US Government is being redesigned - courtesy of an unelected immigrant

[RockLobster]

On 2/14/2025 at 8:46 AM, Gene Mills Fan said:

Is there room for the other 77.3 million voters?

We're going to need a bigger van.

[RockLobster]

On 2/14/2025 at 4:13 AM, Offthemat said:

The Vice President doesn’t have a job in the Executive Branch, now does he.  

Seriously, this dope actually posted this EXACT thing. I haven't changed a single letter.

And, no, there's nothing more. I didn't delete any portion of the post. That's the whole unedited post.

This 'Offthemat' is a complete moron.

Posts quite a lot, usually makes little sense. More than likely paid to post by a foreign entity. 

Edited Sunday at 07:23 AM by RockLobster

[RockLobster]

On 2/14/2025 at 9:33 AM, headshuck said:

"If American democracy can survive 10 years of Greta Thunberg’s scolding, you can survive a few months of Elon Musk."

A few months?

@headshuck That part is interesting. What happens after these few months, exactly?

[headshuck]

Who knows. Maybe he contributes to the failed broadband rollout and delivers Starlink overnight to millions of Americans. Just one idea.

[Scouts Honor]

leftists: look at the wonderful administrative state we have created, over the decades our dreams and plans have come true, our policies will  be carried out no matter who is elected

 

also leftists: how dare the republicans notice our tyrannical takeover

[RockLobster]

On 2/16/2025 at 6:54 AM, headshuck said:

Who knows. Maybe he contributes to the failed broadband rollout and delivers Starlink overnight to millions of Americans. Just one idea.

$120/month for weak internet access? Plus $600+ for equipment? Multiply those costs by "millions" and you'll instantly get an idea why that wasn't the chosen route. If you want to discuss how to "fail" a rollout, you just outlined it perfectly.

You ask ... Who knows? Everybody knows who is paying attention and bothers to do the math.

[headshuck]

$120/month for weak internet access? Plus $600+ for equipment? Multiply those costs by "millions" and you'll instantly get an idea why that wasn't the chosen route. If you want to discuss how to "fail" a rollout, you just outlined it perfectly.
You ask ... Who knows? Everybody knows who is paying attention and bothers to do the math.

In remote and difficult-to-reach communities, Starlink would be an affordable alternative to fiberoptic broadband.

Government subsidies (FCC's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund) would make Starlink more affordable for eligible communities.

Economies of scale will bring the service pricing down.

[Husker_Du]

hey rock head,

the 'unelected immigrant' is a federal employee. 

touch grass, einstein. 

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i just dont know why they are firing all these people

 

[RockLobster]

17 hours ago, headshuck said:

In remote and difficult-to-reach communities, Starlink would be an affordable alternative to fiberoptic broadband.

Government subsidies (FCC's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund) would make Starlink more affordable for eligible communities.

Economies of scale will bring the service pricing down.

No, No, and No.

• "In remote and difficult-to-reach communities, Starlink would be an affordable alternative to fiberoptic broadband."
  My previous post already covered Starlink being not affordable. And, we don't need a full fiber buildout, short distance can easily be handled by coax/copper - much of which already exists.
• "Government subsidies (FCC's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund) would make Starlink more affordable for eligible communities."
  Starlink WON'T be more affordable unless taxpayers like you and I have to pay Elon Musk for it. For people who chose to live in remote locations, that doesn't make much sense to me. Traditional connected internet services will be FAR less expensive in the long term.
• "Economies of scale will bring the service pricing down."
  No, there are no "economy of scale" pricing options for Starlink. Regardless of scale, Musk decides pricing. All the more reason to stick with traditional connected internet. Again - FAR less expensive in the long term.

Edited 22 hours ago by RockLobster

[RockLobster]

7 hours ago, Husker_Du said:

hey rock head,

the 'unelected immigrant' is a federal employee. 

touch grass, einstein. 

Keeping up the clown show, I see.

He is absolutely an unelected immigrant - zero doubt about that.

What he's doing is super murky at best. SWAMPY would be a good term.

Musk isn't paid, was not authorized by any government agency, has no formal authority, was not vetted,  and doesn't (according to the White House) run the DOdGEy group. (Although he does own a position in DOGE coin crypto, which he's often marketed to his followers - which is a conflict of interest in terms of what he's doing.)

This guy is a Trump backed member of the DC Swamp. Arguably the biggest Swamp creature of all.

To claim he's a "federal employee" is primarily BS ("expected to work, for the government for 130 days or less in a 365-day period" - regardless of being paid or not.)

We should all be tired of the federal government trying to BS us all the time. Dem's and Rep's alike.

I'd like to get rid of the DC Swamp, but Trump and Musk are just making it bigger.

It's just more of the same, but now at an even bigger scale than ever with unelected migrants joining in. Pathetic.

[headshuck]

No, No, and No.

• "In remote and difficult-to-reach communities, Starlink would be an affordable alternative to fiberoptic broadband."
  My previous post already covered Starlink being not affordable. And, we don't need a full fiber buildout, short distance can easily be handled by coax/copper - much of which already exists.
• "Government subsidies (FCC's Rural Digital Opportunity Fund) would make Starlink more affordable for eligible communities."
  Starlink WON'T be more affordable unless taxpayers like you and I have to pay Elon Musk for it. For people who chose to live in remote locations, that doesn't make much sense to me. Traditional connected internet services will be FAR less expensive in the long term.
• "Economies of scale will bring the service pricing down."
  No, there are no "economy of scale" pricing options for Starlink. Regardless of scale, Musk decides pricing. All the more reason to stick with traditional connected internet. Again - FAR less expensive in the long term.

[Offthemat]

6 hours ago, headshuck said:

 

 

“Game changer” for North Carolina, too.