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

[Robert Meuser]

Since you are representing the power industry, please explain why you 
cannot keep the lights on in the Northeast. Why do we still have an 
antiquated AC power grid when the inter tie proved its worth in the last 
black out? Why are we demolishing power plants in NYC when more should 
be built? Why are you bending over to environmentalists instead of 
standing up for the survival of the country?  

I do just fine in my industry because I plan on the fact that I can not 
depend on your industry and back up accordingly.

R

chris at yipyap.com wrote:

>Speaking as someone who works in the electric utility
>industry and lurks on this list,  I have to defend the
>public power business.
>
>We spend lots of time and money not only meeting the
>increased environmental regulations (that the public wants)
>but also meeting our uptime goals... keeping the lights
>on.
>
>If you are so cynical that you don't see any benefit
>of good engineering in your chosen industry, I think
>you might be better served to find something else to do
>with your time.
>
>Chris Howard
>w0ep
>
>
>On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Robert Meuser wrote:
>
>  
>
>>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:
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>>>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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