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Prometheus 6

All respect and no restraint

Corporate welfare becomes corporate affirmative action

The Senate Commerce Committee is holding hearings on communications issues. Today it was on convergence, and being me I noticed a useful bit of testimony that once again proves Black folks aren't merely sane but quite perceptive.

There's several audio files involved here, so we'll page through them. We'll start with Sen. DeMint's description of the current situation

Big business brawl between greedy giants, right?

This was after Earl Comstock of COMPTEL talking up the necessity of giving access to incumbent telephone and cable networks...making them behave like the common carriers they are. You heard Sen. DeWine's take on their testimony. But thinks the way to deal with this is a little digital benign neglect.

All that was setup.

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