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Bridgepoint Brass Dumping Stock
That's the big debate. I think there's value in the product: the education offered at Ashford. I'd love to hear why anyone would disagree. ============ There is NO VALUE in for profit dimploma mills like Ashford-none, zero, nada-that is why the default rate on the educational loans at for profit schools was 44% 3 years ago-BEFORE the Great Depression hit, it is probably 75% today; "In general, all school types included in Table 1-4 experienced the same general trends reflected in Table 1-3, for overall default rates: three-year default rates decrease each year, an increasing percentage of defaulters were defaulting in the third year, and the composition of the three year rates reflects decreased percentages of defaults attributable to the two-year cohort period." "However, two of these trends are significantly more pronounced for proprietary schools than for public or private schools. " Cite-See "Tthe Argument" link at bottom of page-hit the link and go to page 17; http://studentloanjustice.org/— August 14, 2010 8:47 a.m.
Bridgepoint Brass Dumping Stock
the 12.5% unemployed you quoted will look for the best ways to make themselves competitive. If they can't find a job, they'll look for an institution to offer the training needed to get them that job. ================= The problem is NOT with their education or training-it is the fact THERE ARE NO JOBS-and NO amount of education or training is going to change that fact for the unemployed. There are PART TIME gov jobs that are receviing 500+ applications, so please tell me how the other 499 applicants who are not hired are going to be better off with an Ashford degree.... BTW-the U-6 UE rate, the true UE rate, is twice the "official" U-3 UE rate.— August 14, 2010 8:38 a.m.
Bridgepoint Brass Dumping Stock
95%+ of Ashford grads recommend the program, which contributes to my faith in the program. ============ Says who??? Ashford itself?? Please feel free to back that whopper up with a legit cite. A 100% bogis claim, in fact I would bet not even 25% have faith in the program after they graduate and cannot find a job but are saddled with $100K of nondischargable SL debt.— August 14, 2010 8:34 a.m.
Bridgepoint Brass Dumping Stock
Re: #7/Visduh and Surfpuppy: Thanks for the smile :) but no, my last name won't be found in the 10-Ks. =========== There goes our chance for an insider scoop....— August 13, 2010 10:52 p.m.
Irate Judge Now Feels Lerach's Sentence Was Too Lenient
I believe last year was the 3rd time the casinos have filed chapter 11. But other than still owning some stock, I don't think Trump has anything to do with Trump Entertainment Resorts. He licensed his name, likeness and image to them, but I think that's it. ==================== Trump certainly does not own a controlling interest in the Atlantic City casino/hotel properties-not after going BK numerous times. The ONLY thing Trump does today is "licnese" his name,and even THAT has gotten him into huge troubles-example #1-the Rosarito Beach condo bomb that fell apart and where him, his company and his stupid daughter are getting their fannies sued off........ the railroad yard properties in Manhattan were all done by other developers-just renting Trumps name-and that was the PREMIER property in Manhattan. Trump owned that property for a few decades and for him to let other developers in means he has problems...... I think the Trump hotel in Chicago is in trouble too-but dont have time to research it. Trump also was helping manage one of the Indian casinos in the Palm Desert area and the Indians tossed him out (Formerly "Trump 29" casino). No, Trunps high point was in the early 80's when he built Trumnp Tower.......been downhill ever since (who rememebrs the Trunp Shuttle airline service he bought from Continentil???)— August 13, 2010 7:51 p.m.
Irate Judge Now Feels Lerach's Sentence Was Too Lenient
His father bought the property in 1962 for $5.7 million at a sheriff's sale. Correcting what I said earlier, Fred Trump sold the property in 1972 for $6.75 million. According to an employee at the time, the Donald, who was still in school, "flew in for a few days at a time to help with landscaping and other menial duties around the complex". If you have ever read his book "The Art of the Deal" he completely exaggerates and mistates his role in the project. Again, as you said surfpuppy, Trump and his ego. ============== Then The Donald was telling a whopper in his book-b/c he said he was the one that found the apartment deal-while reviewing REO properties in the WSJ hile attending college his senior year............— August 13, 2010 7:43 p.m.
Bridgepoint Brass Dumping Stock
When there is little or no substance behind the operation, what else can you sell but image. ============ These "for profit" useless diploma mills spend up to 50% of their revenue on TV and other advertising.... . . BTW, your name is a new one. Is your actual last name Clark or Devine? =============== LOL...Pac17 just got busted. Andrew Clark or Daniel Devine, the jig is now up-just post under your real name, you're not fooling anyone.— August 13, 2010 7:38 p.m.
The Butcher's Block
"Nobody here predicted this except maybe the guy standing on the corner with a clapboard saying that the world was going to end," said Mayor Ron Morrison during council deliberation. ================ EVERYONE predicted it-that is what happens when you start comping cops and firehwiners $200K per year in a city with a median income of $30K per year and 95% of the kids at National City Middle School qualified for free lunches....................— August 13, 2010 4:21 p.m.
The Butcher's Block
"City revenues are back to 2004 levels, despite the 1 percent city sales-tax increase passed in 2006." =========================== That was not a sales tax-that was a PENSION tax.— August 13, 2010 4:19 p.m.
Irate Judge Now Feels Lerach's Sentence Was Too Lenient
However, one could theorize that his ego and everything that goes along with it are neccessary to pull off some of the things he has. ============ Trump himself has said the same thing-that the ego trip is something that is attributed to all power brokers-and to SOME extent that is true. You have to have a supreme self confidence and positive attitude, and in some ways a contempt towards others b/c you think you're brighter, smarter, better. I think a LITTLE bit of that is true. But Donald Trump is far beyond having self confidence and positive attitude. He thinks he is THEE supreme business leader-and he isn't. In a way that is his gimmick to making $$$$, based off of his name which he "fluffs" constantly. As for his 1200 unit apartment deal-I was thinking it may have been Cinci-but could not recall off the top of my head-but at least I was in the same state. That was his deal. And Don, yes, it was Rosie who Donald got into a major beef, and they both looked and acted like 6th graders. Even today the Trump Atlantic City casinos are bombing. His casino properties have gone thru BK numerous times, 2,3 4 times....almost certainly from Indian casinos cuttinginto the market. I lost track how many times they have filed. In fact there is a book that was put out by a GM of one of those Casino/hotel properties several years ago that just blasted Trump as an idiot who had no hands on experience in the hotel biz and did not really know how to manage them, it was called "Trunped", pretty funny stuff...the GM said Donald and Ivana would make the gift shops carry stacks and stacks of her one book she had published-cannot recall the name of it-but that to me is hilarious.— August 13, 2010 4:17 p.m.