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Bush is an insane man!</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;FORGIVE THE PERSONAL POLITICAL VIEW TO FOLLOW, BUT I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR ALL AMERICANS:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those of you who are not aware of the recent topic of giving the security to some of the &lt;strong&gt;Unites States&lt;/strong&gt; largest ports to the &lt;strong&gt;UAE&lt;/strong&gt;, or &lt;strong&gt;UNITED ARAB EMIRATES&lt;/strong&gt;, read on. 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It makes some real good points.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By &lt;a href="mailto:real_assets@moneymail.com"&gt;Gerri Willis&lt;/a&gt;, MONEY Magazine&lt;br /&gt;January 16, 2006: 2:09 PM EST&lt;br /&gt;NEW YORK (MONEY Magazine) - If you've dreamed of &lt;strong&gt;investing in real estate&lt;/strong&gt; but don't want to miss out on the kids' &lt;em&gt;Little League&lt;/em&gt; games, partnerships may be the answer.&lt;br /&gt;A &lt;em&gt;limited partnership&lt;/em&gt; allows a group of people to pool their money to invest in one or more properties. But you won't chase tenants or stay up nights worrying whether to replace the roof. These pools are run by a general partner who oversees all the work, while you can collect your quarterly check and get your lawn mowed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://money.cnn.com/pf/101/lessons/8"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://money.cnn.com/pf/101/lessons/8/index.html"&gt;Top things to know&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://money.cnn.com/pf/101/lessons/8/page1.html"&gt;Are you ready?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://money.cnn.com/pf/101/lessons/8/page2.html"&gt;Lining up cash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://money.cnn.com/pf/101/lessons/8/page3.html"&gt;Picking a team&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://money.cnn.com/pf/101/lessons/8/page4.html"&gt;The hunt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://money.cnn.com/pf/101/lessons/8/page5.html"&gt;Closing the deal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://money.cnn.com/pf/101/lessons/8/page6.html"&gt;For sellers only&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hot and cold home markets&lt;br /&gt;These real estate markets are the extremes: the fastest growing and the slowest. &lt;a class="relatedlinks" href="http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/23/real_estate/buying_selling/hot_cold_markets/index.htm"&gt;(Full story)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photo Gallery&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="IElaunchLink" href="javascript:openWindow(" toolbar="no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=728,height=480')&amp;quot;"&gt;See more photos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And unlike with real estate investment trusts or funds, you'll be able to &lt;strong&gt;invest in properties&lt;/strong&gt; located in your own backyard, where you're more likely to know a thing or two about local values.&lt;br /&gt;That's the good stuff. The bad stuff is that today's partnerships may remind you of the notorious tax shelters of the early 1980s. True, one of the attractions of any real estate partnership is its tax advantage.&lt;br /&gt;Investors write off depreciation, claiming a portion of the value of the investment each year; on paper this might wipe out much of your earnings that would be reported to Uncle Sam. (Careful: The taxes you'd have owed are deferred, not forgiven; you'll have to pay the&lt;strong&gt; IRS&lt;/strong&gt; sometime, just not now.)&lt;br /&gt;But Stan Ross, chairman of the Lusk Center for Real Estate at the University of Southern California, says that's where the resemblance to the 1980s ends. "Today's partnerships have more equity and less leverage. They're driven more by the economics of the deal, not the tax break."&lt;br /&gt;Who's selling these things? Sometimes it's an accountant or financial adviser with real estate contacts. Mostly, though, it's up to you to develop a network that could lead you to such deals. Ask a local real estate attorney if she knows someone who knows someone. A local real estate investor club can be a good start too.&lt;br /&gt;Do your research&lt;br /&gt;But before you pony up the $20,000 or more it takes to participate in a partnership, take this advice to heart.&lt;br /&gt;Devour the prospectus Every deal has a write-up of the investment that you will want to study. You learn about the property, the time horizon for the investment and the general partner's record.&lt;br /&gt;Look for the words "preferred return." This is the amount of money the general partner has to earn and hand over to people like you before he takes his cut of the remaining profits. Typically, a preferred return is 7 to 9 percent.&lt;br /&gt;Vet the top guy You're riding on the general partner's coattails, so make sure he's running the project on behalf of you and your fellow shareholders.&lt;br /&gt;Skip a G.P. who doesn't have skin in the game -- or not enough. His investment should represent at least 5 percent of invested capital.