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Maybe Fox will post this on community pages this time to warn consumers.

In September, I put a Playstation 3 game system and two video games on layaway at the K-Mart on Lake Mary Blvd! All together was almost 700 dollars. I picked this up on Friday night last week. I got home, of course, the boys were thrilled and opened it up right away. Problem came when we opened the Spiderman 3 video game.

THERE WAS NOTHING INSIDE OF IT!!

So Monday morning, I call K-Mart to make sure I can return or exchange this and to know if I need anything besides the receipt and the case. After being hung up on twice, I finally got transfered to the store manager. I told her the situation, to which she replied, I am sorry mam, without a disc, I cannot exchange this!!

Oh my god, I was in complete shock. I told her I had to open it to find out if there was anything inside of it. She had the nerve to tell me I should have opened it inside the store!!!!! Who in the world would suggest that people open the merchandise inside the store so close the the holidays. Who is going to open a gift for someone else? I literally could not believe she said that...The store Manager of all people...

I had just spent almost 700 hundred dollars, why would I want to try and steal 39.99. C'mon... She told me I would be surprised what people try to do. She sort of accused me of trying to scam them over 40 dollars and of course, suggested I open the merchandise inside the store, of course it was my fault I didn't do that!!!

I am here typing this today in hopes people will think before shopping at k-mart. Granted, it is only 40 dollars, but more of the point behind it.

I am curious if anyone else has had this issue with any store, not just k-mart. I know Wal-mart will exchange it for the same video game.

If you had a problem similar to this, what did you do? I managed to get the information to corporate, and the game distributor, but have not had any luck yet.

Please let people know, if anything, maybe I can supress their money making for screwing people over through the holidays!!

In September, I put a Playstation 3 game system and two video games on layaway at the K-Mart on Lake Mary Blvd! All together was almost 700 dollars. I picked this up on Friday night last week. I got home, of course, the boys were thrilled and opened it up right away. Problem came when we opened the Spiderman 3 video game.

THERE WAS NOTHING INSIDE OF IT!!

So Monday morning, I call K-Mart to make sure I can return or exchange this and to know if I need anything besides the receipt and the case. After being hung up on twice, I finally got transfered to the store manager. I told her the situation, to which she replied, I am sorry mam, without a disc, I cannot exchange this!!

Oh my god, I was in complete shock. I told her I had to open it to find out if there was anything inside of it. She had the nerve to tell me I should have opened it inside the store!!!!! Who in the world would suggest that people open the merchandise inside the store so close the the holidays. Who is going to open a gift for someone else? I literally could not believe she said that...The store Manager of all people...

I had just spent almost 700 hundred dollars, why would I want to try and steal 39.99. C'mon... She told me I would be surprised what people try to do. She sort of accused me of trying to scam them over 40 dollars and of course, suggested I open the merchandise inside the store, of course it was my fault I didn't do that!!!

I am here typing this today in hopes people will think before shopping at k-mart. Granted, it is only 40 dollars, but more of the point behind it.

I am curious if anyone else has had this issue with any store, not just k-mart. I know Wal-mart will exchange it for the same video game.

If you had a problem similar to this, what did you do? I managed to get the information to corporate, and the game distributor, but have not had any luck yet.

Please let people know, if anything, maybe I can supress their money making for screwing people over through the holidays!!

Respect
Senator Barack Obama, Governor Bill Richardson, Senator Hillary Clinton and Ruth Harkin stand during the national anthem.
Barack Hussein Obama's photo (that's his real name)......the article said he REFUSED TO NOT ONLY PUT HIS HAND ON HIS HEART DURING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, BUT REFUSED TO SAY THE PLEDGE.....how can a man like this expect to be our next Commander-in-Chief???? Why would we want him?

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A Message by George Carlin:

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight...

spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

EarthLink's networks stop talking to my cell phone once I downgraded my minutes. It kept saying Network not responding, and service cannot be used.  So I called them about a month ago and asked them to just cancel my contract since it is up in April anyways, and asked for them to waive the early termination fee of 175.00 since it was their issue, not mine.  They denied me, and I spoke to a supervisor, or the customer service guy did, denied me again, and I flipped out...I have had issues with EarthLink since I got with them a year and a half ago.  Non-stop issues of over billing etc.  Finally they told me I would not be charged anything, I confirmed by asking again, and then I received a confirmation number.  This was all about a month ago.  Well Sunday Oct.. 7th, I had a charge show up on my bank account for 176.38.  I called them up upset of course because they drained my account seeing how I was not expecting it.  They told me I was denied twice for them to waive the fees.  They said they would submit another request to waive the fees.  That was it.  I filed a complaint through BBB, and I contacted my bank for fraudulent charges seeing how they did not have permission to charge that.  They are going to investigate it.

