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Here we go yet again with yet another business that cashes the check while claiming they haven’t been paid yet. This time it Lunarpages Hosting and they pulled this crap last year too.

Here is the screenshot of the web hosting account:

Here’s the cancelled check as proof Lunarpages has been paid:

According to Brittany they are supposed to be fixing this but if the site goes dark on April 5 2010 then you know how that worked out. I’d hate to have a business and be dependent upon any of the crappy web hosting companies like Lunarpages Hosting…..With business practices like these no wonder our economy is in the crapper…

If businesses undermine the consumer trust in the marketplace then do you honestly think consumers will start spending again to stimulate our economy???

Hot off The GIMP under Ubuntu Linux here is my latest creation. Another Grumpy Republican original!!

Gotta Love it!!

WARNING!!!

Avoid Newegg.com at ALL COSTS!!

Newegg.com has finally gone bad. Newegg.com will try to steal your money and not give you the merchandise that you have legitimately paid for! Want proof??

Here it is, first Newegg.com’s email:

My response to Newegg.com is to quote Rep. Joe Wilson…

“YOU LIE!!”

Here’s the canceled check as proof:

NEWEGG.COM is a FRAUD!!

NEWEGG.COM WILL TAKE YOUR MONEY AND NOT GIVE YOU YOUR MERCHANDISE!!

AVOID NEWEGG.COM LIKE THE PLAGUE UNLESS YOU WANT TO GET

RIPPED OFF!

I completed a round of speedtesting on my broadband connection. While speeds are much improved, latency and lag issues remain. Here are the results of the testing:

Computer:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9950
RAM: 4 Gb
OS: Ubuntu Linux 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope 64 bit
Modem: Linksys CM 100

LinksysCM100

ATT

AuditMyPC

bandwidth-com

Frontier

InternetFrog

SpeedMatters

Verizon

Wugnet

As you can see, download speeds are improved though latency and lag issues remain and are intermittent. Upside speeds are rather slow. I suspect Comcast Network engineers are either asleep at the console and/or violating their users reasonable expectation to privacy by manpulating, redirecting and possibly censoring users traffic. The screeshots of the Speed Tests are at: http://www.tuxwerx.com/SpeedTests2009/
I’m not yet able to determine how Comcast is messing with folks Net traffic. I plan on deploying other network sniffer tools to hopefully determine what Comcast engineers are up to.
Here is the console output from one network shaping detection tool:

Shaper Detection Module.

Connected to server 64.9.225.153.

Estimating capacity:
Upstream: 2343 Kbps.
Downstream: 34008 Kbps.

Checking for traffic shapers:
Upstream: No shaper detected.
Median received rate: 1344 Kbps.

sending measurement data to server..done.
Downstream: Burst size: 17631-18146 KB; Shaping rate: 16874 Kbps.

Hello Verizon FIOS…

Can you hear me NOW???

Please excuse my lack of Blog postings of late. My health is poor and has been problematic to say the least. I’ll post more as health allows.

