[CW] What it Means.

Tue, 5 Aug 2003 15:55:10 -0400

Well put John, and i am not being sarcastic in ANY way but  entertaining the
thought wether i should sell my ham radio equipment now and get top dollar
for it or to take a gamble on the FCC abandoning this BPL
thingy.....hmmmmmmmmm, what should i do,,,,,

john


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Subject: [CW] What it Means.


> Someone wondered, in simple terms, what that "lobbying" thing meant.
>
> OK, Buzz Jones, of the Acme Power Company wants to put BPL in all through
> his town. For this, he  needs FCC approval. Now, the FCC bureaucrats are
> mostly POLITICALLY appointed types. (The Field Workers, etc, are civil
> service, but the decisions are made by the bureaucrats.) So he goes to
> Joe Fed of the FCC. Meanwhile, the Power company uses their lobby to
> contact "Honest" John Smith, the Congressman from Podunk. They suggest
> that he could get a lot of votes from all those happy web surfers using
> BPL. All he needs to do is put a little pressure on the FCC. Honest John
> calls Joe Fed. The suggestion is made that if he likes his little cushy
> Federal job, he better push for BPL.
>
> Meanwhile, the ARRL....... Poor Ed of the ARRL is doing tests and
> demonstrations for Joe Fed. Joe Fed nods and looks interested. But poor
> Ed and the ARRL can't say to Honest John that "hey, you pressure the FCC
> to vote against BPL, and you'll have the vote of 300,000 League members."
> That's because such POLITICAL lobbying is unlawful for the ARRL.
>
> All they can do is have poor, tired, hard working Ed demonstrate that it
> will wipe of HF over the whole area. Joe Fed knows this, but rather keep
> his job, and keep Honest John happy.
>
>
> Guess which way the vote goes?
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