&lt;br /&gt;Compare this money with the fees the G.P. stands to make: If he plans to invest $50,000 but will make $100,000 in fees over the life of the partnership, that's a clear warning sign to stay away.&lt;br /&gt;Watch the fees Index fund fans, steel yourselves: Partnerships are pricey.&lt;br /&gt;You can pay from 1 to 5 percent in acquisition fees up front and 3 to 5 percent on each year's gross receipts, plus an asset management fee on profits.&lt;br /&gt;Therefore, consider passing on a deal with a preferred return below 5 percent, says Glenn Sonnenberg of Legg Mason Real Estate Investors.&lt;br /&gt;Be patient Partnerships are tough to sell if you need to retrieve your money fast. (There's not much of an after-market for partnership stakes.)&lt;br /&gt;Typically, your money will be locked away for up to 10 years; if you can't afford to think of it as out of circulation, invest elsewhere.&lt;br /&gt;Go for vanilla Invest in familiar things that make sense no matter the state of the economy, like apartments and stores.&lt;br /&gt;"Everyone needs a place to live and a place to shop," Sonnenberg notes. "Buy rental income that has stood the test of time."&lt;br /&gt;In other words, head for the exits if someone starts touting restaurants or hotels or assisted-living centers or such. And always keep your investment close to home -- where you can benefit most from your knowledge of the market.&lt;br /&gt;For more on real estate investing, &lt;a href="http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/11/real_estate/investment_prop/re2005_scam_0506/index.htm"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/your_home/index.html"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; for MONEY Magazine's special report, Your Home 2005.&lt;br /&gt;Gerri Willis is host of CNN's Open House. 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Both offer some really great stuff, at really &lt;strong&gt;cheap prices&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are good alternatives to the old favorite, &lt;a onmouseover="window.status='http://affiliates.ebay.com';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=' ';return true;" href="http://www.kqzyfj.com/f1106tenkem13B48A731442485B" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;eBay!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22107541-113987202663582041?l=homebusinessmillionaire.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22107541/posts/default/113987202663582041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22107541/posts/default/113987202663582041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://homebusinessmillionaire.blogspot.com/2006/02/millionares-shop-smart-so-can-you.html' title='Millionares shop smart, so can you'/><author><name>Louis Darke</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2669/1617/1600/cigar%20baby.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22107541.post-113984908221029373</id><published>2006-02-13T08:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-13T09:08:02.323-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Britney Spears: Millionaire mom who makes bad choices with her kid!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2669/1617/1600/the_world_of_britney-john-WoB.4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2669/1617/320/the_world_of_britney-john-WoB.4.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, it has nothing to do with &lt;a onmouseover="window.status='http://affiliates.ebay.com';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=' ';return true;" href="http://www.kqzyfj.com/f1106tenkem13B48A731442485B" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;MAKING a million dollars&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, but it shows that &lt;em&gt;HAVING&lt;/em&gt; a million dollars doesn't make you a good mom.&lt;br /&gt;How about the photo of &lt;strong&gt;Britney Spears &lt;/strong&gt;and her son, driving down the road with the kid being in her lap? Is there something wrong with this picture? Hell yes! Even &lt;strong&gt;K Fed&lt;/strong&gt; would have more sense than to keep the kid in his lap, while driving one handed, wouldn't he?&lt;br /&gt;What the hell was &lt;strong&gt;Britney &lt;/strong&gt;thinking? I think &lt;strong&gt;Britney's&lt;/strong&gt; thong underwear must be cutting off critical blood flow to the brain or something. Maybe she should enroll her and &lt;strong&gt;Kevin&lt;/strong&gt; in some parenting classes. Or give the kid up to a charity that places kids in homes where the parents IQ, if added together, is above 56! These two retards should never have reproduced!&lt;br /&gt;I guess it could be worse though. At least this kid's parents are human! Think about all the crazy alien shit you will start seeing once &lt;strong&gt;Tom Cruise&lt;/strong&gt;(alien) and his, whatever she is, &lt;strong&gt;Katie Holmes&lt;/strong&gt;(alien in training), produce their child.&lt;br /&gt;It proves, once again, that you can be &lt;a href="http://louisdarke.richjerk.hop.clickbank.net"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Rich and Famous&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and still have shit for brains!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22107541-113984908221029373?l=homebusinessmillionaire.