rushmc 23 #1 February 12, 2013 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323511804578296001368122888.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection QuoteA review of five top recipients of Lifeline support conducted by the FCC for the Journal showed that 41% of their more than six million subscribers either couldn't demonstrate their eligibility or didn't respond to requests for certification. "America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #2 February 12, 2013 We have met the enemy and he be us.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,589 #3 February 12, 2013 Was there a reason you used that particular grammatical error? You usually don't make them, so it's obviously deliberate. Enquiring minds are interested. Wendy P.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weekender 0 #4 February 12, 2013 Quotehttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323511804578296001368122888.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection QuoteA review of five top recipients of Lifeline support conducted by the FCC for the Journal showed that 41% of their more than six million subscribers either couldn't demonstrate their eligibility or didn't respond to requests for certification. i read the article and it seems that the teleco companies are the ones who pushed to expand this program to line their pockets. no surprise to me nor am i offended but its not just the politicians buying votes. not even close."The point is, I'm weird, but I never felt weird." John Frusciante Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #5 February 12, 2013 QuoteQuotehttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323511804578296001368122888.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection QuoteA review of five top recipients of Lifeline support conducted by the FCC for the Journal showed that 41% of their more than six million subscribers either couldn't demonstrate their eligibility or didn't respond to requests for certification. i read the article and it seems that the teleco companies are the ones who pushed to expand this program to line their pockets. no surprise to me nor am i offended but its not just the politicians buying votes. not even close. Well that's the chicken or the egg now isn't it. Wanna bet the lawyers would have been crying racist if the carriers had been denying access en masse. Sorry Wendy, it's true...Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #6 February 12, 2013 Quote Quote Quote http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323511804578296001368122888.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection Quote A review of five top recipients of Lifeline support conducted by the FCC for the Journal showed that 41% of their more than six million subscribers either couldn't demonstrate their eligibility or didn't respond to requests for certification. i read the article and it seems that the teleco companies are the ones who pushed to expand this program to line their pockets. no surprise to me nor am i offended but its not just the politicians buying votes. not even close. Well that's the chicken or the egg now isn't it. Wanna bet the lawyers would have been crying racist if the carriers had been denying access en masse. Sorry Wendy, it's true... Whose votes are they buying? Not the poor, because they are eligible anyway. Wealthy people scamming the system are usually GOP supporters... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,589 #7 February 12, 2013 QuoteWell that's the chicken or the egg now isn't it. Wanna bet the lawyers would have been crying racist if the carriers had been denying access en masse. Sorry Wendy, it's true...So let me get this -- your contention is that the darkies forced the telephone companies to give them all their free phones via legal terrorism. Because, after all, the people willing to sue over phone access have so many more resources than telephone companies. Are the darkies most likely to be cheating, or most likely to be poor (and therefore eligible). Or doesn't it matter? Wendy P.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #8 February 12, 2013 Nice bait Wendy but I'm not biting. I have become a Contentist. I am doing as the late Dr. King had hoped and judging, 'not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.' I've already made the judgement that people unable to speak even close to grammatically correct english after attending our fine, taxpayer funded public education facilities are lacking in character. I would suggest that you are actually the racist by assuming that the 'be' in 'he be us' is the type of grammatic error only african americans make. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,589 #9 February 12, 2013 That's why I waited for your answer. The "racist" in it was a pretty clear indicator to me. Maybe I inferred too much Wendy P. There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,595 #10 February 12, 2013 QuoteWell that's the chicken or the egg now isn't it. Wanna bet the lawyers would have been crying racist if the carriers had been denying access en masse. Sorry Wendy, it's true... Really? According to the article, that (purging the ineligible recipients) is essentially what's happening now. Is anyone crying racist?Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #11 February 12, 2013 QuoteQuoteWell that's the chicken or the egg now isn't it. Wanna bet the lawyers would have been crying racist if the carriers had been denying access en masse. Sorry Wendy, it's true... Really? According to the article, that (purging the ineligible recipients) is essentially what's happening now. Is anyone crying racist? Read and learn grasshopper...(bold is mine) Suspecting that many of the new subscribers were ineligible, the Federal Communications Commission tightened the rules last year and required carriers to verify that existing subscribers were eligible. The agency estimated 15% of users would be weeded out, but far more were dropped.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,589 #12 February 12, 2013 The cell phone companies petitioned the FCC to let them do the lifeline phones too (according to the article, they saw a small guaranteed per-phone profit there, and they love guaranteed profit). So the FCC let them, and now way more than anticipated people are using it. So the FCC instructed them to crack down. I'm not sure where the cries of racism have come from, either. Wendy P.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #13 February 12, 2013 Never said anyone cried racist. I'm saying if the carriers had instituted, of their own volition the same certification the FCC ordered you would have had cries of racism.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,595 #14 February 13, 2013 QuoteRead and learn grasshopper...(bold is mine) Suspecting that many of the new subscribers were ineligible, the Federal Communications Commission tightened the rules last year and required carriers to verify that existing subscribers were eligible. The agency estimated 15% of users would be weeded out, but far more were dropped. Italic is mine "Payouts under the program have shot up from $819 million in 2008, as more wireless carriers have persuaded regulators to let them offer the service." So what's your point butterfly?Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,595 #15 February 13, 2013 QuoteI'm saying if the carriers had instituted, of their own volition the same certification the FCC ordered you would have had cries of racism. Which would never have happened because the carriers want to expand the service as much as possible. It's in their interest to do so.Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #16 February 13, 2013 QuoteQuoteI'm saying if the carriers had instituted, of their own volition the same certification the FCC ordered you would have had cries of racism. Which would never have happened because the carriers want to expand the service as much as possible. It's in their interest to do so. Capitalism in action. I wonder why airdiver hates capitalism.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #17 February 13, 2013 QuoteQuoteQuoteI'm saying if the carriers had instituted, of their own volition the same certification the FCC ordered you would have had cries of racism. Which would never have happened because the carriers want to expand the service as much as possible. It's in their interest to do so. Capitalism in action. I wonder why airdiver hates capitalism. Only in your world is the government paying for cell phones capitalism.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weekender 0 #18 February 13, 2013 Quote Quote Quote Quote http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323511804578296001368122888.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection Quote A review of five top recipients of Lifeline support conducted by the FCC for the Journal showed that 41% of their more than six million subscribers either couldn't demonstrate their eligibility or didn't respond to requests for certification. i read the article and it seems that the teleco companies are the ones who pushed to expand this program to line their pockets. no surprise to me nor am i offended but its not just the politicians buying votes. not even close. Well that's the chicken or the egg now isn't it. Wanna bet the lawyers would have been crying racist if the carriers had been denying access en masse. Sorry Wendy, it's true... Whose votes are they buying? Not the poor, because they are eligible anyway. Wealthy people scamming the system are usually GOP supporters sorry my post was not clear. i was not implying the telco's are buying votes. i meant to imply there is far more to the story than pol's buying votes. it seems its more about the telco's using a gov't program to line their pockets."The point is, I'm weird, but I never felt weird." John Frusciante Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
