fundraising and sponsorships?
Last month I participated in a two-week research expedition through Earthwatch (http://www.earthwatch.org), which was a volunteer opportunity. I went on the Mammals of Nova Scotia expedition. It was a wonderful experience and I would love to do another expedition with Earthwatch (next summer). I was barely able to raise the money to go this year. I am a graduate student so money is not something that I have readily available to participate. The experience of participating is not only educational but is also beneficial to my career goals (I am a grad student in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology). I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on ways to raise money to participate or how to go about getting sponsorships and who to ask about sponsorships. I had an idea of talking with some of the local schools about a sponsorship or help with fundraising. I thought that maybe a school could help raise money by doing a penny jar fundraiser. In return, I would speak to each grade level about the first experience that I had with Earthwatch and obviously speak in a way that would work for the academic requirements for science. For the class or grade that raised the most money, perhaps a pizza or ice cream party. I don't know how that part would work though. I don't even know if the school(s) could help...legalities. I am looking for part-time work but it is difficult to find anything for the hours that I am available. My living arrangement is pretty simple. I stay with my grandfather while I go to school. I help him with a lot of stuff around the house and with doctor appointments (eye appointments that work around my schedule at school). Travelocity has a grant for Earthwatch volunteers. So I am going to apply for it and hope that I can get the $5,000 grant. I don't know how many people apply for it but only 8 grants are given out each year. I know that I can set up an expedition fund through Earthwatch and people can make a tax-deductible donation (min. of $25) but I don't know what to do to get people to agree to make a donation. I did a wildlife education program for kids last summer but I didn't get that many kids. I also offered to do yard work but I only got a small response to that as well but the donations were quite large ($100+). While I was on the Mammals of Nova Scotia expedition I kept a detailed daily journal and took lots of pictures. Once I get the daily journal typed up and cd with a copy of the pictures I took on to it I am going to give the donors a copy of both the pictures and the daily journal. I'm just at a loss. I really enjoyed myself and would love to go on another expedition, perhaps to Brazil or South Africa. It's a great experience for me educationally and professionally (seeing that I am in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology), it is also a great way for me to give back and to do something that most other people can't or aren't interested or willing to do, especially if they are traveling to another country. What can I do to help raise money? Would people actually make a small donation (like a few dollars, not tax-deductible) to hear a talk about wildlife? Thanks. To Jayne - I have already seen that website. It's useful and I have already put some of those things into practice. I need more than those suggestions to help me get there. How can I get people to help when it seems no one will listen?
Community Service - 3 Answers
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I run a non-profit called Compassion Network... we ran across a great fundraiser wher we could help people save up to75% on their prescritption medications with a free discout card (which we give to about 300 families we help each week) & they pey you 60 cents for each perscription that is used with the discount card. This is the link. http://www.freerxplus.com/FRP00809 Wiht they way the economy has been this program is helping us in a huge way. We get to continue to help others & we get a steady stream of income every month without having to ask people to dig into their ever shrinking wallets. When school starts again we will be giving them out at events at the Local Colleges to all the un-insured students. You could get the fundage you need & be someone elses hero at the same time.
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You're not at a loss because you charted some great ideas that just need your enthusiasm behind them! Contact banks, electric utilities, air lines, and other groups who generate large quantities of green house gases. They have a vested interest in coloring their marketing green and might be quick to support you. Often times, companies match their employees donation or encourage them to volunteer for certain causes. You would also do well contacting The Nature Conservancy, state natural resource/environmental agencies, and local groups whose mission is stewardship of our habitat. Although they might not have a ready source of funding, they could offer proven strategies on fund raising. Good luck and keep your passion; our world needs every bit:)
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Funding Your Volunteering Abroad Trip http://www.coyotecommunications.com/stuff/fundingabroad.html
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Why don't the rich from the United States donate to our country?
Why don't the rich from the United States donate to our country?
All the time you see the insanely rich helping out people in Africa, South America, and poor countries in Asia. I don't get why they don't help to invest it back into the country that gave them the opportunity to make all that money... I live in Washington where Microsoft, Boeing, Warehouser, and several other multi-billion dollar organizations call home. Recently, Microsoft laid off over 5,000 individuals. Why don't people like Paul Allen, who owns over half of Seattle, and Bill Gates, who recently purchased a 2.5 million dollar cabin just north of Boseman, Montana, why don't they help reinvest into our country? It only makes sense to me to do that. I mean if you have so much money that you couldn't spend it all in your lifetime, why not say, "Hey America, you've done so much for me and helped me so much in my lifetime, here's a check for 1 billion dollars to help stimulate the economy." Why is it put upon the backs of all the people who did go to college, who did work there asses off, but didn't make it to the top? I can't remeber the statistic and am probably way off, but I believe it was 80% of America's wealth is controlled by .5% of our population?!?!?!?!?! Why not have them help out the country by spreading the money around. America isn't lazy, we all work for a living. HELP THE COUNTRY WHO HELPED YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
Other - Cultures & Groups - 10 Answers
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Yeah, some of them actually do. But the question is, why don't the people who don't work, who CAN work, and just WONT work, yet complain that they're poor GO to work!?
