[Boatanchors] Options to BPL being squashed.

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Well, that's a good question I'll ask the next door to door TXU salesman when 
he rings the doorbell at an inopportune time.  "Do you support BPL?"  If he 
says "yes", I won't politely tell him I'm not interested as I generally do most 
DTD salesman or religious converters.  I'll tell him to get off my property 
or I'll call 911 and tell them that there is a terrorist at my front door.  :-)

But seriously, the subject of the original post said "Options to BPL being 
squashed".  Yet the text on the moron.org petition website (copied below) 
clearly lumps BPL with the other perps trying to squash this great opportunity to 
provide internet access to park benches, sand traps and other bastions of 
freedom and the Great American Way.

Classic disinformation campaign.  Say one thing and then tell them to sign 
something that says something totally different.

In a message dated 5/29/2007 10:48:52 PM Central Daylight Time, 
eh54 at sbcglobal.net writes: 
> All I know is that those TXU #$&*! are putting it all through my 
> neighborhood here in Dallas. Ed-KV5I
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "RJ Mattson" <rjmattson at hvi.net>
> To: "Boatanchors" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:23 PM
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Options to BPL being squashed.
> 
> 
> >I just learned about a really important issue, and signed a petition about
> >it.
> >The federal government is on the verge of turning over a huge portion of 
> >our
> >public airwaves to companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast--who will use
> >them for private enrichment instead of the public good.
> >These newly available airwaves are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to
> >revolutionize Internet access -- beaming high-speed signals to every park
> >bench, coffee shop, workplace, and home in America.
> >BPL, phone and cable companies don't want this competition to their 
> >Internet
> >service--they'd rather purchase the airwaves at auction and sit on them.
> >Read what is going on. You can sign the petition I signed here - urging 
> >the
> >government to make sure the public airwaves are used for the public good:
> >
> >http://civic.moveon.org/airwaves/?r_by=10433-3752612-Z4.GF8&rc=paste
> >
> >Thanks,
> >bob...w2ami
> 

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