True enough. And it certainly was not the left that condoned--or ever would condone--leaving the stadium lights on while turning off power to hospitals and nursing homes.
Which didn't happen, by the way, but it makes a fantastic tale. And power * did* roll off for virtually all non life-critical applications. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:32 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Five out of nine people believe money is free speech and a corporation is a > person. Well five conservative judges. ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Perry Sandeen <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 22:45:05 > To: [email protected]<[email protected]> > Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > <[email protected]> > Subject: [time-nuts] Lightsquared and a little math > > List, > > Wrote "The nationwide LightSquared network, consisting of approximately > 40,000 cellular base stations, will cover 92 percent of the U.S. population > by 2015 > > You can make book the missing 8 percent will be areas that exclude the > farmers and ranchers who provide our food but the left will make sure the > always “financially challenged” in the slums will have it and probably for > free. > > The proof? In every state in the US there is something called a universal > service fee on your phone bill. This is usually 35 to 45 cents. It is not > optional. The purpose of that fee is modeled after the postal system that > charges you the same amount whether one sends a letter 2 miles or 2,000 > miles so that everyone can economically communicate. > > By law the phone companies are given that money to provide the rural areas > with the same services that are offered in urban areas. This includes > broadband DSL and TV services. It has never happened and probably won’t as > we seem to have the best politicians money can buy. I’m a conservative and > I have lived in two rural areas now and the story is the same. AT&T > continues to send me glowing adverts for bundled phone service only. When I > lived in a large town they came door to door trying to sign people up for > broadband and the regularly sent glowing adverts in my phone bill to sign up > for bundled phone, DSL broadband, and TV. > > This explains while they kept the lights on continuously at the Dallas > Cowboy stadium for the superbowel, they had 15 minute rolling blackouts to > all the area hospitals, nursing homes and elder care facilities where > residents rely on continued electrical service for their oxygen > concentrators and assisted breathing devices. > > Regards, > > Perrier > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
