At 08:04 PM 10/14/04 -0400, maryanne kehoe wrote:
Joe, one thing that concerns me is that the two presidential candidates
in this country have *not* even approached the discussion of FCC
funding. I would think that if the budget was cut in certain areas, then
the BPL issue would be close to dead in the water, no?
I do not follow your reasoning. BPL will not need much regulatory
oversight unless it causes harmful interference. The FCC will be the
judge of what is harmful and can set the bar as high or low as it wants.
The FCC is following what they believe is a congressional mandate to
encourage the deployment of broadband technology. The FCC sees BPL as a
competitor to DSL and cable TV broadband. The greater the competition,
the less the need for regulations on pricing and the less the FCC has to
be involved in day-to-day oversight. The less the oversight, the lower
the FCC budget can be while still accomplishing the FCC's direction to
implement the congressional will. I do not see FCC funding as even being
a fuzzy blip on the political RADAR screen when there are so many more
important issues at hand, like the USA's survival as a viable leader in
the international community for example.
I have only seen miniscule comments from a Bush website about funding in
regards to Radio Free Asia, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting and assorted
entities.
Somebody once said actions speak louder than words. I do not believe the
level of funding of propaganda broadcasts matters to the voters in the
upcoming election or to the success of the USA's foreign policy for that
matter. As long as the USA continues to demonstrate by its actions its
contempt for the opinions of those who do not agree with US government
policy, then no amount of propaganda is going to change anyone's mind
about this country.
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Joe Buch
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