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We had our primary elections... and the incumbents won as usual. For the life of me, I can't figure out why the sheeple keep re-electing the same old jerk who is causing the same old problems. These folks have usually been in office forever. They act like, and evidently realize, they are truly immune from any kind of sanctions. The worst kind of sanction for a politician is a sound trashing at the polls. They need to be embarrassed and humiliated by a resounding margin. We can longer afford politics as usual according to me. If you picked up... your free drug card (see last issue), I hope you saved a bundle at the pharmacy. My son is leaving on... Aug 29th to join his girl friend in Northern Ireland. The two are serious love birds and have been making marriage noises. She is from Warsaw and they met here in the U.S. while both were employed in Reno. I don't know for sure there will be a wedding but if they do it will be either in Northern Ireland or Warsaw. I'm looking forward to traveling to either country should it hapen. I've issued this warning... before but it bears repeating. There actually are people who steal the identity of dead people. This may happen to your family. One easy way to nip it in the bud is to notify the big 3 CRAs of the death of the family member. Mail (use the certified return receipt requested service) a copy of the death certificate to each at the following addresses: Equifax Experian TransUnion This isn't a guarantee it won't happen but it is a guarantee it will reduce the risk of it happening to your family. For all those people... who are wishing only bad things on the U.S. here is a laundry list of their wishes coming true: Ann Taylor closing 117 stores nationwide. Eddie Bauer to close more stores after closing 27 stores in the first quarter. Cache, a women’s retailer is closing 20 to 23 stores this year. Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug, Catherines closing 150 stores nationwide Talbots, J. Jill closing stores. Talbots will close all 78 of its kids and men's stores plus another 22 underperforming stores. The 22 stores will be a mix of Talbots women's and J. Jill. Gap Inc. closing 85 stores Foot Locker to close 140 stores Wickes Furniture is going out of business and closing all of its stores. The 37-year-old retailer that targets middle-income customers, filed for bankruptcy protection last month. Levitz - the furniture retailer, announced it was going out of business and closing all 76 of its stores in December. The retailer dates back to 1910. Zales, Piercing Pagoda plans to close 82 stores by July 31 followed by closing another 23 underperforming stores. Disney Store owner has the right to close 98 stores. Home Depot store closings 15 of them amid a slumping US economy and housing market. The move will affect 1,300 employees. It is the first time the world's largest home improvement store chain has ever closed a flagship store. CompUSA (CLOSED). Macy's - 9 stores closed Movie Gallery – video rental company plans to close 400 of 3,500 Movie Gallery and Hollywood Video stores in addition to the 520 locations the video rental chain closed last fall as part of bankruptcy. Pacific Sunwear - 153 Demo stores closing Pep Boys - 33 stores of auto parts supplier closing Sprint Nextel - 125 retail locations to close with 4,000 employees following 5,000 layoffs last year. J. C. Penney, Lowe's and Office Depot are all scaling back Ethan Allen Interiors: plans to close 12 of 300 stores to cut costs. Wilsons the Leather Experts – closing 158 stores Bombay Company: to close all 384 U.S.-based Bombay Company stores. KB Toys closing 356 stores around the United States as part of its bankruptcy reorganization. Dillard's Inc. will close another six stores this year. I found the above on: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20404.htm For the most part, as our economy goes, so goes the rest of the capitalist world. For those folks who keep denying we are in a recession/depression all I can say is they still have their jobs. But, the question is, for how long? We are in a mess and we need to do something. To me, that something is not re-electing any incumbents. You decide what that something is for you.
Tom Koziol Write to: Senior Outreach Ministries | |