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A friend sent me this. I couldn’t keep it to myself!

This article appeared in the Lockport Union, Sun & Journal on February 7th, 2009 in their Cheers and Jeers column on the editorial page. It appears to be contributions from their editorial staff, but no specific editor was credited.

While I certainly agree with the writer’s conclusion that the delay to the DTV switch is unnecessary, the article illustrates how people are not only confused enough on their own, they have the media to thank for it.

The flaw in the article comes when it says “If they miss MSNBC for a few days, the world will not end.” Continue Reading…

I wrote about the switch to Digital TV here before. It’s the change that no one wanted.

Well, they did what everyone expected they would, extend the deadline from January 17, 2009 until June 12th. Never mind, Congress blocked it’s passage and we’re back to the original deadline. Question is, does it really matter? No, wait, they reversed them selves again and extended it to June!

Yep, my birthday. Please, there is no connection. Don’t blame me.

Our fickle congress has reversed it’s decision again, the postponement is back on again. Apparently, the first version of the bill required a 2/3 margin to pass the House. The Senate had approved it, but the House rejected it, so the the Senate re-wrote it in a way it could pass on a simple majority when it went back to the House.

No wonder people are confused by it all.

Sale of sales, bargain of bargains, Toyotathon of Toyotathons… what idiots do they think we are, writing commercials that idiotic?

I think I’ll run right in and ask for a Cadillac of Cadillacs…