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Get rid of HBO
Vanity | 3/13/12 | EQAndyBuzz

Posted on 03/13/2012 5:41:12 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz

After seeing what happened to Rush with the Left and how the media, especially HBO treats women, I decided to do something about it.

I got rid of my Time Warner Cable and got AT&T U-Verse package. It saves me over $100.00 per month and I don't have to deal with HBO and their hatred of women.

Today I will write a letter to the editor of my local paper telling them what I did and why. If we can all do the same thing, maybe, just maybe it will make a difference.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cable; hbo; timewarner
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To: Leroy S. Mort

“U-Verse also carries HBO as a premium package just like Time Warner, don’t they?”

HBO for me on Time Warner isn’t a premium. It is part of my basic package. To get rid of HBO I have to get rid of Time Warner.


21 posted on 03/13/2012 6:31:57 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Solyent Pink is Sheeple!!!!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

I’m already there ... DirecTV makes you pay quite a lot extra for HBO as it is, so for HBO I don’t shell out. Got me a mid-tier package.


22 posted on 03/13/2012 6:33:05 AM PDT by Category Four (Joy, Fun, the Joke Proper, and Flippancy ... Flippancy is the best of all.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

I canceled HBO.

It would interesting to know how many subscriptions they lost


23 posted on 03/13/2012 6:36:02 AM PDT by y6162
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To: Perdogg

Netflix has the GOT and BW dvds available to rent. I watch all my tv that way.


24 posted on 03/13/2012 6:37:35 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: EQAndyBuzz

HBO is twelve channel of nothing but Bill Maher and God awful rot gut crap movies and pervert shows.

Not only would I not pay for it, I would not watch it if they paid me to.

The same can be said for all premium movie channels, except possibly for Starz, which avoids the lame soft core porn garbage, but still plays nothing but crap movies.

The answer is Netflix.

Why watch someone else’s play list when you can watch your own for so very much cheaper?

Pretty much the same for I-Pod and radio. I make my own music play list, and I do not ever listen to commerical music radio.


25 posted on 03/13/2012 6:37:42 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Perdogg
"I would get rid of HBO if it weren’t for “Game of Thrones” and “Boardwalk Empire”."

I just wait for their interesting looking series to come out on DVD or digital download. I bought season one of "Boardwalk Empire" and was quite dissapointed. It was OK but didn't come close to living up to the hype. JMHO.

26 posted on 03/13/2012 6:37:57 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Perdogg

Got to agree with that — my two favorites, Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire.


27 posted on 03/13/2012 6:46:43 AM PDT by varina davis (A real American patriot -- Gov. Rick Perry)
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To: varina davis

They’re alright, but True Blood is waaaaaaay better.... Seeing Sookie Stackhouse restores my faith in women....


28 posted on 03/13/2012 6:54:13 AM PDT by Schwaeky (The Republic--Shall be reorganized into the first American EMPIRE, for a safe and secure Society!)
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To: Mich Patriot

I find that TV in general is pushing the gay agenda it seems like every show has to have the funny gay person.


29 posted on 03/13/2012 6:55:18 AM PDT by THE_RAIDER (Somewhere in Kenya a village is missing their idiot.)
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To: cuban leaf

We haven’t had TV in our house in about 7 years. Now when I see TV I get a really creepy vibe.


30 posted on 03/13/2012 6:57:37 AM PDT by logitech (Who's here so vile, that will not love his country? If any speak, for him I have offended)
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To: Perdogg

Blu-Rays of both will continue to be released - $42 (or less) if you can delay gratification that long.


31 posted on 03/13/2012 7:02:16 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: logitech

—Now when I see TV I get a really creepy vibe.—

Same here. It is almost like you are watching “evil” blossom. In everything. It’s a foreign culture to me now.


32 posted on 03/13/2012 7:03:17 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

kill the Tv. I haven’t had outside tv in over 5 years. Miss my football a bit, but overall, it is a better living environment and I have more time on my hands.


33 posted on 03/13/2012 7:38:22 AM PDT by RoadGumby (This is not where I belong, Take this world and give me Jesus.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
http://www.parentstv.org/ptc/cable/main.asp

There was a push for the politicians to not side with the entertainment lobbyist, but rather families, and allow people to be able to choose the channels they want and pay for only them. I think it's caught up in court. The the left and right don't want the steady flow of money from the media lobbyist to stop. I have seen so many politicians “talk” about the anti-family and anti-christian tv, but don't do anything about it. The media corrupts our children's minds and yet so many conservatives say the economy is most important issue. Not what their children are being taught in school or on TV.... I was lambasted for saying there ARE things more important than money. Our children heart and soul.

34 posted on 03/13/2012 7:39:07 AM PDT by Linda Frances (Only God can change a heart, but we can pray for hearts to be changed.)
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To: Durus

kill the tv


35 posted on 03/13/2012 7:39:07 AM PDT by RoadGumby (This is not where I belong, Take this world and give me Jesus.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
HBO for me on Time Warner isn’t a premium. It is part of my basic package. To get rid of HBO I have to get rid of Time Warner.

Hmm. Interesting. Most every price sheet I've seen from TW has HBO (and all other premiums) at $15 extra per month. In what market do they include it in basic? Just curious.

36 posted on 03/13/2012 7:40:43 AM PDT by Leroy S. Mort
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To: RoadGumby
I only watch about 5 shows on a semi-regular basis (I dvr stuff and watch it while eating dinner). Why kill it?
37 posted on 03/13/2012 7:45:05 AM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

I never get to participate in these boycotts, because I’m never a subscriber to the things we are supposed to stop subscribing to.

I only have HBO occasionally, when they make a free 3-month offer. They haven’t done that recently.


38 posted on 03/13/2012 7:47:43 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Schwaeky

Read the books! They are so much better than the horrible TV adaption you will never watch it again.


39 posted on 03/13/2012 7:49:42 AM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Schwaeky

I think the woman who plays the US Atty on Boardwalk Empire is kind of hot. Maybe she will be featured more next season since Paz De La Huerta was cut loose.


40 posted on 03/13/2012 7:53:14 AM PDT by Perdogg
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