acoulter@humanevents.com

TRUISM PUNS
* I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger.
Then it hit me.
* Police were called to a daycare where a
three-year-old was resisting a rest.
* Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side
was cut off? He's all right now.
* The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table
was Sir Cumference.
* To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
* When fish are in schools they sometimes take
debate.
* The short fortune teller who escaped from prison
was a small medium at large.
* A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
* A thief fell and broke his leg in wet cement. He
became a hardened criminal.
* Thieves who steal corn from a garden could be
charged with stalking.
* We'll never run out of math teachers because they
always multiply.
* When the smog lifts in Los Angeles , U C L A.
* If you take a laptop computer for a run you could
jog your memory.
* A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.
* What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead
giveaway)
* A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two-tired.
* In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in
feudalism, it's your Count that votes.
* Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and
I'll show you A-flat miner.
* When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
* The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was
fully recovered.
* A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France ,
resulted in Linoleum Blownapart.
* You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge
it.
* He had a photographic memory which was never
developed.
* A plateau is a high form of flattery.
* Those who get too big for their britches will be
exposed in the end.
* When you've seen one shopping center you've seen
a mall.
* When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she
thought she'd dye.
* Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know
basis.
* Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.

"ANGELS HUG ANGELS"

"Life is like a coin, You may spend it anyway you wish...
But you may only spend it once."

~~ Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have
trouble remembering how to fly ~~

People may forget what you said
People may forget what you did.
BUT People will NEVER forget how you made them feel!

acoulter@humanevents.com
TRUISM PUNS
* I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger.
Then it hit me.
* Police were called to a daycare where a
three-year-old was resisting a rest.
* Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side
was cut off? He's all right now.
* The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table
was Sir Cumference.
* To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
* When fish are in schools they sometimes take
debate.
* The short fortune teller who escaped from prison
was a small medium at large.
* A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
* A thief fell and broke his leg in wet cement. He
became a hardened criminal.
* Thieves who steal corn from a garden could be
charged with stalking.
* We'll never run out of math teachers because they
always multiply.
* When the smog lifts in Los Angeles , U C L A.
* If you take a laptop computer for a run you could
jog your memory.
* A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.
* What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead
giveaway)
* A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two-tired.
* In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in
feudalism, it's your Count that votes.
* Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and
I'll show you A-flat miner.
* When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
* The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was
fully recovered.
* A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France ,
resulted in Linoleum Blownapart.
* You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge
it.
* He had a photographic memory which was never
developed.
* A plateau is a high form of flattery.
* Those who get too big for their britches will be
exposed in the end.
* When you've seen one shopping center you've seen
a mall.
* When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she
thought she'd dye.
* Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know
basis.
* Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
"ANGELS HUG ANGELS"
"Life is like a coin, You may spend it anyway you wish...
But you may only spend it once."
~~ Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have
trouble remembering how to fly ~~
People may forget what you said
People may forget what you did.
BUT People will NEVER forget how you made them feel!

