Here in the good ol' U.S. of A. the Federal Trade Commision (FTC) set up a hotline phone number. Which was not offered or advertised via television, where I first heard about all of this. Find the number, and call it from your home phone, and leave your telephone # to join the ranks (some 50 million) of those who wished to be removed from the lists that telemarketeers use to make their calls. There was a deadline, according to the news casts, anyone wishing to be a part of the opt out list had to register their # by a certain date. After that you were out of luck. It was to take effect by October 1st but has run into some interference by certain federal judges.

Let's back up a minute. 50 "million" people say "no" to being bothered by telemarketeering intrusions and two federal judges are "not" interested in honoring those requests??? Scuse me but I thought we were living in a place where democracy meant the will of the people was the law of the land. 50 million stood up to be counted and this is the treatment they receive? No wonder this country can't get it's foot in stirrups of democratic rule when it doesn't even pay attention to those who participate in the process. This stinks of special interest promises and pocket lining.

An interesting aside is that "politicians and charities" are still allowed to call. Two of the most crooked money raising factions have been given a green light to continue to annoy me via my phone! If had my druthers, "nobody" would be allowed to call.

No wonder there are so few people who vote in this country.