by SAM PIZZIGATI The Gilmer Mirror

Where's Joe the Plumber When You Need Him?

Without someone at least ranting about sharing the wealth, no one's talking about sharing the wealth.

BySam Pizzigati

Four years ago, a chance encounter between Barack Obama and Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher injected inequality right into the heart of the 2008 presidential race.

Obama explained to the then-unknown Wurzelbacher that when you spread the wealth around, its good for everybody. GOP nominee John McCain immediately jumped on Obamas remark, suddenly making wealth redistribution one of that campaigns hottest issues.

Joe the Plumber has since largely faded from view. Hes running alackluster campaignfor Congress as a conservative Republican. And the issue that lent him celebrity status has more or less disappeared. In the 2012 presidential debates, weve had not one mention of Americas incredibly top-heavy distribution of income and wealth.

President Obama, to be sure, has talked about taxing the rich back to Clinton-era levels. But those Clinton rates didnt stop the concentrating of Americas wealth. Our rich have seen their fortunes soar for over three decades now.

And where do we stand right now with this concentration? One stunning answer has just come from researchers at Credit Suisse, the Swiss banking giant. Americas rich arent just pulling away from the rest of America, the Credit Suisse Research Institutes newGlobal Wealth Reportdetails. Theyre pulling away from the rest of the worlds rich.

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Where's Joe the Plumber When You Need Him?

Posted on: 9:09 pm, October 29, 2012, by Carrie Marchese, updated on: 10:43pm, October 31, 2012

(WHNT) He calls himself a master plumber and has an attractive pitch ready when you come calling. But beware, one Ardmore man`s business practices are causing consumers to flush money down the drain.

WHNT News 19 took action after the Better Business Bureau of North Alabama contacted us with a history of deceptive practices concerning Tommy Mayo. Mayos plumbing business, A&A Plumbing, has an F rating with the BBB and the complaints against him are piling up. Mayo also operates under another plumbing company called, A Good Man Plumbing.

The BBB says complainants allege that they paid money up front and the company did not complete the job. They alsomake claims ofpoor workmanship and an inability to get the company to return to fix the work.

If we just had one case like this, said BBB of North Alabama President Michele Mason, there might be a reason behind it. But when you see this happen over and over, it makes it appear that there has been a lot of thought to this.

Mason told WHNT News 19 thatthey asked Mr. Mayo to submit his plumbing license with the state of Alabama. He did not provide the documentation, nor did he resolve the complaints against him. One of his reported victims was Wendy Brock who spoke candidly to us about her predicament.

People like that dont need to be walking the streets, said Brock. Thats my opinion. Because that`s how he is making his living, going around stealing its stealing!

Brock suffers from multiple sclerosis and was bedridden when Tommy Mayo arrived to work on her house. She said Mayo told her she had some field line issues and needed equipment to get the job done. Brock gave him $800 as a down payment. He arrived back the very next day to continue the work, but this time said he needed gravel.

I ended up giving him $1,200 more, on top of the $800, said Brock, but this time I gave him cash, and havent seen him since.

Brock was out $2,000 dollars and left with a messy front yard and no solution to her plumbing problems.

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London, Oct 27 (IANS) A plumber in Britain helped a heartbroken woman to smile again by sifting through 100 gallons of sewage to find out her engagement ring which had slipped down the toilet five days ago.

Sian Robbins, 28, was running a bath when her platinum Tiffany ring - given to her by husband Adam, 34 - slipped off her finger and into a flushing loo, Daily Mail reported.

She desperately tried to recover the ring but it proved futile. Having turned , she approached a local plumber Dave Scanes for help.

Scanes visited Robbins' farmhouse five days later. He spent a gruelling seven hours manually sifting through waste to find the ring.

Robbins, of Bradford, said she burst into tears when Scanes showed her the ring. He has earned himself the name Diamond Dave with colleagues.

"When it went, I was absolutely devastated. Dave went the extra mile. When he found the ring, I couldn't believe it. I started crying.

"I was absolutely elated. I never would have suspected someone would have gone to such great lengths for a complete stranger," Scanes said.

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Mr Rooter Tip Of The Day: Utility sinks have improved from the old-style concrete. Today models are lightweight and durable. Add convenience with a swing arm faucet and aerator.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PRWEB) October 22, 2012

Mr Rooter, the trusted Pittsburgh plumber

Installing A Utility Sink

Skill Level: Easy Moderate

Back in the days of my father and grandfather, utility sinks were cast from concrete, both single and double bowls, says Bob Beall, entrepreneur and master plumber with the largest plumbing franchise in Northeast Ohio and Southwest Pennsylvania. Mr Rooter is the trusted plumbing service in Pittsburgh, offering free expert plumbing advice with trade secret tips daily. According to Beall, those old style utility sinks were very heavy. Todays sinks are made from plastic, and one person can install them without any problem. There is one drawback, admits Beall, their light weight makes them unstable so the smartest thing to do is to fasten the back vertical lip of the sink to the wall behind it.

