July 2010


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Confessions From Debt Collectors

Thanks to CNN for its interviews with former and present debt collectors, giving us a clue to what makes these people tick. Check out the story of these people. Like, Mel Harsh, a debt collector for…






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Blumenthal: Chief Marketing And Press Officer, Not CEO

For some, the unprecedented public release of a sensitive document from the the personnel file of a Connecticut assistant attorney general raises the question of whether Richard Blumenthal or his cronies tried to improperly bury…


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Blumenthal Can’t Name One State That Is Part Of His “Multi-State” Probe Announced Four Weeks Ago

It is almost month since Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced that he is heading a multi-state investigation into Google’s Street View.

Yes, despite weekly claims that he would reveal the identities of those state the following week, as of today not one state has been identified by Blumenthal as having asking him to head up an investigation – a probe his office initially indicated included about 30 states.


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Auto Dealer Tricks From NYT Ron Lieber

New York Times financial columnist Ron Lieber has some insight for us on how auto dealers try to take advantage of us. The top of his column: “Sometime next week, President Obama will finally sign…


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Debtors Still Going To Prison In Some States

The Minneapolis Star Tribune is reporting that some people are going to prison for their debts despite the fact that debtors’ prison are not allowed.

In a powerful story by reporters Chris Serres and Glenn Howatt, the two explain how debtors can end up in jail in some states where creditors rule.


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Blumenthal Ducks Giving Direct Answers To His False Military Claims

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal sidestepped giving direct answers to his false claims that he served in Vietnam as a Marine.

Blumenthal was the guest speaker today at the Litchfield-Morris Rotary Club where I asked him how he could have accidentally told veterans that he served in Vietnam.


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Blumenthal’s Office Improperly Releases Sensitive Personnel Document About Staffer Who Claimed Blumenthal Lied About Vietnam

State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s office Wednesday made public a sensitive document from the personnel file of Assistant Attorney General Richard Hine that raises questions about Hine’s credibility.

Hine is the retired Marine Major who last month claimed that Blumenthal told him 18 years ago that Blumenthal had been in Vietnam as a marine during the Vietnam War.