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Might you be available to go to Sacramento this Thursday to testify
before the California Public Utilities Commission against the
Comcast - Time Warner merger? If yes, please reply to the email
below from the Courage Campaign. <br>
<br>
<br>
I can't go, but if you can, I'd encourage you to consider
making a statement something like the following: <br>
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* Research has shown that where Comcast is a local
monopoly, their rates are higher. This makes them in violation of
anti-trust law in the US, which makes it illegal for a company to
use monopoly or oligopoly power to harm consumers. <br>
<br>
<br>
* The harm goes far beyond pricing to virtually every
issue of concern to California residents. For example, what
motivates people to support the Islamic State in Syria and the
Levant or the Taliban in Afghanistan or the Russian separatists in
the Ukraine? Their actions are incomprehensible from the news
readily available in the US but quite rational with a sufficient
understanding of the other side. If we understood that other side
better, we'd have more effective foreign and national security
policies -- and major multinationals would make less money from
governmental corruption around the world. (See Wikiversity articles
under, "Category:Freedom and abundance".)[*] <br>
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<br>
Thanks,<br>
Spencer<br>
<br>
<br>
[*] 145 words,. With with practice this could be read at a fast
measured pace in 60 seconds or at a more reasonable pace of 2 words
per second in 73 seconds. With editing down to less than 100 words,
President Obama could read it in less than 60 seconds ;-) <br>
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<td>San Jose residents like you can stop the Comcast
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<td>Sun, 08 Mar 2015 15:04:34 +0000</td>
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<td>Laura Leavitt, Courage Campaign
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<td>Spencer Graves
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<p><span>Spencer,</span><br>
<br>
<span>We have four days to get 15 Courage
Campaign members to <strong>testify in front
of the California Public Utilities
Commission (CPUC) in San Francisco</strong>
to shut down the Comast/Time Warner Cable
merger, and we need you to be one of them! <a
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href="http://act.couragecampaign.org/go/1499?t=1&akid=1560.1500278.bMP_h8"><strong>CLICK
HERE to become one of the COURAGEOUS 15!</strong></a></span></p>
<p><span>People like you who live in the Bay Area
have incredible power RIGHT NOW to prevent one
of the most damaging corporate takeovers in
the nation: The Comcast/Time Warner Cable
merger.</span><br>
<br>
<span><strong>Over 90,000 concerned citizens and
Courage Campaign members joined you to sign
the petition against the merger</strong>,
which would give Comcast a virtual monopoly
over the U.S.’ cable and internet market. But
unlike the majority of those activists and the
millions of frustrated cable customers in the
rest of the country, <strong>YOU can tell the
CPUC<strong> </strong>to its face, why this
merger is bad</strong> for California and
the nation.</span></p>
<p><em>11 Courage members have signed up already,
but we need FOUR MORE to step up so that the
CPUC takes notice. </em><strong>If not
you, Spencer, then who?</strong><br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://act.couragecampaign.org/go/1499?t=2&akid=1560.1500278.bMP_h8"><strong>JOIN
ME, along with our executive director Eddie
and other Courage members THIS THURSDAY,
March 12th to speak out at a game-changing
public hearing about the Comcast merger!</strong></a><br>
<br>
<span>Here are the details:</span><br>
<br>
<strong><span style="text-decoration:
underline;">WHEN:</span> Thursday, March
12th, 2015, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM</strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style="text-decoration:
underline;">WHERE:</span> California Public
Utilities Commission</strong><br>
<strong> 505 Van Ness Ave</strong><br>
<strong> San Francisco, CA 94102</strong><br>
<br>
<em>We’ll provide you with talking points and
training ahead of time, so you’re fully
comfortable and prepared to speak.</em><br>
<br>
<span>Comcast is expected to stack the hearing
with corporate cronies who will comment in
support of the merger. So we need you to<strong>
join us so we can fill the room with people
who have the courage to stand up for freedom
of choice</strong> and speak out against
this disastrous deal.</span><br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://act.couragecampaign.org/go/1499?t=3&akid=1560.1500278.bMP_h8"><span><strong>Spencer,
the CPUC must hear from people like you
before it decides whether to approve or
reject the merger! CLICK HERE to RSVP
today, and we’ll be in touch to provide
you with all you need to know.</strong></span></a><br>
<br>
<span>If the CPUC votes to kill this deal,
Comcast’s national domination plan could be
over. Comcast needs a win in California
because our state includes the most lucrative
markets.</span><br>
<br>
<span>An administrative judge overseeing the
CPUC's review of the merger recently
recommended that it be APPROVED. But because
public opposition to this merger has been so
intense, <strong>Comcast is on the ropes and
the CPUC has specifically opened up this
meeting for people like you to come forward</strong>.
They want to hear how California residents
feel about this merger before they decide.</span><br>
<br>
<span>That’s where you come in, Spencer. <strong>Your
experience with Comcast -- from service
interruptions to high prices to lousy
customer relations – could help sway the
CPUC to vote against the merger.</strong> <em>Even
if you are not a Comcast customer, you can
speak about lack of competition and why it’s
important to have real choices.</em></span><br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://act.couragecampaign.org/go/1499?t=4&akid=1560.1500278.bMP_h8"><span><strong>YOU
could be the tipping point to stop this
merger! CLICK HERE to let us know if you
can be one of the COURAGEOUS 15 and join
us at the hearing THIS THURSDAY.</strong></span></a><br>
<br>
<span>The CPUC has respected public opinion
before, and if we get enough people to testify
on the 12th, we can convince them to do the
right thing again.</span><br>
<br>
<em>We want you to feel comfortable, so let us
know if you can attend, and we will make sure
you have everything you need to say your
piece.</em><br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://act.couragecampaign.org/go/1499?t=5&akid=1560.1500278.bMP_h8"><strong>Join
us at the CPUC hearing THIS THURSDAY, March
12th to defeat the Comcast merger!</strong></a><br>
<br>
<span>Looking forward to seeing you there,</span><br>
<br>
<span>Laura, <span>along with Annie, Eddie,
Emma, Lindsay, Paul, Scottie, and Tim (the
Courage team)</span></span><br>
<br>
<em>p.s. If you know anyone else who may be
interested in attending the meeting, please
forward this email to them.</em></p>
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