That isn't the problem.

Being a MediaCom customer I've played with this a few times in the past, complained when the opt out didn't work, and complained about it to people locally. Working for a company that make DPI appliances it was kinda fun to see it in action, but kinda scary to see it on the public internet. CenturyTel also does this exact same thing.

It scans all HTTP traffic looking for 404 errors. So if I go to http://boingboing.net/4in0in4 It will intercept the servers 404 page and redirect to to a mediacom portal site with my 404 URL as the search term and ads all over.

Which part? IIRC they can control interstate commerce and if they enact tariffs, it must be equally applied to all states.

What are you talking about. In 2010 when the budget was supposed to be passed the democrats didn't even submit a budget in to be filibustered. They also had enough majority it would have taken 6 republican vote to overcome a filibuster. Both parties at the time were in favor of keeping the status quo to fight it later....after fall elections.

The filibuster is always bitched about but the party in power never wants to remove the filibuster because in the future when they are the minority they want to use it. Remember a few years ago when the democrats filibusters judicial nominees during Bush, or republicans filibustering gun bans under Clinton. Every time the majority bitches and moans but never changes the rule because they know the pendulum will someday swing the other way and they will want to use the filibuster.

If the media would be less complacent over what a cut is in government baseline budgeting verses absolute dollars I think the narrative would be a lot different for the country. Because even if the republicans came forth with a budget of "No new spending, We will spend the exact same amount this year as we did last year." They would be railed against for cutting 400 billion from the budget because programs have automatic spending increases build into them and the cut that is talked about on TV is not absolute dollars but a reduction in the baseline of the next budget.

It is a systemic/US issue not a democrat or republican issue. Both are unable restrain themselve when it comes to spending.

As for the 2011 budget not being passed...when it was due is September, the democrats had control of the government when it comes to passing laws. Senate, Congress and Whitehouse.........

Because it hasn't been passed......we haven't had a budget since the September 2010. Starting September of 2010, congress has just been passing continuing resolutions agreeing to operate the government at current levels + new legislation. If a budget had already passed we wouldn't have the "Impending Shutdown because of the evil XXX" problem. We'd be fighting over the next budget.

Generally I shy away from Wikipedia, but the information and sources here are mostly accurate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_United_States_federal_budget

You'll enjoy this.

http://docjones.nodalpoint.net/att_breakup.jpg

Really? Put your CLF in an enclosed figure and watch your 10 years go 1 year. Put a CFL in a garage or trying to externally light a structure when it's 0 degrees out or 100 degrees out and watch your CFL fail and break (mainly because of the power regulation components)

Put a CFL in a location there has frequent power up and power down cycles. Incandescents also have the same issues with that put the total cost of the unit+operation costs is a wash at best.

CFLs have their place, Incandescent and LED lights have their place. But there are lots of applications where CFLs have caused way more harm than good, unless you count the feel good by makingn people by CFLs

It's called, "Collecting Sales Tax". You are required to Collect a certain amount of a transactions or goods or services and pass it on to the state. It isn't the company paying their fair share, it's the company collecting on behalve of the government and then passing it on the government.

Look at a receipt next time. You'll see the amount you paid then, the amount the state required be charged and collected for the transaction....

It's called, "Collecting Sales Tax". You are required to Collect a certain amount of a transactions or goods or services and pass it on to the state. It isn't the company paying their fair share, it's the company collecting on behalve of the government and then passing it on the government.

Look at a receipt next time. You'll see the amount you paid then, the amount the state required be charged and collected for the transaction....

I'm sorry, but I believe it (except the connection on the ground). Looking at the photos I think I might be in the same Business park as the poster.

I had to fight with Qwest to get DSL because they said it was a fiber only market.....except there is no fiber anywhere in that part of town. After the order went through, it took them 10 days to get a tech to come out an install it. The tech terminated the pair at the DMARC then didn't tag it. I had to have another tech come out and tag it. Then to make the cross connect I opened the box and was hit with a rats nest that took about 10 minutes to figure out what pair was mine. I ordered a second DSL line and had to go through the same Issues of convincing them I could only get DSL and not fiber. The pairs got connected but not tagged and were also in the wrong panel so I had to run wires from one end of the Suite hub to the other. On top of that, they left the modem on top of the Gas Main, in Iowa, in November.

The target market is everyone. After they influence the UBA into spreading their influence to mandate it as an Air Pollution measure for a better environment...a better world.

Seriously, By what measure?

Car Sales?
http://media.hotair.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/c4c-chart.jpg

Domestic Production? (This is kind of a strawman as most of the cars on the list are made in the US factories by foreign owned entities, but most GE cars and some of Fords are manufactured in Canada.)
http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/1036/top-cash-for-clunkers-trade-ins-and-new-cars/

If you read the article. It isn't ment to be a people trail. China want the ability to move materials.