Do you have a good video camera and know how to use it? Do you have some spare time to help expose fraud and corruption here in West Virginia? Want to help root out and expose political corruption and fraud here in West Virginia?
If so then please contact me at jenstuart_2000@yahoo.com, Cel 304-820-8342 or at PO Box 220 Inwood Wv, 25428-0220. I need YOUR help.
I have had more then enough of the political corruption in Government and greedy monopolist thugs at Comcast. I would like to begin some serious investigative journalism into the fraud and corruption going on here in West Virginia. I would like to get in to the faces of the corrupt politicians and greedy monopolist thugs at Comcast with a Cameraperson/Videogragher to videotape their responses while I grill them about their corruption and greed for Webcast/Broadcast.
These investigations will involve showing up at the offices AND HOMES of various public officials and Comcast Executives at different hours to get these crooks on video in an ‘ambush interview’.
I’m a one woman show here at the Grumpy Republican and this is a not for profit endeavour so the best compensation I can offer is meals and travel expenses as we travel to the various State and County Offices and homes as well as Comcast Executive’s office’s and homes.
Since these crooks are not likely to be happy about getting nailed by ‘ambush interviews’ on camera you can expect Police involvement at times as the crooks try to hide behind the cops. If I have to get arrested for civil disobedience exposing these crooks you would have to keep the camera rolling to document EVERYTHING that happens so the public can see with their own eyes just how bad and corrupt State and Local Officials truly are and just how greedy Comcast is.
Most travel will be in West Virginia with some travel to Virginia, DC and Pennsylvania. Why DC, Virginia and Pennsylvania? Real simple. Comcast Headquarters is in Pennsylvania and the West Virginia Congressional Delegation all live in wealthy DC suburbs.
James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles exposing and helping to bring down the corrupt ACORN group has inspired me. I would like to start getting these corrupt public officials and Comcast executive on tape showing their greed and corruption so we can bring them down as well. Just like James O’Keefe has done to ACORN.
While Boss Hogg Manchin, Attorney General Darrell McGraw, Public Service commissioner Michael A. Albert and he Berkeley County commission officials can ignore my blog and letters they won’t be able to ignore a camera crew recording events as I show up at their offices and homes asking question they aren’t going to want to answer.
I already record and publish any phone conversations I have with various officials and Comcast exec’s so going to Video and Webcasting\broadcasting is bringing the corruption investigation to the next level.
Even if you can’t run or don’t have a camera you can still help in this corruption investigation by digging thru various public reports and filings made by politicians and looking for any evidence of corruption and impropriety. Any information I receive from informants, who will remain anonymous, will be published.
Are you a public official that has got some dirt on a State or local politicians you can submit it to me and your ID will be protected. I have a Journalistic responsibility to protect my sources and will do so without question or fail.
Once we can clearly document the rampant corruption in West Virginia Government then maybe the Federal Authorities will get off their asses and start prosecuting these political and Comcast crooks.
I’m perfectly willing to go to jail for civil disobedience if that’s what it takes to expose the corruption of our politicians and greedy monopolist thugs at Comcast.
I need your help to make it happen.
Are you going to be one of the sheep the politicians count on to keep getting fleeced by corrupt politicians and monopolies or are you going to take a stand for honest Government and help me expose the rampant corruption here in West Virginia Government.
We, the citizens of West Virginia, can take back our Government and put honest people back in charge.
I am willing to do whatever it takes and any way I can to expose corruption in WV government.
But I’ll need your help to do it. I’ll go it alone if need be because this corruption problem has to be stopped and somebody has to rise to the challenge.
Are you one of the sheep or whores happily being fleeced by corrupt politicians or would you like to stand up and take action agianst the coruption.
If you’re willing to stand up and work to expose the political crooks then let’s work together to bring an end to corrupt Government and get honest, competent people back in Government.
In times past the mainstream media would have been doing this kind of investigative journalism but that no longer is the case as media outlets are nothing more the propaganda machines serving the interests of the politicians and political parties.
It’s now up to us Citizen Journalists to do the serious investigative journalism to expose the political corruption the mainstram media ignores.
If we suceed in bringing down the corrupt Government officals and Comcast monopoly the people of West Virginia would likely see lower taxes, better, more responsive Government and much lower cable and Broadband rates while getting better , more reliable service.
So, are you going to be one of the sheep or are you willing to stand up and say enough is enough and help do something about the political corruption here in West Virginia? If we do nothing then the crooks win and will get more greedy and arrogant while the citizens are getting screwed.
It’s time to take action. I’m ready and up for the challenge are you? Join me in this fight for cleaner , honest Government. We can make a difference. We can make it happen.
All it’s takes is a few determined citizens to make a meaningful change…

Here we go yet again with the monopolistic thugs at Comcast. I’ve been noticing that my broadband connection that Comcast is hosing us $70 a month for isn’t even coming close to the speeds I’m paying for. In fact the lag on page loading is so horrendous many servers time out trying to load the page.
Here are the results of the only two speed tests I was able to sucessfully run:

