The much anticipated activation of the Do Not Call list, slated to take effect October 1, had been put on hold, as usual, by some spoilsport judge. A US District Judge in Oklahoma says the FTC does not have the authority to block telemarketer calls in that fashion, even though 50 million households are all for it.The judge says he will not allow the matter to proceed until he hears back about a new aluminum siding deal and that trip to Ft Lauderdale, Orlando, or Miami. Congress is poised to overrule the judge’s findings, but either way the telemarketers can kiss my ass because my Caller ID makes a fine little “Do Not Answer” list of its own.
