What’s up with Cox Cable?!?

At first I thought it was our router. It was a bit old, so I got a new one. It had good reviews, so I was confident that would solve the problem. It didn’t.

I checked the cable modem and the logs showed repeated errors, so I call Cox tech support—an aggravating ordeal.

I hate talking to machines. It’s demeaning and I refuse to do it, except Cox had designed their system to force you to. I finally figured out that if I kept pressing “0” enough I’d get a human. It works after several minutes. They really, really want you to embarrass yourself talking to a machine. I guess they think that’s funny or something.

Well, they said I’d have to get a new modem since my current one was so old. I checked prices and decided I’d rather put up with the connection outages than pay to replace the modem, at least for now. Then their robot called and said I was eligible for a free modem.

Time for another bout of being the butt of Cox Cable sick sense of humor. I called to ask about it, got transferred three times and the person finally said that if I got a free one I had to pay a $15 installation fee, but if I bought one it was only $10 and they waived the installation fee. (They must have been rolling around on the floor over that one). I agreed to pay the $10 and got a really cheap looking modem in the mail a few days later, which I had to install myself. I connected it but it had to “verify” my connection first. It never would. I called tech support and they had me run through their usual hoops several times before they flipped the switch on their end that makes it work.

My internet connection is exactly the same; dropping every five minutes or so for about a minute, then coming back.

A friend on Facebook posted that she was having problems with her internet. She lives in another state, and uses Cox Cable. At least a dozen of her friends commented that they too were using Cox Cable and having problems, all from various locations. I posted asking the rest of my friends if any of them were having problems with Cox Cable and got the same kind of responses (for those who still used CC).

Yesterday afternoon the internet went down and wouldn’t come back up. I call CC tech support and they ran me through their hoops, except I stopped short of rebooting any computers. I told them it was obvious the problem was at their end and I wasn’t accepting the conclusion that it was my equipment. The internet finally came back on after I threatened to switch to DSL.

I tried switching the DNS on my router to OpenDNS, and that seemed to make things go smoother last might, but this morning it’s back to the usual.

I did find out that Cox is able to tell what router (if any) you are using, and they not only sell routers, but they sell “networking” packages, so one guess is that they are intentionally screwing with people who use routers in order to con them in to buying a router from them or buy their “networking” package. Hopefully some enterprising lawyer will jump on that and get a nice class action suit going.

Meanwhile, my internet is spotty and I make my living using the internet. And lately it’s not been much of a living since clients (who will actually pay) are getting more and more scarce.

Cox Cable’s a humongous corporation and they seem to have the business model of squeezing people already hurt by the bad economy. Since DSL has earned such a bad name (except for AT&T’s new Uverse, which isn’t available in this area) Cox has more or less a monopoly. That’s a bad thing.

Posted by Danny Carlton at 8:55 AM Comments (0)

Thursday’s Links

Wall Street Journal: Wal-Mart teams up with unions to support socialized health care. Turns out the economic impact will hit Wal-Mart’s competitors much more than it will them.

CNS News: MSM bias: When Obama golfs –  it’s fun; When Bush golfed – it was irresponsible.

CNN: Cynthia McKinney assumed she could ignore the law in Israel like she ignores it here. She was wrong.

WND: MSM censoring salient facts about the new Duke rape case. Rapist is a homosexual; victim is Black. (Homosexual Duke employee molests his adopted 5-year-old son, then tries to rent him to other homosexual pedophiles)

Washington Times: Sotomeyer part of the original Borking. (Are those chickens I hear, coming home to roost?)

Posted by Danny Carlton at 8:22 AM Comments (0)

Wednesday’s Links

Wall Street Journal: Honduras was supposed to be the latest in a long string of leftist-dictator controlled nations. that explains why the Media has been on the wanna-be dictator’s side.

Wall Street Journal: How Al “The Jerk Senator” stole his seat in the US Senate.