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22107541/posts/default/113984908221029373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22107541/posts/default/113984908221029373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://homebusinessmillionaire.blogspot.com/2006/02/britney-spears-millionaire-mom-who.html' title='Britney Spears: Millionaire mom who makes bad choices with her kid!'/><author><name>Louis Darke</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2669/1617/1600/cigar%20baby.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22107541.post-113980229798156354</id><published>2006-02-12T19:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-13T09:33:30.186-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I had to post it here.Vice President Dick Cheney shoots man!  What an ass!</title><content type='html'>It has nothing to do with &lt;a href="http://louisdarke.richjerk.hop.clickbank.net"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;making millions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but it does show how being a &lt;em&gt;millionaire &lt;/em&gt;does not guarantee you can shoot a gun correctly!&lt;br /&gt;Sunday, February 12, 2006 6:43 p.m. ET&lt;br /&gt;WASHINGTON (Reuters) - &lt;strong&gt;Vice President Dick Cheney&lt;/strong&gt; accidentally wounded a companion with shotgun pellets on a weekend quail hunt in &lt;em&gt;Texas&lt;/em&gt;, his office said on Sunday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cheney's &lt;/strong&gt;companion, &lt;strong&gt;Harry Whittington&lt;/strong&gt;, 78, was listed in stable condition after being brought in on Saturday night, said &lt;strong&gt;Yvonne Wheeler&lt;/strong&gt;, a spokeswoman for the Christus Spohn Hospital in &lt;strong&gt;Corpus Christi&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Texas&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;More Stories About...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/search.asp?q=Yvonne+Wheeler"&gt;Yvonne Wheeler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/search.asp?q=Lea+Anne+McBride"&gt;Lea Anne McBride&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/search.asp?q=Dick+Cheney"&gt;Vice President Dick Cheney&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/search.asp?q=George+Bush"&gt;George Bush&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cheney's &lt;/strong&gt;office said Whittington, an Austin lawyer, had been sprayed by birdshot while hunting at the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cheney&lt;/strong&gt; spokeswoman &lt;em&gt;Lea Anne McBride&lt;/em&gt; said the&lt;em&gt; vice president&lt;/em&gt; had been with Whittington at the hospital on Sunday.&lt;br /&gt;"The &lt;em&gt;vice president&lt;/em&gt; visited with Harry Whittington at the hospital and was pleased to see he is doing fine and in good spirits," McBride said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cheney's&lt;/strong&gt; office provided no details on the circumstances of the accident.&lt;br /&gt;CNN reported that &lt;strong&gt;Cheney&lt;/strong&gt; had his gun cocked and whirled around to fire at a bird not realizing that Whittington had walked up without announced himself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cheney&lt;/strong&gt; has been a frequent visitor to the Armstrong Ranch and in October spoke at the funeral of family patriarch &lt;strong&gt;Tobin Armstrong&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Armstrong's wife, Anne, served as U.S. ambassador to &lt;em&gt;Britain&lt;/em&gt; and as an adviser to presidents &lt;strong&gt;Nixon, Reagan and George Bush&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;The 50,000-acre ranch was settled in 1882 by his grandfather, John Armstrong III, a Texas Ranger known for capturing outlaw &lt;em&gt;John Wesley Hardin&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Whittington serves on the &lt;em&gt;Texas &lt;/em&gt;state Funeral Services Commission and the state &lt;strong&gt;Office of Patient Protection&lt;/strong&gt; and is a former member of the board of the &lt;strong&gt;Texas Department of Corrections&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wired.com/news/reuters.html"&gt;Copyright&lt;/a&gt; © 2006 Reuters Limited. This story and its comments expire 30 days after original publication date.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22107541-113980229798156354?l=homebusinessmillionaire.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22107541/posts/default/113980229798156354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22107541/posts/default/113980229798156354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://homebusinessmillionaire.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-had-to-post-it-herevice-president.html' title='I had to post it here.Vice President Dick Cheney shoots man!  What an ass!'/><author><name>Louis Darke</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2669/1617/1600/cigar%20baby.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22107541.post-113963845580512451</id><published>2006-02-10T22:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-13T09:34:50.600-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Beating Adwords: Reviewed</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://louisdarke.beatadword.hop.clickbank.net"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.beatingadwords.com/affiliate/banners/start_making_money_300x80.