I shouldn't even  respond to this message, as I don't want to feed
trolls and spark debate on the list.  However, this being a ham hobby
list, I'm not really sure how or why this post would be applicable
here.
I'm not making a political statement here, or saying I'm on one side
or the other of this particular issue, but we're all just here to talk
radio, blindness issues, and generally rag chew.  This seems, at least
to me, to be a bit devisive.
Just my two cents.
Zach, KK4RUZ

On 6/19/13, Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> text of forwarded message follows:
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>   From: Hand In Hand <[log in to unmask]>
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>   SOURCE: =
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2343377/I-dont-care-Hidden-camera=
> -catches-wireless-company-employees-passing-Obama-phones-people-say-theyl=
> l-sell-drugs-shoes-handbags-spending-cash.html
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>   Tuesday, Jun 18 201312PM 80=B0F3PM82=B0F 5-Day Forecast
>   EXCLUSIVE: Hidden camera catches wireless company employees passing =
> out 'Obama phones' to people who say they'll SELL them for drugs, shoes, =
> handbags and spending cash=20
>     a.. The 'Lifeline' free-cell-phone scheme cost $2.2 BILLION last =
> year alone, all of it from fees added to the phone bills of paying =
> customers=20
>     b.. The biggest beneficiary other than low-income consumers is =
> billionaire Carlos Slim Helu, whose TracFone has collected $1.5 BILLION =
> to date=20
>     c.. One company told MailOnline it will fire a salesperson who =
> laughed uproariously when a woman said she would sell her phone to buy =
> shoes=20
>     d.. Conservative firebrand James O'Keefe sent undercover actors to =
> pose as 'Obama phone' seekers aiming to sell the goods; no one turned =
> them down=20
>     e.. Legislation in Congress would remove the cell phone component of =
> the program, which launched in 1984 and covered only land lines until =
> 2008=20
>   By David Martosko In Washington
>   PUBLISHED:02:01 EST, 18 June 2013| UPDATED:07:22 EST, 18 June 2013
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>   'If you're interested in learning -- wanting to know how much the =
> phone's worth, [I] recommend you go to any pawn shop,' this Stand Up =
> Wireless worker told conservative activist James O'Keefe's undercover =
> plant. 'They'll be more than happy to tell you, OK?'
>
>   Undercover video shot in May by a conservative activist shows two =
> corporate distributors of free cell phones handing out the mobile =
> devices to people who have promised to sell them for drug money, to buy =
> shoes and handbags, to pay off their bills, or just for extra spending =
> cash.
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>   The 'Obama phone,' which made its ignominious YouTube debut outside a =
> Cleveland, Ohio presidential campaign event last September, is a project =
> of the Federal Communications Commission's 'Lifeline' program, which =
> makes land line and mobile phones available to Americans who meet =
> low-income requirements.
>   Lifeline was a $2.19 billion program in 2012.
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>   Recipients most commonly demonstrate their need by flashing an =
> Electronic Benefits Transfer card to verify their eligibility for =
> welfare payments, or by bringing tax statements to a phone provider.=20
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>   The phones' legitimate purposes include poverty-level job applicants' =
> use as contact numbers for job interviews and emergency contacts for =
> children of single parents.
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>   But when James O'Keefe, whose Project Veritas is a perennial thorn in =
> the side of progressive policymakers, sent an undercover actor into a =
> Stand Up Wireless location in Philadelphia, the man's stated purpose was =
> to buy drugs.
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>   'Once you guys give me this phone, it's my phone?' he asked an =
> employee inside a Philadelphia brick-and-mortal Stand Up Wireless =
> location. 'I can, like, sell it and stuff?'
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>   'Whatever you want to do with it,' the worker replied.
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>   'So I'm [going to] get some money for heroin,' he offered.
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>   The employee coolly responded, 'Hey, I don't judge.'
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