Boycott Clearwire

[d.g.luechtefeld at mac.com]

All I'll say on this on this matter is:

1. Clearwire's a great company to work for, regardless of the politics of the owner. I thank God every day I arrive at work (especially after having been laid off this year at my last employer).

2. Good luck to anyone searching for carrier-class broadband (or, any good or service) from a provider of which the ownership and leadership is not someway tainted by association with the GOP.  Qwest? Verizon? Cingular? T-Mobile? Comcast? Speakeasy? CenturyTel? 

3. The tattooed-and-pierced technical staff, it's fair to say, are no friends of the GOP - yours truly included. This year part of my Clearwire paychecks funded the campaigns of Darcy Burner and Jim Webb (of Virginia). Moreover, plenty of these folks own options in the company - if our IPO goes well these folks we will all have more disposable income with which to do the same - Mr. McCaw said it's OK :-)

4. Plenty of my solidly Democratic friends have expressed interest in Clearwire's service - especially when I tell them about our $19/month for the first three months promotion :-)

5. You can use your Clearwire subscription for any kind of activism you desire  ;-)

Merry Christmas!
d

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On Saturday, December 23, 2006, at 04:26PM, "Mike Strock" <mike at myhomeoffice.org> wrote:
>Oh boy.  Causing strife for employees of a company whose founder you don't
>like is a GREAT way to get back at a president you don't care for.  Yep, I
>see the logic there.  Thanks for sharing.
> 
>Mike Strock
>mike at myhomeoffice.org
> 
>From: talk-bounces at seattlewireless.net
>[mailto:talk-bounces at seattlewireless.net] On Behalf Of Todd Boyle
>Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 4:17 PM
>To: talk at seattlewireless.net
>Subject: Boycott Clearwire
> 
>We are receiving offers from Clearwire wireless broadband, to subscribe to
>their Internet service.  Now is an opportunity to strike back at Bush and
>his crooked bunch of corporate tycoons. 
>Craig McCaw lives in a 12,200-square-foot house once owned by musician Kenny
>G in Hunts Point, on the shore of Lake Washington, where neighbors include
>the Gateses. The McCaws hosted President George W. Bush for a re-election
>fund-raiser. Over the years, McCaw has owned a yacht called Cellular One, a
>Gulfstream IV jet, a Falcon 50 jet and a Beaver seaplane....  ---BLOOMBERG
>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=nifea
><http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=nifea&sid=aNtp2bS8WFmo>
>&sid=aNtp2bS8WFmo
>
>
>Since 2003, three of the president's four fund-raising trips to Washington
>have taken him to Medina, where he has collected $4.5 million for the
>Republicans. A Craig McCaw-hosted event raised $1.7 million of that. The
>grateful president in turn last year appointed Craig McCaw's second wife,
>Susan, a venture capitalist, as U.S. ambassador to Austria. ---SEATTLE
>WEEKLY http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/0633/playhouse.php 
>http://www.google.com/search?q=clearwire+mccaw+bush+hunts+point 
>Here is what it looked like in 2004 when Bush came to Hunt's Point. Many of
>you stood with me, including OKelly, Gary, Jack and Jack, and many others.
>http://www.epjc.net/op/StopBush.htm
>
>Your boycott-and-shunning campaign should include all dealings with
>Clearwire's corporate office, 5808 Lake Washington Blvd NE Suite #300,
>Kirkland, WA 98033 including all Clearwire employees, and sales channels. 
>http://www.google.com/search?q=clearwire+kirkland
><http://www.google.com/search?q=clearwire+kirkland&num=30> &num=30
>
>Clearwire is an evil company.  McCaw supports the Republican Party in order
>to gain business advantage, regulatory favors, provisions and earmarks in
>the Congress--- and ultimately to capture millions of users defecting from
>the previous bunch of evil criminals, Qwest, Verizon and Comcast, in search
>of an honest Internet provider. 
>
>DON'T BE FOOLED -- warn all your friends, this is not a good company to
>switch your Internet service to.   As long as McCaw is involved, regard this
>as a completely as equivalent to Bush and Cheney, on their ethics and style
>of doing business.  Consider this like ENRON, for example.   
>
>An internet provider has many, many ethical choices involving your privacy,
>your quality of service, and your freedom and liberty.  Would you trust Bush
>to provide net neutrality?   Would you trust Bush and Cheney not to delay
>your email, or block progressive bloggers, or organizing tools like Riseup,
>during elections or invasions?   Well then, you shouldn't trust Clearwire.  
>
>Let's show them the power of progressives and liberals in the marketplace. 
>
>Todd Boyle
>Kirkland
>
>
>