AT&T Makes Concessions In Bellsouth Buyout

    AT&T  added a letter of commitment with the F.C.C. on Thursday  that adds a few new conditions to the deal for the buyout of Bellsouth Corp. including a promise to observe "network neutrality" principles, an offer of affordable stand-alone digital subscriber line service and divestment of some wireless spectrum.

    This is basically to appease two Democrats on the F.C.C. who had problems with the acquisition.

    Though it still must be voted on, these concessions will more than likely clear the way for the AT&T/Bellsouth merger to move forward.

This will be an $85 billion buyout, according to reports from the Associated Press.

 

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Our Troops In Iraq Say No More Needed

    While "the decider" and a few other members of the "bushbots" club are in Texas deciding how to screw our troops in Iraq even more, some of those troops have stated that they do not  need more ground forces placed there.

   From By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press Writer
Thu Dec 28,2006

In dozens of interviews with soldiers of the Army's 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment as they patrolled the streets of eastern Baghdad, many said the Iraqi capital is embroiled in civil warfare between majority Shiite Muslims and Sunni Arabs that no number of American troops can stop.

Others insisted current troop levels are sufficient and said any increase in U.S. presence should focus on training Iraqi forces, not combat.

But their more troubling worry was that dispatching a new wave of soldiers would result in more U.S. casualties, and some questioned whether an increasingly muddled American mission in Baghdad is worth putting more lives on the line.

More Here

    Yet Bushco wants to send more anyway!  Go figure!