There was a fax waiting for me when I got to the office this morning from Right 2 Vote Ltd., supposedly “the North American people’s polling company”. It asked, with a big box for Yes and a big box for No, if the words “under God” should be removed from the pledge of allegiance. What you do, they said, is check one of these boxes and then fax your vote back to them at one of two 1-900 numbers:
Calls to these numbers cost $2.95 per minute, a small price to pay for democracy. Calls take approx 2 mins. in standard mode. Your views are important. We make sure the decision makers are hearing them! Your votes will be presented to The Supreme Court, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle.
Riiiiggggghhhhttt… Is there anything people won’t use to try to make money?