[Grovenet] Obama urges delay in digital TV transition - MSNBCArticles

[Geri]

I also heard that the coupons ran out, and it will take a while to get more $ for that ...


Geri

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katie Allnutt" <allnutt at verizon.net>
To: "Forest Grove local interests list" <grovenet at rdrop.com>
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Obama urges delay in digital TV transition - MSNBCArticles


>I can think of two or three reason why it might be advantageous to  
> wait a while longer.
> And the date to switch was, at least as far as I can tell, completely  
> arbitrary.
> 
> The most logical reason seems to be this.  When the you know what  
> hits the fan in mid February, people are going to be calling their  
> congressperson and giving them an earful. Med February is now the  
> projected time that the economic rescue plan will be making its way  
> out of Congress. Depending on your perspective the rescue plan looks  
> either a) like it is important that it be done right the first time  
> or b) so fraught with problems in a Congress that is already shaping  
> up as one that will bicker this thing into the ground that it will  
> take even longer to get through.
> Back when we were bailing out Bear Stearns the Bush spokesmen were  
> saying it was necessary because we were on the verge of an  
> international economic meltdown.  And while they may get credit for  
> not stepping off that cliff at the time, there is little evidence  
> that we have moved away from a similar precipice if not the exact  
> same one.
> 
> In the overall global priorities, would you want the US Congress  
> getting bombarded with calls about TVs at the time they should be  
> working on keeping us safe from deflation or would you feel  
> comfortable that they could handle a technical electronic issue at  
> the same time as a national economic or global crisis?  Given that  
> the timing is arbitrary for the TV switch I would let Congress focus  
> on the most important issue and let the TV switch wait.
> 
> We may be able to get more channels with digital TV but I doubt that  
> we will be getting better content in those channels with digital TV.
> 
> Katie
> 
> On Jan 8, 2009, at 10:03 PM, Steven wrote:
> 
>> Some folks won't change until it is shut off. Why wait any longer?
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet- 
>>> bounces at rdrop.com]On
>>> Behalf Of Alan Domenghini aka an OleHoss
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 9:22 PM
>>> To: GroveNet at rdrop.com
>>> Subject: [Grovenet] Obama urges delay in digital TV transition -
>>> MSNBCArticles
>>>
>>>
>>> I do not know if anyone in the grove listened to Obama speak the  
>>> morning
>>> or not, but he did not make any mention about this particular
>>> situation.... I wonder why? Anyone have any Idea why?
>>>
>>>
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