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suckered by politics
Let me guess... Another self-hating American who thinks the way to be accepted is to openly express disgust for the US while holding up any other foreign govt as a shining example of "all that is good". Am I close?

Riddle me this... Why is it that the EU is AMAZINGLY liberal when it comes to antitrust actions of EUROPEAN firms (allowing insane intra-continental mergers in shipping, energy and pharma), and allowing incredible breaches of EU law (ie - favorable ruling for T-Mobile in Germany: http://www.antitrustreview.com/archives/category/eu/), yet when it comes to AMERICAN firms, the draconian tactics come out (ie - Microsoft, Intel and, yes, beloved Google)?

Can you answer that? Dont be a naive sheep. If an AMERICAN company reaches the point where they are in that court, they WILL be charged. A European company, conversely, will never be charged with anything.

What the current administration is guilty of more than anything in this situation is pandering to the "one world order" in an attempt to get more support for the endless war efforts and thereby ignoring this ridiculous inequity. EU law is applied VERY subjectively. To put it mildly, they're full of $h;t.

Its really incomprehensible to me that people like you can TRULY believe that the US somehow has a monopoly on human nature and everywhere else on earth is some sort of utopian paradise where all is good and well. What goes wrong to lead to this staggeringly naive and sad view of reality?
Posted by: mlambert890@...   Posted on: 01/08/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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All antitrust laws must die [nt]  Omch'Ar | 01/04/08
You're kidding, right?  mdsmedia | 01/06/08
Anti-Trust laws are fine if not abused  rmichaly@... | 01/07/08
Yep simple economics...  DigitalFrog | 01/07/08
Not quite  rmichaly@... | 01/07/08
Cannot charge more than the market will bear.  osreinstall | 01/07/08
Just because they're doing better doesn't mean they're breaking the laws...  posternb@... | 01/07/08
You miss the point  Thore | 01/07/08
Corrupt Judges?  fastpa | 01/09/08
How do they know costs?  Dr. John | 01/07/08
I couldn't agree more  Chris55 | 01/08/08
Additional thought  Chris55 | 01/08/08
Has the EU been brought before the U.N. for antitrust  Boot_Agnostic | 01/05/08
I support AMD, and will never buy Intel products.  Grayson Peddie | 01/06/08
Great  rwright@... | 01/07/08
I have products from both.  Dr. John | 01/07/08
..and you LIKE to have a choice, right?  guiri | 01/07/08
Intel's performance and dependability  brucekdonaldson | 01/07/08
RE: Intel to respond to EU antitrust charges Monday  Pyrotech_z | 01/07/08
Should be a easy win for Intel  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/07/08
Why all the legal delays if it will be such an easy win?  diet coke | 01/07/08
Must protect those Dresden fab plants at all costs.  osreinstall | 01/07/08
the little companies dont benefit from these moves  pcguy777 | 01/07/08
Everyone hates the little guy.  osreinstall | 01/07/08
Hmmmm...  Northwolf | 01/07/08
There is 25 DIFFERENT governments overlooking  hkommedal | 01/07/08
RE: Intel to respond to EU antitrust charges Monday  suemccartin | 01/07/08
Amen.  blarman_z | 01/07/08
RE: Intel to respond to EU antitrust charges Monday  oceanicdemigod | 01/07/08
Re: EU Antitrust Charges  navstar@... | 01/07/08
The E.U. has an obligation to make sure that  hkommedal | 01/07/08
suckered by politics  mlambert890@... | 01/08/08
almost forgot...  mlambert890@... | 01/08/08
RE:EU and INTEL  vmartens@... | 01/07/08
So you think that existing laws about anti-trust  hkommedal | 01/07/08
Hmmm the EU.. A real monoply  the.seeker@... | 01/08/08
Not exactly the story of AIrbus  tony@... | 01/08/08
That is because ...  Alex@... | 01/07/08
RE: Intel to respond to EU antitrust charges Monday  atari8bit@... | 01/07/08
They're doing what the Americans are too crooked to do  guiri | 01/07/08
I think it was the price they had a problem with  guiri | 01/07/08
EU Antitrust Action  davkel1 | 01/09/08
RE: Intel to respond to EU antitrust charges Monday  archangelssag@... | 01/07/08
RE: Intel to respond to EU antitrust charges Monday  wwwsupport | 01/08/08
The EU??????  gsmcten@... | 01/08/08
EU VS USA  ceh4702 | 01/08/08
If you want to sell in the EU, you have to obey EU laws  WiredGuy | 01/08/08
I am sure they do.  osreinstall | 01/08/08
Intel have 16ghz AMD can't compete  specer_jamestomlinson@... | 01/08/08
Half Baked Article  ceh4702 | 01/08/08
Forget Intel & AMD  Crafty Badger | 01/08/08
There is little doubt  Altotus | 01/08/08
Corrupt Judges  fastpa | 01/09/08

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