Did you know...
...that the DOJ approved the merger of everyone's two favorite companies in the touring business - TicketMaster and LiveNation? They found no reason to have anti-trust concerns with a merger between a monopolistic ticket service and a monopolistic concert promoter/venue owner. But wait! There's more!
One person who may have had some input into this decision was FCC chairman Julius Genachowski. Fun fact about Mr. Genachowski - one of his previous gigs before he came to Washington was on the board of directors at - wait for it - TicketMaster! I'm sure there was no conflict of interest if he did in fact have a say in this decision.
I'm sure we've all heard of Obama's hard-ass chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. Fun fact about Mr. Emanuel - his brother, Ari, is a hard-ass Hollywood talent agent. He was supposedly the inspiration behind the character Ari on the HBO show Entourage. I'm sure that his being on the board of directors at LiveNation played no part in swaying the DOJ's decision to let this absurdly anti-competitive, big-business friendly decision to go through.
I might as well have voted for Palin...
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Johnny, you say "I might as
Johnny, you say "I might as well have voted for Palin". Remember when I posted on the Earthboard that Obama was just another professional politician, no better than Hillary or McCain. How a politician when campaigning is like a young man courting a girl who says, "Stick with me, baby, and I'll give you the world", only to find a few years later he's a beer-bellied couch potato who belches and farts and he scratches his ass. Everyone hated me for doubting their new-found hero. Barak Obama: Change you were deceived to believe in. It's business as usual.
No disagreement here,
No disagreement here, Dave.Grubb
Where is Pearl Jam when you
Where is Pearl Jam when you REALLY need them?
They got beat when they went
They got beat when they went to bat, remember? The better question is "where is String Cheese?" When Pearl Jam lost that case the whole world heard about it. When SCI won, it didn't get nearly the publicity. Where is the guy I voted for, actually?
Thats why i did vote for
Thats why i did vote for Palin, they are all the same
I for one am happy that Sarah
I for one am happy that Sarah Palin is nowhere near Washington. Obama was/is the right man for the job, but he needs to grow a pair and stop placating wall street and big business. Johnny - congrats on the birth of your son.
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