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THE REAL REASON CONGRESS IS DEMANDING AMERICA CONVERT TELEVISONS FROM ANALOG TO DIGITAL???
08 March 2008 | Robert Drobot

Posted on 03/08/2008 4:59:24 AM PST by Robert Drobot

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We are told by the government it is in our national interest to live in the insanity of a free trade market ( quicksand ) economy. Why then is the Congress sticking its ugly head into the alleged 'free marketplace' tent; making law to cram a digital signal down the collective throats of Americans, when we didn't ask for this dictatorial intervention???
1 posted on 03/08/2008 4:59:25 AM PST by Robert Drobot
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Because when they’ve moved everybody off the current analog broadcast frequencies, they can then auction those frequencies off to the highest bidder, and use the money to buy more votes.


2 posted on 03/08/2008 5:01:32 AM PST by jdege
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Correction :

I've come across the minutes of one Congressional staff meeting ( H.R.___, Regarding the Transition to Digital Television in which 'security' is referenced thirty-eight ( 38 ) times; 'national security' is referenced three ( 3 ) times; and Homeland Security is referenced five (5 ) times.

3 posted on 03/08/2008 5:04:06 AM PST by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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I love conspiracies, they’re lots of fun. But this is just the evolution of the technology. Digital is better. It uses narrower frequencies than analog.


4 posted on 03/08/2008 5:05:31 AM PST by live+let_live
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I think it is a mechanism to ween people off of TV, in the same fashion that tobacco has been taxed out of existence.


5 posted on 03/08/2008 5:06:26 AM PST by Cvengr (Fear sees the problem emotion never solves. Faith sees & accepts the solution, problem solved.)
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No references to “it’s for the children”?


6 posted on 03/08/2008 5:06:36 AM PST by Caramelgal (Rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words or superficial interpretations)
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I'm sure lobbyists on behalf their clients in industries who stand to benefit from this law were a big if not primary factor for passage of this legislation. It has as much to do with national security as banning incandescent light bulbs.
7 posted on 03/08/2008 5:07:08 AM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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When the Government can get rid of so called “Free” TV and cash in on what amounts to air they will, and did.

Once the Tech was in place and in use the Fed saw no reason not to cash in.

8 posted on 03/08/2008 5:07:19 AM PST by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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THE REAL REASON CONGRESS IS DEMANDING AMERICA CONVERT TELEVISONS FROM ANALOG TO DIGITAL???

Obviously, the tin foil lobby is behind this so they can sell lots of tin foil hats

9 posted on 03/08/2008 5:09:02 AM PST by Popman (Gold Standard: Trying to squeeze a 50 lb economy back into a 5 lb bag)
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It’s so you can see the BS in the media more clearly. LOL


10 posted on 03/08/2008 5:10:11 AM PST by diverteach (http://foolishpleasurestudio.com/eyewool/slap_hillary.html)
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Well, before I put up an outdoor antenna for more reliability, I was getting a perfect picture FREE over the air from the new-fangled digital transmissions 25 miles away with a set-top antenna. And, with sub-channels, three times the programming.


11 posted on 03/08/2008 5:10:30 AM PST by John W
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Don’t you think they want the spectrum freed up by analog TV, and don’t you think it is be needed for national security, emergency preparedness, and public safety functions?


12 posted on 03/08/2008 5:12:11 AM PST by Rider on the Rain
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Very interesting post. Thanks. (Just thinking...worst case scenario...easier to manipulate propaganda?)


13 posted on 03/08/2008 5:12:27 AM PST by PGalt
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The 9/11 commission mandated better public safety radio the best system required reassigning the 24 MHZ for public safety
radio frequencies.


14 posted on 03/08/2008 5:13:02 AM PST by A. Morgan (VOTE FOR A LIBERAL N' WE'LL BE UP TO OUR NECKS IN ILLEGALS and OUTA' GAS!)
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Te frequencies that are currently being used by analog will be repurposed for a number of things, including emergency and security communications, data transmission for high-end smart phones that will leapfrog European cell technology, and other devices using local wireless technology.

No word yet on which frequency the black helicopters will be using.


15 posted on 03/08/2008 5:13:34 AM PST by SlowBoat407 (Just how will wrecking the U.S. economy save the planet?)
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FWIW, the feds are offering at most two $40 coupons per household to buy digital-to-analog converter boxes. Yet another instance of our tax dollars at work.
16 posted on 03/08/2008 5:14:09 AM PST by Lord Basil
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a mechanism to ween people off of TV

The broadcasters themselves have nearly accomplished that. TV has become entirely, totally unwatchable. Every seven minutes you get three minutes of commercials, five minutes at the top of the hour. If you surf over to another program, you see two minutes of that, and it goes to commercial break. It's become unbearable.

17 posted on 03/08/2008 5:14:37 AM PST by Hardastarboard (DemocraticUnderground.com is an internet hate site.)
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I love conspiracies, they’re lots of fun. But this is just the evolution of the technology. Digital is better. It uses narrower frequencies than analog.

Then explain why Congress is mandating the change over to digital vis-a-vis a "better" technology? Where are the market forces in a mandate by Congress?

18 posted on 03/08/2008 5:15:52 AM PST by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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"....this is just the evolution of the technology. Digital is better...."

What has that got to do with the type of appliance I choose to use in my home, and the Congress hustling for a 'must buy' product from China?!?!?!?!

19 posted on 03/08/2008 5:15:57 AM PST by Robert Drobot (Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos.)
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To make room for more PDA's, cellphones and whatever new digital trasmission devices are on the horizon.

Analog broadcasting was and is simply sloppy in the utilization of bandwidth, and yes the govt reaps $$$$ for the changeover.

20 posted on 03/08/2008 5:16:42 AM PST by BigLittle ( .)
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