And I consider calls of the type you made to be an invasion of my privacy. And if the right to privacy can be construed to cover abortion on demand, surely it covers people choosing not to be bothered by cretins like you interrupting their dinners to sell them something they haven’t expressed an interest in. Unfortunately the law is a toothless tiger, because I reported an unwanted telemarketer to Little Jackie Conway’s office a month ago, I got a form letter in return and the asshole is still calling 6 days a week and leaving the same pre-recorded message on my answering machine.

Speaking of ferocious felines, I have finally decided which “lion” Teddy Chappaquiddick Kennedy was in the Senate. He was Simba’s evil uncle Scar.

How many of those people that you cold called later defaulted on their mortgages? And you are saying the housing market crashed because you were NOT able to bother people trying to sell them something they didn’t want/need?

The next time I need a realtor, I know who I’m NOT calling now.

I have been a Realtor since 1992 and I can assure you I sold a bunch more houses when I could get on the phone and find people and help them make good decisions. And those calls lead to better lives for people. Sometimes it meant people raising their kids in a 3 bedroom brick home instead of in dilapidated housing projects.

I’m only 1 of about a million Realtors, so consider the amplification of that factor now. And oh, um, the housing market has crashed…I’d like to take a moment to say “I told you so” American people that didn’t want to be inconvenienced. How inconvenient is is it now?

I’m not proposing this was the soul cause of the financial crisis, but think it should get a shout out as a factor so we won’t do stuff like this again.