Re: [TowerTalk] BPL

["Tower (K8RI)" <tower@rogerhalstead.com>]

And it's a done deal.  I just received a note the FCC ruled on it today. 

Roger (K8RI)

Bob Nielsen wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 04:40:36PM -0400, Tom Rauch wrote:
>  
>
> > > Wonder how much the BPL folks have contributed to their
> > >      
> > campaigns.
> >    
> >
> > > 73, Jim KG0KP
> > >      
> > You can bet a significant amount. It's unfortunate the ARRL
> > doesn't get the Hams together like the NRA does. Someday we
> > will face the fact the FCC is a political tool now, and NOT
> > the independent communications agency it was originally
> > intended to be.
> >
> > Had we approached this as "you support, you lose 500,000
> > votes" it would have been a different speech. Technical
> > arguments never win against money, but a large block of lost
> > votes will.
> >    
>
> Both Bush and Kerry support BPL.  Hey, that's 500,000 votes for Nader!
>
> N7XY
>
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