Dear Steve:

Now you got me guessing your party affiliation. International Workers Party? ;-)

William



---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:42:49 -0700
>From: Steven Whitaker <[log in to unmask]>  
>Subject: Re: [RM] Compliance ... Now National Do Not Call Registry  
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
>A testimonial about the USA national do not call registry.  I registered my 
home phone on this registry several years ago and a month later was amazed by 
the reduction in solicitation calls.  I receive darn very few solicitation calls since 
registering; perhaps one per month.  I encourage all USA folks on this listserv to 
register if they receive lots of solicitation calls; it works.
>
>Of the very few that I do receive, most are from the NV highway patrol, who 
got my name and number somewhere; perhaps from vehicle registration.  The 
others are from a national partisan political party to which I do not belong, and 
to which my political beliefs are completely opposite on most issues.  I wonder if 
a friend provided my name and phone number to them as a prank.    If I am in a 
good mood, sometimes I mess with them a little bit.  When I received a 
solicitation call a couple of weeks ago; it sounded like a very young lady on the 
other end; perhaps a college student.  I was curious if she was a party volunteer, 
or a paid telephone solicitor.  I asked her if she was aware that one of her 
party's announced candidates for Prez was a muslim, and was suspected of 
aiding Al Quaida.  She got real quiet and a second later replied "that is a rumor 
started by the military."  I asked her which branch of the military and she replied 
"all of them."  I told her that the Merchan!
> t Marine was suspected of having ties to the middle east and she replied "the 
Marines are all fascists." 
>
>I am not making a political statement here; just relaying something humorous 
about which I still chuckle
>
>Best regards, Steve 
>
><snip>
>Interesting indeed.
>
>It's sort of like the issue surrounding the National DO NOT CALL List.
>http://www.ftc.gov/donotcall 
>
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