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Not much surprises me these days but nothing makes me shake my head more than those whose job is to inform finding hit and miss messages to spread thinking that only controversy sells.  Much like advertisers think that a good product will never reach millions of consumers unless it is attached to barely clothed women or some handsome hunk without a shirt.  Contrary to Wall Street wisdom, sex does not sell, it only directs the mind toward sex and demises the product you are trying to sell but that’s just a layman’s view and apparently it doesn't count. Take for example the recent uproar presented to us by Ed Mazza of the Huffington Post who found it important to waste ink and print room on “President Obama Criticized for 'Latte Salute' While Stepping off Marine One”.  Personally I can think of a billions things that could have occupied this space and our time better than this but then I am not the one who chooses what is plastered on the pages of so-called news magazines....

To all readers and junkies of gossip or cable news, don’t you think it’s time we stop responding to the headlines of stories and hold all fire until we have read the entire story?  Must not because many of you are at it again simply based on the title of the piece called “ Duck Dynasty Patriarch: 'I'm As Much Of A Homophobe As Jesus Was ' by Ahiza Garcia posted on TPM Livewire. Many of you are already cancelling your subscriptions to Duck Dynasty Magazine or hastily running to your individual corners to armor up and come out swinging for one side or the other.  Not really caring to get the whole story just to make sure that those whom you believe you can influence or frighten know where you stand.   The question is, will you still be holding the same position if you truly did see the entire interview or read the entire story. TPM Livewire reports that “Phil Robertson, the patriarch of A&E's "Duck Dynasty" reality TV show, appeared on "Good Mo...

Simply answer is yes and like all small businesses who finds fortune and grows into a very large corporation, they have also traded in those outstanding customer service representatives who got them to where they are for those who follow closely the corporate policies that says whatever we say is right and whatever we hear from customers are wrong. I come to this conclusion after receiving a phone call from a Comcast representative who flat out admitted that they go by whatever is typed into their computer and even if you keep excellent notes of whom you spoke with, at what time you spoke with them, why and the results, if they do not match up with what information is on their system, it simply did not happen.  So my question is, this being the case at what point did the customer cease being a customer and became a pawn and slave of Comcast? So that every American had a voice is one of the many reasons veterans like me were willing to and some did, die for and especially w...