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Opinions on various items we find of interest that don't fit other categories.
You only need to watch this interview to see what a dishonest idiot Harry Reid is.
Thanks to Parker Lerew for sharing this video.
Please take a moment to conisder what Newt has to say and contact your Senator.
Call your Senators today at 202-224-3121 and tell them to oppose the stimulus package. And for good measure, send them an email too.
Let’s be honest, it’s not really a stimulus bill. It’s a big government, pork-laden spending bill filled with wasteful projects.
In this new video, Newt outlines in stark terms exactly why this bill, as currently written, is not worthy of our support.
We still find websites that are slow loading even on high speed cable. If you are the website owner or webmaster you may not notice the speed of your website loads. The first time any website is loaded the images and sound files go to your temporary Internet folder making it load faster on your machine the next time you visit. Trust us, if your website loads slow the first time on high speed cable you may want to try to make it load faster. One phenomenon is people with high speed are not willing to wait at all for a page to load. If it is not there immediately they will probably leave.
Good practices include never using flash entry pages, large file sized images and or sound files. Sound files are so 90’s anyway.
I just wanted to warn everyone about how bad Ipowerweb sucks. Years after I cancelled four accounts their system automatically billed my credit card. The date had long been expired. You would think that would be enough to stop the card from going thru. Not in this case. According to their representative Doug who I spoke with at 10PM on 1 Dec 2008 this happened during a migration of their servers. It picked up on old data and failed to bill 2 times. On the third time someone went in and updated the credit card expiration date. He promised all this money would be refunded.
The next day I get an email from their billing support. See email below.
"Hello Michael,
I am writing this e-mail in response to your inquiry on the ticket #5565079. Per your request, I have canceled the reseller account ‘rs0001019’ and the 4 resold accounts. Also, I have refunded the unused amount to your credit card on December 2, 2008. Please allow 7-10 business days for the refund to appear in your credit card statement.
If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We are available 24x7.
Sincerely,
Lloyd Kaper
Billing Specialist"
I wrote back explaining that Doug assured me I would get a full refund as it was their “system glitch” that did the billing. The reply was as follows:
"Hello Michael,
I am writing this e-mail in response to your inquiry on the ticket #5565079. Per our policy, before canceling the account customer should confirm their username and password. We did not receive any prior cancellation request from you. Hence, your account and is not cancelled and refund before.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to refund the full hosting amount to your credit card.
If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We are available 24x7.
Sincerely,
Lloyd Kaper
Billing Specialist"
My response to this was “please get me a supervisor.” We will see what they say. However, this is not the first issue I experienced with Ipowerweb. A long time ago we moved all of our clients to our own dedicated server. We do the same thing. We bill our clients for hosting. Believe me, we never give anything but a full refund when something is not the clients fault. If a client terminated their services and our system billed them they would deserve nothing less than a full refund. We’ve never had that happen because we manually remove all accounts from our system up client request. If you want the worst service in the world we recommend going to Ipowerweb. They’ll get you messed up either with billing or support. It is my humble opinion that they are the worst provider I’ve experienced to date.
For those who think we ‘talk funny’ or use ‘big words’, here’s why ...
Talking Pennsylvanian
Once a Pennsylvanian, ALWAYS a Pennsylvanian!
About Pennsylvanians: You’ve never referred to Philadelphia as anything but ‘Philly’ and New Jersey has always been ‘Jersey..’
We don’t go to the beach, we go ‘down the shore.’
You refer to Pennsylvania as ‘PA’ (pronounced Pee-Ay).
How many other states do that??
‘You guys’ (or even ‘youze guys’, in some places) is a perfectly acceptable reference to a group of men and women.
You know how to respond to the question ‘Djeetyet?’ ( Did you eat yet ?)
You learned to pronounce Bryn Mawr, Wilkes-Barre, Schuylkill, the Pocono’s, Tamaqua, Tunkahannock, Bala Cynwyd, Duquesne and Monongahela.
And we know Lancaster is pronounced Lank-ister, not Lan-kaster.
You know what a ‘Mummer’ is, and are disappointed if you can’t catch at least highlights of the parade.
You know what ‘Punxsutawney Phil’ is, and what it means if he sees his shadow.
The first day of buck and the first day of doe season are school holidays.
