On Jan 11, 11:02�am, Smitty Two wrote:
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On Jan 11, 8:59?am, George wrote:
Mr.Spock wrote:
"Bay Area Holdout" wrote in
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" President elect Obama said he wants to extend the date of the
changeover because the govt. ran out of money for the coupons. ?I
hope that the date change occurs in warm weather. ?Maybe wait another
6 months, which would then occur in August. ?With any hope, Obama
will have more sense than previous politicians.

Jim
Good Lord, yet another government entitlement and people are
complaining it's not enough!

People are being forced to PAY for free over the air TV.
Guess who is doing the forcing? duh.

You apparently haven't considered that people had to pay for the current
equipment to receive free analog programming. The net cost to most
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or hundreds of bucks or a outdoor antenna. if you check the maps the
stations or government produced there are many areas losing channels.
thats absolutely wrong

Yeah, it's about as wrong as me not being able to drive down the street
that used to be two-way, because now it's one-way.

Your congressman's rep treated you like an idiot because you're acting
like one. The time for public comment on this issue was several years
ago, not a month before the thing is set to go into effect.

Most laws are to the benefit of some and the detriment of others. You
apparently believe you got the short end this time. So what? Obtain
whatever equipment you need to watch TV and get on with your life.
Losing a channel or two? BFD.

Try for a little perspective. Your life must be pretty sweet if this is
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severasl years ago when this FIASCO BEGAN we were promised much better
reception and nice features.

now someone dropped the ball, when channels that could be watched are
no longer there, or there for just minutes a day, in flawless quality.
the remainder of the day a blank screen.

Losing ABC altogether is just one example, people in rural areas are
having troubles and often no cable is available