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The real reason the rich here don't donate their money here is because of image. Bill Gates wouldn't look like such a goody two shoes if he donated his money to any charity here in the US. He looks good acting like he cares about people in some 3rd world country who get malaria because they are too stupid to move away from the swamps.
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They're just selfish, I bet these billionaires don't even use half the money they have in the bank. And there are kids eating dirt in Haiti. *sigh*
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I agree and don't forget the Stars . They could drop a million . GOD BLESS
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I completely agree with you. They won't help us because they think we still have a good standard of living compared to most countries. I've stayed on Mercer Island before and kayaked past all 5 of Paul Allen's houses. It's sick. My heart goes out to all those families who have lost their homes. They're also afraid the money will go to idiots like the two of the answers above me. "But the question is, why don't the people who don't work, who CAN work, and just WONT work, yet complain that they're poor GO to work!?" If only things were that simple. Take Economics 101. "He looks good acting like he cares about people in some 3rd world country who get malaria because they are too stupid to move away from the swamps." People don't live in these areas by choice. There's also malaria in Westernized places like Hong Kong.
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Because Rich Americans are dicks. Have you seen Wall-Street?
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Selfishness. Greed. Boob Implants. Face Lifts. Wrinkle Creams. and so on.
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Africa is not a country, neither is South America. What do you mean by "our" country? You say you live in Washington, is that DC? You are in America? It can't be Washington, Nigeria. Bill Gates makes more donations to Africa than anyone else. He is currently giving funds to the Malaria problem in Africa. Get your facts straight before you make yourself look foolish.
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ur people need fame, they need praises so they help others instead of us. Who told u Africa is a country? America can't feed us alone talkless of the west.
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i agree.
All the time you see the insanely rich helping out people in Africa, South America, and poor countries in Asia. I don't get why they don't help to invest it back into the country that gave them the opportunity to make all that money... I live in Washington where Microsoft, Boeing, Warehouser, and several other multi-billion dollar organizations call home. Recently, Microsoft laid off over 5,000 individuals. Why don't people like Paul Allen, who owns over half of Seattle, and Bill Gates, who recently purchased a 2.5 million dollar cabin just north of Boseman, Montana, why don't they help reinvest into our country? It only makes sense to me to do that. I mean if you have so much money that you couldn't spend it all in your lifetime, why not say, "Hey America, you've done so much for me and helped me so much in my lifetime, here's a check for 1 billion dollars to help stimulate the economy." Why is it put upon the backs of all the people who did go to college, who did work there asses off, but didn't make it to the top? I can't remeber the statistic and am probably way off, but I believe it was 80% of America's wealth is controlled by .5% of our population?!?!?!?!?! Why not have them help out the country by spreading the money around. America isn't lazy, we all work for a living. HELP THE COUNTRY WHO HELPED YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
Other - Cultures & Groups - 10 Answers
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Yeah, some of them actually do. But the question is, why don't the people who don't work, who CAN work, and just WONT work, yet complain that they're poor GO to work!?
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The real reason the rich here don't donate their money here is because of image. Bill Gates wouldn't look like such a goody two shoes if he donated his money to any charity here in the US. He looks good acting like he cares about people in some 3rd world country who get malaria because they are too stupid to move away from the swamps.
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They're just selfish, I bet these billionaires don't even use half the money they have in the bank. And there are kids eating dirt in Haiti. *sigh*
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I agree and don't forget the Stars . They could drop a million . GOD BLESS
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I completely agree with you. They won't help us because they think we still have a good standard of living compared to most countries. I've stayed on Mercer Island before and kayaked past all 5 of Paul Allen's houses. It's sick. My heart goes out to all those families who have lost their homes. They're also afraid the money will go to idiots like the two of the answers above me. "But the question is, why don't the people who don't work, who CAN work, and just WONT work, yet complain that they're poor GO to work!?" If only things were that simple. Take Economics 101. "He looks good acting like he cares about people in some 3rd world country who get malaria because they are too stupid to move away from the swamps." People don't live in these areas by choice. There's also malaria in Westernized places like Hong Kong.
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Because Rich Americans are dicks. Have you seen Wall-Street?
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Selfishness. Greed. Boob Implants. Face Lifts. Wrinkle Creams. and so on.
