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It’s been so slow, being back on dial up internet access. It gets frustrating when you have to have to wait for 5 minutes for a page to load.

I’ve spent as much time (or more) online this past week, since being back on dial up, but I’ve accomplished 1/3 of what I was before.

I called yesterday morning and placed an order for Satellite Internet through Hughes Net. A nice gentleman came out first thing this morning and installed it. (Talk about fast, Wild Blue took over a week)

And, after installing it, it did not look like a rats nest. (Another improvement over Wild Blue)

I will be spending the next few days getting caught up on everything.

Telemarketers can be so annoying. It was to the point that when my caller id showed unknown or an 800 number, I would just let it ring until my answering machine picked up. Sometimes they would leave messages, sometimes they would not.

Last year, I added my number on the Do Not Call list. However, it seems to have had little effect.

A few months ago, I was in a happy and goofy mood, and answered the phone. I do not remember what they trying to sell, perhaps magazines. Anyway, I started making loud sounds like an Indian doing a rain dance. It totally freaked the people on the phone out, they thought I was crazy and did not stay on the phone long.

My children thought this was hilarious. They laughed so hard their faces were totally red. So now, every time ‘unknown’ or an 800 number calls, my boys fight over who is going to answer the phone.

John McCain definitely won last nights debate, he answered every question perfectly.

Barack Obama on the other hand, did not. One question especially, he really did not answer well. The question was something along the lines of, “What do you NOT know, and how will you learn it?”

His reply was that what he doesn’t know he will ask his wife.

His answer makes it obvious that should he make it to the White House, his wife will actually be the President. Because there is A LOT that he doesn’t know, as he has admitted in the past few weeks.

Even if I were to have ever considered voting for him, this by itself would have changed my mind. I still have a copy saved on my computer, of Michelle Obama’s thesis (that she wrote in college) that was published on snopes earlier this year. Yes, it is the real thing, and it shows just how racist she is and how she feels about white people.

Secondly, he never did get around to answering the portion of the question about what he does not know.

John McCain did answer this part of the question, and answered it extremely well. His answer was that he doesn’t know what everyone else doesn’t know, what will happen in the future (basically).

I do not think anyone could have answered the question better than John McCain did.

And Drill, Baby, Drill. I’m ready for lower gas prices. Not to mention, I completely agree with McCain on his statements of sending millions of dollars to Countries who hate America.

For a year I had been searching for DSL or a Wireless Internet that would be available in my area. I live out in the boonies, and unfortunately, Verizon, A T & T and Comcast are not available in my area. (Along with a hundred other places that I have searched for.)

I debated a while on getting Satellite Internet. One of the things that helped me to choose the WildBlue Satellite Internet Service, was because I am a DishNetwork Subscriber, and it was available through DishNetwork.

To start off you have to wait a week before someone will come out to your home to install the Satellite Dish.

Two men who were supposed to install my satellite dish came out for the first time about a week after I had ordered the service, unprepared. They did not bring the items needed and therefore I did not the dish set up. They had to ‘re-schedule.’

Days later, on their second visit, it took them half a day to install it, and the equipment in the corner of my room looked like a rats nest. They were very unprofessional to say the least.

Now here’s the kicker, things they will not tell you. Being I had been on dial up for long, I was accustomed to downloading and uploading what I wanted, when I wanted, with no idea of how many kb, mb, etc. that I was using.

After being on WildBlue Satellite Internet Service for an estimated two months, my connection was funky. It would not load pages, it would time out and give me error messages.

I called the Support Number trying to get it straightened out. The lady rudely let me know that I had reached my ‘limit’ for the month. When I told her that I was unaware of a ‘limit’ she informed me the information was available on their website as how much I could download and upload per month.

For $50+ (with taxes) a month, I have a limit? Although dial up may be half the speed, it’s only $10 a month and you have NO LIMIT.

I was angry, and told her to cancel my account being I could not get online anyway due to their ‘rules.’ (I cannot afford $79+ a month for internet service, which would be their ‘upgrade’ to lift the low limit)

She informed me that I was under a contract and should I cancel, that I would still have to pay $25 a month for 18 months cancellation fee. Now is this not the most ridiculous cancellation fee you have ever heard of? I could understand a one time fee of $25, but for 18 months?

But I can understand why they do that. They are out for the money. They know their service sucks, and that people will not keep it long, so they want to bleed money out of people any way that they can.

I just want everyone to know all about WildBlue Satellite Internet Service before making a decision to use them.

For anyone who missed last nights episode of Hannity In America (Sean Hannity on FoxNews), you will want to watch it online if possible.

Facts and truths were exposed of Barack Obama’s shady past that he had been attempting to hide.

Of course many people already knew of his connection with Ayers, and knew what type of ‘minister’ he has (Jeremiah Wright), but now the evidence of his involvement with Acorn has come out.
And the donations supposedly made to his campaign is under investigation.

Many people can not believe this man had the balls to run for President with the Radical past and connections that he has had.

Obviously, he did not think his past would be investigated. He assumed everyone would take his word for everything without proof or a background check. Even with his word alone, it’s hard to believe a man who can not talk to you with out the use of teleprompter.

I am eager to see what comes out next about Barack Obama.

I do believe it is now a law in every single state of the U.S.A. to wear seatbelts. Should this law be broken, you will have a large fine to pay. Not only is the money an issue, but more importantly, seatbelts save lives.

So why isn’t it mandatory for all school buses to have seatbelts? I have had a few people tell me that in some cities, the buses do have seatbelts. Well, my question is, why not all school buses everywhere? Shouldn’t they also be concerned with the lives of our children?

School buses are not exempt from wrecks. Many buses have wrecked and many children have been killed or seriously injured. Could their lives have been spared if they would have had seatbelts on?

Regardless of the cost to install seatbelts in the buses, this should be mandatory, or the school should receive a large fine.