I agree. We are also being forced to pay for the homosexual channel, the green channel, and all the smut channels like MTV.
The one thing McCain has done right is to introduce a bill that would give consumers channel choice. However, the companies that profit from cable TV, etc. have too much clout for this to go anywhere.
A la carte channels would be great. Dish Network bundles all the good channels (History, TCM, etc) with loads of Crap channels for their higher-priced programming. After going up and down their programming scale, I’m now one notch above bare bones and it really sucks. Hardly turn it on anymore.