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As I’ve posted before, I truly can’t wait for this merger to happen.  The DOJ has approved it, so more than likely this will happen.  Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota and a senior member the Senate Commerce Committee is  campaigning against the merger.  In his letter to the FCC he states that this merger would be “contrary to public interest” and would result in higher prices to the consumer.   DUH! Are either company in the black right now? While I don’t think that the merger of two failing companies will make a successful company, the synergies will make the likelihood that they would survive as one greater than if they continued to operate as two.  In addition, Sirius Chairman, Mel Karmazin has mentioned that the new company would offer an al la cart menu, allowing customers to pay for the channels they listen to and get a refund for those they don’t.  So, while the $12.95 monthly fee will eventually go up,  most customers will pony up more,  but for a much more superior product.  It’s called Capitalism.  If those customers don’t see the value of paying, say … $19.95 a month for the new product, then they can always get an Ipod or worse yet, listen to commercial radio.  Interesting how most of these decisions are being made by senators who haven’t listened to radio since before FM.

For those of you who have had trouble installing games on your Xbox, Best Buy now offers “professional installation”. For just a few dollars more, they will come out to your house for in home installation. Watch them, as they professionally take the game out of the package and insert it into the CD drive. Wow, now THAT is service!

I see a disturbing trend heading our way. In this era of “going green”, there is movement of yellow in the bathroom world. As a way to save water, flushing toilets on an “as needed” basis is becoming the norm. The average toilet uses approximately 4 -5 gallons of water with every flush. This doesn’t count the water that fills the bowl. The thought is to follow the mantra “If it’s brown flush it down, if it’s yellow let is mellow.” The problem with this is that while we are saving water, the thought of walking up to a urinal with marinating urine that’s been sitting there for who knows how long, disgusts me. I don’t really want to know if you had asparagus the night before. There has to be a better way. The toilet industry is coming up with “water saving” toilets that use less water. Only problem here is that since it uses half the water, the chances of plugging them up increase. What do you do when you plug up your toilet? Get out the plunger, plunge a few times, then flush once or twice. As a result, using more water. There are several ways to save water with our toilets. I’m all for preservation of water, just not urine. Save the whales, save energy, even save our cows by not eating red meat, me … I’m for saving my olfactory senses.