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Africa is not a country, neither is South America. What do you mean by "our" country? You say you live in Washington, is that DC? You are in America? It can't be Washington, Nigeria. Bill Gates makes more donations to Africa than anyone else. He is currently giving funds to the Malaria problem in Africa. Get your facts straight before you make yourself look foolish.
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ur people need fame, they need praises so they help others instead of us. Who told u Africa is a country? America can't feed us alone talkless of the west.
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i agree.
Saturday, June 14, 2014
How Much Petroleum has it cost Chavez to Get Miss Venezuela to win twice in a row?
How Much Petroleum has it cost Chavez to Get Miss Venezuela to win twice in a row?
Are you kidding me? Last year Miss Colombia was way better! And this year How did Miss Puerto Rico make the top 5 and South Africa didn't? o.O it's horrible And Miss Australia and Dominican Republic were so much better than Miss Venezuela [who looked like a woman of the night from 1902]... Ok so now that that's out of my mind... FQ- What do you think about the fact that all the Serie A teams added have about 180 million yet Real Madrid alone have 100 million [money wise] that's without Barca, Atleti, Villareal, Sevilla, etc. What is this saying about the Serie A... I mean Juve will be the first one to have their own stadium [if I'm not mistaking].
FIFA World Cup(TM) - 7 Answers
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I didn't see the pageant. Not a fan... FQ: I don't know what to say... The recession probably has hit the Serie A teams the hardest plus remember that their current spell in the CL might be a determining factor on why players might not want to go there. I still think Serie A should be back in about 2 years... Calciopoli really mess with the league...
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I loved miss venezula <3 FQ: Not answering, btw i answered the other question first :P
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I didn't watch it. But Karen O should have won.
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I am not racist but do u really think that they would give it to South Africa?? I dont think a black girl ever won it but I dont know. anyway I prefer Miss Beach in Lebanon :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALnim9m0iNQ&feature=fvw
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Miss Australia http://cdn.missuniverse.com/media/photos/galleries/gallery_photo1249659887australia_3.jpg Miss Dominican Republic http://cdn.missuniverse.com/media/photos/galleries/gallery_photo1249668239domincanrepublic_3.jpg Miss Venezuela http://cdn.missuniverse.com/media/photos/galleries/gallery_photo1249677787venezuela_3.jpg From the 3 you mentioned, I'd say None should've taken it. Miss Mexico should have won. http://cdn.missuniverse.com/media/photos/galleries/gallery_photo1249673901mexico_3.jpg ( but then again, I can be biased ) :o) hehe
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Lol Audi.. its Mexico's eyes that are attracting you. Venezuela is the hottest out of them four. But I may be biased too.. I get turned on by hot lips lol.
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Miss Iceland was hot. That's pretty much the only contestant I saw lol
Are you kidding me? Last year Miss Colombia was way better! And this year How did Miss Puerto Rico make the top 5 and South Africa didn't? o.O it's horrible And Miss Australia and Dominican Republic were so much better than Miss Venezuela [who looked like a woman of the night from 1902]... Ok so now that that's out of my mind... FQ- What do you think about the fact that all the Serie A teams added have about 180 million yet Real Madrid alone have 100 million [money wise] that's without Barca, Atleti, Villareal, Sevilla, etc. What is this saying about the Serie A... I mean Juve will be the first one to have their own stadium [if I'm not mistaking].
FIFA World Cup(TM) - 7 Answers
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I didn't see the pageant. Not a fan... FQ: I don't know what to say... The recession probably has hit the Serie A teams the hardest plus remember that their current spell in the CL might be a determining factor on why players might not want to go there. I still think Serie A should be back in about 2 years... Calciopoli really mess with the league...
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I loved miss venezula <3 FQ: Not answering, btw i answered the other question first :P
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I didn't watch it. But Karen O should have won.
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I am not racist but do u really think that they would give it to South Africa?? I dont think a black girl ever won it but I dont know. anyway I prefer Miss Beach in Lebanon :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALnim9m0iNQ&feature=fvw
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Miss Australia http://cdn.missuniverse.com/media/photos/galleries/gallery_photo1249659887australia_3.jpg Miss Dominican Republic http://cdn.missuniverse.com/media/photos/galleries/gallery_photo1249668239domincanrepublic_3.jpg Miss Venezuela http://cdn.missuniverse.com/media/photos/galleries/gallery_photo1249677787venezuela_3.jpg From the 3 you mentioned, I'd say None should've taken it. Miss Mexico should have won. http://cdn.missuniverse.com/media/photos/galleries/gallery_photo1249673901mexico_3.jpg ( but then again, I can be biased ) :o) hehe
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Lol Audi.. its Mexico's eyes that are attracting you. Venezuela is the hottest out of them four. But I may be biased too.. I get turned on by hot lips lol.
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Miss Iceland was hot. That's pretty much the only contestant I saw lol
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Will I be extradited back to the United States in this case?