World Net Daily: Obama breaks campaign tax pledge. Liberal media let it slide.

El Paso Times: Planned Genocide shuts down all their El Paso abortuaries.

Delaware Online: Innocent man wrongly left in prison 14 years by Sotomeyer, not a big fan of the SCOTUS nominee.

Posted by Danny Carlton at 8:15 AM Comments (0)

Following the money

Which network is the most notoriously pro-Obama?

MSNBC/NBC by a mile.

Who owns MSNBC and NBC?

General Electric.

Which company turns out to be the biggest recipient of government’s “bank rescue” program, in spite of not even being a bank?

General Electric.

The Washington Post explains…

The company did not initially qualify for the program, under which the government sought to unfreeze credit markets by guaranteeing debt sold by banking firms. But regulators soon loosened the eligibility requirements, in part because of behind-the-scenes appeals from GE.

As a result, GE has joined major banks collectively saving billions of dollars by raising money for their operations at lower interest rates. Public records show that GE Capital, the company's massive financing arm, has issued nearly a quarter of the $340 billion in debt backed by the program, which is known as the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program, or TLGP. The government's actions have been "powerful and helpful" to the company, GE chief executive Jeffrey Immelt acknowledged in December.

GE's finance arm is not classified as a bank. Rather, it worked its way into the rescue program by owning two relatively small Utah banking institutions, illustrating how the loopholes in the U.S. regulatory system are manifest in the government's historic intervention in the financial crisis….

Unlike other major lenders participating in the debt guarantee program, including Bank of America, Citigroup and J.P. Morgan Chase, GE has never been subject to the Fed's stress tests or its rules for limiting risk. Also unlike firms that have received bailout money in the Troubled Assets Relief Program, or TARP, GE is not subject to restrictions such as limits on executive compensation.

Explains a lot doesn’t it.

Remember when we actually had a free press? Yep, those were the good ole days. But no more. Now we have media giants on the take, selling out to whichever corrupt politicians can funnel enough money to their parent company.

Posted by Danny Carlton at 8:10 AM Comments (0)

Liberal media lie about arrest of former Honduran president

The details from the WSJ outline why what the MSM are calling a “coup” is anything but.

The Honduran Constitution does not allow the president to initiate changes to their Constitution—he decided to do it anyway. When their Supreme Court told him he wasn’t allowed to—he ignored them. When the HSC (Honduran Supreme Court) warned that anyone trying to run an illegal election would be arrested—the POH (President of Honduras) continued to ignore them.

So the POH, now FPOH (former) was legally arrested and chose to resign and leave the country rather than go to prison. Once outside the country he got all his Communist pals (Chavez, Castro, Ortega, Clinton) to call it a military coup and threaten repercussions.

He was arrested under existing law, by order of the HSC. that is not a coup.

The useful idiots at the various left-lurching media outlets, however, are carrying water for their favorite tin-horn dictators and pretending it was a violent military take-over.

Remember that as you hear them lie about it all day today.

Posted by Danny Carlton at 9:40 AM Comments (0)

Windows 7 Upgrade now available for pre-order!!

My son installed the Windows 7 beta on his computer, and we were both very impressed. He wasn’t that much of a fan of Vista, but he likes Windows 7. I use Vista and like it, but I can tell Windows 7 has some good improvements.

The Windows 7 Upgrade is now available at Amazon.com for $49.99!!

I don’t know how long this lower price will be available, so if you plan on upgrading when it comes out, grab it NOW!!

Posted by Danny Carlton at 10:04 AM Comments (0)

Melvin Simon censors tea party; We can boycott Melvin’s malls

From WorldNetDaily…

[Julianne Thompson, Atlanta Tea Party co-organizer said] "The old Macy's building is on private property, and not owned by Simon Malls, however the mall manager asked the property owner and [me] to come in the office on Thursday of this week, and told us Simon does not want political events on its property. They were also concerned about the fact we were using the term 'protest.' Although the event was on private property, the mall was able to assert authority on the matter due to reciprocal property easement agreements."

