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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #25 on: October 26, 2011, 12:33:11 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on October 26, 2011, 12:13:28 PM
I know Snopes isn't too good, but it was the easiest to find.  Still I have to wonder if Snopes interpreted the following to mean that the feds didn't have a time limit.

The commandeer part makes it sound like the government can take over the air waves.

They can.......they grant the licenses, and a part of that process guarantees that they can require stations to broadcast whatever they want in the case of a national emergency......the question is who defines what a "national emergency" actually is?

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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #26 on: October 26, 2011, 12:37:34 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on October 25, 2011, 08:57:20 PM
And all the screens will have this on them:




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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #27 on: November 09, 2011, 01:14:26 PM »


Emergency Alert System: Why US is doing first national test now

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Today at 2 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday Americans watching television or listening to the radio will see and hear a familiar sounding message: "This is a test of the Emergency Alert System. This is only a test...."

This 30-second audio tone and message will sound like emergency test messages that local television and radio stations have broadcast for nearly 50 years. But Wednesday's test will be the first time the federal Emergency Alert System – a last resort means for the president to address the country in a national emergency – has been tested on a national basis. >>>

There are 14,000-plus broadcast television and radio stations, as well as 10,000-plus cable television systems in the EAS.

George Orwell was a visionary, apparently. "Never let a crisis go to waste" - right?

Phones and Internet to be targeted next ...
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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #28 on: November 09, 2011, 01:30:54 PM »


Where’s an Emergency Alert System for the Internet and the phone?

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At 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, television programs and radio shows will be interrupted with a familiar message: “This is a test. This is only a test.”

It will be the first time the Federal Emergency Management Agency has attempted to alert the entire nation at once with its Emergency Alert System. While the program hopes to reach as many people as possible as quickly as possible, two means of communication are still missing from the system: the Internet and mobile phones. >>>

FEMA launched a national alert system for phones in May, called PLAN, that reaches some smartphones on some national providers. >>>

As for Internet alerts, they work mainly on an opt-in basis. FEMA has an iPad and Android app and Twitter and Facebook accounts. However, this system of requiring Americans to actively seek out FEMA differs dramatically from the PLAN system or the Emergency Alert System. The alert system pushes messages out to Americans whether they want them or not. FEMA works with cable providers to get the word out.

It would be interesting to see the agency undertaking something similar in partnerships with major Internet companies. Could it be possible for the Google logo to turn into an alert message? Or for Twitter’s promoted ads — which appear in user timelines — to be a message from FEMA?

What the government has the power to grant, the government also has the power to take away.  If you think about it, dictatorial control of mass media is an awesome power. "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."

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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #29 on: November 09, 2011, 05:05:08 PM »
How does an emergency alert system equate to a national dictatorship?
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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #30 on: November 09, 2011, 05:12:06 PM »
Quote from: SGT Snuggle Bunny on November 09, 2011, 05:05:08 PM
How does an emergency alert system equate to a national dictatorship?

How does 'dictatorial control of mass media' equate to 'a national dictatorship'?  :confused:
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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #31 on: November 09, 2011, 05:44:52 PM »
Quote from: Janice on November 09, 2011, 05:12:06 PM
How does 'dictatorial control of mass media' equate to 'a national dictatorship'?  :confused:

Quit being an obtuse ****, you ****. You wanna play stupid little games we can but I'm pretty damned sure you'll be the one running crying (have you hit that alert link yet?).

OK, so you hate Obama. We all do, but save the paranoid ramblings. There's nothing inherently evil or anti-freedom about an EAS any more than its anti-freedom to have a standing army. There's lots of things I would not give a dictator but I'd gladly give those same things to a duly American president...and his successors.

This nation is bigger than Obama. If it isn't it wouldn't be worth a squirt of piss.

So Obama can get on the airwaves and say whatever he wants. Bully **** for him. What's he gonna do with it? Claim he's now president for life and the elections are cancelled?

It'd be his last ****ing mistake and our saving grace. Would that the paste-eater-in-chief actually try.

No one would back his play (go ahead and say the US military would accept that order...I double-dog ****ing dare you). Even 80% of the dems would desert him so he'd be impeached at a minimum.

How does an emergency alert system become dictatorial control of the mass media?
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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #32 on: November 09, 2011, 05:58:57 PM »
Hmm.. a bit foul today, eh?

Doin' a lot a 'assumin' today I see too.
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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #33 on: November 09, 2011, 06:05:45 PM »
Quote from: Janice on November 09, 2011, 05:58:57 PM
Hmm.. a bit foul today, eh?

Today?

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Doin' a lot a 'assumin' today I see too.

No, it's pretty obvious.

