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

[Katie Allnutt]

Exactly. When people call their congressman because they can't get TV  
we are in a sad state. And with all the ads blaring that 'Government  
has mandated a change in transmission!'  then people will be calling  
congress and it will be pitiful.
And why did Bush specifically pick the month after a new president  
would take office for the switch to happen?  Why didn't he pick it  
during his own administration? Because they were smart enough or  
cocky enough or (your own adjective here) to dump the problem onto  
someone else's lap as they have done with every other issue.

Katie


On Jan 9, 2009, at 8:10 AM, Steven wrote:

> This has already been delayed for YEARS.
> So long that technology has passed it by. If we were to design a  
> digital
> television system today, it would be much different.
> If folks are calling their congressman because they can't get TV,  
> we are in
> a sad state.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet- 
>> bounces at rdrop.com]On
>> Behalf Of Katie Allnutt
>> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 7:29 AM
>> To: Forest Grove local interests list
>> 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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