Event co-chair Debbie Dooley stated, "Our Atlanta Tea Party team tried for the next day and a half to find an alternative location large enough for the event, and with the proper layout for our vendors, children's activities, and fireworks show, but we could not find anything suitable that would have been available on July 4th."…

But he also connected the dots for those who really wonder:

1. Gwinnett Place Mall shut down the Atlanta Tea Party.
2. Simon Property Group owns Gwinnett Place Mall.
3. Melvin Simon (a Forbes 400 billionaire) is co-chairman of Simon Property Group, Inc.
4. Melvin Simon has provided large political contributions to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Al Franken, John Edwards, the DNC and many other Democrats and Democrat organizations.
5. Melvin Simon was a major contributor to Barack Obama's inaugural committee and has given at least $1 million to the William J. Clinton foundation.
6. Melvin's wife, Bren, personally donated almost $100,000 to various political candidates, was a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton's presidential bid and contributed to President Obama's inaugural committee.

According to Bob Owens at Pajamas Media, the evidence of the motive also was clear.

"The apparent plot was uncovered when blogger and radio talk show host Andrea Shea King noticed an unusual amount of traffic coming to her site earlier this month," he wrote.

“On June 16, Andrea Shea King e-mailed me, questioning a heavy burst of Sitemeter traffic coming from Simon.com….”

By waiting until the last minute, Simon Properties a.k.a. Melvin Simon was able to censor the people of Atlanta and protect his friend Barack Obama. Well, if you’re angry that a filthy-rich Obama supporter used an obscure loophole in the law to censor honest citizens protesting higher taxes, you can do something about it. Below is a list of all Simon Malls in the US. Boycott them, call the mall and tell them why, and call Simon Properties (317-636-1600) and tell them as well.

