[dragnet2]

Americans are suckers....40 years ago they were told to give up their FREE TV so they could get “Pay TV, commercial free, for a small fee”

This was the biggest fraud in American history..

The super rich got all the suckers to pay to watch commercials which they already got paid for...And it’s non-stop commercials for big bucks!

lol...

[boop]

Actually I remember ads at the drive-in movie theaters warning against cable TV.

They said things like: why do you want to PAY for what should be FREE?

Ironically, there are virtually no drive-ins anymore, and, who the HELL wanted to watch Walter Cronkite and the two whole other network anchors spew liberal nonsense?

[grania]

Do you remember the original argument for cable TV? It was that you'd pay a small monthly fee, but there wouldn't be commercials.

The other thing is what happened to those basic plans. They were originally about $5 a month, providing better reception than the antenna and local access channels. That sure disappeared quickly.

I'm very close to giving up cable TV. The basic plan has hispanic stations but not CSPAN. What's holding me back is I'd like to find an antenna (or figure out a placement) that would be a bit more reliable for getting all of the local channels.

[petercooper]

Tivo baby!