Screenshot1

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I’m supposed to have the Blast Service which claims to have 16 mps on the downside. Do those numbers look even close to 16 mps? NOT EVEN CLOSE!!
I couldn’t run a full battery of tests because most of the test sites or test applets wouldn’t load. Before anyone even tries to blame Ubuntu Linux let me make it clear I tried to run these tests under Win XP SP3 as well and the pages or applets wouldn’t even load at all so Ubuntu Linux is trying to work with the faulty Comcast connection where Win XP choked.
Here is what Comcast advertises on their web site for Broadband service I’m supposed to have:

Screenshot3Here’s what Comcast is gouging us on the price:

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Notice what Comcast advertises for a price isn’t what they actually charge you?? How does a service that is advertised at $53 a month cost $70 a month? Comcast speed claims are as bogus as their pricing.

Are we supposed to keep getting gouged on prices and service by the Comcast monopoly just so Comcast can keep bribing Government Authorities to protect their abusive monopoly? Is this legal?
The Federal Election Commission report I posted in an earlier Blog post only shows the bribes to Federal Office holders. I haven’t yet pinned down just how much the monopolist thugs Comcast are bribing State and Local authorities as West Virginia makes that kind of investigating rather difficult. The corrupt politicians in West Virginia are quite good at covering up their corruption and bribery.

I recieved a call from Tom Kaliz at Comcast regarding the Domain Helper Scam. That call is HERE.

Comcast Phonecall

For the record and out of fairness, I must state that from my personal, first hand experiences, Tom Kaliz is one of the very few good guys at Comcast. Tom Kaliz has always demostrated a commitment to customer service above and beyond the call. Tom is one of a dying breed that still gives a damn about doing the job right.
Maybe Comcast, the company, is a monopolist thug but there are a few decent people working there that do care and are trying to make a positive difference.
Either there’s hope for Comcast yet or there’s ‘brown acid’* in the county water. I haven’t figured out quite which but I’ll keep y’all posted either way!!!

* ‘Brown Acid’ is a reference from the original Woodstock for my younger readers.

The monopolist thugs at Comcast are up to thuggery again!! This time the Comcast thugs are hijacking and redirecting users internet traffic without their knowledge and consent. The Comcast scam works like this, if you mistype a web address in your web browser the Comcast thugs intercept and redirect you to their search page.
Here’s a screenshot:
ComcastHijack

You can’t opt out of this internet hijacking by the Comcast thugs!! I tried many times to opt out unsucessfully!
HERE is the latest recording I had with Comcast:

Comcast Thuggery Sept 2009!!

Like any thug, Comcast wouldn’t answer for its misdeeds and hung up on me.
Once I talk to the local Police in Charles Town WV, where the local Comcast office is, I may show up at the Comcast office and try and get some video of these thugs making excuses for hijacking internet traffic.
The Grumpy Republican smells a crook and mamma’s recorders are fired up and ready to roll!! I’ll post any new recordings or Vid’s I make as I make them so you can see for yourself how Comcast abuses it’s monopoly status here in West Virginia.
Stay tuned folks, here we go yet again with the monopolist THUGS at Comcast….

I have some more videos to share with you showing perfectly good used cars being destroyed. This is our out of control Government and YOUR tax dollars at work! Don’t you just love Socialist, Big Government Democrats telling you what THEY think is right for you huh?
One video is HERE.

Another video HERE.

And another HERE.

Another HERE.

Another is HERE.

Makes me sick and angry seeing this kind of Government MALICE being perpetuated upon the citizenry. Even the LIBERAL USA Today is now saying this cars for clunkers scam is raising used car prices which hurts the poor and middle class citizens.