Any faucet with a swinging spout and 1/2-inch shafts spaced on 4-inch centers will fit a utility sink, says Beall. However, no model except a utility faucet will have hose threads on the end spout, and the ability to attach a hose will increase the usefulness of your sink, says Mr Rooter. Hose-bibbs with aerators are also available.

Mr Rooter Tip Of The Day

Tip #1 Start by flipping the sink upside down on the floor. Attach a short pipe with a gasket on the drain threads, but using a flexible trap adapter with a straight pipe will allow you to cheat a little if everything doesnt fit perfectly.

Tip #2 Slip the four legs into their slots in the sink corners.

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Social media agency Maximize Social Media LLC announced its Plumber local business listing optimization service today, providing support to Plumbers nationwide. The firm will offer Google Plus Local services to optimize the business listing for high value keywords on Google.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 19, 2012

Plumbers have historically relied on traditional advertising such as the Yellow Pages, flyers, and newspapers. The recent release of Google Plus Local now gives small businesses, like plumbers, an opportunity to get in front of customers on Google as theyre actively searching for the services, said Craig Collins, Sr. Vice President of Maximize Social Media LLC.

The firm will optimize the Google Plus Local listing for the high value keywords that consumers are searching most on Google when looking for plumbers. The strategies utilized by Maximize to gain top search engine rankings for the listing involve more than 100 ongoing operations each month that include citation building, RSS feeds and submissions, and directory listings.

Maximize Social Media provides complete local business listing optimization services for businesses in English speaking countries around the world. The agency will fully integrate all aspects of Google Plus Local for businesses that will find it more affordable to outsource rather than hire additional staff. Additionally, the agency provides complete social media management for Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Plumbers as well as their advertising agencies are invited to contact Maximize Social Media for a no obligation consultation at:

http://Maximizelocalsearch.com

About Maximize Social Media LLC

Maximize Social Media (http://maximizesocialmedia.com) is a leading provider of local business optimization and social media management services for clients in over 50 different verticals. With offices in Florida and Los Angeles, Maximize provides local business consulting and social media management for clients in English speaking countries such as the US, Canada, and Australia. The company also features social media management outsourcing for busy social media mangers looking for additional assistance on a white label basis.

Chris McLaughlin, CEO Maximize Social Media LLC (866) 825-1357 Email Information

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Pittsburghs Trusted Plumber Offers Drain & Vent System Tips Using Air Admittance Valves

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PRWEB) October 21, 2012

The primary conduit for all this work is the main vent stack, a pipe usually 3-inch to 4-inch in diameter running through the roof, says Beall.

One or more secondary stacks of smaller pipe (2-inch 3-inch) act as branches of the drain/vent system and branch drainpipes, typically 1 1/2 inch to 2 inch, carry waste water from fixtures to a stack. Older materials, according to Beall, who offers free expert plumbing tips daily to consumers, such as cast iron and galvanized piping, have gradually been replaced by plastic pipe, first a black-colored ABS, then white- or cream- colored PVC. Beall also recommends that the homeowner always check with local building codes to make sure the materials being used are approved.

The system of pipes and stacks carries waste-water to the main drain line, where it flows to the municipal sewage system or a septic system, says Beall. Gravity makes the whole system work, according to Mr Rooter, but in order for the water to flow down at the correct velocity, all drainpipes must be sloped at a minimum rate of 1/4 inch per foot.

Mr Rooter Tip Of The Day: Principles Of Venting

Tip #1 For waste to flow in a drainpipe smoothly it must have an unrestricted air passage in front of and behind it. Otherwise the movement of the water would create a vacuum behind it and high pressure in front of it (pushing air bubble out the toilet), slowing or actually stopping the flow (and pulling water from the traps).

Tip #2 Vent pipes provide this open airway.

Tip #3 All drainpipes in a house must be connected to a vent pipe so that waste can be carried away efficiently without the problem of creating and air pressure wave ahead of the water flow or creating a vacuum behind it.

Tip #4 In some cases, drainpipes are connected directly to a main or secondary stack, which travels through the roof.

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A PLUMBER was flown to Royal North Shore Hospital with burns to 12 per cent of his body after striking a gas line at Kanwal on the Central Coast this morning.

Brett Wall, 40, was digging a trench to install an overflow stormwater pipe when he inadvertently hit an 18mm natural gas service line running to the house he was working on.

His father, who was labouring for him, said they called the gas company to alert them of the leak.

The man, who declined to give his name, said staff from the gas company told Mr Wall "to make the hole bigger" so they could repair the gas line.

"All I heard from 20m away was 'poof' and I looked around and saw Brett on fire," his father said.

It is believed a spark from the electric jackhammer Mr Wall was using may have ignited some escaped gas.

Paramedics were called to Sara Jane Cl at 8:39am and took Mr Wall to Wyong Hospital where he was then airlifted to Sydney by the Ambulance Rescue Helicopter.

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