tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45369994959081469722010-01-14T07:31:27.063-08:00The Daily Dross - where Life's dross floats to the top for all to see!Editornoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125DailyDrosshttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4536999495908146972.post-31315233369460852422008-01-01T17:01:00.001-08:002008-01-01T17:07:00.617-08:002008-01-01T17:07:00.617-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WHRbl_yf1VM/R3rjCh8XRuI/AAAAAAAAA5s/W48BrCXzQOE/s1600-h/digital+TV.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 104px; height: 100px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WHRbl_yf1VM/R3rjCh8XRuI/AAAAAAAAA5s/W48BrCXzQOE/s320/digital+TV.jpg" alt="digital television daily dross" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150678756462380770" border="0" /></a>In about 1 year, your existing analog TV tuner will be obsolete. The federally mandated switch to digital TV is scheduled for February 17, 2009.<br /><br />Your existing TV will only continue to work if you connect it to some other video source like cable, satellite or you buy a new digital converter. Of course, you can also buy a new digital TV too.<br /><br />Some help is on the way. Coupons for $40 to purchase the converter boxes will be sent to each home this winter.<br /><br />More information on the digital TV is available from the government site, <a href="http://www.dtv.gov/" targett="_blank">http://www.dtv.gov/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4536999495908146972-3131523336946085242?l=www.dailydross.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qAkG3Hwl-d5CiFaLatpSSZ3MGqo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qAkG3Hwl-d5CiFaLatpSSZ3MGqo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qAkG3Hwl-d5CiFaLatpSSZ3MGqo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qAkG3Hwl-d5CiFaLatpSSZ3MGqo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DailyDross/~4/JY3pIa8z_A8" height="1" width="1"/>Editornoreply@blogger.com0http://www.dailydross.com/2008/01/digital-tv-is-coming-are-you-prepared.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4536999495908146972.post-67000499328011273482008-01-01T13:43:00.001-08:002008-01-01T14:17:01.232-08:002008-01-01T14:17:01.232-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WHRbl_yf1VM/R3q0Rh8XRrI/AAAAAAAAA5U/QR9aZevpUZk/s1600-h/edwards.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 83px; height: 107px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WHRbl_yf1VM/R3q0Rh8XRrI/AAAAAAAAA5U/QR9aZevpUZk/s320/edwards.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150627337113913010" border="0" /></a>John Edwards has declared that no lobbyists will work in the White House if he is elected President. On his <a href="http://www.johnedwards.com/news/press-releases/20071229-lobbyist-ban/index.htmlhttp://www.johnedwards.com/news/press-releases/20071229-lobbyist-ban/index.html">website</a>, Edwards makes his case for why lobbyists will be banned.<br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">"I want to make an announcement today," Edwards said at an event in Washington, Iowa. "No corporate lobbyists or anyone who has lobbied for a foreign government will work in my White House. We will not replace corporate Republicans with corporate Democrats. I hear people argue that the way that you can get things done is to sit at a table with drug companies, insurance companies, oil companies, and negotiate with them and somehow they will voluntarily give away their power. I think this is a complete fantasy.<br /></blockquote>So, rather than basing his staff appointments based upon skills and experience, he is arbitrarily defining that all lobbyists are "bad"? Seems like a really cop out to pander to an anti-corporate base.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4536999495908146972-6700049932801127348?l=www.dailydross.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TuSO-WgE9BMjVltL_sk9RBOTpm4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TuSO-WgE9BMjVltL_sk9RBOTpm4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TuSO-WgE9BMjVltL_sk9RBOTpm4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TuSO-WgE9BMjVltL_sk9RBOTpm4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DailyDross/~4/wjamX6xPmHA" height="1" width="1"/>Editornoreply@blogger.com0http://www.dailydross.com/2008/01/no-more-lobbyists.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4536999495908146972.post-79964609114377443612007-09-14T12:45:00.000-07:002008-01-01T12:01:06.295-08:002008-01-01T12:01:06.295-08:00The Daily Dross - where Life's dross floats to top for all to see!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4536999495908146972-7996460911437744361?l=www.dailydross.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-STHn7h8XT9c_f0-zWSV1H_13os/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-STHn7h8XT9c_f0-zWSV1H_13os/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-STHn7h8XT9c_f0-zWSV1H_13os/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-STHn7h8XT9c_f0-zWSV1H_13os/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DailyDross/~4/ppxhmTIGebA" height="1" width="1"/>Editornoreply@blogger.com0http://www.dailydross.com/2007/09/welcome-to-daily-dross.html