Apparently they have had this issue for years now!

http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Conte
nt?oid=oid%3A9868&comments=yes#lastcomment

Have any of you had similar issues with very large companies?  You can bet that I will get my money back.  I have already emailed the vice president of Earthlink and Tom Sussi!!!

Dear Fellow Conservative, Bay Buchanan has just done something very dangerous... No, it's not that she has written a new book about Hillary Clinton. It's much more than that. It's that Bay has scored a direct hit on the "Hillary Express" -- and we all know for sure how hazardous that can be!

What Bay Buchanan has done is expose the inner workings of Hillary's "extreme makeover" campaign, perhaps the most cynical, cold-blooded deception of American voters in the history of Presidential elections.

I've watched every Presidential election since the epic Nixon-Kennedy contest in 1960. I thought I'd seen everything big-time politics could throw at us. But I was dead wrong!

Bay Buchanan has uncovered the undeniable, bedrock truth about Hillary Clinton, which is...

She will not be elected President if the voters know the truth about who she really is... and what she really believes.

And Hillary and her strategists know this! Indeed, by the time "Team Hillary" -- the biggest campaign staff ever amassed in U.S. election history -- is finished, their "product" will be kinder, more thoughtful, a person of faith, a politician with beliefs and values that reflect those of Middle America, and a leader tough enough to be the nation's commander-in-chief in a time of war. Imagine!

The long-time, anti-war, anti-military Hillary Clinton as "the best choice to defend the American Homeland."

As soon as this book hits the bestseller list, as it assuredly will, Bay Buchanan knows she will be attacked personally and savagely in every print and TV news outlet by wave after wave of Clintonista shock troops. But she wrote the book anyway.  I can promise you that you have never read a more enthralling (and alarming!) book about top-level, high-stakes political scheming in your life.

I have been researching these candidates, and so far, I like Rudy the best.  I thought Fred would make the better president, but he opposes certain issues I think are very important.

Out of everyone, I think Rudy is the best front runner so far.  He supports abortion rights, He has a great idea for immigration.  Rudy wants illegals that desire to become us citizens to pay back taxes!!  woo hoo...

Too bad we can't get rudy to support the fair tax...

Anyone have any input?  Please tell me who you are voting for and why! I am very interested in your opinions, and I am not strictly for anyone specific as of yet! 

Thursday, September 13, 2007

By Karen Kerrigan

WASHINGTON —  Congress faces a looming deadline of Nov. 1: The day the Internet tax moratorium expires.

If it doesn't extend or make permanent this moratorium, state and local governments will be free to impose taxes on Internet access, products or services purchased online and discriminatory fees that treat those purchases differently from other types of sales.

State and local government officials have been eyeing such tax possibilities for years. There's an endless list of ways officials can tax the Internet including the taxing of email, downloads and a whole host of other transactions, services and emerging tools yet to come.

“New taxes on Internet access amounts to turning the information superhighway into a high-priced toll road,” said Monica McGuire of the National Association of Manufacturers regarding the potential new costs to manufacturers, their suppliers and consumers.

The original Internet Tax Freedom Act of 1998 created the tax-free moratorium, which Congress extended two times. Legislation introduced in both Houses this year — S. 156 and H.R. 743 – by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., respectively, would make the ban permanent.

What’s the hold up?

Well, state and local governments and their allies are putting pressure on Congress to let the moratorium expire, while other special interests are utilizing the legislation as a vehicle for their own pet causes.

Regarding state and local governments, they argue that the moratorium and possible permanent ban on Internet taxes robs them of revenue sources to fund their programs. Such a permanent extension would “make it difficult for states and localities to continue to secure revenues needed to fund health care, education, public safety and other critical services,” according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Critics of this argument respond that state and localities are hardly hurting for money.

In recent analysis, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council Chief Economist Raymond Keating finds that there has been no revenue shortage flowing to state and local governments as Internet usage has been rapidly expanding.

