Hey - Politicians - Fix THIS

Here's something the politicians can fix -- it's called "implied consent."

It's that weird little "rule" that doesn't allow you to say no, until later.

Yeah -- and it's ALWAYS in the small print.

By signing up for this, you agree to allow us to sell your e-mail, phone number, etc as much as we want -- until you tell us to stop -- and that's IF you figure out it was us that sold your info -- that's right -- and you'll keep getting billed for our product month after month -- until you tell us to stop.

You further agree to continue paying past the original date -- unless, a year from now, you remember to call us up and cancel your "membership." And -- you agree to call us 14 fucking times after that because you just KNOW some weird coincidence will happen and we'll keep on charging you for months and months -- as well as forgetting to refund your money from before.

This is the tactic that unscrupulous businesses use to fuck you. It's all the rage at business schools like Harvard -- where the geniuses go. Their slogan should be "graduate from here and we'll teach you every BORDERLINE LEGAL AND UNETHICAL way to fuck the idiots out of their money."

And why don't these businesses go broke? You know the answer.

Of course -- the Klown does not really believe the politicians should stop this behavior by writing new laws -- because you should be able to contract for legal transactions with whomever you like for whatever you like -- it's called FREEDOM.

I believe the politicians could fix it by being leaders -- by providing the framework of an initiative -- by appointing local committee leaders -- by organizing boycotts and measuring results. By first warning them, and then driving these jackasses from the marketplace, recording the names of corporate officers, and then following up to ensure they don't get hired elsewhere.

But that would take meetings, involvement, and effort -- capisce? But it would go a long way towards fixing many other problems than just "implied consent."

As far as I'm concerned, the last cool thing politicians did was stop the rude, intruding, "legal" telemarketer jackasses from calling me at dinnertime -- and for that, I am grateful.