Exercise your free speech rights!

Time for a phone strike.

I propose a massive phone-in to the Judicial system, delegates to Congress,
and whomever else is responsible for trying to thwart the will of us enraged
bill-paying telephone users, starting with Judge Edward W. Nottingham.

A phone solicitation script follows. Use it to call whomever is the latest
one to try to thwart our rights to privacy and the theft of our time and the
DENIAL OF SERVICE attacks perpetrated by telephone solictors.

"Hello, I am calling on behalf of the Telephone customers' national phone
stike of 2003. Please take a moment to listen to our message, and then buy a
TC National Phone Strike button to support the strike. We love
being able to use your utility service at no cost to us, and we really
appreciate how convenient is it for us to be able to make your phone ring,
day or night, to deliver this important message at our convenience
and for free.."

(add your extemporaneous comments here --)


P.S.
There are any pins available yet (as far as I know!)
but I hope that before long we'll see them available
on every street corner.
But, hey, so what if there are really no pins...
the important thing is the effect on the listener, right?


Mark Allread <mallread@flatsurface.com> wrote in message news:<oprv24xmfxbsorsk@news.chartermi.com>...
> Give Judge Edward W. Nottingham a call. He believes that unsolicited phone
> calls,
> even those of a commercial nature, are protected speech. I'm sure he'd
> love to have
> you read him all those spam emails about penis enlargement.
>
> Judge Edward W. Nottingham
> Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse A1041 / Courtroom 14
> (303) 844-5018

 

spkemp00@yahoo.com (steve kemp) wrote in message news:<f87feded.0309270814.5f22688c@posting.google.com>...
> Time for a phone strike.
>
> I propose a massive phone-in to the Judicial system, delegates to Congress,
> and whomever else is responsible for trying to thwart the will of us enraged
> bill-paying telephone users, starting with Judge Edward W. Nottingham.
>


The equal protection clause of the constitution says that we're all equal.
Ought his court clerk, Greg Langham, whose home phone number is 303-979-
6328, be any more deserving of privacy protections for his phone number
than I am for my home phone number? If telemarketers can harass me at
home, should Nottingham's staffers somehow be exempt?

 

"Samauri" <samauri@nospam123.bis> wrote in message
news:trvinvo0f2emec82lkguaiuk4596r1q0kf@4ax.com...
> "Peter Pan" <Marcs1102nospam@Hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> So what's your point other than you have a soft spot in your heart (or
head)
> >> for telemarketers? According to that text it's illegal since 1991 for
> >> telemarketers to call cell phones, yet since I went wireless, my cell
phone
> >> rings every evening like crazy, and with the upcoming number
portability
> >> thing I can see even MORE telemarketings calls to cell phones.
>
> Hmmm. I've had cellphones for over 5 years and never had a telemarketing
call
> on any of them.
>

You're lucky, one state in particular (Maryland) decided that since you pay
income taxes you have a prior relationship with them. 99.99% of the calls
are from the "Maryland State Police Benevolent Association" begging for
money. But unlike most charities, you get a sticker for your car window that
usually keeps cops there from giving you tickets. It's one of those rare
cases where you actually get something for your "donation", except if you
"donate" for a year (I call it give in to extortion), then they call you at
least once a week for that year trying to get more.

 

In article <trvinvo0f2emec82lkguaiuk4596r1q0kf@4ax.com>,
samauri@nospam123.bis says...
> "Peter Pan" <Marcs1102nospam@Hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> So what's your point other than you have a soft spot in your heart (or head)
> >> for telemarketers? According to that text it's illegal since 1991 for
> >> telemarketers to call cell phones, yet since I went wireless, my cell phone
> >> rings every evening like crazy, and with the upcoming number portability
> >> thing I can see even MORE telemarketings calls to cell phones.
>
> Hmmm. I've had cellphones for over 5 years and never had a telemarketing call
> on any of them.
>
>
I have received two telemarketing calls on my cell phone, when I was
with Sprint. The calls were FROM Sprint. The first time I told put me on
their no call list. I was assured that I wouldn't be called again. Two
months later, I received ANOTHER call from Sprint. I answered my phone
to a recorded message telling me to hold for a "money saving offer". I
held on, and demanded to know why I was receiving a sales call when I
was told I'd be put on their no call list. The rep told me that the call
was "a customer service survey". When I asked why the recording offered
me a "money saving offer", things became interesting. I was blatantly
lied to ("you asked to have your HOME PHONE put on the no call list")
effectively told that I was stupid ("it's NOT a sales call"), hung up
on, etc.

To make a long story short, I dumped Sprint, and signed up with Verizon.
So far, no sales calls. I DID specifically call Verizon and told them to
put me on the no call list, so hopefully they will honor my request.

Chris