Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | reply to openbox9
Re: Sounds Good to Me
It's amazing how many people will show if you tell them you're either going to fire teachers or raise taxes for them umpteenth time. People got real fired up.. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | reply to Ahrenl
Ok, your experience is different than what I've seen in several communities. Must be nice to have a community that cares. |
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to openbox9
said by openbox9  :said by Ahrenl :There are 30,000 people in my town, should we drive down to Gilette stadium for every selectman's meeting/town meeting/school committee meeting/finance board meeting/zoning board meeting/conservation board meeting/DPW meeting etc.? Until you show me that all 30K people are actually interested in attending such meetings, your point is null, IMO. In that case, I could care less about your opinion. It is arbitrarily null, for the same ridiculous reason. :P
We had so many people show up at a town meeting 6 months ago that we had to setup TWO overflow areas, linking them by cell phones. When both these auditoriums, and the main auditorium were packed full, people, invariably turned themselves away. |
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krayzie bone
join:2006-09-03
Marietta, GA
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Can you please go away? you have absolutely nothing to add of value or anything factual for that matter.
haha i laugh at your big brother comment. If anyone wants to have a big brother state, it's your lovely, patriotic hero George W. Bush. It's the media (TV, radio, ink) that wants to control us and the way we think. Looks like they already have a foothold on your soul... |
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batterup
I Can Not Tell A Lie.
Premium
join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
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 ·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to Octopussy2
said by Octopussy2 :Again, name the specific town and proof. You have no standing to do anything concerning this issue so why would I waste my time? |
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Octopussy2
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join:2003-03-30
Batavia, IL | reply to batterup
Again, name the specific town and proof. |
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batterup
I Can Not Tell A Lie.
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join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
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| reply to Octopussy2
said by Octopussy2 :So, that would be a "no" about a specific town? Is having to building a swimming pool unreasonable? Is setting up a permanent $50,000.000.00 a year scholarship to be doled out by the local hogs unreasonable? |
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batterup
I Can Not Tell A Lie.
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join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
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·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to fiberguy
said by fiberguy :no... but your post was really way off course.. and stupid. Thank you. You are the undisputed master of stupid. How long ago did The Telephone Company show you the door? |
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TKJunkMail
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·Comcast
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Re: Sounds Good to Me
said by marcos04 : It's completely acceptable for local municipalities to request non-commercial channels and access facilities, iNets for municipal and emergency services, and fee set-asides to manage and maintain public right of ways. In your opinion. In my opinion, it is a tax on the people because they will pay for these amenities in higher prices. It is just a sneaky way for local pols to tax their constituents while blaming someone else for the higher cable costs.
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marcos04
join:2006-09-27
New York, NY
| reply to marigolds
"Care to provide proof for that? AT&T was unable to provide proof when Congress asked them to and retracted their statements."
The FCC quoted telco testimony about a Florida municipality making similar demands in their December 20th Ruling on video franchising. Representatives of the Florida municipality claimed in the press that the story was entirely a fabrication.
But . . . AT&T did donate 1 million to a community center in Illinois. But this was a personal project of Congressman Bobby Rush. In exchange Rush signed on as a co-sponsor of the Barton-COPE Bill in the House. Not exactly a city extorting a corporation - more like a corporation buying political patronage.
Cable TV is a hugely profitable industry. In NYC alone, Time Warner posts over 1.3 billion in gross revenue. It's completely acceptable for local municipalities to request non-commercial channels and access facilities, iNets for municipal and emergency services, and fee set-asides to manage and maintain public right of ways. |
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Octopussy2
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join:2003-03-30
Batavia, IL | reply to batterup
So, that would be a "no" about a specific town? |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20 | reply to batterup
no... but your post was really way off course.. and stupid. |
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batterup
I Can Not Tell A Lie.
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join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
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·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to Octopussy2
said by Octopussy2 :Do you know of such a town that has made such unreasonable demands? In NJ there are 328 towns, it is an unreasonable demand to burden a network provider with having to feed pork to 328 hogs. The pork has been set by the state and applies to all.
Really, I don't care. FIOS is being run in Netcong, batterup will soon ride the light. batterup's 85 year old father is at this point in time riding the light. You people can kiss a leach and stay on dial-up. |
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batterup
I Can Not Tell A Lie.
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join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
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·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to fiberguy
said by fiberguy : those damn homosexuals.. they're ruining the world!!! It's all the fault of the homosexual!  Don't be a dick! So if you read homosexual you think of dick. Don't get me wrong, its OK to be gay. |
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Octopussy2
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join:2003-03-30
Batavia, IL | reply to batterup
Do you know of such a town that has made such unreasonable demands? |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20
| reply to batterup
said by batterup :said by DaveNJ :Just for the record that was put in place by a Homosexual, Democratic Governing. .. those damn homosexuals.. they're ruining the world!!! It's all the fault of the homosexual! Don't be a dick! --
"Complaining is the least path of resistance for the self-reitchous and lazy ... those who also never take the time to point out a good fortune when the opportunity presents itself. It says a lot about one's moral character." - Unknown |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20
| reply to karlmarx
said by karlmarx :Socialism? Um, no, federalism. The point is, you aren't a real conservative, you are a capitalist pig. To you, the only good law, is a law that benefits the corporation. To the rest of us, we prefer the government to act in the best interest of the people. You know, living, breathing things that make us human. I hate to tell you part of your flaw.. but, um, you know those living, breathing things you talk about? They too own businesses and are part of those corrupt corporations. What YOU are being is an extremest.. you're so far one sided that you forget that we the people own those businesses.
All I'm telling you is not to forget that.. I know that corporations are corrupting government, more so - the parties, but we're all in the same society. Don't empower business and corporations with the notion they are in some different league.
It's the person that is greedy, not the corporation or business... after all, we are all in this world for ourselves.. not the greater good.
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"Complaining is the least path of resistance for the self-reitchous and lazy ... those who also never take the time to point out a good fortune when the opportunity presents itself. It says a lot about one's moral character." - Unknown |
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houselog442
join:2005-10-05
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said by karlmarx :Socialism? Um, no, federalism. The point is, you aren't a real conservative, you are a capitalist pig. To you, the only good law, is a law that benefits the corporation. To the rest of us, we prefer the government to act in the best interest of the people. You know, living, breathing things that make us human. Sounds like more whining from the communist pinkos on the left that want America to live in a Big Brother state! When I saw that Hilary 1984 the zombies sitting in the crowd remind me exactly of communist liberals; mindless and stupid.
Like I have said before, anybody who thinks like a communist liberal is a complete mentally retarded moron that is incapable of rational thought. When I see a liberal, I see someone in the special ed class that does nothing but drool, cry, shit and piss themselves. Communist Liberalism is basically an admission of inferiority, a class of sub-human retards that is as annoying as that crap that grows in your eye lashes when you wake up in the morning. That is also why the communist left supports Islamic terrorism. When communists see Muslims they see the same characteristics as themselves; Evil, oppressive, mindless little monsters! The only good communist is a dead one! |
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batterup
I Can Not Tell A Lie.
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join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
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·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to karlmarx
said by karlmarx :Forced is exactly the word you should use. Remember, the cable/telco's are using PUBLIC LAND, to run their wires. It's in the publics BEST INTEREST to force them to provide universal service.
The phone company doesn’t' need a towns permission to maintain the cables. The town comes into play only with granting permission to deliver TV over the wires.
This place has been lied to by the likes of Teletruth for so long and hard the facts are buried beneath massive mountains of B.S. |
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