Nothing sucks more than progress....or trying to defeat the monopolies

[DainBramaged]

fight amongst yourselves.

[Fumesucker]

1. I hope you were being snarky..

Because this damn sure looks like a loss to me..

[rubberducky]

2. +1

[DainBramaged]

4. -10

[DainBramaged]

3. LALALALALALA

[kick-ass-bob]

7. Unfortunately...

"After an appearance at Lenovo today, Perdue talked about her decision to allow H129 to become law without her signature."

http://www.wral.com/news/state/nccapitol/blogpost/9626915/

[DainBramaged]

8. Vote for tomato cans and string, the modern way to communicate...

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[kick-ass-bob]

10. but it is not a pocket veto.

It is a pocket 'passing the bill'

[Fumesucker]

11. This was the second sentence in the excerpt you posted..

Perdue's inaction means that House Bill 129 is a done deal.

[kick-ass-bob]

6. delete

.

[RC]

5. Translation:

"There is a need to establish rules to prevent cities and towns from having an unfair advantage over providers in the private sector."

Cities and towns can do it cheaper because the profit motive is removed, greatly reducing the chance of price gouging.
Internet access needs to be a required service. If businesses can't do it ata reasonable cost, then the government needs to pick up the slack.

[lumberjack_jeff]

9. "an unfair advantage"

I hear this a lot. It pisses me off more and more each time I hear it.

Do I enjoy an unfair advantage over Jiffy Lube by changing my own oil? It's my fucking money, if I want to do it myself, that's my fucking business. The same holds true for anything. If my neighbors and I can pool our resources to provide services to ourselves cheaper than AT&T, then any elected official who stands in the way of that is violating his or her oath to uphold a constitution which begins with the words "we the people".

BTW, the article strongly implies that "done deal" means the bill will become law. Not a victory against the corporate machine at all.

[Fumesucker]

12. But corporations are people too..

Indeed, corporations are better than people, they are potentially immortal and by design they are amoral.

[RC]

13. Again, the people are forgotten.

But not corporate profits.