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If nothing else this is going to be a fun show. I have a feeling the House is overmatched.

ponker 6y ago
Overmatched in intellect but not in raw power. Bezos has managed to piss off Democrats and Trumpists so any anti-Amazon legislation is viable.
- zozin 6y ago
  Let's not pretend that Bezos spent much time on this statement. His lawyers and other employees wrote it for him.
  - Invictus0 6y ago
    If you have read Bezos' shareholder letters, you will recognize his writing style in this piece. I'm sure there is some text authorship software that you could use to verify this as well. I'll give that lawyers probably supplied the statistics used here; they are very misleading at times.
  - p0rkbelly 6y ago
    I would think a smart, driven person who is passionate about the topic would be more than happy to write this and spend a lot of time on it. Seems like his writing style.
  - missedthecue 6y ago
    I doubt it. This is his job, and it seems like something he'd want full oversight and control of. This isn't a press release about another warehouse opening
  - ponker 6y ago
    No, this is the kind of thing that CEOs take for themselves and cancel meetings that teams have spent 3 months preparing for. Of course he will have asked each team to deliver him draft language but I'm sure the final language is his.
christophilus 6y ago
I watched Barr’s hearing. It was mostly elected officials ranting and sermonizing. Barr came out of that looking like the only sane person in the room, and I say this as... not a Trump fan. It doesn’t take much to outmatch the House or the Senate these days. I expect this to be nothing but a bunch of virtue signaling. Nothing will come of it which is a real shame.
JumpCrisscross 6y ago
> the House is overmatched Booking all four on the same day was a genius move by some lobbyist. It dilutes the unique issues that each tech giant presents, and makes scrutiny look like sour grapes.
epberry 6y ago
I was wrong about this. Each of the 4 got hit pretty hard at times.

Overmatched in intellect but not in raw power. Bezos has managed to piss off Democrats and Trumpists so any anti-Amazon legislation is viable.

zozin 6y ago
Let's not pretend that Bezos spent much time on this statement. His lawyers and other employees wrote it for him.
- Invictus0 6y ago
  If you have read Bezos' shareholder letters, you will recognize his writing style in this piece. I'm sure there is some text authorship software that you could use to verify this as well. I'll give that lawyers probably supplied the statistics used here; they are very misleading at times.
- p0rkbelly 6y ago
  I would think a smart, driven person who is passionate about the topic would be more than happy to write this and spend a lot of time on it. Seems like his writing style.
- missedthecue 6y ago
  I doubt it. This is his job, and it seems like something he'd want full oversight and control of. This isn't a press release about another warehouse opening
- ponker 6y ago
  No, this is the kind of thing that CEOs take for themselves and cancel meetings that teams have spent 3 months preparing for. Of course he will have asked each team to deliver him draft language but I'm sure the final language is his.

christophilus 6y ago

I watched Barr’s hearing. It was mostly elected officials ranting and sermonizing. Barr came out of that looking like the only sane person in the room, and I say this as... not a Trump fan. It doesn’t take much to outmatch the House or the Senate these days. I expect this to be nothing but a bunch of virtue signaling. Nothing will come of it which is a real shame.

JumpCrisscross 6y ago

> the House is overmatched Booking all four on the same day was a genius move by some lobbyist. It dilutes the unique issues that each tech giant presents, and makes scrutiny look like sour grapes.

epberry 6y ago

I was wrong about this. Each of the 4 got hit pretty hard at times.