cable companies be damned!

2 things i do know:
1. antitrust laws do exist in this country (supposedly)
2. said laws clearly don't apply to cable companies (or other utility providers, for that matter)

why is it that i have only ever had one cable provider choice? doesn't that break tons of laws?

ok, so my lack of cable provider choice doesn't have anything to do with anti-trust laws really, but i just don't understand why i can't get away from the comcast/time warner black hole and i needed to say something about it.

which brings me back to another issue that's been plaguing me. if, in the city of houston (for example), i can choose my energy provider (be it green mountain, reliant, etc.) how exactly does that work? i mean, there is no way in hell that you actually change who provides juice to your house based on where you send your check every month. so they must do something like calculate the total usage for one area, divide that up by provider and then figure out how much each provider has to pay. no, that doesn't make sense. whatever. now you know what kind of stuff i'm thinking about when i'm staring off into space during status meetings. yeah, martin agency, you heard me. i may be an advertising genius, but i don't always pay attention. so there.