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What world do you live in that you expect me to suffer so that these annoying folks can stay employed? If they don't do something that society wants, they ought to find other work. And society has spoken loud on this one - we the people who have been rendered powerless to police the trespassers on our own phone equipment are asking the government to help us.

Actually, what most people like to do most is bitch and moan. What are you gonna do that about next now that TM is gone?

As for asking the government to help you, I have no symphathy for Democrats, or people who think they aren't Democrats.

If this has any effect on Bush's re-election, it will undoubtedly be positive as people remember the nearly unbearable barrage of phone calls that they used to get before the federal list was started. There's a whole lot more voters in favor of this than against it.

Unbearable barrage of phone calls? Wow. Did you wilt? Shrink? Turn pale and have a heart attack? Did you just hide in the closet and cry?

The more you depend on government to do things for you, the less freedom you will have. All you did was make government bigger and assist large corporations in stepping on small independent businessmen. You sir, are no American.

Actually, what most people like to do most is bitch and moan. What are you gonna do that about next now that TM is gone?

Let me get this striaght - You're sitting here bitching about all the useless telemarketers who may lose their jobs and you complain about "bitching and moaning"? Boy, get yourself a mirror!

As for asking the government to help you, I have no symphathy for Democrats, or people who think they aren't Democrats.

Its no different than asking the government to help police my property against other soliciters and tresspassers. Its just that you think there's some magical difference between harassing someone in person and doing so with a telephone. I'm not sure why you would consider that as being a democrat.

Unbearable barrage of phone calls? Wow. Did you wilt? Shrink? Turn pale and have a heart attack? Did you just hide in the closet and cry?

Dude - listen up - its MY telephone and I don't want you or your useless deceptive telemarketers calling me at any hour. Ever! And nobody is entitled to tresspass on my property including my phone line unless I give permission. Is that such a hard concept for you to understand? Apparently, for most telemarketers it is, since the vast majority of people in this country have turned to the government, much like they'd turn to the police, to help enforce that concept.

Baloney - you're making a mountain out of a molehill. This is no different than a do-not-solicit sign for the phone line. And since it involves interstate commerce, the US government is the only logical entity with jurisdiction.

When one person does not respect, and tramples on the freedom of another, it is the goverment's responsibility to step in and do something about it. My freedom is being taken away everytime a telemarketer rings my house because I have to stop what I am doing while in the privacy of my own home just to be annoyed, and give them my full attention for however long I am kept on the phone. Whether it be the FCC, or another branch of the government, it is time for them to put a stop to this insufferable invasion called telemarketing.