[Grovenet] Get cher coupons here!! Big black market suretodevelope!! Act now!!

Wed Jan 2 12:39:26 PST 2008

The right amount of 'bitter' adds interest to the dish (I hope) <G>.

Actually, I'd expect most people to do what was needed to have a TV today
just as almost everyone, no matter how poor, had access to a radio in the
1930's. The conversion to HDTV broadcasting format under the new technical
standards was put off twice to give everyone time to get what they needed to
be prepared. That sounds rather outlandish. When did most people plan ahead
for anything? 

Like radio years ago, TV drives our culture. I submit it's a much more
profound influence than religion - perhaps it's a greater influence than any
other single part of most people's lives.

Ron D'Eau Claire 

-----Original Message-----
From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com] On
Behalf Of Ed Davie
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 9:00 AM
To: Forest Grove local interests list
Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Get cher coupons here!! Big black market
suretodevelope!! Act now!!

You're right, of course, but a little bitter.
Happy New Year, Ron.
Ed

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz>
To: "'Forest Grove local interests list'" <grovenet at rdrop.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Get cher coupons here!! Big black market 
suretodevelope!! Act now!!

> You didn't realize that television was essential to the success of the 
> US Government?
>
> Of course the American people deserve coupons, at the very least!
>
> TVs in every household is essential to pursue America's plan! TV is 
> the
> most
> effective way to deliver the messages to people that they must go out and
> use their credit cards to buy things they don't need so  they will be part
> of the "in" crowd and keep the American economy strong.
>
> How else would all of those people who never learned to create a 
> personal budget have been told to go buy a house with a loan that 
> required them to triple their incomes in two years, or in past years 
> to buy a top-heavy dangerous gas-guzzling SUV because it was "safer", 
> or buy a thousand other idiotic things.
>
> Without TV, people might not go buy the meaningless nonsense stuff to 
> put under a Christmas tree. They even might question whether it was 
> necessary to spend a lot of money on a dying tree to prop up in their 
> living rooms!
>
> TV is essential to convey to the American people what they must do for
> their
> country today. We can't afford to have them out of touch.
>
> Ron D'Eau Claire
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com] 
> On Behalf Of Bob Browning
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 7:11 AM
> To: Grovenet
> Subject: [Grovenet] Get cher coupons here!! Big black market sure 
> todevelope!! Act now!!
>
>
>
> Here you go!! Do your part to make room for the next big spectrum 
> auction
> so
> we can keep paying for the Iraq War off books!!
>
> bob "oh, how much fun!!" browning
>
> PS: Happy New Year!!
>
>
>
> Feds share coupons to help TV transition (AP)
>
>
> * Posted on Tue Jan 1, 2008 12:34PM EST
>
> WASHINGTON - Millions of $40 government coupons become available 
> Tuesday
> to
> help low-tech television owners buy special converter boxes for older TVs
> that might not work after the switch to digital broadcasting.
>
> Beginning Feb. 18, 2009, anyone who does not own a digital set and 
> still gets their programming via over-the-air antennas will no longer 
> receive a picture.
>
> That's the day the television industry completes its transition from 
> old-style analog broadcasting to digital.
>
> The converter boxes are expected to cost between $50 and $70 and will 
> be available at most major electronics retail stores. Starting 
> Tuesday, the National Telecommunications and Information 
> Administration will begin accepting requests for two $40 coupons per 
> household to be used toward the purchase of the boxes.
>
> Viewers who have satellite or cable service will not need a box.
>
> To request a coupon, consumers can apply online at 
> <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/storytext/digit
> al_tv/
>
25738908/SIG=10odl73d3;_ylt=AtQzvZL6DwIiZy..bBOJzp37L5A5/*http://www.dtv2009
> .gov> http://www.dtv2009.gov starting Tuesday. The government also has set
> up a 24-hour hotline to take requests, 1-888-DTV-2009 (1-888-388-2009).
>
> Congress, in ordering the transition to digital broadcasting, set 
> aside
> $1.5
> billion for the coupon program, which will fund 33.5 million coupons and
> other costs.
>
> The giveaway basically works under the honor system.
>
> The first 22 million coupons will go to all households that request 
> them. That includes a residence that gets cable service for one 
> television but has a spare TV that still uses an antenna, for example.
>
> The rest of the coupons, however, are meant only for those who do not 
> subscribe to a pay-television service.
>
> The Nielsen Co. estimates that 14.3 million households, or about 13
> percent
> of the 112.8 million total television households in the nation, rely on
> over-the-air television broadcasts for programming.
>
> Tony Wilhelm, director of consumer education for NTIA, said the agency 
> expects to have enough coupons to satisfy demand. "We think the high 
> number will be 26 million," he said. "Low end is 10 million."
>
> Members of Congress have criticized both the National 
> Telecommunications
> and
> Information Administration and the Federal Communications Commission for
> their work on the transition to digital television.
>
> In November, the Government Accountability Office, Congress' 
> investigative arm, released a report that concluded there is "no 
> comprehensive plan" for the transition.
>
> Most of the concern rests with public education campaigns. While 
> Congress allocated $1.5 billion for the coupon program, only $5 
> million was for education. The Association for Public Television 
> Stations reported in September that 51 percent of participants 
> surveyed were unaware that the transition was taking place.
>
> Since then, the broadcast industry has announced a voluntary public 
> education campaign. The FCC is circulating a plan among commissioners 
> that would make public education efforts by broadcasters mandatory.
>
> Congress ordered the transition to digital broadcasting to make more 
> efficient use of the publicly owned airwaves.
>
> On Jan. 24, the FCC will auction off the spectrum currently used for
> analog
> television. That portion of the airwaves will be sold to wireless 
> providers
> and is expected to bring in as much as $15 billion. A portion of the
> spectrum will also be dedicated for use by emergency responders.
>
> ___
>
> On the Web:
>
> FCC information: 
> <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/storytext/digit
> al_tv/
>
25738908/SIG=10l5q2n80;_ylt=Ajcc9DKTFGD.CCm8Q3tac8n7L5A5/*http://www.dtv.gov
> /> http://www.dtv.gov/
>
>
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