Competition is great, and it's a long time coming. Less than 2 percent of people in the country have that choice, so Tampa is pretty lucky.

The competition is the best in the country.

A bit over half of the country is online, but more than 75% of those users have broadband access. Competition to provide French consumers Internet access and Internet-based phone, TV and even wireless services is transforming the market. These wholesale shifts to new technologies in France make what is happening in the US look like baby steps.

Throughout the country there is growing competition from supermarkets and Internet retailers in terms of both price and range, so the merged company would have little ability to raise prices either on best-sellers or other titles.

Without competition, the spectacular development of technology that we have seen in the last one hundred years in this country would not have happened.

We've had 18 school associated violent deaths this year (and) over 50 non-fatal shootings across the country.