Treating corporations as persons is hardly new. And money may not be speach, but it sure is a megaphone.
-John ================ > 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 âfinancially challengedâ 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 wonât > as we seem to have the best politicians money can buy. Iâm 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.
