I strongly supported Obama due to my disgust with many actions of the Bush administration.
But Obama certainly is not getting off to a very good start on some issues that I care about. Delaying the transition is a very bad idea right now.
And two of the people he is appointing to the justice department are a couple of my least favorite IP monopoly lawyers that prosecuted the carpet bombing of mp3 download lawsuits and defended the Mickey Mouse interminable copyright extension before the Supreme Court. It looks like Obama is going to go with Biden's position on these types of issues.
So I guess the honeymoon is already over for me. <sigh> - Tom John Willkie wrote:
Elections have consequences, but I thought that we only had one president at a time. Delaying the inevitable will do about nothing to get people to buy converter boxes. I always thought the idea of doing the transition in the middle of a Nielsen sweep would be interesting.John Willkie, who notes that anything that Ed Markey supports is by experience, very foolish._____De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de James Albro Enviado el: Thursday, January 08, 2009 12:13 PM Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Asunto: [opendtv] Obama Asks Congress to Delay DTV TransitionHere we go... Obama Asks Congress to Delay DTV Transition By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/8/2009 2:30:00 PMRelated: The <http://www.broadcastingcable.com/Community/DTV+Countdown/48696.html>DTV Countdown: Complete Coverage of the DTV Transition Markey: Feb. <http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6627445.html> 17 DTV Date May Have To Move President-elect Barack Obama has asked Congress to extend the Feb. 17 DTV transition date. Citing problems with the DTV-to-analog converter box program and "inadequate funding" of government DTV education programs, John Podesta, co-chair of the Obama-Biden transition team, requested that "the cut-off date for analog signals should be reconsidered and extended." That is according to a letter (click <http://www.broadcastingcable.com/contents/pdf/Podesta%20DTV%20Letter.pdf> here to view) being sent Thursday to the chairs and ranking Republicans on the House and Senate Committees overseeing communications (The House Energy & Commerce Committee and Senate Commerce Committee). Saying that only 28 days after the inauguration Americans would wake up to find their analog TV's no longer able to receive an over-the-air signal-and pointing to the decision on the date made in 2005 and implemented by the outgoing administration-Podesta urged them to "consider a change to the legislatively mandated cut-off date." He said that funds to support the conversion are "woefully inadequate," particularly to address the problems of seniors and low income viewers. He also suggested that there would be money from the president-elect's economic recovery package that would help address the funding shortfalls. Consumers <http://www.broadcastingcable.com/contents/pdf/CU_DTV%20Letter%20to%20House% 20Commerce_FINAL.PDF> Union, which called for a similar move Wednesday after consultation with the transition, has suggested moving the date to midsummer. C 2009, Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. AllRights Reserved.
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