Sunday, April 17, 2005

Top five Reasons to give up cable/satellite TV:

1. Commercials. Probably what I hate the most (and I don’t think I’m alone in this category). With all the commercials you have to watch the cable company should be paying YOU to watch TV.

2. Poor News coverage. It’s mostly propaganda and totally sensationalized. If you doubt this statement just watch the Michael Jackson case. You’ll see what I mean.

3. Too many sports channels. One more sports channel and I’m going to throw up! But get this; with a basic satellite package (Amer top 60) from Dish Network you get seven (7) sports channels. However, if you want the one History International channel you need to upgrade to the (Amer top 180) and how many sports channels do you get then? 44!

4. Reality TV. YOU DO KNOW that it’s totally scripted and hyped right and except for the name it has nothing to do with reality. What would really happen if you put a bunch of people on an island and told them to survive? They would form a community, establish a hierarchy, set rules and would probably never want to return to a society that has bills, mortgages, taxes, poor leadership, and an unquenchable thirst for getting over on ones neighbor (keeping up with the Joneses are we?). They would probably live very much like many of the Native Americans did before the Europeans invaded and for the most part wiped out the entire race. In other words they would be living a life most of us can only fantasize about.

5. Make it hard for the corporations to target you. It really is all about marketing and selling a gimmick. Don’t make it easy for them. Make them work for it.

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