Name of Mall	City	% owned by Simon Properties
Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall	Anchorage, AK	??
Factory Stores of America Boaz	Boaz, AL	100%
McCain Mall	North Little Rock, AR	100%
Arizona Mills	Tempe, AZ	25%
Brea Mall ®	Brea, CA	100%
Camarillo Premium Outlets®	Camarillo, CA	??
Coddingtown Mall	Santa Rosa, CA	50%
Del Amo Fashion Center	Torrance, CA	25%
Desert Hills Premium Outlets	Cabazon, CA	100%
Fashion Valley	San Diego, CA	50%
Folsom Premium Outlets	Folsom, CA	100%
Gilroy Premium Outlets	Gilroy, CA	100%
Great Mall	Milpitas, CA	25%
Hilltop Mall	Richmond, CA	25%
Laguna Hills Mall	Laguna Hills, CA	??
Las Americas Premium Outlets	San Diego, CA	100%
Napa Premium Outlets	Napa, CA	100%
Ontario Mills I	Ontario, CA	25%
Petaluma Village Premium Outlets	Petaluma, CA	100%
Santa Rosa Plaza ®	Santa Rosa, CA	100%
Stanford Shopping Center	Palo Alto, CA	100%
Stoneridge Shopping Center	Pleasanton, CA	25%
The Block at Orange	Orange, CA	25%
The Shops at Mission Viejo	Mission Viejo, CA	100%
Vacaville Premium Outlets	Vacaville, CA	100%
Westminster Mall ®	Westminster, CA	100%
Colorado Mills	Lakewood, CO	19%
Denver West Village	Lakewood, CO	19%
Mesa Mall	Grand Junction, CO	50%
Town Center at Aurora	Aurora, CO	100%
Clinton Crossing Premium Outlets	Clinton, CT	100%
Crystal Mall	Waterford, CT	75%
The Plaza at Buckland Hills	Manchester, CT	35%
Dover Mall	Dover, DE	34%
Aventura Mall	North Miami Beach, FL	33%
Boynton Beach Mall	Boynton Beach, FL	100%
Coconut Point ®	Estero, FL	50%
Coral Square	Coral Springs, FL	97%
Cordova Mall	Pensacola, FL	100%
Crystal River Mall	Crystal River, FL	100%
Dadeland Mall	Miami, FL	50%
DeSoto Square	Bradenton, FL	100%
Downtown at the Gardens	Palm Beach Gardens, FL	??
Edison Mall	Fort Myers, FL	100%
Factory Stores of America - Graceville	Graceville, FL	100%
Gaitway Plaza	Ocala, FL	23%
Gulf View Square	Port Richey, FL	100%
Highland Lakes Center	Orlando, FL	100%
Indian River Commons	Vero Beach, FL	50%
Indian River Mall	Vero Beach, FL	50%
Lake Square Mall	Leesburg, FL	50%
Melbourne Square	Melbourne, FL	100%
Miami International Mall	Miami, FL	48%
Orange Park Mall	Orange Park, FL	100%
Orlando Premium Outlets	Orlando, FL	100%
Paddock Mall	Ocala, FL	100%
Pier Park	Panama City Beach, FL	100%
Port Charlotte Town Center	Port Charlotte, FL	80%
Royal Eagle Plaza	Coral Springs -- Ft Lauderdale, FL	35%
Sawgrass Mills	Sunrise, FL	50%
Seminole Towne Center	Sanford, FL	45%
St. Augustine Premium Outlets	St Augustine, FL	100%
St. Johns Town Center	Jacksonville, FL	50%
Terrace at The Florida Mall	Orlando, FL	100%
The Avenues	Jacksonville, FL	25%
The Colonnade at Sawgrass	Sunrise, FL	50%
The Falls	Miami, FL	25%
The Florida Mall®	Orlando, FL	50%
The Galleria at Ft. Lauderdale	Ft Lauderdale, FL	??
The Shops at Sunset Place	South Miami, FL	38%
Town Center at Boca Raton ®	Boca Raton, FL	100%
Treasure Coast Square	Jensen Beach, FL	100%
Tyrone Square Mall ®	St Petersburg, FL	100%
University Mall (FL)	Pensacola, FL	100%
Waterford Lakes Town Center	Orlando, FL	100%
West Town Corners	Altamonte Springs, FL	23%
Westland Park Plaza	Orange Park near Jacksonville, FL	23%
Discover Mills	Lawrenceville, GA	25%
Gwinnett Place	Duluth, GA	50%
Lenox Square ®	Atlanta, GA	100%
Mall of Georgia ®	Buford, GA	100%
