Switching Off the Political Party Line

If you're sick of political campaign phone calls, the National Political Do Not Contact Registry gives hope.

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In the last weeks of the 2006 election, nearly two-thirds of voters (some 90 million people) got prerecorded "robo" calls from candidates, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

By the campaign's end, about 40 percent of voters had received at least three, and as many as nine, such calls.

Now comes the hope of relief for those who want to be left alone, courtesy of the National Political Do Not Contact Registry (sign up at stoppoliticalcalls.org). One flaw: Candidates need not abide by the registry. Let's hope they elect to anyway.

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The pastor of my church hates to plead for money. But when the coffers were running low, he had no choice. "There's good news and there's bad news," he told the congregation. "The good news is that we have more than enough money for all the current and future needs of the parish. The bad news is, it's still in your pockets."

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