I’ve noticed lately how the local, liberal, Democrat propoganda sheet, The Martinsburg Journal-News hasn’t been publishing much news about Boss Hogg Manchin or our morbidly obese, possibly corrupt Sherrif Kenny LeMaster(Goering??) online. Seems all the Liberal Rag publishes on its online edition are little more the ‘puff’ pieces.
Here’s a recent poll they ran on thier cover page:

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Care to bet if your posting in support of Democrats, Boss Hogg Manchin or ‘Dear Leader‘ your post will be accepted immediately but if your a Conservative opposed to Democrat Socialism your post will get hosed?
Seems the Journal-News is providing political cover and support for Socialist Democrats while ignoring Conservative views and opinions.
With a circulation of roughly 18,000 the Journal-News isn’t exactly setting the world on fire.
If you support Socialist Democrats in their zeal to impose Socialism then please do buy the printed edition of the Martinsburg Journal-News and support the papers propoganda efforts to support the Democrat party!
If your a Conservative then you would be wise to buy another newspaper that isn’t ‘in the tank’ for the Democrat party. Buying a Liberal Rag, like the Journal-News only furthers to support Big Government Democrat Socialism.
Getting to the point buying a newspaper is NO DIFFERENT then sending money to the Democrat National Committee since too many papers, like the Martinsburg Journal-News, serve as little more then mouthpieces for the Democrat Party.
I wonder what it would take to get a Conservative newspaper to publish locally? Maybe its time that a Consertvative newspaper be started locally to counter the Socialist Democrat bias at the Martinsburg Journal-News

If this Cash for Clunkers scam isn’t bad enough already here’s something that should make you go postal. According to Michelle Malkin’s HotAir, Sen. Tom Coburn tried to change the Cash for Clunkers scam so that perfectly good used cars aren’t maliciously and deliberately destroyed.
Under Coburn’s amendment these perfectly good used cars would have gone to charities and needy families instead of being deliberately and maliciously destroyed. The Senate KILLED this amendment. Seems Democrats don’t want poor, needy people having good, affordable used cars!
West Virginia Senators Byrd and Rockefeller support the malicious destruction of good, used cars thereby DENYING poor and middle class West Virginians of good, affordable used cars. Sen Rockefeller voted against this amendment and Byrd didn’t vote on it.
I guess Byrd was too busy making sure his fair haired boy, Boss Hogg Manchin, gets his Senate seat to be concerned about West Virginia citizens who need but now can’t have a nice, affordable used car!!
This Cash for Clunkers scam is the biggest, worst, most malicious and blatant case of “Screw you” by the politicians and Government I have ever seen in my 46 years on this planet!
Destroying perfectly good used cars, denying poor and middle class people access to these perfectly good cars, is nothing more then a deliberate act of MALICE by Congress and Government against the people of the United States.
You ‘get a thrill up your leg’ seeing your hard earned tax dollars subsidizing someone else’s new car?? I sure as hell don’t. In fact I’m madder then hell about it!!
Our family drives ‘clunkers’ to save money only to now get penalized by the Congress for being careful with our money. You see, now all of our taxes are going to go up to pay for all these new cars.
Hope your neighbor let’s you at least drool on their new car since your hard earned tax dollars helped pay for it! Nice arrangement huh?? Your neighbor gets a new car and you get a higher tax bill to pay for it!
There is still hope to stop this insanity however.
If the State Legislatures and Governors would intervene and prohibit, either by act of the State legislature or Governor’s Executive Order, the wanton, deliberate and MALICIOUS destruction of perfectly good used cars, that poor and middle class people need, that would, at least temporarily, stop this insanity.
Destroying perfectly good used cars people need is NOT acceptable and we have to let the politicians know this clearly malicious behaviour by Government towards its citizens will not be tolerated under any circumstances.
Think about this, if the Government can be that malicious to a car what are they going to do to people under Obamacare? If Government bureaucrats can destroy a good used car without thought or care about the consequences to the people what are they going to do to people when they control healthcare?
They use ‘Clunker Death’ to maliciously kill a perfectly good car these days so now are they going to come out with ‘Granny Death’ to kill off Granny when she needs medcial help under Obamacare too?? Why not?
After all, if the Government can maliciously kill off cars that don’t meet their idelogical standards with Cars for Clunkers then why not people too under Obamacare ??
Don’t laugh but these Big Government control freaks are just that loony, sick and dangerous. When some idiot tries to tell you the Government knows what best for you then you had better be scared shitless!
I’ll leave you with a video of Michelle Malkin standing up to the Liberal pinheads on ‘The View’. The Video is HERE.

Go Girl!!! Give’em hell Michelle!!!

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