"EDITOR'S TWO-CENTS"
November 2008by George Craddock
----Have you heard? Just 3 more months to Amodgadden!
----What? Are you back? What are you talking about now, George?
----Check the papers, listen to the radio, watch your television! There are only three months left until there are no more free television programs being aired.
----Well, that’s free for the folk that are still using analog TVs and rabbit-ear and rooftop antennas. Remember rooftop antennas? Evidently, there are more people still using them than many thought. I’m not speaking of Direct TV folk. Check Grandma’s TV at Thanksgiving.
----Well, several years ago, our government of the people said that the good old days are officially over. Get cable, get a new digital TV or get a converter box because all TV programs will be aired in digital format starting in February 2009. Analog TVs can’t pick up the digital transmission signals unless you have cable or a converter box. Of course venders will conveniently sell you one for 70 or 80 dollars. If you beg real hard, I hear that the government will give a chit to discount $70 off the price up to two (what if you have 4 TVs). Guess who’s making a killing on those converters? Its not the taxpayers, especially not the ones who can least afford it.
----I know technology moves on and waits for no man but I think that seventy dollars ($70 x 2 = $140) from the government of the people (who just bailed out half the world) to each Analog User, toward a new 25” digital TV would make better sense, since those new digital programs can only be seen up close & personal, in all their magnificent glory, with a digital LCD or Plasma TV. Want to watch “Wizard of Oz” in faded color?
----How convenient that Digital TVs started being made just about the time the government decided to mandate the airing of all TV programs in digital format by 2009. If I disappear in the next few weeks, you’ll know that I stepped on someone’s toes and exposed their little plan to gently encourage everyone to throw caution to the wind & buy a digital TV. Look for who’s getting a kickback and trace my disappearance to their doorstep.
----E-mail to gcraddoc@ix.netcom.com
----If I’m still here; next month’s expose will be on all those Cable, TV and Computer bundles being offered at reduced rates by every cable company and their brother.
A great deal? The Question is how long are the reduced rates good for and when will they go up. Read your fine print. Most are only a 2-year contract. Sounds a lot like those Mortgage ARMs that got everyone in trouble.
See you on the road! The Editor
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