Will I be extradited back to the United States in this case?
To make a long story short, I am a native of South Africa, my family brought me to the United States in 1991 when I was three years old to escape from Apartheid that lasted until 1994 there. My parents returned there three years ago when I was 19, and I am the only member of my family remaining here. This is a very good country, definitly the land of oppurtunity, but now that my home country is free and more safe I want to return, especially now that I have inherited a large amount of money from my grandfather and in South Africa, I can live off the interest. (This money is in my bank account in South Africa) The problem is that I am supposed to start serving a 90 day jail sentence in September for an assault and battery charge. I received my inheritence two months ago, and quit my job and have been living on it thru bank wires while planning my trip back home. I was origionally going to do it in October when it starts to get cold, but since I live in a furnished apartment and there's not much to move other than myself, I'm thinking of just going in a few weeks. My fortune (1.9M USD) was not discovered during court proceedings and my passport was not revoked. I guess they didn't expect a person serving a simple 90 days in a county jail to make a run for it out to a different country. On such a minor crime, are they going to spend much time and effort and tax money bringing me all the way back?
Law & Ethics - 2 Answers
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No, you will not be extradited from South Africa. You may be arrested at the Airport however before you get there. If not, and if you ever return to the US, you will be arrested. There is no statute of limitation in the US once you have been charged with a crime.
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I'm not sure why you're asking this question here. With your fortune you can afford to consult a lawyer with any queries you have.
To make a long story short, I am a native of South Africa, my family brought me to the United States in 1991 when I was three years old to escape from Apartheid that lasted until 1994 there. My parents returned there three years ago when I was 19, and I am the only member of my family remaining here. This is a very good country, definitly the land of oppurtunity, but now that my home country is free and more safe I want to return, especially now that I have inherited a large amount of money from my grandfather and in South Africa, I can live off the interest. (This money is in my bank account in South Africa) The problem is that I am supposed to start serving a 90 day jail sentence in September for an assault and battery charge. I received my inheritence two months ago, and quit my job and have been living on it thru bank wires while planning my trip back home. I was origionally going to do it in October when it starts to get cold, but since I live in a furnished apartment and there's not much to move other than myself, I'm thinking of just going in a few weeks. My fortune (1.9M USD) was not discovered during court proceedings and my passport was not revoked. I guess they didn't expect a person serving a simple 90 days in a county jail to make a run for it out to a different country. On such a minor crime, are they going to spend much time and effort and tax money bringing me all the way back?
Law & Ethics - 2 Answers
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No, you will not be extradited from South Africa. You may be arrested at the Airport however before you get there. If not, and if you ever return to the US, you will be arrested. There is no statute of limitation in the US once you have been charged with a crime.
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I'm not sure why you're asking this question here. With your fortune you can afford to consult a lawyer with any queries you have.
Sunday, June 1, 2014
What are good savings options for an 'emergency savings fund'?
What are good savings options for an 'emergency savings fund'?
I am in the unenviable position, where I live in the US my parents live in South Africa, and many other important family members live in New Zealand. Unenviable because as family members are getting older I am realizing sadly that I may need to have to make emergency trips to either South Africa or New Zealand in the coming months, years or perhaps even weeks. So since it costs so much money for airfare and especially on short notice, I want to save money in some emergency trip account (which probably doesn't even exist) or have some sort of insurance that can get me these travel arrangements on short notice. If anyone has any info or advice, to this regard I would be really happy, Thank you.
Personal Finance - 1 Answers
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You have a checking account right? Open up a savings account and tie it to your checking. Every paycheck take 15% of your pay and transfer it online to your savings. You will have to sign on to view your bank account online if you have not already done so. Also, get a credit card. In case of an emergency, you will be able to use it. Remember: Do not carry balances on a credit card if possible. It is a myth that carrying balances is good for credit. If you get a card, buy something like food or gas each month and pay it in full. Otherwise you will damage your credit. Note: You will need a checking account in good standing for 6 months in order to get a credit card. You will also need to show ability to pay back. /
I am in the unenviable position, where I live in the US my parents live in South Africa, and many other important family members live in New Zealand. Unenviable because as family members are getting older I am realizing sadly that I may need to have to make emergency trips to either South Africa or New Zealand in the coming months, years or perhaps even weeks. So since it costs so much money for airfare and especially on short notice, I want to save money in some emergency trip account (which probably doesn't even exist) or have some sort of insurance that can get me these travel arrangements on short notice. If anyone has any info or advice, to this regard I would be really happy, Thank you.
