Microsoft + Yahoo = Congressional hearings?

Ok, I admit it, I did NOT see this coming, but should have.

 

Story here tells how the US congress feels the need to stick their nose into "investigate" this merger/acquisition.  Ummm, why?

 

Isn't this the land of free enterprise?  If they are going to take this path, then to be truly fair and just we need committees to investigate google every time they introduce a product that competes with an MS product. 

 

What an obvious witch-hunt we have here.  Don't we have better things to legislate?  In an election year for heaven's sake!  Geeesh.

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