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Politics : Bush-The Mastermind behind 9/11? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MSI who wrote (1169)	7/18/2003 11:22:44 PM
From: Don Earl	Respond to of 20039

MSI, I can almost see the reasoning behind it if it was a situation where they police were having a hard time catching someone responsible for a series of crimes, and where getting the word out fast might give them an edge. I haven't heard about anything like it before, but I'd probably lean toward the idea that as long as the system isn't abused, and if it's a situation where someone's life is in danger, missing a few minutes of TV once in awhile is probably a fair trade for catching a bad guy. I'd be kind of curious to hear any follow up you run across.

To: MSI who wrote (1169)	7/19/2003 9:33:17 AM
From: KonKilo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20039

The idea of confiscating the entire broadcast and cable spectrum from any other programming is very impressive. This paves the way for them to easily declare martial law, right after the "next, next Pearl Harbor" and right before the presidential election. If there's any other "event" that merits such blackouts for extended periods, anyone who wants non-gov't news better have a radio handy. It won't be hard for them to take over the radio broadcasts either, especially if the recent FCC actions allowing consolidated ownership of broadcast media are signed into law. (Although that certain vile piece of work seems to be running into problems with the newly-awakened opposition.) Does this bother anyone else? Its like watching a train wreck develop in slow motion... you know its going to happen and yet there seems to be little that can be done to stop it.