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SPRINT TELLS ANNOYING CUSTOMERS, “BUH-BYE”Sprint-Nextel Hundreds of cell phone customers are being given the boot, accused of being too high maintenance. Sprint-Nextel is disconnecting 1,200 subscribers on grounds the clients call customer service too often and make "unreasonable requests."
“Sprint cuts 1,000+ customers for excessive complaining”, http://www.news4jax.com/news/
If you break your contract with cell provider, you have to pay a termination fee. Isn’t it only fair that if a cell provider breaks your contract, they have to pay you a termination fee?
BREAKING ADDICTION: ARE WE A VICE-STRICKEN SOCIETY?
For a human race fond of controlling all the variables and staying on our A-game, we seem to buck nature and common sense quite a bit in order to pursue destructive crutch habits. Are we just self-loathing woe-be-gones or do we “do addiction” for escape? From ignorance? New research is revealing the top American vices, why we have them and how to get rid of them.
“The Science of Addiction”, Time Magazine, pp. 42
If addiction is so harmful, shouldn’t evolution have killed off the beast a while back? Why do we get caught in irrational addictions when we were still rational thinkers before we became impulse-behaviour zombies? What is it about us that makes us run toward excess and lose balance and perspective? What do you have to do to maintain balance?
YOUR X-BOX - THE NEXT FORUM FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE.
As the national debate over immigration continues, advocacy groups are trying a new medium - video games - to promote their agenda and influence public opinion.
"Games are really good at exploring complex issues, and what issue is more complex than immigration?" said Suzanne Seggerman, president of Games for Change, an organization aimed at supporting new uses for digital games. "They are also great at promoting a single point of view…. A game can allow for a new perspective and, in some cases, new conviction."
“Immigration debate finds itself in play” http://www.latimes.com/technology
Does this really open up the argument for people or isolate it? Does it trivialize it? If I remember the game codes and get to the higher levels, do I get an infinite renewable Z-visa? If I win, do I get to challenge Department of Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez to a game of Sudoku and see if he’s any better with those numbers than immigration revenue figures?
Segment 2
Live Talkback segment
How can you use violent video games to open up a constructive dialogue about illegal immigration? Talk to your kids about illegal immigration. Parents. The Anti-Immigrant.
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CHURCH FOR STATE – GOD ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
It’s not about blurring the lines between seperation of church and state. But it does come in handy to keep God in your back pocket on the campaign trail. We’re used to politicians invoking their platforms of faith and family. But aren’t Democrats traditionally more secular, aren’t they supposed to represent the ACLU crowd? Reasoned intelligence over emotional roller-coasters. After all, isn’t that what faith amounts to? Is the formula changing – Shake hands. Kiss babies. Say a Hail Mary. Shake hands. Kiss babies. Say a Hail Mary.
“How the Democrats Got Religion”, Time Magazine, pp. 28, July 23, 2007
Are Democrats playing the God card more often these days? Are they becoming the new Moral Majority? Does it matter where it’s coming from as long as the one nation stays under God? What would be on God’s stump speech?
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CHURCH FOR STATE – Cont’d
Segment 5
WI-FI WONDERS – WI WI! WE IS GOING TO BE WIRELESS CITY DECATUR!
Interview with Chris Leonard – Ga Public Policy Foundation
Chris says the Wi-Fi hot spot cities are costing tax payers and not returning on the investment. Yes, Chris, but isn’t the utopia of being able to walk around with your head in your notebook PC more than enough to cause one to ignore the pocket pinching? Not to mention the increased productivity because “Cubicle Boy” can finally breathe the fresh air? What is the solution the free city-wide WiFi is trying to resolve? Is this a case of, “I can, therefore I must”? Chris says low-income families can’t afford laptops. Really, must we always be concerned with the needs of the less fortunate? Can’t we just pray for them, volunteer with humanitarian groups and sign up for benefit golf tournaments? How about an “Annual Give A Hobo a Notebook PC Golf Classic”? Will golf for Wi-Fi?