Jerks!!! Some guy called and asked for me casually by my first name. Phone disconnected. I called the number and it gives a recording that says it's for a campaign center.
>>> They assume it [the DNC list] is to block all of their unwanted calls, when in fact, it blocks absolutely no calls. <<<
That's not true. I am now at liberty for the first time to expose the state secret of what the DNC list actually is and what it can do if its power is cranked up a bit.
The DNC List is actually an electrified piece of paper having two electrical connectors, one at each end. The first one consolidates and digitizes all outgoing call from all sources, domestic and foreign, into one huge data stream. The second connector goes from the location of the electrified piece of paper directly to your telephone. The piece of paper actually contains a mind-reading circuit, developed in government laboratories (albeit not the US government), that determines the intent of each caller making an outgoing call before your phone actually rings. If it is determined that the caller intends to make a sales pitch to you, circuits on the electrified piece of paper prevent the caller from reaching you, so that your phone never rings. Instead, the call is diverted so that it rings some guy chosen at random in Syracuse who is not on the DNC List. (The guy chosen at random was selected by the A. C. Nielsen Company, with auditing by Ernst & Young.)
As you might imagine, all the turboencabulators, gluons, and Heisenberg Compensators needed for the mind-reading circuit require a lot of power -- upwards of ten trillion watts to be more precise. That is why the piece of paper is kept in a temperature-controlled self-storage unit in Buffalo, NY -- to be near a source of hydroelectric power. You may not realize it, but fully 93% of the power generated by the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant is used to power the DNC List. This power enters the self-storage shed in which the DNC List is housed, converted to 3.3 volts DC, and is connected on a third edge of the electrified piece of paper using three uninsulated #18 gauge aluminum wires.
This amount of electricity, however, has proven insufficient to run the mind-reading circuitry of the DNC List optimally. Therefore, in addition to suing the Chinese government supplier in Small Claims Court in Niagara County, NY for breach of contract (I have inside information that this lawsuit will be tried on TV by Judge Judy, although due to secrecy orders, it may be blacked out for a replay of a recent Puppy Bowl broadcast), the US government is working on building a large nuclear reactor inside the piece of paper so that the DNC List can be self-powered. To protect against nuclear meltdowns, or at least from having anyone notice one should it happen, when the entire project is finished, the DNC List will be moved to downtown Naugatuck, CT.
And that random guy in Syracuse will have to put up with even more calls.
Thanks for clarifying that for me. ;) Actually that explanation is as good as any since so many have their minds made up and refuse to be confused with facts.
Thank you for your post.