[opendtv] Re: Bob, where are the tunerless monitors?

  • From: "johnwillkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:51:50 -0700

I think you might be very interested to see the preferential trade
regulations upon which U.S. car makers do depend.  The r's and d's rolled
the logs for the trade regulations. Now, non-union makers within the U.S.
are eating their lunch.

The major "barrier" to foreign content is language, and the dominance of
U.S. content within the English language.  That's changing, but there are
still different quality expectations for individual media versus mass media.


John Willkie

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Enviado el: Friday, July 20, 2007 5:16 AM
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Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Bob, where are the tunerless monitors?

At 12:30 PM -0700 7/18/07, johnwillkie wrote:
>I don't wonder what the annual revenue is for car companies not owned by
GM,
>Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai.
>
>Largely, you're whining about successful companies.  Companies that, to get
>bigger, buy up smaller successful (or hurting companies.)
>
>Let me put it another way: Air America hasn't yet entered bankruptcy for
the
>last time.

Perhaps if the U.S. auto industry operated under the same 
preferential regulations that allowed the big media companies to 
force cable to help them rebuild their empire, they would own all of 
the other car companies. But the U.S. auto industry provided U.S. 
consumers with  enough good reason NOT to buy their cars that they 
are now on the verge of bankruptcy. To be fair, poor product quality 
was only part of the problem - non-competitive union contracts had a 
strong hand in this.  What has happened to the big three provides a 
glimpse into the future insolvency of the U.S. government because of 
unfunded liabilities for entitlements.

And now it looks like Murdoch is going to control the Wall Street Journal.

Fortunately, some of us are beginning to understand that the media 
conglomerates are joined at the hips with the politicians, both of 
which are responsible for the modern perception that only big 
government can take care of you.

 
 
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