[opendtv] Re: Obama Asks Congress to Delay DTV Transition
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 15:37:15 -0800
Tom;
It is VERY DANGEROUS to personalize attorneys working for private clients as
if they were something more than wage slaves advocating for a well-paying
client.
Eric Holder as AG is a different matter, at least as pertains to the pardon
of Marc Rich. Holder was working on a discretionary matter and was supposed
to be representing the United States, not the Democratic Party. Never befor
has someone who was a fugitive from justice been pardoned. I suspect his
nomination hearings will largely be a rubber-stamping session in the current
climate.
Also, it's a non-sequitur to be in favor of an empty vessel (Obama) because
you were disgusted with the Bush Administration. George Bush hasn't been on
a ballor since 1984.
When you're an empty vessel that people pour their dreams into, it doesn't
take much to disaffect people. Making no decisions is easier than making
decisions.
John Willkie
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De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
nombre de Tom Barry
Enviado el: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:13 PM
Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Obama Asks Congress to Delay DTV Transition
I strongly supported Obama due to my disgust with many actions of the
Bush administration.
But Obama certainly is not getting off to a very good start on some
issues that I care about. Delaying the transition is a very bad idea
right now.
And two of the people he is appointing to the justice department are a
couple of my least favorite IP monopoly lawyers that prosecuted the
carpet bombing of mp3 download lawsuits and defended the Mickey Mouse
interminable copyright extension before the Supreme Court. It looks
like Obama is going to go with Biden's position on these types of issues.
So I guess the honeymoon is already over for me. <sigh>
- Tom
John Willkie wrote:
> Elections have consequences, but I thought that we only had one president
at
> a time. Delaying the inevitable will do about nothing to get people to
buy
> converter boxes. I always thought the idea of doing the transition in the
> middle of a Nielsen sweep would be interesting.
>
>
>
> John Willkie, who notes that anything that Ed Markey supports is by
> experience, very foolish.
>
>
>
> _____
>
> De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
> nombre de James Albro
> Enviado el: Thursday, January 08, 2009 12:13 PM
> Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Asunto: [opendtv] Obama Asks Congress to Delay DTV Transition
>
>
>
> Here we go...
>
> Obama Asks Congress to Delay DTV Transition
>
>
> By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/8/2009 2:30:00 PM
>
>
> Related:
> The <http://www.broadcastingcable.com/Community/DTV+Countdown/48696.html>
> DTV Countdown: Complete Coverage of the DTV Transition
> Markey: Feb. <http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6627445.html> 17
> DTV Date May Have To Move
>
> President-elect Barack Obama has asked Congress to extend the Feb. 17 DTV
> transition date.
>
> Citing problems with the DTV-to-analog converter box program and
"inadequate
> funding" of government DTV education programs, John Podesta, co-chair of
the
> Obama-Biden transition team, requested that "the cut-off date for analog
> signals should be reconsidered and extended."
>
> That is according to a letter (click
> <http://www.broadcastingcable.com/contents/pdf/Podesta%20DTV%20Letter.pdf>
> here to view) being sent Thursday to the chairs and ranking Republicans on
> the House and Senate Committees overseeing communications (The House
Energy
> & Commerce Committee and Senate Commerce Committee).
>
> Saying that only 28 days after the inauguration Americans would wake up to
> find their analog TV's no longer able to receive an over-the-air
signal-and
> pointing to the decision on the date made in 2005 and implemented by the
> outgoing administration-Podesta urged them to "consider a change to the
> legislatively mandated cut-off date."
>
> He said that funds to support the conversion are "woefully inadequate,"
> particularly to address the problems of seniors and low income viewers.
>
> He also suggested that there would be money from the president-elect's
> economic recovery package that would help address the funding shortfalls.
>
> Consumers
>
<http://www.broadcastingcable.com/contents/pdf/CU_DTV%20Letter%20to%20House%
> 20Commerce_FINAL.PDF> Union, which called for a similar move Wednesday
> after consultation with the transition, has suggested moving the date to
> midsummer.
>
> C 2009, Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All
> Rights Reserved.
>
>
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