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Telemarketers could be fined for pestering householders under a federal government proposal to introduce a national Do Not Call register.

The government has released a discussion paper canvassing options for a register that gives consumers the right to opt out of receiving telemarketing calls on their mobile or land line.

Companies that call a household on the register could face fines of up to $220,000 under the plan, which could be legislated early next year.

Market research companies, pollsters, charities and religious organisations are likely to be exempted.

Market research companies are exempted? WTF? How’s that for a loophole?

“Sir, I’m doing a market survey. What do you think of the Product X‘s new layout and extensive sports coverage?”

“Those who don’t understand UNIX are doomed to reinvent it, poorly.”

–Henry Spencer

Vista – 1980′s technology todaysometime next year.

they better hurry up and patent it before those unix hippies copy it.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

Sophocles (496 BC – 406 BC)

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Is God real? Or is he imaginary? It is one of the most important questions in America today.

Here is why it is so important: This question lies at the heart of the American culture wars. If God is real, then we should certainly post the Ten Commandments in our courthouses and shopping centers, pray in our schools and eliminate the theory of evolution from every curriculum. We should focus our society on God.

On the other hand, if God is imaginary, then religion is an illusion. Christianity, Judaism and Islam are pointless. We can eliminate God from our society because God is meaningless.

Knowing whether God is real or imaginary is important. Here is an example of why: In Leviticus 20:13 the Bible says that we should kill all homosexuals. If God exists and if God wrote the Bible, then we should do that. Our creator has commanded it and we should obey. On the other hand, if God is imaginary, we should discard the Bible because a book that promotes murder has no place in our society.

How can we know whether God is real or imaginary? The only way to know is to ask honest questions. That is the purpose of this Web site. Here are several different ways for you to get started:

• If you have time to read just one page today, try this one.
• If you would like to start at the beginning with a gentle introduction, click here.
• If you would like to explore the central question of this book – Why does God hate amputees? – start here.
• If you would like to skip straight to the climax of the book, jump to Chapter 26.
• If you are looking for several quick bites, try Understanding God’s Plan, There Are No “Atheists”,Why Do People Invent Religion? and A Time for Change.
• Did God really inspire the Bible, or is the Bible a collection of fictional stories? Start here.
• Was Jesus God, or just a man? Start here.
• Are you a religious leader? Take the Challenge.
• If you would like to browse the table of contents, start here.

I doubt the site is going to convince many people…

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Back in July, Perrspectives took a look at the Top 10 GOP sound bites. What a difference a hurricane and two indictments make.

Catapulting to #1 in the charts after the Scooter Libby indictment is Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s smash hit, “No Underlying Crime (Perjury Technicality).” “Ongoing Investigation“, the previous chart-topper from Scott McClellan and George W. Bush, dropped to #2. Moving to #5 is “Criminalization of Politics“, as performed by Tom Delay, Ken Mehlman, Bill Kriston and Robert Novak.

Here’s the complete Top 10 GOP Post-Indictment Sound Bites:

I’m surprised the recent hit single “Goin’ Back to Houston. (A Tribute to the Supremes).” by Harriet Miers didn’t make the top 10.

Coming up next week: “I Fought The Law (And The Law Won)” by Dick Cheney.

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“I end up not buying a lot of things, because I find them ridiculous.”

–Steve Jobs