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March 07, 2006
Lyrics to "We Couldn't Stop the Merger" (an Ode to AT&T):
(As a long time fan of Billy Joel, the following lyrics are our own version of "We Didn't Start the Fire" in the spirit of the AT&T / BellSouth deal.)
"We Couldn't Stop The Mergers" (an Ode to AT&T)
Samuel Morse, SOS, Edison's Incandesce
Graham Bell, Ted Vail, Westinghouse or Ma Bell.
Tesla, Marconi, ATT monopoly.
Many networks, such a mess.
CHORUS
We couldn't stop the mergers
They were always clinging
Since the phone was ringing
We didn't start the mergers
No we couldn't take it
And we tried to break it.
Free-for-all, ICC, change the name to FCC.
Carterphone, Hush-a-phone, throw Ma Bell another bone.
MCI, MFS, Bill McGowan had to press.
DOJ, Judge Green, MFJ, change of scene.
CHORUS
We couldn't stop the mergers
They were always clinging
Since the phone was ringing
We didn't start the mergers
No we couldn't take it
And we tried to break it.
'84, '92, '96, law is new.
ILECs, CLECs, IXCs, rejects.
UNE-P, Resale, UNE-L, all will fail.
Long distance, local loop, regulators fly the coop.
CHORUS
We couldn't stop the mergers
They were always clinging
Since the phone was ringing
We didn't start the mergers
No we couldn't take it
And we tried to break it.
Seidenberg, DSL, Northpoint, go to Hell.
Ted Turner, Craig McCaw, some adhere to different law.
Whitacre, Notebaert, try to tear Cartel apart.
WorldCom, MCI, Bernie Ebbers told a lie.
CHORUS
We couldn't stop the mergers
They were always clinging
Since the phone was ringing
We didn't start the mergers
No we couldn't take it
And we tried to break it.
Reed Hundt, Bill Kennard, Michael Powell tried real hard.
Joe Barton, Kevin Martin, I wonder now what they are startin'.
Mr. Moore and Metcalf's Laws, Internet gives them pause.
The rules have changed, it's all deranged.
CHORUS
We couldn't stop the mergers
They were always clinging
Since the phone was ringing
We didn't start the mergers
No we couldn't take it
And we tried to break it.
(c) 2006 Jeff Pulver. All Rights Reserved.
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Very creative! I agree the merger is bad news for everyone, most notably consumers and the 10,000 employees who are about to lose their jobs (following the nearly 30,000 that lost their job after the last merger). But obviously Ed Whitacre doesn't care about about any of that.
In reading about this merger, I found an interesting interview Whitacre did with BusinessWeek about a few months ago.
Q. Is it a possibility that SBC would acquire BellSouth?
A. “It sure would be nice, but it doesn’t have much chance of happening because of market power, size, etc. I think it would be real hard to do. I don’t think the regulators would let that happen, in my judgment.”
http://www.businessweek.com/@@n34h*IUQu7KtOwgA/magazine/content/05_45/b3958092.htm
Too bad regulators don't have the backbone to stand up to AT&T that Whitacre thought they had.
Posted by: Uriel at March 7, 2006 02:27 PM