Comments on: Net regulator, ‘dazed, confused’

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:28:04 +0000

Quote/…do a google on him and you’ll see just another facet of the corrupt republican administration./Quote

It isn’t the republicans that are the problem…….It is the entrenched politicians from both the Dems/Repubs. Until a 3rd party strong enough to defeat these corrupt dimwitted fools we keep electing arises, things are just going to keep getting worse. I mean for ChristSake, there just is no choice in an election between 3 stooges. (Bush, Kerry, or Gore)

Those in power will do anything to keep it while they whittle away at our freedom.

Tom Jefferson said it best of course: “A little revolution now and then is a good thing; the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants”

I just wonder how long it is going to take to get the american people angry enough to get off their lard-asses and fight for their stolen freedom.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 15:25:23 +0000

Ted Stevens is an 82 year old Senator from Alaska (not Oregon.) He’s been a politician in Alaska and held elected office since Alaska joined the union in 1959. Therefore, it isn’t the least bit surprising that he’s ‘clueless’ about the internet. He probably yearns for the days when he picked up the phone and Mabel (whose husband Vern ran the Bait and Tackle shop) would come on the line promptly and say “Number please.” No messing around with technogizmos like a rotary dial or pesky touch tones.

He should probably spend more time discussing these matters with his fellow Republican Senator John Sununu (No, not that Sununu, his son.) of New Hampshire, who has an engineering education and effectively derailed the broadcast flag when it first came up in committee.

–TG

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:25:34 +0000

Even his example of mailorder doesn’t quite tell the tale.

We’ve already heard of members of “the pay to rent, get it in the mail” claiming how unhappy with the service they are. It sounds to me as if the deal is it is ok if you use it once in a while. If you are a steady demander, then the service looks at the cost of postage they pay for as a business expense they would rather limit.

If you can get three movies sent to you a day with one overnight hold on them while you watch them that means the most you are going to get for your subscription is 15 days receiving movies in the mail. Or that’s the way it should be theoretically. In limiting the cost of postage it seems the services would rather hold your choices a day so as the end results are far fewer deliveries. That drops the amount of delivery days to only 7 1/2 days out of the month. So instead of getting 45 movies a month for the payment of the service plus rental costs, you may only get 22-23 movies a month. When looked at it that way, it’s not a very good deal is it?

Once again the good senator shows he really has no clue to what he is talking of.