This could have also been labelled as from the files of “anti-trust is not about consumers.” Apparently, a mapmaker in France has successfully sued and won damages from Google for unfair competition, ie from providing Google Maps for free.
Just as in the Microsoft anti-trust case and just about every anti-trust case in history, companies who brought the suit are really trying to stop an up-start competitor from trashing their business model, but they have to couch this true concern in mumbled words about the consumer. Specifically, they raise that ever-popular boogeyman of jacking up prices once the monopoly is secured. The next time this happens, of course, will be the first time. Its a myth. For example, in Google’s case, left unsaid is how they would jack up their prices when at least two other companies (Bing, Mapquest) also provide mapping services online for free.
from: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CoyoteBlog/~3/4tK9s4-YpnM/the-mapmakers-petition.html
It’s more like Franklin Roosevelt, who didn’t hesitate to use the power of government to crush his enemies. (See Amity Shlaes.) This is Ted Olsen, writing in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal:
How would you feel if aides to the president of the United States singled you out by name for attack, and if you were featured prominently in the president’s re-election campaign as an enemy of the people?
What would you do if the White House engaged in derogatory speculative innuendo about the integrity of your tax returns? Suppose also that the president’s surrogates and allies in the media regularly attacked you, sullied your reputation and questioned your integrity…
Consider that all this is happening because you have been selected as an attractive political punching bag by the president’s re-election team. This is precisely what has happened to Charles and David Koch, even though they are private citizens, and neither is a candidate for the president’s or anyone else’s office.
from: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheJohnGoodmanHealthBlog/~3/j5rWl64PSOE/
Some dogs get a heap of satisfaction and enjoyment through digging up your yard. It’s not that they intentionally want to destroy your impeccable flower bed, jus that they love digging.
Revealed: How to Stop Your Dog from Digging
from: http://imarketingbiz.net/revealed-how-to-stop-your-dog-from-digging/