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This little, &lt;strong&gt;Beating Adwords&lt;/strong&gt;, button could prove to be a boon to your quest to &lt;em&gt;Live like a Millionaire&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Party like a&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;Rock Star&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center&gt;This is just one more &lt;strong&gt;legitimate opportunity&lt;/strong&gt; I have found and have a review for below.&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center&gt;"&lt;strong&gt;Beating Adwords&lt;/strong&gt;" is in my opinion and many others, the best and most up-to-date &lt;strong&gt;AdWords&lt;/strong&gt; guide available to date. Published by Kyle and Carson, &lt;a href="http://louisdarke.beatadword.hop.clickbank.net"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;successful entrepreneurs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, in their own right and respected owners of &lt;strong&gt;WealthyAffiliate.com&lt;/strong&gt;, "&lt;strong&gt;Beating Adwords&lt;/strong&gt;" is the 'definitive &lt;strong&gt;AdWords&lt;/strong&gt; guide', providing an in depth look at &lt;em&gt;Google AdWords&lt;/em&gt; and simplifying the whole concept of earning high and regular online income from an &lt;strong&gt;AdWords&lt;/strong&gt; campaign. Written in an easy to understand style for beginners and veteran marketers alike, "&lt;strong&gt;Beating Adwords&lt;/strong&gt;" takes you step by step through &lt;a href="http://louisdarke.beatadword.hop.clickbank.net"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;affiliate marketing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, setting up a &lt;em&gt;Google AdWords&lt;/em&gt; account correctly and using &lt;strong&gt;AdWords&lt;/strong&gt; effectively to generate increased income with lower CPC expenses. &lt;strong&gt;AdWords&lt;/strong&gt; 'experts' who are already earn good income per day, are claiming thousands more after buying this book. Buying "&lt;strong&gt;Beating Adwords&lt;/strong&gt;" and putting the ideas to work, you should not only recoup the price very quickly, but your &lt;strong&gt;AdWords&lt;/strong&gt; income will start increasing quickly and substantially. Get your copy of "&lt;strong&gt;Beating Adwords&lt;/strong&gt;". This is one product you need and I have no hesitation in recommending it 100% to any serious &lt;strong&gt;AdWords&lt;/strong&gt; campaigner. It even comes with a 100% &lt;a href="http://louisdarke.beatadword.hop.clickbank.net"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;MONEY BACK GUARANTEE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; !&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22107541-113963845580512451?l=homebusinessmillionaire.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22107541/posts/default/113963845580512451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22107541/posts/default/113963845580512451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://homebusinessmillionaire.blogspot.com/2006/02/beating-adwords-reviewed.html' title='Beating Adwords: Reviewed'/><author><name>Louis Darke</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2669/1617/1600/cigar%20baby.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22107541.post-113958848295759010</id><published>2006-02-10T08:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-10T21:53:00.223-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Live Like a Millionaire at Rock Bottom Prices!</title><content type='html'>Even though you are probably on your way to making a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;million dollars&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; already with &lt;a href="http://louisdarke.richjerk.hop.clickbank.net"&gt;RJ's site&lt;/a&gt;, there are always other ways to live like a &lt;strong&gt;millionaire&lt;/strong&gt;, without having &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$1,000,000.00&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;You can get your &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sony PSP&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and other electronic toys &lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=yNXwq8U1dvc&amp;offerid=100143.10002649&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;type=3&amp;subid=0"&gt;here. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep your health in tip top shape, with &lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=yNXwq8U1dvc&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;offerid=52520.10000006&amp;type=3&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;the best nutrition at guaranteed low prices,&lt;/a&gt; and since you are feeling and looking so good, &lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=yNXwq8U1dvc&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;offerid=56689.10000004&amp;type=3&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;find a date online now!