Celebrity Law Breakers -- Why They Get Off
ONLY ONE PAGE OF MANY, MOST SUPPORT HILLARY... Posted Jun 15th 2006 6:58PM by TMZ Staff http://www.tmz.com/2006/06/15/celebrity-law-breakers-wh
y-they-get-off/ Sometimes when celebs break the law, they're forced to face the music. But other times, well ... not so much. Some of our favorite stars have been caught recently, apparently bending the law -- on camera!!! -- yet they they seem to get off scot-free. From underage drinking to alleged hit and run, here are some of the most intriguing recent incidents caught on tape! Incident: Last week, Paris Hilton backs her Range Rover into a Honda Civic and appears to drive away without leaving a note. (Read the article: Driving While Paris) Stakes: In California, it's a crime to damage a parked car and drive off without leaving a note. The misdemeanor is punishable by a maximum of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Disposition: So far Paris is in the clear, but it's not over yet. A source in the L.A. City Attorney's office tells TMZ that lawyers have been talking about what they can do, but so far no action has been taken. Paris' rep, Elliot Mintz, told TMZ that Miss Hilton did indeed leave her contact information with a "parking attendant at the parking garage." The owner of the Honda has not filed an accident report. And you surely remember the infamous hit and run in Paris' Bentley last November with then-boyfriend, Stavros Niarchos, at the wheel. No one was cited in that incident, either. Incident: In December 2004, Paris saw her sex tape, 'One Night in Paris,' on sale at a newsstand in West Hollywood, Calif. She decided to take a copy without paying -- and it was all caught on tape thanks to a security camera. Stakes: Petty theft. The first offense is punishable by a maximum of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Dispo: Security tapes be damned! The L.A. County D.A. rejected the case, citing "a lack of sufficient evidence." Huh? Incident: Steve-O, star of MTV's "Jackass" and "Wild Boys," flaunted what appeared to be a bag of pot in front our TMZ camera last November. Stakes: Possessing less than an ounce of marijuana is a misdemeanor in California, punishable by a maximum fine of $100. Possession of more than an ounce of marijuana is punishable by up to six months in jail and a $500 fine. Dispo: Steve-0 was not cited and he can't be, because he left with the evidence. Interestingly, a few weeks after the incident, Steve-O told TMZ, "I didn't want to get the LAPD in trouble. But it's like if you take me to jail right now, I don't give a f**k. I smoke weed." After TMZ showed our video to the LAPD, the department initiated an "administrative investigation" to determine if officers acted properly. Six months later, we're told the investigation is ongoing. (Read the article: LAPD Internal Affairs Requests TMZ Exclusive Video) Next: Britney Spears and Jesse McCartney ----------------------- and YOU trust their CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS? http://webcenters.netscape.compuserve.com/celebrity/bec
ksmith.jsp?p=ce_bsf_150 Celebrity Rap Sheet: 2004 in Review by Steve Ryfle In the annals of Hollywood justice, 2004 might be remembered as the Year of the Unexpected. Who could have guessed, after all, that the Diva of Domesticity would be locked up in the slammer? Or that the golden boy of the NBA would not go to the slammer? Meanwhile, two highly-anticipated celebrity "trials of the century," the Michael Jackson child-abuse case and Robert Blake's murder trial, were postponed again and again, due to legal wranglings and the theft of Blake's lawyer's computer from his home. For a while, all everybody talked about was Martha Stewart. Federal prosecutors accused the queen of home-making of suspiciously dumping $228,000 worth of a pharmaceutical company's stock, one day before it plummeted on the market. The government didn't have enough evidence to charge Stewart with insider trading, but a jury convicted her of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, lying and other no-no's. As everyone knows, Stewart was locked up at a federal prison in Virginia in October, where she stays until March. Meanwhile, she continues trying to clear her name and appeal her conviction. And even while she's in the big house, Martha has been staying in touch with her fans through her prison-blog website, www.marthatalks.com. She came out with a Thanksgiving message. Now, her syndicated how-to show is set to resume production in September, with reality TV's Mark Burnett at the helm, once Stewart completes her sentence. Due to air live in some cities, with celebrity guests and a studio audience, it's already lined up to air on NBC-owned stations. Kobe Bryant isn't exactly a Hollywood celebrity -- well, he did a cameo on "Moesha" once -- but he's certainly one of the most famous athletes in history. And judging from the rude reception Bryant got at the American Music Awards in November, he's now also one of the most infamous. Seems not everyone was pleased to see Bryant walk away virtually unscathed from rape allegations, after his alleged victim decided not to proceed and prosecutors had to drop the charges. But Kobe's ordeal isn't over yet; his female accuser has filed a civil suit in Colorado, where the crime allegedly occurred, and is mulling another suit in Bryant's home state of California, where there's no limit on civil damages. 2004 was a big year for stalker stories. A few stars found themselves in court -- or hiring lawyers, at least -- to ward off scary fanatical fans. An Avril Lavigne fan from Washington state threatened to "knock fists" with the singer after his request for a backstage pass was refused; he soon found himself arrested; cops found an "arsenal" of guns in his home. A 34-year-old man who supposedly just wanted to "pray" with Mel Gibson was arrested after trespassing repeatedly at the actor's home. Catherine Zeta-Jones and husband Michael Douglas testified in court against a jealous woman accused of threatening to "slash Zeta-Jones' throat like OJ did." Ambrose Kappos - the alleged stalker of singer Sheryl Crow - was acquitted by a New York State jury this month. He had confronted the singer backstage at a New York performance, paid a visit to her father, and made calls to her sister asking to meet his soul partner, Crowe. Meanwhile, the man who was found guilty of stalking Britney Spears last year -- Masahiko Shizawa of Yokohama, Japan - was unsuccessful in his suit, claiming "extreme emotional distress," against Spears and two of her security guards. It was alleged stalkerazzi who earned the ire of Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake in an incident that sounded like it was straight out of "Charlie's Angels." According to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles in November, photographers Saul Lazo and Jose Gonzalez were roughed up by Diaz and Timberlake when they approached to photograph the famous pair outside the Chateau Marmont hotel on L.A.'s Sunset Strip. Lazo claims Diaz ran at him, then hit him in the neck and tripped him. She then took his camera, the suit claims. (Reportedly, she turned it over to police.) She also tried to grab Gonzalez's camera, according to reports. The two photographers ran away. The suit says that Timberlake called the pair "chickens" and taunted them to "come and fight." That's telling them, Justin! Diaz and Timberlake also made legal news when Justin sued a British tab for saying he cheated on Cameron. As usual, stars had run-ins with the law related to drugs and alcohol. Rip Torn and Diana Ross starred in DUI arrest videos that circulated on the web, with Torn calling police officers a very bad name for placing him in cuffs, and Ross stumbling through a sobriety test. Aging rocker David Crosby was busted for pot possession when he left behind a suitcase at a hotel - a suitcase containing marijuana, a gun and a knife. And when Art Garfunkel was busted on a marijuana charge, the arresting officer didn't even recognize him - perhaps the unkindest cut of all. David Hasselhoff was also busted for DUI. Rocker Courtney Love continued down her long road of trouble with the law, a trip that began in October of 2003, when Love was arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance. Hours later police were called to her Beverly Hills home for a medical emergency and found the singer with an unspecified amount of the prescription painkillers hydrocodone and oxycodone. She soon lost custody of her 11-year-old daughter Frances Bean, who is currently living with a nanny and a relative at Love's home while the rocker stays at a hotel nearby. However, the criminal case was resolved in July with Love being sentenced to mandatory rehab. But Love's legal woes continue as she pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon. The felony charge stems from an incident in April at the home of Love's former boyfriend and manager, James Barber. Love allegedly found a 32-year-old woman, Kristin King, sleeping on his sofa and threw a liquor bottle at her and chased her with a flashlight. Love, free on $150,000 bail, was scheduled to return to court for a December 15 pre-trial hearing. And that's not all. In October, Love pleaded guilty in New York City to disorderly conduct for striking a clubgoer on the head with a microphone during a concert. She was ordered to pay $2,236 in medical expenses, to attend a drug treatment program, remain drug free and commit no crimes for a year. If she doesn't comply with all of the above, she faces 15 days in jail for the incident. A few former child stars made headlines for bad behavior, although the "Diffr'nt Strokes" alumni managed to stay clear of the tabloids all year. Former "Growing Pains" star Tracey Gold was arrested for DUI after she rolled her truck with her family inside. Former "Home Alone" star Macaulay Culkin was busted in Oklahoma (yes, Oklahoma) for possession of marijuana and prescription drugs without prescriptions. And Edward Furlong of "Terminator 2" fame was arrested in Kentucky (yes, Kentucky) for public drunkenness after he and some friends tried to "free" some lobsters from captivity at a grocery store. And let's not forget the divorces cases, domestic disputes and sexual shenanigans that made news. Liza Minnelli contended with not only a $10 million lawsuit for battery from estranged husband David Gest, but a new suit from her chauffeur, who says Liza beat him and force him to have sex. Jeri Ryan's politician ex-husband Jack had to drop out a U.S. Senate race in Illinois after papers from the couple's 1999 divorce were unsealed, revealing that Jack had forced Jeri to go to public sex clubs. Burt Reynolds sued his ex-girlfriend for extortion. Ricki Lake filed for divorce; her marriage was so bad, she and her husband reportedly had hired referees. Is there no love left in this world? Kobe Bryant was not the only celebrity to escape a rape rap. Sexual assault charges against funnyman Anthony Anderson were dropped because a judge just didn't believe his accuser, who claimed Anderson assaulted her in his trailer on the set of a movie. Meanwhile, the year's biggest celebrity sex harrassment suit was filed against Bill O'Reilly by a producer of his Fox News talking-head program; O'Reilly counter-sued for extortion and the whole matter was shushed fast in a quiet out-of-court resolution. Under the heading of silly, weird and embarrassing lawsuits, you can put down Paula Abdul, who sued her manicurist for injuring her thumb. As the year drew to a close, it appeared Phil Spector would finally face trial for the 2002 death of Lana Clarkson, a B-movie actress who was shot in Spector's home. A grand jury indicted the legendary music producer, who railed against the "Hitler-like" district attorney. The Spector and Robert Blake cases are sure to be among the highest-profile murder trials of the coming year -- though neither one has generated mega-interest similar to the O.J. Simpson or Scott Peterson cases. -----------------------------

