Donate Your Car Sacramento

Anyone as puzzled as I was about all the media hype on our new Administration, or notice the media does not ask our new Administration any challenging questions? There’s been a great deal of censorship in the news, and on the Internet, it forums and newspapers in the past few months, and we are losing our freedom of speech quickly. Is this why all the deaths at Disneyland and Disney World don’t get reported?

Walt Disney Productions is one of Obama’s largest money contributors – the donations below do not include the contributions by the companies owned by Disney. And take a look below to see what media Disney owns:

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/search.php?cid=N00009638&name=%28all%29&employ=Walt+Disney&state=%28all%29&zip=%28any+zip%29&submit=OK&amt=a&sort=A

Walt Disney Productions owns the media companies below. Any wonder you cannot believe anything you read anymore? Think twice before buying anything “Disney” – because that’s who’s running this Country now. And we wonder why the theme park continues to flourish with so many children’s deaths that don’t even shut down a ride for a day? – the majority not being reported. And this is who is now stifling our ability to speak out as well.

Broadcast Television
ABC Network
Owned and Operated Television Stations
WLS – Chicago
WJRT – Flint
KFSN – Fresno
KTRK – Houston
KABC – Los Angeles
WABC – New York City
WPVI – Philadelphia
WTVD – Raleigh – Durham
KGO – San Francisco
WTVG – Toledo
Cable Television
ESPN (80%)
ESPN2 (80%)
ESPN Classic (80%)
ESPNU (80%)
ESPNEWS (80%)
ABC Family
Disney Channel
Toon Disney
SOAPnet
Lifetime Network (partial)
Lifetime Movie Network (partial)
Lifetime Real Women (partial)
A&E (partial)
A&E International (partial)
Jetix Europe (partial)
Jetix Latin America
The History Channel (partial)
Lifetime Real Women (partial)
Radio
ABC Radio
WDWD – Atlanta
WMVP – Chicago
WLS – Chicago
KESN – Dallas
KMKI – Dallas-Forth Worth
KRDY – San Antonio
WCOG – Greensboro, NC
WRDZ – Indianapolis
KABC – Los Angeles
KLOS – Los Angeles
KDIS – Los Angeles
KSPN – Los Angeles
KDIZ – Minneapolis – St. Paul
WKSH – Milwaukee, WI
WEVD – New York City
KDZR – Portland, OR
KWDZ – Salt Lake City
KIID – Sacramento
KMKY – Oakland
KQAM – Wichita
KKDZ – Seattle
WSDZ – St. Louis
WWMK – Cleveland
KMIK – Phoenix
KDDZ – Denver
WWMI – Tampa
KMIC – Houston
WMYM – Miami
WBWL – Jacksonville
WBYU – New Orleans
KDIS – Little Rock
WWJZ – Philadelphia
WWJZ – Philadelphia
WMKI – Boston
WDZK – Hartford
WDDZ – Providence
WDZY – Richmond
WGFY – Charlotte
WDYZ – Orlando
WMNE – West Palm Beach
WEAE – Pittsburgh
WDRD – Louisville
WDDY – Albany, NY
KPHN – Kansas City
WQUA – Mobile
WBML – Jacksonville
WFDF – Detroit
WFRO – Fremont, OH
WDMV – Damascus, MD
WHKT – Norfolk Radio Disney
ESPN Radio (syndicated programming)
Music
Walt Disney Records
Hollywood Records
Lyric Street Records
Film
Walt Disney Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
Hollywood Pictures
Miramax Films
Pixar
Publishing
Book Publishing Imprints
Hyperion
Miramax Books
ESPN Books
Theia
ABC Daytime Press
Hyperion eBooks
Hyperion East
Disney Publishing Worldwide
Cal Publishing Inc.
CrossGen
Hyperion Books for Children
Jump at the Sun
Volo
Michael di Caupa Books
Disney Global Children’s Books
Disney Press
Disney Editions
Disney Libri
Global Retail
Global Continuity
Magazine
Automotive Industries
Biography (with GE and Hearst)
Discover
Disney Adventures
Disney Magazine
ECN News
ESPN Magazine (distributed by Hearst)
Family Fun
Institutional Investor
JCK
Kodin
Top Famille – French family magazine
US Weekly (50%)
Video Business
Quality
Wondertime Magazine
Parks and Resorts
Walt Disney Imagineering
Disneyland Resort
Walt Disney World Resort
Tokyo Disney Resort
Disneyland Resort Paris
Hong Kong Disneyland
Disney Vacation Club
Disney Cruise Line
Other
Disney Theatrical Productions
Disney Live Family Entertainment
Disney on Ice
The Disney Store
Club Penguins
ESPN Zone
Disney Toys
Disney Apparel, Accessories and Footwear
Disney Food, Health and Beauty
Disney Home Furnishings and Decor
Disney Stationery
Disney Consumer Economics
The Baby Einstein Company
Muppets Holding Company
Disney Interactive Studios
Walt Disney Internet Group

