This letter is associated with the following article:
Letters
Monday, June 9, 2008 12:00 AM

Comcast censors criticisms of itself and Rep. Carney

The telecom and cable operator rejects an ad, run by numerous other stations and newspapers, bringing to light its lawbreaking and the actions of a congressman who receives substantial donations from Comcast.
Glenn Greenwald

Read other letters about this article

  • Monday, June 9, 2008 09:29 PM

    Can I just say...

    Ewww? if those two don't stop that I will post the second version of "I Am The Very Model of a Modern Libertarian" and mention the name.

    Reclaiming the Commons

    Why we need to protect our public resources from private encroachment.*

    David Bollier

    They hang the man and flog the woman

    That steal the goose from off the common,

    But let the greater villain loose

    That steals the common from the goose.

    —English folk poem, circa 1764

    http://bostonreview.net/BR27.3/bollier.html

    Just read it. It covers all this.

    —Ron Pauliac Read Ron Pauliac's other letters

    Flag
Read other letters about this article

Most Active Letters Threads

342

A key British official reminds us of the forgotten anthrax attack

A vast array of establishment and expert sources do not believe this episode was really resolved.
Glenn Greenwald Read article
323

Tough-guy John Bolton, hiding under his bed

As usual, right-wing pseudo-warriors are drowning in extreme cowardice.
Glenn Greenwald Read article
162

Is Obama's civil liberties record understandable?

Was it unreasonable to expect him to adhere to his commitments regarding the Constitution?
Glenn Greenwald Read article
154

Phil Carter's resignation from key detainee policy post

Many of the "War on Terror" policies he spent years condemning were ones expressly embraced by Obama.
Glenn Greenwald Read article
99

Palin, Prejean: Beastly treatment for beauties

The governor turned author must fight what the pageant queen learned: Politics and hotness make strange bedfellows
By Gene Lyons Read article

View all »

Letters Help

Currently in Salon