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[sanpaku_backup]

Some fucking nitwit judge throws out the national do-not-call list.

Man, I was really looking forward to that. We are getting several calls a day, every day, for people who used to live at this number.

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Pennsylvania: memories last a lifetime

[librarygrrl.livejournal.com]

One great thing about this ex-urban sprawl-riddled, geriatric, republican state: PA has had a Do Not Call list for over a year now. The phone NEVER rings anymore. Lovely. Atty General Mike Fisher has done at least three great things: he created the do not call list, e threw my thieving movers into jail, and he failied to get elected governor.

[cellio]

I just saw that too, and it's really annoying. First off, Congress did pass the law; it's not like the FTC just took matters into their own hands. (This gives me hope for the appeal.) And the "don't put our poor wage slaves out of work" isn't a sound argument in other areas, like drug-dealing or prostitution, so why should the Direct Marketing Association expect to get away with it?

I am fortunate to live in a state that has a (so-far legal) do-not-call list. It went into effect almost a year ago, and it has made an enormous difference in the rate of junk calls.

[one-11.livejournal.com]

Since I'm never home anymore due to work, phone solicitation doesn't bug me so much. But I would happily elect the most right-wing warmongering presidential candidate imaginable if he/she would just promise to introduce THE DEATH PENALTY FOR EMAIL SPAMMERS.

AND JUNK SNAIL-MAILERS TOO.

That said, yeah, dumb judge.