Coolidge said, "The business of government is business." Maybe we need to correct that. Hint, hint, hint. ;- o
On Jun 20, 6:02 am, bruce majors <[email protected]> wrote: > In Washington DC Verizon constantly runs ads for FIOS, the TV they provide, > which is apparently much better than Comcast. > > But you cannot get FIOS in DC, only in the less dense Virginia and Maryland > suburbs > > The (all Democrat) city council will not let them sell it to you until the > whole city has been wired for the infrastructure, inclduing neighborhoods > where everyone is on welfare and presumably should not be buying cable with > their food stamps. > > Now the city is fully wired and we still cannot buy it. Apparently more > bribes must be paid under the table. > > Most of the city only has comcast (or dish) and a few areas have RCN for > houses but rarely for condos and apartments > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:54 PM, RICHARD BROWN <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > Dial-up is the only service available since the government-backed > > monopolies of phone and cable companies have prevented a Wi-Max system > > to be installed. A three-minute video takes half-an-hour to load at > > best. 9.5 hours just to load a new version of I-Tunes and even then I > > had remain vigilant because my server disconnected me after eight > > hours. > > Some of us still live in dinosaur land. :-) > > Dik...the buddy of Alley Oop. > > > On Jun 19, 6:43 pm, bruce majors <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Why don't you just watch TV on the internet? > > > >www.hulu.com > > > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:17 PM, RICHARD BROWN < > > [email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > > I love the internet because I do not have access, (Thank the Supreme > > > > Identity) to TV or newspapers. I have many sources on line...meaning > > > > dial-up, so forget video, and I love to read this stuff. But thirty or > > > > fifty topics per day is just a bit much. By the time I do just a page > > > > load and a quick scan I will have spent two hours trying to glean > > > > useful information. > > > > Censorship? > > > > Not in my life. > > > > I am a CLASSIC LIBERAL with a huge leaning towards independence that > > > > borders on anarchy. I have put my life where my mouth is too, which > > > > is why I am somewhat isolated. > > > > If all the three of you want to do is post links or paste material > > > > that you find interesting and not actually write your own thoughts, a > > > > better, certainly more economical way is for you to collect it all on > > > > a note pad and post it all in one go and title it with something like, > > > > "Bruce Majors' Daily Choices". Those who find your choices > > > > interesting could read it and comment on those pieces that they have > > > > an opinion on...or not. > > > > By my estimation that would cut down about 110 of those topics. > > > > Instead of having a thousand cars on the avenue, maybe some of the > > > > topics could be put on a bus. > > > > What do you say guys? > > > > Dik (Who rode the short bus to school) :-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
