We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/why_i_dont_watc.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:59:18 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Michael Medved's opening paragraph today... The sad case of pregnant, murdered Jessie Davis and her married lover (and alleged killer) Bobbie Cutts threatens to dominate cable news for months to come – especially now that Paris Hilton’s out of jail and the justice system has established the paternity of Anna Nicole’s baby. ...especially now that Paris Hilton’s out of jail and the justice system has established the paternity of Anna Nicole’s baby. And the fact that those stories lead, nay, *dominate* the news is *our* fault - meaning consumers, and I suppose, in a sense, it's a death spiral of... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/why_i_dont_watc.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/why_i_dont_watc.html Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:07:23 -0600 I have not watched the TV “news” for over 3 years. I do not think I missed anything. I do read the blogs constantly. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/why_i_dont_watc.html#comment-61637 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/why_i_dont_watc.html#comment-61637 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:41:05 -0600 Let me know sir, and I may be able to save you a few hundred bucks if you do the T1 idea ;) Mainly because I can install the T1's card system at your house and run the Cat 5 as well. I've been debating the same idea as of late. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/why_i_dont_watc.html#comment-61609 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/why_i_dont_watc.html#comment-61609 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:38:27 -0600 That's a pretty good solution. Do you have to buy your own termination or does the provider supply it? I've gone for years at a time without even owning a TV and didn't miss it. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/why_i_dont_watc.html#comment-61605 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/why_i_dont_watc.html#comment-61605 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:04:45 -0600 Actually, SWWBO and I are considering forgoing TV altogether out at the New Castle. For the cost of Satellite TV, satellite/broadband internet, and phone service, we can actually get very close to the monthly charge on a T1 line. SWWBO has already checked into the availability. The few shows that SWWBO likes are available via internet streaming. And weather wouldn't be a factor. The phone usually still works after a power outage, too - and we have battery back-up UPS systems that will power our computers for over an hour... Keeping up the blog over dial-up or at the extreme edge of a broadband connection promises to be frustrating. Over a T1, however... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/why_i_dont_watc.html#comment-61602 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/why_i_dont_watc.html#comment-61602 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:40:24 -0600 Hey .... did they ever find out who killed Chandra Levy? My vote is still on Condit. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/why_i_dont_watc.html#comment-61600 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/why_i_dont_watc.html#comment-61600 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:19:08 -0600 I remember growing up at various Air Force bases and three channels of TV were the norm. When my Dad got stationed in DC as I recall the Washington Post listed 7 or 8 channels, of which you could probably get 5 on a good day. I remember them signing off at midnight or 1:00 am and coming back on around 6:00am. I wasn't a big TV watcher but I remember Combat, I Love Lucy, Andy of Mayberry, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Victory at Sea, Twirley Birds, Ripcord, Bonanza, Red Skelton, Ed Sullivan, Walter Cronkite and the Huntley-Brinkley Report. Not to mention Popeye, Bugs Bunny and the Roadrunner. So now we've got 200 channels and a big screen TV, and I watch local news until they get to the fluff stories - I don't even bother with the Networks anymore, and TV entertainment comes more from the History Channel and Discovery. I don't have any answers either, aside from just turning the drivel off, which is what I do. I think I'm due to read Bernard Fall's "Hell in a Very Small Place" again anyway. A much better use of my time... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/why_i_dont_watc.html#comment-61597 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/why_i_dont_watc.html#comment-61597 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:58:42 -0600