No, my convertor box doesn’t work either

When summer started, Karen and I decided to have our internet, phone, and TV turned off since we would be spending much of the summer away from home. It seemed to be the practical thing to do. I haven’t watched TV all summer. I’ve seen bits of pieces of shows when I’ve been at other people’s homes, but nothing like,”it’s 9 pm Monday night I’ve got to watch RAW.” For our Super Bowl party at church I had gotten a digital converter box and expensive antennae. I figured I would just hook this up at home. No luck. It says I get 14 channels, but none of them shows for more than 5 seconds before I get blocks of color. It shows that my antennae strength is only 38% and this is with Wal-Mart’s most expensive don’t have to climb on your roof antennae. So, we’ve been watching lots of movies and sometimes we just shut the thing off and play. I’ve spoken with dozens of people, including my grandparents, who are less than pleased with the digital TV revolution. This was a government mandated thing. Billions were spent to print the rebate cards(many of which are still sitting in a warehouse somewhere) and actually pay for the rebates. I got my $50 box for $10 using my $40 off coupon and I want a refund! To say this whole operation has been a mess from the beginning(they changed the date more than George and Susan) would be an understatement. Spoiler Warning-dig at big government coming! Now these same people want to run our health care system. To say that I am less than enthused would be an understatement. Ever mailed a letter that didn’t make it? Ever waited 6 hours to get your driver’s license? More often than not, when government seeks to solve a problem it involves committees and paid bureaucrats who create confusing systems that almost never result in solving the problem. Time to switch gears: how often have we done the same in our churches? We see a problem and form a committee to study it and table the issue until the next meeting. That means that the problem won’t be solved at least for another month! Most of the time the committee reports and then questions are answered that they don’t have the answers to. See you next month! We laugh about putting anyone who missed the meeting on whatever committee happens to be formed that month. When the government and the church try to do too many things, things they aren’t called to do, or things they’re not good at then everyone suffers. As far as TV goes, I’ll be fine until football season…then I’ll start wearing out my welcome at various people’s home who have TV’s that actually pick up the NFL. Hey, don’t blame me, it’s the government’s fault. At least that’s what the Mullikin committee said.