reference, cable channels and networks on the web http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/1264/tv.htm   write these people about offensive material, the people need a pac, join it, maybe someone will start a site called that, hint, hint
Here is a list of TV Stations, Cable Stations, etc on the Web. I have to say that this was a quick yet fun page to set up. :) Even I was surprised by a few of the stations I found while preparing this small list. Why is this page even here? Because I thought it was pretty spiffy that many Television Station have now taken to the Internet. I kept running into a TV station here and there while searching for other items, so I figured I might as well set up a Station Web list. Possibly the easiest of all my pages to set up, but still, it is pretty useful. That about covers it. If you know of others, feel free to pass them along and enjoy the list. 

  Cable Channels Network TV Pay Channels Pay Per View 

  Cable TV Classic Movies Classic TV Educational Music News and Info Non-Specialty Specialty Channels Religious Sports Channels Classic Movies American Movie Classics
Turner Movie Classics
Welcome to Bravo! *NEW*

Classic TV Nick at Nite's TV Land Website
Nostalgia Television Online

Educational Discovery Channel Online
Home & Garden Television
ME/U Education Services Center
OVATION - The Arts Network
The History Channel
The Travel Channel Online Network
Welcome to MSN

Music Great American Country Home Page
MTV Online: Main Page
MuchMusic
VH1 Main Screen

News and Information CNN Interactive
Court TV Law Center
C-SPAN Networks
FoodTV Home
NET - The Political NewsTalk Network
Prevue Networks, Inc. Affiliate Web Site
The Weather Channel

Non-Specialty Stations E! Online
FAIRCHILD TELEVISION
Marin 31
Pennsylvania Cable Network
USA Network
Welcome to fX
Welcome to KBI-TV 30

Religion Eternal Word TV Network
Faith & Values Channel
Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN)

Specialty Channels A&E
BET | CABLE
Cartoon Network
Comedy Central Online
Game Show Network
International Channel
QVC Home Page *NEW*
Sci-Fi Channel: The Dominion
Welcome to Lifetime Online
Wingspan

Sports Channels Classic Sports Network
SportsChannel
ESPNET SportsZone  Local TV Network Pages Station Pages Network Pages Welcome to BBC Television
ABC Home Page
EYE ON THE NET @ CBS
NBC.COM
PBS ONLINE
UPN
Warner Bros. TV Page
Welcome to www.fox.com!

Station Pages Please Select your Region
Western Mountain Outside the US Central Eastern Alaska/Hawaii
Western Timezone

KCAL-TV Independant: Los Angelas - Please Note that this station has moved.
KCBS CBS: Los Angelas
KCET Home PBS: Los Angelas
KCNS Student Television: Tacoma, Washington *NEW*
KCRA NBC: Sacramento, California *NEW*
KCSM PBS: San Mateo, California *NEW*
KDRV ABC: Medford, Oregon *NEW*
KOBI NBC: Medford, Oregon *NEW*
KCPQ FOX: Seatle, Washington *NEW*
KEZI ABC: Eugene, Oregon *NEW*
KFTY Independant: Santa Rosa, California *NEW*
KGO ABC: San Francisco, California *NEW*
KGTV ABC: San Diego, California *NEW*
KGW NBC: Portland, Oregon *NEW*
KHIZ Independant: Victorville, California *NEW*
KHSL CBS: Chico/Redding, California *NEW*
KICU Independant: San Jose, California *NEW*
KING NBC: Seatle, Washington *NEW*
KIXI PBS: Redding, California *NEW*
UPN 13 TELEVISION UPN: Los Angelas, California
UPN44 Universe UPN: San Francisco, California
Mountain Timezone

KCNC CBS: Denver, Colorado *NEW*
KECI NBC: Missoula, Montana *NEW*
KCFW NBC: Kalispell, Montana *NEW*
KIDK CBS: Idaho Falls, Idaho *NEW*
KIFI ABC: Idaho Falls, Idaho *NEW*
KTVM NBC: Butte Bozeman, Montanna *NEW*
Central Timezone

