Average poor schmuck

T.P. McWhorter, an expatriate American now living in Malta, visited the states recently and, writing for World news Trust, he says "the news is not good":

America seems like it is stumbling on several levels that are out of the control of the federal government that has led Americans and the rest of the civilized world by the hand into potential financial ruin.

With the collapsing of banks, financial institutions not lending, outright theft by the financial leaders of the Wall Street industry like Bernie Madoff, and executives who continue to plunder their company’s retirement and payroll funds, it can only be concluded that the average American who is not rich by any stretch of that word other than by their genetically lucky health is going to suffer for a long time.

Not only is the average American staring into the face of recession that may soon become depression, but the dollars for which they work and the world used to respect and envy may be worthless soon, completely. With this crisis of faith, finance, economy, employment, and legitimacy within the American government, what does the average person in America have to look forward to? Up until Feb. 9, 2009 (and in a few places March 1, 2009) watching a television in rural places or anywhere for that matter with a simple antennae is possible, but after the aforementioned dates it is not.

As of February, in America, television will no longer be broadcast as it has been for the past 80-plus years. What that means to most of you folks reading this, as this is an online publishing, is merely that you will tune into your cable box you already own and keep watching from here on out. The problem is not with you, the savvy internet user who has technology at your finger tips -- no the problem is going to be for the average poor schmuck who does not live in the digital age...