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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:39 AM Original message |
Changing from analog TV to digital is costing the taxpayer LOTS - who's getting rich off this? |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. The purveyors of the technology? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
77. Done in one! Excellent! n/t |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. Not "Who's getting rich off this," it's "Who's getting richer off this." |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. No doubt - and now they say they need more of our tax dollars.... |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 03:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
98. Nobody is getting richer out of this! |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. Rapidly doing away with "free" broadcast tv... |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. They're always fleecing the poor, the old and the sick - and our politicians... |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Actually, the tech works really well |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. I live just south of NIH and Bethesda Naval Hosp. facing North. Even w/special antenna... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Right now most digital signals are reduced power..... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Yes. I know. that's why I said 'right now' I'm out of luck. nt |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Oops. Missed that. Most people think how it is today will be the way it is forever (n/t) |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 04:31 AM Response to Reply #41 |
105. I'll be out of luck, too. Big mountains between me and the signal. |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
55. Not in my area |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
78. Except for your horse and roads analogy to work out properly |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Good to hear... are you near high rise buildings? |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I guess it's hit or miss. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. What box did you get? |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Zenith |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
90. Yes, if you have a good signal then digital is a massive improvement in terms of picture quality. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 04:17 AM Response to Reply #16 |
101. I got one of my boxes for $5 (with the coupon!). :) |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
75. Additonally at least twice a night, the new Digital signals freeze up |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
79. "Not to mention what happens with power outages." |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. While it may be a matter of time, there are analog portables |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. The converter boxes run off of DC.... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. What does that have to do with having emergency access |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. It's easier to run a DTV converter box from a battery than AC |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. I see... thanks.. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #80 |
92. There ARE digital portables, BUT |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 04:16 AM Response to Reply #92 |
100. The power requirements to decode will go down, it's just a matter of time, really. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
82. 15 years warning is "rapid"? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. Try some reading comprehension... |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. Actually I thought you misspoke with that "No free TV" remark. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. Again with the lack of reading comprehension. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 01:31 AM Response to Reply #96 |
97. The digital signals get boosted when the analog is turned off. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 04:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
99. 11 analog channels, 26 digital, I'm sorry, I have to completely disagree. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #99 |
106. Your're lucky and I hope others will be likewise when the signals |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. Well for starters, you can thank John McCain for giving away the digital spectrum |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You're kidding me! Are there articles on that? nt |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
38. Really ?!?! guess you missed the first auction which netted govt $19.9 Billion. (n/t) |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. Only a small segment of the available frequencies were auctioned.... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. What benefit would there be to force a multi billion tax on existing broadcasters? |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #54 |
68. Existing broadcasters are using public airwaves for, basically, nothing |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #52 |
73. Interesting. Wonder if the whole story on this can be searched on google nt |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. And How Is This Costing Us "Lots"??? |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. BILLIONS have come out of our pockets to pay the manufacturer of those boxes that the poor.... |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Billions? |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. The govt isn't paying it. Our taxes are paying for those boxes. The broadcasters should be nt |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. It's A Rebate... |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Yes, our taxes are paying for the manufacturers of those boxes nt |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. Have A Link For That? |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. We were watching it on CNN and MSNBC on the TVs at the gym.... |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. That Doesn't Mean The Government Paid For The Manufacture |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I'm looking at 3 things: 1) It's our taxes, 2) children are starving in America |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. govt MADE $18 billion on this switch. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. And by the way, I looked up your profile - LOVE your quote nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. The boxes cost $40 w/o a coupon. A LOT of people also need a special antenna which is another $40+. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Absolutely true - Also, if the broadcasters wanted this, the broadcasters should've |
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RockaFowler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. The broadcasters didn't want this |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. There certainly are costs to broadcastes, and the delay will be very expensive to them. nt |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
35. It was mandated by whom? Who stood to gain so much that they mandated it? nt |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. The FCC |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. I am rant ready. 6,000,000 kids in extreme (not regular) poverty and our taxes are paying this crap |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. If taxes were NOT used to pay for this you would complain that the poor are NOT being helped. |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. you really don't read any responses, do you? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
69. Might one wonder if it wasn't the CELL PHONE industry that wanted the change? |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Try Tiger Direct... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Thanks for the info, but the LAST thing I want to do is watch TV on my computer! |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
33. They're Hurting Already |
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RockaFowler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. You got that right Kharma |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
9. Leonard Cohen, "Tower of Song","...the rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor". -> |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
10. Our failure to make sure everyone has a basic understanding |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. ? |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
15. The next scam will be 3D TV |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. DTV isn't a scam. nt |
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remoulade (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. What was the first one, color tv? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Do you have any idea how many CORPORATE ELITISTS got rich off the color-TV SCAM? |
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remoulade (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. The old pizza scam puts them all to shame. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
94. The difference is that when color TV came in, your old B&W TV |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #24 |
45. You can still get a B&W TV if you want one |
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remoulade (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Yup...and we can go back to slide rules and tin cans and a string. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Exactly. If I prefer to use a slide rule, I can get one. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
42. Oh they'll come up with another way to suck up our tax money |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
22. This is the same sort of mindset |
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remoulade (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. And that keeps the USA and Nigeria the last 2 countries to eschew the metric system. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. "Efficient use of a limited resource? CHANGE IS A TOOL OF THE DEVIL" |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #22 |
47. Or Romans opposed to an upgrade in the quality of circuses... |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
57. well put |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
46. Your post is simply your opinion, one you do not back up with a single link |
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Joanie Baloney (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
51. So the ability to watch sappy dramas, formulaic sitcoms and biased news |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
56. The government is making money off this |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. Exactly. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 04:20 AM Response to Reply #56 |
102. Yep, and the stations are making money by saving power and having more channels. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 04:22 AM Original message |
dupe |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 04:22 AM Response to Reply #56 |
103. dupe |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 04:23 AM Response to Reply #103 |
104. tripe |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
66. I'm sick of all the things the government can't "afford" to give the people like health care |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. It is aggravating. Every time you follow the money, the taxpayer has been scammed.... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. I hear ya, earth mom. n/t |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
70. Google is your friend. |
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KatyaR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
71. My guess is the TV manufacturers. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
74. Its the future owner of the RF spectrum... |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
81. *GASP* It is truly sad the willful ignorance on the DTV conversion. |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
83. The usual suspects. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
85. It's NOT unnecessary. Please, people, crank down the tin foil! |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
87. the simplest solution is free broadcast TV cable to all |
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Jkid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #87 |
95. The only way to do that... |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
107. The misinformation, misunderstanding and downright ignorance about this switch is breathtaking. |
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