if somebody donates a vehicle to me, how can they get a tax break for this? who determins how much?
i have a program that is going to be set up as a non-profit buisness working with cars and teens. will this make a diffrence?

http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1138-Executive-Branch-Corruption.html

Corruption is a strong word, but it appears warranted given the two stories of import this weekend. First, on the firing of inspectors general:

WASHINGTON – — He was appointed with fanfare as the public watchdog over the government’s multi-billion dollar bailout of the nation’s financial system. But now Neil Barofsky is embroiled in a dispute with the Obama administration that delayed one recent inquiry and sparked questions about his ability to freely investigate.

Treasury, you see, is refusing to turn over documents – items that Barofsky believes he needs to do his job properly.

Mr. Barofsky’s job is, for those of you who need a refresher, to investigate potential fraud and abuse in the TARP program. One would think that Treasury would be very interested in the integrity of that program, and submit without quarrel to any inquiry by the OIG’s office, which was incidentally set up for the specific purpose of “watchdogging” the program itself.

It appears not.

Then there are two other IG firings:

The first dismissal occurred last week, when the White House terminated Gerald Walpin, inspector general of the service agency AmeriCorps. Walpin claims his dismissal was unjust, the result of political interference.

This one is particularly interesting because AmeriCorps is part and parcel of Obama’s trademark “GIVE” bill – that is, the “youth service” corps that was put together for supposed “civic purposes.”

The IG in question, Gerald Walpin, was a Bush appointee. The WSJ wrote this about the controversy:

A George W. Bush appointee, Mr. Walpin has since 2007 been the inspector general for the Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency that oversees such subsidized volunteer programs as AmeriCorps. In April 2008 the Corporation asked Mr. Walpin to investigate reports of irregularities at St. HOPE, a California nonprofit run by former NBA star and Obama supporter Kevin Johnson. St. HOPE had received an $850,000 AmeriCorps grant, which was supposed to go for three purposes: tutoring for Sacramento-area students; the redevelopment of several buildings; and theater and art programs.

Mr. Walpin’s investigators discovered that the money had been used instead to pad staff salaries, meddle politically in a school-board election, and have AmeriCorps members perform personal services for Mr. Johnson, including washing his car.

At the end of May, Mr. Walpin’s office recommended that Mr. Johnson, an assistant and St. HOPE itself be “suspended” from receiving federal funds. The Corporation’s official charged with suspensions agreed, and in September the suspension letters went out. Mr. Walpin’s office also sent a civil and/or criminal referral to the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California.

Now remember, we were sold “an open administration” and “hope and change.” What we appear to have received is just the change – about 2 cents, while the other 98 are siphoned off as political favors, and when an independent watchdog does their job and is uncovering what sure looks like a prima-facie case of looting of the public treasury, obtaining the approval of the corporation’s own people and referring the matter for prosecution, The Obama Administration sacks him.

Second, there is the outright lying by The Obama Administration with regards to his “notice” to critics of his “financial overhaul” proposal:

“These are the interests that have benefited from a system which allowed ordinary Americans to be exploited,” Obama said. The president said he would stand up for his plans, saying: “While I’m not spoiling for a fight, I’m ready for one. The most important thing we can do to put this era of irresponsibility in the past is to take responsibility now.”

