The $200 Billion Rip-Off: Our broadband future was stolen (2007)

Re:The $200 Billion Rip-Off: Our broadband future was stolen... by pionar on Tuesday January 07, 2014 @10:23PM (#7021468)

I don't get all the apologies in this thread. The US is a great country! Has its warts, but I've lived in Europe, and I've been to Australia, and I wouldn't live anywhere else.

It's the maverick, can-do entrepreneurial spirit that's more prevalent among Americans and the rich cultural diversity that comes with being a melting pot that I love about this country. Outside of a few bad spots in a few cities, it's one of the safest places in the world to live.

Yeah, our history is kinda fucked up, but whose isn't? Bad people do bad things. Name one country in the world that doesn't have fucked up moments in their history.

I just don't understand all the pessimism and self-hate that Americans seem to have lately.

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Re:The $200 Billion Rip-Off: Our broadband future was stolen... by digisign on Tuesday January 07, 2014 @11:13PM (#7021645)

It's because of the cancer I like to call the US government, not to mention corporate media which make a profit obfuscating the process of national theft. Everyone is angry but few know why.

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Re:The $200 Billion Rip-Off: Our broadband future was stolen... by pionar on Tuesday January 07, 2014 @11:29PM (#7021692)

I'm replying to digisign -

I would argue that it's the media that's stirring that anger up and the fact that partisan hacks turn every small thing into an OUTRAGE more than everything truly being outrageous.

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Re:The $200 Billion Rip-Off: Our broadband future was stolen... by digisign on Friday January 17, 2014 @01:23AM (#7074588)

Thats what I mean by "obfuscating...", i.e. distracting.

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