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you have found that perfect someone, and if that someone just happens to be the woman of your dreams, you can &lt;strong&gt;save big bucks&lt;/strong&gt;, and tell her you &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;love&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; her by sending her a &lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=yNXwq8U1dvc&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;offerid=84219.10000159&amp;type=3&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;bouquet of flowers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Or if you are real serious, you can &lt;strong&gt;ask her to marry you&lt;/strong&gt;, with &lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=yNXwq8U1dvc&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;offerid=90206.10000023&amp;type=3&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;the perfect engagement ring&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Now if that perfect someone is a man, why not pick up a &lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=yNXwq8U1dvc&amp;amp;amp;amp;offerid=17019.10000286&amp;type=3&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;romantic little something&lt;/a&gt;, or perhaps &lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=yNXwq8U1dvc&amp;offerid=91602.10000102&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;type=3&amp;subid=0"&gt;something a little more sexy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;You both can enjoy it, while you are spending some quality alone time, &lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=yNXwq8U1dvc&amp;amp;amp;offerid=78684.10000076&amp;type=3&amp;amp;subid=0"&gt;watching your favorite movies&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Trying just a handful of these &lt;strong&gt;money saving sites&lt;/strong&gt;, will help keep more of your &lt;strong&gt;paycheck&lt;/strong&gt; in your pocket. Leaving you the cash to live more like a &lt;em&gt;Millionaire&lt;/em&gt;, or &lt;em&gt;party like a&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;Rock Star&lt;/em&gt; on a more regular basis.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22107541-113958848295759010?l=homebusinessmillionaire.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22107541/posts/default/113958848295759010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22107541/posts/default/113958848295759010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://homebusinessmillionaire.blogspot.com/2006/02/live-like-millionaire-at-rock-bottom.html' title='Live Like a Millionaire at Rock Bottom Prices!'/><author><name>Louis Darke</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2669/1617/1600/cigar%20baby.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22107541.post-113953110354512069</id><published>2006-02-09T16:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-10T15:43:35.766-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Paris, Diddy, and YOU!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2669/1617/1600/images.19.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2669/1617/320/images.19.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2669/1617/1600/140.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2669/1617/320/140.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who doesn't want to live like &lt;a href="http://www.askmen.com/women/models_150/171_paris_hilton.html"&gt;Paris Hilton&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Donald Trump&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, or even &lt;a href="http://badboyonline.com/"&gt;P Diddy&lt;/a&gt;? You know.....&lt;strong&gt;Rich&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Famous&lt;/strong&gt;! Running around with &lt;strong&gt;celebrities&lt;/strong&gt;, and the "&lt;strong&gt;beautiful" people&lt;/strong&gt;. Driving &lt;a onmouseover="window.status='http://affiliates.ebay.com';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=' ';return true;" href="http://www.dpbolvw.net/rs119hz74z6MOWPTVSOMRPRUQSR" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;luxury automobiles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; , &lt;strong&gt;sailing on expensive yachts&lt;/strong&gt;, and living in one of your many &lt;strong&gt;mansion type homes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wouldn't it be nice to &lt;a href="http://louisdarke.richjerk.hop.clickbank.net"&gt;make a bundle of money&lt;/a&gt; quickly, with minimal effort, &lt;strong&gt;working at home&lt;/strong&gt; or from the beach? Of course it would! I know I wanted to have more time and money to spend with my family and not have a boss looking at his watch, every time I came into the office.&lt;br /&gt;Whether it is &lt;strong&gt;real estate&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;selling classified ads&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;stock market investing&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;internet affiliate marketing&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;stuffing&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;envelopes from home&lt;/strong&gt;, or something else, we have all seen the adds about people making &lt;strong&gt;tons of cash&lt;/strong&gt;, and how they can show you how to do the same. I will tell you that 95% of them are frauds. You, like I, may have fallen prey to the promises of gold paved roads already. After I got burned once or twice, I got &lt;strong&gt;FED UP&lt;/strong&gt;! I decided to find at least one good &lt;strong&gt;LEGITIMATE &lt;/strong&gt;program for making money.