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		<title>Stop FreeCreditReport.com!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while ago, I authored a post to remind the you (my loyal readers) that there were some misleading practices being offered by some VERY visible companies regarding access to your credit reports.  This morning, @andreamyers re-tweeted a post from another well known Twitter-hero (@skydiver) who found this little ditty below: Please allow me to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Don&#039;t Like Suze Orman&#039;s Advice (Or, Why Variable Annuities CAN Work)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My speaker&#8217;s intro includes something about my self-description of being a &#8220;recovering financial advisor&#8221;. It&#8217;s true. I was in the business of giving financial advice for over 8 years, during which I saw some amazingly interesting market events &#8211; good and bad. One of the most consistent things I saw, though, was a number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can General Motors Pull This Off?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you think I&#8217;m bit nuts today, blame Larry Winget! This guy has the intestinal fortitude of a giant, and I have to say I agree with more of his recent blog post than I don&#8217;t. (CAUTION: It contains some stronger language than is comfortable for some, so if you&#8217;re squeamish, skip it&#8230;If you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Fix Your Credit</title>
		<link>http://cookseyconnects.com/how-to-fix-your-credit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Overcome Failure]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a timeless skit from NBC&#8217;s Saturday Night Live, here&#8217;s an infomercial regarding a new book for those who seem to be struggling with debt: I&#8217;m thinking about creating a similarly titled e-book. What do you think?]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulus Shim-ulous&#8230;It&#039;s the System, Stupid!</title>
		<link>http://cookseyconnects.com/stimulus-shim-ulous-its-the-system-stupid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Overcome Failure]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal article Credit-Score Pitfalls of the Wealthy , in my opinion, seems to shed some light on the problem of our current state of the economy, though it likely wasn&#8217;t the intention of the author. In short, wealthy people who believe that &#8220;cash is king&#8221; and don&#8217;t regularly use credit don&#8217;t get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When $700 Billion Isn&#039;t Enough</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Overcome Failure]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One visit to my website, and you know how I feel. Today was simply VALIDATION when I found these two articles at the Wall Street Journal&#8217;s website: Getting a Handle on Bank Fees Banks Boost Customer Fees to Record Levels (Gee, you&#8217;re WELCOME for the $700 Billion) The latter of these two articles backs up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicken Little Gets Job at CNN</title>
		<link>http://cookseyconnects.com/chicken-little-gets-job-at-cnn/</link>
		<comments>http://cookseyconnects.com/chicken-little-gets-job-at-cnn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open message to the popular media: Please STOP adding such sensationalism to EVERYTHING. Seriously, we’ve all seen video of some idiot driving off with the gas pump still hanging out of the car. It’s happened before. It will happen again. “Wall Street bracing for a dismal start!” – Seriously? The reporter I’m watching AS I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Card Monte</title>
		<link>http://cookseyconnects.com/three-card-monte/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all seen the game, Three Card Monte. On a side note, I actually saw some vice cops take down a game that had attracted quite a gathering around it on the Las Vegas Strip. I guess you have to have an actual gaming license in the State of Nevada to actually rip people off&#8230;.but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#039;t hate the player, hate the game!</title>
		<link>http://cookseyconnects.com/dont-hate-the-player-hate-the-game/</link>
		<comments>http://cookseyconnects.com/dont-hate-the-player-hate-the-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m one of those people who reads various Business Journals to keep a finger on the pulse of our country &#8216;s business climate. On any given day, I might browse up to five different city-specific editions to see what&#8217;s going on in markets like Phoenix, Atlanta, Nashville, or Denver. Each email summary typically has a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Fill Out The Form!</title>
		<link>http://cookseyconnects.com/just-fill-out-the-form/</link>
		<comments>http://cookseyconnects.com/just-fill-out-the-form/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dscooksey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a student or parent of a college-bound student, no doubt you have asked yourself the question about whether or not you should apply for student aid to help pay for the experience of a lifetime. Odds are, you live in one of two camps: &#8220;I will never figure out these forms, so [...]]]></description>
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