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Gomez Finds Hillary Clinton’s Web Site Falters as Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate

Latest Gomez, Inc. home page performance benchmarks of 2008 Democratic
presidential candidates finds others handle debate night without adverse
performance impact

LEXINGTON, Mass., April 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Hillary Clinton’s
presidential campaign web site was the only one of the Democratic
candidates’ sites to register a marked decrease in performance during last
night’s candidates’ debate at South Carolina State University, according to
the latest campaign home page performance benchmark(1) by Gomez, Inc., a
web experience management company.
Gomez found that the Clinton campaign site’s home page response time
was nearly three-times slower during the debate hours than it had been on
average during the four days leading up to the debate Thursday evening.
Prior to the debate, Clinton’s average home page response time was slightly
under two seconds, second fastest to Barack Obama’s average home page
response time of slightly less than 1.5 seconds. John Edwards’ home page
trailed the pack of Democratic candidates, with average response time of
more than 11 seconds during the week, and over 12 seconds during the
debate.
Web sites of the other Democratic candidates* who participated in the
Thursday night debate in Orangeburg, South Carolina, did not show
significant performance degradation, nor did MSNBC.com, which streamed the
90-minute debate live online. Several candidates’ sites actually recorded
faster response times during the debate period.
Throughout the duration of the 2008 presidential campaigns, Gomez will
monitor and report on the performance of the 2008 presidential candidates’
web sites — and the resulting impact experienced by voters. Gomez
announced its inaugural Campaign 2008 Web Site Performance Benchmark on
April 11.
“We speculate that the infrastructure of Clinton’s web site may not be
up to handling a major spike in visitors, which a campaign front-runner
must expect and be able to accommodate,” said William Agush, Gomez vice
president of marketing. “They risk creating a negative user experience -
and that could have negative consequences going forward.”
About Gomez
Gomez is the leading provider of on-demand web application experience
management solutions, helping the world’s top businesses ensure quality web
experiences for their customers. Gomez ExperienceFirst(TM) applications are
used by more than 750 companies worldwide, including eight of the top 10
most visited sites, six of the top 10 retailers, nine of the top 10
financial services firms, five of the top 10 social networking companies,
and four of the top 10 industrial companies. Founded in 1997, Gomez
provides the industry’s only complete solution for managing web application
experience from development through deployment and the entire application
life cycle, featuring active monitoring, competitive benchmarking, and more
than 14,000 data sources worldwide. Gomez is Network Computing magazine’s
“Editor’s Choice” for best Internet performance monitoring service. For
more
information, please visit http://www.gomez.com or http://de.gomez.com
for information in German.
Gomez, Gomez.com and Gomez ExperienceFirst are trademarks and/or
service marks of Gomez, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
(1) The Gomez Presidential Campaign Home Page Benchmark ran from April 23
through April 26, 2007 and measured the speed of home page access on
the campaign web sites of seven of the eight Democratic Presidential
candidates who participated in the April 26 debate. Over the course
of this four-day period, Gomez tested how long it took for the home
page of each candidate’s web site to download, reported in seconds.
The lower the number, the faster the web site’s home page loads. The
tests were conducted using Gomez’s testing network at 10 data centers
across the US using 10 different network providers. For more
information about Gomez Benchmarks across several industries, please
visit: http://www.gomez.com/performance_strategies/benchmarking.html

* Gomez measured the performance of seven of the eight Democratic
candidates who participated in the April 26 debate: Joe Biden, Hillary
Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich, Barack Obama, and
Bill Richardson. Candidate Mike Gravel’s site was not included in the
benchmark.

SOURCE Gomez

Try as I do, apparently I’m not getting through to you clones. (apologies to Jim Rome). It feels like a one man campaign against the onslaught of mindless acceptance to the path of least resistance. It confirms the proposition that most human beings are incapable of making choices for themselves and if the options available require more than a modicum of effort they will be ignored for the easiest answer. This happens throughout the business world and the sellers of inferior solutions couldn’t be happier. The effect of consumers making poor choices results in companies continuing business as usual as long as the public accepts it as reflected in the news story below.

