Mike Malloy just said that Qwest is owned by the Carlyle Group, Pappy

[ralps]

Bush's company. If this is true who knows what company to go with. :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :shrug:

[MelissaB]

1. See post #7

here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1164673#1165706

[ralps]

4. Thanks for the link MelissaB

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[MelissaB]

5. Welcome!

Hope it helped. :hi:

[WestHoustonDem]

2. There is no safe haven left

:scared:

[Suich]

3. What??? Is that true???

I was going to cancel AT&T and go with Qwest...now what do I do???

[tridim]

6. Get a ham radio?

I'd say use voice-over IP, but that is probably tapped and logged by default.

[PassingFair]

9. It's very confusing.

Carlyle bought the Directory Business from Qwest. They don't own the telecommunications portion.
Check out the other Qwest threads, I'm not sure what to make of it all.

[Rainscents]

11. Use Vontage!

[Dunvegan]

7. I just started a thread, also.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2622670

[ralps]

10. Thanks for the link Dunvegan

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Dunvegan]

14. Thanks for the head's up post...I don't know how I've missed listening...

...to Malloy before. I usually just catch up on the post-show threads.

He's a pistol! I'm loving it.

[Dunvegan]

16. Biggest Database in History? How about BIGGEST CLASS ACTION SUIT...

...IN HISTORY?

I've always wanted to own a telco.

All the telcos: User-pwned!

It might be the ONLY way to get regulation back on these "Baby-Huey Bells."

[ralps]

20. That would be Sweet if bunches of or one huge class action suit happened!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[patrice]

8. So that's why they didn't comply. They didn't have to = no punishment

for non-compliance. Unlike others who are getting all kinds of punishment for just disagree-ing.

[PassingFair]

12. This LOOKS like punishment to me....

http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2005-36.htm

snip>

Washington, D.C., March 15, 2005 - The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Joseph P. Nacchio, former co-chairman and chief executive officer of Qwest Communications International Inc., and eight other former Qwest officers and employees with fraud and other violations of the federal securities laws. In three separate but related civil actions, the Commission alleges that, between 1999 and 2002, the Qwest defendants engaged in a multi-faceted fraudulent scheme designed to mislead the investing public about the company's revenue and growth.

Nailed a bunch of the officers, but didn't indict the original owner......

[patrice]

19. Didn't they also refuse phone records to BushCo spying?

[ralps]

13. + William P Barr is the General Counsel of Verizon & "Americans for

Victory over Terrorism" Senior Advisor. He was also Pappy B*sh's Atorney General & a CIA agent. Here's a link about him- http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1019
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Ilsa]

15. God, they got alot of the banks, most of the media, and now the

communications systems? One of my email buddies is complaining that his ISP screens out "obscenities". I can't even call him a gdmf via email. I wonder if my phone service is going to prevent me from dialing him up to call him a gdmf.

I wonder how long it will be before they own and control all of the grocery stores?

[pstans]

17. Carlyle Group bought Qwest Dex White and Yellow Pages in 2002

http://www.carlyle.com/eng/industry/casestudy-758.html

The Carlyle group bought QwestDex White and Yellow Pages directories in 2002 from Qweest. No mention of them having control of the telephone company.

[philosophie_en_rose]

18. QWEST is pure evil. Probably trying to keep the feds from their own crime

I hate QWEST, and had the rudest, most blatantly racist experience in my life with those criminals. It's not surprising that the Carlysle group is involved.

I don't know why they're fighting the NSA, but I suspect it's more about their own issues than doing what's right.

[ralps]

21. Qwest Communication sold it's directory, qwest Dex east, Dex media &

so on to the Carlyle Group. I think I got most of what Mike just said. :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :grr: