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Originally posted by aretood2 View PostThat makes sense, on the surface. But as thekillman pointed out, there's more too it. Take the CW for example. Pre Arrow and Pre The 100, there is no way I would even consider watching that channel, ever. So I take it out of my custom bundle. And I won't discover that channel for it's program that I've come to love. Or Sci Fi (When it was called that) if my parents didn't include it in their custom bundle, I would never have known about Stargate, they aren't sci fi fans at all.
That's the supermarket effect. You go in to buy bread and milk and you end up finding a new brand of cereal you'll enjoy plus a tasty cake to treat yourself. That cake and cereal helps subsidize the prices of the bread and milk. Imagine if The Flash had to slash its special effects budget? Would we get the same quality show? Or if Legends had to be cancelled from the get go because they'd have to slash the budget for wardrobe and settings. The 100 wouldn't have scenes in Space. In the end, my subsidizing of the CW during its time of programs that I didn't care for helped pay for programs I very much enjoy watching.
But the flaw in your theory is that the more popular stations, SciFi, USA, TNT, TBS & such already pull enough viewers/subscribers on their own strength; in fact, they are carrying the niche channels. So they won't be hurt by a la carte pricing. The only ones that are hurt are the ones that can't draw enough subscribers, the small fry.
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Originally posted by Annoyed View PostOr the USA network's pitiful attempt to pick up "Airwolf" after CBS dropped it in the mid eighties. There's an example of trying to do something on too small a budget.
But the flaw in your theory is that the more popular stations, SciFi, USA, TNT, TBS & such already pull enough viewers/subscribers on their own strength; in fact, they are carrying the niche channels. So they won't be hurt by a la carte pricing. The only ones that are hurt are the ones that can't draw enough subscribers, the small fry.
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Originally posted by Annoyed View PostTrump Proposes Term Limits for Congress
While the term limits idea is ok, and is very popular, in my view, we already have a mechanism for limiting terms in the form of the voting booth. But this should help him at the polls.
All of the above are good ideas.
But I can't help but wonder how long before and how he will manage to put his feet in his mouth over this.
Originally posted by Gatefan1976 View PostThey -are- good idea's, but the problem with them is, -who- is he going to ask, Congress.
He will ask congress to limit it's own power and post political careers (which I don't think it is currently legal for a employer to do, no matter the job).
Congress would -never- pass such changes, and I think Trump is smart enough to know that.
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Originally posted by garhkal View PostI agree. They will never go for anything that limits their power.. Such as iirc a bill put up around 14 or so years back, supposedly that would limit their ability to give themselves pay raises.. Didn't even make it TOO the floor for a vote if i remember rightly.
If you -know- that no one will give you want you are asking for, why are you asking for it at all?
WHO is the audience for Trumps charade?
If you think getting money out of politics is hard (the much loved Democratic line), how hard do you think it will be to ask a hostile congress to vote away what they consider their rights?
Will the real rubes please stand up............sigpicALL THANKS TO THE WONDERFUL CREATOR OF THIS SIG GO TO R.I.G.A lie is just a truth that hasn't gone through conversion therapy yetThe truth isn't the truth
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Originally posted by Gatefan1976 View PostWhich begs the question.
If you -know- that no one will give you want you are asking for, why are you asking for it at all?
WHO is the audience for Trumps charade?
If you think getting money out of politics is hard (the much loved Democratic line), how hard do you think it will be to ask a hostile congress to vote away what they consider their rights?
Will the real rubes please stand up............
BUT JUST cause you did ask, doesn't mean you will get it. Same here. Even if there is a slim to no chance of it happening, when we ask, there is a zero chance if you don't..
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Originally posted by garhkal View PostI regard it like sex.. You never know if you will get something from the gal you are with, unless you do ask.
BUT JUST cause you did ask, doesn't mean you will get it. Same here. Even if there is a slim to no chance of it happening, when we ask, there is a zero chance if you don't..
Bad comparison.
I get where you are coming from, the "unasked question" always gets a no, but that is -really- a bad way to put it dude.sigpicALL THANKS TO THE WONDERFUL CREATOR OF THIS SIG GO TO R.I.G.A lie is just a truth that hasn't gone through conversion therapy yetThe truth isn't the truth
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Originally posted by SoulReaver View Postcounting your chickens much?
A white one, a brown one and a black one -- Eufrasie, Celie and Clara.
Originally posted by Coco Pops View PostSo again it's all Obama's fault we have civil unrest. Yep Obama is to blame for everything.
Originally posted by Gatefan1976 View Postummmm................
Bad comparison.
I get where you are coming from, the "unasked question" always gets a no, but that is -really- a bad way to put it dude.Heightmeyer's Lemming -- still the coolest Lemming of the forum
Proper Stargate Rewatch -- season 10 of SG-1
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Originally posted by Falcon Horus View PostHey remember, Trump doesn't ask. He does cause he can.sigpicALL THANKS TO THE WONDERFUL CREATOR OF THIS SIG GO TO R.I.G.A lie is just a truth that hasn't gone through conversion therapy yetThe truth isn't the truth
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Originally posted by Gatefan1976 View PostI know that, I am not sure G-man realised how bad the comparison was.
Clearly, neither did I.Heightmeyer's Lemming -- still the coolest Lemming of the forum
Proper Stargate Rewatch -- season 10 of SG-1
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Originally posted by mad_gater View Postyeah starting to wonder if there was some discontinuity in the Airwolf series too....because at some point String's brother was evidently found and winds up as Airwolf's new pilot but String seemed to have disappeared....unless of course I happened to miss the episode detailing what happened to String after his brother was found *shrug*
30 years later, I'm still trying to forget season 4.
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Originally posted by Gatefan1976 View Postummmm................
Bad comparison.
I get where you are coming from, the "unasked question" always gets a no, but that is -really- a bad way to put it dude.
It might be, but it was the quickest comparison i could come up with..
Originally posted by Falcon Horus View PostIt always is, and when it's not, it's Hillary's.
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Originally posted by garhkal View PostIt might be, but it was the quickest comparison i could come up with..
I thought it was always bush's fault..sigpicALL THANKS TO THE WONDERFUL CREATOR OF THIS SIG GO TO R.I.G.A lie is just a truth that hasn't gone through conversion therapy yetThe truth isn't the truth
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Originally posted by Annoyed View PostOr the USA network's pitiful attempt to pick up "Airwolf" after CBS dropped it in the mid eighties. There's an example of trying to do something on too small a budget.
But the flaw in your theory is that the more popular stations, SciFi, USA, TNT, TBS & such already pull enough viewers/subscribers on their own strength; in fact, they are carrying the niche channels. So they won't be hurt by a la carte pricing. The only ones that are hurt are the ones that can't draw enough subscribers, the small fry.
Originally posted by garhkal View PostIt might be, but it was the quickest comparison i could come up with..
I thought it was always bush's fault..
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