What is it about California that attracts the uber-liberals? A while ago I wrote about Anna Eshoo (D-where else but the Golden State) who called broadband internet service "a national asset". Now she's outdone herself. Let me present what may be THE most superfluous bill ever introduced...HR 6209. What does it want to regulate? Guess....I'll wait.
Give up? Ms. Eshoo (D-somewhere to the left of Bernie Sanders) wants to legislate........the volume of TV commercials.
She intends to give "broadcasters and whomever is involved the opportunity to explain to us if there are any sticky wickets, and I think we are confident we can close them, but I don't think we need to keep putting up with this."
Ms. Eshoo, please crawl back under whatever rock you came out from under and stay there. If you had talked to anyone in the audio business for 5 minutes you'd know audio levels vary. That's why TVs have volume controls. The more aggressively you process an audio signal the less fidelity you have. HDTV and surround sound require good sounding lightly processed audio. If TV stations cranked up the compression they'd be flooded with complaints about poor sound quality.
If you live in California and voted for this person who obviously has nothing better to do-shame on you. If you think she may be on to something...leave. Leave the country and go somewhere like Canada or the EU where people could talk about this with a straight face.
