I was so happy to see President Bush do something that I whole heartedly agree with today. He signed into law the national “Do Not Call” registery. This means every state in the nation will have a “Do Not Call” list that must be checked before a telemarketer makes unsolicited calls to your house. Violaters will have to pay a $11,000 fine for each violation.
Of course we follow the junk busters script and our unsolicited calls have dropped to where we almost never receive calls… except from AT&T who is now on their 3rd violation of the “Telephone Consumer Protection Act“; which incidentally the current President’s daddy signed into law back in his day. (It’s amazing how often the cliche, “Like Father, Like Son” applies to George W). I really should try to squeeze the $500 fine out of AT&T for their blantant disregard of federal laws.
Oh by the way I really suggest avoiding AT&T as a consumer if at all possible (IE: if they don’t have a headlock-hold monopoly on your cable TV or internet service).