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Refugee Radio Station Blocked by Red Tape
Zathrus writes "According to a Wired story, a volunteer organized low power FM radio station is being blocked by local administration and red tape. They've already won the classically big battles -- securing FCC licenses, obtaining the broadcast equipment and radios, getting the manpower, and having some big name backing -- only to be blocked at the last minute by some lower level administrators who don't think information is a worthwhile resource." From the article: "According to KAMP, Royal claimed the Astrodome was not able to provide power to KAMP's low-power FM transmitter. When KAMP offered to bring in enough batteries to power the equipment off the Astrodome's grid, they were still denied. Obey, speaking to Wired News, explained that the JIC couldn't see a use for the radio station when they had the ability to communicate via the loudspeaker system and newsletters. "
Or a newspaper, or a volunteer AM station, or a loudspeaker.
It sounds like these people were hell-bent on starring in their own FM radio DJ fantasy and were not open to other flexible ideas.
I'm also QUITE SURE that FEMA and the Military did not want one voice of resistance telling the people in the dome anything that would be off-message. Why allow some conduit for politics or whatever? It would just add chaos.
"Typeical govt workers, corrupt to hell."
fuck you.
I have never seen any goverment employee* do anything corrupt, not once.
as a government emplioyee I must repeat:
Fuck you.
*as opposed to elected official.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
...even though Texas and Houston have gone completely out of their way to assist in any way possible.
Out of their way?!? What the Fuck?!? You make it sound like the displaced should be grateful that their countrymen came to their aid. Isn't that what being part of a country is all about? All working together for the common good and to overcome tragedy?
I guess a lot of people can and do look a gift horse in the mouth
People like you make me sick. Where is your compassion for your fellow man? Oh, I forgot, compassion is some crazy left wing ideology that has no place in modern corporate America. Fuck You! I just hope that you are never in need of the kind of help that these victims are.
Shitdrummer.