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Microsoft shares gain as earnings surge

MarketWatch
By John Letzing, MarketWatch. SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Microsoft Corp. shares jumped more than 3% on Friday, a day after the company posted a 65% surge in fiscal third-quarter profit thanks to sales of new products such as the Vista operating …

While we’re on the subject of national security, border control and immigration, let’s stop a minute and understand another large problem is lurking in the shadows. Any talk of a North American Union like what they are doing in Europe, etc., with the EU is absolutely ridiculous. If you want to surrender your country in a more effective manner than the useless trade agreements that have been a boon to corporate America, jump right on that NA Union bandwagon. A sure fire way to destroy this country and surrender control to the international community, more than it has already, would be suggesting a North American Union as an intelligent idea, which it is not. This can only be another idiot idea from the Kumbaya open borders crowd.

Please Lord, stop the insanity and help us take our country back from those who would destroy it.

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Immigration Bill Advances North American Union

By Cliff Kincaid | April 23, 2007

Rep. Edward Royce, a high-ranking conservative California Republican, said over the weekend that a White House-backed amnesty plan for illegal aliens has provisions which undermine the national sovereignty of the U.S. and help facilitate development of a North American Union, much like the European Union that supersedes the sovereignty of 27 European countries.

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Question of the Day: What penalties should apply to employers hiring illegal immigrants?

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This could be a campaign buster.
Bernstein’s 640-page book, “A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton,'’ has an announced first printing of 350000 copies.

It’s not due out ’til June 19th and yet Carl Bernstein’s book is already on our bestseller list. Okay, we don’t have a bestseller list, but if we did we’re sure this book would be on it. Hey, Carl, can you just send us the dirt we don’t know about yet? Do you have more on Whitewater, or Vince Foster or why no one made a stink about Hillary Rodham Clinton wasting $29 million dollars on her last campaign?

Could you tell us, Carl, where did Hillary develop her disappointing accent for giving speeches in the South? And what about her sympathy for those she thinks have a common history of suffering with her?

Hillary Bio by Bernstein Due Out June 19

Wyoming News, WY - Apr 24, 2007
By HILLEL ITALIE Tuesday, April 24, 2007. NEW YORK - A long-awaited biography of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, written by investigative reporter Carl Bernstein

Watergate reporter pens Clinton book

London Free Press, Canada - Apr 25, 2007
By AP. NEW YORK — A biography of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, written by investigative reporter Carl Bernstein of Watergate fame, is coming out June 19. …

It would be equally nice to know if Carl Bernstein will pick up where this Michelle Malkin piece is centered.

QUEEN OF CRINGE

By MICHELLE MALKIN

April 25, 2007 — IN 1992, Bill Clinton hit a po litical home run with his “Sister Souljah” moment. In 2007, Hillary Clinton suffered a reverse “Sister Souljah” strikeout. If it’s not the end of her presidential aspirations, it should be.

Hillary Rodham Clinton has not received enough attention from this blog since the last time we paid attention to her. That oversight must be corrected from this point forward. Although the public sphere presents an incredibly target-rich environment, some priorities must be cemented. Exposing Hillary Rodham Clinton for who she is must be near the top or sharing center stage with equally worthy targets. That would be targeting what is wrong with America. If people can still tolerate Bill and Hillary after all the public exposure citing their misdeeds, then that is what is wrong with America.

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BTW, Mr Bernstein, sir, I hope you have as much success and your book creates a similar outcome as the historic consequences of All the President’s Men. And tell Woodward to do something again.

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The confusion produced over the Strive Act is found all over the immigration issue. I have posted concerns about the Strive Act based on two simple points. The open borders crowd was vehemently opposed to HR 4437 or perhaps any immigration control. If you voted no on HR 4437 and support the Strive Act like most of the co-sponsors of the bill, that should be reason enough to be worried about the Strive Act being toothless. The second point is the Strive Act does not spell out strong financial disincentives for employers hiring illegal immigrants. All we could find was mention of requiring employers to make a good faith effort to not hire illegals which is nothing more than a pass for employers to continue as before.

Like those pushing for strict immigration enforcement in Washington this week, we agree that enforcement is the key to immigration control. Passing another piece of legislation that is not enforced accomplishes nothing. Pass nothing or pass HR 4437 or simply enforce the laws we have or create in the future. No amnesty or amnesty masquerading as a path to citizenship. Crippling financial penalties and jail time for employers who hire illegal immigrants that will dry up the illegal job market and reduce the illegal immigrant population. The states are moving on these issues due to the crushing burden of doing nothing like the federal government. No offense to ICE, but they are left with an impossible task. To eliminate the problem by themselves is unrealistic.