Mall of Georgia Crossing, The	Buford , GA	100%
North Georgia Premium Outlets	Dawsonville, GA	100%
Northlake Mall ®	Atlanta, GA	100%
Phipps Plaza	Atlanta, GA	100%
Town Center at Cobb	Kennesaw, GA	75%
Waikele Premium Outlets	Waipahu, HI	100%
Factory Stores of America - Story City	Story City, IA	100%
Lindale Mall	Cedar Rapids, IA	50%
NorthPark Mall	Davenport, IA	50%
Southern Hills Mall	Sioux City, IA	50%
SouthRidge Mall (IA)	Des Moines, IA	50%
Bloomingdale Court	Bloomingdale, IL	100%
Chicago Premium Outlets	Aurora, IL	100%
Countryside Plaza	Countryside Chicago, IL	100%
Crystal Court	Crystal Lake (Chicago), IL	35%
Forest Plaza	Rockford, IL	100%
Gurnee Mills	Gurnee, IL	50%
Lake Plaza	Waukegan, IL	100%
Lake View Plaza	Orland Park near Chicago, IL	100%
Lincoln Crossing	OFallon near St. Louis, IL	100%
Lincolnwood Town Center	Lincolnwood, IL	100%
Matteson Plaza	Matteson near Chicago, IL	100%
North Ridge Plaza	Joliet near Chicago, IL	100%
Northfield Square	Bourbonnais, IL	32%
Northwoods Mall	Peoria, IL	100%
Orland Square	Orland Park, IL	100%
River Oaks Center	Calumet City, IL	100%
SouthPark Mall - IL	Moline, IL	50%
White Oaks Mall	Springfield, IL	81%
White Oaks Plaza	Springfield, IL	100%
Willow Knolls Court	Peoria, IL	35%
Brightwood Plaza	Indianapolis, IN	100%
Castleton Square	Indianapolis, IN	100%
Circle Centre	Indianapolis, IN	15%
Clay Terrace	Carmel, IN	50%
College Mall	Bloomington, IN	100%
Eastland Convenience Center	Evansville, IN	50%
Eastland Mall	Evansville, IN	50%
Edinburgh Premium Outlets	Edinburgh, IN	100%
Greenwood Park Mall	Greenwood, IN	100%
Greenwood Plus	Greenwood, IN	100%
Hamilton Town Center	Noblesville, IN	50%
Keystone Shoppes	Indianapolis, IN	100%
Lighthouse Place Premium Outlets	Michigan City, IN	100%
Markland Mall	Kokomo, IN	100%
Markland Plaza	Kokomo, IN	100%
Muncie Mall	Muncie, IN	100%
Muncie Towne Plaza	Muncie, IN	100%
New Castle Plaza	New Castle, IN	100%
Northwood Plaza	Ft Wayne, IN	100%
Teal Plaza	Lafayette, IN	100%
The Fashion Mall at Keystone	Indianapolis, IN	100%
Tippecanoe Mall	Lafayette, IN	100%
Tippecanoe Plaza	Lafayette, IN	100%
University Center	Mishawaka, IN	60%
University Park Mall	Mishawaka, IN	60%
Village Park Plaza	Carmel, IN	35%
Washington Plaza	Indianapolis, IN	100%
Washington Square	Indianapolis, IN	100%
Towne East Square	Wichita, KS	100%
Towne West Square	Wichita, KS	100%
West Ridge Mall	Topeka, KS	100%
West Ridge Plaza	Topeka, KS	100%
Factory Stores Georgetown	Georgetown, KY	100%
Park Plaza	Hopkinsville, KY	100%
Prien Lake Mall	Lake Charles, LA	100%
The Esplanade	Kenner, LA	50%
Arsenal Mall ®	Watertown, MA	100%
Atrium Mall	Chestnut Hill, MA	49%
Auburn Mall	Auburn, MA	49%
Burlington Mall ®	Burlington, MA	100%
Cape Cod Mall	Hyannis, MA	49%
Copley Place	Boston, MA	98%
Emerald Square	North Attleboro, MA	49%
Greendale Mall ®	Worcester, MA	49%
Liberty Tree Mall	Danvers, MA	49%
Northshore Mall	Peabody, MA	49%
Solomon Pond Mall	Marlborough, MA	49%
South Shore Plaza ®	Braintree, MA	100%
Square One Mall	Saugus, MA	49%
The Mall at Chestnut Hill	Chestnut Hill, MA	47%
Wrentham Village Premium Outlets	Wrentham, MA	100%
Arundel Mills	Hanover, MD	30%
Arundel Mills Marketplace	Hanover, MD	30%
Bowie Town Center	Bowie, MD	100%
Lakeforest Mall	Gaithersburg, MD	25%
Marley Station	Glen Burnie, MD	25%
