This is the truth. I worked in Senior Management at a REA. Hated the mentality. -RickG
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 12:50 PM, MDK <rea...@muddyfrogwater.us> wrote: > There's only one thing you REALLY need to know about it: > > The TVA was the source of much fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars. So > was the REA. > > Creating monopolies has resulted in highly inefficient business models for > electricity, and there's only space in this game for "big corporations". > Just think "Enron". Government thought it could build a pretend free > market so it could have the benefits of a free market, but still control > the > game. Enron (and other scandals ) was the result. You can't "fake" a > free market. You can only build a set of rules for creative types to use > to "game" the system. You know, kind of how our regulators and certain > government sponsored entities created a massive debt bubble that still > threatens our nation. EVERY effort to do this will result in either > extremely inefficient business models... Or massive fraud. > > We have paid a lot for this monopoly status, we're still paying for it, and > it will continue to absorb our hard earned wealth at immoral rates until > people stop thinking that "public" = righteous. > > There's always going to be excuses for those have an ideological belief in > superiority of socialized services to advocate them with emotional appeals. > There's just no reason for any person with an IQ above refrigerator > temperature to fall for it. There is only one reason to advocate > socialized services, and that's because there's political and partisan > power > to be derived from controlling essential services with political power. > When the mob does it by intimidation, we call it criminal. When Congress > does it, a certain number of people swoon in awe of their righteousness, > while the rest of us recoil in disgust. There is, however, no actual > difference between Congress controlling access to our needs and the mob > doing it. > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Brian Webster" <bwebs...@wirelessmapping.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 8:42 AM > To: "WISPA List" <wireless@wispa.org>; <memb...@wispa.org>; > <motor...@afmug.com>; "WISPA Board Members List" <bo...@wispa.org> > Subject: [WISPA] Broadband compared to electricity of the early 1900's > > > I have been of the thought process that Broadband needs to be compared to > > electricity and telephone service expansion and deployments of the early > > 1900's. Here is a nice article that draws a direct comparison to > > electricity > > (and municipal networks). Should be good food for though to all: > > > > The Killer App of 1900 <http://publicola.net/?p=20687> > > by Glenn Fleishman <techn...@publicola.net>, 12/11/2009, 11:18 AM > > > > It’s instructional to look back 100 years, not long after the first > > electrical generation plants were built to bring power to towns and > > cities, > > to assess the situation we find ourselves in with broadband availability > > today. > > > > http://publicola.net/?p=20687 > > > > Thank You, > > Brian Webster > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