Personal Finance - 1 Answers
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You have a checking account right? Open up a savings account and tie it to your checking. Every paycheck take 15% of your pay and transfer it online to your savings. You will have to sign on to view your bank account online if you have not already done so. Also, get a credit card. In case of an emergency, you will be able to use it. Remember: Do not carry balances on a credit card if possible. It is a myth that carrying balances is good for credit. If you get a card, buy something like food or gas each month and pay it in full. Otherwise you will damage your credit. Note: You will need a checking account in good standing for 6 months in order to get a credit card. You will also need to show ability to pay back. /
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
What are good savings options for an 'emergency savings fund'?
What are good savings options for an 'emergency savings fund'?
I am in the unenviable position, where I live in the US my parents live in South Africa, and many other important family members live in New Zealand. Unenviable because as family members are getting older I am realizing sadly that I may need to have to make emergency trips to either South Africa or New Zealand in the coming months, years or perhaps even weeks. So since it costs so much money for airfare and especially on short notice, I want to save money in some emergency trip account (which probably doesn't even exist) or have some sort of insurance that can get me these travel arrangements on short notice. If anyone has any info or advice, to this regard I would be really happy, Thank you.
Insurance - 2 Answers
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Well, you can't buy insurance that will buy you airline tickets to go visit people in other countries. No such horse. You're probably best off using a money market account to save your money in. I like Schwab . . .www.schwab.com
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There is no insurance for this. And you do not need any special type of savings account. A regular, normal savings account is fine. So is a checking account.
I am in the unenviable position, where I live in the US my parents live in South Africa, and many other important family members live in New Zealand. Unenviable because as family members are getting older I am realizing sadly that I may need to have to make emergency trips to either South Africa or New Zealand in the coming months, years or perhaps even weeks. So since it costs so much money for airfare and especially on short notice, I want to save money in some emergency trip account (which probably doesn't even exist) or have some sort of insurance that can get me these travel arrangements on short notice. If anyone has any info or advice, to this regard I would be really happy, Thank you.
Insurance - 2 Answers
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Well, you can't buy insurance that will buy you airline tickets to go visit people in other countries. No such horse. You're probably best off using a money market account to save your money in. I like Schwab . . .www.schwab.com
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There is no insurance for this. And you do not need any special type of savings account. A regular, normal savings account is fine. So is a checking account.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
What’s Wrong with America?
What’s Wrong with America?
What’s Wrong with America? I sure hope you like C-SPAN, reruns, and reality shows, because if we the Hollywood proletariat have our way, every writer in town is going on strike, perhaps as soon as this Thursday. If you ask me, it’s not a moment too soon. Technically, we’re striking against the producers, the studios, and the networks — the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers — who have been trying to screw us out of our fair share of VHS and DVD residuals for years, and whose initial offer was to screw us even harder. With a brave new world of iPhone technology on its way, we want to make sure we don’t get fooled again. But everyone knows we’re really striking against you, the ungrateful, reactionary, and probably crypto-fascist audience. You’ve let us all down by not going to see our movies. The Kingdom? A disappointment at $46 million. Rendition? A huge antiwar belly flop for Reese Witherspoon, Meryl Streep, and the guy from Brokeback Mountain playing in 2,250 theaters that hasn’t yet managed $8 million. Elizabeth: The Golden Age? The Catholic-bashing costume party with Cate Blanchett in high dudgeon and higher drag is a flopola at $14 million. In the Valley of Elah, from scribe du jour Paul Haggis? It’ll be lucky to make $7 million. At this rate, you probably won’t even go to see Brian De Palma’s Redacted. Frankly, we’re tired of throwing our pearls before you swine. So we’re firing you. I mean, come on: the fourth installment of a torture-porn series, a Steve Carell laugher, a vampire movie set in Alaska and a comedy aimed at the, ahem, “urban audience†are opening up cans of cinematic whup-ass on the finest, most passionate anti-American movies our smartest, snarkiest Harvard grads can think up. And Lions for Lambs hasn’t even opened yet! Heck, The Rock’s family-values comedy The Game Plan has made $77 million, more than all the antiwar movies put together. It’s so sad: Here we were, on a roll, with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid in command of Congress, the Clinton Restoration practically a fait accompli, and Al Gore winning the Nobel Peace Prize to use as a doorstop alongside his Oscar — and this is the thanks we get. Well, I just don’t get it. It’s not like our patriotism is questionable or anything. Like Bonosera the undertaker in The Godfather, we love U.S.-America, we believe in U.S.-America, just not U.S.-America the way she is now: a racist, sexist, homophobic bastion of white male privilege, built on the backs of Africans and Native Americans and exploited immigrants, seeking to export its murderous rage to the Middle East and beyond. And all right-thinking people — by which I mean “left-thinking†people, of course — agree with us. You certainly won’t get any argument on the west side of Los Angeles, and wherever I travel in this great land of ours — to places as diverse as San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, and the Upper West Side — it’s unanimous. America stinks! So we want to change this country into something new and beautiful and socialist, a liberated America in which we middle-class Hollywood people (for so we like to think of ourselves; we’re not really rich) can live safely in our patrolled communities and send our kids to private schools while making sure your tax money goes to pacify the howling mob beyond the gates. An America, in other words, that looks more like South America or South Africa than Bedford Falls, condemned to eternal punishment for its moral turpitude. Who could possibly object to that? Another reason we’re striking is that there’s just too much competition these days from journalists. Who does this clown Scott Thomas Beauchamp think he is, pitching anti-war movies in the guise of writing a “Baghdad Diary†for