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Millionaire Grass Roots Via Press Release

I love how in 2007, a "grass roots movement" is apparently started via corporate press release, "led" by a guy who made millions via IPO after previously being busted for securities fraud. The age of "I have a dream" this is not.

That's not to say I support Verizon in their patent scumbaggery against VoIP provider Vonage, I do not.

But silly Vonage, if you're going to go to war with the best PR and lobbying team in America (Verizon) you're supposed to set up a bogus third party "consumer advocacy" group (aka "astroturf"), obscure your funding, and then have them issue the press release for you.

I mean come on, this is manipulating the public 101 here, Jeff.

Transparency is so 1950's....