Wednesday, February 15, 2012

“Call to Action”


The FCC is adopting new rules to crack down on so-called “robo-calls,” automated telemarketing calls that usually come as an interruption when people are having dinner.  After all, if there’s one thing the government should focus on, it’s making sure that fat Americans don’t stop eating.

Since most people let those calls go to an answering machine or voicemail system anyway, the government needs to investigate what the machines are really saying to each other when no humans are listening.

Unfortunately, when the FCC called the telemarketers to tell them to stop, they got an automated system that eventually directed them to a website where they were promptly Rick-rolled.

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