[PLUG] A Broadband Beat-Down - article from NY Times

Ron Braithwaite ron at braithwaites.net
Sun Jun 26 18:23:03 UTC 2005


Jim Karlock wrote:
> Of course, profit motive combined with competition, which forces 
> products to continuously get better, has given us the highest standard 
> of living in the world.

Are you serious? By *ANY* measure, we no longer qualify as a First World 
Country. Infant mortality, life expectancy, literacy, et cetera. The 
only area we lead in is military spending. Which is what is turning us 
from a Second World Country to a Third World Country.

-Ron



More information about the PLUG mailing list