The New Republic? He might have fooled his editors into thinking he was doing straight reporting, but anyone who lives within 50 miles of the intersection of Fairfax and Melrose can smell a scenario when he steps in it. It’s hard enough to make your bones and get into the Writers Guild of America, a closed-shop union that civilians can’t join, without worrying about a bunch of hacks making stuff up that makes America look bad and passing it off as truth in the hopes that some producer will come calling. That’s our job! So as the days dwindle down to a precious few, it’s looking more and more like we’re going out. The studios have stockpiled all the bad scripts they can get their hands on, the writers’ rooms are going 24/7 to churn out enough episodes to get the networks through Festivus, and nobody’s taking any pitches until this thing is over. It may be a while. Last Thursday, the producers have told us to forget about upgrading the DVD residuals, or any other residuals. For our part, the Guild membership has voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike — the last one was in 1988, and lasted five months — and all over town, people are consulting their accountants and business managers over how they’re going to make their $20,000 a month mortgage nut if they’re not working. Both sides have called in a federal mediator when negotiations resume tomorrow. But unless this stooge of the Bush Administration waterboards us, it’s on to the picket lines at Paramount, ABC, and Warner Bros. We’re going to hit the AMPTP where it hurts, right in the pocketbook, and make ‘em remember that it all starts with the writer and if you think actors can invent stories and ad-lib dialogue, you’re a die-hard Robert Altman fan. But, even more, we’re going to hit you where you live: on your sofas. No more Letterman. No more Leno. No more Lost. No more great movies like Rendition to alert you to the evils of the Chimp-in-Chief and the Grand Vizier and their Illegal War in Iraq. The hell with you. We’ve knocked ourselves out for you, and this is how you repay us. Serves you right
Politics - 8 Answers
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Trust me. It's no big loss.
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Too many brainwashed right-wing moonbats who are unable to think for yourselves, so you regurgitate the prefabricated fairy tales fed to you by the lunatic right-wing crackpot party and its propaganda mill.
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The current administration holding The Executive Branch of Government.
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I prefer reading anyway. Look at it as an opportunity for screen writers to become best selling authors. And set design people to design book and cd covers. Camera people can create beautiful coffee table books...etc Quit whining!
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Does not matter to me as I dont go to movies or watch much television. What I do watch is usually documentaries.
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Nice cut & paste, intellectual property theft is still theft and quite frankly if you knew squat about the subject, which even the pundit you ripped off doesn't, you'd know this is ridiculous tripe and there are reasons why the American public isn't into drama's about the failures of Conservatism at the moment, after idiotically vesting themselves in two terms of a business and now political failure all they really want to do is take off the old head and not think about it for awhile, afterall they are just coming to terms with the painful reality that not only were they wrong, they've been had and not just them thier childrens futures as well, so while you may think the author you robbed was witty you're both just flat out as wrong as hollywoods timing, had these come out oh say 4 years ago they may have made a difference, now they are just so much of what we already know and quite frankly it's too depressing to want to rehash at the moment
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Doesn't sound to me you believe in every person's worth and dignity like you copy and paste in so many of your answers.
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I myself have wondered "What happened to the United in the United States of America? What ever happened to the days when Americans stood United as ONE and not DIVIDED. I believe the United States of America has United in front of the States of America because it means to stand together. Americans stood UNITED gainst the British Empire during the American Revolution, Federalist and Anti-Federalist stood UNITED and wrote the Constitution of the United States of America, and Americans stood UNITED to rebuild the United States of America after the Civil War. During the time of when my parents and grandparents were growing up, Americans were UNITED. Parents stood UNITED and took responsiblities to raising their children. Children were UNITED and respected their elders, and a man and a women were UNITED before marriage before they had children. Today, America is not UNITED as we use to be. Parents are not always taking responsiblities of their children, not all children have respect for their eleders, and there are more boyfriend & girlfriend couples having children when they are not married in the United States of America. Why is there no UNITED in the United States of America? I believe it is because of Liberalism. Liberalism is destroying the UNITED in the United States of America because it is based off lies. Because of Liberalism, America is divided on just about everything from who responsiblities to raise children to the saying "One Nation Under God." The Founders of the United States of America were Christian Men and Women who stood UNITED under God. Today, while Conservatives stand UNITED under God and know America is "One Nation Under God," Liberals stand united under liberalism and know that America is "One Nation Under Liberalism." I hope and pray that one day, the UNITED comes back to the United States of America. I hope that Americans can stand UNITED and realize that is it THEIR responibility to raise their children and not have pop culture raise their children. I hope that Americans can stand UNITED and support our Armed Forces all over the world and appreciate the hard work and sacrafices these Men and Women make for the United States of America. I hope that one day Americans will stand UNITED and have respect for the man or woman who is the President of the United States of America because this is the most challenging job in the history of the world. I hope that one day, children will be UNITED and respect their elders. This includes their parents, sibilings, their teachers, and elected officials and that children will look to these elders as an influence and guidance for successs. I hope that one day, both Republicans, Democrats, and Independents stand UNITED and know that America was founded by Christian Principles from the Men and Women who Founded the United States of America. My hope for the future is that America can be a UNITED country and not a D I V I D E D Country. I pray that America is "One Nation Under God" and does not become "One Nation Under Liberalism."