Does that include Fannie, Freddie, and Lockhart? Remember this from just yesterday?

June 19 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama’s program to help more homeowners refinance may be expanded to include borrowers who owe more than 105 percent of their homes’ values, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director James Lockhart said.

The Obama administration is considering allowing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to refinance loans with current loan-to-value ratios of 125 percent or higher, Lockhart said at a National Association of Real Estate Editors Association conference in Washington yesterday.

And my comment thereupon:

If you are underwater on your house and take a deal like this, you are as dumb as a box of rocks and have just consented to being bent over the table and violated repeatedly. That our government would propose “allowing” such a thing is fomenting financial rape upon The American Public. Period.

I will stake a case of scotch on the bet that there will be no “clear, plain” disclaimer on any such refinance “offer” containing the following language in 14-point block type:

CAUTION TO THE CONSUMER:

i need some good opinions from all you 4runner owners out there. please if you dont know, do not post an answer. i am looking to trade my integra for a 93 4runner sr5 v6 4×4 auto clean title with 218,xxx miles on chassis and 17,xxx miles on new motor.. please read descriptions on both cars and lmk if its a good trade if i got to keep my alarm and pioneer stereo for the trade. here is a link to my integra. it is very clean and well kept

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/1519352691.html

and here is a link to his 4runner.

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/1525896930.html

its really not $30,000. its just an ad that i made up so that you can have a better idea at what im looking at to trade it for. those are the actual pics of the car and info that he has sent me.

lmk if it sounds like a legitimate trade or a little bit more fishy. i have paper work to prove my side and he says that he has paper work too, but i dont know if he did the motor swap himself cause my repairs were done at a shop.

reason why i wanna trade is because i need a bigger vehicle.

please, all 4runner owners out there, lmk if this is the year and model to buy as of the 4runners and what are the common problems that i should be looking at when visually inspecting this car. what should the motor be for this year? example: my integra has a b18a1 motor. and where in the engine bay will i find this info from the 4runner? how should it sound like and how should it run? is it pretty common for these to sag at the back? pretty much if you were to buy one of these what would you be looking at before actually signing the title over? thank you in advance!

Photographs taken of Liam Johns’ crib by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office clearly show where it came apart.

The drop rail had detached from its plastic track, creating a gap through which the 9-month-old boy slipped feet-first. Instead of falling to the floor, Liam got his head stuck between the rail and the mattress. Trapped in a hanging position, the boy asphyxiated.

Liam’s April 2005 death prompted an investigation by a federal watchdog agency and a family lawsuit against the crib’s manufacturer, Simplicity Inc.

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Consumers who have one of the cribs cited in the recall should contact Simplicity (888-593-9274 or simplicityforchildren.com) to obtain a repair kit with new hardware. If the crib already has the newer hardware (see attached graphic), consumers should still check the crib’s drop rail to ensure it is assembled right-side up.

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But the company and the Consumer Product Safety Commission didn’t warn parents across the country about the potentially fatal flaw in Simplicity cribs–not after Liam suffocated, not after more complaints about the crib rails and not after two more infants died.

Once the Tribune began questioning the company and the agency this month, a massive recall of Simplicity cribs followed.

On Friday, the CPSC took action on 1 million cribs, including the model that the Johns family used for Liam. It is the largest recall of full-size cribs in the agency’s history.

In its Hidden Hazards series, the Tribune has documented how the understaffed and sluggish CPSC fails to protect children from dangers in toys and other products. The paper’s examination of Simplicity’s popular cribs underscores that, even in the aftermath of a child’s death, the agency can fall short in its watchdog role, leaving children vulnerable to a documented hazard.

Interviews and records show that the federal investigator assigned to Liam’s death failed to inspect the crib in his initial inquiry and didn’t track down the model or manufacturer.

“We get so many cases,” the investigator, Michael Ng, said in an interview this month. “Once I do a report, I send it in and that’s it. I go to the next case. We could spend more time, but we are under the gun. We have to move on.”

