BAH--Mortgage Mess

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The “Covenant of Mortgage” is already broken where I come from--the birthplace of the Foreclosure Crisis. We moved to Massachusetts from Ohio in January. In my cozy Ohio neighborhood three houses sit empty because owners walked away. Now my old house is underwater not worth what we paid for it four years ago. I admit there are times we want to walk away but we don’t think it is the right thing to do. So we pay rent here and mortgage there hoping that a first-time homebuyer or responsible renter will surface..

Now Banks and Speculators simply walk away from their obligations with impunity. Our mortgage company probably won’t budge on the principal. We qualify for interest rate relief but suspect they fail to tell you there is are significant hidden costs on the back end.

This is another case of Who you are--Big Banker-- trumping What you do--Paying Homeowner. Now Mr, Civic Journalist … unleash your Truth Squads to find solutions for your readers.. ..

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BAH Breakup at the Mall

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Mall Walker: There should be special laws for 50 and 60 year olds when it comes to breakups according to a guy walking with a couple. In MA the ex gets 20% of his assets. In Fla., says he, she would get only what she came into the marriage with. Reminded me of the country song that noted African-American journalist Liz Walker spoke of recently talking about Love.

"My wife ran off with my best friend. Boy I sure miss him."

BAH. Haiti Help

Haiti is on my mind. Lying in my comfortable bed hearing the wail of
wall-to-wall coverage on the flatscreen in the other room ... How can
I not think of Haiti.

I must help Haiti somehow. But how.
I cruised there once. I chatted with folks on a beach who may well be
casualties of a cruel quake. I must send something but to whom?

Haiti is certainly on my mind. Should I send money to a faceless
website? Will my pittance get to people who need it or be laundered
out of existence by the people who don't.

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BAH! Pardon the Turkey

OBAMA GIVES PRESIDENTIAL PARDON TO TURKEY
"Without forgiveness, there's no future." ~Desmond Tutu

My name is Courage, and I've just received an official pardon from President Obama. Sure, I should feel good about that, but there are some nagging questions still plaguing me.
I don't mean to sound like everyone else who has ever received a Presidential Pardon, but I am innocent, so why do I need a pardon? What did I ever do that put me in such a position? Is it because I am a white turkey? Is it because I am a female? I can't quite put my talon on it.
Now I get to fly (on an airplane, first class no less) to spend the rest of my days in Disneyland. Did I just hit the winning home run in the World Series or make the final three-point shot to win the NBA championship? I don't remember being given a Disney contract to sign ahead of time.
Was I ever convicted of a crime that I have to be given a pardon from the President? It's bad enough that people like Scooter Libby are called turkeys, for reasons I'll never understand. It gives all turkeys a bad name, you know? And we all know that President Bush's commutation of Libby's prison sentence was not politically motivated. It was an act of justice and mercy. Yeah, right.
Now back to me. I like this Obama fella, even if he did say, "I was planning on eating this sucker", if Sasha and Malia hadn't intervened to save me. But it scares me to think of who will be the first person he actually pardons? From all the clucking going on in the hen house, it could well be someone who served in the White House as an advisor and went back to one of the Wall Street firms that benefitted from the bailout, and who then got himself a nice bonus, courtesy of the American taxpayer. And this Obama said he wasn't going to populate the Executive Branch with the same old insiders, as President Bush did?
It's time for the President to start talking turkey with the American people, and leave me the hell out of it. After all, "I'm going to Disneyland."

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BAH ! Black MBA's Part Three

The Masters of Business Administration by Cecil Hickman, Publisher and Editor.

The Second Annual Mideast Regional Conference of the National Black MBA Association had an impressive speakers roster including an executive from Pitney Bowes and several top notch motivational speakers. However I gravitated toward the vending exhibit room... the place where the entrepreneurs layout their wares.

I had an engrossing conversation with a business owner only four months out of the box that led into a discussion about the need to save a generation of young african americans. We agreed that the new economy was raining havoc. The young woman had connections with a local university and who saw that a disproportionate share of the dropouts were african-american males. She wants to do something to turn that around.

She had a very impressive business card that made an immediate impact and I went out that very day and upgraded my own.

I also talked to a legal services insurance group. I know from experience that this economic downturn had forced a dramatic downsizing that hit the black community particularly hard. Sometimes where the ax fell exposed the prejudices of the employer. I only wish my family had known that for $26 dollars a month we could have had access to topnotch legal advice that might have warded off the firing squad or at least made the severance package more palatable. I remember asking what percentage of African-Amercans made up this company's workforce and was surprised to learn it was nearly half. I guess it is one of those best kept secrets.

I didn't know what to expect from the regional conference of the National Black MBA's. Something dull and dry I suppose. Maybe something akin to a group of accountants or economists. You know ... technical stuff.

I came away with tools that will transform how I handle this blog publishing business of mine ... and that frankly was a shocker ! The slugs for this gathering has to be Quality and Relevance. For example, it took place at the classy Intercontinental Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. Wait till I tell you about the quality of Speakers in my next post. There were also major issues discussed that I will bring up in subsequent postings. Stay tuned.

(Click on the cell phone Video below then check back in for Part Three later for the Speakers and what I learned from them).

BTW: I resolved to buy a high-end High Definition Video Camera this week and revamp my whole marketing approach... based on lessons learned from this group).