Illinois Tele-com debacle<--a rant about DEMS

[Sava]

Ned: I'm very wary of any wireless technology. Weather really f*cks up my friend's satelite dish. Cell phones are unreliable. And my cordless phone picks up my neighbor's baby monitor.

I agree Ming. What's happening on the state level in Illinois is the same thing happening on the national level. Both parties suck because they are corporate wh0res.

[Imran Siddiqui]

What a mess up. There is a reason why 'true' capitalism promotes and wants competition, so prices get lower. You give one company a monopoly and of course prices rise... but no one thinks of the consumers.

[GePap]

Originally posted by Ming
Well now that the Dem's are totally in charge in the state... they are going to pick our pockets clean and not give us much in return. And there is nobody to stop them. I could see this coming when I saw SBC's media campaign the last few weeks... Knowing how much they have kicked into the Dems campaign chest... and it was a done deal from the start.

So much for checks and balances... they just did an end run.

Yeah, that is just how I feel...about a republican WH, a republican congress, and a conservative Court. The whole coutnry getting screwed, while we are geeting crap for our money..

So much for checks and balances... they just did an end run.

[Static Universe]

Originally posted by Sava
It's bad enough this bill is going to amount to higher rates, but we have to listen to blowhole state-senator James Clayborne (D-East St. Louis) tell us that we should feel good about this crap. "It will mean more jobs"... OH BALONEY! It will mean that you'll get more campaign contributions you pork barrel.

Living in St. Louis, I can tell you that if someone from East St. Louis thinks it's a good idea it's almost certainly a rip-off.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Static Universe


Living in St. Louis, I can tell you that if someone from East St. Louis thinks it's a good idea it's almost certainly a rip-off.

yup

[HolyWarrior]

Originally posted by Sava

I've ignored the arcane mob-like dealings of the Illinois Democrats because they haven't done anything to piss me off. But finally, these prostitutes have managed to screw every single person who owns a phone in this area. The only thing I can hope is that Illinois Coalition for Competitive Telecommunications can get this law blocked.

Democracy in this state is really taking a beating. We've got two corrupt parties.

Discuss...

For once I have to agree with Sava. It REALLY sucks to be from Illinois right now. The RINO Republicans have shot themselves in the foot so many times that a Democrat win was inevitable, but Blowhardevich and his cronies are no better.
I was surprised that AT&T, MCI didn't mount a better counter-attack to the full-court press put on by SBC. Hopefully it won't be as bad as Sava makes it out to be, but with as much influence peddling going on that there was, this can't be good.

[SlowwHand]

Ohhhhh. Trouble in River City, Sava?