Only last week, after inquiries by the Tribune, did Ng return to California to find the crib. It had first been held as evidence by sheriff’s police and later was put in storage by a lawyer retained by the family.

Even with the recall, it remained unclear why it took so long to address the problem. The CPSC often gets bogged down in negotiations with companies over recalls because fedx eral law limits its powers and its ability to disclose details of its investigations into dangerous products.

Nancy Cowles, a child-product safety advocate and executive director of Kids In Danger, called for congressional hearings to look into the delay. “Was it because the CPSC has no power and the company was able to stall?” she asked.

When first presented with the Tribune findings this month, Julie Vallese, spokeswoman for the CPSC, said the agency could not comment about Simplicity. “We have more than one investigation open, and that’s why I can’t answer any questions,” she said.

In announcing the recall Friday, the CPSC blamed a flawed crib design and hardware that allowed parents to install the drop rails upside down, which can cause the rail to detach from the frame. The agency said it was aware of seven non-fatal cases of infants being trapped and 55 other cases of drop-rail problems.

It also linked the Simplicity cribs to three deaths but did not release the names of those children or the dates of the fatal accidents.

One of those children was Liam Johns, records show. Another was 6-month-old Edward Millwood, who died in November 2006 in Georgia. The third was 8-month-old Royale Arceneaux, who died in February in Houston. All three children fell between the mattress and a separated drop rail.

The drop rails in those deaths had been installed upside down. But the agency also found two incidents in which correctly installed drop rails failed to work properly.

Ken Waldman, president of Simplicity Inc., said in an interview Friday that the company makes safe products and works closely with the CPSC to fix any problems. He would not say why the recall did not occur earlier.

“This is the thing to do and that’s why we decided to do it now,” he said.

The Aspen 3 in 1, once Simplicity’s best-selling crib, accounted for the bulk of the recall. About 600,000 of those models, which are no longer made, were recalled.

IT IS A QUESTION!!!!

ANTI-ILLEGAL ALIEN COMMERCIAL LAUNCHES IN CALIFORNIA
Ad Featuring Illegal Aliens Will Air Statewide

Los Angeles, CA ­ Art Olivier¹s campaign for governor will release their first television advertisement this 2006 election year. The ad, which highlights the illegal alien marches, debuts this Friday in Bakersfield, Santa Rosa, and the Central Valley. The advertisement, which also presents a Mexican flag raised over an upside down American flag, will roll out in the Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Sacramento, Redding, Fresno, Palm Springs, San Diego, and Los Angeles markets beginning Monday October 9th.

Art Olivier, who began campaigning back in January, has virtually been unnoticed in the mainstream media. However talk radio has embraced Olivier and his concerns regarding our open borders and the illegal invasion. Thanks to the generous donations from the listeners of talk radio, Olivier is now able to enter the television airwaves.

Although Art Olivier¹s campaign contacted all the major participants and hosts of the October 7th Gubernatorial debate, Olivier was denied an invitation. Therefore the television ad titled ³Elect Art² will offer voters an alternative position regarding illegal immigration which differs from the two main party candidates.
Kysteelgl, I like your answer…a lot.

About 100 parents of Bradshaw Christian School packed a public hearing Thursday night, upset about an AM/PM Minimart where the gas pumps will be right next to their elementary school.

“It’s not just the pollution, it’s all the added traffic, the extra emissions, the crime, anything that’s going to go with it,” said parent Kent Ketterling. “To put this between two schools is just ridiculous.”

The gas station and minimart, along with a car wash and a Jack-in-the-Box restaurant, are planned for the northwest corner of Bradshaw and Calvine roads just north of Elk Grove. Bradshaw Christian’s preschool and elementary school are just north of the property on Bradshaw. The private high school campus is just west of the project on Calvine.

The public hearing, however, was only to answer questions about the emission levels. Dave Grose and others from the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District told the audience the estimated levels of benzene were well under the threshhold considered safe.

Parents were also upset they weren’t told of the project when it was going through the permit process at the county level. However, notification was only required for residents actually living within 500 feet of the project.

