"Nate Nagel" wrote in message
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dxAce wrote:

Pantheras wrote:

dxAce wrote:
SC Dxing wrote:

well it looks like the house voted not to delay the switch to digital
TV. The idea of leaving it up to stations if they wanted to do it or
not until June was looney tunes stuff. The date has been set in stone
for years now, just switch and get over it.
I just heard something on the radio about a possible do-over vote in
the House?


At 2:45 EST the House vote 258 to 168 to delay the conversion. It
required a 2/3rds majority under the conditions of that vote. If the
Dems bring it up for a floor vote a simple majority would do the
job. Any way the Senate voted unanimously in favor of it so there
has to be a joint conference if there is not a floor vote.

It's Obama's first legislative defeat!

Keep those defeats coming!



Well, he was better than the alternative...

that said, tightening CAFE instead of raising fuel taxes and delaying DTV
don't seem to be particularly intelligent decisions.

The DTV thing is a tempest in a teapot. In the greater scheme of things it's
only slightly more important than the "Freedom Fries" imbroglio.

I predict that the changeover will not be fully implemented until the first
quarter of 2010 - at least.

I said as much in 2005.
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.s...abf6e0b1?hl=en

And if I wasn't skeered of revealing my slave name I could show you that I
said it in 1997 - IN PRINT - when the whole damn thing was announced.

In article ,
dxAce wrote:

SC Dxing wrote:

well it looks like the house voted not to delay the switch to digital
TV. The idea of leaving it up to stations if they wanted to do it or
not until June was looney tunes stuff. The date has been set in stone
for years now, just switch and get over it.

I just heard something on the radio about a possible do-over vote in the
House?

It the obama leadership thing where you do things two or more times.

So far we have the repeated oath of office, repeated economic stimulus
bills, a catch and release program for terrorists so we can fight them
again.

With leadership like this why not vote on bills again.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

In article ,
Nate Nagel wrote:

dxAce wrote:

Pantheras wrote:

dxAce wrote:
SC Dxing wrote:

well it looks like the house voted not to delay the switch to digital
TV. The idea of leaving it up to stations if they wanted to do it or
not until June was looney tunes stuff. The date has been set in stone
for years now, just switch and get over it.
I just heard something on the radio about a possible do-over vote in the
House?


At 2:45 EST the House vote 258 to 168 to delay the conversion. It
required a 2/3rds majority under the conditions of that vote. If the
Dems bring it up for a floor vote a simple majority would do the
job. Any way the Senate voted unanimously in favor of it so there
has to be a joint conference if there is not a floor vote.

It's Obama's first legislative defeat!

Keep those defeats coming!



Well, he was better than the alternative...

that said, tightening CAFE instead of raising fuel taxes and delaying
DTV don't seem to be particularly intelligent decisions.

What a shocking surprise!

Expect more dumb decisions, you won't be disappointed.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

On Jan 26, 10:19*pm, Wingdingaling6 wrote:

The U.S. Senate voted at 9:15 PM Monday evening to delay the
switchover from analog to digital television broadcasting, on a bill
sponsored by Senator John Rockefeller (D W-Va). The original date was
set for February 17, 2009, just 22 days from now; under the bill
passed in the Senate, that deadline would postponed until June 12,
2009. The House still needs to vote, but it is expected to pass
similar legislation extending the transition.


Oh that's just ****in' great. 6 more months of the talking heads on
the local yokel stations admonishing people 20 times a day in language
geared to the average 70 iq welfare queen about how their tv will
become a white noise generator if they don't get deyseff a magic box.

On Jan 28, 2:18*pm, dxAce wrote:

I just heard something on the radio about a possible do-over vote in the House?

That wouldn't surprise me. But this change is coming, let's just get
it over with.

On Jan 28, 3:18*pm, dxAce wrote:


Keep those defeats coming!

Not so fast... The senate repassed the delay of it last night and now
the House is going to vote on it AGAIN today under normal house rules.

God, won't this ever end?? This delay won't do a thing.

WASHINGTON (AP) - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says
President Barack Obama will sign a bill to give consumers more time to
get ready for the switch from analog to digital television broadcasts.
The switch under current law is set for Feb. 17.

