I got a text message from a number I don't recognize (971-388-9933) this morning. Here's what it said:

2/2. ECONOMY! DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE YOUR PEROPERTY (sic) REPLY "YES', "NO" OR "STOP".

I called the number back, and got a message saying that the Cricket customer I had dialed is unavailable either because the phone is off or has moved out of the coverage area. Message 20 PDX.

I can't reach a live person at Cricket, either locally or at their 800 number.

I suppose somebody bought a phone to send a bunch of text messages, probably to a numeric series of phone numbers, and then ditched it.

Pathetic?