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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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FCC chairman announces resignation
« on: March 22, 2013, 1944 UTC »
Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and friend of the president, announced his resignation Friday.

He will be leaving the FCC after a mixed tenure that has disappointed some of the consumer groups that were his earliest supporters, but that also sketched a plan to bring Americans more access to broadband Internet for years ahead.

President Obama is expected to announce a successor soon. Tom Wheeler, a former lobby group chairman and venture capitalist is a leading contender.

Full Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/fcc-chairman-announces-resignation/2013/03/22/c748f8a0-92f3-11e2-ba5b-550c7abf6384_story.html
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Re: FCC chairman announces resignation
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2013, 0706 UTC »
... former lobby group chairman and venture capitalist is a leading contender.

Isn't that a conflict of interest? ???

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Re: FCC chairman announces resignation
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2013, 1301 UTC »
"Isn't that a conflict of interest?"

HELLS YES!
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Re: FCC chairman announces resignation
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2013, 1558 UTC »
Meet the new boss-- same as the old boss.

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Re: FCC chairman announces resignation
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2013, 2336 UTC »
google this: "Senate Study: Interlocking Directorates in Large American Corporations, 1896-1964 pdf". A clue where they got the idea! Don't forget that pdf thingie. If it doesn't cure your insomnia it'll bore you into your next rebirth. Bore? Boar? Ah, "Bored Now! ::)

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Re: FCC chairman announces resignation
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2013, 0858 UTC »
Will they keep Pat Murphy on the informant payroll? I'd hate to see the old coot have to suffer through retirement without a little extra income.