Do Not Call

We have been on the "Do Not Call" list since the get-go. We deride the recent flap over "free speech" and any supposition that there exists a right for businesses to access my private, paid for , communications to annoy me with commercial messeges.
Our so called elected representitives have been falling all over themselves trying to look like they are zealously guarding our privacy. They even gave themselves away recently when they agreed on the laws supporting the Do Not Call List , and passed the measure in record time. Now we know that they actually can do something when they want to do it.

The federal judge who enjoined the law was right in his actual reading of the law. It exempts so many of the people who might call us, that the law is worthless. The authors of the law forgot that we (the callees) want to be free from ALL unwanted callers - not excluding politicians and charities and businesses (and their partners) who may have received a check from us in the past six months. Or salesmen posing as information providers or courtesy calls.
The congress has an opportunity to fix the situation, Go back and include the wording that allows us to sign up for a database where no one can call us for any informational or marketing purpose unless we say it's ok. No unsolicited calls whatsoever with an intent to sell or provide any information relative to a commercial transaction, no charities, no "surveys", no no no.
Also while thery are in session they should change the law that allows callers to block their identities. We want to block all unknown callers. We run our own do not call by refusing to answer the pphone unless we recognise the caller on our callerID.

If I was a telemarketer, I'd be delighted that the government provided the means to eliminate people who have already self identified themselves as not interested in my product. It is much less efficient to establish that the person is not interested, by havong to dial their number.

I'm hanging up now (click)