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Brenda Clark

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Couple Sues Landlord Over 'Haunted' House (AOL Real Estate)

Apr 17th 2012 4:02AM only those who have never seen a ghost will say they don't exist. I have lived in 3 haunted houses in my lifetime. I have lived with my family , who did not believe in them, as I did not believe at that time either, until we saw 3 in our house, and we were not the only ones who saw them. We had friends over and we all saw them. There was an old woman, whom later we found out die in the house, and there were 2 men. One was a miner, he always had on heavy work boots and a miners hat, but the other man, was dark, dressed completely in black. When I raised my children in Arizona, my child came into my room and said " Mommy, there is a ghost out there ." I had to look to make her feel better, but, she was right. There was a young woman dressed in old clothes like they wore in the cowboy days of old, and she smiled at us. Needless to say, my daughter didn't sleep in her room that night. We found out later that the house we bought had been used in suspected devil whorship and when we remodled, we found several animals with no heads buried under the floors in the earth. So, I am now a believer. Don't care who says I am crazy.

Trouble Blooms: Condo Board Sues Resident Over Flowers (AOL Real Estate)

Mar 20th 2012 5:49PM After living with an HOA a couple of times, I have decided I'd rather live next door to a trashy neighbor rather than have a select board of idiots and old prudes dictate to me how my own property should look. They did not pay for my mortgage, when they do , they can tell me what to do. All HOA's need to be deemed illegal unless they are doing what an HOA was originally intended for, and that was to make sure people kept up their yards and didn't paint their house purple or neon green. Anything that looks nice and improves the landscaping , and is water conservative for desert states, should be the owners choice, not some busy body nosey HOA. Change the LAWS MAKE THEM ILLEGAL. Did you know that if they allow one person to break the HOA laws they can not stop another from doing it, including the HOA members, they have to follow their own laws too. I fought against parked cars and won.

HOA Forces Family to Remove Disabled Child's 'Therapy Home' (AOL Real Estate)

Dec 16th 2011 7:13PM It is not a matter of wanting to live in a community that has an HOA, I hate them myself. It is very hard to find a home today that is not in an HOA. I think they should be banned by the government. Hoa's were first made to make sure that yards didn't have weeds 10 feet high and so that you would not have a purple house next door, but they have assumed the role of God over our homes today. They have made laws that have nothing to do with their rights and most of their rules take away from the rights of the home owner.
It should be none of their concern what is behind our fence in our back yards. So what if a neighbor can see the roof of a play house or a hot tub enclosure. The home owner should have rights too, after all, we bought the house not the HOA. If they want to make our house payment then they can have a say in what I do in my own yard. The people on the boards of most HOA's are people with nothing else to do than to snoop into the lives of others. I have no respect for them or their rules. I will not worship them as if they were God. I fought them once, and I won my case, because most are operated very unjustly.

'American Idol': Sudden Death Semifinals and More Changes for Season 10 (AOL TV)

Jan 7th 2011 2:14PM ok, there is a lot wrong with Idol, but if you break it down and look at it from the business side they have to look at people who are marketable. Unfortunately, someone could have a fantastic voice, but...outside packaging ( looks ), may not be what the public will want to look at. I know it sounds horrible to place looks above voice, but...you have to be able to sell your product. I owned my own DJ company, and the shows with good looking, energetic people were 3 to 4 times as profitable than the ones with average normal people. From a business sense, I had to go with looks and attitude, over quality if I wanted to stay on top of the growing market of DJ companies out there. I understand what they are doing, but that doesn't mean that makes it right. As a person who is older, and who can sing pretty good, I feel left out of their circle, but, with the business sense I have, I understand why the older crowd, and the less beautiful people are overlooked.

Ellen DeGeneres and Halo Donate 1 Million Meals to Shelter Pets (Pawnation OLD)

Dec 29th 2010 7:03PM The animals need our help as well. Mankind domesticated the animals, which made us responsible for them. They are just as helpless as a human child. Yes, there are people that need in todays economy, so many jobless and homeless, which has caused so many more homeless pets. Ellen donates to so many things and helps so many people. There was nothing wrong in her helping the animals as well. She is one person, and she can not do it all, not by herself. Ask yourself if you can afford to donate? Even a dollar to the children or any charity of your choosing....but...do you? Skip lunch, give the money to the homeless family in the park, and while you are at it....give that left over hamburger to the dog they have on a leash trying to do their best to take care of their other beloved family member that they are responsible for. Don't be part of the problem, be part of the answer.

Ellen DeGeneres and Halo Donate 1 Million Meals to Shelter Pets (Pawnation OLD)

Dec 29th 2010 6:53PM Thank you Ellen. I am a pet lover as well. I wish so much that I could adopt more pets, but, the mobile home park we are in limits the animals we do have. I was forced to give up two of my pets to live here. I am terminally ill and they were very important to me for emotional support, but I was told that was too bad. I was lucky and a friend took them so I still get to see them. If I could afford land I would move the trailer and shelter as many homeless pets that I could. Animals give me emotional support that people just can't do. Once again, Thank you for helping our four legged helpless friends. I am a testimonial for what pets can do for you, because I am still alive and holding my own currently.

