Carl Crossman

Censorship can be a very dirty word. People in America tend to want to know the truth about our world and what’s in it. That’s why some are worried when we heard about the Italian judges who found three Google executives responsible for a video. The video contained images of an autistic child being bullied by his classmates.

Google says that it was unaware of the content of the video and took it down after complaints were heard. The whole incident leads to a question of whether Google is responsible for the information on its site and whether or not they will have to start censoring material. I hope this won’t be the case and free speech is allowed to reign.

A buddy of mine has a blog and I just came across it today. He says he writes on his laptop when he’s got the time.

So I wanted to give a shout out to Clay. He doesn’t write all that often, but then, neither do I. So it’s all good.

Since last year was pretty much an economic disaster for many people around the country, I decided to take a few steps to improve my own financial situation. Starting with the New Year, I have made a resolution to improve the way I handle my money and find ways to save the money I do have. One expense that I thought I could lower was car insurance. My current rate seems a bit high and so I am looking into going with another company to provide it. It would be nice to shave a few bucks off that bill!

Another thing I have done was to investigate other options. I was lucky to run across a nice little article online that has 30 Ways to Save Money. There were a lot of interesting tidbits of information on the page and they helped remind me of some of the bad practices I had gotten into. It’s amazing how we can waste so much money on little things that don’t seem to cost much!

I was talking with my sister about the situation and she reminded me of another way to save. She told me how she had been using coupon codes from the internet to save money. I checked it out and found that I had missed a lot of opportunities to save money over the past year. I am serious about not letting that happen to me again. I hope that everyone will have the foresight to become more conscious of how we spend our money. I am sure that if you try, you’ll find a few things yourself!

Every once in a while, a situation comes up that makes us realize how lucky we are to live in modern times. One such situation came up for my friend Dan from the office. His car finally gave out and he needed a replacement fast. His financial situation wasn’t the best and so he needed to find someone that could help. That’s when he learned about a company called DriveTime. They take the extra steps needed to ensure that people who may have credit problems can get their loans approved.

Dan went to a site called drivetime.com where he was able to find a great deal on Used Cars. They have many makes and models to choose from and it’s easy to look them up. You can punch in the city where you want to find a car and they do the rest. Dan is a very busy man and so saving time is a priority with him.

Now that Dan has his brand new used car, his life is back to normal. His credit problems did not prevent him from getting the car he wanted and he is glad that he didn’t have to wait a long time to get it. Dan gives all the credit to Drive Time and tells everyone with a similar problem to try them out. I am just glad that he is back to work and things are back to normal!