KAAL ABC: Austin, Minnesota *NEW*
KABB FOX: San Antonio, Texas *NEW*
KAIT ABC: Jonesboro, Arkansas *NEW*
KAKE ABC: Wichita, Kansas *NEW*
KAMC ABC: Lubbock: Texas *NEW*
KAMR NBC: Amarillo, Texas *NEW*
KARD FOX: West Monroe, Luisianna *NEW*
KARK NBC: Little Rock, Arkansas *NEW*
KASN UPN: Little Rock, Arkansas *NEW*
KATV ABC: Little Rock, Arkansas *NEW*
KBMT ABC: Beaumont, Texas *NEW*
KBJR NBC: Deluth, Minnisota *NEW*
KBTX CBS: Bryan/College Station, Texas *NEW*
KCCI CBS: Des Moines, Iowa *NEW*
KCRG ABC: Cedar Rapids, Iowa *NEW*
KCTV CBS: Kansas City, Missouri *NEW*
KDLH CBS: Deluth, Minnisota *NEW*
KENS CBS: San Antonio, Texas *NEW*
KETK NBC: Tyler, Texas *NEW*
KFOR NBC: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma *NEW*
KFSM CBS: Fort Smith, Arkansas *NEW*
KGAN CBS: Cedar Rapids, Iowa *NEW*
KGBS Independant: Austin, Texas *NEW*
KGWN CBS: Cheyenne, Wyoming *NEW*
KHBS ABC: Fort Smith, Arkansas *NEW*
KHOU CBS: Houston, Texas *NEW*
KINT Univision: El Paso, Texas *NEW*
KJAC NBC: Port Arthur, Texas *NEW*
KRRT UPN: San Antonio, Texas *NEW*
Eastern Timezone

Outside the US

KTV Home Page Kansai TV: Japan [JIS]
TBS Tokyo Broadcasting Service
Alaska/Hawaii

KFXF FOX: Fairbanks, Alaska *NEW*
KITV ABC: Honnolulu, Hawaii *NEW*
KHON FOX: Honnolulu, Hawaii
KJUD ABC: Juneau, Alaska *NEW*


  Pay Channels Cinemax
Disney Channel Online!
HBO
Showtime
Sundance
The Disney Channel Home!


  Pay-Per-View ACTION PPV
Hits At Home
VC InterActive Home Page



Have any comments or suggestions for this page? Do you know of a TV or Cable Station I missed? Then feel free to send me e-mail about it. If it is a station I missed, please tell me if it is a Network channel, Cable Channel, or a Pay Channel and where it's located. Thanx in advace and hope you enjoyed the page!

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ONLY WOMEN WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR READ THIS, PLEASE

For travellers going sidereal
The danger, they say, is bacterial.
I don't know the pattern
On Mars, or on Saturn,
But on Venus it must be venereal.
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a00c225239a5e8fdb00cd970394454cd5.html
HOW TO SATISFY YOUR WOMAN EVERY TIME

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ONLY IN TEXAS: Old Rip, a horned lizard,
Old Rip, a horned lizard, was once the subject of a nationwide buzz. He toured the states, made headlines, appeared in Robert Ripley's "Believe It or Not" and even traveled to D.C. to meet with President Calvin Coolidge.

In July of 1897, the town of Eastland began construction to replace their fire-ravaged county courthouse. To commemorate the event, a ceremony was held for the laying of the new building's cornerstone. Officials placed inside the hollow block of marble a Bible and various other momentos, and apparently as a joke, County Clerk Ernest Wood dropped in an unsuspecting horned lizard his son Will had brought to the event. The stone was then sealed, fixed into place and topped with three stories of judicial office space.

Thirty-one years later, it was decided that courthouse number two had outlived its usefulness and was torn down to make way for an improved Art Deco model. Remembering that inside lay an unfortunate horny toad, three thousand citizens turned out to witness the opening of the old building's time capsule. Was the little guy dead? Did he somehow survive? Schrödinger himself would have been on the edge of his seat.

On February 18, 1928, the horned toad was lifted from his tomb, lifeless and covered with dust, and held aloft for all to see. To the crowd's astonishment, his leg began to twitch, and within moments, his whole body was wriggling with life. The audience was ecstatic. Rip, subsequently named for the sleepy Van Winkle, had survived the ordeal unharmed.

if Old Rip had been the subject of a hoax, how could anyone have come up with a live horned lizard in February when they were all hibernating underground?

Sadly, however, Old Rip didn't live long to enjoy his ensuing celebrity. On January 19, less than a year after his release, he succumbed to pneumonia. His little, light-brown body was embalmed and displayed in the new courthouse, where he resides today.
, Eastland, Texas, i've seen it several times.

Twas the Night Before Christmas
'Twas the Night Before Christmas in Texas

PERSONALLY, I THINK WE SHOULD CURB OUR GREED, SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JESUS, GIVE TO CHURCH AND POOR, INSTEAD OF SPOILING KIDS,....

T'was the night before Christmas, in Texas, you know.
Way out on the prairie, without any snow.
Asleep in their cabin, were Buddy and Sue,
A dreamin' of Christmas, like me and you.
Not stockings, but boots, at the foot of their bed,
For this was Texas, what more need be said,
When all of a sudden, from out of the still night,
There came such a ruckus, it gave me a fright.
And I saw 'cross the prairie, like a shot from a gun,
A loaded up buckboard, come on at a run,
The driver was ''Geein'' and ''Hawin'', with a will,
The horses (not reindeer) he drove with such skill.
''Come on there Buck, Poncho, & Prince, to the right,
There'll be plenty of travelin' for you all tonight.''
The driver in Levi's and a shirt that was red,
Had a ten-gallon Stetson on top of his head.
As he stepped from the buckboard, he was really a sight,
With his beard and moustache, so curly and white.

As he burst in the cabin, the children awoke,
And were so astonished, that neither one spoke.
And he filled up their boots with such presents galore,
That neither could think of a single thing more.
When Buddy recovered the use of his jaws,
He asked in a whisper, ''Are you really Santa Claus?''
''Am I the real Santa? Well, what do you think?''
And he smiled as he gave a mysterious wink.
Then he leaped in his buckboard, and called back in his drawl,
''To all the children in Texas, Merry Christmas, Y'all!''


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The Week After Christmas
'Twas the week after Christmas, and all through the house
Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse.
The cookies I'd nibbled, the eggnog I'd taste
At the holiday parties had gone to my waist.

