I wasnt out to create an argument thread. My last 2 cents: Free has created an entitlement mentality in this country and now "we" cant pay for it. Where is the money coming from? Can we, our children, & our grandchildren afford Trillion dollar budget deficits? As far as free - tell that to our country's founding fathers. I apoligize, as I realize this list is not for politics. This is my last comment on the subject.
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:30 AM, St. Louis Broadband<li...@stlbroadband.com> wrote: > Interesting analogies on both parts. > > My grandmother was a farmer. As I was growing up, one summer visiting my > grandmother, one of the sows birthed a pig that had no tail and she would > not suckle it because of this fact, so I took care of it and of course named > it "no tail"...the next summer I returned and my gmom renamed the pig to > "pork chops"... > > There is no analogy there, except to reiterate that no one rides for free, > except in our BIP/BTOP proposal the Public Safety network does! > > We live in an area that sits within the New Madrid fault zone. > Our areas are not only underserved, but unserved and remote, as well as the > fact that there is little 911 in our counties and in some counties there is > no 911, at all. > To combine this problem with the fact that there are 467 abandoned and > working mines that entire communities are built upon. > We have another potential Katrina that is being ignored. > > We approached our application with a holistic approach rather than a > capitalistic one. We are a Small and Disadvantaged business. > We were approached and offered the 20% matching funds, but were required to > sell 51% of our business if we excepted these funds. > We chose a different path. Which, may or may not fly. > > We chose to maintain ownership of our business and offered to put 30% of our > profits back into the communities that we propose to serve, into technology > enrichment programs. > To us this would be a win-win situation for our communities and allow us to > expand our network, while performing a community service. > > If our application is approved, I would have to disagree with you Rick. > Where you state "Free is never appreciated and it will not strengthen those > that receive it"... > We believe that our "ride for free" Public Safety network is a case that > will strengthen our communities. > > Victoria > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of RickG > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 8:27 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] NTIA Announces 2,200 Applications for BIP/BTOP > > FD: I didnt say I was a farmer. I was just making an observation. > While I enjoyed your analogy, there are other ways the story could > go. My Dad always said there is always someone bigger. Perhaps, the > hog in question gets slaughered for his value sooner in order to buy > the bigger, better hog? > Analogies aside, human history shows a different story altogether. One > very important rule in life - nobody rides for free. Free is never > appreciated and it will not strengthen those that receive it. I fact, > find that those that survive through hardship using their own means > become the stronger ones. I predict the majority of the funds will be > wasted and squandered. Just my opinion. > -RickG > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:06 PM, <ccoo...@intelliwave.com> wrote: >> Full Disclosure: I am also a farmer.... >> >> So the hog that fights the most gets to eat the most. He gets bigger >> than his competitors. Chances are, since he is the biggest he also >> gets the upper hand in any battles that take place in the lot. He may >> have a better chance of expressing his genetics than his counterparts >> and in doing so get selected to breed all the females. If he makes it >> that far he gets to postpone a date with the knife that his smaller, >> weaker competitors face. When his time comes (as it does for us all) >> because he is so big, he brings the highest price. But he gets to >> have more fun than his weaker buddies do along the way. >> >> C >> >> >> >> >> Quoting RickG <rgunder...@gmail.com>: >> >>> It reminds me of the farm I was at the other day at dinner time. The >>> pigs were all fighting for food at the trough. 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