California joins lawsuit to block AT&T purchase of T-Mobile
One of the things that bugs me about California Democratic politicians is their lack of consistency. 
(And yes, I know the Mencken and Wilde quotes….)
Always strangers to the Second Amendment, “a provoked <Democrat-dominated> Legislature” (and a racist-or-just-fearful one? ) in 1967 passed sweeping gun control measures in response to armed groups of Black Panthers (as noted by today’s L.A. Times), probably aided by California’s left-leaning (and ALSO fearful) Press. But that was long ago, and no matter, because today’s blog entry describes ANOTHER departure of a California Democrat from her brethren who recently urged President Obama to drop his administration’s opposition to the proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile by AT&T.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris and six other state attorneys general have joined the Justice Department’s antitrust suit against AT&T, saying that the deal would result in less competition in the wireless market. It’s hard for any thinking individuals not to agree with THAT one! (Note added September 18, 2011: I mean, for the most part, you only have to be able to count to 2!)
As I said, no matter, because a lack of consistency in moral, ethical, or philosophical principles is probably an ASSET to politicians of both the Democratic and Republican varieties, although in California, it makes them very hard to tell apart, sometimes!
Harris and the other six attorneys general note that the combination of AT&T with T-Mobile would create a cellular behemoth (although probably a far-less-competent one than they imagine! ) and would result in less competition, higher prices for customers, and, oh yeah, LOSS of JOBS!
So… who were those OTHER 15 Democrats? Closet Republicans?
Harris said yesterday that she hoped to:
“… resolve this matter in a way that will create jobs in our state, encourage a vibrant technology sector and protect competition in the marketplace.”
Harris was joined by other attorneys general from a collection of states that together represent one third of the population of the U.S.: New York, Illinois, Washington, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
The decision by the U.S. Justice Department two weeks ago was followed by a suit by Sprint-Nextel one week ago. Sprint quickly announced its support of the move by the seven attorneys general on Friday.
AT&T spokesman Lane Kasselman notes that 11 other state attorneys general support the proposed acquisition.
As a line from the James Bond movie, “Quantum of Solace” reminded me tonight – it was far easier to tell the good guys from the bad guys when I was younger, for example, BEFORE I learned about the room on Folsom Street (after I was charged with making an inventory of any Sun equipment there).
Once again, no matter, because nowadays we spend most of our time telling the bad guys from each other…and judging which is the greatest threat.
-Bill at
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