He cites U.S. Census Bureau data showing that state and local government revenues increased from $1.4 trillion in 1995 to $2.5 trillion in 2005 – a 78 percent increase, compared to inflation registering 22 percent over the same period.

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation argues that the Internet tax status should be resolved at the federal level in that “the cost, speed, and availability of Internet access should be a national priority.” The foundation also says the tax is a “key enabler of commerce, education, government services and civic participation” with high speed Internet access being “a fundamental building block for increasing productivity and growth in the national digital economy.” The group comes down on the side of making the current moratorium permanent.

In passing the first and subsequent Internet tax moratoriums, the overwhelming consensus in Congress was that investment in, and access to the Internet remained a critical national priority given its relative infancy, and its potential for enabling innovation and business, as well as empowering individuals.

So, has the Internet matured? Now that it’s a staple in homes and businesses nationwide, is it time to tax it just like everything else?

Hardly, say supporters of making the moratorium a permanent ban.

“Consider what an Internet tax is actually taxing,” writes Walter McCormick, president and CEO of United States Telecom Association, in a recent piece for The Hill, a daily Congressional newspaper. It is taxing “access to information, to knowledge, to a voice in the democratic process, and to economic opportunity.”

Indeed, as small business owners and entrepreneurs well know the Internet has been an extraordinary tool that has allowed them to innovate, expand into new markets, increase productivity and integrate greater efficiencies into all aspects of business operations.

In fact, broadband deployment is hardly complete and experts say we have only hit the tip of the iceberg in terms of innovative Internet services. According to tax ban supporters, maintaining the current regulatory framework – that is, making permanent the Internet tax moratorium, would keep costs low for providing Internet access, foster investment in broadband infrastructure and continue to encourage innovation in Internet-based products and services.

"The moratorium has served us well and the Internet is now an integral part of everyday life. Americans across the country utilize the Internet for communication, commerce, business, education and research,” said Rep. Eshoo in May 2007 testimony before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

"Now is not the time to reverse course and kill GoldenGoose.com. It's more critical now than at any time since the moratorium was established to protect the Internet from new taxes and fees,” she added.

The permanent Internet tax ban that Eshoo supports looks less likely by every legislative hour, yet another extension appears to be in the cards. The bill would also clarify the intent of Congress regarding the definition of “Internet access” (for example, some states are taxing DSL services) and grandfather back in those states who taxed access prior to the 1998 legislation. These nine or so states continue to fight the grandfather clause tooth and nail, and up to this point have won their battles.

You can join the fight to help defend the Internet from duplicative, discriminatory and duplicative taxes. Click here to take action with the Don’t Tax Our Web coalition, or you can do nothing and get taxed when you click after November 1, 2007.

Karen Kerrigan is president & CEO of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, a research and advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. that works to protect small business and promote entrepreneurship. She is also founder of Women Entrepreneurs, Inc. , an association helping women business owners succeed through education, networking and advocacy. Kerrigan can be reached at kkerrigan@sbecouncil.org .

C'mon, this is getting rediculous... Tell me what you think!

Who is Barack Obama?

 Probable U. S. presidential candidate, Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a Black Muslim from Nyangoma-Kogel, Kenya and Ann Dunham, a white ATHIEST from Wichita, Kansas.

 Obama's parents met at the University of Hawaii. When Obama was two years old, his parents divorced. His father returned to Kenya.

 His mother then married Lolo Soetoro, a RADICAL Muslim from Indonesia. When Obama was 6 years old, the family relocated to Indonesia.
 Obama attended a MUSLIM school in Jakarta. He also spent two years in a
 Catholic school.

 Obama takes great care to conceal the fact that he is a Muslim.
 He is quick to point out that, 'He was once a Muslim, but that he also
 attended Catholic school.'

 Obama's political handlers are attempting to make it appear that Obama's introduction to Islam came via his father, and that this influence was temporary at best.

 In reality, the senior Obama returned to Kenya soon after the divorce, and never again had any direct influence over his son's education.

 Lolo Soetoro, the second husband of Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, introduced his stepson to Islam. Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who're now waging Jihad against the western world.

 Since it is politically expedient to be a CHRISTIAN when seeking Major public office in the United States, Barack Hussein Obama has joined the United Church of Christ in an attempt to downplay his Muslim background.

 Let us all remain alert concerning Obama's expected presidential candidacy.

 The Muslims have said they plan on destroying the US from the inside out, what better way to start than at the highest level - through the President of the United States, one of their own!!!!

