From: unsettled on
Ken Smith wrote:

> In article <C18DE6C3.4E65C%dbowey(a)comcast.net>,
> Don Bowey <dbowey(a)comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>On 11/25/06 9:31 AM, in article ek9uln$lag$9(a)blue.rahul.net, "Ken Smith"
>><kensmith(a)green.rahul.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In article <MPG.1fd11c17f0518b5a989c65(a)news.individual.net>,
>>>krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote:
>>>[.....]
>>>
>>>>Whether you like it or not, radio is an interstate issue. Perhaps
>>>>there should be some local control for ultra=-low power, but other
>>>>than that 50 FCCs would be a nightmare. Can you imagine getting 50
>>>>certifications for a piece of gear?
>>>
>>>I like radio just fine.
>>>
>>>Is radio "interstate commerce" if the broadcast can't be heard in another
>>>state? If not, I don't think the constitution gives the federal
>>>government preemptive control.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Since the FCC DOES coordinate and regulate all forms of radio transmission,
>>what is the purpose of your post?
>>
>>Perhaps the problem is with your understanding.
>
>
> No, the question goes to a core issue. A FM station in SanFransisco is
> not "interstate" but is controlled by the FCC. Under some peoples reading
> of the constitution, it should not be.

I'm sure you can make a good case for that, however
it belongs to a reguated class, so it is actually the
definition of the class that you'd be fighting. It
gets to be a hairy battle.

OTOH there's also the argument that it affects interstate
commerce.


From: JoeBloe on
On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:38:11 -0600, John Fields
<jfields(a)austininstruments.com> Gave us:

>>That is probably the worst precis of European history I have ever read.
>
>---
>Yeah. I know. I left out the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, two
>world wars that we got dragged into and a lot more fun stuff like
>that.
>---

Hehehehahahahahahah... I like it!
From: Eeyore on


John Fields wrote:

> I left out the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition,

Totally irrelevant.


> two world wars that we got dragged into

You have this continual memory problem about WW2.

Have you forgotten that Japan attacked Pearl Harbor ?

Graham

From: JoeBloe on
On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 18:57:23 +0000, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us:

>
>
>John Fields wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:55:34 +0000, Eeyore
>> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >John Fields wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 17:59:03 -0500, Jamie
>> >> <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_(a)charter.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >John Fields wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 04:05:38 +0000, Eeyore
>> >> >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>unsettled wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>>Our post offices are also open till 5PM in most places.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>Is that supposed to be some kind of special US achievement ? Ours stay open later
>> >> >>>than that !
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> ---
>> >> >> That's because they're so inefficient they have to.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >:)) good one!
>> >>
>> >> ---
>> >> :-)
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> JF
>> >
>> >IDIOT
>>
>> ---
>> So, I've reduced you down to your essence; a sad creature with a
>> vocabulary of one word. Works for me!!!
>>
>> --
>> JF
>
>ignorant fool
>
Idiotic twitpuppet.
From: Eeyore on


John Fields wrote:

> I see no mention of Crusades, Inquisitions

WTH have they got to do with anything in the last couple of centuries ?

Graham