You're an obtuse ****.
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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #34 on: November 09, 2011, 08:09:00 PM »
This was probably a coincidence, but our electricity was flickering at work at 11am PST/2pm EST.  I just thought it was an odd time for the power to go out.
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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #35 on: November 10, 2011, 01:22:47 PM »
Really?  We're having this discussion here?

 :panic: :panic: :panic: :panic: :panic: :panic: :panic: :panic: :panic: :panic: :panic: :panic: :panic: :panic:

I expect these at DU regularly.  Hell, even FR cut its teeth on the Y2K fizzle so it's part of the institutional culture.

But here?  With probably the highest ration of military (active/retired/spouse) to be found?  Over a test?

When there's a consensus of military folks start getting nervous, then it probably makes sense to start paying attention.  Before that, meh.
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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #36 on: November 10, 2011, 01:29:49 PM »
Still have the last resort option....on/off button... :-)
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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #37 on: November 10, 2011, 01:41:37 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on November 10, 2011, 01:29:49 PM
Still have the last resort option....on/off button... :-)

But then how will you know Obama covernted the Oval Office into a throne room?

As soon as he makes the announcement we have to pay homage and stuff or something strangely undefined will happen...maybe...or something.
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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #38 on: November 10, 2011, 01:58:10 PM »
Quote from: SGT Snuggle Bunny on November 10, 2011, 01:41:37 PM
But then how will you know Obama covernted the Oval Office into a throne room?

As soon as he makes the announcement we have to pay homage and stuff or something strangely undefined will happen...maybe...or something.

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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #39 on: November 10, 2011, 03:35:43 PM »
Just for everyone's information......the test FAILED.......55 seconds of "dead air", and a blank screen on the TV stations (at least here).

The "National Emergency" trigger system could not pass the data for the notification.  Broadcasters equipment went to alert mode.....timed out.....and went back to normal.

Apparently under Obama, this particular EAS test works about as well as everything else that he's tried to do........

The entire broadcast world is laughing their asses off right now.

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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #40 on: November 10, 2011, 03:38:36 PM »
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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #41 on: November 10, 2011, 03:46:03 PM »
Quote from: TVDOC on November 10, 2011, 03:35:43 PM
Just for everyone's information......the test FAILED.......55 seconds of "dead air", and a blank screen on the TV stations (at least here).

The "National Emergency" trigger system could not pass the data for the notification.  Broadcasters equipment went to alert mode.....timed out.....and went back to normal.

Apparently under Obama, this particular EAS test works about as well as everything else that he's tried to do........

The entire broadcast world is laughing their asses off right now.

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So what happens if you stage a coup and nobody hears you?

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OBAMA: Fine. Fine. Tell Michelle I'm down at the local Whole Foods.

TECH: Yes, sir, Mr. President. Would you make mine a triple decker with extra cheese and bacon and a side of chili fries?
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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #42 on: November 10, 2011, 03:47:45 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on November 10, 2011, 03:38:36 PM
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Yeah.....particularly since past "national tests" have been done at 2 AM eastern time, so if the equipment screws up, nobody iis the wiser.......but NOOOOOOOO

These fools insisted on doing it in the middle of the day, and broadcasting multiple promos to the event beforehand........

Nothing like having egg on one's face in front of God and everybody.....I wouldn't want to be in the Chairman of the FCC's shoes right now......

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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #43 on: November 10, 2011, 03:49:52 PM »
Quote from: TVDOC on November 10, 2011, 03:47:45 PM
Nothing like having egg on one's face in front of God and everybody.....I wouldn't want to be in the Chairman of the FCC's shoes right now...
I hear he's a dick anyway.
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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #44 on: November 10, 2011, 05:16:34 PM »
I had the radio on eagerly awaiting big brother's take over of the airwaves, and nothing happened at all, we didn't even get the 55 seconds of dead air, it went straight from commercial to the top of the hour news.

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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #45 on: November 10, 2011, 07:00:50 PM »
Based on my intel, the EAS test was a test used to broadcast signal for rabbits, ermines, and gyrfalcons to destroy humanity.
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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #46 on: November 10, 2011, 10:41:05 PM »
Quote from: Ptarmigan on November 10, 2011, 07:00:50 PM
Based on my intel, the EAS test was a test used to broadcast signal for rabbits, ermines, and gyrfalcons to destroy humanity.

YOU SHUTCHER FILTHY BEAK!!!
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Re: Feds to temporarily shut down all radio & TV on 11/9
« Reply #47 on: November 11, 2011, 07:07:40 PM »
Quote from: SGT Snuggle Bunny on November 10, 2011, 10:41:05 PM
YOU SHUTCHER FILTHY BEAK!!!

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