When I got on the scales there arose such a number!
When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber).

I'd remember the marvelous meals I'd prepared;
The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared,

The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese
And the way I'd never said, "No thank you, please."

As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt
And prepared once again to do battle with dirt---

I said to myself, as I only can
"You can't spend a winter disguised as a man!"

So--away with the last of the sour cream dip,
Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip
Every last bit of food that I like must be banished
"Till all the additional ounces have vanished.

I won't have a cookie--not even a lick.
I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick.
I won't have hot biscuits, or corn bread, or pie,
I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.

I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore---
But isn't that what January is for?
Unable to giggle, no longer a riot.
Happy New Year to all and to all a good diet!
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Christmas Parrot
A man wants to buy a pet for his girlfriend for Christmas, so he goes to a pet shop...
"Hello, I was thinking of buying a pet for my girlfriend."

"You came to the right place. How about a parrot?"

"I don't know, I was thinking of a more romantic animal."
"It is not just a parrot. It is a singing parrot. He sings three different Christmas songs. LEt me show you."

The pet shop worker raises the parrot's right foot and lights a match under it. The parrot sings, "We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish.."

The match is then removed. He then lights a match under the left foot. "Dashing through the snow in a one horse opeen sleigh..." The match is then removed.

The man enthusiastically says, "That's really neat. Let me hear the third song."

The pet shop worker then puts a lit match between the parrot's legs. "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire.."

Norman LEAR, THE FOOL THAT MADE GOD-FEARING PATRIOTS UNPOPULAR THROUGH ARCHIE BUNKER, AND HIS HIPPIE/COMMIE DAUGHTER THE NORMAL ONE.
CENTERS OF HELL, THE NORMAN LEAR CENTER
http://www.learcenter.org/html/projects/?cm=pmp
While many media scholars have claimed that pop music is the only true universal mass medium (that old “music is a universal language” rag), this much is true: pop music plays a key, if not central, role in how people around the world are configuring identities, negotiating social and civic positions, and interacting with greater cultural spheres on local, regional, national, transnational, and global levels. GLOBAL-WELCOMING THE ANTICHRIST. The Popular Music Project seeks to be that rare bridge between the academy and the social world at large, a point of open contact between scholars, musicians, students, producers, musicians, engineers, critics, label chiefs, and of course, fans.
THINK HITLER CALLED IT BRAINWASHING, OR PROPOGANDA, OR SATAN'S WILL. SOUNDS SO INNOCENT, HE MIGHT GET AN AWARD, BUT WE'LL FIND OUT BETTER The project's goal is to treat the making of pop music as a key site for education and pedagogy and for re-thinking questions of society, culture, history, and communication.
RETHINKING CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM, FURTHERING COMMUNISM!
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FOLLOWING ARE LINKS FROM NORMANLEAR.ORG:
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TECHNICAL ADVISER TO THE ANTICHRIST WHO DIES A MAN, ARISES AS SATAN HIMSELF
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Reality, only better, THINK ON THESE WORDS A MINUTE
Reality, only better
Dec 6th 2007
From The Economist print edition Computing: Superimposing computer graphics on the real world, instead of displaying them on screens, has many potential uses...FOR GOOD...OR EVIL...
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Does your child have a brand? No? Better get busy. Boutique firms now will help your kid build his or her brand to make them stand out when applying to top universities. more>> http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=/2007/11/28/educa
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HAVE TO SORT OF LAUGH AT THIS, MOST LIBERAL MAN IN HOLLYWOOD, LINKED TO MOST LIBERAL PAPER IN AMERICA
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was named for television writer, producer, and director Norman Lear, a pioneer of a more candid, socially realistic genre of television programming, and a champion of democratic values (IS THERE DEMOCRACY ON MARS?  THERE'S GLOBAL WARMING, AND HE SURE PREACHED MARXISM). The founding of the Center celebrates the artistic innovation of such Lear shows as
All in the Family,
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and
The Jeffersons;
his willingness to take extraordinary creative and commercial risks in the name of quality (BLEEP, WORSHIPPED TIMOTHY LEARY AN HIS MAGIC MUSHROOMS); his passion for wrestling with issues of conscience (THIS "MAN WITH A CONSCIENCE" BRAGGED HE'D HAVE NUDIY ONN NETWORK TV BEFORE 2000) while building a remarkable entertainment career; and his leadership in founding People for the American Way (AWFUL BUNCH TOO, ANTI-AMERICAN) to defend core First Amendment freedoms, and the Business Enterprise Trust to celebrate businesses that advance the public good while achieving financial success.
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REMEMBER THE BRAG ABOUT NUDITY ON THE NETWORKS?
      “There is excess violence, excess sensationalism, excess sex. We are looking at an excessive culture, and to see the excess only in Hollywood is a mistake that lifts a branch to block out the entire forest. The endemic problem is the excess that flows from the corporate need to deliver a profit statement this quarter larger than the last at the expense of every other value. You see that clearly in Hollywood.”
 Norman Lear quote
 WHAT A HYPOCRITE....
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GOTTA LAUGH AT THIS:
Hillary Clinton Forum 154 - December 1999
... Place'' by Louis Falstein, a little-known book published 10 years before ``Catch ...
where commie TV producer
Norman Lear
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www.hillary.org/forums/Hillary_Clinton_Forum_154.html
DON'T THINK IT'S A HILLARY FAN CLUB THERE
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The professor in question, Martin Kaplan, "director of the Norman Lear Center at the Annenberg School of Communication at USC" loses Lileks, me, and a good number of his potential readers right away by referring to Christians as "Christers." Suddenly I understand just a bit how African-Americans feel about the "N" word.
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THE CENTERS FROM HELL, THE NORMAN LEAR CENTER
http://daveinboca.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html
revealed that when arrested he had just left a birthday party for television producer and
liberal activist Norman Lear
which was also attended by Vermont’s liberal Democratic Senator, Patrick Leahy. (Moyers pled guilty to the lesser charge of "negligent driving.")
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THE QUOTES I FOUND WERE COLLECTED BY HIS WORSHIPPERS, SO...USELESS DRIVEL
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Sign of the times. #263965Posted by jumper128 at 10/12/07 7:51 a.m. Al Gore is your typical liberal hypocrite. All of his cars, mansions, and wasteful lifestyle but he is going to tell me that I need to change my life to save the planet. Freaken pathetic. As long as hypocrites like Al Gore and movie stars tell me I need to change my life but they keep living a wasteful lifestyle, I will never change. Meanwhile, I will keep starting my bonfires with motor oil just to spite them.

