Financing the Near Future:

With the fears of recession calling down on the heads of Americans, and general market destabilization coming with the collapse of the sub-prime real-estate market, a lot of people have been asking themselves: how am I going to pay for all of this?

Now, there are a lot of directions you can go in to make that happen: You can get a loan; which may or may not be the route for you. It's important to know the difference between unsecured and secured loans; know your options. More likely -- as most people who need loans today don't seem to have the resources for them -- you could get a credit card; at which point you'll of course need to compare credit cards.

Now, given that the national median income is some 44,000 for all households, please consider the following: with political solutions such as Ron Paul's out of the competition, with the upcoming Presidential contest seemingly between two mild fascists (Obama and Clinton) -- "Corporatist" if the word "fascist" is still too severe for you -- the consumerist society isn't going away anytime soon. Credit isn't a bad thing; but don't forget that credit isn't the same thing as money. Use it to get your feet under you -- but don't forget that when you use credit, you always pay.

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Credit Repair Concerns

With all the economic concerns and fears of a recession, it would be easy today to fall into fears about places offering bad credit loans or the like.

It is important, therefore, to realize that there are resources which can provide for you the ability to keep on your toes; to know what you're getting into. The site linked to above, "Creditloan.com", is one resource -- perhaps only a starting point; but a resource none-the-less.

It cannot be reinforced enough: keep your head about you -- these days, you can't get past the demand for financing in your own life, and too few people can understand it let alone use the system to their advantage. Consider that link a resource for your use.

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Ashop Commerce's Shopping Cart Software

There's plenty of "shopping cart" e-commerce software out there -- and like all things, they range greatly. One of these is Ashop Commerce.

I gotta give it to 'em -- they certainly know how to gussy up a website. Their website itself, quite user-friendly. If you're looking for shopping cart software, and aren't too tech-savvy, this one would definitely be a good site to look at.

In reviewing their site, you'll find that the "test drive" examples are at least apparently -- to this non online-store owner/operator -- quite comprehensive. So you can get a good baseline from them. Now, the tests seem a bit buggy; when I attempted to register as a new customer, I received a fatal error message. To a perfectionist like me, that's a bad sign. The biggest clincher, however -- as I'm certain the nearly supermajority of my readers, whom use Firefox -- is the fact that their online store manager does not play nice with Firefox. In fact -- it's IE or Bust.

If it weren't for that, this author is one person who might consider starting up a side-store for the Functionalism In Action site (ambitious and greedy; those contestable "Free Market Capitalist" libertarians are rubbing off on me!) -- but as is, it's a no go.

Still, for the beginning internet user, say someone whom is looking to take that first step beyond E-Bay -- Ashop Commerce might just be the choice for you.

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PayPerPost -- In Blog Advertising

Yes -- I've signed up for PayPerPost as well as so many others. This is in the theme of the whole "Placing ads on blogs" thing. To be frank, the registration process is a bit more complicated than it is with, say, Smorty -- some of the requirements might be a bit confusing for the non tech-savvy blogger. But fear not, my good readers! The control is exactly the same; and, thankfully -- they're all non-exclusive with each other. Call this an exercise in free-market control; "Paid Post Arena! Two blog review services enter, one leaves!" But here -- let your voices be heard: what is your opinion on this?

Product Reviews: Making A Thankless Job Thankful

Get Paid to Blog! Blog for Money! Get Paid for Blogging! We've all heard it all before. The debate is still going on: is doing paid-for product reviews "selling out"?

Everybody who starts to blog 'professionally' has a goal of making a good amount off of it. Google Ads are ubiquitous, and certainly -- they do their bit. But it would seem the most recent "thing" would be like what Smorty (http://www.smorty.com) has to offer: paid-for prodct review in your own blog. And here's the key -- you can say, basically, whatever you feel like. Seems like a cake-walk. If you're a serious blogger, you have to ask yourself -- what could it hurt? Certainly, this sort of thing seems like just reward for those of us who spend so much time and effort attempting to achieve the true journalistic spirit. Newspapers have ads, so why not let people advertise on your blog too? So long as you keep control and choose who you do it for -- that's not selling out. That's the free market at work. And if you want to advertise on blogs like this one, Smorty is your route. Give it a look.

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