I agree with Drudge -- as much as I hate pop-ups, they are a miniscule nuisance compared to the havoc which will be wreaked if legislatures use people's hatred of them to have an excuse to begin regulating the 'Net. Grin, click the close box, and bear it. It could be a LOT worse.
I wonder if you really appreciate just how much worse it really is out there.
You ought to haunt just this one forum alone, dedicated to spyware and viruses. After a while, you'll come to see it really is much worse than clicking and smiling. (If anyone needs help, they can't go wrong posting here. AnnMarie in particular really knows her stuff).
Yeah, I feel the same way about those pesky murder laws.
Use Mozilla, or the Google toolbar, problem solved.