Tactics to strike back at annoying telemarketers (WalletPop)

Sep 25th 2010 1:21AM I know some people take telemarketing jobs because they feel it is their only hope. I used to deliver pizza for a living, and with tips it was actually a good paying job. If you are nice to people when you arrive at their door, they are nice back. I had friends that did the telemarketing thing, and I made more than they did. And I did not have to be the one who invaded other peoples privacy.
I hate receiving calls from telemarketers. I am polite at first with them, but if they will not listen and hang up, or they continually call back, then I am afraid I have been known to do as these people are saying here, I play with them. I have done the give me your number and I will call you back thing. No one has the right to call on your private phone that you pay for, for any reason that reflects selling a product to asking for donations. I feel the same way about door to door sales and school drives.Sometimes the donation calls are more annoying.
Cell phones should definately not be allowed to be called, and especially texted. Not everyone can afford texting, or has a company that has texting that is not extra. Why should I have to pay for a text to a telemarketer that has no right of any kind to call my phone. The job does not give you the right, being a company does not give you the right.......it is my phone...and it is private to my friends and family and institutions of my choice.
I would rather live on the streets than be a telemarketer, there is always a job out there that is better than telemarketing, but people see how easy it is to get telemarketing jobs...maybe you should ask yourself why? You will get hired as a telemarketer before you are hired at a burger joint , that should be your first clue as to what people think of that profession.
I have never taken food stamps or welfare, but I have lived on Roman Noodles for months at a time before so that my kids could eat real food, but I have never been a telemaketer.
Now I am disabled and terminally ill, and I will still not take from the people...no welfare, no food stamps, no government aid. I will make it on my own just as I have always done and i will not annoy you in your home, on your private phone. I also served my country, I am a veteran. Not that that seems to be an honored thing in America anymore, but I am proud to have served.

Have the 'Hawaii Five-0' Promos Turned Off Viewers Already? (AOL TV)

Sep 5th 2010 7:16AM Well, Numbers was my favorite show and it is now cancelled. I guess an intelligent show that isn't all guns, bombs, and blood just isn't good enough for the viewers. Hawaii 5-O doesn't interest me at all. I didn't like the original, so the remake can't be much better. Besides, there are so many police and detective shows on TV today, that it is like watching a re-run every night now. It is all the same, just the names are have been changed. I like the new Covert Affairs, and Rizzoli and Isles, it has humor and good character interaction like Bones has.

The Only Way to Save 'American Idol'? Start Over (PopEater)

Jul 31st 2010 7:18PM I have watched American Idol for several seasons now, and i love the concept of the show. I would have loved to have something like this when I was younger, I would have tried out too. I do feel they are limiting themselves on marketable talent by only letting the young generations in. There are a lot of older singers out there with more talent than some of these kids. I do understand from a business point of view that they need a marketable person and longevity to make their money, but, people live longer now, and allowing people at least up to 38 could possibly help the show. It isn't all tweens watching Idol. Myself, I am way too old, I sing well, but not marketable anymore. I watch them get their chance at their dreams, and that makes me happy. I agree with who ever said that the judges get in the way, I want to hear the singers and since it is America who decides, why do we need judges? I do feel Simon was the most honest, and loved that he was not afraid to be critical.
There have been only 2 singers that I feel, and that is just my opinion, everyone has their own, are truely American Idols, that being Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood. Their talent was evident from the first auditions they did. If Adam would keep his tongue in his mouth, I might agree with those who like him, he does have talent, but I feel he limits himself to a type of music that will not get him the fame his voice deserves. He could be so much more. Oh yes, and no kids under 18. They just do not have the maturity to handle the stress involved, and it robs them of their childhood. I will be slammed for that, but as a motther it is a personal opinion, sorry.

Are middle class tax increases on the way? (WalletPop)

Jun 29th 2010 1:37AM What our government seems to not care about at all, is that we can not afford anymore of our paychecks taken away. So many of us can not make it now, and for what ? We continually rebuild other countries and aid everyone in the world except our own people. I know America is based on freedom, an helping everyone, but there comes a time when you have to look at our own country and see that we also need help. We are a proud country, but...should we let our own people suffer just to maintain that pride?
Stop giving so much aid to others, and start rebuilding this country that is doomed to fail if it continues on the path it is taking right now. I was always taught not to spend what you don't have, if it is something you need, save for it, but don't make a debt just to obtain it.
I am a terminally ill patient, and my husband and I struggle everyday to make ends meet. We have no bills, except the monthly utilities, but with the medical, and me not working now, it is very hard. I know so many Americans are in this same situation, if not from medical, then from loss of employment. We need to help our own, can't our government see that, or do they just not care so they can blow their own horn and say look at me, see what I did, I helped the world. It was at the expense of my own people, but, the world is doing better now.
Lost in Texas, please no more taxes, we can't pay them now.