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For Christian American readers of this blog:


I wish to incite all Christians to rise up and take back the United States of America with all of God's manifold blessings. We want the free allowance of the Bible and prayers allowed again in schools, halls of justice, and all governing bodies. We don't seek a theocracy until Jesus returns to earth because all men are weak and power corrupts the very best of them.
We want to be a kinder and gentler people without slavery or condescension to any.

The world seems to be in a time of discontent among the populace. Christians should not fear. God is Love, shown best through Jesus Christ. God is still in control. All Glory to our Creator and to our God!


A favorite quote from my good friend, Jack Plymale, which I appreciate:

"Wars are planned by old men,in council rooms apart. They plan for greater armament, they map the battle chart, but: where sightless eyes stare out, beyond life's vanished joys, I've noticed,somehow, all the dead and mamed are hardly more than boys(Grantland Rice per our mutual friend, Sarah Rapp)."

Thanks Jack!

I must admit that I do not check authenticity of my posts. If anyone can tell me of a non-biased arbitrator, I will attempt to do so more regularly. I know of no such arbitrator for the internet.











Sunday, February 19, 2012

Thanks friend ... Identity Theft

My friend in Washington D.C. is a very bright and honest lady.  This happened to her even with Lifelock.  The USA is still the "Great City on the Hill", Ronald Reagan liked to describe, but our light is dinmming.  we have always had clever crooks among our population, but they just seem freer to roam under the Progressive left and their dismissal of our constitutional rights.  I am so sorry, Marge, but it looks as if you have gone about solving this as well as you can.  I would like to know that the imposter eventually does some long jail time.

Sam

PS:  I decided NOT to blog this, good friend.

Sam


Hi Folks,
Just want you all to be alerted to my recent surprise and now my biggest
headache.
On Feb. 13th I submitted my Federal and State Tax Return via the e-file
method. I received a rejection with a phone number to call at IRS.
The rejection just stated that the same name and social security number
had been used and could not be used again. I had called the phone number
given to me.
Talked to a lady Ms. Fly. She is with the IRS National Taxpayer Service
Advocate's office. She informed me that a lady submitted her Federal
Tax return using my SS#, my name without my middle initial, and a different
address in another State. She also said this lady is going to receive
a refund too. Ms. Fly did not tell me the address, State or the date of
birth of this person using my SS# and Name.
Needless to say, I had to contact all my creditors, credit bureau, banking
institutions, insurance companies etc. I am still doing this and have not
finished as yet. Very time consuming and especially with OPM and TSP
people--hard to get through to them over the phone; but I finally did.
I requested a copy of my credit history report and TransUnion provided
me a current update. My credit history report is good. But I did notice
on the last page under Inquiry Analysis that Capital One Bank USA NA
idenfiying information they provided: "Margaret Rusnak, 106 E. Hanna Ave.,
Tampa, FL 33604-6718 requested on: 12/13/2011." It was obvious to me
that this must be the same lady who e-filed her Federal Taxes into IRS
on February 4th, 2012.
I was able to obtain the customer service phone number from a friend
who currently has a Capital one Bank Credit Card--1-800-955-7070.
I called tonight about 10:20 pm and was able to get hold of supervisor
to find out if this person did indeed apply for a credit card. YES, she did
and one was provided her. I was shocked to learn that this lady also
had my DOB as well and it was written on the application form too.
The gentlemen told me to call back on Sunday Morn at 9 am (they
are located in ME) and talk to the agent who handles fraud incidents.
I got the last 4 digits of this new credit card account (4646) that this
Margaret Rusnak in Tampa, FL opened.
My real beef is with Lifelock who I pay every year to catch anyone
opening a new account under my name. I will have some words with
them come Tuesday Morning if they are closed on Monday because
of Geo Washington's Celebration Day, Feb 20th, Govt Holiday.
If any of you can provide me some more guidance of information on
your thoughts of what I should do in addition to what IRS and Federal
Trade Commission Fraud Line has told me to do, I certainly am open
to any help I can get. I had to change a lot of my accounts and still
doing more stuff. I am just totally exhausted by all of this and now
I just pray I don't die. If that happens, God knows who will be buried, me
or this unknown person living in Tampa, FL.
Appreciate your listening, but sure hope you all are careful using e-file.
Per IRS I had to send in my Federal & State Taxes via the priority mail
with return receipt requested. Got that out Thursday am Feb. 16th. I had
been told by IRS that I won't be receiving my refund from the Feds anywhere
from 3 months to 9 months. Just hope they catch this lady who is using
my ID for whatever. Capital One agent did tell me that if this person using
my name charges stuff and doesn't pay the bill, I will not be held responsible.
Let's hope he is right.
At least I got most of the stuff done I need to, but there is so much to
this than meets the eye.
Marge
Good luck with your tax returns. Be careful.

