And THAT's what give capitalism a bad name. So, with the "C-word" becoming a bad thing, the socialist will get their way - for now at least. What can a WISP do in such an environment? -RickG
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Patrick Leary <[email protected]>wrote: > Groan. Sigh. The following comment reflects a personal view... Would > have been nice if they could have tapped someone from a respected think > tank like Pew or non-profit like the New America Foundation. > > You'd think by now people would getting tired of bringing in big company > board room honchos to run these sorts of things. The temptation and > limited "big company" experience of these people just continues the > culture of influence peddling and mutual aggrandizing among their > well-heeled and boot-licking peers. After so many repeated stories of > abuse and fraud, all I can think of when I see this sort of appointment > of a major corporate figure is the image of cigar chomping, > back-slapping, bonus-happy banker-type culture. > > > Patrick Leary > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of John Scrivner > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:15 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint "owns" the NTIA > > Does anyone know the stock symbol for the company that makes KY Jelly? > I think that is where I will be moving my portfolio to. I'll just go > ahead now and predict that Sprint / Clearwire end up with a minimum of > $3B, likely more. > > > TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT... Former Sprint exec tapped as NTIA deputy director > > The Obama administration has named a former Sprint Nextel executive, > Anna Gomez, to serve as deputy director of the National > Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which will > handle as much as $6.65 billion in new stimulus wireless and broadband > grants that will be available to Sprint and its competitors. > > Gomez, former vice president of government affairs with Sprint, is > currently acting director of NTIA, which influences the president's > telecom policy within the Commerce Department. > > NTIA spokesman Bart Forbes said in an interview with the Wall Street > Journal that Gomez understands that the public has "every right to be > concerned about her role in a potential broadband grant program," > because of her history with Sprint. "She is discussing this with the > ethics office and will look to remove herself from the decision-making > process" for grant applications where appropriate, he said. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