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Immigrants will benefit from STRIVE Act

Our view: The immigration proposal is far from perfect, but to say that it will bring about a police state is going too far
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.23.2007

In the highly charged debate over illegal immigration, inflammatory rhetoric is not exclusive to the ship-’em-all-home, build-a-wall, close-the-border activists. Groups supposedly on the side of the immigrants often sound equally unreasonable and could hinder efforts to pass meaningful and effective immigration reforms in Congress.

Members of the Tucson-based Coalition for Human Rights, or Coalición de Derechos Humanos, and the May 1st Coalition purport to be on the side of illegal immigrants. But by opposing the STRIVE Act now working its way through Congress, those groups are on the wrong side, we believe. The act is a well-reasoned and comprehensive plan for the 12 million or so illegal immigrants in the United States.

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That’s what I’m talking about!!! If the federal government, specifically, the United States Congress and the President are unwilling to quickly pass strict immigration control, the states will do it for them. Every where you turn, the states are taking up action the federal government is failing to address. It is not just about passing legislation but following that up with law enforcement. A law by itself is useless unless accompanied by effective law enforcement.

The sad thing is that members of Congress could alleviate the pain and suffering of delays and any negative impact of their inability to act if they would just grow up and get there work done. But since they are all so beholding to special interest and have convinced themselves the only way to stay in office is huge money machines, they haven’t learned the lessons of the midterms. Contrary to what Pelosi, Reid and others would have you believe, the midterms were not about the public endorsing any Democratic party agenda. It was voting out incumbents with the only other candidate available who had a chance to win. If third party candidates were viable, they would have won. For example, Joe Lieberman was re-elected as an Independent when abandoned by the Democratic party.

Strict immigration enforcement is long overdue by about twenty years. Based on the reversals and trends exemplified by the push in Washington this week for strict immigration enforcement, the tide has turned and the pressure must be continuous and unrelenting to obtain the strict immigration enforcement this country desperately needs.

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Monday, April 23, 2007

State Lawmakers Ramp Up Immigration Efforts

NationalBy Daniel C. Vock - State lawmakers are stepping up their efforts to deal with illegal immigration, already submitting double the number of bills proposed in all of last year and enacting 57 new statutes in 18 states, according to a new report.

The National Conference of State Legislatures released a survey Thursday (April 19) showing that 1,169 immigration bills - from all 50 state capitols - have been introduced so far, compared to 570 in all of last year. Most legislatures are still in session.

The flurry of activity comes as state officials grow increasingly frustrated by the failure of Congress and the Bush administration to enact broad reforms to address problems created by the 11 million illegal immigrants living in this country.

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I really feel bad when people talk about the fall of the New York Times into its questionable pattern of publishing that is destructive and dangerous and bordering on un-American, devoid of principles of good journalism and the fundamental responsibility of remaining apolitical. But facts is facts. Too much of what they publish is nothing more than supporting their own political agenda.

The reason I feel bad is at one time I actually believed this was a tremendous newspaper. Either they changed or I was too naive at that time to recognize they were using the paper as a guise for selfish motives. The piece below almost suggests there should be a sensible discussion on immigration. But it is just the Times doing the only thing they do these days. Appealing to appeasers to support their selfish interest in open, insecure and profit-making, dangerous borders.

Who are they referring to when using the phrase ‘ supporters of comprehensive immigration reform’? I view the phrase ‘comprehensive immigration reform’ or any statement that includes the word ‘comprehensive’ as political jargon used to appear as something it is not. The word comprehensive means all encompassing, all inclusive or complete and total coverage of a topic omitting nothing. The best and brief definition of the word is including all or everything. Some other definitions allow reduced inclusion with the word ‘many’, as in all or many.

This word is used by politicians and others to give the impression of a total and complete solution. One could find themselves anticipating the euphoric emotion caused by the expectation of an outcome of ‘problem solved’. This has rarely happened, for example, when one sees a legislative title like ‘Comprehensive Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act’, aka: COBRA. What comprehensive means to politicians is ‘this is all we will do’ and we hope our promotion of it convinces the public that it is good.

