RDC17
join:2011-05-15
Baltimore, MD
1 edit | Minorities love this deal! Who wants to see a combined AT&T - T-Mobile? So far hispanics, cattle ranchers, and the gays do! Its just a matter of time until the NAACP slaps their seal of approval on this one..... |
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 PhoenixDown-- Wants FIOSPremium
join:2003-06-08
Fresh Meadows, NY
kudos:1 | A consumer group to watch out for this stuff? DSLR has been good about keeping tabs on the shilling (at least in the technology space) but what about big pharma and the rest?
Maybe there needs to be an advocacy group whose mission is to keep tabs on this stuff and to put pressure on the groups that are shilling.
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| Minor Incident For AT&T AT&T will probably treat this as a minor incident. Heh heh.  |
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 cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:7 | reply to PhoenixDown
Re: A consumer group to watch out for this stuff? said by PhoenixDown:DSLR has been good about keeping tabs on the shilling (at least in the technology space) but what about big pharma and the rest? The site caters to the broadband, wireless, and related industries. I don't see much of a reason to keep tabs on other very unrelated industries. Perhaps you could start MedicineReports.com or DrugReports.com... |
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cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:7 | reply to RDC17
Re: The minorities love this deal! said by RDC17:Who wants to see a combined AT&T - T-Mobile? So far hispanics, cattle ranchers, and the gays do! Its just a matter of time until the NAACP slaps their seal of approval on this one..... Apparently "the gays" don't want to see that. |
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 LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | Stick to Gay rights advocacy?? I doubt it GLAAD, but that the organization may need to further clean house and revisit its advocacy for causes unrelated to gay rights.
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Re: The minorities love this deal! »blogs.kansascity.com/unfettered_···ger.html
Already endorsed by NAACP Kansas City |
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | reply to PhoenixDown
Re: A consumer group to watch out for this stuff? said by PhoenixDown:Maybe there needs to be an advocacy group whose mission is to keep tabs on this stuff and to put pressure on the groups that are shilling. There's no money in consumer advocacy. As soon as some true motivation pops up for "consumer shilling", then the playing field can level out. Don't count on that happening though  |
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 n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY | Group Comments I spent some time on the FCC website reading comments from various organizations and it is really sickening. They also basically parrot the same AT&T talking points almost to a letter in some cases. The FUD they are spreading is mind numbing. Hopefully more members of these organizations will wake up and realize they are being sold out by their leaders. One of my favorites is that the T-Mobile spectrum will allow AT&T to expand rural coverage (as if they didn't have more spectrum than god already) and that prices will be lower due to economies of scale (AT&T and VZW customers want to chime in on their lower bills?).
I would love to believe the FCC would see through all the garbage in the comments filed by these organizations and instead pay attention to the thousands of comments from individuals deriding this merger. Sadly, money talks and BS walks.
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| About to cancel T-mobile I will be cancelling my T-mobile service the second this actually goes through.
I wonder how many others will be doing the same? |
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Re: Stick to Gay rights advocacy?? I doubt it said by Linklist:I'll believe that when I see it. They will still advocate for other liberal causes. The uproar over AT&T is because they are supposedly the deserved to be attacked EVIL corporation.
Of course they will. That is because liberal causes tend to align with gay causes. For example, support for the homeless is a big liberal thing - gay youth is significant portion of the homeless population. Drug rehab and less harsh drug laws are a liberal thing and there is a drug problem in the gay community. Sex education is a liberal platform and is absolutely vital for the health and welfare of gay youth.
This is not because AT&T are evil, it is because AT&T making more money and having more power isn't of direct benefit to the gay community. Last I checked, a significant portion of AT&T stockholders or upper management was gay. |
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elray
join:2000-12-16
Santa Monica, CA | reply to DataRiker
Re: About to cancel T-mobile said by DataRiker:I will be cancelling my T-mobile service the second this actually goes through.
I wonder how many others will be doing the same?
That's cutting your nose off, to spite your face. For all we know, all T-Mobile accounts will be grandfathered. And what we don't know, is to what extent consolidation might actually improve things.
While I'm dead-set against the merger on historical grounds - SBC/AT&T hasn't done much of anything right in my lifetime, that doesn't mean there can't be positive outcomes if we fail to block it.
Where will you go? |
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ackman
join:2000-10-04
Atlanta, GA | reply to RDC17
Re: The minorities love this deal! Yours was a pretty ignorant, hateful, and demeaning remark that added nothing to the context of the article. Well done. |
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RDC17
join:2011-05-15
Baltimore, MD | Huh?
It's a DSLR fact that hispanic cultural groups, cattle rancher associations, and now GLAAD have either said they are or wanted to say they are in favor of the deal, probably in exchange for a nice monetary gift from AT&T.
AT&T knows how to play their cards. If the government strikes down the deal, they can say that the government is against minority interests. That will surely rustle some feathers!
Sorry I'm not as politically correct as you are, but I'm not wearing a white robe and hat. |
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| floating peices of poo, in the pool! Back when I was an SBC/at&t employee, 'the company' would regularly send out e-mails to EVERY employee with e-mail access, urging them to click some link, which would send a pre-written e-mail to designated representatives in the Congress. Often, you were not even able to read the e-mail you were sending to elected representatives!
oh yeah, and let's not forget, at&t is the company that threatens to fire you, if you do NOT donate some percentage of your paycheck, automatically to United Way ... so 'the company' can boast near 100% employee contributions.
at&t is clearly crossing some lines, in my opinion. If they're willing to pimp out employees in this manner, why should we expect 'the company' to act in an honorable fashion, when it comes to local/state/federal activities?
When my employment was threatened, because I chose NOT to let my employer dictate or even know/track my charitable contributions, I told my boss at the time, "If you think this is appropriate, you've got another thing coming! Go ahead! Fire me!" He didn't ...
The fact is, at&t is a dinosaur from the 19th century, that DOES NOT act in an honorable manner, in it's business practices. They frequently abuse employees, AND local/state/federal regulations. So long as it either generates revenue, or saves 'the company' money on something, they'll do it!
I'm SO thankful I don't do one iota of business with at&t! If/when the T-Mobile deal goes thru, I'll be additionally thankful I don't do business with T-Mobile either!
Death to Ma Bell!
down with at&t!
Lerch and Darth Felo can eat my shorts!  |
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Re: Minor Incident For AT&T but are they taking it seriously? |
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Re: About to cancel T-mobile only think keping me from going to spring is a wimax/lte "4g" windows phone |
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Re: Group Comments actual in some cases tmobile had the better coverage in bum puck nowhere than AT&T did |
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 camaro92Question everythingPremium
join:2008-04-05
Westfield, MA
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Re: About to cancel T-mobile When you have greed and shareholders behind this everyone will eventually become AT&T bitches.If anyone wants a good read on the history of this company that really shows how long they have been screwing over the American public take a few min to read it.
»www.fundinguniverse.com/company-···ory.html |
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| GLAAD Members Should be Commended I'm surprised that nobody has given the members of this organization kudos for removing officers that would act against the interests of their members. I wish more organizations had a membership engaged enough to know what their leadership is up to. |
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