There shouldn't have been a coupon, another huge ripoff. Why do I have to pay for some yahoo down the street to watch another episode of jerry springer?
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Steve at Verizon <stevet...@verizon.net>wrote: > I know there are some who believe Bush is the cause of all problems, past, > present, and future, but this isn't one of them. DTV transition started long > before his presidency. Check this NYT article from 1997 > > > http://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/10/business/advanced-tv-posing-issue-of-timing.html > > First paragraph: > > "If the Clinton Administration has its way, every American home will have > to replace its television sets with expensive new digital models within > eight years -- or risk losing the ability to watch TV at all." > > (OK, I'll admit the Bush admin didn't do a great job with the coupon > process.) > > > t.piwowar wrote: > >> Don't fail to look after the Bush plan for converting to digital fire >> scheduled for next January. Some have said that doing so in the middle of >> Winter was a dumb idea, but Bush said "mission accomplished." I don't think >> it is on BHO's radar yet, with so many other crises to attend to. Try to >> order your fire converters early. >> >> On Jun 13, 2009, at 7:40 AM, Tony B wrote: >> >>> It *was* broke, now it's fixed. For a while, anyway. You wouldn't >>> really consider driving a 1940 model car today, would you? Your 'fire' >>> analogy is a really bad one because DTV is a set of standards, not a >>> universal chemical process. >>> >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> >> >> > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
