Thoughts of a stranger

occupystudentdebt:

I got out of the army in 2002.

I wanted to be creative like my mom but have a practical use for it and a career. I was lied to/fooled/tricked into attending 2 for-profit colleges in 2003 and 2006. The Gi Bill went toward cost of living.

Instead of a free education I got $83,000+ in student loan debt. Most of it is private loans the schools told me were FEDERAL. The first school gave me the wrong degree and their program was garbage. They tried to place me at Staples in an unrelated field.

The Art Institutes (“AI”, The New England Institute of Art, run by Education Management Corp, owned 41% by Goldman Sachs) and Gibbs College (run by Career Education Corp).

The schools knew I wouldn’t be able to afford these loans and that the job outlook was meek. They knew they were lying on their stats and placement info. They knew they lied about their connections. They still fooled me into them. Sub prime lending, just so they could funnel the federal founds out of me.

These crooks need to be in Jail. They’re doing to colleges what they did to the housing market.

I now have $83,000+ worth of debt and nothing to show for it. I also have not used half of the GI BILL because I lost my drive to go back to school since the credits don’t transfer and I’d have to start over.

And now I have a rare esophageal disease that requires additional surgery I can’t afford.

I don’t have a mommy or daddy to go to for a back up plan.

I was sold a false dream. This is not how I saw my life when I was defending this country.

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Sun, 16 Oct 2011 04:50:19 -0400

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Sun, 16 Oct 2011 04:28:00 -0400

Seriously? At the fucking crappy news stand?

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:30:48 -0400

Seriously? At the fucking crappy news stand?

nomeaningisalsoananswer: Wandering around in the middle of nowhere.

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:42:31 -0400

nomeaningisalsoananswer:

Wandering around in the middle of nowhere.

arsy: Visalia’s Mooney Blvd during the 1950’s.

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 06:54:22 -0400

arsy:

Visalia’s Mooney Blvd during the 1950’s.

I need your help!

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:33:45 -0400

batsintheblfry:

http://visaliazombieball.com/cqcontest.html

Please consider voting and reblogging, spread the undead!

Here’s a shot from my zombie photoshoot with Gina (crap editing by me)

edminster: Full twelve minute video of Krystof chanting in the...

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:14:52 -0400

edminster:

Full twelve minute video of Krystof chanting in the paid area, the large bald BART cop getting pushy with some protesters near the turnstile, swat team moving in to surround protesters, arrests of Christian Ream and Krystof, cops record us back.

edminster: Man in the street: “Hey, I’m trying to get some gas money for…” Bradley K. McBurnett:...

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:53:31 -0400

edminster:

Man in the street: “Hey, I’m trying to get some gas money for…”

Bradley K. McBurnett: “I’m carrying a skateboard. I don’t have any fucking money. Sell your goddamned SUV and take a bus.”

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Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:15:05 -0400

What and Who is Anonymous? And WHAT are we Capable of?

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:58:00 -0400

What and Who is Anonymous? And WHAT are we Capable of?

"When you think of Visalia what comes to mind? “Drugs, Jail, Fights, Downtown, Skate Park,..."

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:15:00 -0400

“When you think of Visalia what comes to mind?
“Drugs, Jail, Fights, Downtown, Skate Park, Weed.””

- thoughts of optimist

sillyivan: mobbin in visalia(:

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:01:56 -0400

sillyivan:

mobbin in visalia(:

loveorsympathyxo: Brandon Belt playing in Visalia? Yes, please, and thank you.

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:00:15 -0400

loveorsympathyxo:

Brandon Belt playing in Visalia? Yes, please, and thank you.

Daily life of Arsy: Happy 4th of July

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:50:52 -0400

Daily life of Arsy: Happy 4th of July:

arsy:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just…

…and explorer is sitting in the back eating paste. Oh how...

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 02:07:51 -0400

…and explorer is sitting in the back eating paste. Oh how true; internet exploiter truly does suck monkey balls.