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| Ha ha! They probably won't even give Joel Gurin their phone number or the correct address where they hold their meetings. Just like my former employer used to cheerfully recruit people telling them we had flexible hours(*). The asterisk being only with your managers permission and your manager had orders from higher up not to grant such requests. Makes good advertising but does nothing. -- I support the right to keep and arm bears. | |
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 |  GbcueAlmost P.E.Premium join:2001-09-30 Santa Rosa, CA kudos:8 Reviews:
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| Re: Ha ha! said by n2jtx:They probably won't even give Joel Gurin their phone number or the correct address where they hold their meetings. Just like my former employer used to cheerfully recruit people telling them we had flexible hours(*). The asterisk being only with your managers permission and your manager had orders from higher up not to grant such requests. Makes good advertising but does nothing. I guess only time will tell if he's effective at doing anything. -- My Blog 2.0 | |
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 |  Romney2012Defeat Obama 2012-Chg we can believe inPremium join:2002-03-03 USA kudos:4 | A gov't task force is just a bureaucratic way of spreading responsibility around so that NO ONE is actually responsible for accomplishing something. If something comes up about policy that the commissioners don't want to deal with, they will just say that the task force is looking into it.
The Task Force will include every Commission Bureau Chief, the Chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology, the General Counsel, and the Managing Director. What a waste of time and effort by having all these dept heads attending mtgs that will never accomplish a thing. -- My BLOG .. .. Internet News .. .. My Web Page
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 dks7 join:2004-05-31 Omak, WA | Meh Great, even MORE government, just what I was lacking in my life. | |
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 hhawkmanPremium join:2001-02-08 Port Hueneme, CA | First thing They should all be required to read this site on a daily basis.  | |
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 |  GbcueAlmost P.E.Premium join:2001-09-30 Santa Rosa, CA kudos:8 Reviews:
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| Re: First thing said by hhawkman:They should all be required to read this site on a daily basis. And The Consumerist. -- My Blog 2.0 | |
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 | | Hmm... I wonder if this has anything to do with the Democrats' loss in Massachusetts.
It certainly doesn't take a genius to see that Obama's proposal of widespread reform of the banking system 2 days after the senate seat loss was a direct result of his realizing his rather conservative, non-liberal policies were screwing over his popularity rating.
Perhaps this Consumer Task Force is exactly the same thing. If it is, then in some way maybe the loss in Massachusetts was a blessing in disguise. The democrats are being forced to actually appeal to their constituents, instead of playing good ol' boy with the financial elite. | |
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 |  | | Re: Hmm... Hate to burst the conspiracy theory bubble, at the December 16th Open Commission Meeting, Genachowski announced the hiring of Gurin and the intention to create this Task Force.
But this is all window dressing. This FCC and this Chairman are overly cautious, and optics are more important to them than action. What little they have done has benefited one big interest or another, and ultimately the impact on consumers will not match the PR packaging. | |
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 |  dks7 join:2004-05-31 Omak, WA 1 edit | said by sonicmerlin:I wonder if this has anything to do with the Democrats' loss in Massachusetts. It certainly doesn't take a genius to see that Obama's proposal of widespread reform of the banking system 2 days after the senate seat loss was a direct result of his realizing his rather conservative, non-liberal policies were screwing over his popularity rating. Perhaps this Consumer Task Force is exactly the same thing. If it is, then in some way maybe the loss in Massachusetts was a blessing in disguise. The democrats are being forced to actually appeal to their constituents, instead of playing good ol' boy with the financial elite. Maybe, that is if you believe the left-right paradigm is seperate. Repub or Demo, doesn't matter, they all shake hands behind the iron curtain. | |
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 Sammer join:2005-12-22 Canonsburg, PA 1 edit | Are they serious? The real question is whether they are serious about making sure "that consumer protection and empowerment policies apply consistently and reasonably across technologies and bureaus at the FCC." If the party currently in power accomplishes that and some other things that are good for consumers (such as government transparency) it will do them a lot more good than the back room deals that cost them no less than the so-called "Kennedy" seat. Hopefully it's not just lip service but they are starting to realize that at least some of the public is paying attention and is angry about the rampant corporatism in D.C. | |
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 VanPremium join:2009-07-08 New Orleans, LA | Good article but do we really think this task force will get their final results to be implemented?
Anything Pro-Consumer that slightly has anything negative towards Corporations will have little to no chance of ever seeing the light of day | |
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