Hey fellow humans!
I helped a friend by entering her to win the Home Depot Contest. We only wanted to really lift her spirits, and it did! How can you help? Well view the link below at YouTube:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpLKwUGLWNc
 
If you have an account, log in and tell Martha hello or leave a comment about the video. If you wanna rate it well do that too!
 
Tis the Season to be jolly! Help me make Martha Jolly. Let your friends know as well, so they can share in the fun! Happy Holidays to all! Thanks!

HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED TO YOU?
YOU BUY SOMETHING ON CREDIT FROM A LOCAL STORE. THEY PUT OFF DELIVERING YOUR ITEMS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T ARRIVED IN THE STORE YET.  YOU HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED YOUR FIRST BILL AND STILL DON'T HAVE YOUR STUFF.  YOU GO TO THE STORE TO CHECK ON YOUR STUFF AND THEY TELL YOU THEY ARE CLOSING THEIR DOORS AND YOU NEED TO GRAB WHAT EVER LOOKS CLOSE TO WHAT YOU ORDERED FROM THE DEMOS ON THE FLOOR. YOU ASK FOR A FULL CREDIT FOR YOUR ORDER. THE ANSWER IS NO BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS FROZEN.  SO OUT OF FEAR OF BEING STUCK WITH A CONTRACT ON NO ITEMS, YOU PICK OUT WHAT YOU CAN AND THE DEMOS ARE DAMAGED. BUT YOU TAKE WHAT YOU CAN.  YOUR ARE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE YOU PAID FOR DELIVERY AND NOW YOU ARE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO GET THE ITEMS HOME IN THE RAIN. (keep in mind these are big items) OK, HERE IS THE FUNNY PART. You start paying your bil off and get it down to two hundred and fifty dollars and on your next bill there is a thirty dollar late charge. So you mail in eighty dollars the next time and again another thirty dollar late charge. This goes on till you now owe them a thousand dollars. You have written them, called them begged and pleaded. You try to pay over the phone and there is a thirty dollar charge for paying by phone.  By now everything is turned over to a collecter that has nothing to do with that company and doesn't care. They want their thousand dollars. Well folks, it has been seven years now and they are not going to get it. They can have the $250.00 dollars but not a cent more and that is being generous since the stuff I got was damaged and not delivered and wasn't what I wanted in the first place. Thank you Heilig Meyers for helping me along with my nervous breakdown. I put this under the entertainment catagory. Because it is so inane I thought you might find it entertaining. There is much more to this story but it was starting to get boring.

Last night, country music had their "super bowl", the CMA Awards and here is my take on it.
Best Performance--No doubt, hands down, the ageless Eagles delivered a powerful performance that deserved the standing ovation they got.  The Eagles are like a fine wine, they just get better with age.  Not a bad performance for a group that had never sung at an awards show before.  Also, great performances came from Carrie Underwood (no surprise), George Strait (who showed everyone how it's done), and a beautiful duet with LeAnn Rimes and Reba McEntire.  Other solid performances were turned in by the sassy Miranda Lambert and the next superstar of the industry, Josh Turner.
Worst Performance--I can't believe I'm saying this, but the worst performance of the night was turned in by Rascal Flatts and Jamie Foxx, who collaborated on a song that was beautiful, but way out of Rascal Flatts' lead singer's vocal range.  He simply could not reach those high notes when he had to and he was off-key a few times during the song.  Jamie Foxx saved the day to an extent, but it was obvious that it wasn't Rascal Flatts' best performance.  I have said this before, but never in a blog and so I'll say it now.  Rascal Flatts needs to lower the starting notes on some of their songs or their lead singer is going to throw his voice out.  They had better be careful.
Most Moving Performance--Brooks and Dunn performed a brand new song entitled, "God Must Be Busy".  It was an amazing song sung by the best battle-tested act in country music except for George Strait.  Also, Sugarland's performance of their hit single, "Stay", drew a standing ovation because of the beauty of the song and its simplicity...one guitar and Jennifer Nettles' voice.  What more do you need?
Most Surprising Winner--Sugarland winning Duo of the Year, snapping the stranglehold Brooks and Dunn had on the award for so many years.  It's true that Sugarland has had a great year, but Brooks and Dunn hasn't lost a step.  I knew Sugarland's time would come, but I didn't know it would be this year.  The torch has been passed.
Most Surprising Nomination--Dixie Chicks for Group of the Year.  They have said repeatedly that their genre of music is no longer country.  So why do people keep nominating them for country awards?  Also, the fact that they didn't win last night shows that their multiple Grammy awards earlier this year is a distant memory.
Final Thought--I noticed that the reaction for Carrie Underwood is not as strong as it is for other acts.  Why is that?  There were standing ovations everywhere for performances and award winners, but nothing forthcoming for Carrie.  Is it jealousy?  I seem to recall similar reactions a while back to a man named Garth.  There's a lot of similarities.  Carrie Underwood has had major success in such a short period of time and maybe these seasoned veterans are a little hot under the collar because they may feel she hasn't paid her dues.  I suggest that the country music scene get used to Carrie Underwood.  If she continues at the rate she's going, she will be untouchable and unstoppable.
Good job, country music, on an entertaining CMAs.
 