St. Charles Towne Center	Waldorf, MD	100%
St. Charles Towne Plaza	Waldorf, MD	100%
Bangor Mall	Bangor, ME	67%
Kittery Premium Outlets	Kittery, ME	100%
Briarwood Mall	Ann Arbor, MI	25%
Albertville Premium Outlets	Albertville, MN	100%
Maplewood Mall ®	Saint Paul, MN	100%
Miller Hill Mall	Duluth, MN	100%
Southdale Center	Edina, MN	50%
Battlefield Mall	Springfield, MO	100%
Factory Merchants Branson	Branson, MO	100%
Factory Stores America Lebanon	Lebanon, MO	100%
Independence Center ®	Independence, MO	100%
Osage Beach Premium Outlets	Osage Beach, MO	100%
Regency Plaza	St Charles , MO	100%
St. Louis Mills	Hazelwood, MO	25%
The Shoppes at Branson Meadows	Branson, MO	100%
Northpark Mall (MS)	Ridgeland, MS	50%
Ridgewood Court	Jackson, MS	35%
Carolina Premium Outlets	Smithfield, NC	100%
Concord Marketplace	Concord, NC	50%
Concord Mills	Concord, NC	30%
Dare Centre	Kill Devil Hills, NC	100%
MacGregor Village	Cary, NC	100%
North Ridge Shopping Center	Raleigh, NC	100%
SouthPark	Charlotte, NC	100%
Crossroads Mall	Omaha, NE	100%
Factory Stores of America - Nebraska City	Nebraska City, NE	100%
Mall of New Hampshire	Manchester, NH	49%
Pheasant Lane Mall	Nashua, NH	100%
The Mall at Rockingham Park	Salem, NH	25%
Brunswick Square	East Brunswick, NJ	100%
Hamilton Mall	Mays Landing, NJ	??
Jackson Premium Outlets	Jackson, NJ	100%
Jersey Shore Premium Outlets®	Tinton Falls, NJ	100%
Liberty Village Premium Outlets	Flemington, NJ	100%
Livingston Mall ®	Livingston, NJ	100%
Menlo Park Mall	Edison, NJ	100%
Newport Centre	Jersey City, NJ	??
Newport Crossing	Jersey City , NJ	50%
Newport Plaza	Jersey City , NJ	58%
Ocean County Mall ®	Toms River, NJ	100%
Quaker Bridge Mall	Lawrenceville, NJ	38%
Rockaway Convenience Center	Rockaway, NJ	100%
Rockaway Town Plaza	Rockaway, NJ	100%
Rockaway Townsquare ®	Rockaway, NJ	100%
The Shops at Riverside	Hackensack, NJ	50%
Cottonwood Mall	Albuquerque, NM	100%
Las Vegas Outlet Center	Las Vegas, NV	100%
Las Vegas Premium Outlets	Las Vegas, NV	100%
Meadowood Mall	Reno, NV	25%
The Forum Shops at Caesars	Las Vegas, NV	100%
Chautauqua Mall	Lakewood, NY	100%
Cobblestone Court	Victor Rochester, NY	35%
Jefferson Valley Mall	Yorktown Heights, NY	100%
Mall at The Source	Westbury, NY	26%
Nanuet Mall ®	Nanuet, NY	100%
Roosevelt Field ®	Garden City, NY	100%
Smith Haven Mall	Lake Grove, NY	25%
The Galleria at White Plains	White Plains, NY	50%
The Westchester	White Plains, NY	40%
Walt Whitman Mall ®	Huntington Station, NY	100%
Waterloo Premium Outlets	Waterloo, NY	100%
Woodbury Common Premium Outlets	Central Valley, NY	100%
Aurora Farms Premium Outlets	Aurora, OH	100%
Great Lakes Mall	Mentor, OH	100%
Great Lakes Plaza	Mentor near Cleveland, OH	100%
Lima Center	Lima, OH	100%
Lima Mall	Lima, OH	100%
Richmond Town Square	Richmond Heights, OH	100%
Southern Park Mall	Youngstown, OH	100%
Summit Mall	Akron, OH	100%
The Mall at Tuttle Crossing	Dublin, OH	25%
Upper Valley Mall	Springfield, OH	100%
Eastland Plaza	Tulsa, OK	100%
Penn Square Mall ®	Oklahoma City, OK	95%
Woodland Hills Mall ®	Tulsa, OK	95%
Columbia Gorge Premium Outlets	Troutdale, OR	100%
Bond Shopping Center	Upper Darby, PA	??
Century III Mall	West Mifflin, PA	100%
DeKalb Plaza	King of Prussia, PA	50%
Franklin Mills	Philadelphia, PA	50%
Granite Run Mall	Media, PA	50%
