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chabouk,

Right, that's why we have be SELECTIVE.

Jim,

I understand.

I have a tendency to digress...in fact an enormous penchant for going off on tangents without fully appreciating such while I'm in the process...

I'll do my best to rein in.

Now, back to the original program.

Jim,

The astro physics information available in a recent show I watched on the Science channel brought me up to speed on the "Chang-Diaz" plasma rocket recently invented by former astronaut Franklin Chang Diaz. It's hypothesized this power plant (if you will) can take a crew to Mars in 39 DAYS!

I went on to discuss this with Charlie Camarda, a former astronaut and cigar smoking buddy who knows Franklin and about his invention. (Dr. Camada is also an inventor, holds many patents and has logged hundreds of hours in space on different missions)

Without the broadcast I viewed, I would remain ignorant of some of the most interesting things going in science today, including, but not limited to: Paleontology, Biology, Advances in Medicine, Archeology and so on..

So yes, I rather like what's available on televisioon, if one cares to seek it out.

To label television as garbage is akin to saying reading is garbage.

There's great television being broadcast - if you look beyond ABC/NBC/CBS, et al.

I particularly like the Science Channel, followed by: The History/National Geo/The Learning/Discovery/ and The Military Channel and there are others that have a wonderful lineup of quality viewing.

I'm an avid reader, but when not reading a book, I've found high quality in television broadcasting available.

You don't have to settle for game shows or American Idol or that contrived nonsense labeled "reality" shows.

Don't paint ALL television as garbage, cuz it just isn't so...

I do know a few folks who sniff at television with a 45 degree slant of their nose. They're convinced they're made of superior stuff, when in reality they're clueless...