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OK... I'm in a helpful mood... Tell me a little about your TV set. Does it have a little push-button to turn it on? Or is it a little knob that you turn? For the former, that would be the push button, firmly press the button until the TV stops doing things. For the other kind, turn the knob counter-clockwise? Which way is counter-clockwise? Never mind. Just turn it a bit. If the sound gets louder, turn it the other way. Keep turning until you hear a click.

If all of this is too technical, reach around to the back of the set and feel for cords. At least one of these goes to the wall. Give it a tug. If it doesn't want to come out, try tugging on another. Eventually, you'll find the one that comes easily out of the wall. This will solve all of your problems.

(Just be glad that we don't life in a world of intrusive busybodies; like in Orwell's 1984. The sets in 1984 wouldn't turn off.)

Ok...I'm in a helpful mood...it's called the "Social Contract". You give up freedom to live harmoniously with other people.

Question: the Supreme Court recently ruled that simulated child pornography is protected by the First Amendment. Let's say your next door neighbor takes a piece of this filth pornography and blows it up to 12' by 12' and constructs a billboard of it in his front yard. It's "his property" and he's "not hurting anyone" and "no child is being harmed". If you're a libertarian, you should have no problem with that, right?

"Just be glad that we don't live in a world of intrusive busybodies; like in Orwell's 1984. The sets in 1984 wouldn't turn off."

So far. But if the "Liberals" get what they want, we won't be able to turn off the TV or its all-seeing camera. "Liberals" love Big Brother. For a good, clear look at intrusive busybodies, drop in on one of the "Liberal" enclaves. Try Marin County, California, or maybe Santa Cruz.