{"id":371,"date":"2008-08-08T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T08:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/08\/the-junky-car-club-on-dave-ramsey.html"},"modified":"2008-08-08T08:49:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-08T08:49:00","slug":"the-junky-car-club-on-dave-ramsey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/08\/the-junky-car-club-on-dave-ramsey.html","title":{"rendered":"The Junky Car Club on Dave Ramsey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);\">Some of you may know<\/span> that I&#8217;m a member of and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.junkycarclub.com\/blog\/\">occasional blogger<\/a> for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.junkycarclub.com\/\">Junky Car Club<\/a>, which is a politely rebellious organization against consumerism and the American habit of assigning (or seeking) status based on what kind of car you drive.<\/p>\n<p>We Junky Car Club members believe cars should be practical tools that get you from one place to another place &#8212; I&#8217;m something of a &#8220;practical tool&#8221; myself &#8212; so we drive old, paid-for cars and use the money we save for social justice organizations (like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.compassion.com\">Compassion International<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, JCC-founder Mike Foster was recently featured on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/our-team\/personalities\/dave-ramsey\/\">Dave Ramsey show<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/\">Fox Business<\/a>. It&#8217;s some good TV and a nice overview about the Club. Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Part One:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/foxnews1.a.mms.mavenapps.net\/mms\/rt\/1\/site\/foxnews1-foxbusiness-pub01-live\/current\/videolandingpage\/fullPlayer\/client\/embedded\/embedded.swf\" id=\"mediumFlashEmbedded\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" quality=\"high\" name=\"undefined\" play=\"false\" scale=\"noscale\" menu=\"false\" salign=\"LT\" scriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"false\" flashvars=\"playerId=videolandingpage&#038;referralObject=2796698&#038;referralPlaylistId=1292d14d0e3afdcf0b31500afefb92724c08f046\" height=\"275\" width=\"305\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Part Two:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/foxnews1.a.mms.mavenapps.net\/mms\/rt\/1\/site\/foxnews1-foxbusiness-pub01-live\/current\/videolandingpage\/fullPlayer\/client\/embedded\/embedded.swf\" id=\"mediumFlashEmbedded\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" quality=\"high\" name=\"undefined\" play=\"false\" scale=\"noscale\" menu=\"false\" salign=\"LT\" scriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"false\" flashvars=\"playerId=videolandingpage&#038;referralObject=2796702&#038;referralPlaylistId=1292d14d0e3afdcf0b31500afefb92724c08f046\" height=\"275\" width=\"305\"><\/embed><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you may know that I&#8217;m a member of and occasional blogger for the Junky Car Club, which is a politely rebellious organization against consumerism and the American habit of assigning (or seeking) status based on what kind of car you drive. 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