Thursday, January 30

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Saying that the new law violates their free speech "four telemarketing companies and a trade group filed suit in federal court in Oklahoma City to stop the Federal Trade Commission from setting up a program that would allow consumers to place their names on a list of households that do not want to receive such calls." Even if the court overturns the new regulations I don't think we'd have too much trouble passing a constitutional amendment to shut down the telemarketing business. We could even take care of the spammers at the same time.

The first amendment currently reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." We'd just slip a few words in there: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech -- EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF REGULATING THE LOW LIFES WHO USE THE PHONE AND THE INTERNET TO BADGER PEOPLE TO DEATH, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

Nope, we wouldn't have any problem at all passing such an amendment.

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