Do-Not-Call Registry Squabble
The registry that was supposed to have stopped telemarketers from calling you has sparked a huge brouhaha over the past few days. The most recent challenge is by a judge who ruled that it infringes on First Amendment Rights. This position is utterly ridiculous. I cannot get a bull-horn and yell "Fire!" into that judge's home. Likewise, no one should be able to enter my home by any means and disturb me.

Up until this latest challenge, the main argument against the registry was based on the potential loss of jobs this might create. In a dreamlike funk this evening, I came up with a perfectly workable solution.

First, let the registry go into effect.
Then, when telemarketers start losing their jobs, hire them to answer the phones for businesses and companies. That way we won't have to spend hours meandering our way through idiotic phone menus, pressing buttons, entering codes, and sitting on hold for hours on end listening to Michael Bolton, Richard Marx, and Kenny G.

Everybody wins. The workers still get to employ their phone skills and they don't lose their jobs. Companies will be more successful, because happy customers are repeat customers. And we get some peace and quiet at home.

Maybe I will go into politics. Guess it is too late to run for governor of California...