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Time Warner Cable Won't Compete, Seeks Legislation
narramissic writes "The good people of Wilson, NC pay $99/month for 10/10 Mbps internet service, 81 TV channels and telephone service. How'd they manage that, you ask? Well, the city-owned and operated cable service called Greenlight came into being when the City of Wilson approached TWC and local DSL provider Embarq and requested faster service for the area. 'TWC refused the request. And so Greenlight was born,' says blogger Peter Smith. 'Now Time Warner Cable and Embarq are upset that they've got competition, and rather than try to go head to head with Greenlight on price and service, they've instead been lobbying the state government of NC to pass laws to put Greenlight out of business. Apparently they're having some success, as the NC State Senate has proposed bills that would do TWC's bidding.'"
You may be sarcastic, but it does beg the question: Isn't that what we pay those people for? Isn't it their damn job to investigate what to do and what laws to pass? Isn't that basically their only reason to exist, to find out what's "best" for what is considered the common good and act in this manner?
If they cannot act that way, fire them. Yes, fire them. Out of a cannon if necessary, but they are essentially our employees. If I'm not satisfied with the performance of an employee, I send him packing and hire someone who can do his job.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
go fornicate with goat and our lawyers took care of it
Now THAT's money well spent!
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we told them to go fornicate with goat and our lawyers
How rude!
we told them to go fornicate with goat[,] and our lawyers took care of it.
Oh. I liked the first one better.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Well, you're both wrong regarding the spirit of the post. Black Parrot is assuming that it's impossible to find a goat willing to fornicate with TWC. Let me reassure you, Black Parrot, that there are goats out there that will do the task. I'm not saying they won't feel dirty after the fact, but they do have kids to feed.
"Common sense will be the death of us all"