Don't call me . . . I'll call you

If you registered for the Do Not Call Registry when it was first implemented as I did it is now time to re-register. Click here to get registered. From the Do Not Call website:

The National Do Not Call Registry gives you a choice about whether to receive telemarketing calls at home. Most telemarketers should not call your number once it has been on the registry for 31 days. If they do, you can file a complaint at this Website. You can register your home or mobile phone for free. Your registration will be effective for five years.

The registry started in 2002, and registration only lasts five years. In other words you have to re-register every five years. I don't know who thought people would want telemarketers calling them, but I'm not surprised that there are 1.4 million phone numbers on the registry. It seems to me that if enough people signed up they'd outlaw telemarketing for good. I didn't even know there were 1.4 million phone numbers required in Kansas. I'm quite certain that it doesn't reflect that each person in Kansas has a single phone because I hardly believe it's possible that many people are crazy enough to want to live here.