California public utilities commission investigating AT&T’s T-Mobile acquisition

 Umm, no… it’s the Golden State. Thanks for playing..

Actually, it’s the Illegal Immigrant State!

You are ignorant sticky get a life

@ Joel:

So, illegal immigrants don’t go there? Why do people stick up for illegal immigrants so much? The keyword is “illegal”.

@Franklin_Bluth:disqus Why do people stick up for illegal immigrants so much?

For the same reason people fought to end slavery even though it was legal to own slaves.

For the same reason people fought for a woman’s right to vote even though it was illegal for them to vote.

For the same reason people fought to end prohibition even though alcohol was illegal.

We can have a conversation on the logistics of illegal immigrants and their impact but opposing it just because it’s “illegal” is intellectually lazy.

Do you drive? Do you follow the posted speed limit because it would be “illegal” to do otherwise?

 I love how Serpenter equates the failed domestic policies of a Country or region, to slavery, a denied vote to legal citizens (why don’t you make it illegal to give up your last name when marrying someone) , and alcohol prohibition (speeding is kind of the same thing numbskull). But then again, this post was about a State, where plastic trash bags have been deemed public enemy #1, that is going to declare antitrust issues a local issue. Who cares if it is a federal issue, California knows better. Oh, I am opposed to the merger.

AT&T, you miss the whole point of my reply, which is saying it’s retarded to accept the legality or illegality of any such thing just because it is law at the moment. And I exhibited some examples to make my point.

AT&T, maybe this will make my point clearer for you…

If Franklin_Bluth argues against illegal immigrants simply on the basis they are “illegal” than by the same token, if the Congress passes a bill and POTUS signs into law granting amnesty and opening the flood gate for new immigrants, Franklin_Bluth would then have to change his position because it’s now legal. 

And if that did happen I don’t think Franklin_Bluth would welcome immigrants old and new with open arms because they’re not “illegal” anymore.

I find it hilarious when people stick up for illegal immigrants.  The overwhelming majority of illegals pay not income tax which helps finance our vital infrastructures and education systems.  So it’s okay for these people to have complete disregard for laws, come here illegally, live off our system with little to no contribution…….but suddenly they deserve the same rights as legal citizens.  Give me a break.  This is no where close to the comparison of the civil rights or slave-abolishment movements.  I’m all for illegals gaining citizenship with the agreement that they’ll pass English and American History classes, pass drug and background tests/checks, agree to either serve in our military for 2 years or go to a university (scholarship exempt) and earn a degree, or otherwise be deported.  If these are too many demands, go back to your home country, submit paperwork, and earn your citizenship the legal way……or just move to the butthole of America that is now California!  What a great state!

You do realize immigrant labor is responsible for providing us food?  Because, well… nobody else will do that terrible job?  So if you want to eat today, tomorrow, or the day after… maybe you should change your attitude a little bit.

Oh… and there’s no official language in America… so why would they need to pass an English class?  And a citizenship test will hit on everything historically relevant for an adult, but there’s too much of a backlog to ever really worry about that… so why pass a American history class?  There’s no precedent for drug testing, and it’s unconstitutional, so why even bring that up?  Is being poor reasonable grounds for being on drugs?  And finally, a college degree would over qualify farm hands for their jobs… so again, you’re creating a problem with our ability to go buy food…

….maybe it’s time to turn off Faux News, you hit on all the hyperbole’s they force feed… but you have no concept of the reality of the situation and how it would affect, literally, everyone.

illegal immigrants still pay sales taxes. And switching to a flat federal sales tax would solve this problem.

They don’t pay social security taxes, but they also won’t get any SSI anyway, so that’s not an issue.

And on the issue of taxes, you do realize most all large U.S. corporations pay no taxes, right?

But I like you mention taxes paying for infrastructure and education because I got the feeling you were a conservative and they poo poo the idea of spending any money on those things.

So, if you pay income taxes then you deserve all the rights of citizenship?  Thank you for your support of GAY MARRIAGE.

idk whether you do or not, but see as you’re so anti-liberal, seemed like a good bet to make.

“live off our system with little to no contribution”
You make it sound like they have it good here. Fact is they come here and work doing shitty jobs for low pay so I can have delicious Cinnamon Toast Crunch in the morning for $5 a box instead of $8.

But I have to commend you and Franklin_Bluth and others who make a conscious decision to PAY MORE for the things you buy because you’re against illegal immigrants and aren’t tempted to take advantage of the things that come from their labor.

