travelguy
join:1999-09-03
Santa Fe, NM
| Of course...
That didn't stop one of the administration supporting national TV networks from running a story on their evening news where the poor nursing home volunteer couldn't pick up any channels and residents were forced to play cards all afternoon instead of watching Judge Judy. They casually mentioned that the TV was working a few hours later when they hooked their box up correctly. |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | Somewhere lost in all of the news coverage is that this is TELEVSION, not an IV drip being delivered to a dying cancer patient.
This country could stand a few days away from the TV. |
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jester121
Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | It's okay, most of the members here at BBR think that an internet outage qualifies as a human rights violation. |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | Lets make April "Nobody use the Internet or watch TV" month and see what happens. |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey | reply to travelguy
Panic spend , repeat.. |
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kataan
RIP my love.
Premium
join:2003-04-22
Greenacres, WA | reply to Karl Bode
TV, ok I can live with that (It's crap anyway), but the NOT the Internet I will die!!!  |
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JSRoman
Premium
join:2005-03-10
Callahan, FL | reply to Karl Bode
Look for declaration of Marshal Law if that ever occurs. Face Book riots,Itunes Brawl, American Idol mob violence etc..Suicide hotline melts down and news headline from Jan/Feb 2010- Hospitals overflowing with births
Not a pretty site. |
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Hall
Premium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH
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said by Karl Bode  :Lets make April "Nobody use the Internet or watch TV" month and see what happens. You may want to discuss that with Justin in regards to ad revenue... |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
·PenTeleData
 ·Future Nine Corpor..
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·Vonage
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said by kataan :TV, ok I can live with that (It's crap anyway), but the NOT the Internet I will die!!! The internet is full of much more nonsense than TV. I'd rather sit in front of the TV than burn my brain online. |
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Jigsaw
Stardust We Are
Premium
join:2000-10-21
Cleveland, OH
·Cox HSI
| said by Eat Me :said by kataan :TV, ok I can live with that (It's crap anyway), but the NOT the Internet I will die!!! The internet is full of much more nonsense than TV. I'd rather sit in front of the TV than burn my brain online. Do what i do and just do Both. 
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"It's called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it."-George Carlin
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morbo
Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
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clubs:
·Charter Pipeline
·AT&T Southwest
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said by Karl Bode :Lets make April "Nobody use the Internet or watch TV" month and see what happens. was summer the time when people didn't watch tv? it was all re-runs except for news. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
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said by Karl Bode :Somewhere lost in all of the news coverage is that this is TELEVSION, not an IV drip being delivered to a dying cancer patient. This country could stand a few days away from the TV. I agree with the idea that people need to get out more, but TV is critical to the Emergency Broadcast System. How many times have you caught an EBS alert on broadcast radio lately? |
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Austinloop
join:2001-08-19
Austin, TX
| Difficult to catch it on radio, I don't listen to radio at home, there are various mediums which provide music without commercials and inane disk jockey talk, such as IPOD, CD's, etc.
When in the car, I listen to satellite radio, and no EBS on that either. |
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aaronwt
Premium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| said by Austinloop :Difficult to catch it on radio, I don't listen to radio at home, there are various mediums which provide music without commercials and inane disk jockey talk, such as IPOD, CD's, etc. When in the car, I listen to satellite radio, and no EBS on that either. I catch it on radio more often than TV. |
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CylonRed
Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County
1 edit | reply to Matt
In Ohio's spring a local TV station offers free NWS radios and after those are gone hey offer them for $20 or $40. Radio Shack sells them year round and they run on batteries.
not a difficult thing to do in the end. |
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Austinloop
join:2001-08-19
Austin, TX | reply to aaronwt
I try my dead level best to never listen to terrestrial radio. I hate commercials with a passion. |
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jjeffeory
join:2002-12-04
USA | reply to Eat Me
I pay my bills on the internet. I burn my brain with TV. I do both, and it is my choice. |
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jjeffeory
join:2002-12-04
USA | reply to Matt
Actually, I've heard alerts on both recently. Maybe SoCal is better than Jamestown for doing this?
Good point though! EMS is important. |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
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said by Karl Bode :Lets make April "Nobody use the Internet or watch TV" month and see what happens. I'd actually rather see April be a "no one pay your taxes" month and starve this government into submission.
They're simply all getting out of hand... there seems to really be NOTHING that resembles a politician actually representing the people any more.. It would be nice to send a clear message that the people DO have the power in this country still. |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02
Host:
Road Runner
PC gaming GAMES
PC gaming Tech
| They're simply all getting out of hand... there seems to really be NOTHING that resembles a politician actually representing the people any more.. It would be nice to send a clear message that the people DO have the power in this country still. Unless they have money, they don't. |
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