It Makes a Difference to the Sheep

NOOOOOO! FEDERAL DO-NOT-CALL LIST BLOCKED AGAIN IN COURT

A federal judge in Denver ruled late yesterday that the government's effort to curb unsolicited telemarketing calls was unconstitutional, another blow to plans to implement a national do-not-call list next week.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Edward W. Nottingham was announced just minutes after Congress, in a rare display of speed and bipartisanship, voted to overturn an earlier federal judge's decision to nullify the list on different legal grounds.

I have no doubt that the way the list is set up may be open to various legal and constitutional challenges. However, I soooo enjoyed telling telemarketers that I was on the list and even though it wasn't supposed to kick in until October they should start leaving me alone now! What I don't understand is what the direct marketers are thinking: some 50 million people signed up for the do-not-call list. Now that the list is stalled in court, do they really think that we'll change our minds and welcome dinner-time interruptions with open arms?