It's no wonder the Secret Service is overwhelmed by death threats against the President. Just look at the hate that's been coming out of conservatives over the past year:
Gordon Hageman couldn't believe the credit card offer he got in the mail. A wine distributor called the number on the offer, gave them the offer code and verified his information and it was right: the pre-approved credit card came with a 79.9 percent APR.
The offer is for a Premier credit card from First Premier Bank. Based in South Dakota, First Premier claims to be the country's 10th largest issuer of Visa and MasterCard credit cards. The site says it "focuses on individuals who have less than perfect credit but are actually still creditworthy."
Hageman acknowleged that his credit isn't perfect, but he said it's about average. He said the pre-approved offer didn't mention the actual interest rate on the card — for that, he had to read the enclosed fine-print disclosure.
"I think they're trying to take advantage of me," said Hageman.
A spokesman with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) said interest rate limits on bank cards are set by the individual state and not on a Federal level. According to information on the South Dakota Legislative Web site, there is "no maximum or usury restriction." In other words, the individual bank can set its own interest rate limits.
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But of course, we're not rationing health care now, right Rushpublicans?CORPUS CHRISTI — The mother of a man who died of a swine flu-related illness said her son was asked to leave a Texas hospital a day before his death because he was lying on the floor, too ill to sit in a chair.
Irving Neil Range, 58, of Corpus Christi died in the emergency room of Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial on Friday of a swine-flu related illness, confirmed Annette Rodriguez, interim director of Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District.
Opal Range told the Corpus Christi Caller-Times that her son went to the emergency room Oct. 1, but laid on the floor because he felt too sick to sit a chair while waiting to see a doctor. She said a security guard asked him to leave so he went home. Her son returned to the emergency room the next day and died.
Sherry Carr-Deer, a spokeswoman for Christus Spohn Health System, told The Associated Press that she did not know the specifics of Range's case, but that their security guards generally try to work with people and give them a couple of chances.
