VINDICATION 1/16/2014
During the first 6 months of 2013, I wrote emailed and phoned Optimum cable's customer service.Apparently the term was a misnomer. The questions which were never answered dealt with poor service and continually rising costs. As a 30+ year subscriber I wanted to know why new customers were offered the same service as mine for 1/2 the price while loyalty was not rewarded at all. After a series of asinine responses and disconnects I had enough.
I switched to FIOS and got a better package with more premium channels and higher internet speed at half the amount of optimum cost. The service has been great and when I had a minor problem (my fault) they corrected it over the phone.
Now for the best part. Last night I answer the doorbell and an account exec from Optimum is standing there hat in hand. Suddenly he wants to make things right for me the valued long time customer. My initial response will not be repeated here but I did then say he was not to blame but worked for a misguided and poorly managed company.Also said Cable was stupid and now has to spend 10's of millions in ads to slow the Fios ass kicking. He asked if giving me an offer at 1/2 Fios price would bring me back. I said I would come back for an ultimate package free for 3 years. No response. He probably won't repeat any of my comments, but it frlt damn good to make them!!!
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Friday, September 27, 2013
Keeping up with change
As the years go by, technology advances at an ever increasing rate. In my youth we did not have TV until the early 50's. These days I see people camping out to get the newest I phone which will be replaced in 6 months and has only minimal improvement over the last phone. It seems we are heading for the day when our communication will be through a chip implanted in our head. Like texting and emails haven't severely diminished social contact already.
Recently change was brought home in another way. I got a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee LTD with all the bells and whistles. Regular use of the manual eventually made me proficient in finding and using most of the features. A look at the engine made me realize many of the items were not familiar. It made me recall the cars of my youth and the fact that one could repair most things by yourself and almost climb into the hood. Now it's all run by computers.
An interesting event occurred with the new Jeep and the 2004 Jeep that I still had, I had not used the older Jeep in about 5 weeks and it would not start. A neighbor came over with cables and we began to prepare for jumping the car. I moved the new car into position and opened the hood. WE looked in and I said " WHERE THE HELL IS THE BATTERY?" After a couple of minutes, we noticed a red plastic cap and a Black plastic sleeved pin along the firewall marked + & - . These were the terminals and we hooked up the cables. (Still don't know where the battery is)
The older Jeep started right up but if I took my foot off the gas it would conk out. Tried it a few times with the same result. Decided to call a friend mechanic for his advice. Here's the shocker to me. He said the car has a throttle memory and you will have to ride brake and gas for about 10 minutes so the computer resets. Man am I out of touch with the crazy engineering of todays cars. Ah! for the good old days
Recently change was brought home in another way. I got a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee LTD with all the bells and whistles. Regular use of the manual eventually made me proficient in finding and using most of the features. A look at the engine made me realize many of the items were not familiar. It made me recall the cars of my youth and the fact that one could repair most things by yourself and almost climb into the hood. Now it's all run by computers.
An interesting event occurred with the new Jeep and the 2004 Jeep that I still had, I had not used the older Jeep in about 5 weeks and it would not start. A neighbor came over with cables and we began to prepare for jumping the car. I moved the new car into position and opened the hood. WE looked in and I said " WHERE THE HELL IS THE BATTERY?" After a couple of minutes, we noticed a red plastic cap and a Black plastic sleeved pin along the firewall marked + & - . These were the terminals and we hooked up the cables. (Still don't know where the battery is)
The older Jeep started right up but if I took my foot off the gas it would conk out. Tried it a few times with the same result. Decided to call a friend mechanic for his advice. Here's the shocker to me. He said the car has a throttle memory and you will have to ride brake and gas for about 10 minutes so the computer resets. Man am I out of touch with the crazy engineering of todays cars. Ah! for the good old days
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Blacks are never racists?
I cannot help but observe in utter consternation the ravings of bigots who still want everyone to believe only blacks are oppressed and treated unjustly. Let's consider the idiocy of obummer, holder, jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton . Their comments in the past and most recently about the Zimmerman verdict show their true colors as bigots.
obummer suddenly finds it necessary (between vacations) to take a moral (not biased) stance against matters that are the responsibility of States and the people. It is none of his business to spread discontent and flame a bad situation. Bad enough the commander in lies has his people spying on us and using IRS to subvert legal opposition, now he wants to rewrite the first, second, fourth and fifth amendments by using illegal executive orders (how many already ? more than all presidents combined). His never having had a real job before shows in his mishandling of this one.
holder is a wannabee who is merely obummer's puppet.He is also out there using his office to appease the voting base while trashing the laws he is supposed to uphold. A useless bum who should be indicted by Congress and fired.
