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

[Bailey, Scott]

Robert,
 Unfortunately, you are right.  Gary & Willie need to wake up and learn
times have changed.
 Back in the day Gary speaks of, you had 200 engineers and 10 lawyers at
the FCC.  Today, it's the reverse, 200 lawyers and 7 engineers.  It's
all about politics, and young people fighting over positions and out for
themselves. They are more concerned about making more money to pay for
that new home, swimming pool, college education for their kids, new car,
etc. Money in politics over rides the rules, PERIOD.

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Robert Meuser
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 8:25 AM
To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
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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