AT&T Drops Ball and Calls!

Christine Stuart AKA
Connecticut News Junkie

Connecticut News Junkie has an interesting piece up regarding the disparity between cell providers during and after emergency situations as we in Connecticut have just (and some still are) gone through.

Author Lon Seidman confirms what I learned the hard way after spending 12+ years with the folks that after multiple mergers and name changes became AT&T Wireless - they stink.


Seidman points out:
In small shoreline communities averse to unsightly cell towers, carriers often share the same space. AT&T’s largest competitor in Connecticut, Verizon Wireless, was functioning in the affected areas and throughout most of the state using many of the same towers.

How can that be? You might ask. 

Generators 

Verizon is a more responsible company and has approximately 300  generators already in place in CT alone at their tower locations set to automatically protect their coverage.

The photo to the right illustrates what Katrina taught Verizon.

Considering that in 2010 there were already 25% of American households without telephone land lines and that percentage is growing; Verizon's actions are those of a firm that recognizes the importance of delivering their product and especially during times of calamity. 

Just say "NO" to AT&T

Thus, even if you're fastidious regarding your cell phone and have equipped yourself with all sorts of emergency backup plans as seen here, it won't matter a bit if your carrier isn't up to the job.






Hey AT&T - Can you hear me now?
My Verizon bias is a matter of record; from their own site:  In Our Customers' Own Words

Connecticut Republicans need to get our Good Luck Back!

Every Connecticut Republican is aware that our state
has never been as blue as it is right now.

There are loads of reasons, some of which have been discussed on the site before and not the least of which would include wild spending by the party's previous administration. (Fear not, those of you familiar with the site already know that should anything like we saw over the past 4 years occur again 1 it'll be posted here as soon as possible when I call for the heads of those involved.)

Thankfully - There's a new Sheriff in town!

Connecticut Republican Chairman
(no funny spending)
Jerry (The Sheriff) Labriola

...and he's brought his Posse too!

Yes folks, it's safe to donate 

and support the CTGOP again.

Next month Jerry's getting some help from:

Joe Visconti & Marianne Clark

                                                 as they present..

Good Luck Back!

An event benefiting the Connecticut GOP!

Featuring The Johnny Bass Band with

Chairman Sheriff Jerry Labriola, Jr. on the keyboards

Friday September 23rd

Blue Fox Run Golf Club

65 Nod Road, Avon

Take this link for full details and reserve your place today!

http://www.ctgopevents.org/goodluckback/

See you there!

1(ie:Like one red cent of  your donated money spent out of state without a damn good reason....and no I can't think of one either.)

Five Things Democrats Don't Understand

 1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.

 

2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

 

3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

 

4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!

 

5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.

 

Is Japan Nervous Yet?

China's first aircraft carrier

   The vessel is a refurnished Soviet-era carrier, the 990-foot-long Admiral Kuznetsov-class Varyag

Nanking China

Japan has been the traditional bully / aggressor in Asia since the beginning of recorded time, racking up a record of torture and death that would make even Hitler & Stalin combined seem paltry. 

Only recently has Japan even acknowledged their actions in China during the 1930's, the most notorious being the massacre of Nanking.

The United States should extract ourselves from our various treaties with Japan. 
Especially those guaranteeing our intervention should Japan suffer long overdue military aggression lest we find our forces defending a nation that cheats ours at every opportunity. 

Consider the following:

Arriving in Beijing one would find themselves in a Chinese made Buick Taxi Cab, ride past a McDonalds, KFC and probably a WalMart on their way to the Hilton. 

No such experience is likely in Tokyo.

Japan's markets are virtually closed to both our produce and products with but only handful of notable exceptions. 
(A fact conveniently ignored by those who happily purchase Japanese nameplate vehicles.)

China's markets are much more open to us yet many Americans find it easy to rail against China while ignoring the damage Japan does to our own manufacturing base and overall economy. 

Despite their "new" Carrier China is no threat, but Japan is no ally.   

Click on the chart below for a larger view and note that currently the United States has 24 of the world's now 37 Aircraft Carriers.

Spammer Apprehended

Spam King Indicted for Facebook Spam

By Robert McMillan, IDG News    

Notorious spam king Sanford Wallace is facing federal fraud charges for allegedly breaking into Facebook accounts and sending 27 million spam messages in 2008 and 2009.

Wallace, 43, allegedly used a phishing attack to steal user-names and passwords from victims and then used the stolen credentials to post spam to victims walls, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Wallace allegedly made money from the scam by driving Web traffic to affiliate marketing companies, who pay their members by the number of clicks they can deliver to websites.

The charges are outlined in an indictment, filed July 6 but made public Thursday after Wallace turned himself in to federal authorities.

Wallace gained fame as one of spam's most vocal defenders back in the 1990s and he has faced numerous civil actions over his activities, including lawsuits from MySpace and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

However this is the first time he's facing criminal charges.

Wallace has also been sued by Facebook, which won a US$711 million civil judgment against him. As part of that judgment, he was banned from Facebook, and the criminal indictment accuses Wallace of contempt of court for allegedly logging onto the social network during an April 2009 Virgin Airlines flight from Las Vegas to New York. Wallace also allegedly set up a Facebook profile in January of this year under the user name David Sinful-Saturdays Fredericks.

"We applaud the efforts of the U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI to bring spammers to justice," Facebook said in an e-mailed statement. "Now Wallace also faces serious jail time for this illegal conduct. We will continue to pursue and support both civil and criminal consequences for spammers or others who attempt to harm Facebook or the people who use our service."

Wallace could get more than 16 years in prison, if convicted.

He was released Thursday on a $100,000 bond. His next appearance is set for Aug. 22 at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose, California.

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