Henderson Square	King of Prussia, PA	76%
Huntingdon Pike	Huntingdon Valley, PA	??
Huntingdon Valley Shopping Center	Huntingdon Valley, PA	??
King of Prussia - The Pavilion	King of Prussia, PA	??
King of Prussia Mall	King of Prussia, PA	12%
Lehigh Valley Mall	Whitehall, PA	38%
Liberty Plaza	Philadelphia, PA	50%
Lincoln Plaza	Langhorne, PA	65%
Montgomery Mall	North Wales, PA	54%
Oxford Valley Mall	Langhorne, PA	65%
Philadelphia Premium Outlets®	Limerick, PA	100%
Ross Park Mall	Pittsburgh, PA	100%
South Hills Village	Bethel Park, PA	100%
Springfield Mall	Springfield, PA	50%
The Crossings Premium Outlets	Tannersville, PA	100%
Whitehall Mall	Whitehall, PA	38%
Plaza Carolina	Carolina near San Juan, PR	100%
Anderson Mall	Anderson, SC	100%
Charles Towne Square	North Charleston, SC	100%
Haywood Mall	Greenville, SC	100%
Empire East	Sioux Falls, SD	50%
Empire Mall	Sioux Falls, SD	50%
Rushmore Mall	Rapid City, SD	50%
Crossville Outlet Center	Crossville, TN	100%
Knoxville Center	Knoxville, TN	100%
Knoxville Commons	Knoxville, TN	100%
Oak Court Mall	Memphis, TN	100%
Opry Mills	Nashville, TN	25%
Raleigh Springs Mall	Memphis, TN	100%
West Town Mall	Knoxville, TN	50%
Wolfchase Galleria ®	Memphis, TN	95%
Allen Premium Outlets	Allen, TX	100%
Arboretum at Great Hills	Austin, TX	100%
Barton Creek Square	Austin, TX	100%
Broadway Square ®	Tyler, TX	100%
Cielo Vista™	El Paso, TX	100%
Firewheel Town Center	Garland, TX	100%
Gateway Center	Austin, TX	100%
Grapevine Mills	Grapevine, TX	30%
Highland Mall	Austin, TX	50%
Houston Premium Outlets	Cypress, TX	100%
Ingram Park Mall	San Antonio, TX	100%
Ingram Plaza	San Antonio, TX	100%
Irving Mall	Irving, TX	100%
Katy Mills	Katy, TX	31%
La Plaza Mall	McAllen, TX	100%
Lakeline Mall	Cedar Park, TX	100%
Lakeline Plaza	Cedar Park, TX	100%
Lakeline Village	Cedar Park, TX	??
Longview Mall	Longview, TX	100%
Midland Park Mall	Midland, TX	100%
Midway Mall	Sherman, TX	??
North East Mall	Hurst, TX	100%
Palms Crossing	McAllen, TX	100%
Richardson Square	Richardson, TX	100%
Rio Grande Valley Premium Outlets	Mercedes, TX	100%
Rolling Oaks Mall	San Antonio, TX	100%
Round Rock Premium Outlets	Round Rock, TX	100%
Shops at North East Mall, The	Hurst near Fort Worth, TX	100%
Sunland Park Mall	El Paso, TX	100%
The Domain	Austin, TX	100%
The Galleria	Houston, TX	32%
The Shops at Arbor Walk	Austin, TX	100%
Valle Vista Mall	Harlingen, TX	100%
Wolf Ranch Town Center	Georgetown, TX	100%
Apple Blossom Mall	Winchester, VA	49%
Charlottesville Fashion Square	Charlottesville, VA	100%
Chesapeake Center	Chesapeake Norfolk, VA	100%
Chesapeake Square	Chesapeake, VA	75%
Fairfax Court	Fairfax , VA	41%
Leesburg Corner Premium Outlets	Leesburg, VA	100%
Martinsville Plaza	Martinsville, VA	100%
Potomac Mills	Prince William, VA	50%
The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City	Arlington, VA	43%
Valley Mall	Harrisonburg, VA	50%
Virginia Center Commons	Glen Allen, VA	100%
Columbia Center	Kennewick, WA	100%
Factory Stores at North Bend	North Bend, WA	100%
Northgate Mall	Seattle, WA	100%
Seattle Premium Outlets	Tulalip, WA	100%
Tacoma Mall	Tacoma, WA	100%
Bay Park Square	Green Bay, WI	100%
Forest Mall	Fond du Lac, WI	100%
Johnson Creek Premium Outlets	Johnson Creek, WI	100%
Southridge Mall (WI)	Greendale, WI	50%

