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xpat
Joined: 13 Mar 2008
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 Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 4:42 am Post subject: Millions Without TV On Feb. 17? |
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22 December 2008 1:41 AM, PST
An official of Consumers Union, parent of Consumer Reports magazine, has indicated that the current educational campaign to alert the public to the transition to digital TV on February 17, has failed to reach millions of Americans, who will be unable to receive television when the switch occurs. "We need boots on the ground," Consumers Union policy analyst Joel Kelsey has told the New York Times. Kelsey advocates that an army of people, including firefighters and television industry personnel, be sent knocking at homes and setting up converter boxes for consumers. Another analyst, Richard Doherty with Envisioneering Group, commented, "This transition is possibly one of the worst understood consumer education programs in modern times." |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 6:10 am Post subject: |
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Beautiful. People are going to have to get their fat asses up to do something about a problem for once. What a surprising historical day in history it will be for America. Maybe this will teach modern America a lesson that it's time to rise off the sofas and take a stand for change which requires unexpected work and flexibility with an open mind. That is get off your fat sedentary asses and get active to promote positive change even if means some will go back to a sedentary lifestyle of watching digital TV programming. Hey, some people such as disabled home bound people without computer savvy need regular TV. Healthy people need to rise up and stand for something more important than watching TV full time. TV is a wonderful thing, but we need a more balanced lifestyle that includes community, nation, and a real meaningful life. It's tough being isolated in front a screen where neighbors and locals don't connect locally. That's modern living and it's seriously flawed in my opinion.
But what I'm talking about is all these millions of people who speak the same language avoiding each other like the plague and all know their great civilization AND personal freedoms are in jeopardy due to the rich stacking the deck against ehm, because they took advantage of our mass complacency caused by TV's. What a way to tool people into oppression. |
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ernie
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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| high definition tv makes about as much sense as zooming in on a meaty turd. |
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Khenan
Joined: 25 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank god. |
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