Jess Jackson is either senile or has lost touch with reality. His nonsensical ramblings are a series of lies and blame whitey.Back in college he changed schools because "as a black man I couldn't be quarterback" Hey jesse the school already had a black QB. Was this the beginning of a career of fact fabrication? You did a great job getting your son elected so he could become a thief.
obummer suddenly finds it necessary (between vacations) to take a moral (not biased) stance against matters that are the responsibility of States and the people. It is none of his business to spread discontent and flame a bad situation. Bad enough the commander in lies has his people spying on us and using IRS to subvert legal opposition, now he wants to rewrite the first, second, fourth and fifth amendments by using illegal executive orders (how many already ? more than all presidents combined). His never having had a real job before shows in his mishandling of this one.
holder is a wannabee who is merely obummer's puppet.He is also out there using his office to appease the voting base while trashing the laws he is supposed to uphold. A useless bum who should be indicted by Congress and fired.
Jess Jackson is either senile or has lost touch with reality. His nonsensical ramblings are a series of lies and blame whitey.Back in college he changed schools because "as a black man I couldn't be quarterback" Hey jesse the school already had a black QB. Was this the beginning of a career of fact fabrication? You did a great job getting your son elected so he could become a thief.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
November 6,2012 A truly Black Tuesday
The election results were not only dissappointing and depressing, they confirmed "The dumbing down of America".OBUMMERITES proved the need for a basic intelligence test to allow people to vote.Given blacks ,hispanics,illegals and freeloaders were committed by racism or greed -WHAT THE HELL WERE THE REST OF THEM THINKING?
Having been a Mayor and active in a Political party I have some expertise in analysing election results.So consider some of the glaring inequities in the national election.
Fifty nine precincts in Philadelphia recorded not one vote for Romney! Impossible! at least one dumb black would have pressed the wrong button.Was there an investigation of that election district board? NO- but if Romney had won even one precinct unanamously,holder,Sharpton and the rest of obummers crew would be yelling RACISM and demanding investigation.
In New Jersey I have more experience with political demographics and tendencies.In the Northern sector there are interesting resultsTowns like River Vale,Old Tappan,Park Ridge,Oradell and Emerson are composed mainly of middle and upper middle class voters.While the majority are white,Romney polled about 55%to 45%.
In Tenafly,Saddle Brook,Rigefield and Lyndhurst -populatio more blue collar,majority white and a stron history of staunch Democrat party allegiance.The polling here was about 60/40 for obummer.
In Hackensack,clifton and Prospect Park where the majority is black,hispanic or on welfare you see an 80% obummer vote.
Then there's the CLASSIC case of Patterson where you can guess the voter composition while they give obummer 95% of the vote!!! Are you serious Ghandi or Mother Theresa couldn't poll 95%
Dare I suggest there were some improprieties ? No there were outright acts of unchecked and un-investigated FRAUD>
Having been a Mayor and active in a Political party I have some expertise in analysing election results.So consider some of the glaring inequities in the national election.
Fifty nine precincts in Philadelphia recorded not one vote for Romney! Impossible! at least one dumb black would have pressed the wrong button.Was there an investigation of that election district board? NO- but if Romney had won even one precinct unanamously,holder,Sharpton and the rest of obummers crew would be yelling RACISM and demanding investigation.
In New Jersey I have more experience with political demographics and tendencies.In the Northern sector there are interesting resultsTowns like River Vale,Old Tappan,Park Ridge,Oradell and Emerson are composed mainly of middle and upper middle class voters.While the majority are white,Romney polled about 55%to 45%.
In Tenafly,Saddle Brook,Rigefield and Lyndhurst -populatio more blue collar,majority white and a stron history of staunch Democrat party allegiance.The polling here was about 60/40 for obummer.
In Hackensack,clifton and Prospect Park where the majority is black,hispanic or on welfare you see an 80% obummer vote.
Then there's the CLASSIC case of Patterson where you can guess the voter composition while they give obummer 95% of the vote!!! Are you serious Ghandi or Mother Theresa couldn't poll 95%
Dare I suggest there were some improprieties ? No there were outright acts of unchecked and un-investigated FRAUD>
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Obummer the worst President in History
Polls show a favorable rating for obummer over Romney among blacks,hispanics and women..This should puzzle any thinking voter.
