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US Digital TV Switchover Delayed Until June
necro81 writes "The Delay DTV Act was passed first by the Senate, now by the House, and will be signed by the President. The hard cutoff for turning off analog TV broadcasts in the US has been pushed out to June 12th. The act had earlier failed to gain a 2/3rds majority in the House, but passed this afternoon with a simple majority. The bill allows stations to cease analog transmissions at any point between Feb 17th (the old cutoff) and June 12th, and many have signaled they will do so."
They should have cut the analog signal 1 hour before the superbowl
Then take everybody who are wondering why "tv no work" and just shoot them.
Washington comes together, bails out the bunny ear industry.
Trials for Gitmo prisoners delayed until they are no longer a threat to the United States.
Paying back the national debt delayed until someone can force us to do so.
Fixing social security delayed until Baby Boomers die.
Puppy for Obama children delayed until after the next election.
The final date will be December 21, 2012.
"Somebody has to do something. It's just incredibly pathetic it has to be us."
--- Jerry Garcia
They know that they have no clue about how to fix the economy, so they do this instead.
So vote for Democrats,
They are really swell;
They'll screw up the country,
And tax us to hell!
But you knew all that
When you voted for them.
It's because you hated Bush!
One motion! Right off!
And nothing of value was lost...
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
In June, there won't be ice on my roof. It wasn't very smart to schedule this in February. Wait until the stories of people falling off their roof while trying to mount a better antenna, start coming in.
Miles Ran the Voodoo Down
If the government was a corporation, they'd quickly go bankrupt through ineptitude. They provide even worse customer service than Comcast.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
"The politicians love to screw us." Sounds like Dad is thinking straighter than most of us.
But Officer, I DID read the f**king article!
No.
The Republicans wanted to PROVIDE MORE FUNDS to restart the coupon program. I thought that was clear in my previous statement ("handing-out more coupons"), but maybe I over-estimated some of my readers intelligence.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall