An American

The author is an American, Christian, proud father, lucky husband, Irish Scottish heritage and a Texan by choice. I believe the U.S.A. is the greatest nation on earth, the greatest in history. Never has a nation freed or saved so many. When was there ever any nation that went to war, gave the land back, then put billions into it? I believe our core must include to take care of our young, our old, and our sick, then to do so for others in the world less fortunate than we are.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Obama’s secret telecom advisor pushing his company’s interest

By Timothy P. Carney
Examiner Columnist | 1/16/09 11:04 AM

A telecommunications company has confirmed for this columnist that its vice president for policy—who is also an Obama donor and a former lobbyist—is advising Barack Obama’s transition team on telecom policy.

Obama’s transition team, which has failed to disclose this executive’s involvement, happens to have proposed a significant change in telecom policy that will profit that very company, called Clearwire.

By pushing to delay the long-scheduled transition of television broadcasting from analog signals to digital signals, president-elect Obama is directly aiding Sprint and its partner Clearwire while hurting Verizon.