What’s Wrong with America? I sure hope you like C-SPAN, reruns, and reality shows, because if we the Hollywood proletariat have our way, every writer in town is going on strike, perhaps as soon as this Thursday. If you ask me, it’s not a moment too soon. Technically, we’re striking against the producers, the studios, and the networks — the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers — who have been trying to screw us out of our fair share of VHS and DVD residuals for years, and whose initial offer was to screw us even harder. With a brave new world of iPhone technology on its way, we want to make sure we don’t get fooled again. But everyone knows we’re really striking against you, the ungrateful, reactionary, and probably crypto-fascist audience. You’ve let us all down by not going to see our movies. The Kingdom? A disappointment at $46 million. Rendition? A huge antiwar belly flop for Reese Witherspoon, Meryl Streep, and the guy from Brokeback Mountain playing in 2,250 theaters that hasn’t yet managed $8 million. Elizabeth: The Golden Age? The Catholic-bashing costume party with Cate Blanchett in high dudgeon and higher drag is a flopola at $14 million. In the Valley of Elah, from scribe du jour Paul Haggis? It’ll be lucky to make $7 million. At this rate, you probably won’t even go to see Brian De Palma’s Redacted. Frankly, we’re tired of throwing our pearls before you swine. So we’re firing you. I mean, come on: the fourth installment of a torture-porn series, a Steve Carell laugher, a vampire movie set in Alaska and a comedy aimed at the, ahem, “urban audience†are opening up cans of cinematic whup-ass on the finest, most passionate anti-American movies our smartest, snarkiest Harvard grads can think up. And Lions for Lambs hasn’t even opened yet! Heck, The Rock’s family-values comedy The Game Plan has made $77 million, more than all the antiwar movies put together. It’s so sad: Here we were, on a roll, with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid in command of Congress, the Clinton Restoration practically a fait accompli, and Al Gore winning the Nobel Peace Prize to use as a doorstop alongside his Oscar — and this is the thanks we get. Well, I just don’t get it. It’s not like our patriotism is questionable or anything. Like Bonosera the undertaker in The Godfather, we love U.S.-America, we believe in U.S.-America, just not U.S.-America the way she is now: a racist, sexist, homophobic bastion of white male privilege, built on the backs of Africans and Native Americans and exploited immigrants, seeking to export its murderous rage to the Middle East and beyond. And all right-thinking people — by which I mean “left-thinking†people, of course — agree with us. You certainly won’t get any argument on the west side of Los Angeles, and wherever I travel in this great land of ours — to places as diverse as San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, and the Upper West Side — it’s unanimous. America stinks! So we want to change this country into something new and beautiful and socialist, a liberated America in which we middle-class Hollywood people (for so we like to think of ourselves; we’re not really rich) can live safely in our patrolled communities and send our kids to private schools while making sure your tax money goes to pacify the howling mob beyond the gates. An America, in other words, that looks more like South America or South Africa than Bedford Falls, condemned to eternal punishment for its moral turpitude. Who could possibly object to that? Another reason we’re striking is that there’s just too much competition these days from journalists. Who does this clown Scott Thomas Beauchamp think he is, pitching anti-war movies in the guise of writing a “Baghdad Diary†for The New Republic? He might have fooled his editors into thinking he was doing straight reporting, but anyone who lives within 50 miles of the intersection of Fairfax and Melrose can smell a scenario when he steps in it. It’s hard enough to make your bones and get into the Writers Guild of America, a closed-shop union that civilians can’t join, without worrying about a bunch of hacks making stuff up that makes America look bad and passing it off as truth in the hopes that some producer will come calling. That’s our job! So as the days dwindle down to a precious few, it’s looking more and more like we’re going out. The studios have stockpiled all the bad scripts they can get their hands on, the writers’ rooms are going 24/7 to churn out enough episodes to get the networks through Festivus, and nobody’s taking any pitches until this thing is over. It may be a while. Last Thursday, the producers have told us to forget about upgrading the DVD residuals, or any other residuals. For our part, the Guild membership has voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike — the last one was in 1988, and lasted five months — and all over town, people are consulting their accountants and business managers over how they’re going to make their $20,000 a month mortgage nut if they’re not working. Both sides have called in a federal mediator when negotiations resume tomorrow. But unless this stooge of the Bush Administration waterboards us, it’s on to the picket lines at Paramount, ABC, and Warner Bros. We’re going to hit the AMPTP where it hurts, right in the pocketbook, and make ‘em remember that it all starts with the writer and if you think actors can invent stories and ad-lib dialogue, you’re a die-hard Robert Altman fan. But, even more, we’re going to hit you where you live: on your sofas. No more Letterman. No more Leno. No more Lost. No more great movies like Rendition to alert you to the evils of the Chimp-in-Chief and the Grand Vizier and their Illegal War in Iraq. The hell with you. We’ve knocked ourselves out for you, and this is how you repay us. Serves you right
Politics - 8 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
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Trust me. It's no big loss.
