Re: How do you put a TV station on the Mbone?

["Michael Painter" <tvhawaii () shaka com>]

Tim Durack wrote:
> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Tim Durack <tdurack () gmail com> wrote:
> > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com> wrote:
> >
> > > No business is entitled to protection of its business model.
> >
> > Unless it has a market monopoly, deep pockets, and lobbyist friends.
>
> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/after-approving-comcastnbc-deal-fcc-commish-becomes-comcast-lobbyist.ars
>
> I rest my case.

Check out the movie, 'Casino Jack', about Jack Abramoff.
My favorite line is when he's in the slammer and telling another inmate what he does for a living, the inmate says, 
"Lobbyist... is that illegal?".