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AT&T CEO Attacks Network Neutrality

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the does-america-even-understand-why-this-matters dept.

Verteiron writes "The former CEO of AT&T, Ed Whitacre, had some interesting remarks to make about Net Neutrality during his parting speech. Choice quotes include his plans for getting anti-neutrality legislation through: "Will Congress let us do it?" Whitacre asks his colleagues. "You bet they will — cuz we don't call it cashin' in. We call it 'deregulation.' " More information on AT&T's attitude problem and a video of the speech are available. There's no sign that his replacement is any better."

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  1. Anyone actually RTFM? by YeeHaW_Jelte · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Including CmdrTaco? This is obviously a joke, so please don't take those quotes seriously ...

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  2. Re:stay on your own side of the pond by aussie_a · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Except Iraq proves you're not sitting it out and are instead rushing in to claim the 20th century's gold. I'm sure many throughout the world would be quite happy if you didn't lie yourself into another oil grab.

  3. Re:stay on your own side of the pond by TheGeneration · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    but you can be sure that oil had very little to do with it.

    Are you trolling?

    This war was about oil and nothing else. Saddam Hussein is a bad man, sure, but there are plenty of rulers around the world who are just as bad. The difference is that Saddam's badness gave us the justification for war to acquire oil.

    Here are two main reasons why we went to war:

    -The Saudi Royal family has become too powerful in the US due to our dependence on their oil.
    -China is ramping up their industrial economy. They have replaced the US as the number one buyer of resources, which means that the US no longer gets the same place at the bargaining table.

    In theory both of those problems can be resolved by the U.S. directly (or indirectly through a puppet government) controlling a major oil producing country.

    The Iraq war was meant to give the US that control over middle eastern oil. The problem is that the war was poorly executed by callous men. Huge mistakes were made, stupid mistakes were made, and now our ability to control Iraqi oil is in jeopardy, and so is our national security and prosperity.

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