Is it for something trivial? You bet it is! Does it add regulation to industry? Hell yes!
Legislation to turn down the volume on those loud TV commercials that send couch potatoes diving for their remote controls looks like it’ll soon become law.
The Senate unanimously passed a bill late Wednesday to require television stations and cable companies to keep commercials at the same volume as the programs they interrupt.
Bear in mind that is our beloved Republicans standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Democrats to burden industry for a trivial citizen complaint.
So how good are you feeling about the Brave New Principled Free Market World swearing into the legislature in 2011?
Me, too.
Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was.
(Link seen on Boots and Sabers.)
