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Re:Senator Al Franken's Letter to Uber [pdf] by marincounty on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @10:21PM (#8634271)
Yes--the Boober made some asinine statements. Let him dig his way out of his utter foolishness. Now to Uber. I was shocked what they expect you to buy and drive in order to become a Uber Driver. Nothing less than a 2008 vechicle? And the list of acceptabe cars? After insurance it just dosen't add up--unless your sleeping in you car, or your in a brand spanking new market.

In all reality, maybe he said these things just to get the free advertising? It's too bad it's come to this? That said, is there any freeware uber/Lyft type code floating around? Just curious?

Re:Senator Al Franken's Letter to Uber [pdf] by jemacniddle on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @11:03PM (#8634386)
Do you have a link to the original 'boober' transcript? Haven't been able to find one, context is everything so I'd rather have the full backstory before making any assumptions.
Re:Senator Al Franken's Letter to Uber [pdf] by aaronbrethorst on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @11:38PM (#8634445)
It took about 30 seconds of Googling to turn up a link to the GQ interview where this was originally reported.

http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201403/uber-cab-c...

Re:Senator Al Franken's Letter to Uber [pdf] by jemacniddle on Thursday November 20, 2014 @02:30AM (#8634713)
"Not to make assumptions, but Kalanick probably wasn't the first kid in his class to lose his virginity. But the way he talks now—which is large—he's surely making up for lost time. When I tease him about his skyrocketing desirability, he deflects with a wisecrack about women on demand: “Yeah, we call that Boob-er.”"

Yeah seems more like an insult than a transcript to a conversation.