Nyet!

This actually is not a nonideological issue (or at least it's not a nonpartisan issue). Check out this post on the Corner:

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZGRiODI2Yzc2M2I2ZGI1N2IyMDEyZjY...

"Barack Obama has said he wants to delay the long-awaited switch to digital television, and he is likely to get his way. There were a great many reasons to oppose the transition to begin with, but why slow things down now that it is underway?

Here's why: the change would benefit one particular corporation at the expense of its competitors. The beneficiary happens to be the company where Obama's undisclosed advisor on this and other telecom issues (also a major donor) makes his living."

When are they going to vote to get relevant programme content to the peoples communities, states, national, international channels? It has been too long that TV has been the tool of the military-industrial-complex, and not the needed peoples culture that is necessary for society to make an advance especially along the ecological green organic balances, non-aggressive pollution wars plain. So much has been done to ruin the planet by maximizing the cultural destruction of the planet for money that it literally is beginning to die. It seems to me that just changing power sources to review the same old nonsense is not good enough. What does it matter if the content of quality and quantity do not change favorably when the world outside needs ecological solidarity to begin its path to life and liberation again.

Maybe Sally Field could go lobby with a bottle of once a month Boniva(tm).

Or a basket of preserved puffer fish.

House Republicans are a pretty good example of what's left in the GOP from the ground up (the Senate is a lagging indicator, and is moderated by the fact that senators must win whole states rather than carefully drawn safe districts). If you want a good picture of what the base gooper is like, look in the Republican House caucus.

The party has long since passed the tipping point into fringe insanity. There are no more Lugars or Hagels (or even McCains) on the way up - it's radical wingnuttery through and through. There's no coming back from this, either; any moderates get run out of the organization quickly if ever they stumble into it.

As a country, we need a couple of things:

1. No more GOP presidents

Dubya was a harbinger of things to come. From now on all Republican presidential candidates will be know-nothing right wing fanatics (see Palin, S). None will be better than 43, and most will be much worse.

2. The death of the GOP with all possible speed

Luckily we're getting an assist on this from the party itself. Assuming we make it through the current disaster, Republicans will have set themselves up both as cause for the catastrophe and adamant opponents of doing anything to fix it.

The hell of it is on this particular issue (whether or not to delay the digital TV transition) the goopers have blundered into a nut and are holding the correct position for once. Putting in another delay is stupid.

"basket of preserved puffer fish"

is actually the perfect description of Congressional Republicans.

"House Republicans say a delay also would burden wireless companies and public safety agencies waiting for the spectrum that will be freed up by the switch, and create added costs for television stations that would have to continue broadcasting both analog and digital signals for four more months."

So they had reasons. Maybe they're good ones, maybe they are not. We can gather information, review argumetns and make up our own minds.

But does Kevin do any of this? No. He flatly accuses over 100 people of lying and of having ulterior motives, without any examination of the issues. He does this with no discussion and no substantiation.

What a risible performance.

I am damn glad the bill failed. No more fucking extensions! People will not be switching until they HAVE to. They are either too stupid, or too lazy to do it since it actually costs a person NOTHING. It has been plastered across the television on every god damn channel for a year.

I am damn sick of it. Enough.

dob: that's my understanding as well.

I've noticed the presence of Republican trolls has increased noticeably at nearly every center-to-left site I visit -- some of them obviously the same individuals, making rounds. The days of the blast fax have finally given way to the days of the email "newsletter" for these folks.

In regards to Obama's inside man, this was posted on the original article on the Examiner:

POSTED Jan 19, 2009
Techuntangled.com: "This article is somewhat misleading and contains misunderstood information. For example,".....Sprint pays Clearwire to connect your Blackberry to the Internet ..." Today there is no BlackBerry that works on WiMAX (the network that clearwire is building). This network isn't even built out, except in a few cities (anyone know a sprint customer who uses wimax???). Furthermore, Verizon and others who bought 700 MHz spectrum will not be adversely affected unless the DTV transition is put off till 2010. According to public statements, Verizon doesn't plan to offer a service on this spectrum till 2010. The article makes good points, but without specifying when the Obama administration is putting off the DTV transition, it misses the point."

Now, unfortunately, Mr. Unlimited does not cite sources, but if you go over to his blog, you will find lots of precise technical information as well as marketing and business plan information about the telecoms. If you are doubtful of his knowledge, feel free to go solicit sources. I am willing to take this one at its face. Now, if July rolls around and there is a push to extend the deadline to 2Q10, then maybe something's rotten etc. etc.

Sob. What are we going to say to the poor people and their children and the old people whose televisions will grow dark? "Hey, lardass. Get some exercise."

@Luther

So what do you say to engineers and other people working at local TV stations? "We do not care that you spend a year prepping for this switchover. We want your station to continue to power both your analog and digital transmitters for another four months. Never mind that the unnecessary extra costs may force the TV station to lay off workers."

That is a great way to stimulate the economy.

I hope that in an effort to appear bipartisan, the Democrats don't agree to redefine "digital" to include "1", "0", and "maybe".

The economy's losers are going to be even more upset with the Republicans over this issue than over the no votes on the stimulus. People who can no longer afford cable and satellite TV will blame Republicans for having to either purchase a digital box or a digital TV in order to receive digital broadcasts. Republicans must not understand the economic pain their constituents are going through, or, if they do understand, want them to suffer. How they think increasing that suffering through opposition to Obama is going to help them electorally is a mystery.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_logic

What it shows, AJB, is just pure arrogance and ignorance combined. Certainly makes you out to be a whole lot dumber than the people you are complaining about.

Good jorb!

(There are only 10 types of people in the world —
those who understand binary, and those who don't. We know which group you're in.)

Oops. My bad. I should have clicked the link.

I'm with Luther on this. It would not be such a bad thing if a lot of TVs went dark for a while.

It seems to me that the people who really cared about this would already have a converter box or a newer digital TV.

(I will recant a bit. There are probably older people and invalids and some with few resources that are having a hard time with this change.)

Re: "let the market fix this", that is almost impossible. That's like saying let the market settle whether we drive on the left or right side of the road. Eventually there might be a consensus, but at the cost of untold numbers of lives. The market can settle some aspects of this, but you need a regulatory agency to set the rules of the road.

After the election ,one of the first interviews with an elder Republican politician ( sorry, can't remember who) said "..this is still a right-of-center country.' Bwaa Ha Ha!
These "politicians" (usually defined as someone skilled in the art of politics!!?) have been looking in the mirror so long that all they can see are themselves.
Dr. No

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