NAB calling in the big guns(im sure hes received nice donations too)

Any idea what the stats are as far as which of the two parties has more reps in favor of the merger and which has more against? I know we had that letter with 70+ representatives saying they were against the merger, and now at least one senator from each side has come out against...Brownback for the Republicans and now Dorgan for the Democrats. Come to think of it, I can't remember seeing anything from ANY House or Senate members who were for the merger.

This whole merger proposal has taught me how crooked the whole setup is. It's obvious that however a politician benefits from the NAB that is what they base their decision on. This is so blatant. I will always remember the guys who tried to stop this, and will be sure to vote against them every chance I get, because I know they are easily swayed and don't use common sense.

Funny how Opie and Anthony's picture is before Hooknose's.

Well Mr. Dorgan, Kevin Martin seems to like the a la carte pricing. He must be bankrolled by the NBA.

-He must be bankrolled by the NBA.-

ummmm. what does the National Basketball Association have to do with this?

Frank,
Be happy O&A are on there at all, considering XM doesn't gives 2 sh*ts about those two hacks.

sigh these crooks will never give up, cant wait to see the link tomorrow to how he was paid by the NAB

Either it's deja-vu or I have the memory of an elephant.... but aren't alot of those pics on that chart taken straight from Orbitcast? I *know* the O&A/Howard one is from this site without a doubt

http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/oa-challenge-howard-stern-to-block-letterman-appearance.html

Looking at the picture I come to the conclusion that what is so bad about all those products that Sirius and XM provide. I can see the O&A and Howard (from a tight government official prospective) negative aspect but what is so wrong with little steven and bob dylan, etc.

What is his point by showing all of those pictures.

Funny how Opie and Anthony's picture is before Hooknose's. -Frank the Frowner

Yeah, and the NHL comes before the NFL, so it's OBVIOUSLY the biggest sport in radio...

jon: our representatives/senators behave kinda like a bunch of retarded third graders...if you don't show them lots of pretty pictures while you are you are speaking at them, they'll just sit there and draw pictures, drool, and eat boogers.

jon and dumpus: kind of like when Lois Griffin ran for mayor in a family guy episode. :)

I find that chart to be shallow and pedantic.

Yes, shallow AND pedantic.

As an XM & Sirius subscriber from North Dakota, Senator Dorgan has lost my vote should he decide to run for re-election.

I actually feel like I understand now. Thanks

Jon

It's about time he said more about it. He said he was against the merger at the Senate Hearing months ago and was very open about it with Mel sitting right in front of him. He's only just now sending a letter to the Commission.

I find that chart to be shallow and pedantic.

Yes, shallow AND pedantic

what, now you going to talk down to us?

John is absolutely right. sen. dorgan is no friend of NAB's on most issues. its laughable if you think that dorgan would do anything because NAB asked him to. some of you might try harder to wrap your minds around the fact that reasonable minds can differ. there's alot of people, sat radio subscribers, consumer groups, politicians and others who really believe that ending all the competition between xm and sirius might actually be bad for consumers.