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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 11:46 PM Original message |
Why did the telecom companies cooperate with Bush's warrantless wiretaps in the first place? |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Large corporations and the government share a common enemy: |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 11:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's certainly a plausible theory |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Evidence that we're the enemy? |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. Money |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. It sounds like quid pro quo. |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Lessee - special no-bid contracts, tax breaks - |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Good call, that seems like the most plausible explanation |
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Snarkoleptic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. Because these fuckstains consider us prey rather than citizens. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. The heck with the outdated notion of citizens. We're consumers now. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
9. We cancelled our AT&T account, and will NOT pay the bill.. |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Whoa! Good for you, Webster!! |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
12. One didn't |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
13. They were probably threatened with loosing their FCC license. |
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