Cox Crow

People are People

Via Ramblings of a self-styled hacker, the courts are slugging it out with Congress and the Executive. Wouldn't the world be a simpler place if we could just agree that corporate entities are not people? Damn that clerk!

By the way, to get around the issue of corporations not being persons, and therefore not granted rights under the Constitution, each employee may be considered a individual contractor, such that it is not by corporation which is speaking, but the individual person. That is, the corporation has hired persons to speak on its behalf. The person contracted may call, and I may sue them for disturbing my peace. It would be a highly risky proposition for those not independently wealthy to call outside of regular business hours.

Further, regarding the discriminatory aspect of the Do Not Call list, I suggest that first, the FTC modify the rules to exempt no organizations, and second, that the implementation of the Do Not Call list offer the registrant the opportunity to prefer calls of a certain type. Again, my preference is that I would register for a Please Call list, rather than a Do Not Call list, which, if the provisions in the regulation cover all entities, would be easier to implement.

4:54:41 PM # Google It!
categories: Law, Politics

My Sentiments Exactly

In the case of Do Not Call legislation, the total lack of opposition would seem to indicate the overall reputation of telemarketers as the lowest species of human existence. Thus, the cost of their extinction to the society at large is perceived so minuscule, and the benefits so great, that there is effectively no opposition. Right or wrong, it sure sends a message to anyone planning to make their living bugging the hell out of people. [The Chicago Report]

2:57:45 PM # Google It!

Welcome to the World, Alexander!

Congratulations, Larry and Shannon.

Alexander Francis Staton was born 22 September 2003 at 2025. He weighed 3506.8 g and measured 54 cm in length.

2:48:41 PM # Google It!

A Class in Advanced Conversational Skills

Little Sister: (holding phone upside down next to her ear) Hello.

Big Sister: (leaning in close) Say, "How are you?"

Little Sister: Hello.

Big Sister: Or, you could say "Howdy!"

1:43:34 PM # Google It!
categories: Family