Well, yesterday was supposed to be the big day that the Do Not Call list went into effect, until some judge (who quite ironicly had registered for the list himself) said it violated the telemarketing industry's "free speech rights." What the hell is that anyway? Somebody said it well when they said "Your right to free speech stops at my door."

Anyway, I got two telemarketer calls on Oct. 1st. That's about what was normal before all the hype about registration for "the list" began a few months back.

Since all the registration started it had bumped up to about 6 calls a day, which I wrote off to the telemarketers trying like hell to get in "one last bang" before the list went into effect. Now, one group of telemarketers is saying they'll honor the list dispite the judges ruling, but others obviously aren't.

The FTC and FCC are trying to figure out who's got authority to enforce it, if anyone does, and an article I read this morning said you should file complaints with the FCC if you get calls, but it didn't say how to do that.

So, I guess I'm just going back to my old way of dealing with these annoying a$$holes. I just say "I don't do business with telemarketers, remove this number from your call list." and hang up.

Thoughts, opinions, tips? Have at it...