I’ll take Channels 8, 10, 13, 20, 36, 57, 32, and 46. Yeah that’s all and for dessert I’ll have channel 76. It’s funny, ever since I had to start paying for my cable bill, sometime ago about 4 years I think, I have been telling my parents that I wish I could buy only the channels I watch. Well maybe my time is near. The FCC, now that big boy Powell is gone, has decided to un-grave the issue of paying for TV on per channel basis. This is mostly because of the government’s idea to rule all and limit what people get to see. But the indecency argument is for another time. Let me listen to my Howard Stern for 9 more cays then we can go into that. Back to TV, there was a great article in the Washington Post about this but one statement struck me as odd. Kyle McSlarrow of some TV Broadcasters Association or something like that said the following,

“…would be likely to hurt consumers by increasing prices, decreasing choice and reducing diversity in programming, and it would do so in a way that violates the First Amendment.”

Increasing prices, I’m not sure maybe. Decreasing choice? There is more shit out on cable than there is good. I mean who watches the hallmark channel, Ophra’s crap ass channel, WE, PAX, come on why do I have to pay for these channels if I don’t watch them. And Violates the First Amendment? What do you mean, what about freedom of choice? Choosing what I want to watch, if you want the channel buy it, and if you don’t then it your choice not to buy it.

My final thoughts are that 1.) A la carte is a great idea. Who cares if the Oxygen channel goes out of business, the only way they are in business is because it’s bundled with other crap and you have no freaking choice (1st Amendment) but to pay for it. 2.) The government should not regulate what we buy. If you pay for something, should the government be able to take 1/2 of it away because it thinks its bad for some people? Maybe parents and guardians should be aware of what they children are watching. It’s called responsibility!