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		<title>A Response To Burning Down The House: What Caused Our Economic Crisis?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a YouTube video making a buzz right now called Burning Down The House: What Caused Our Economic Crisis that purports to explain the current financial crisis and it lays all the blame on Democrats. 
While it appears to be a convincing case, for those who follow its logic, here&#8217;s my response:
First of all, in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackandjacks.com/2008/09/27/a-response-to-burning-down-the-house-what-caused-our-economic-crisis/</link>
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		<title>The Financial Crisis: What A Credit Meltdown Might Look Like</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A wise friend of mine recently weighed in on the financial crisis. Here is his explanation of the consequences:
Our government is doing a poor job of explaining the stakes for our country with this bailout plan.  I&#8217;ve heard the terms, &#8220;Financial Collapse&#8221;, &#8220;Financial Meltdown&#8221;, and &#8220;Seizure of the Credit Markets&#8221;.  But no one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackandjacks.com/2008/09/27/the-financial-crisis-what-a-credit-meltdown-might-look-like/</link>
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		<title>How To Block Cell Phone Text Message Spam from AOL IM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Was rudely awoken by a text message this morning at 6AM telling me I need to jump on some godforsaken penny stock before it makes a big run this week. The message came from 265-060 which apparently is the AOL Instant Message-to-SMS gateway. Verizon Wireless doesn&#8217;t have an easy way to block this since it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackandjacks.com/2007/07/24/how-to-block-cell-phone-text-message-spam-from-aol-im/</link>
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		<title>My Mobile Carwash Guy Has a New Beemer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to build my asset base, I am always on the lookout for finding good safe investments as well as finding ways to reduce or maintain my expenses to a reasonable level. After all, the old saying should be, a penny saved is 1.3 pennies earned&#8230;..after taxes. I drive a 10 year old [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackandjacks.com/2007/05/08/my-mobile-carwash-guy-has-a-new-beemer/</link>
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		<title>Warren Buffet on Index Mutual Funds Vs. ETFs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Warren Buffet, the sage of Omaha, and probably the greatest stock investor of all-time was on CNBC today and in this MarketWatch assessment of his statements:  
Buffett gives nod to index funds over ETFs he appears to be dissing ETFs. 
Well, I happen to think the writer took Buffet&#8217;s comments out of context at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackandjacks.com/2007/05/08/warren-buffet-on-index-mutual-funds-vs-etfs/</link>
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		<title>Another Reckless Kiyosaki Article and the Low Costs of Today&#8217;s Stock Transactions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just read last week&#8217;s Robert Kiyosaki article on Yahoo entitled
  Playing the Mutual Fund Lottery.
I cant believe Yahoo keeps him on. This article is dangerous information to spread to the uneducated. Seems to be saying mutual funds are no better than playing the lottery because of the high cost of some funds. I&#8217;m not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackandjacks.com/2007/05/08/another-dangerous-kiyosaki-article-and-the-low-costs-of-todays-stock-transactions/</link>
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		<title>EBay/PayPal Appeal Lost</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following up on the disastrous EBay laptop purchase and failed PayPal dispute:
Here was their response when I tried to appeal:
Thank you for contacting PayPal.
Because you had stated you installed software on the computer, we were
unable to grant your claim.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us
again.
Sincerely,
Katharyn
Protection Services Department
PayPal, an eBay Company
Here&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackandjacks.com/2007/04/23/ebaypaypal-appeal-lost/</link>
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		<title>EBay Laptop Purchase Gone Bad - Followup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following up on the disastrous EBay laptop purchase
Well, I lost the Paypal dispute resolution. What a joke. The response from PayPal:
“Based on our definition of significantly not-as-described, this claim does not qualify for a refund.We found the seller to has accurately represented the item(s) in question.”
Great. Now I’m out almost 400 bucks and I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackandjacks.com/2007/04/17/ebay-laptop-purchase-gone-bad-followup/</link>
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		<title>EBay Laptop Purchase Gone Bad - Will Paypal Dispute Resolution Help?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have always had pretty good experiences buying from people on EBay. So, when I recently decided that I would get a used laptop on there I didn&#8217;t worry too much. I found one for around $350 that was adequately equipped and bought it and paid with PayPal. After 2 weeks, I started to get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackandjacks.com/2007/03/20/an-ebay-purchase-gone-bad-will-paypal-dispute-resolution-work/</link>
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		<title>March Madness - Contrarian Style Results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RESULTS FROM FIRST ROUND RECOMMENDATIONS:
Midwest:
Take ODU +1 (lost 3) vs Butler (WIN)
Take Jackson St +27.5 vs Fla (won 3) (LOSE ..were down only 6 at half)
Take GT -1.5 vs UNLV (won 3)…must be bet online (LOSE)
East:
Take Ark +2 vs USC (won 3) (Removed&#8230;was a mistake&#8230;see prior note)
Take Vandy -3 vs GW (won 3) (WIN)
West:
Take Duke [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jackandjacks.com/2007/03/20/march-madness-contrarian-style-results/</link>
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