Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Tue, Jun 21 2005
Second Mortgage From (Someone Else's) Hell
When you fill out an application for a second mortgage or home equity loan it's a fairly routine process. What's not so routine is when the person attempting to take out the loan isn't you. It's amazing what lengths some folks will go to when they have the mindset that what's yours ought to be theirs, to do with as they please.
The folks at Identity Theft Resouce Center have some good tips and resources on the whole topic of fraud and identity theft. Among other articles, they include a section on minors. Unfortunately, the types who steal identities include those who use children.
The FBI also devotes a section of their web site to the issues of identity theft. It's a growing problem, particularly now that so many details of our personal financial information are stored in huge databases, by companies that have not been doing their job to protect the very data that they sell to make money from us. To me, their refusing to take responsibility is a form of identity theft in itself. At some point they may find they are to be held accountable right along with the people in the identity theft rings.
posted at: 10:57 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
When you fill out an application for a second mortgage or home equity loan it's a fairly routine process. What's not so routine is when the person attempting to take out the loan isn't you. It's amazing what lengths some folks will go to when they have the mindset that what's yours ought to be theirs, to do with as they please.
The folks at Identity Theft Resouce Center have some good tips and resources on the whole topic of fraud and identity theft. Among other articles, they include a section on minors. Unfortunately, the types who steal identities include those who use children.
The FBI also devotes a section of their web site to the issues of identity theft. It's a growing problem, particularly now that so many details of our personal financial information are stored in huge databases, by companies that have not been doing their job to protect the very data that they sell to make money from us. To me, their refusing to take responsibility is a form of identity theft in itself. At some point they may find they are to be held accountable right along with the people in the identity theft rings.
posted at: 10:57 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
Wholehearted Audience Participation
While the media has been focused on so much of what Muslim extremists do to make life miserable for the rest of the planet's inhabitants, there are whole groups of Muslim people who long for fairness and honor. They may not always be see shouting about it in the streets, but some recognize and acknowledge honor in their own way--one writer saw some of them them stand up and applaud around him during a showing of Kingdom of Heaven in Beirut.
A tip of the Stetson goes to monochrom for the link.
posted at: 09:30 | category: /Arts and Entertainment | link to this entry
While the media has been focused on so much of what Muslim extremists do to make life miserable for the rest of the planet's inhabitants, there are whole groups of Muslim people who long for fairness and honor. They may not always be see shouting about it in the streets, but some recognize and acknowledge honor in their own way--one writer saw some of them them stand up and applaud around him during a showing of Kingdom of Heaven in Beirut.
A tip of the Stetson goes to monochrom for the link.
posted at: 09:30 | category: /Arts and Entertainment | link to this entry