Dispatch Editorial on PUCO

Our good friend in New Boston, Carl Clark (PHS 50), worked for the PUCO after the steel mill closed.  I'm sure that Carl was conscientious, as the long time boy scout and Christian that he is.

I also salute the editorial by Benjamin J. Marrison, the Columbus Dispatch editor in today's paper.

The Public Utilities commission of Ohio is a watchdog to see that those who derive the income from us, the populace, as more or less privileged entities without competition, keep their charges fair.  Everybody is trying to dig into our individual piles of life savings.  God bless those who do their jobs right!



THE INSIDE STORY

Benjamin J. Marrison commentary: Records told shocking tale that PUCO hid




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      The value of public records is sometimes difficult to convey. Here is a case that makes it crystal clear:
      For many months, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and American Electric Power fought us over releasing records in AEP’s rate case. Through sources and relentless persistence by business reporter Dan Gearino and this newspaper, the agency released documents showing that the proposal would place an inordinate burden on small-business owners.
      Using internal memos from the PUCO staff and other public documents, we published a story on Dec. 4 predicting astronomical rate hikes of 30 percent to 40 percent for small businesses.
      That day, a quiet campaign was launched to discredit Gearino and the newsroom. Such campaigns are not unusual, because some subjects of such stories don’t like what we publish and seek to undermine the messenger who delivers an unpleasant truth.
      On Dec. 10, the Dispatch editorial page published a letter from Joe Hamrock, AEP Ohio’s president and chief operating officer. He said: “The article misrepresented the overall impact of the agreement for small commercial customers. . . . When considered in total, the impact is much lower than readers were led to believe, with overall changes in the range of 5 percent of their total electricity cost, compared with current rates.”
      We were confident with the facts; otherwise, we would not have published the stories. And when electricity bills hit mailboxes, the reporting was proved correct.
      Gearino and education reporter Charlie Boss reported that school districts were considering layoffs to pay their electricity bills, and local governments were scrambling to balance their books. Small businesses said they would have to consider expanding in other states because central Ohio is no longer competitive.
      Amid the loud and numerous complaints, the PUCO decided to revisit the plan it approved. Of course, it is planning to do so in private — again.
      In announcing its review, the commission suggested that AEP wasn’t clear in stating the effects of its proposal, although we’d reported that the PUCO’s own internal emails predicted such a dramatic hike.
      That wasn’t lost on our readers.
      “ The Dispatch has been doing a fantastic job with the AEP-PUCO rate case,” one wrote. After reporting on the projected increase, The Dispatch“reported the customer outrage when the 35-40 percent approved increases were actually billed, then reported the PUCO commissioners’ surprise reaction, and reported the commissioners feigned outrage and promises to ‘roll back’ the rate increase. Don’t the PUCO commissioners understand the issue is about the PUCO? The PUCO reviewed and approved the increases!"
      Last week, Charles Amata Jr., a small-business owner in Blacklick, offered his take on the rate hike:
      “Based on our January bill, the new AEP rate structure has increased the distribution costs on our small service by 76 percent and has more than doubled (201 percent) the monthly distribution costs for our large service! These rate changes translate to a tangible annual electricity cost increase of more than $50,000 for our organization,” Amata wrote.
      “The new AEP rates were implemented with no notification, explanation or phase-in. Based upon articles published in The Dispatch over the last few weeks, we are not alone in our concern over the timing and magnitude of these rate changes. . . . This increase is a job killer.”
      Through stories like these, for which we fight like mad to root out the facts, we feel that we have lived up to the role our forefathers envisioned for a free press.
      And through such cases, the public gains a better understanding of and appreciation for public-records laws. We hope that Ohioans will continue to become outraged when public agencies seek to do public business in secret or when legislators try to curb their access to public documents.
      Benjamin J. Marrison is editor of The Dispatch . You can read his blog at dispatch.com/blogs. Follow him on Twitter @dispatcheditor.
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      THE LIVES (LIVES7)
      How much public money went to GM to pay union members bonus checks before a presidential election...corruption in high places....crickets churping in the background.
      2012-02-19 06:25:28.0
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      THEODORE ROOSEVELT (PRAGMATICPATRIOT)
      Thomas Jefferson could not have said it better.
      2012-02-19 10:17:54.0
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      THEODORE ROOSEVELT (PRAGMATICPATRIOT)
      Referring to Mr. Marrison's writing: Thomas Jefferson could not have said it better.
      2012-02-19 10:18:40.0

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