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Slavin Away
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anon125
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| Re: Well...... "Preserving Innovation in Telecom Act of 2005"
.....PITA of 2005 
Pain in the...
Great choice for the name of the law/act.  | |
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Kfedka
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Spokane, WA | Greedy I smell greedy.. | |
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX
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| Re: Greedy said by anon125:"Preserving Innovation in Telecom Act of 2005" .....PITA of 2005 said by Kfedka  :I smell greedy.. I smell a Greek lunch.
Seriously though, this is not a well thought out name. PITA has been used many times already. Here is a short list of other people using it:
- Pacific International Trapshooting Association
- Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association
- Palestinian Information Technology Association
- Paper Industry Technical Association
- Professional Internet Travel Alliance
- Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance
- Practical Interdisciplinary Tractable Algorithms (PITA Group)
And my personal favorite from the urban dictionary...
- Pain In The Ass
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zoom314
Superman
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Yermo, CA
| Re: Well...... said by Lazarus :Does this really surprise anyone? Not really, But at least We all know Who bought and paid for Him, And It isn't the people of His state I'd think.
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| said by Lazarus :Does this really surprise anyone? It shouldn't... When people oppose or support something, its usually because they have a vested interest in something going the was they want...
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Forney, TX | It Shows if you have money you can get laws passed to benifit you and the companies you have stock in. This is front door back door stock advising. | |
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Mullica Hill, NJ | Portable Instant Teleportation Appliance.(Patent Pending)
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icp1
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Saint Louis, MO
clubs: | Ouch "No, I'm not biased in any way, why do you ask?" says Mr. Sessions.
No, it doesn't surprise me, but sheesh half a mill in options? | |
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starstuff
Fly By Wire
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join:2001-12-05
Mcallen, TX
| Re: Ouch said by icp1 :"No, I'm not biased in any way, why do you ask?" says Mr. Sessions. No, it doesn't surprise me, but sheesh half a mill in options? That is the tip of the iceberg... follow the money path.
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oliphant
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Corona, CA | Follow the $$$$$$ It always explains EVERYTHING. | |
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San Antonio, TX | Re: Follow the $$$$$$ that's what lenin said. | |
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footballdude
join:2002-08-13
Imperial, MO
| worthless Stock options are worthless if the stock price doesn't go up. SBC's stock hasn't moved in five years. That's why the guy is still holding on to the options and hasn't cashed them in yet. If you buy a half million worth of stock and sell it for a half million, that's not exactly an incentive to be someone's champion. | |
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oliphant
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Corona, CA | Re: worthless Which they may if he got his way which I think is the point of the criticism.
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Imperial, MO
| Re: worthless said by oliphant :Which they may if he got his way which I think is the point of the criticism. You really think muni broadband in out of the way townships is having any real effect on SBCs financials? | |
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Houston, TX
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| Re: worthless SBC apparently thinks so. At least they see the potential for unwanted competition. | |
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oliphant
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Corona, CA | I doubt that SBC would consider cities like San Francisco out of the way townships. »SBC opposes San Francisco Muni BB
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| Re: worthless said by oliphant :I doubt that SBC would consider cities like San Francisco out of the way townships. I thought the whole idea of munis was to wire places that weren't being served by the telcos. I would think SF is being well served by SBC. | |
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oliphant
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Imperial, MO | Re: worthless I thought the government was constrained against direct competition with private business? | |
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oliphant
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| Re: worthless Public schools compete against private. The USPS competes with Fedex, UPS and DHL. Private security patrols compete with police. Public transit competes with private transit. Private hospitals complete with public hospitals.
There are plenty of areas where gov't completes directly or indirectly against private sector business.
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| Re: worthless That is completely true, I have yet to see a MuniBB start up where there wasn't already an Incumbent. At least in all the cases where I've dealt with it personally. I'm sure there are Munis out there with pure intentions, but mostly they're there to drive someone else out. | |
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oliphant
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| Re: worthless MuniBB starts going where there is significant CONSTITUENT DEMAND for them to be there. More often than not it takes democratic action (voting on the bond issuance etc) to get these rolling which is why we see all of the incumbent money being spent on advertising saying like a Jedi Mind Trick "No, you don't want choice, you don't want better service..."
