Doesn't this seem like the opening clip of a government take-over movie? (Children of Men, Live Free or Die Hard, I am Legend...)
it is strange to me that the fcc continues to let the multi-national entertainment industry dictate our household appliances. i'm not sure that getting barack or hillary in there would change things since obama earned 4 million last year from random house and hill is still entrenched with the movie industry. at least al gore uses the profits from his book and movie to combat global warming.
out here in the west the tv stations are cluttering up the landscape with a bunch of new signal towers for high definition. too bad you really can't tell the diff between regular definition and hd on most tvs these days.
the fcc is distributing 40 dollar coupons to those households who can't afford or don't want a digital tv. the coupons will help pay for a set top box that converts digital signals to analog. in colorado, the networks are building digital signal towers to people can pick up the digital signal with an antennae. here's the fcc page about what will be happening on february 17, 2008.
