Comments on: XM-Sirius decision this month says ranking member of Senate Judiciary Committee http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/19/xm-sirius-decision-this-month-says-ranking-member-of-senate-judiciary-committee/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:25:36 -0500 hourly 1 By: Old Ga. Dawg http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/19/xm-sirius-decision-this-month-says-ranking-member-of-senate-judiciary-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-619001 Old Ga. Dawg Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:49:52 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/19/xm-sirius-decision-this-month-says-ranking-member-of-senate-judiciary-committee/#comment-619001 Thank you [Sen. Arlen Spector] For seeing through all the "BS" and realizing that in fact : __________________ "Personally, I think this whole escapade has exposed how technologically ignorant some of our elected representatives appear to be. “What’s this here satellite radio thing? Is it like regular radio?” Well, sorta, but there’s more to it than that. Then you’ve got the likes of the NAB throwing its cash around, trying to convince the relevant parties that a single satellite radio company will kill competition, when in reality regular radio is up against iPods and other portable players, cellphones that play music and people listening to streaming music services while at work. Who’s gonna sit in their car or at their desk and listen to some awful, corporate approved, woefully generic playlist, at the mercy of commercials, when you can hear your own awful playlist on your nano or in your iTunes library?" ___________________ This should have been approved a long time ago so other important issues could have been up and voted on. Thank you [Sen. Arlen Spector] For seeing through all the “BS” and realizing that in fact :
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“Personally, I think this whole escapade has exposed how technologically ignorant some of our elected representatives appear to be. “What’s this here satellite radio thing? Is it like regular radio?” Well, sorta, but there’s more to it than that. Then you’ve got the likes of the NAB throwing its cash around, trying to convince the relevant parties that a single satellite radio company will kill competition, when in reality regular radio is up against iPods and other portable players, cellphones that play music and people listening to streaming music services while at work. Who’s gonna sit in their car or at their desk and listen to some awful, corporate approved, woefully generic playlist, at the mercy of commercials, when you can hear your own awful playlist on your nano or in your iTunes library?”
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This should have been approved a long time ago so other important issues could have been up and voted on.

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