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KoolMoe
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Chaoswar
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Melrose Park, IL |  Do I smell...
or is it something so close that it might as well be?
eh... Stinks worse than tuna to me. | |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
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New Jersey | Franchise agreements ? Interesting SBC, Verizon etc, not only wants to offer cable tv without a franchise, but its also wants to ban muni wireless. Does someone notice a set up?
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garagerock
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join:2002-06-14
Louisville, KY
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| Nat'l Muni Ban is BS Let's just let Washington decide everything for every town in America when the big dogs can't or won't deploy. What hogwash.
Tying the hands of local gov'ts who are trying to help their citizens or their business community is the polar opposite of what they are there for in the first place. | |
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| Shall we all... Send him a nice little email?
I believe his email address is psessions@mail.house.gov
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tomkb
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clubs: | perks of the job He wants to have his cake and eat it too, big deal. I don't expect any less from a politician. Unless someone is willing to do something about it besides complain, let him have his way. | |
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war_by_proxy
join:2004-06-15
Houston, TX | It doesn't really surprise me I'm glad I didn't vote for him last time, and I am sure going to do something for his opponent next time. This makes me so mad, what a greedy scumbag. | |
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clickie
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Monroe, MI | Hello? Ethics Committees? Here's a live one for ya! | |
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guitarzan
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Skytop, PA
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| Pete Sessions is.... Another wanna-be Dick Tater to don the mask of fascism..for a seat in..
A fascist government, with a right-wing capitalist bent. Particularly with a citizenry willing to compromise their rights for the sake of being provided "security".....
Actually three of the several signs of any incoming fascism are 1.A continuous war (verbal or physical) against an enemy 2.More and more limiting personal freedom in return for "security" 3.Close ties with the big corporations, in terms of laws (pro-corporate, anti-intividual laws in return of pro-government corporate support).
Ummm, wait a sec... It's here quickly being implemented.We already see the rules appearing.In the form of "Do as I say
not as I do".Vote that "mofo" out of office.If need be get that lame azz law repealed if passed.Time to show them where the bus stop is. | |
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join:2005-04-19
New York, NY | Re: Pete Sessions is.... Where did you get your "easy fascism/fascism 1-2-3" list? Methinks it's bullshit. | |
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Whiting, IN
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| said by guitarzan :citizenry willing to compromise their rights for the sake of being provided "security"..... I totally agree with you. Though you did simplfy the steps a bit, but they are definitely part of the beginning steps. It amazes me how much of this type of thing you can read about here on BBR forums and few recognize the real problems or even offer solutions. "Just give me gazillion Gbps download and I will be happy" seems to be the only thing people want on these forums. It's time to start creating real obstacles and show our govt, the EU, and WTO that they will not get there way w/o a fight. In non-democratic societies where autocratic rulers and tyrannical oligarchies frequently flourish, and compassionate benevolent leaders are rare, massive violence is normally the only course of action available for altering the status quo. quote by Clark, Major Jackie K, U.S. Marine Corps 1988. | |
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richardpor
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join:2003-04-19
Portland, OR
| A better proposal Instead of just banning Muni form wiring up broad band networks, how about one prohibiting federal tax dollars to be used to build public broadband networks nor levy any new taxes on Internet, Phone connection to fund Muni Networks. The States could do likewise.
My proposal will be the Tax Payer Telecommunication Protection Act. It will be my goal to bring out the real issue. A bunch of big spending politicians want to stay in office. Building networks, except for the defense department, is one program government does not need to involve it self. My tax dollars should only go to protecting our citizens, Fire and Police. The rest should be left to private enterprise. | |
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| bbandbrat
Big Broadband Everywhere - Firstmile.Us
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USA
| Re: A better proposal And how do you think the police and fire are supposed to protect you if they don't have access to high speed connections, through out your City. And how much do you want your politicians to pay the incumbents for those services? What do you think it costs to create the video to the car, or to support mobile data terminals, or to build redundant communications to insure support for disasters?
Small cities don't have purchasing power, they pay high rates for T-1s and more. These bills even prevent Institutional Networks (I-Nets) so the incumbents can have anchor tenants for their sub-optimal (with respect to bandwidth, features and functionality) networks. | |
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