MANY of us care about running a better country. Why are those from the left so intolerant of opinions they disagreee with?
Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Dustin Goodwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: 'Dana Spiegel'; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Governement run telecom and broadband > > > Jim, > Freepress must be terrible because they are not a mouthpiece for huge > telecom corporations. Your right they can't be trusted. Personally I > would describe Freepress as politically progressive. I am not sure it > matters as they mostly seemed interested in good public policy. > Socialism, leftists... is everything political? Or do some > people just > care about running a better country? > > - Dustin - > > Jim Henry wrote: > > >Dana, > > I've read the article you reference, and, like the one I > provided a > >link to, it is interesting. They make some good points. > However, like > >the PFF paper, it's an advocacy document. I found no mention of > >municipalities failing, or at least not doing as well, as commercial > >enterprises in delivering critical services. There are certainly > >examples, such as Philadelphia's PGW or NYC's water utility (nowhere > >near as bad as PGW I'm sure, but failing to meter water is > still pretty > >bad). No mention of a possible negative outcome from a > municipal offering. > > I am not too familiar with freepress.net but from > checking their web > >site, even though they claim to be non-partisan the stories > they offer > >seem to be coming from a leftist point of view. > > > >Jim > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > >>Of Dana Spiegel > >>Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:06 AM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Cc: [email protected] > >>Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Governement run telecom and broadband > >> > >> > >>Jim, > >> > >>Perhaps you should do a bit more research. > >> > >>The PFF is well known to rely on half-truths and misrepresentations > >>of fact to support their anti-municipal agenda. > >> > >>Free Press has released a white paper that provides the whole story, > >>and if you look at government broadband initiatives, they are > >>overwhelmingly cost saving and beneficial to local communities. > >> > >>http://www.freepress.net/docs/mb_white_paper.pdf > >> > >>Also, PFF's supporters include (and are primarily) every incumbent > >>telecom and cable company: http://www.pff.org/about/supporters.html > >> > >>While this isn't a problem in and of itself, it should make you > >>wonder where their views and motivations are coming from. > >> > >> > >>Dana Spiegel > >>Executive Director > >>NYCwireless > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>www.NYCwireless.net > >>+1 917 402 0422 > >> > >>Read the Wireless Community blog: http://www.wirelesscommunity.info > >> > >> > >>On Jan 9, 2006, at 10:04 PM, 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/ > >>> > >>> > >>-- > >>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/ > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.14.17/228 - Release > Date: 1/12/2006 > > -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