&lt;br /&gt;After looking at endless &lt;strong&gt;websites &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;strong&gt;programs&lt;/strong&gt;, one after another, and after speaking to the "&lt;strong&gt;managers&lt;/strong&gt;" of these "deals", I really got sick of what I found:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;em&gt;outdated information&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;em&gt;non-working links&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;*&lt;em&gt;no live assistance&lt;/em&gt;&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;em&gt;no email support&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NO REFUNDS!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2669/1617/1600/images2.2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2669/1617/320/images2.2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I realized that these "&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Get Rich Quick&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;" programs were totally useless. But while I was searching for something real, I managed to find a couple of people who actually ran a fair program or two.&lt;br /&gt;The people running them were ordinary folks, like you and I, that found a way to money &lt;strong&gt;make extra&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;money&lt;/strong&gt; working from home. Their membership areas were decent, and had a good amount of information, on how to make $100-$200 per day from your &lt;strong&gt;computer&lt;/strong&gt;. After looking at several reviews and chatting in some &lt;strong&gt;forums&lt;/strong&gt; related to the programs, I found people were satisfied with the money they were making. &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2669/1617/1600/images3.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2669/1617/320/images3.1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;You don't have to take my word for it, you can visit the 2 sites I think are good places to start, below.&lt;br /&gt;There can be a minimal charge for access to their programs, but there is also a lot of &lt;a href="http://adsense.sitesell.com/louisdarke.html"&gt;free information&lt;/a&gt; offered too. This should be expected of a &lt;a href="http://buildit.sitesell.com/louisdarke.html"&gt;legitimate program&lt;/a&gt; that actually hires people to assist you, when you need it. Please be careful with whatever choices you make. I can only say that the 2 listed below are ones I have used and can recommend from&lt;strong&gt; personal&lt;/strong&gt; experience. I like what they offer. Good luck in your search and I hope you do well, with whatever you chose.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22107541-113953110354512069?l=homebusinessmillionaire.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22107541/posts/default/113953110354512069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22107541/posts/default/113953110354512069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://homebusinessmillionaire.blogspot.com/2006/02/paris-diddy-and-you.html' title='Paris, Diddy, and YOU!'/><author><name>Louis Darke</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2669/1617/1600/cigar%20baby.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22107541.post-113950059826118630</id><published>2006-02-09T07:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-15T09:37:33.560-08:00</updated><title type='text'>eBay Success Story: 60 Minutes Special Report</title><content type='html'>When &lt;strong&gt;60 Minutes&lt;/strong&gt; Wednesday first reported on eBay two years ago, there were an estimated 50 million people worldwide using the Web site. What started as a hobby is now a cultural phenomenon. But, as Correspondent Charlie Rose reports, eBay seems to have tapped into something uniquely American and entrepreneurial. It's an auction house that never sleeps, where anyone can be a buyer or a seller. “You have to remember that in September of 1998, 8 percent of the items on eBay were Beanie Babies," says CEO Meg Whitman. And she says it's only the beginning. "I think I am most surprised by the fact that we have become the largest site on the Web for the buying and selling of &lt;strong&gt;used cars&lt;/strong&gt;, motorcycles and auto parts," says Whitman. "So from &lt;strong&gt;Beanie Babies&lt;/strong&gt; to Beamers, I'm not sure that anyone would have actually have predicted that." And no one could have predicted that within two years of our original story, the number of &lt;strong&gt;eBay users&lt;/strong&gt; would more than double, to more than 125 million worldwide today. Those people are buying and selling more than $1,000 worth of goods every second. An &lt;strong&gt;Internet&lt;/strong&gt; pioneer, eBay is about to celebrate its 10th anniversary.