I can understand that portion of those groups who want what the food stamp President will give them.The majority should consider some facts:
1)The unemployment rate is 8.2% but actually 8.8% when you add back in those who have used up their payments or just given up.
However, unemplyment among blacks is 16.7%,Hispanics 10.4% and Women 10.6%.
2)In addition,women lost a vast majority of jobs overall.
3)A panel of respected Doctors reviewed the "Just in case Pill"
and found it had a very low incidence of side effects while being highly effective in stopping pregnancy.They reccomended that the
FDA approve it as an over the counter medication for all women of child bearing age. FDA concurred but the obummer administration saw fit to overide FDA .There is no doubt this was a political move
in an attempt to gain some favor with the religious right.Apparently votes are more important then helping young women who make a mistake.
Polls show a favorable rating for obummer over Romney among blacks,hispanics and women..This should puzzle any thinking voter.
I can understand that portion of those groups who want what the food stamp President will give them.The majority should consider some facts:
1)The unemployment rate is 8.2% but actually 8.8% when you add back in those who have used up their payments or just given up.
However, unemplyment among blacks is 16.7%,Hispanics 10.4% and Women 10.6%.
2)In addition,women lost a vast majority of jobs overall.
3)A panel of respected Doctors reviewed the "Just in case Pill"
and found it had a very low incidence of side effects while being highly effective in stopping pregnancy.They reccomended that the
FDA approve it as an over the counter medication for all women of child bearing age. FDA concurred but the obummer administration saw fit to overide FDA .There is no doubt this was a political move
in an attempt to gain some favor with the religious right.Apparently votes are more important then helping young women who make a mistake.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
What is the Government's spending priority?
The US infrastructure is crumbling.Thousands of bridges,dams,tunnels,levees,electric grids and roads are in dangerous states of disrepair. Federal Administration claims a lack of funds in the budget, but can find Billions for Iraq,Pakistan and many other countries who are our enemies.They take the money,vote against the US in the UN 70% of the time and consider us Infidels.Are we stupid
Cut them all off and fix our problems.
While we are at it,defund the UN.Until all member Nations share
EQUALLY in the financial and manpower costs.Personally, I would
close the UN building in NY and let some other country bear the costs of security and inconvenience.
The money we save would go a long way toward infrastructure repair,securing our water supply and restoring places like New Orleans where hundreds of thousands of people still can not return.
Also,let's deport the millions of illegals costing us billions in undeserved benefits and apply it to the 1 in 5 American children
who do not have adequate food nor medical and dental treatment.
PRIORITY FOR AMERICAN BENEFITS
The US infrastructure is crumbling.Thousands of bridges,dams,tunnels,levees,electric grids and roads are in dangerous states of disrepair. Federal Administration claims a lack of funds in the budget, but can find Billions for Iraq,Pakistan and many other countries who are our enemies.They take the money,vote against the US in the UN 70% of the time and consider us Infidels.Are we stupid
Cut them all off and fix our problems.
While we are at it,defund the UN.Until all member Nations share
EQUALLY in the financial and manpower costs.Personally, I would
close the UN building in NY and let some other country bear the costs of security and inconvenience.
The money we save would go a long way toward infrastructure repair,securing our water supply and restoring places like New Orleans where hundreds of thousands of people still can not return.
Also,let's deport the millions of illegals costing us billions in undeserved benefits and apply it to the 1 in 5 American children
who do not have adequate food nor medical and dental treatment.
PRIORITY FOR AMERICAN BENEFITS
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
DRUG WAR IS A MYTH
Since Nixon announced the "War on drugs in 1971" we have spent ove a Trillion Dollars and accomplished very little.Naming drug czars,creating special forcesand bribing other nations has been to no avail.WHY?BECAUSE THE PROFIT IS SO HUGE IT CORRUPTS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AT ALL LEVELS.
The drug Industry generates Billions in profit , so much that it ranks in the top 10.Imagine howmuch is made to be able to allow a cartel to buy a submarine to make ONE drug run.Thousands of Mexicans and South Americans are murdered each year by heartless gangsters to instill fear and protect drug routes.DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE PRISON TIME WILL DETER THESE ANIMALS?