At least five people on your block have electric ‘candles’ in all or most of their windows all year long.
You know what a ‘State Store’ is, and your out-of-state friends find it incredulous that you can’t purchase liquor at the mini-mart.
Words like ‘hoagie,’ ‘crick,’ ‘chipped ham,’ ‘dippy eggs’, ‘sticky buns,’ ‘shoo-fly pie,’ ‘lemon sponge pie’, ‘pierogies’ and ‘pocketbook’ actually mean something to you. ( By the way, that last one’s PA slang for a purse!)
You can eat cold pizza (even for breakfast!) and know others who do the same. Those from NY find this ‘barbaric.’
You not only have heard of Birch Beer, but you know it comes in several colors.
You know t he difference between a cheese steak and a pizza steak sandwich, and you know that you also can’t get a really good one anywhere outside of the Philly area. (Except maybe in Atlantic City on the boardwalk.)
You live for summer, when street and county fairs signal the beginning of funnel cake season.
You know that Blue Ball, Intercourse, Paradise, Climax, Bird-in-Hand, Beaver, Moon, Virginville, Mars, Bethlehem, Hershey, Indiana, Sinking Spring, Jersey Shore, State College, Washington Crossing, Jim Thorpe, King of Prussia, Wind Gap, and Slippery Rock are all PA towns ... and the first three were consecutive stops on the old Reading RR! (PS - That’s pronounced Redd-ing.)
You know what a township, borough, and commonwealth are.
You can identify drivers from New York, New Jersey, Maryland or other neighboring states by their unique and irritating driving habits and their front license plates!
A traffic jam is 10 cars waiting to pass a horse-drawn carriage on the highway in Lancaster County. (And remember ... that’s Lank-ister!)
You know several people who have hit deer more than once.
You carry jumper cables in your car and your female passengers know how to use them.
Driving is always better in winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
As a kid you built snow forts and leaf piles that were taller than you were.
You know beer doesn’t grow in a garden, but you know where to find a beer garden.
You also know someone who lives ‘down the lane’.
You actually understand all this and send it on to other Pennsylvanians for former Pennsylvanians!
YEAH! THAT’S GOOD OL’ ‘PA’ AND WE LOVE IT!
And send it to people that never lived in PA and confuse them, because nice matters.
One of our young partners wrote to me this morning asking some good questions about what an Obama Presidency will look like. Nobody can predict with 100% accuracy. It will depend on how the weight of the Presidency hits this young and inexperienced guy. During the election we saw Obama change his positions from radical left to more of a centrist point of view. Instead of pulling out of Iraq immediately he said he would consider the opinion of the Generals on the ground. He was slammed by Code Pink and Move On for these shifting positions. They would allow defeat to be snatched from the jaws of victory. I believe Obama and his staff will see the necessity to complete the process now that it is 99.9% won. Any miscalculation at this point could cost many American lives and inflame the Middle East. Keep your eyes on Israel for sure.
As Joe Biden pointed out Obama will be tested by ruthless foreign leaders. How Obama reacts to the test will create a tone for the next 4 years or more. If you are my age and recall the Jimmy Carter Presidency you know what I’m talking about. Iran held American’s hostage until Ronald Reagan became President. I was a young child when Kennedy was tested and failed. It almost led to nuclear war according to the programs I’ve watched on the History Channel. Even if Obama turns out to be a weak President few countries will challenge us. After all, you wouldn’t test a sissy if they had a gun pointed at your head and America still has the biggest guns in the world.
I had to wait until the market closed today to see how it would react. Apparently the market does not like the Presidential pick or some of his early cabinet pick announcements. Quote from FBN Floored: Dow Dives 486 Points
Wall Street’s election euphoria disappeared as the Dow took its worst post-Election Day plunge in modern history! We do hope this is not a sign of things to come.
On economics I expect a down turn. Another of our partners (a Democrat) can’t stand the thought that Republicans did anything right. To hear him it has been the Republicans fault for EVERYTHING. We know that is not true when we have Bill Clinton admitting on video that his administration stood in the way of Republicans trying to avoid this market crash and warning him and other Democrats during his Presidency. Most pendants point out there is plenty of blame to go around. Democrats wanted to loan money to folks for houses that they knew could not afford it. Republicans did not fight the Democrats hard enough. Both are to blame.
