From: unsettled on 26 Nov 2006 15:52 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 26 Nov 2006 15:54 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 26 Nov 2006 15:54 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 26 Nov 2006 15:55 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 26 Nov 2006 15:55
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 |