Granted, the item below is an op-ed piece, but nonetheless it is published in The New York Times and is repulsive to those of us who support a real simple idea. National defense, national security, border control and strict immigration enforcement including very limited visa approvals and a nation that frowns upon outsourcing American jobs to foreign countries simply to circumvent corporate responsibility is an approach that places national interest where it should be. America’s national interest should place Americans first and not be a giveaway to all other nations at the expense of American citizens.

The tired argument that we are a nation of immigrants and therefore no one should be refused entry to the United States is absolutely absurd. If you have locks on the doors and windows of your home or on your car or other security measures in place, why would you be in favor of no security for your country? Try leaving your home unlocked on a continuous basis and see how long it is before something really bad happens. Not supporting strict national defense, security, border control and immigration enforcement is equally dangerous but on a much larger scale. If you wish to leave your home unlocked, go ahead. But don’t expect anyone to accept such foolish notions with respect to protecting the United States and the rest of us.

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Progress on Immigration

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Do anything and everything you can to promote the efforts of those in Washington lobbying on our behalf for strict immigration enforcement. This week there is much activity in Washington to convince members of Congress and the President that the American public understands the need for national security, border control and strict immigration enforcement, including major financial disincentives for businesses who profit from hiring illegal immigrants that displace American workers by placing artificial downward pressure on prevailing wages.

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‘No Amnesty’ Is Cry at D.C. Immigration Protest

By Pamela Constable
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 23, 2007; B01

The small but fervent crowd of protesters recited the Pledge of Allegiance and hummed along to “God Bless America.” They hoisted neatly lettered placards that portrayed the United States as under siege. They cheered lustily as a parade of speakers, jabbing fingers toward the White House, demanded action to secure U.S. borders, enforce its laws and make English its official language.

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It is refreshing to hear a local talk radio broadcaster comment on something we have been emphasizing here for some time. The fact that the claim of the Democratic majority’s leadership regarding their effectiveness is your basic load of fertilizer. And it does not matter whether you favor the GOP, the Dems, or like us, neither. The truth is available in the records of Congress. As of today, the number of the 100 hour agenda items that have been enacted into law, still remains at one. And that is only if you count the House Page Board scandal as part of their agenda. Or more correctly, if you count legislation that is intended to solve any future problems from that episode as part of the 100 hour agenda. Other than that, zip, butkis, or for the open borders crowd, nada is the amount of the 100 hour agenda that has made it into law. Which means that after 100 DAYS, nothing has changed. What are they doing with their slim majority?

The only recurring activity supported by the Democrats’ leadership is efforts to politicize everything in an attempt to oppose the President and any other members of the opposing party. No serious attempt to find common ground or do anything but pander to the anti-war, open borders, pro late-term abortion, anti-religion far left wing of their own party. All of this to focus on nothing but the 2008 elections and absolutely no concern for what happens to you or me in the next two years or longer. Any chance they had to convince the majority of Americans that they may have a better plan have all but evaporated with the antics of Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and company. Thus far they have failed in their stated agenda and done nothing but give aid and comfort to the enemy claiming that is what is best for the American people and what they want. That is not the case for this American. I want my country back. How about you?

In terms of their continuous babble like the press release below, a responsible end to the war is not cut and run.

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Senate Democrats are Committed to a New Direction in Iraq

April 16, 2007 - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid joined retired Lt. General Robert G. Gard, Jr. and retired Brig. General John H. Johns on Monday to call for a new direction in Iraq. Senate Democrats are committed to providing our troops with the resources they need, including a strategy to change the course in Iraq and responsibly end the war.
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This is a good example of the selfish lack of loyalty or considering anyone else that is shared by those here illegally demanding their rights. Someone promotes their cause last year and is applauded only to be called a traitor and sellout this year. Apparently this person did not do enough according to the illegal immigrants. And they are arguing among themselves like good little criminals and threatening a work stoppage. Don’t just stop working, quit and leave the country is the preferred option.

