Stop electing morons

Do we have to scrape the bottom of the barrel to find elected officials? Apparently our elected officials are too stupid to read the legislation they vote on. Last summer Congress (if con is the opposite of pro, what's the opposite of progress?) passed into law a bill erroneously titled "Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005". This bill weakens the protections offered by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and makes it easier for a company to send unsolicited junk faxes. Prior to this piece of festering dog doo legislation it was illegal to send an unsolicited fax to someone unless there was an established business relationship. This act basically makes it easier to claim such a relationship existed. And although it nows requires a removal number, my guess is that will be as effective as the similar requirement in the Can Spam act that congress also passed making it easier for spammers to spam you.

Unsolicited faxes essentially represent theft. They shift the burden of advertising costs from the advertiser to the recipient. How so? Instead of paying to have advertisements printed and mailed to you house for 25-45 cents per person, they can send you a fax for 3 cents and you pay for the ink/toner and paper.

So if anyone can figure out how S.714 (the number for the bill) prevents more spam, please let me know.

Oh yeah, one other thing. Is it a practice in Congress to take voice votes on bills they know aren't going to be liked by consumers? This bill apparently passed by voice vote so there is no way to know whether your friendly elected moron voted for it or not.