There are currently 600,000 people incarsarated in the US for Marijuana possesion.Some for volume trafficking but the vast majority for minor levels of drug possession.A person is arrested here every 8 seconds for a minor drug related offense.So many that they overcrowd jails clog the courts and cause early release of more dangerous people.The attention to Marijuana has made it into a costly business of enforcement and prosecution to the detriment of using resources for more important issues. Did we not learn anything from Prohibition?
In my opinion,we should immediately decriminalize Marijuana.Next make it legal produced by controlled farms and sold and taxed along the lines of cigarettes.This would kill the profit and stop the 40-50% of drug traffic from Mexico.Since pot smokers are a minority,there would be no additional strain on Health services the already exists with legal cigarette smokers.The taxes obtaines would be earmarked for Health,Education and Social Security ONLY.It would also allow us to more safely protect the border from illegal aliens.
Now for a far more contrivercial approach to the epidemic of hard drugs. This is a far greater negative impact on law abiding citizens.Less thah 11% of our people are hard core users or addicts.The producers,dealers and their supporters in Law Enforcement and Government deserve execution.While the users fill up our jails,rob,beat and murder to support their habit as well as cost us too much for incarceration and rehab.I would have the major American drug companies produce coke,crack,ecstacy etc. in a cheap,clean controlled injestable form .Foreign drugs would be banned .This would then be available by prescription to those(over 21) who would be psychologically and medically examined.They would also sign a waiver accepting total responsibility for any subsequent legal or medical result.Removing the profit incentive would collapse the illegal drug traffic and provide revenue for positive social programs.Would some people overdose and die? Probably but the vast majority of Americans would be better off.
Pharmacy pain pill dispencing should be from a contained bullet proof bank like area with a pass through device and silent alarm. Prescription drugs would be controlled better by audit of suppliers and swift investigation of outlets.Doctors and Pharmacists convicted of illegal sale or distribution would lose licences and get a minimum 10 year sentence in the worst prison possible.
THEBOTTOM LINE IS THE WAR ON DRUGS IS A FARCE AND CANNOT WORK.IT IS TIME TO TAKE A DRASTIC APPROACH.
The drug Industry generates Billions in profit , so much that it ranks in the top 10.Imagine howmuch is made to be able to allow a cartel to buy a submarine to make ONE drug run.Thousands of Mexicans and South Americans are murdered each year by heartless gangsters to instill fear and protect drug routes.DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE PRISON TIME WILL DETER THESE ANIMALS?
There are currently 600,000 people incarsarated in the US for Marijuana possesion.Some for volume trafficking but the vast majority for minor levels of drug possession.A person is arrested here every 8 seconds for a minor drug related offense.So many that they overcrowd jails clog the courts and cause early release of more dangerous people.The attention to Marijuana has made it into a costly business of enforcement and prosecution to the detriment of using resources for more important issues. Did we not learn anything from Prohibition?
In my opinion,we should immediately decriminalize Marijuana.Next make it legal produced by controlled farms and sold and taxed along the lines of cigarettes.This would kill the profit and stop the 40-50% of drug traffic from Mexico.Since pot smokers are a minority,there would be no additional strain on Health services the already exists with legal cigarette smokers.The taxes obtaines would be earmarked for Health,Education and Social Security ONLY.It would also allow us to more safely protect the border from illegal aliens.
Now for a far more contrivercial approach to the epidemic of hard drugs. This is a far greater negative impact on law abiding citizens.Less thah 11% of our people are hard core users or addicts.The producers,dealers and their supporters in Law Enforcement and Government deserve execution.While the users fill up our jails,rob,beat and murder to support their habit as well as cost us too much for incarceration and rehab.I would have the major American drug companies produce coke,crack,ecstacy etc. in a cheap,clean controlled injestable form .Foreign drugs would be banned .This would then be available by prescription to those(over 21) who would be psychologically and medically examined.They would also sign a waiver accepting total responsibility for any subsequent legal or medical result.Removing the profit incentive would collapse the illegal drug traffic and provide revenue for positive social programs.Would some people overdose and die? Probably but the vast majority of Americans would be better off.
Pharmacy pain pill dispencing should be from a contained bullet proof bank like area with a pass through device and silent alarm. Prescription drugs would be controlled better by audit of suppliers and swift investigation of outlets.Doctors and Pharmacists convicted of illegal sale or distribution would lose licences and get a minimum 10 year sentence in the worst prison possible.
THEBOTTOM LINE IS THE WAR ON DRUGS IS A FARCE AND CANNOT WORK.IT IS TIME TO TAKE A DRASTIC APPROACH.
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