Thread: This is the kind of thing congress is good for

Don't forget that they are going to 'fix' the BCS...

Originally Posted by tsquare

Don't forget that they are going to 'fix' the BCS...

cant wait till they apply affirmative action and income re-distribution. to the BCS.

Originally Posted by sinebar

News Headlines - House votes to turn down volume of noisy TV ads : Townhall.com

The above bill is the kind of thing we need congress for. They should be concentrating their efforts on this kind of thing and stay the fuck out of healthcare and the economy. This is why we elect their stupid asses to take care of shit like the above.

This is actually a good cause as far as I'm concerned. Less annoyance = Good.

I have no problem with them spending some time passing things like this as long as something so simple doesn't get drawn out into a length resembling the health care debate.

Yes less annoyance is good, but it is sad that we need congress to pass this kind of law.. that we the people have told the stations to stop this,, but no they would not.. so we get the Government to pass another law for the books..

I really expected to see a photo of some congressman taking a nap in the House while in session.

Originally Posted by Porras

I really expected to see a photo of some congressman taking a nap in the House while in session.

You could probably see that on C-span

A friend of mine is a producer, working at Sony Studios in Hollywood. He gave my daughter and me a tour one day, and we went into the “sound lab” where they were mixing a new pilot. Along with the new pilot, they had some mock-up commercials. Every single one of them was louder. When I asked why, I was told it was because, when a commercial comes on, that’s when you make a run to the fridge, or the bathroom, or do anything other than watch television. The sponsors want to be sure you hear their ad.

It made perfect sense, although I’d never really thought about it before.

Now, I can’t help but notice it…

I've noticed it for years, and yes I'm happy they're legislating to stop it.

However, I'm sure some corporation will either lobby to get it canceled or sue to protect corporate person's "freedom of speech" which includes how loudly you can say something.

There are some technologies out there that already auto-correct for the volume of commercials, a free-enterprise solution to a fucked-up free-enterprise problem.

Originally Posted by Disillusioned_1

I've noticed it for years, and yes I'm happy they're legislating to stop it.

However, I'm sure some corporation will either lobby to get it canceled or sue to protect corporate person's "freedom of speech" which includes how loudly you can say something.

There are some technologies out there that already auto-correct for the volume of commercials, a free-enterprise solution to a fucked-up free-enterprise problem.

DVR. Record it, fast forward through all the commercials, period. I don't know how I ever lived without it.

Did you not have a VCR?