[BC] AM band and the rules........rant

[Gary Glaenzer]

Robert;

My God, I have never heard such a negative outlook.

What happened to you to cause this ?

Gary






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Meuser" <Robertm at broadcast.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] AM band and the rules........rant


> Gary
>
> You are missing the bigger picture. We live in a world run by politicos
> and lawyers. Neither want to hear about your problems and if you are
> speaking up they will crush you. It is not just about radio becoming CB.
> It is also about how the telephones will stop working reliably and how
> we will progress towards Iraqi grade power distribution and how our life
> expectancy and medical state will continue to fall compared to  the rest
> of the western world.  You are working for the man, he owns you lock
> stock and barrel. What is good for you or the people around you no
> longer matter. They can get an illegal immigrant to do your job for
> less. Sure, it might not be the same quality but that is the reason that
> all standards must be eroded. It all goes to the bottom line. Radio will
> be very unimportant when we can not keep the lights on and you are too
> ill to care in the first place.
>
> R
>
>
> Gary Glaenzer wrote:
>
> >What the hell ever happened to the concept of 'everyone plays by the same
> >rules' ?
> >
> >What ever happened to a 'self-policing' industry ??
> >
> >What happened to assisting your local Field Office in cracking down on
the
> >blatant rule-breakers instead of burying one's head in the sand because
'it
> >don't affect me directly' ????
> >
> >
> >
> >When I read this crap being spewed:
> >
> >"Nobody cares
> >except the people in the broadcast industry who feel compelled to whine
> >about it. "
> >
> >"My friend feels it wrong to complain since his
> >dispute is purely business and not technical. "
> >
> >It makes me wonder about the so-called 'professionalism' that some folks
> >claim to possess
> >
> >But hey, it all seems to boil down to 'I'm not going to rock the boat
until
> >it's my ox being gored'.
> >
> >And the same nay-sayers to calling in the big guns have the unmittigated
> >gall to make the observation that 'Pretty soon the AM band will be just
like
> >CB'.
> >
> >Well...DUH !
> >
> >Who is going to be to blame when AM = CB, if not those who should be
> >professional enough to want EVERYONE to follow the rules ?
> >
> >Rant over, soapbox available for anyone else who needs it
> >
> >G
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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