Still, it was fun to see. Wow, is that George Lucas sitting there? Sent from my iPhone
-- Peter pjfra...@mac.com On Feb 25, 2008, at 11:01 AM, Loran Hughes <lo...@oldcrank.com> wrote: > Oops, the photo attachment was my fault folks. The system caught it > and I approved it by accident. For the record, Phono-L does not > (normally) allow attachments. > > Sorry, > Loran > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org From gbogan...@charter.net Mon Feb 25 16:39:00 2008 From: gbogan...@charter.net (Greg Bogantz) Date: Mon Feb 25 16:40:15 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Interesting Edison item on Craigslist References: <blu112-w3519895e302f71332905bedc...@phx.gbl><003101c877eb$6ba95ae0$6400a...@hpa1514n> <a053f6aa-47fc-4853-ae0d-1417d8763...@fuse.net> Message-ID: <00ab01c8780f$fb094370$6400a...@hpa1514n> Regardless of the details, the same result happened: the fattest cash wins. Same 100 years ago as now. If anybody is still laboring under the misconception that we are living under a democracy or even our official founding as a democratic republic, you'd better look up the definitions of "oligarchy" and "plutocracy". The Sherman Antitrust Act was just one of the many trust and monopoly busting pieces of federal legislation that were necessary to break up the fat, greedy, self-serving and self-perpetuating monopolies that were ruining the US economy 100 years ago and which had created the original Gilded Age. The fact that some of these laws are still on the books seems not to matter a whit to the fat corporate owners of this country and its government, all three branches of it. The latest outrage being that the toothless FCC (or, more correctly the corporate shill communications bureaucracy) has shamelessly given over the whole of Murkan media to whoever wants to pay the most for it. Gone are the stipulations that a majority of any local market cannot be dominated by a single media owner. Wasn't that just too convenient for Rupert Murdock and his right-wing politics. It's a crime that our schools no longer teach history, or our younger voting generation would recognize this takeover of the country as a repetition of the plague that befell us a century ago. Maybe if they weren't so personally interested in living like movie stars, professional game players, and corporate fat butts, they'd see that they country is going to hell in a handbasket and all the cash is in Swiss bank accounts belonging to the fatasses who own us. Greg Bogantz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichol" <jnic...@fuse.net> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 6:59 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Interesting Edison item on Craigslist > No, Edison did not sell Edison General Electric. It was a hostile > takeover by the Thomson-Houston Company (they bought up a controlling > interest in Edison General Electric's stock). The merged company was > under control of Thomson's managment, and renamed General Electric. > Edison was allowed on the board of directors, but quit after he realized > he had no authority. > > By the way, I work for GE. > > Jim Nichol > > On Feb 25, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Greg Bogantz wrote: > >> Consequently, he created the Edison General Electric Company, together >> with some fat cash investors to handle the drudgery of dealing with the >> whole lamp and power distribution business. When he needed more cash >> for his laboratory, he sold out his interest in the company to the fat >> butts, they dropped the "Edison" from the company name, and they went on >> to create one of the biggest cash cows in Murkan history. > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
