The alternate cell phone provider CREDO MOBILE, which OEMs the Sprint network to US customers, and is part of the well-known-and-respected “Working Assets” not-for-profit organization, has long decried AT&T’s nefarious financial support of Right-winged causes…

SEE: http://www.credomobile.com/mission/Progressive-Social-Change.aspx
SEE: http://www.credomobile.com/mission/nonprofit-donations-current.aspx
SEE: http://www.credomobile.com/mission/political-victories-current.aspx

…and routinely markets its services to AT&T customers who want to do their small part to NOT put money into the coffers of a big corporation which turns around and uses some of it to so stongly support that which they despise.

From CREDO’s FAQ…

—– BEGIN CREDO FAQ SNIPPET —–
Why switch to CREDO Mobile?

You may be surprised to learn that your choice of cell phone isn’t neutral. For example, did you know that AT&T has contributed to right-wing politicians working against your values? At CREDO, we’ve supported progressive causes for more than 27 years, through automatic donations from our members and our citizen-activism programs. Since 1985 we’ve raised more than $70 million for nonprofit groups like Earthjustice, Doctors Without Borders, Planned Parenthood and the ACLU. So if you stand for progressive beliefs, join the only phone company that stands with you.
—– END CREDO FAQ SNIPPET —–

My point is not to promote CREDO (though if it inadvertently picked-up a customer or two from this posting, I’m okay with that); rather, my point in showing what CREDO writes on its site and uses in its advertising is to help document what AT&T does with its money, and how strongly at least one of its competitors feels about it. It is an irony, then, that AT&T would now, with its long track record of huge amounts of financial support for President Obama’s socio-political enemies, step forward and pretend that it likes him.

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Gregg L. DesElms
Napa, California USA
gregg at greggdeselms dot com