Cellphones for the poor.

Yup you heard it. In response the the mobile communications companies entreaties in their self serving goal to obtain even more subscribers the US government in the name of the holy god of the stupid and weak minded is going to answer this call:
"“The low hanging fruit is gone, and the wireless companies are going after the nooks and crannies,” said Roger Entner, a wireless industry analyst with Nielsen. “Oh, the poor: How can we sign them up?”"

When I read this:
"In a twist, wireless carriers are receiving subsidies to provide people like Mr. Cobb [who falls below the poverty line] with a phone and typically 68 minutes of talk time each month."
I thought to myself That's no such a bad idea. I mean this way he can call an ambulance if he falls down and needs to spend a ten or
twenty grant in an emergency ward being treated for a scraped knee. And god knows that once his demon pig god the Treason in Chief has provided him such a boon that he is a slam dunk guaranteed vote every year for whatever party favorite is running.

I think it's wonderful that the Democrats have learned that if you tell people how much you are giving them for free and then provide even just a tiny insignificant bit they will stupidly believe that you gave 'em all of it. And of course vote for you.


www.nytimes.com/2009/06/15...15cell.html