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[waynedunham]

Originally Posted by DFranch

I don't know, but there problems seemed to vanish once Bush took office.

Pretty much, yeah. Most Republicans are "friends of business" and bend over backwards to give them anything they desire no matter what the effect/consequences for the workers and/or general public.

[malore]

While Democrats are the friends of Hollywood and other special intrests and bend over backwards to give the what the want. Thus the perfect balance is achieved where the general public gets screwed by both parties. So enough with the Bush bashing, it has nothing to do with this.

[Jesse]

Thus the perfect balance is achieved where the general public gets screwed by both parties. So enough with the Bush bashing, it has nothing to do with this.

Right on, Malore.

I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, a Bush supporter. But Malore has hit the nail on the head here. All politicians work for somebody. That somebody is not us. The only difference between R's and D's is which special interest/corp. lobby they choose to work for.

I think the thing folks (us) are failing to realize is that the networks don't view cablecard, etc. as a chance to expand existing market share. They don't view it as a chance to provide more choice or better service to customers. They DO view it as a chance (perhaps their last) to have TOTAL CONTROL over their copyrighted property.

They don't want innovation, don't want to give consumers flexibility, etc. They ONLY want to make a profit somewhere EVERY TIME their 'content' is viewed, period.

And here, IMO, is the real heart of it. Everyone from the content creators to the broadcasters/providers sees this and wants their piece of the pie.

Jesse