Posted by Danny Carlton at 7:59 AM Comments (0)

Observations of the Sanford fiasco

I have yet to read any Conservatives that have anything good to say about Mark Sanford, the South Carolina governor who the MSM went bonkers over earlier this week because he didn’t make any public appearances for a few days. Makes you wonder who knew what at that time, and simply wanted to prime the pump for the story. For those who haven’t been following the news, when he finally surfaced it was to admit he had been having an affair.

Some Conservatives were pretty hostile, like Michelle Malkin, but I can’t say I blame her.

Some where more gentle, like Sarah Palin, but certainly not complimentary.

But unlike affairs that Democrats have, the Media are behaving like a dog with a bacon-covered bone. They aren’t content that there’s consistent condemnation of Sanford's action, they have to howl about it, incessantly.

The hypocrites in the Liberal Media are already whining that Fox News waited to report. That every other news outlet also waited seems irrelevant to these mindless myrmidons.

Of course their goal, as always, is to promote the DNC, in this case by attempting to stain they entire GOP with Sanford’s failings. Ultimately, the result will be to drive m0ore and more people to the alternative media fro reliable news. It seems the MSM is on a suicide course, and they’re halfway there.

Posted by Danny Carlton at 7:46 AM Comments (0)

Wednesday’s Links

From the Department of Redundancy Department: Did you know that Facebook has its own Facebook page?

Real Clear Markets: State sponsored gambling is a losing bet.

CNSnews: New York Times/CBS Poll shows 72%  of Obama supporters support Obama's Health Care Plan. Apparently no one else matters.

Posted by Danny Carlton at 8:27 AM Comments (0)

Interesting quotes

World Net Daily’s Roger Hedgcock writes…

The U.S. Senate voted unanimously last week to adopt a resolution apologizing for slavery.

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, lead sponsor of the resolution, said, "You wonder why we didn't do it 100 years ago…."

Senator, you didn't do it 100 years ago because 100 years ago you Democrats were enforcing Jim Crow segregation laws, poll taxes to keep blacks from voting, and riding around in sheets and pointy hats just in case blacks didn't get the message.

Dave Ramsey writes…

So many people believe we operate with a fixed-pie economy. They think money is gone forever if it leaves one place, but this is a faulty premise, because it can just as easily go to another place. My good friend Rabbi Daniel Lapin has a wonderful explanation for how this works. He calls it a comparison of cake versus candles. If you slice a cake and give yourself a bigger piece, there's less for me. But money isn't like the cake; it's like the candles! If you light a candle and use it to light other candles, no candle is diminished. There is even more light!

Communists and socialists believe money is like a cake, and if you get some, there's less left for me. But if you understand and believe that money is more like the candles, then you're probably a capitalist. In capitalism, it doesn't mean you lose just because I win; it can just as easily mean that we both win. Once you get adjusted to this kind of thinking, the marketplace isn't nearly as scary!

Posted by Danny Carlton at 8:12 AM Comments (0)