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Stop the whining for the love of god. You're not entitled to anything.

Stop it @ 10:11 AM PST, Dec 1, 2008
Review your a=Amex agreement, if you did not sign a personal guarantee, then you don't have to pay. Most likely you did though, it is pretty standard nonpublic company cc agreements. I am not sure how you loaned your pension funds to your agency? If it was a qualified pension plan then you and your organization broke federal law by making those loans.

ParatrooperJJ @ 10:09 AM PST, Dec 1, 2008

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