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Immigration groups split on boycott

By PETER PRENGAMAN, AP
Tue Apr 24, 2:12 PM ET
LOS ANGELES - Last year, popular Spanish-language disc jockey Eduardo “Piolin” Sotelo was hailed for helping to persuade hundreds of thousands of people to join protests demanding amnesty for illegal immigrants.

But at a recent immigration rally, many people called him a traitor, accusing him of not working hard enough to support the cause.

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Question of the Day: What penalties should apply to employers hiring illegal immigrants?

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Democrats praising Democrats is the only praise being passed around. ‘Working to secure’ and ‘demanding a new direction in Iraq’ does not equal accomplishments. When you can show tangible results they will speak for themselves and you will not have to praise yourself for doing nothing. You have caused more damage than if you had not been there and yet you praise yourselves. You compound the problem again claiming to have accomplished anything by ‘passage of important legislation.’ When are you people going to admit that passing legislation solves nothing. Even if enacted into law, by itself, does absolutely nothing. Are you so clueless that you do not understand that?

Perhaps you could convince yourselves to have Rep Henry Waxman investigate Senator Dianne Feinstein for starters if you are so proud of your record on ethics reform.

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Senate Democrats Address America’s Critical Priorities in First 100 Days

April 13, 2007 - Freshmen Democratic Senators joined on Thursday to praise Democratic accomplishments of the Senate’s first 100 days including working to secure the homeland and demanding a new direction in Iraq. Earlier in the day, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senators Chuck Schumer and Patrick Leahy also highlighted the passage of important legislation that implements tough ethics rules, raises the minimum wage, expands stem cell research, and funds children’s healthcare.

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It is not a surprise that what is typically referred to as MSM or the Main Stream Media may be uncomfortable providing reports on the growing demand of the American public for strict immigration enforcement. The excerpt included with this post about radio talk show hosts lending a hand to spread the word for strict immigration enforcement is a good example. Although the brief report includes the beginning of a week long push in Washington DC for immigration enforcement, referring to what’s included here as an excerpt is misleading. This post is about 150 words long and the report is 98 words long. The entire report is merely an excerpt as if the MSM is ambivalent in reporting on immigration control which runs counter to their own preference for open borders. They would be among the corporations profiting from illegal foreign labor and offshore outsourcing that takes jobs away from American citizens.

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From ABC 7 News:

Radio Hosts Rally Activists Against Illegal Immigration

Location: Washington
Posted: April 22, 2007 4:52 PM EST

A group of radio talk show personalities are kicking of a week of lobbying against illegal immigration in Congress by rallying across from the White House Sunday.

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Illegal work hurts U.S., official says

Immigration changes due, panel is to
BY WAYNE T. PRICE
FLORIDA TODAY

A top U.S. immigration official warned that reforms on who enters, lives and works in this country are inevitable, but many people aren’t going to like the outcome.

Emilio Gonzalez, the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has suggested some rather troubling predictions. But then perhaps he has been given the task of testing the water by speaking for others within the government who wish to get a last minute feel for public sentiment before attempting to ram immigration reform through Congress.

He made his statements at a Business Ethics Conference at the Harris Corp. Apparently business ethics only attracted 75 people for the audience. His statements touched three significant concerns on immigration. Illegal immigrants being required to leave the country, amnesty for illegal immigrants and ‘megafines’ for employers hiring illegal immigrants. If the Strive Act is the prototype for this year’s immigration legislation, someone needs to point out where within the text of this legislation is any reference to employers receiving ‘megafines’ for hiring illegals. The bill mentions that employers must make a good faith attempt to verify applicant’s documents. Like that will work.

Saying that illegal immigrants being required to leave is not possible is simply an unsupported statement indicating the inability of politicians to say no to lobbyist money and unwillingness to hold employers accountable. If there really was a ‘megafine’ penalty for employers hiring illegals, the job market for illegal immigrants would dry up and they would leave. And for those who did not leave, the employer ‘megafines’ could pay for removal.

Finally, the statement by Emilio Gonzalez that amnesty hopes will not be realized could simply be an attempt to relax concerns of those opposed to amnesty and a preemptive suggestion that a path to citizenship for lawbreakers is not amnesty when it certainly is. This entire article is proof that all concerned about the government sidestepping this issue again need to harass elected officials in substantial numbers to convince them strict enforcement is the only answer for remaining as a member of Congress beyond 2008.

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