Yearly Archives: 2004

Telemarketing

Yeah, well, it should be illegal, but it’s not.

And now there’s talk of a 411 cell phone directory. . . Oh, yeah, I even checked that one out on snopes — Celling Your Soul!

So, in case you haven’t heard of it, here is the link to the Do Not Call Registry. You can at least register your home line — and your cell line if you’re paranoid.

for some values of ‘freedom’

A Boston Globe article raises a good point about the “current situation in Falluja”:http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2004/12/05/returning_fallujans_will_face_clampdown. The city has been “secured” by the simple method of removing all its residents and shooting anyone who remained. The problem with that winning strategy? Letting anyone back in.
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