Sacramento County Supervisor Don Nottoli told the parents if he would’ve known about their concerns he might have voted differently during the approval process. He vowed to keep them more informed, beyond what’s required by notification law, when future projects are planned in the open space area around the school.

Most parents left the meeting still frustrated, though many said they appreciated the information. They also vowed to be more active in fighting a proposal by the company to sell beer and wine at the minimart, a process which has yet to begin.

How to do deal with this shy girl?
Thers this girl at my school..same grade same grade…..
She works at TARGET. I go by her coutner she goes away..No one was in line.I was like yooo..she turns around and says hey how are you? i’m like good you? shes like good. She goes to my school, but i never had any classes with her. I was liek dunt u go to my school. She had this attitudy yes. I was like woah what a ***** in my mind. Then she asks if i’m older then her? I said uhh nooo;…Then she asked if I was gonna donate 1 dollar to red cross? I was liek uhh sure. Then finally she asked if I worked at walmart. I said “naa” She smiled and said oh and then said bye..

Last week at school….as me and my bud walked by her at her locker….ma bud told me she looked at me while i walked by…i didn’t look at her…. I then add her on facebook…she accepts and i msg her sayin hey hows life? she kept on sayin lol and was playing dumb to all my responses…Then today i see her after school walking with her friend to parking lot…she turns around seez me and then quickly turns around says and somthing quiet to her friend. I cudn’t hear them…I parked beside her and i see her i say hi she says heyy and then quickly gets in car and starts texting a good minute …i was putin ma bag in trunk …she didnt start her car and was in there jus texting? I feels she’s avoiding me…is she? What did i do wrong? Did i screw it up ? Does she think im a creep? Help girls? I have feelings for her….

Thers this girl at my school..same grade same grade…..
She works at TARGET. I go by her coutner she goes away..No one was in line.I was like yooo..she turns around and says hey how are you? i’m like good you? shes like good. She goes to my school, but i never had any classes with her. I was liek dunt u go to my school. She had this attitudy yes. I was like woah what a ***** in my mind. Then she asks if i’m older then her? I said uhh nooo;…Then she asked if I was gonna donate 1 dollar to red cross? I was liek uhh sure. Then finally she asked if I worked at walmart. I said “naa” She smiled and said oh and then said bye..
Last week at school….as me and my bud walked by her at her locker….ma bud told me she looked at me while i walked by…i didn’t look at her…. I then add her on facebook…she accepts and i msg her sayin hey hows life? she kept on sayin lol and was playing dumb to all my responses…Then yesterday i see her after school walking with her friend to parking lot…she turns around seez me and then quickly turns around says and somthing quiet to her friend. I cudn’t hear them…I parked beside her and i see her i say hi she says heyy and then quickly gets in car and starts texting a good minute …i was putin ma bag in trunk …she didnt start her car and was in there jus texting? I feels she’s avoiding me…is she?
Then today i was my bud who was takin pix ofr the year book …her friends suv came and he asked if they wanted to be in yearbook..they like sure…the girl then drives in and gets out of her car with her friend….her friend keeps a distance…but she came closer to me i was wathcin my buddy takin pix and so was she …she was liek 14 inches away from me…she came so close seh was almsot touching my car…
Whats her msg? I liek her does she like me? Is she shy?
Also , she walked out of guidance and she turned left …she saw me and turned the other way and walked…i walked up and said hey wud up she said nothin much…then goes to her friend and talks to her and then she starts lookin at me…
Apprently my friend said she saw the girl roll eyes and I said wuudup

How to do deal with this shy girl?
Thers this girl at my school..same grade same grade…..
She works at TARGET. I go by her coutner she goes away..No one was in line.I was like yooo..she turns around and says hey how are you? i’m like good you? shes like good. She goes to my school, but i never had any classes with her. I was liek dunt u go to my school. She had this attitudy yes. I was like woah what a ***** in my mind. Then she asks if i’m older then her? I said uhh nooo;…Then she asked if I was gonna donate 1 dollar to red cross? I was liek uhh sure. Then finally she asked if I worked at walmart. I said “naa” She smiled and said oh and then said bye..

