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

[Katie Allnutt]

Another indicator of how the Bush administration took care to look at  
their own numbers and plan thoughtfully. (or not)

Katie

On Jan 9, 2009, at 7:39 AM, Geri wrote:

> 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
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>
>> 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
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>>>>
>>>> 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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