Concerning Ernestine

A few days ago AT&T was mentioned. I honestly believe that the only way this company stays in business is by being an absolute monopoly in their field. Several times the beach house conversation has been 'if the government was going to let them merge into their former state 20 something years later, why bother?' Yep, sure makes me have faith in anti-trust legislation. Actually AT&T broke up into several smaller entities with various names during those 20 something years. They've never been in a state of non-monopoly! Here's great insight to all this:



For those too young to remember Ernestine, please take a look at this:

Thanks out to the Kim Komando site for the great video link to the Stephen Colbert Report. It is necessary for me to mention that many local technicians working for AT&T are nice folks that dislike their employer as much as the consuming public. Can you tell there was a scolding in my email? A wife too. Yes, I know we all have to eat. Hope she notices that her name was NOT mentioned as requested.

"The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them."
~Hightower