Is the Dept. of Justice absolutely friggin stupid or what?

[Hugabear]

http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/24/news/companies/xm_sirius/?postversion=2008032416

Regarding the proposed XM-Sirius merger:

The Department of Justice did not place any conditions on the merger.

"Since we determined that there was no competition between the companies, we did not need to set any conditions as such," said Assistant Attorney General Thomas Barnett during a conference call with reporters Monday afternoon.

WTF? XM and Sirius weren't competing with each other?

[kirby]

1. Yes

How can the Bush DOJ get around this? Simple declare that ipods/itunes are a 'competitor' so there is no anti-competitive / anti-trust issues. What more did I expect from these guys.

[Hugabear]

9. Honestly, that's EXACTLY what their reasoning was

http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/080324/xm_sirius_antitrust.html?.v=12

<snip>
In a victory for Sirius Chief Executive Mel Karmazin, who lobbied hard for the deal, the Justice Department agreed the satellite radio companies face stiff competition from traditional AM/FM radio, high-definition radio, MP3 players and programming delivered by mobile phones.
<snip>

[lpbk2713]

2. They work for George Dumbya Boosh

Is this a serious question? :shrug:

[JDPriestly]

3. FDR answered Americans' questions about "For What Noble Cause."

Bush has not.
A single of an American soldier that is not for a noble cause is one death too many.

[Bobbieo]

4. Tell that to Pelosi who took Impeachment Off TheTable, This

entire country is riddled with agencys and departments headed by Bush appointees.

[dflprincess]

5. "Stupid" implies they just can't do any better

I would prefer "dishonest".

[OwnedByFerrets]

6. Was this a trick question?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Rex]

7. Not stupid no, criminally negligent or cronyism or graft or

or or or so many other things since the JD runs directly against the law, nowadays. Wasn't always this way. There was a time when criminals didn't run our federal government. Well not like the corporate pirates we have today.

[Supersedeas]

8. Ashcroft Gonzo Mukasey -- leadership that matters