The Evolution of the Human Mouth and Stomach
By Sam DiBernardo
Is the evolutionary process occurring right before our eyes? Is our capacity to “take it down our throats and stomach it” increasing? I mean, it must be; the Government and the FCC is shoving “Converter Boxes” down our throats and we have to stomach that. Nobody asked me if I wanted to convert to digital TV—am I missing something—did anyone ask you?
I’m a retired Computer Teacher and a genuine “techie” and I know a lot about this “stuff” and, I can tell ya I don’t like the change. It is so ill conceived and forcefully done that it doesn’t sit well in my gut—in fact, it sticks in my craw! Nobody can tell me that we don’t have the technology to run both signals; there is, after all, such a thing as “broadband” and I do have DSL that allows me to use the phone and internet as the same time. Is the FCC hogging or hiding these frequencies to sell (auction, Ha ha that’s a joke) at some later time when all is forgotten?
What really surprises me is that there has been virtually no public outcry. Nobody or group shouting “Down with Digital TV!!!” Darn it, give me a choice and give me some options—the last time I looked I think that I still live in a democracy!
My taxes and expenses are high enuff and really far, far too high (so high that I’m beginning to speak in falsetto as my belt and underwear tighten) and you have the FCC forcing me to buy a Converter Box and, just maybe, the cost of a new antenna? And, I wouldn’t be surprised that if someday “Big Brother” might even force me to order cable!
OK, so I did; I used the $40.00 coupon to buy a $59.99 digitized genie. My out-of-pocket costs was $25.01 with tax. It was either that or have no television in my home after February 17, 2009—no news or disaster warnings—are you friggen kidding me? And what about "the forgotten" all us Senior Citizens living on meager fixed incomes--take away our TV and watch our disappearance one by one...
My living room TV is being “made ready” as soon as I can find an MIT graduate to work for nothing to do the setup that the FCC says “is simple!” As Signore Winces used to say “easy for you, difficult for me—Larooo!” And what about my under the kitchen counter TV and what about my little battery operated portable—heck, even Dr. House, MD watches one! Remember that scene from SCTV where all the TV’s came flying out apartment windows—you’re starting to see that now with all the TV’s sitting out there in trash piles—dozens of them! Where is that guy that shouted “I’m mad as hell and, I’m not going to take it any more???” Come on American, come on fellow citizens, let’s tell the Gov’t and the FCC to stop going to bed with the networks and TV mfg’s and cut this crap out, AND NOW!
My conclusion, re evolution, is that our mouths (voice) are getting smaller while our throats and stomachs are getting larger than the big butt’s of the FAT CATS!!!
Sam DiBernardo, Candidate for NY City Council Dist. 32 Queens, NY
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