 ALSO , keep in mind that when he was sworn into office - he DID NOT use
 the Holy Bible, but instead the Koran.

 Woohoo!

Here is his website, and facts about him.  Are you comfortable with having a United States Senator being a radical muslim? 

http://obama.senate.gov/about/

 I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed.

Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food.

But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue.
 
Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table... everywhere.

Then some of the birds turned mean:

 
They would dive bomb me and try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket.

 
And others birds were boisterous and loud:

They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that I fill it when it got low on food.

After a while, I couldn't even sit on my own back porch anymore.

I took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone.

 
I cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio.
Soon, the back yard was like it used to be......

quiet, serene and no one demanding their rights to a free meal.

Now let's see....... our government gives out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care, free education and allows anyone born here to be an automatic citizen.

Then the illegal's came by the tens of thousands. 

 
Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services;

small apartments are housing 5 families:

you have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor:

 your child's 2nd grade class is behind other schools because over half the class doesn't speak English:

Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box;

I have to press "one" to hear my bank talk to me in English,

and people waving flags other than "Old Glory" are squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights and free liberties.

Maybe it's time for the government to take down the bird feeder.
 
If you agree, tell me what you think.........

Watching television more than two hours a day early in life can lead to attention problems later in adolescence, according to a study released on Tuesday.

The roughly 40 percent increase in attention problems among heavy TV viewers was observed in both boys and girls, and was independent of whether a diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder was made prior to adolescence.

The link was established by a long-term study of the habits and behaviors of more than 1,000 children born in Dunedin, New Zealand, between April 1972 and March 1973.

The children aged 5 to 11 watched an average of 2.05 hours of weekday television. From age 13 to 15, time spent in front of the tube rose to an average of 3.1 hours a day.

"Those who watched more than two hours, and particularly those who watched more than three hours, of television per day during childhood had above-average symptoms of attention problems in adolescence," Carl Landhuis of the University of Otago in Dunedin wrote in his report, published in the journal Pediatrics.

Young children who watched a lot of television were more likely to continue the habit as they got older, but even if they did not the damage was done, the report said.

"This suggests that the effects of childhood viewing on attention may be long lasting," Landhuis wrote.

Landhuis offered several possible explanations for the association.

One was that the rapid scene changes common to many TV programs may overstimulate the developing brain of a young child, and could make reality seem boring by comparison.

"Hence, children who watch a lot of television may become less tolerant of slower-paced and more mundane tasks, such as school work," he wrote.

It was also possible that TV viewing may supplant other activities that promote concentration, such as reading, games, sports and play, he said. The lack of participation inherent in TV watching might also condition children when it comes to other activities.

The study was not proof that TV viewing causes attention problems, Landhuis said, because it may be that children prone to attention problems may be drawn to watching television.

"However, our results show that the net effect of television seems to be adverse," he wrote.

Previous studies have linked the sedentary habit of TV watching among children to obesity and diabetes, and another study in the same journal cited the poor nutritional content of the overwhelming majority of food products advertised on the top-rated U.S. children's television shows.

Up to 98 percent of the TV ads promoting food products that were directed at children aged 2 through 11 "were high in either fat, sugar, or sodium," wrote Lisa Powell of the University of Illinois in Chicago.

Do you think this might be why intelligence has gone so far downhill over the past years? Please comment your thoughts here!!!

I have had this for quite a while, and it is my favorite since.  Its funny seeing how I am an engineer, let me know what you think...

Three guys, a Canadian farmer, Osama bin Laden, and an
American engineer are working together one day.

They come across a lantern and a Genie pops out of it.
"I will give each of you one wish, which is three
Wishes says the Genie.

The Canadian says, "I am a farmer, my dad was a
Farmer, and my son will also farm. I want the land to
Be forever fertile in Canada."

Pooooof! With the blink of the Genie's eye, the land
In Canada was forever made fertile for farming.

Osama bin Ladin was amazed, so he said, "I want a wall
Around Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran so that no infidels,
Jews or Americans can come into our precious state."

Pooooof! Again, with the blink of the Genie's eye,
There was a huge wall around those countries..

The American engineer asks, "I am very curious. Please
Tell me more about this wall".
The Genie explains, "Well, it's about 5000 feet high,
500 feet thick and completely surrounds the country.
Nothing can get in or out, it's virtually
Impenetrable."

The American engineer says, "Fill it with water."
Pooooof!