It just occurred to me why you’re so hung up on illegal immigrants not paying income tax. You live in North Carolina which takes in $1.10 from federal income tax for every dollar it pays. California on the other hand only gets back 79 cents for every dollar they pay.

So, two things…

1. You and your state should stop being a leach and living off us wealthier LIBERAL states.

2. For all the illegal immigrants CA has and all the income tax they’re shorting this country, CA still feeds all you poorer states like North Carolina. And you know what’s worse? If all the illegal immigrants did pay federal income tax, CA would get back even less money than they do now.

Again, you and your state should stop living on the backs of us LIBERAL states.

Thank you.

Actually, its “We in that sunshine state where the bomb ass hemp be.”

 Um seriously wtf does this or the convo of illegal immegrants have anything to do with the fucking article? WTF is wrong with you people?

If a company cannot afford to stay afloat, how can one fault another company for buying them?  Believe me i want to see T-Mobile stay afloat because i like their plans, but its obvious they cant do so.  What options do they have?  D.T wants to dump them, they cant survive on their own…should they just keep trying until they fail?

Actually i wasn’t bragging about my phone being shipped for free…i dont really brag about AT&T, i just get annoyed hearing all the bashing…customer service is just fine for me…when they screw up i tell them i want my money back, and i always get it, i dont have dropped calls…my only complaint about AT&T is their prices, but thats my complaint with every company…in this day and age voice and text should not be as expensive as it was 10 years ago (i know the plans have changed, but the prices haven’t.)  I like that T-Mobile keeps the price down (soft of) but they are going to fail and be bought out anyways…why shouldn’t they be allowed to sell out to the highest bidder?  If VZW wants to buy them 40 billion and AT&T passes, then VZW wins…dont fault AT&T for doing something everyone in their position would do…its called good business.

BTW there are 4 carriers now and for the most part these companies are being less and less consumer friendly.  TMO has basically introduced a tired data plan.  VZW will dump unlimited data soon, and its a matter of time before Sprint follows suite.  There are 4 companies now and they are all in bed together, i really dont see much of a difference when TMO folds.

Tmo is doomed.

I love how he’s bashing tmo and raving AT&T as if it’s the best. Listen up so I can school you kid. everything in this world is based on profits. Even though tmo has posted bad quaters, doesn’t mean they wouldn’t be able to survive alone. DT stockholders are unsure about the future profits of tmousa and this isDTs solution. Why just leave your 33 billion dollar company and say good luck versus selling them to regain lost profits??? You wouldn’t tmo is still number four and where I’m from (chicago) not only did I get faster 3G but I had fewer dropped calls. but now I have AT&T and I work for them so I see both sides

Sprint is doing what the big boys always do, they are trying to throw their hands up and get the best concessions available when the deal goes through.. 

Sprint knows it will, they want to make sure they bleed ATT dry in the process and get everything they can to make sure that happens..I ain’t mad at Sprint.  ATT and Verizon do it all the time, they throw their weight, money and underhanded political connections around every chance they get.. Kudos to Sprint for not just laying down while it happens.

Um no I’m not late to the party.  My comment was posted 15 minutes after the first one above.  And I entered my post to clarify that California was the Golden State.  And my post was the first one to say what California was …not just what it wasn’t.   

You are also looking at an area with more “green friendly” government initiatives than pretty much anywhere else in the U.S., something that is largely advocated by liberals. It’s also an area where much of Barack Obama’s stimulus money went. People in Orange County were staunch supporters of Barack Obama because they wanted “change” without ever really know what kind of change they would be receiving. Conservative my ass. People associate “rich” with “conservative”, but I think the Screen Actors Guild would’ve taught you a lesson in making that assumption.

I don’t associate rich with conservative. Actually, quite the opposite. I associate religious sect as conservative for the most part, which includes Catholic Hispanics (even the illegal ones) and Baptist African communities. Remember when Prop 8 went through in “liberal” California? California is a big state… just because LA and SF are the most talked about doesn’t mean it’s run by us alone. 

Just to reiterate, I don’t associate rich with conservative. I associate it with bible thumpers, rednecks, and vinyl siding.

So, how many rednecks are there in Orange County? How much vinyl siding are we talking here?

There are a lot of rednecks in California, especially inland and north.  Btw, Orange County voted for McCain in 2008… so much for their “staunch support” goofball.