Hi, Is it just me or do all of these so called charity organizations..(e.g., Salvation Army, March of Dimes, Organ and Tissue .....)spend WAY TOO much for these commercial spots??? I see at least 100 commercials a day for all of these organizations, if they spent the advertizing budget on the actual CAUSES....... DUHHHHH!!  I do understand they need to get the word out but come on enough is enough don't you think?????
Please stop playing the same commercials over and over and over and over again!!!!  Sorry, I am just a little IRKED about this because of some past experiences with some of these organizations that were NOT so charitable or loving or concerned!!.......... Thanx

    If you have lived in Abilene for very long, you know what everybody says, "there is nothing to do in Abilene". All i hear all day long from the youth in this town is that there is nothing to do. I know we just got Primetime, which is pretty cool, but its not something you can do very much cause of the high price tag. There are 4 movie theaters that are alright but nothing compared to ones that are like in dallas...ours are actually kind of ghetto besides century. For all of the nerdy people out there that are into comics, and games like hero clix ,there is always places like premiere comics. That place is really fun if your into that kind of stuff, but that is a very small percent of this town. So what do you do? First of all this is a very family oriented city. We dont get very many bands and stuff cause they dont want all the problems that come with it. So what do we do...let me know the kind of things that you do to have fun in this town, and i will post some more thoughts and ideas on this soon...

Did anyone happen to catch Carrie Underwood's performance of her latest single, "So Small" on the Tonight Show the other night?  If you didn't, you missed one of the greatest performances of one song sung live that I have ever heard.  I am a major music lover and I think that Carrie Underwood is even better singing live than she is on her CDs.  She is incredible!  Her voice is so strong, so commanding, and she hits those high notes without much effort.  I strongly encourage all those who read this posting to go online and find a video of her singing the other night on the Tonight Show.  You will be blown away by what you hear, regardless if you're a fan of country music or not. I am a firm believer that Carrie Underwood owns country music right now.  Yes, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, George Strait, and Toby Keith rule the roost, too, but in my mind, nobody has a more firm grip on the country music scene than Carrie Underwood.  She's got the looks, the dedication, the talent, and great songs to be the pinnacle of success for a long, long time.  She could very well be the Reba McEntire of her generation and as long as she's around, I'm afraid that there won't be many female awards that won't go to her. Rock on, Carrie, and I look forward to more music from you, especially if it's sung live!!

Here is a response from our GM. Our Chief Engineer can also be available for tech related questions, but Mr. Carter wanted to outline our future plans for converting to digital and HD on KXVA. Thank you for your patience regarding this response...


Dear Concerned Viewers,

We’ve received several blogs regarding KXVA’s plans for broadcasting digital. I’ll try to make a complex situation as brief as possible. The channel allotments to realign for digital were made in 2000. Stations that received there license after 2000 didn’t get a second channel to switch to. These stations are called “Singletons.” On Feb 17, 2009, all stations must “give” their analog channels back to the FCC, to be auctioned off for cell phones and internet. Because KXVA is a singleton, we won’t give our channel to the FCC, we will flashcut from analog to digital overnight. Officially, we don’t have to wait until that date to switch; however, the moment we flashcut, we will lose all of our analog viewers. Forty dollar vouchers for the “blackbox converters” are supposed to be on the market by Jan 2008. This device will allow viewers with analogue televisions to receive the digital signal. We plan to make the switch by the end of the second quarter of 2008. This will allow all analogue viewers to get our signal uninterrupted and provides time for us to coordinate with all 23 cable companies in the 18 county DMA, plus Dish Network and Direct TV. Our plan is to make the switch to Digital and HD simultaneously. I hope this makes our goals clear, with some history explaining our actions.

