{"id":4848,"date":"2009-05-11T08:14:29","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T13:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/?p=4848"},"modified":"2009-05-11T08:14:29","modified_gmt":"2009-05-11T13:14:29","slug":"chuck_schumer_just_earned_my_vote_for_his_reelection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2009\/05\/chuck_schumer_just_earned_my_vote_for_his_reelection.html","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Schumer Just Earned My Vote For His Reelection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Go, Chuck, go — sink these motherfuckers<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Senator Charles E. Schumer has never struggled to find a reason to hold a news conference on a Sunday. But the inspiration for the one on Mother’s Day arrived unexpectedly, when the senator’s cellphone rang during a health care meeting on Capitol Hill last week. <\/p>\n

“You are still eligible to reactivate warranty coverage,” said the recorded voice on the line. “This is the final call before we close the file. Press 1 to speak to a representative now about your vehicle.”<\/p>\n

Most people react with annoyance as soon as they hear the insistent — and all-too-familiar — voices and simply hang up. But, then, most people cannot investigate who is behind the call and take the information to the Federal Trade Commission.<\/p>\n

Mr. Schumer said he received the call on Wednesday as he discussed national health care issues with two other senators, Blanche L. Lincoln of Arkansas and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan.<\/p>\n

He had received three or four similar calls. But the one on Wednesday was the last straw. <\/p>\n

“I’ve had enough,” Mr. Schumer said. “These are scam artists.” <\/p>\n

The calls are intended to extract credit card numbers by selling fraudulent car warranty renewals, Mr. Schumer said, and are “invading cellphones at a growing rate.” <\/p>\n

Many New Yorkers — even those who do not own cars — have long reported receiving the calls on their home telephones. Now, more mobile phones are getting the calls, and they can eat up valuable talk time. <\/p>\n

“It’s bogus,” Mr. Schumer said. “Consumers should not have to pay for this or any other robo-dialed harassment.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Go, Chuck, go — sink these motherfuckers: Senator Charles E. Schumer has never struggled to find a reason to hold a news conference on a Sunday. But the inspiration for the one on Mother’s Day arrived unexpectedly, when the senator’s cellphone rang during a health care meeting on Capitol Hill last week. “You are still […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-huzzah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4849,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4848\/revisions\/4849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}