Wisconsin Lawmakers Want to Ban Prank Calls

[meegbear]

Polidicks

Legislators in Wisconsin, where Gov. Scott Walker was recently on the business end of an embarrassing prank telephone call, have decided that it is in their state's best interest to ban prank calls. A bill currently circulating in the Wisconsin legislature, authored by Sen. Mary Lazich and Rep. Mark Honadel, both Republicans, would prevent callers from using fake voices, or phone numbers, in order to "defraud, cause harm or wrongfully obtain any information of value from" the person on the other end of the line; those found guilty of prank calls could be subject to fines of as much as $10,000.

Not that this has anything to do with Gov. Walker's recent telephone conversation with a person he believed to be billionaire conservative activist David Koch. No! Indeed, the University of Wisconsin Badger Herald writes that "the authors of the bill denied any relationship" between their proposed legislation and the recent newsworthy example of the very behavior their bill seeks to prevent, and of course we believe them, because it would be deeply distressing if two lawmakers were taking their legislative cues from the embarrassing exploits of their state governor. But, on further reflection, of course Lazich and Honadel's bill is entirely disconnected from the egg on Gov. Walker's face—"David Koch" was calling from Buffalo, N.Y., and Wisconsin would likely find it difficult to enforce this law in New York.

http://gawker.com/#!5774093/wisconsin-lawmakers-want-to-ban-pank-calls

[mmonk]

1. We'll settle for the people's right to eavesdrop and phone tap

in a quid pro quo.

[Uben]

2. And those protest signs, we don't need those!

Let's ban them to! And that free speech stuff, it's gotta go.

And why do we need democrats on the ballots? Shouldn't they be banned, as well?

While we're at it, can we get more tax cuts for the rich?






/sarcasm

[Proud Liberal Dem]

3. Well

if there's nothing to hide and all that..................:eyes: :nopity:

[NV Whino]

4. But it would be okay to use "a" real voice

or "a" real number?
" would prevent callers from using fake voices, or phone numbers,"

[JHB]

5. While they're at it, why don't they ban the color chartreuse?

After all, it's a fraudulent misrepresentation of the color "snot green"

(sorry for the gross-out, but mucus won the word-association with Republicans hands down)

[Liberal In Texas]

6. Good luck on enforcing that. The call they're pissed about was from out of state.

(As mentioned in the last part of the OP.)

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. KO was right to call Walker "Wisconsin’s pet rock of a chief executive".

http://foknewschannel.com/

[janet118]

8. Hello . . . Can you page Senator Pat Magroin? n/t

[Historic NY]

9. Why because the asshat didn't look at his caller ID.

[marmar]

10. Gotten a bit touchy in the Wisconsin State Capitol, have they?

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