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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Very helpful information for Business majored students. Thanks a lot.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.midterm.us/blog/sample-term-papers/term-paper-on-business.html&quot;&gt;term paper on business&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>I actually thought the same thing as well when I first saw the Chamber of Commerce&#039;s use of this 280-some dollar arbitration story.</description>
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 <value>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:12:36 -0700</value>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;REM: Martha Stewart- Lawmakers under Oath must protect the U.S. Constitution.  Why AAA has become #1? Why AAA seems to be above the law?  AAA gives perception the clauses[some  made into laws] can which stop one from the protection of their right of the U.S. Constitution. Invalid  laws which need investigation as they did to Martha Stewart. Example of perception; Father no bigger than a tip of a pin.  AAA 10 million times bigger. What happens when a over inflated balloon presses it weight against the tip of a pin&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;AAA MALICIOUSLY used award to give perception that father breached contract and benefited [Yes Benefited] Using date  Sept. 15 not even in contract and months after work was to be complete,  to award AAA/client $5,000.00 nominal Damages Both AAA and client profit. Talking to AAA Home owner asked about perjury charges for contractor lie under oath. AAA  said they do nothing and never have Stating  &quot; everyone lies&quot;. At the time my son was 3 years old and did not even know what a lie was, but AAA has already condemned him. AAA also denied all complaints even explanation of date not in contract.. AAA boldly said No Attorney  dare fight against AAA. AAA will not even respond to any matter to this case. Case Closed.&lt;br /&gt;
AAA Client plead GUILTY to HOME REPAIR FRAUD AAA maliciously slanders Victims/Single Father, 4 and 9 year old then making victims pay AAA client/Contractor Guilty of Home Repair Fraud $5,000.00 plus AAA arbitration fees. Yes AAA makes the victims pay $5,000.00 to AAA/client the criminal plus arbitration fees. AAA false statement also used against THE STATE OF ILLINOIS Winnebago County States Attorneys Office to get AAA/clients indictment charges dropped. Even with AAA fraud statement maliciously slandering single father ,4 and 9 year old was not enough Father has overwhelming amount of evidence also full investigation by one of the top 20 in the fortune 500 which will back father 100% on fraud charges. All based on facts. AAA/client PLEAD GUILTY TO HOME REPAIR FRAUD. FACT PROVE from victim. Full story more malicious then one would make up. AAA award 5/12/2006 AAA denied all father request and complaints telling father NO ATTORNEY DARE FIGHT AGAINST AAA. Father has been fighting alone since 5/12/2006 and has been able to get Full Investigation ,Warrant issued, charges, 2nd investigation indictment and on 5/5/2008 A plea of Guilty by Indictment from AAA/client for Home Repair Fraud.. [Winnebago County Illinois Court Case 2007 CF 01469] Overwhelming facts. NO BUT ANDS OR IF ABOUT IT. Family lost over $37,000.00, B Better living conditions, been Falsely Accused, Family Name Slandered and had to Pay AAA fees and AAA client Guilty of Criminal/fraud $5,000.00 Father will now fight against Goliath&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Always write on every contract &quot;I do not agree to mandatory arbitration&quot; before signing it.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <value>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:52:08 -0700</value>
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 <value>Adolph Chippan</value>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;No one can force you to sign any contract you don&#039;t want to. They can make it inconvienent for you not to, but thats about it. You don&#039;t have to , as you said &quot;live in a cave&quot; or be a minimalist to avoid arbitration or fraudulent contracts. All you have to do is play your cards the best you can, and stop being a slave to the material.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <value>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:15:28 -0700</value>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Corporations are just as responsible to live up to the contracts they take part in, as well as individuals. At least, ideally. I&#039;m not siding with big industry, only personal responsibility (on both sides). It would be nice to live in a world (or country) where a person&#039;s word or signature actually stood for something. Let&#039;s face it, this country was built on the universal princles of ripping others off. I feel bad for these people and how they were exploited( in a sense). But being a slave to material things and then expecting the gov. to come in and save you a$$ is a cause that bores me.