&lt;br /&gt;June 11, 2003 Broadcast:The company sells a motorcycle every 18 minutes and an SUV every 30 minutes. As many as 150,000 people have literally given up their jobs to create their own businesses selling on eBay. Laurie Liss and her mother, Darlene, armed with little more than a computer, a camera, and something to sell, built their own eBay business that is now selling $30,000 to $40,000 in goods a month. "It's almost like the world's largest garage sale, even though for some people, they're selling used," says Laurie Liss. "We're selling new." The lure of a bargain, combined with the excitement of a &lt;strong&gt;Las Vegas gamble&lt;/strong&gt;, is what brings in millions of Internet customers. The loyalty and enthusiasm of devoted eBay users all over the country is what has helped build&lt;strong&gt; eBay&lt;/strong&gt; into the powerhouse it is today. "It’s a gamble. There's a little bit of gambling. Am I going to get the auction,” says Kathleen, a buyer who claims she now looks on eBay "for anything I need in the house, before I go out." This includes &lt;strong&gt;Tupperware&lt;/strong&gt;, small &lt;strong&gt;appliances&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;clothing&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Christmas&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;wedding gifts&lt;/strong&gt;. An eBay auction works exactly the same way as an old-fashioned one: the highest bidder wins. For example, Mike Benson, a St. Louis lawyer, is looking for a rare baseball card of Stan Musial. In seconds, he finds 84 different &lt;strong&gt;Stan Musial&lt;/strong&gt; cards up for auction on eBay, including one for the very card he wants. To bid, he simply enters the highest amount he’s willing to spend. In this case, it's $50. He eventually lost the card to a higher bid of $63. Every time there’s a sale, eBay takes a cut of the action. As a result, eBay’s market value is now worth more than&lt;strong&gt; Bloomingdale’s&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Macy’s&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Sears&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;Toys ‘R Us&lt;/strong&gt; combined. “It was an entirely new idea that took advantage of the Net," says Whitman. This is a marketplace where a Madonna fan can buy an outfit from the singer’s world tour, and a prospective homeowner can spend $2,100,100 for a country house in New York State with its own missile silo. Sixteen million items are up for sale every day. And eBay users aren't just buying and selling -- they're also talking online in&lt;strong&gt; chat rooms&lt;/strong&gt;. "We spend more time together on the boards than I do with my family," says Judy, an eBay user. Four years ago, Laurie Liss began selling &lt;strong&gt;discounted designer clothes&lt;/strong&gt; and shoes that she picked up on sale at department stores. Now, the entire family is part of the action. Laurie models an outfit, her sister snaps the picture, her brother-in-law puts it on eBay. As the bids start coming in, her mother monitors the auction. The shipping department is in the kitchen, where mom and dad are packing boxes to send around the globe. They keep their inventory - their &lt;strong&gt;Prada&lt;/strong&gt; shoes, their &lt;strong&gt;Guccis&lt;/strong&gt;, and their Chanels - in the garage. They ran out of room in their original home, so they just bought three new houses all in a row with their eBay profits. “We don’t do it to make a fortune,” Laurie says. “We do it just so we can stay home. I stay home with my son. It's like we all just work together. And it's like we have a good time.” And it's a good family business. That’s when the heavy hitters arrived. Now, &lt;strong&gt;IBM &lt;/strong&gt;sells home computers on eBay and &lt;strong&gt;Disney &lt;/strong&gt;offers vacations and all things &lt;strong&gt;Mickey&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Minnie&lt;/strong&gt;. With all this action, eBay has hit the jackpot. Profits are up 71 percent in from this time last year, almost a quarter of that from these direct sales. “Big companies do sell on &lt;strong&gt;eBay&lt;/strong&gt;,” says Whitman. “And they find it to be a very cost-effective distribution channel. But they sell on the same terms as you, an individual, would sell.” There is no advertising and no promotion: "We think it's important to have this level playing field," adds Whitman. "So your neighbor next door has an equal chance of success as a large corporation." “By Monday afternoon, &lt;strong&gt;Labor Day,&lt;/strong&gt; I had the site up.” He sees its potential as limitless and has even developed a feedback system, rating customer satisfaction. The company had a reward for its big sellers -- access to &lt;strong&gt;low-cost premium health insurance&lt;/strong&gt;, a fitting reward for the mom-and-pop sellers who form the backbone of &lt;strong&gt;eBay&lt;/strong&gt;. Whitman says that the buyers and sellers make up eBay: “We actually do work for them,” she says. “That is not a myth. That is not a PR spin. That actually happens to be the case. And it's the soul of &lt;strong&gt;eBay&lt;/strong&gt;. By the people. For the people.”&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22107541-113950059826118630?l=homebusinessmillionaire.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22107541/posts/default/113950059826118630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22107541/posts/default/113950059826118630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://homebusinessmillionaire.blogspot.com/2006/02/ebay-success-story-60-minutes-special.html' title='eBay Success Story: 60 Minutes Special Report'/><author><name>Louis Darke</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2669/1617/1600/cigar%20baby.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>
