 you can get cable without commercials.
that would be the home channel (in my case, it's Comcast)
you pay for the access to the cable system
if you want to watch tv programs, we pay for those by advertising
just as you can walk in a mall for free and look at all the posters of the cinemas' attractions - but if you want to watch a movie, you have to buy a ticket.
Of course, you can pay for tivo and never watch a commerical again *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Conservatism: Self-centered mean-spiritedness fueled by ignorance and misguided self-importance.
Bigotry is a social disease.
Legalized same-sex marriage almost certainly benefits those same-sex couples who choose to marry, as well as the children being raised in those homes. - David Blankenhorn is president of the New York-based Institute for American Values and the author of "The Future of Marriage."
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