I hope to God a stray DISH Network employee does not enter our property lines this evening. My husband may assist him in returning our satellite dish to the manufacturer, provided said manufacturer can remove it from the aforementioned employee's nether iris. (Know what I'm saying?)
Last night as we were watching Cheers reruns, a message started rolling across a banner at the bottom of the screen. It alluded to DISH shutting off Nickelodeon, VH1, MTV, and several of their associated channels. The message would roll for several seconds, but then would get "blacked out" before we could finish reading it.
This morning, I awoke and watched a little CNN, then switched over to VH1. However, VH1 was no longer there. A little research on the DISH webpage and I find out that Viacom is feuding with DISH for higher rates. Of course, DISH is soooo committed to protecting my consumer rights, and have refused to pay Viacom the increased rates they are asking for. DISH is not so committed to my rights, though, as to cut me a break on my bill. Wait, no, they're crediting me a dollar a month for the loss of something like 10 different channels. What a deal! Know what else? They're not releasing anyone from their package commitment. Looks like I'm stuck with this shit for at least another 10 months, or until they accept Viacom's package and raise my rates even higher.
Ralph Nader, I'm still not going to vote for you, but I'd bake you a pan of brownies if you'd take care of this for me.