The Senate earlier this week passed the bill to delay that until June,
but it failed in the House under a procedure that required a two-
thirds vote for passage.

The Senate passed the bill again Thursday night, and the House plans
to take another run at it next week under regular procedures. That
means a simple majority vote is required.

Gibbs said Obama will sign the bill because he wants more time to
ensure that people don't lose their television signals.

SC Dxing wrote:

On Jan 28, 3:18 pm, dxAce wrote:


Keep those defeats coming!

Not so fast... The senate repassed the delay of it last night and now
the House is going to vote on it AGAIN today under normal house rules.

God, won't this ever end?? This delay won't do a thing.

WASHINGTON (AP) - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says
President Barack Obama will sign a bill to give consumers more time to
get ready for the switch from analog to digital television broadcasts.
The switch under current law is set for Feb. 17.

The Senate earlier this week passed the bill to delay that until June,
but it failed in the House under a procedure that required a two-
thirds vote for passage.

The Senate passed the bill again Thursday night, and the House plans
to take another run at it next week under regular procedures. That
means a simple majority vote is required.

Gibbs said Obama will sign the bill because he wants more time to
ensure that people don't lose their television signals.

Boy Barry to the rescue!

On Jan 30, 11:34*am, Billy Burpelson wrote:
poppa42 wrote:
I have two of the cards and got ready to use them. I assumed they would be
good until Feb 19th but no, they expired on Jan 15th and I can't get new
ones and expire date can't be changed. Whose dumb A#? idea was this using an
expiration date..Way to go "Dept of Commerce"

How about "Way to go, poppa42"?

I would respectfully submit that it was *WIDELY* publicized that the
cards are good for 90 days FROM THE DATE THE GOVERNMENT SENDS THEM. Just
because you "assumed" doesn't make it so, nor is it a reason to blame
others for -your- mistake. * :-(

D'Oh ! -if- By-Law the US Congress Extends the
Analog TV Turn-Off Date : Then By-Law that same
US Congress should 'automaticially' Extend the
Good-to-Date of the HDTV Converter Box Cards.

- - - Brilliant ! - idtars ~ RHF

And I resent the hell out of all you who are attacking me for being
one! Yes I am a conservative small government Republican.

And yes I have always voted to place in power individuals who insured
that you, the hard working taxpayer who paid for my existence, never
received the gravy train of benefits and job security I received for
32 years as a worthless government bureaucRAT with a lazy sit down do
nothing job while you lemmings destroyed your health by working long
hard hours to pay for my salary and benefits.

And no I will not apologize for asking you to pony up $700,000,000,000
to rescue my generous government pension which my 401k stock portfolio
is tied into.

And yes I am a fervent free market survival of the fittest capitalist.
But this taxpayer bailout is different because it involves me and my
stock portfolio.

And no that doesn't make me a hypocrite because I am just looking out
for me and my family. All my adult life me and my family have enjoyed
a very comfortable lifestyle courtesy of you the taxpayer and we
deserve to continue to do so.

Enough said. Case closed. I win.

As always I'm just another plain old Mister-Know-It-All !
Retired, Healthy and Free ! -Hey- That's Me ) ~ RHF
Click on my profile to find out more about me, aren't I something!

Roy

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SC Dxing wrote:

On Jan 28, 3:18*pm, dxAce wrote:


Keep those defeats coming!

Not so fast... The senate repassed the delay of it last night and now
the House is going to vote on it AGAIN today under normal house rules.

God, won't this ever end?? This delay won't do a thing.

WASHINGTON (AP) - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says
President Barack Obama will sign a bill to give consumers more time to
get ready for the switch from analog to digital television broadcasts.
The switch under current law is set for Feb. 17.

The Senate earlier this week passed the bill to delay that until June,
but it failed in the House under a procedure that required a two-
thirds vote for passage.

The Senate passed the bill again Thursday night, and the House plans
to take another run at it next week under regular procedures. That
means a simple majority vote is required.

Gibbs said Obama will sign the bill because he wants more time to
ensure that people don't lose their television signals.

The obama administration will be know as the do over administration.

If it is worth doing, it's worth doing again, just to be sure.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California