And so the gaunlet is thrown down once again. Now the staring contest continues. Someone poke Kevin Martin in the eye so we can end this already!!!!

ARGH!

The FCC will make a decision when:

A:) The sky falls
B:) The sun implodes
C:) Pigs fly
D:) All of the above

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Boo!

get over it guys...

This merger is going to be denied by the FCC on the grounds of the two never being allowed to merge together during the licensing period.

Sorry, but these companies will not be merging.

The fact that they are doing the agreement in 2 week rolling periods makes me think that either one of them wants an out within the next month or so if the FCC keeps dragging this beyond mid-May.

What lawsuit, enough FCC! Decide already!!!

If it is to be denied, then do it! If it is to be approve then do it! Geez taking this long is absurd. These guys never had real jobs with real timelines, otherwise they would have been fired already.

How STUPID are the people who claim the FCC is going to deny the merger.

HELLO? Are you TOTALLY retarded?

If they were going to DENY it, they would have done so MONTHS ago. Heck...they would have done it LAST FRIGGIN YEAR.

Use your brain. The merger is a done deal. The FCC WILL approve it. The DELAY NUMBNUTS is because of the CONCESSIONS and little details being debated over.

It puts FCC(Fiasco Communications Commission) on notice to make a decision. The decision should have been made bak in March when the DOJ(Donkeys On Juice) finally made their decision. Who knows what these clowns are thinking. They are the ones that can screw up a wet dream.

"The fact that they are doing the agreement in 2 week rolling periods makes me think that either one of them wants an out within the next month or so if the FCC keeps dragging this beyond mid-May."

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DUMB CONCLUSION , If one of the companies wanted out they would say "2 weeks
and that's it " - What they are doing is not giving the Markets,or the idiots at the
FCC a timeline.

Smart move.

Agreed, a denial would have come already. This will be aprooved. They are just working on the concessions. Why else would these ongoing meetings continue and this be dragged on for so long. Personally, as an independent program producer I hope that the public is given greater access to this media format though.

I don't think "indefinitely" gives Kevin "Doc" Martin enough time.

c'mon i as an xm subscriber do not want a merger. after all, there have been comments on other posts that said "Fact of the matter Howard is Sirius". If thats the only thing i would have to look forward to for Sirius content, then don't bother.

Redeployment of troops from Iraq or a Sirius-XM merger decision from the FCC... What will come first? And under what conditions? Typical govt. decision-making. Vague and slow.

The crime here is that this extension had to be discussed. We're approaching this as being one of the LONGEST merger requests in US history. That is sad and pathetic. Two little radio companies, and W's crew can't pull their heads out long enough to figure it out.

Kruschev was wrong when he said that "Republicans and Democrats are essentially the same - Capitalists." He should have said that both parties are self-interested opportunists.

Government is dangerous. Vote to reduce it.

Just think. It will only have to go through 20 rollovers til George is gone and he wont have his henchmen in the FCC and they will be able to think for themselves.

Indefinitely is not the right term. The companies could not walk away under the terms of the original deal without paying a fine. This time they can walk away just by giving a two week notice.
Why did not make it a month? I think the FCC does not care anyhow..

I think someone at the FCC needs to be a man and make a decision on this as it happened at the DOJ.

ditto regan...some people just can't wrap their little minds around it...You are exactly right.

I HAVE MAKE A CORRECTION FROM AN EARLIER POST

It puts FCC(Fiasco's Chaos Circus) on notice to make a decision. The decision should have been made bak in March when the DOJ(Donkeys On Juice) finally made their decision. Who knows what these clowns are thinking. They are the ones that can screw up a wet dream.
But then Kevin Martin does not have the KAHONIES to make a decision

Kruschev was wrong when he said that "Republicans and Democrats are essentially the same - Capitalists." He should have said that both parties are self-interested opportunists.
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Mat
what the hell do you think a Capitalist is?
A Capitalist IS a "self-interested opportunist". So, Kruschev was RIGHT.

Mel,

Please don't forget to wash your hands after touching Parsons.
You don't want his stupidity rubbing off.

Best,

Plowboy

NO MERGER PLEASE!

The reason Sirius and Xm are merging is because they know that individually niether company will survive. I, as a Sirius and Xm suscriber would rather have Sirius, but since they both know that they will go out of business without a merger, I'd have to support the merger because I can'i stand commercials, and that is what I'll have to deal with if the merger is denied.

Its easy to see what is happening. If the FCC denied the merger, they would be going against the DOJ, which would be a first in their history. If the FCC approved the merger quickly, then Sirius and XM would "win", and upset friends/contributers of the FCC (aka NAB, clueless senators etc). So basically the strategy for the FCC is to delay the decision as long as humanly possible, to potentially bleed out the 2 companies, and approve it with a ton of concessions when its already too late.

mitchamn79k:
did you see the recent post here on orbitcast about mel making more than xm's management combined. Maybe sirius needs this merger to go through more than xm to survive with the premium prices they are paying mel, howard etc. How much money have they spent trying to get this merger through?

we hear over and over from the howie clones that Howard is Sirius, and if that is all Sirius can bring to the table, then i would rather not mess with xm. Maybe that is why they are in the trouble they are in, they put all their eggs in one basket.

DESPERATE for "merge" MONOPOLY

Just approve it already