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Re:Google, once disdainful of lobbying, now a master of Wash... by hga on Sunday April 13, 2014 @01:51PM (#7582110)
It's worth asking, "who's corruption"? I highly recommend the book "Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets" ( http://www.amazon.com/Extortion-Politicians-Extract-Money-Po...), which along with many things I've observed for a long time (e.g. the path and timing of Microsoft's travails, not to mention many of the details of a trial so bad the appeals court removed the trial judge while ratifying too much of his work), makes a compelling case a lot of this is a protection racket.

"Nice company you have here, would be a shame if anything happened to it...."

Re:Google, once disdainful of lobbying, now a master of Wash... by nitrogen on Sunday April 13, 2014 @06:20PM (#7583352)
What I heard about the MS antitrust case was that the judge lost his temper because Microsoft was being petulant and uncooperative, giving Microsoft an excuse to have him replaced by someone who wouldn't break up the company.