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Senator Questions Rise In US Texting Prices
vimm writes "Senator Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) has started an inquiry on the rising prices of text messaging (up 100% since 2005) that has occurred almost in sync with the consolidation of 6 major carriers down to 4. In a letter sent to Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint Nextel, and T-Mobile, Kohl said the increase 'does not appear to be justified by rising costs in delivering text messages.'"
Personally, I'd feel safer on a flight if ordinary citizens were allowed to carry. Even if the airlines offered everyone a small, .22 caliber single shot derringer as they got on. Small and low powered so no single person could really do much damage, but several passengers could easily take someone down if they tried anything stupid.
What you are advocating is MAD on a plane scale,and it simply won't work. MAD works because BOTH sides want to not only win the conflict,but survive. The guys that take planes and ram them into buildings obviously DON'T care if they survive. Which means that they'd be happy to take your bullets,as long as they can manage to put theirs through the controls of the plane along with the pilot and copilot just to make sure the infidels die. Which is why I'm sad to say we will probably always be dealing with Islamic terrorists. Because as a wise person once said "They have to love their children more than they hate us." and I just don't see that happening. But as always this is my 02c,YMMV
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
Oh, he earned his millions by the creed that prices should reflect the costs of production and not what price the market will pay for it?
He should mind his own business and department store instead of putting his price setting nose where it doesn't belong.
Send your spendthrift head of state this