Foreign affairs may take a turn for the worse from our enemies. On the upside the governments of Europe will probably favor Obama’s Socialist agenda since Europe leans heavily towards Socialism.
Health care will not improve and will get much worse under any kind of universal health care plan. There is no successful model for this in the world. Sure, many countries have free health care but their citizens come here for anything serious when they can afford it. Who wants to wait months to get a simple broken bone fixed or months for biopsy results? By the time you are diagnosed you’ll be dead. But fear not if you have money. There will always be good treatment for those making lots of money (about 5 percent of the population). We can buy our own personal specialists on the black market.
Government secrecy is not in danger with the Dems in charge. You saw how they handled the press who dared to ask hard questions. They black listed them and in some cases called for legal investigations. We may be entering a time of great intimidation from our new Government. We will have to wait to see if the people will take it or show signs of revolt and demand transparency. Admittedly we did not get transparency from Bush. I fear we haven’t seen anything yet!
On the issue of our courts the future is bleak. Rather than nominating Constitutional interpreters Obama will appoint Law Makers to our courts and Liberal ones at that. Gay marriage, abortion on demand and open trials for war criminals is just the beginning.
Our only real hope is if Obama and the Democrat Triad backs off their agenda for the sake of the country. After all, they will want to stay in power. If they get too radical all at once we have one elections cycle to get rid of them too. After they become entrenched and the country becomes numb we could end up just like Europe or worse yet, just like South America.
That’s one opinion. Time will tell if conservatives fear is valid.
New Obama interview where he says he will put in place things that will bankrupt the coal industry. Pennsylvania, we can’t afford Obama. If you want to skip forward go to 2 minute mark on the YouTube video.
When it comes to Pennsylvania, clean coal could turn our entire economy around. If you live in PA and vote on economic issues McCain is the one to vote for this year!
This video presented by Catholic Vote Dot Com Consider Life this Election Day!
Obama’s campaign was so upset over this interview they cancelled all future interviews with this TV station according to the Orlando Sentinel. OK, I understand if someone is handled unfairly. However, this was not unfair. These are the questions on many American’s minds. Does this mean the Obama administration will simply cancel press conferences when they face tough questions? You watch and you be the judge.
Biden is Obama’s worst night mare. Nobody can believe this guy really wants to help get Obama elected, can they? Here it is in Biden’s own words at a fund raiser where he did not expect to be recorded. This is not a joke or a spoof. It really happened. Let’s take Biden at his word and elect McCain to avoid an international crisis. It is a bit hard to hear so you can either read or turn up your volume a bit.
Why I Can’t Vote For Obama
By Huntley Brown
Dear Friends, A few months ago I was asked for my perspective on Obama, I sent out an email with a few points. With the election just around the corner I decided to complete my perspective. Those of you on my e-list have seen some of this before but it’s worth repeating…
First I must say whoever wins the election will have my prayer support. Obama needs to be commended for his accomplishments but I need to explain why I will not be voting for him.
Many of my friends process their identity through their blackness. I process my identity through Christ. Being a Christian (a Christ follower) means He leads I follow. I can’t dictate the terms He does because He is the leader.
I can’t vote black because I am black; I have to vote Christian because that’s who I am. Christian first, black second. Neither should anyone from the other ethnic groups vote because of ethnicity. 200 years from now I won’t be asked if I was black or white. I will be asked if I knew Jesus and accepted Him as Lord and Savior.
In an election there are many issues to consider but when a society gets abortion, same-sex marriage, embryonic stem-cell research, human cloning to name a few, wrong economic concerns will soon not matter.
We need to follow Martin Luther King’s words, don’t judge someone by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I don’t know Obama so all I can go off is his voting record. His voting record earned him the title of the most liberal senator in the US Senate in 2007.
NATIONAL JOURNAL: Obama: Most Liberal Senator in 2007 (01/31/2008)
To beat Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton as the most liberal senator, takes some doing. Obama accomplished this feat in 2 short years. I wonder what would happen to America if he had four years to work with.
There is a reason Planned Parenthood gives him a 100 % rating. There is a reason the homosexual community supports him. There is a reason Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Castro, Hamas etc. love him.. There is a reason he said he would nominate liberal judges to the Supreme Court. There is a reason he voted against the infanticide bill. There is a reason he voted No on the constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. There is a reason he voted No on banning partial birth abortion. There is a reason he voted No on confirming Justices Roberts and Alito. These two judges are conservatives and they have since overturned partial birth abortion. The same practice Obama wanted to continue.
