Ben Williams

XM/Sirius Merger Still a Long Shot

This article has one fact that I agree with and the rest sounds like a commercial for terrestial radio and all the pinheads that want this merger to be defeated. The fact is that the merger is still a long shot and has a small percentage to be approved in a favorable way to XM & Sirius.

The true reason behind this fact is not based on the author's comments though about competition and monopoly, but instead on terrestial radio's lobbyist and members of Congress getting their palms greased by this local stations to help defeat this merger. I am not a subscriber to either satellite radio company, but as a person who still believes in a free market society and capitalism, this deals needs a decision much sooner than later. Typical government slow decision stalled by red tape and $ passing hands. Call your Senator and Representative today and raise hell asking them why this is taking so long. Decision should be made one way or the other, we can go to war in a day, crush the economy with knee jerk reactions from the fed in a few minutes, but cannot approve a merger within a year. What a freaking joke. Approve this and move on!