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Reverse Robocall Turns Tables On Politicians

jfruhlinger writes "One of the great banes of election season is that any politician can shell out a few pennies per voter and phone-spam thousands of people who'd rather not hear a recorded pitch. But turnabout's fair play, and now a service called reverse robocall will deliver your recorded message to elected officials as often as you'd like for a nominal fee. If there's a representative you'd like to call repeatedly, check them out."

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  1. Re:Excellent! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    not quite the same..

    this calls the politician's offices (which are staffed by people other than them)

    they call your home and cell phones

  2. Re:Excellent! by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Turnabout is fair play.

    Or, it might get you into trouble.

    The politicians who wrote the laws about such things game themselves an exemption to call you. It is entirely possible that if you turn around it do it to them, you could be doing something illegal.

    Remember, the deck is stacked, and not in your favor.

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    Lost at C:>. Found at C.
  3. Re:You won't reach the representative... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    you might as well say the protesters in a dictactorship shouldn't protest because they will not affect the dictator, they will just make the life of police and military
    miserable because they are the ones that have to shoot them

  4. Re:Excellent! by LordKronos · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Whoever modded the above Flamebait is sadly, no, make that tragically out of touch with what is going on in the US today. The OP's statement is feasible based on just 2 items that came out of the government this week. Worst part? It would be legal!

    The Obama government (whom I supported in 2008) is turning out to be one scary piece of work.

    LOL. Instead of just being very vague to try and sound insightful, please specifically lay out for me which policies or actions by the "Obama government" makes you believe it is feasible that someone would be killed by the government for reverse robocalling politicians.