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I bought a house.

I bought a house with the thanks of: My friend who referred me to my Buyer's Agent - Abe Haupt - http://www.abetterrealtor.com He's a big dog in Philly. And a good friend. My Buyer's Agent - Terry Weigle http://www.TerrySellsMeadville.com If you're in NW PA, she'll get it done for you. Caldwell Banker Select Mortgage - http://www.SelectMortgageErie.com Walked me through my credit step by step and what I needed to do to "get there". With the help of MyFICO's members, I surpassed it! My middle FICO credit score was 580 in March and in July my middle FICO score was 658. I did this with the assistance of obsession, membership with http://www.myfico.com, and daily log ins to: Credit Report Memberships at: http://www.truecredit.com http://www.usaa.com http://www.EliminateIDTheft.com http://www.equifax.com Free Memberships at: http://www.credit.com http://www.creditkarma.com http://www.quizzle.com http://www.creditsesame.com After be...

The Amendment to End Corporate Personhood

As I said in my last blog, I thought this was the goal of Occupy. Here is the Amendment: http://sanders.senate.gov/petition/?uid=f1c2660f-54b9-4193-86a4-ec2c39342c6c

//IMHO// The Occupy Movement's goal? - A Constitutional Amendment, Perhaps?

Have you actually read the Occupy Declaration ? I don't think the goal is just fixing what has gone wrong by making people pay their fair share and getting people back to work and general economic and social fairness, but fixing it permanently. The declaration says "THEY" often. Who are "THEY"? It's not Millionaires - it's CORPORATIONS. What action would permanently address every point in the Declaration?? Perhaps a constitutional amendment permanently reversing parts of, any or all Supreme Court " Corporate Personhood " decisions: - Citizens United v. FEC - Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad - Dartmouth College v. Woodward is required. Specifically, I can imagine demands/effects such as: - The ability of a state to revoke a corporate charter (Corporate death penalty) - The invalidation of Corporate "personhood" and revocation of all Constitutional protections given to corporations given to people unles...