Bush insider likely to fill Federal Communications chair

[lovuian]

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Bush insider likely to fill Federal Communications chair
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Big News Network.com Sunday 23rd January, 2005 (UPI)

The White House appears to have settled on Kevin J. Martin as its choice to head the Federal Communications Commission, it was reported Saturday.

The White House appears to have settled on Kevin J. Martin as its choice to head the Federal Communications Commission, it was reported Saturday
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Another Texan!!!

[TheFarseer]

1. It's a good thing he's from Texas

for instance, an all Wyoming cabinet would just be crazy. We should kick Texas out and he can be their dictator for life. Everyone wins :)

[stray cat]

2. I bet we wish Powell was back - what a scary proposition.

[napi21]

3. Who the hell is Kevin Martin?

I never heard of him. Other than being a Texan (which shrub us NOT), what's his connection to the adnimistration?

[justiceischeap]

6. Ask and yeah shall receive

His bio:

http://www.fcc.gov/commissioners/martin/

Commissioner
Kevin J. Martin

Nominated April 30, 2001; confirmed May 25, 2001; Sworn-in July 3, 2001. Before joining the FCC, Martin was a Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. He served on the Bush-Cheney Transition Team and was Deputy General Counsel for the Bush campaign. Prior to joining the campaign, Martin was an advisor to FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth. He has also served in the Office of the Independent Counsel and worked as an associate at the Washington, DC law firm of Wiley, Rein & Fielding. Before joining Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Martin was a judicial clerk for U.S. District Court Judge William M. Hoeveler, Miami, FL. Martin received a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Masters in Public Policy from Duke University, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He is a member of the Florida Bar, District of Columbia Bar and the Federal Communications Bar Association.

[Wrinkle_In_Time]

7. Edit: beaten by thecorrection...

... Shouldn't he be wearing a bow-tie?

[leesa]

4. Oh gee. What a surprise. Cronyism in the Bush White House??

[CoffeeCat]

5. I wonder...

...why the Powell boys are exiting?

[Coastie for Truth]

8. But where does he stand on "BPL" - Broadband over the Power Lines

This is a give away to the power companies. In an "Ideal" world of no "harmonics" and no "interference" and perfect filters - BPL would allow radio, tv, cable, and internet to come into your house over the electric lines.

I said "Ideal" world - electronics and electromagnetic interference and Fourier Analysis tell you things start out less then ideal and get worse from there - and don't get better.

BPL is no gift to the consumer --- you (or the manufacturer) will have to build "band pass filters" into all of your electronics -- or you will get interference - like real interference (which you may hear as a steady "hums" - but which will cause problems with some high frequency dependent appliances). Plus the band pass filters do attenuate the signal you are trying to pass.

Typical - whether it is the FCC or FERC -- subsidize the big power companies.