Factcheck.org recently posted an article revealing untruths in a recent McCain web ad.
As we’ve said any number of times, what Obama proposes would not raise taxes on any “hard-working families” unless they make more than $250,000 a year, a very small fraction of families. Independent analysis has shown than 95 percent of families with children would see federal income taxes go down.
More news on the previous post from today. It appears that McCain was complaining about robocalls against him only nine months ago. If the calls were making factual statements, it would be one thing, but the claims made aren’t.
… the calls exaggerate Mr. Obama’s ties to Bill Ayers, the former member of the Weather Underground, question the candidate’s patriotism by accusing him of “putting Hollywood above America,’’ and say that he opposed a bill “requiring doctors to care for babies born alive after surviving attempted abortions.’’
I find it ironic that Barack Obama was criticized for not wearing a flag pin, about a year ago, and McCain chose not to wear a flag pin in the debate last night. His lack of flag pin went by without comment.
I don’t think it is a particularly important point — patriotism isn’t determined completely by apparel, but it does point out some of the innanity that occurred in the campaign just a year ago.
Lisa bought me a 28 bottle Vinotemp wine refrigerator for Christmas 2007. We filled it with wine after letting it get down to temperature. It was quiet, and seemed to hold the temperature correctly for the last 9 months. Last week, it stopped cooling. I noticed the display was reading 70 degrees. I found the manual and tried to troubleshoot, and it wasn’t helpful. I went to the website, and used the “service request” form to request service. I never got a response. Yesterday, I called the 800 number, and was told a technician would call me back. They didn’t. Lisa called them today, as she was home. She actually got to speak to a technician. She said the technician wasn’t pleasant, nor helpful. He suggested that we were SOL because the unit only has a 90 day waranty. The manual didn’t specify the length of the waranty, so we had no idea. He suggested we contact “Mr Appliance”, and subsequently ignored everything else Lisa wanted to ask him about. Nice customer service, eh?
The serial number for the unit also encodes the manufacturing date. It says 20070929. A hair over a year ago. Nice product, eh?
I’m certainly going to think twice before I buy another Vinotemp.
