I doubt Ms. Jasper reads this blog, but just in case… after all, a full time job is her best chance of getting out of the slum apartment so she doesn’t have to “live poor.”

New Orleans CityBusiness: The state added 5,600 non-farm jobs in November and gained 42,200 over the year, the state labor department reported Thursday.

The biggest monthly gain, on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, was in the New Orleans metropolitan area, which added 1,600 jobs.

… Patty Lopez, a labor market analyst with the department, said the rate is positive news for the state, parts of which are still recovering from the 2005 hurricanes. She called it a job-seekers’ market in which “anyone who really wants to find a job, can.”

Oh, how I want to swear. I could write things right now that would make the denizens of HuffPo blush. I could make Kos Kids recoil. I could offend even Amanda Marcotte with the things I would like to say about MediaMax, those thieving… but I won’t write that.

I have tried for TEN MONTHS to get my account canceled. I didn’t really try hard, because it’s a lot of trouble to go through for $4.95 a month, but I did try. You can’t phone, and you can’t cancel on the website. You have to email. Twice. First to request, then to confirm. Then they don’t actually cancel your account, so you do it again a month or two later. They finally downgraded my account to a free version nearly three weeks ago, but the charge still went through yesterday. They do not respond to my emails. I’m through with being polite.

Sure, it’s just five bucks. But it’s MY five bucks. That’s $60 a year. And it’s MY $60.

What reputable company makes it so freaking hard to cancel a service?!

I just spent four hours on hold with my bank in order to learn that I can dispute the charge every month if I want, but the only permanent option to keep these filthy… these… well, to keep Media Max out of my bank account is to cancel the card I use to pay for the account. I haven’t decided what to do next. One thing I will do is post on every occasion these thieves dip into my bank account without my authorization. The more customers I can cost them, the happier I’ll be.

In the meantime, without resorting to profanity, I will at least say this much:
MediaMax sucks!!!
Don’t just take my word for it. Lots of other people think so too. Maybe I’ll put a site together for people to tell their stories of how MediaMax has jerked them around and commiserate. MediaMaxSucks.com was purchased – probably by MediaMax because it’s not in use – but I can find a good variation. Not a bad idea, really…

Added: And I’m making this an open trackback post and posting it to every open trackback post available, for good measure.

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The coming health care fight – questions for the left
Since we’re talking about infinite want/need (with few barriers to preclude seeking satisfaction of those wants/needs) meeting the finite resources of health care provision, how will the government choose to ration health care? Because it will.

Did you know that 5% of the population spends nearly 60% of the health care dollars (and 10% spend 70%). In fact, .5% spend 25%. How do we address these numbers through government? Is this where government will choose to begin rationing care? (Stats from “Health Care Reform Now! A Prescription for Change” by George Halvorson, pg. 2, Jossey-Bass,2007)