Birds vs Communications Towers, FCC Replies “Whoosa What Now?”

The Acorn – Antenna

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I’m not one to spend busy nights on questions. I drink top shelf declarations on the rocks. I breathe in exclamation points and cloves, fisticuffs and phonetics. But when I see a headline such as “FCC Ponders Solution To Bird-Slaying Communications Towers” the time has come to end a sentence or two with upward inflection.

Listening to [the conservationists'] plea were six FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau staff members… The meeting summary did not disclose what, if anything, these officials plan to do about the bird death problem. The matter has lain dormant for so long that the American Bird Conservancy recently sued the FCC and won most of their case in federal court. It remains to be seen, however, whether even this victory will spark significant results.

The Acorn think in chemistries. Life, to them, is the interplay between anatomy and the imperceptible. So when I read the above excerpt, and I hear “Antenna” kick off with the question “Was it always there, or contracted? Was it just the thought to which I was attracted?” I’m forced to reflect on what media matters mean to me.

When I created this site I’d meant for it to be 2/3 music love, 1/3 media-related rumination. Unfortunately, I neglected the latter severely.

All that stops now.

It’s more than the thought that attracts me to telecom/multimedia regulation; it’s high time I proved it.

And now to send The Acorn a gift basket.

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