>>So why is the US afraid of letting a public service into the mix? Something that would be just granted sufficient funding to be independent... from commercial interests. Which would then finally have some competition.
yeah that's just what I want - more government involvement, giving us what's good for us as decided by our betters. Pay for it with taxes taken from people who aren't smart enough to purchase the entertainment they want ...
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>As it is, I'm just disgusted that maybe one cent of what I pay goes to the channel that hosts Pat Robertson, but at the moment that's the price of having hurricane and snow warnings (which is pretty much the only remaining reason to have TV as a service).
I'm actually grateful that Pat Robertson thing is on. Otherwise I would not have known about the coming Rapture. I am making a list of all the evangelicals i know who have nice cars etc. Come the Rapture, when they get beamed up, I'm gonna have me a new car !
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