"ai8o" wrote in message
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" I would find Swaggart much more preferable than the dumbbell
commissioner
Kathleen Q. Abernathy.

The first requirement for FCC chief should be NO law
degree.

Some brains and some technical comprehension would be a
plus.

I think you have hit the nail on the head here.
The FCC commissioners are all WASH DC political hacks. LOTS of
"connections", but NO TECHNICAL experience.

IF you're going to write regulations for a very technical subject area,
you
have to have the technical expertise and ability to understand what the
consequences of your rules and regulations are. Technical competence, NOT
the fact that you were a legislative assistant to a senator from North
Dakota, or on the board of zoning appeals, will make you effective.
Otherwise, you will be BS'ed by lobbyists that have an axe to grind, and
you
will make poor regulatory decisions with poor outcomes, because you can't
forsee the unexpected consequences of you new regulations.


Abernathy is NOT stupid.

Depends on how you define stupid, I suppose.

She is just a technically illiterate lawyer.
She doesn't understand RF,propagation or antenna theory, consequently, BPL
which is touted to bring the internet to the rural masses, sounds
wonderful.

I should be the next FCC commisioner.

I could vote for that, Dan. I'm an ex-8lander living in NC also. I didn't
keep my 2x1 call, however.

ak