Let’s take a look at the practice he wanted to continue
The 5 Step Partial Birth Abortion procedures:
A. Guided by ultrasound, the abortionist grabs the baby’s leg with forceps. (Remember this is a live baby)
B. The baby’s leg is pulled out into the birth canal.
C. The abortionist delivers the baby’s entire body, except for the head.
D. The abortionist jams scissors into the baby’s skull. The scissors are then opened to enlarge the hole.
E. The scissors are removed and a suction catheter is inserted. The child’s brains are sucked out, causing the skull to collapse. The dead baby is then removed..
God help him. There is a reason Obama opposed the parental notification law.
Think about this: You can’t give a kid an aspirin without parental notification but that same kid can have an abortion without parental notification. This is insane.
There is a reason he went to Jeremiah Wright’s church for 20 years.
Obama tells us he has good judgment but he sat under Jeremiah Wright teaching for 20 years. Now he is condemning Wright’s sermons. I wonder why now?
Obama said Jeremiah Wright led him to the Lord and discipled him. A disciple is one in training. Jesus told us in Matthew 28:19 - 20 “Go and make disciples of all nations.” This means reproduce yourself. Teach people to think like you, walk like you; talk like you believe what you believe etc. The question I have is what did Jeremiah Wright teach him?
Would you support a White President who went to a church which has tenets that said they have a ...
1. Commitment to the White Community
2. Commitment to the White Family
3. Adherence to the White Work Ethic
4. Pledge to make the fruits of all developing and acquired skills available to the White Community.
5. Pledge to Allocate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting White Institutions
6. Pledge allegiance to all White leadership who espouse and embrace the White Value System
7. Personal commitment to embracement of the White Value System.
Would you support a President who went to a church like that?
Just change the word from white to black and you have the tenets of Obama’s former church. If President Bush was a member of a church like this, he would be called a racist. Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton would have been marching outside.
This kind of church is a racist church. Obama did not wake up after 20 years and just discovered he went to a racist church. The church can’t be about race. Jesus did not come for any particular race. He came for the whole world.
A church can’t have a value system based on race. The churches value system has to be based on biblical mandate. It does not matter if it’s a white church or a black church it’s still wrong. Anyone from either race that attends a church like this would never get my vote.
Obama’s former Pastor Jeremiah Wright is a disciple of liberal theologian James Cone, author of the 1970 book A Black Theology of Liberation. Cone once wrote: “Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him.
Cone is the man Obama’s mentor looks up to. Does Obama believe this?
So what does all this mean for the nation?
In the past when the Lord brought someone with the beliefs of Obama to lead a nation it meant one thing - judgment..
Read 1 Samuel 8 when Israel asked for a king. First God says in 1 Samuel 1:9 “Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will do.”
Then God says
1 Samuel 1:18 “ When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, and the LORD will not answer you in that day.” 19 But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us. 20 Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.” 21 When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the LORD. 22 The LORD answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.”
Here is what we know for sure.
God is not schizophrenic
He would not tell one person to vote for Obama and one to vote for McCain. As the scripture says, a city divided against itself cannot stand, so obviously many people are not hearing from God.
Maybe I am the one not hearing but I know God does not change and Obama contradicts many things I read in scripture so I doubt it.
For all my friends who are voting for Obama can you really look God in the face and say; Father based on your word, I am voting for Obama even though I know he will continue the genocidal practice of partial birth abortion. He might have to nominate three or four Supreme Court justices, and I am sure he will be nominating liberal judges who will be making laws that are against you. I also know he will continue to push for homosexual rights, even though you destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for this.. I know I can look the other way because of the economy.
I could not see Jesus agreeing with many of Obama’s positions.. Finally I have two questions for all my liberal friends.
Since we know someone’s value system has to be placed on the nation,
1. Whose value system should be placed on the nation.
2. Who should determine that this is the right value system for the nation?
Blessings, Huntley Brown
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/huntleybrown.asp
Part 2 of Hucabee and Joe the Plumber
Every day Joe, just like us and what Obama wants to do.