Stay Tuned,

Bill Carver
General Manager
Sage Broadcasting
KXVA Fox Abilene

Paul and Balaam-Twin Birds from Different Mothers by Ben Yahuah Why does Yahushua mention Balaam in Rev 2:14? Rev 2:14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the teachings of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols (unclean foods), and to commit fornication (Adultery).
Rev 2:15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.  Balaam taught the Israelites that it was OK to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit Fornication/Adultery... So why does Yahushua bring it up now at nearly the end of the scriptures? Balaam must represent someone in New Testament Scriptures that we need to take a second look at. Someone who is teaching it is permissible to eat unclean foods and fornication is permissible.  Anyone come to your mind? The account of Balaam in Numbers 22 does not reveal exactly what Balaam taught... But Yahushua clarifies it in Rev 2:14-15. Let's take a look at an overview of Balaam's story. Balaam was a Prophet in the Old Testament who was changed from an enemy to a friend by an angelic vision on a Road. Balaam after properly serving YHWH for a time, changed back into being an enemy. This inspired prophet is deemed an enemy of YHWH because he taught it was permissible to eat unclean foods and commit fornication. This part was revealed by Yahushua. Who else is a Prophet of YHWH who was changed from an enemy to a friend by an angelic-like vision on a road, but then later taught it was permissible to eat unclean foods and commit fornication? Couldn't be Balaam he was long dead. Why it's our favorite False Apostle.... Paul Another point to tie Balaam and Paul together that clearly demonstrates that Balaam is a foreshadow of the False Prophet Paul Balaam was on the road to Moab and was stopped by an unseen angel. Many commentators believe this Angel was Yahushua. The donkey now speaks and complains that Balaam is goading him with his staff:  "What have I done unto thee, that you have smitten me these three times? (Why do you persecute me?).  Balaam is in a sense blinded to the Angel. YHWH then opens his eyes and Balaam is able to see the Angel blocking the way. Balaam confesses he has sinned. The angel tells him he must bless Israel and proceed to Moab. When he gets there he is filled with YHWH's spirit and blesses Israel, became a true prophet and quits doing his enchantments and omens. Then something happened in Num 31:16. He counsels Israel in that they may sin in some manner that causes YHWH to send a plague upon Israel. Later as the Israelites are battling the Midianites... Balaam is killed with them. Balaam not only prophesied for money but also taught Israel to sin against YHWH. Now Let's Take A Look At Paul's Experience... It was on a road (to Damascus) There was a Divine Vision... and blinding Yahushua asks why is Paul persecuting Him. Yahushua lets Paul know how hard it is to go against the goads of YHWH. The experience turns Paul around to be a true spokesman of YHWH for a short time Finally Paul would fall like Balaam did by teaching it is permissible to eat food sacrificed to Idols(unclean foods) and fornication is permissible Let's take a look at the word Fornication... Scripturally speaking Fornication is Adultery and with time has been watered down to unwed sexual intercourse. Easton's Bible Dictionary explains: Intercourse between a married man and an unmarried woman was Fornication. Adultery was regarded as a great social wrong, as well as a great sin.  Brown-Driver-Brigg's Hebrew Dictionary defines fornication (zanah) as: 1a1) to be a harlot, act as a harlot, commit fornication
1a2) to commit adultery
1a3) to be a cult prostitute
1a4) to be unfaithful (to YHWH) You can see there is no mention of "to have sex among unwed partners". Fornication is as Yahushua used it "Adultery".  More Problems With Paul Paul has a bad habit of contradicting Yahushua and this one involves remarriage. Paul says a wife whose non-believing husband leaves her is "not under bondage"(1 Cor 7:15) According to Paul she is free to remarry without committing Adultery. However Yahushua has a big problem with that, Here is what He says: The husband who unjustifiably leaves the wife "causes her to commit adultery" if she remarries. Yahushua explains this is because any man "who remarries her that is divorced" makes her thereby commit adultery. (Mat 5:32). She is still bound to her first husband despite the certificate of divorce. There were no TRUE grounds against her... because she had not committed adultery up to that point. Paul says the christian woman who has been unjustifiably divorced does not commit adultery by remarrying. Yahushua says she absolutely does commit adultery, since fornication equaled Adultery in Yahushua's era, Paul permits the very act of Fornication which Yahushua prohibits. Christians must choose who their Messiah and Elohim is .... Yahushua or Paul. There is NO MIDDLE ROAD In an article soon following the much needed discussion of fornication will continue. Something to think about in the mean time...Can one continue to practice lawlessness and still be saved? Shalom uvracha- Peace with a blessing. Ben Yahuah Much of the info that was used in this article can be found in a book entitled: "Jesus' Words Only or Was Paul the Apostle Jesus Condemns in Revelation 2:2?" by Douglas J. Del Tondo, Esq. Many Thanks Doug for sharing what you have been given by YHWH!

I'll admit that I haven't lived here long (moved from the metroplex just over a year ago) but things have come a long way since I first hooked up my plasma two july's ago and found that there were NO HD broadcasts available without paying a cable/sat company for the usual pitiful lineup of Discovery HD, HDNet, etc.. Then slowly but surely things started looking up....first KTAB and then KTXS went digital (passing through primetime HD programming) and then late this past summer KRBC digital came online and couch potatos all across the Big Country rejoiced! That is unless you're a Cowboys fan...or really like 24....or got hooked on American Idol. The worst part is that we can't get an answer on how soon we can get those things in at the very least digital..and at best HD. The other stations were more forthcoming about info leading up to their digital signal and for the most part info given to the public turned out to be true. Can we say the same for explanations (or lack thereof) given for the station who broadcasts the shows I mentioned earlier? I've requested info in the past and either got no response or a vague answer that didn't answer anything....I even saw a reply that someone else got that was laughably bad and assumes that everyone asking about HD/digital doesn't understand how things work. If it's lack of money then I understand...this is the 164th market in the US after all but I don't understand losing even more market share by allowing people the opportunity to get hooked on shows from other networks simply because they look better. Yes, its true...myself and many others will watch something we wouldn't normally be interested in simply because it is in glorious HD. My question is...can the one remaing network in the area afford to remain the last analog only (and poor analog at that) broadcast? I invite anyone to reply if you agree, disagree or just want to flame me...etc. I'm a big boy :)

I've been waiting for over 2 years for some kind of response from KXVA either that they are going digital and/or HD or that I can be granted an HD waiver so I can at least watch FOX programming the way it was intended. In response to another blog, ALL 3 AFFILIATES IN ABILENE ARE BOTH DIGITAL AND HD. And quite nice by the way. FOX is the only holdout. I don't care if the FCC has got you over a barrel. If it is that much of an issue then get out of the business or at the very least grant waivers to those who request them. Another issue that needs to be taken up is that the satellite providers won't grant a waiver without your approval since, according to them, you are broadcasting a strong digital signal. They get this information directly from YOU. Obviously KXVA is receiving the digital feed but the re-transmission is the problem. Why don't you straighten this out with the FCC and satellite providers so that at least a few of us can get the HD feeds from the networks.
If you can't fix the problem, then at least drop Abilene so maybe we can get a real FOX affiliate in the area.

Let's set the record straight here. KXVA Management has answered every single e-mail that has come in with questions. I know this for a fact because I am the one who does it. As for as HD goes, let me explaon ot tp ypu/ You obviously do not know what you are talking about at all. There is not a single station in Abilene that broadcasts in HD. That is a fact. So, before you go mouthing off, you should research a little We do get a straight HD singal at our station. However, you are right, we do not transmit it out. This is for several reasons. However, the primary reason is that in order to broadcast in HD, we must first be broadcasting in Digital.
I will admit that we are not broadcasting KXVA in digital yet. However, this is for a simple reason also. At KXVA, we have been dealt a bad situation from the FCC. Our Analogue channel is 15. Our digital channel is also 15. What this means is that in order to broadcast in digital, we must cut off our analogue signal. No other station in the market has this problem. Since the vast majority of the viewers in the market do not yet have Digital recievers in their television sets, we would be eliminating the vast majority of our audience by converting to digital early.
Digital TV's can pick up an analogue signal. However, the reverse is not true.
At KXVA, we invite your comments. Howeber, if you do decide to be negative, please take a little time to do some research first so that you can make an intelligent argument.