Damn you, District Judges Lee R. West & Edward Nottingha

From MSNBC

Let's all call his number and annoy the hell out of him while he's trying to eat.

He''s in Oklahoma. Unless you live in Oklahoma, I think the do-not-call list can still be enforced.

The problem is that he''s a US District Judge, therefore his rulings apply federally.

But only in his jurisdiction, which is Oklahoma. Otherwise every time you got a federal district court judge in some podunk district to declare a statute unconstitutional it would gum up the whole works.

No, I''m pretty sure as a federal judge making a ruling regarding a federal agencies nationwide decision his ruling is, for now, the law of the land.

He can not, however, overturn a state run do-not-call list like I believe we have here in Minnesota, thank you very much Mike Hatch.

"Alien13z" wrote:

Otherwise every time you got a federal district court judge in some podunk district to declare a statute unconstitutional it would gum up the whole works.

Not to argue, but the ruling says that the Federal Trade Commission went too far. Therefore, the judge is stopping the entire show.

And in our next news segment, congressman and senators woke up to the sound of 50 million voters crying out, ""Screw the judge, I''m tired of this sh*t."" And pounced like the rabid weasles we know and love...

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/...

There are some really good arguments for Congress to abolish the federal judiciary...

If I can put up a ""no soliciting"" sign on my house, and look through the peep hole when people knock anyway, why the f*** can''t I put one on my phone and email account? I pay for both, and since it''s a service *I* pay for, I should get a little say in who uses my bandwidth and phone time. Especially the ones who call our house from 6pm to 8pm every damn night of the week.

There, I feel better now.

Who was the comedian who did the bit about asking the telemarketer for their home number? What are they gonna say, that they don''t want some stranger calling them at all hours of the day and night? I dunno about you all, but we average about 8 calls a day, with at least eather 1 satellite TV, 1 disney vacation message, or 1 mortgage refinancing message on the answering machine a day.

Most phone companies offer a service that blocks unknown numbers and forces them to announce themselves to a recording before your phone rings - you can then reject the call without actually talking to anyone.

My favorite talk off to do with telemarketers, especially ones who are slamming me to change my long distance carrier-

""I like to spend money.""
""No, I''m serious. I love it. I flush money regularly down the toilet. I don''t want to save money.""
<walk into bathroom>
<flush audibly>
""See? That was a C Note I just flushed. Did you hear that? Now please leave me alone so I can flush and spend more money.""