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mojowork_n

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13. That's easy. They'll replace them with 1920's technology

Reply to dembotoz (Reply #12)

Tue Jul 23, 2013, 10:20 AM

Jul 2013

Pneumatic tube mail delivery, the wave of the future.

http://untappedcities.com/2013/03/15/nycs-pneumatic-tube-mail-network/

Then Pony Express riders can speedily deliver the alarms
on fast horses, fleet as the wind. Just like Paul Revere.

The Teapublicans will all eat it up, cuz you can't get much more American
than Paul Revere and the Pony Express.

....and Verizon's lobbyists will pay off enough of the Republican Legislators
in the state, to guarantee themselves a hefty profit.

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�Get out of your cushy office and take a look around�: A rural Wisconsinite�s open letter to [View all] midnight Jul 2013 OP

Kick. One could easily assume that Tate and the other leaders of the DPW are actually Repukes. Scuba Jul 2013 #1

And by DPW leadership are you including Abele and Clark? midnight Jul 2013 #3

Well, I wasn't, but Abele is a perfect example. Clarke's just a nutjob. Scuba Jul 2013 #4

Yup! Nutters both of them!! hue Jul 2013 #6

kick x 2 ewagner Jul 2013 #2

"Just because a guy has manure on his boots. . ." DinahMoeHum Jul 2013 #5

Mike Tate ought to change his first name to Dick. Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #7

so what do you suggest--and I am NOT being sarcastic dembotoz Jul 2013 #8

I'm thinking really hard dembotoz.... And I know you are not being sarcastic... Thank you for your midnight Jul 2013 #9

money--return on investment. dsl is distance sensitive-so you need x number of customers within a dembotoz Jul 2013 #10

Saw this article and thought about this issue: midnight Jul 2013 #11

interesting thing on npr yestererday about how verizon (landline verizon not cell verizon) is trying dembotoz Jul 2013 #12

That's easy. They'll replace them with 1920's technology mojowork_n Jul 2013 #13

I hope everyone will read this whole article by Kathleen Vinehout dragonlady Jul 2013 #14

also of interest was the fact that in the last budget the thugs reduced local control over cell dembotoz Jul 2013 #15

Bill Moyers just put up a good article on land lines, cell towers and profit margins... mojowork_n Jul 2013 #16