“Why not just call up and keep them busy with random, useless reports?”
Because they log the number you called from. Not a lot of payphones left, yano.
Throwaway cellphones?
There’s a lot of payback waiting to be brought down on busybody neighbors or just plain obnoxious ones. A roving freelancer with a bag full of WalMart specials could wreak some real havoc. See an Obama sticker in the driveway, call the snitch line, disable the phone, repeat.
Enormous civil disobedience potential here, IMO.
Use the phones at libraries, police stations, hotels, motels, gas stations, etc. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.