Last week at school….as me and my bud walked by her at her locker….ma bud told me she looked at me while i walked by…i didn’t look at her…. I then add her on facebook…she accepts and i msg her sayin hey hows life? she kept on sayin lol and was playing dumb to all my responses…Then yesterday i see her after school walking with her friend to parking lot…she turns around seez me and then quickly turns around says and somthing quiet to her friend. I cudn’t hear them…I parked beside her and i see her i say hi she says heyy and then quickly gets in car and starts texting a good minute …i was putin ma bag in trunk …she didnt start her car and was in there jus texting? I feels she’s avoiding me…is she?
Today..i was with my bud and and we were in yearbook class.. he was talkin pix of cars….her friends suv comes and hez like u gusy wanna be in the yearbook? They’re like yeaa…then this girl pulls over and her and her friend came out…Her friend kept her distance, but she came maad close liek half 13 inchs away frm me…i watchin ma bud takin them pix..so did she…it was as if she was leanin on my car…she came closer to me ..i was standing outside my car..watchin on…shea s in front of me…does sshe like me? IS she leading me on? I dunt know what to do? I like her………..
What did i do wrong? Did i screw it up ? Does she think im a creep? Help girls? I have feelings for her….

i do like her

Deana Brisbois was a creative, athletic and energetic 23-year-old woman from Topsfield, MA. She lived life to the fullest – at her happiest when at the hub of constant activity and commotion. Friends and family remember her as a beautiful young woman with the ability to makes friends in an instant with her engaging personality, ever-present sense of humor and heart of gold. In April of 1994, she lost her life in a car-crash near Brockton, MA. Deana had been in an abusive relationship for two years before her death. Her abuser was with her in the car when it crashed-but fled the scene-waiting over nine hours before he sought emergency treatment and claiming he fled the wreck in a panic. After Deana’s death, her abuser was subsequently jailed for two years on unrelated assault and battery charges (32 charges from five Massachusetts counties).Though Deana’s abuser was never charged with her death, her mother and stepfather, Mary Ellen and Ira Gorfinkle, and friends believe he played a role. A series of incidents-now a matter of public record-provide solid evidence of a pattern of abuse. Deana had taken out an emergency restraining order against him in 1993 after being hit. Peabody police charged the abuser with trying to run a car off the road in which Deana and another man were passengers. She sought emergency care after being thrown out of his moving car. Mary Ellen never witnessed the abuse, but was horrified when she saw the bruises he left on Deana’s body-like the cruel bite mark left on her cheek, and the results of a “haircut” when he whacked off chunks of Deana’s hair with a knife. When Deana finally admitted to the abuse, her family and friends urged her to get help. Deana talked with counselors, clergy, countless friends, doctors, lawyers, family members, and even other abused women. She left him several times, only to return when he apologized-certain that he would change.Before Deana’s death, Mary, Ira, her twin brother David Brisbois, Pat Lucy, Christine (Crippen) Champeau, Laura Sindoni, and other friends thought dating violence was something that happened to other people.Faced with the hard truth-that relationship violence knows no boundaries- Deana’s family and friends held a golf tournament in August 1994 to raise money in her memory. They founded Deana’s Fund and donated the money raised to women’s shelters. The golf tournament became an annual event, and in 1995 the organization supported the development of a play to PREVENT dating violence. The play was called The Yellow Dress.

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2009_05_07_Free_cars_for_poor_fuel_road_rage/srvc=home&position=also

Gov. Deval Patrick’s free wheels for welfare recipients program is revving up despite the stalled economy, as the keys to donated cars loaded with state-funded insurance, repairs and even AAA membership are handed out to get them to work.

YUBA CITY, Calif. — Authorities investigating a fatal crash in California say they found a dead driver’s laptop computer in the wreckage. It was still running.

They believe the man was using the computer while driving. It was plugged into his car’s cigarette lighter.

The man’s car crossed into oncoming traffic near Yuba City yesterday and collided with a Hummer. The couple inside the Hummer escaped with just bumps and bruises.

The road about 30 miles north of Sacramento was closed for about two hours.

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