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;AAA Client plead GUILTY to HOME REPAIR FRAUD AAA maliciously slanders Victims/Single Father, 4 and 9 year old then making victims pay AAA client/Contractor Guilty of Home Repair Fraud $5,000.00 plus AAA arbitration fees. Yes AAA makes the victims pay $5,000.00 to AAA/client the criminal plus arbitration fees. AAA false statement also used against THE STATE OF ILLINOIS Winnebago County States Attorneys Office to get AAA/clients indictment charges dropped. Even with AAA fraud statement maliciously slandering single father ,4 and 9 year old was not enough Father has overwhelming amount of evidence also full investigation by one of the top 20 in the fortune 500 which will back father 100% on fraud charges. All based on facts. AAA/client PLEAD GUILTY TO HOME REPAIR FRAUD. FACT PROVE AAA MALICIOUSLY used award to give perception that father breached contract and benefited to award AAA/client $5,000.00 nominal Damages Both AAA and client profit from victim. Full story more malicious then one would make up. AAA award 5/12/2006 AAA denied all father request and complaints telling father NO ATTORNEY DARE FIGHT AGAINST AAA. Father has been fighting alone since 5/12/2006 and has been able to get Full Investigation ,Warrant issued, charges, 2nd investigation indictment and on 5/5/2008 A plea of Guilty by Indictment from AAA/client for Home Repair Fraud.. [Winnebago County Illinois Court Case 2007 CF 01469] Overwhelming facts. NO BUT ANDS OR IF ABOUT IT. Family lost over $37,000.00, B Better living conditions, been Falsely Accused, Family Name Slandered and had to Pay AAA fees and AAA client Guilty of Criminal/fraud $5,000.00 Father will now fight against Goliath&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;FDR...........WHERE ARE YOU.&lt;br /&gt;
WE NEED YOU BADLY..........AGAIN!!!&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;I am puzzled by this.  Why the hell isn&#039;t America in the lead?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In Australia No company can impose a  contract that circumvents State law and the laws would cover every aspect of building or commercial contracts.  I don&#039;t mean we have no troubles but there is ALWAYS recourse to the courts in spite of Companies contracts.In short a contract is not an enforceable contract if it is contrary to State Law.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tom Edgar Australia&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;The experience of Jordan Fogal in the article shows it all.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have an odd theory.  It is said by many &quot;spiritual&quot; gurus and the like that the intellect can never know God.  Okay.  But big business takes that and twists it to mean something far bigger and more  damning.  In its inverted and sick view, &quot;we&quot; (the consumer, citizen etc.) somehow are responsible for getting ripped off because we use and believe in reason, and since reason is the expression of the intellect, we therefore are apart from God, and must be treated with contempt.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pretty weird, but that is how G. W. Bush apparently thinks, too.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;In California, mandatory arbitration clauses can often be defeated as unconscionable adhesion contracts.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you find yourself embattled, consult an experienced contract attorney.  These case cites may provide a starting point if your state law is not as definite as California law.  [Don&#039;t be intimidated by the citation legalese; your attorney will understand it.]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(1) Armendariz v. Foundation Health Psychcare Services, Inc. (2000) 24 Cal. 4th 83, 114, 99 Cal. Rptr. 745, 6 P.3d 669 (mandatory arbitration provision procedurally and substantively unconscionable; (2) O&#039;Hare v. Municipal Resource Consultants (2003) 107  Cal. App. 4th 267, 273-274, 132 Cal. Rptr. 2d 116 (same); (3) Flores v. Transamerica Homefirst, Inc. (2001) 93 Cal. App. 4th 846, 853-855, 113 Cal. Rptr. 2d 376 (same).&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Ronny Raygun the one time president of a Union taught America how to spell  (JUST-US) and that is one great legacy. Sears established a blemished reputation a long time ago. Do not judge all of corporate America with their paint brush--but do change the system if you can at the next election.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Sears is just another corporate criminal.  I expect once it is bled dry by its charming, salt-stealing CEO, it will be sold to another bunch of crooks.  And I still hear people say &quot;Shop American, Buy American.&quot;  Idiots!&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Corporate America IS Industry.&lt;/p&gt;
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