... I would write my grant application saying 'I want to investigate the nut-gathering behaviour of squirrels, with special reference to the effects of global warming,' and that way, I get my money," Calder noted. "If I forgot to mention global warming, I might not get the money."Nigel Calder, former editor of New Scientist magazine
80 yr old Nigel Calder is former editor of New Scientist magazine he has worked with many individuals and organisations seeking grants and therefore has a great understanding of the winning formulas!
Question #15:
Do you want to know what the scariest part of Obama-care is?
It's that if we allow this, no matter how "well-intentioned", it will be the first time in history that we allow the government to FORCE us to purchase a product, one heavily subsidized by them!...please read below.This IS NOT what America is about, do we not see that? Regardless of "how nice" it would be to force everyone to pay for everyone else's health Insurance?
excerpt...
According to the Congressional Budget Office, or CBO, the federal government has never mandated that Americans purchase any good or service. In 1994, the CBO studied the individual mandate in Clinton's universal health-care plan and found that it was an unprecedented requirement.
"A mandate requiring all individuals to purchase health insurance would be an unprecedented form of federal action," the CBO report stated. "The government has never required people to buy any good or service as a condition of lawful residence in the United States. An individual mandate would have two features that, in combination, would make it unique. First, it would impose a duty on individuals as members of society. Second, it would require people to purchase a specific service that would be heavily regulated by the federal government."
Opponents say the individual mandate is unconstitutional because the Constitution doesn't grant the federal government power to fine citizens for refusing to purchase goods and services. Ken Klukowski, senior legal analyst with the American Civil Rights Union, explained in a Politico commentary why there is no constitutional basis for the individual mandate.
"People who decline coverage are not receiving federal money, so that mandate can't fall under the spending part of the Tax and Spending Clause," he wrote.
Klukowski wrote that if Obama wants a plan that forces Americans to purchase insurance, he will need to "persuade the nation to adopt a constitutional amendment creating a right to health care."
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and outspoken critic of the individual mandate, told CNS News that if Congress can force Americans to buy health care, or mandate the purchase of anything, "we've lost our freedoms, and that means the federal government can do anything it wants to do to us."
Click Here
Click Here
Question #16:
Conservatives: Would you (or your children) ever apply for Federal student loans, such as through FAFSA?
Would you take out government loans and grants (such as the Pell Grant and Stafford Loans) to finance a higher education?Or would you strictly stick to the free-market and get high-interest private student loans with floating rates?
I bring this up because Democrats are planning on prohibiting private companies from giving out student loans. It'll all be Government money now:
Click Here
Question #17:
Does Republican Rubio's track record accurately represent the true nature of the GOP?
Republican U.S. Senate front-runner Marco Rubio brags on his Web site that he didn't officially request budget pork in his last four years as a leader in the Florida House.But during Rubio's eight years in office — including the final two when he was House speaker — he unofficially helped push loads of hometown spending: $250 million, according to a Times/Herald analysis of little-known budget documents.
The budget items linked to Rubio from 2000 to 2008 are part of a list compiled yearly by the governor's office to track hometown spending.
Most of Rubio's budget items benefited his home county of Miami-Dade — from a $50,000 grant sought for a Coral Gables park to $80 million for a University of Miami genomics project. A total of $25 million in requests were vetoed by the governor.
The amount of budget money connected to Rubio attests to his skill as a lawmaker but also contrasts with his campaign image as a tight-fisted spending hawk crusading against "earmarks'' that have plagued the budget process in Washington.
God's Reporter? Does God like sarcasm?
Question #18:
What effect do big money corporations have on lobbying for Open Borders and Illegal Immigration?
Now that a recent ruling in the Supreme Court grants corporations the same rights as people with respect to buying off Senators and Congressmen through lobbying, what chance do the America people have in protecting their country from wealthy globalist ambitions?Click Here
Can our elected representatives still be held accountable to the will of the American people and legislate for protecting our borders?
Rattler, Shorty, et al - If you think illegal immigration is a partisan issue, think again. Between 80% and 85% of the American public oppose illegal immigration and would like to see our border better defended.
Bruce - I agree.
"... America’s borders have been under assault for forty years with consequences that are measurable and disturbing. The assault has been led by an open borders lobby that is sophisticated and powerful. Many of its components, moreover, have a history of antagonism to American purposes and a record of active support for America’s enemies. Its funders are multi-billion dollar entities, who are unaccountable and unscrutinized. They have more discretionary incomes at their disposal to influence these issues than is possessed by either political party, or any business group, or even the federal government itself." (William Hawkins - Front Page Magazine)
Question #19:
Need some help deciding which visa's I should focus on for my wife and child?
I do have an odd situation, and was hoping someone here may have an answer to my issue.I am a born American citizen, and have been happily married to my wife (Chinese), for nearly 4 years now. We have been together for about 8 years here in China. We also have our amazing 2 year old daughter which whom is also a Chinese citizen.
OUR PLAN
I really would like to bring my lovely daughter and wife to America this year to visit my family for the first time. If and when we do get to America, we would like to extend our stay for about a year. 1: I want my wife & daughter to get an improvement in English, and get to know and love my family. 2: then we would like to work and save a bit of money, then fly back to China, in a years time.
MY QUESTION
I am lost here... I am not sure which visa would be fast and most promising to get for them. I am fully aware on how difficult it is for North Eastern Chinese citizen to get an American visa. I am also fully aware I can report the birth of my baby daughter, at the American consulate in Shenyang. I do know all the procedures to do so as-well. The only problem is, doing that would mean my daughter would have to leave China, ASAP according to what USCIS, in Washington DC told me. The police station where I am located in China also said the same thing. If my daughter Changes her citizenship, then she would have to leave China, and apply for a Chinese visa if she were to come back. Now I am currently in China with my family, and am not planning on leaving without them.
NOW DOWN TO THE REAL QUESTIONS
1: What visa should I have my wife and daughter apply for, for my situation?
2: Should they first apply for a tourist visa (B2)? If so and granted, will they be allowed to extend their visa after arrival in the Unites States?
3: Should I report the birth of my daughter and change her citizenship, after my wife is granted a tourist visa?
4: Would I be able to change my daughters citizenship while in America, using the "report a birth" procedures (Regardless of which type visa she is on)?
5: Could I have my wife and child apply for Visa's K3/K4 while I am here in China with them? If so how long would it take to be granted? We are hoping to get to America with in a month or 2...
6:What are the chances of my wife and daughter even getting any type of visa to America, within 2 months time? (rate 0%-100%)
NOTE: My wife had applied for the B2 tourist visa, about 6 years ago. At that time we were not married and just started dating. I do know why she was denied. Failure to convince the consulate officer, that she will be coming back to China. HAHA we were quite young and totally went unprepared Will this have any negative affects for her when she applies again?
Well that pretty much summons it up. I know the post is quite long, but I have been trying to find an answer to this problem for quite some time now. I really hope someone here will be much help to my family and I!
Thanks
Our marriage has been reported at to the American consulate.
My daughter has until 18 years of age to report the birth according to USCIS and the American consulate.
Question #20:
Does this group advocate the destruction of the US System ofGovernment?
Click HereWhy did 0bama give them stimulus money?
Click Here
** Powered by Yahoo Answers