The Digital TV Transition has been pushed back to summer because not everyone has a coupon to buy a converter box at a discount.
HUH?
Because money ran out funding the discount program for the converter boxes, Congress has decided to postpone the transition from February 17 to summer.
WHY?
I don't think that the government has the responsibility to ensure that everybody has good TV reception after the changeover, a change which has questionable reasons to do so in the first place. Yes, it will free up more bandwidth for public service (emergency) communications signals. But this plan was originally intended to be implemented back in 2006, and was pushed back. Millions of dollars have been invested by TV broadcasters to execute these changes mandating the changeover on the 17th, and to promote and inform the public of this action.
Now, back to square one, making sure more coupons are printed/minted to enable every one to have TV.
TV is a Constitutional Right? NOT!
This is FUBAR to the utmost, everyday government SNAFU.
Give me a break . . . . Television is NOT a NEED, it is a WANT.
I've said it before and I'll say it again . . . . I Love My Country, it's the Government I'm Afraid of!
TV is an appliance, not a requirement.
AAAARRRRGGGHH!
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1 comment:
Isn't that ridiculous?
With all the time and money they have spent on the debating,the ads and coupons, they probably could have just shipped everyone a box.
But then, just like the coupons, there would be a bunch of people who never got around to requesting the box, who would complain.
'course, I pay a ridiculous amount of money for cable tv.
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