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Too many brainwashed right-wing moonbats who are unable to think for yourselves, so you regurgitate the prefabricated fairy tales fed to you by the lunatic right-wing crackpot party and its propaganda mill.
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The current administration holding The Executive Branch of Government.
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I prefer reading anyway. Look at it as an opportunity for screen writers to become best selling authors. And set design people to design book and cd covers. Camera people can create beautiful coffee table books...etc Quit whining!
5 :
Does not matter to me as I dont go to movies or watch much television. What I do watch is usually documentaries.
6 :
Nice cut & paste, intellectual property theft is still theft and quite frankly if you knew squat about the subject, which even the pundit you ripped off doesn't, you'd know this is ridiculous tripe and there are reasons why the American public isn't into drama's about the failures of Conservatism at the moment, after idiotically vesting themselves in two terms of a business and now political failure all they really want to do is take off the old head and not think about it for awhile, afterall they are just coming to terms with the painful reality that not only were they wrong, they've been had and not just them thier childrens futures as well, so while you may think the author you robbed was witty you're both just flat out as wrong as hollywoods timing, had these come out oh say 4 years ago they may have made a difference, now they are just so much of what we already know and quite frankly it's too depressing to want to rehash at the moment
7 :
Doesn't sound to me you believe in every person's worth and dignity like you copy and paste in so many of your answers.
8 :
I myself have wondered "What happened to the United in the United States of America? What ever happened to the days when Americans stood United as ONE and not DIVIDED. I believe the United States of America has United in front of the States of America because it means to stand together. Americans stood UNITED gainst the British Empire during the American Revolution, Federalist and Anti-Federalist stood UNITED and wrote the Constitution of the United States of America, and Americans stood UNITED to rebuild the United States of America after the Civil War. During the time of when my parents and grandparents were growing up, Americans were UNITED. Parents stood UNITED and took responsiblities to raising their children. Children were UNITED and respected their elders, and a man and a women were UNITED before marriage before they had children. Today, America is not UNITED as we use to be. Parents are not always taking responsiblities of their children, not all children have respect for their eleders, and there are more boyfriend & girlfriend couples having children when they are not married in the United States of America. Why is there no UNITED in the United States of America? I believe it is because of Liberalism. Liberalism is destroying the UNITED in the United States of America because it is based off lies. Because of Liberalism, America is divided on just about everything from who responsiblities to raise children to the saying "One Nation Under God." The Founders of the United States of America were Christian Men and Women who stood UNITED under God. Today, while Conservatives stand UNITED under God and know America is "One Nation Under God," Liberals stand united under liberalism and know that America is "One Nation Under Liberalism." I hope and pray that one day, the UNITED comes back to the United States of America. I hope that Americans can stand UNITED and realize that is it THEIR responibility to raise their children and not have pop culture raise their children. I hope that Americans can stand UNITED and support our Armed Forces all over the world and appreciate the hard work and sacrafices these Men and Women make for the United States of America. I hope that one day Americans will stand UNITED and have respect for the man or woman who is the President of the United States of America because this is the most challenging job in the history of the world. I hope that one day, children will be UNITED and respect their elders. This includes their parents, sibilings, their teachers, and elected officials and that children will look to these elders as an influence and guidance for successs. I hope that one day, both Republicans, Democrats, and Independents stand UNITED and know that America was founded by Christian Principles from the Men and Women who Founded the United States of America. My hope for the future is that America can be a UNITED country and not a D I V I D E D Country. I pray that America is "One Nation Under God" and does not become "One Nation Under Liberalism."
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