Dustin,
"Now that Jim Henry has shown his true colors nothing he says can be
taken seriously."
Now was that nice? What ARE my true colors? Did you miss my message
criticizing Verizon?
As to PFF, better check them out. Go to www.pff.org. Click on the "About
PFF" link. (Hint: If you do that, it will tell you what they say they are
about!)
They seem to be pretty upfront about their mission, what they promote and
where they are coming from. I happen to agree with a lot of that. They ALSO
tell you who they are and who their supporters are.
Is public policy advocacy only OK with you when it is promoting leftist
policy?
Jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dustin Goodwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:51 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Governement run telecom and broadband
>
>
> This report is authored by the Progress & Freedom people that
> have been
> widely outed as "Astroturf" outfit. Astroturf is new use of
> the term to
> describe fake consumer groups and think tanks that are just
> funded with
> money from Verizon and the like. These firms are nothing but
> a new form
> of lobbying by the incumbents meant to look like real
> research. If you
> like to get a list of firms that produced industry funded papers and
> research. Check out this article in which Progress & Freedom is
> specifically outed. Now that Jim Henry has shown his true
> colors nothing
> he says can be taken seriously. He is a mouthpiece for the
> telecom lobby
> and supporter of telecom monopolies. I thought the quick turn to
> shouting about socialism made him suspect in the first place.
>
> *Bell SkunkWorks* *101*
>
> */What is Astroturf? Skunk Works?/*
> <http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Astroturf>*/ ---/*/The
> secret workings to deceive the public./
>
> http://www.newnetworks.com/skunkworks101.html
>
>
> http://muniwireless.com/municipal/504
>
> "Sascha Meinrath posted
> <http://www.saschameinrath.com/?q=node/view/57>
> a list of members of the boards of directors of two other "astroturf
> organizations", groups that claim to be looking out for the best
> interests of the average consumer - but a quick look at their
> boards of
> directors tells you everything you need to know about them:
>
> Progress & Freedom Foundation
>
> *George A. (Jay) Keyworth II - Hewlett Packard Company and General
> Atomics * Raymond L. Gifford - President PFF * Jeffrey Eisenach - PFF
> and CapAnalysis * Mark Grady - George Mason Law School *
> Larry Harlow -
> Timmons & Company, Inc. * Peter Harter - ZG VEntures LLC"
>
> - Dustin -
>
> Jim Henry wrote:
>
> >Here's an interesting study on government going into the telecom
> >business.
> >
> >http://www.pff.org/issues-pubs/pops/pop11.3govtownership.pdf
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >--
> >NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/
> >Un/Subscribe:
> >http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/
> >Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> --
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.14.14/222 - Release
> Date: 1/5/2006
>
>
--
NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/
Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/
Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
