That's What He Said

Mandy Morello disassociates from Tea Party Patriots, blasts Mark Meckler

A Facebook Note from Mandy Morello says it all:

I am not a Tea Party Patriot…I AM AN AMERICAN!!!! My letter of disassociation from the TPP

By now, I am sure you have seen the latest hit piece on Larry from a blogger in Maine, most likely orchestrated by “someone on the West Coast with ulterior motives.” For anyone to attack Larry for defending himself from childish attacks, when they constantly are telling him he doesn’t have a snowballs chance of winning, is not politics, it’s character assassination!

http://www.examiner.com/x-47850-Portland-ME-Tea-Party-Examiner%7Ey2010m6d4-The-Governor-candidate-unwilling-to-call-out-his-fanatics 

For the past year and a half I have stood by Mark Meckler, put my reputation on the line defending him and the Tea Party Patriots organization to everyone who attempted to warn me not to trust him. I have been through thick and thin with both Mark and Patty, BUT…the other day they had the audacity to double team me on the phone insinuating that I deliberately roped Ginny and the TPP into this Grassroots Gubernatorial debate! I was driving to a funeral on Monday when they called, (I informed them of this fact) yet they proceeded to interrogate me, which made me realize they have absolutely no concern about anyone but themselves and there is no loyalty to anyone from them!

I informed them we all (Board Members of the Nor Cal Tea Party Patriots) decided the debate was a great idea! Mark was sent an email asking if California TPP could be involved. I also invited Dawn Wildman and Sarah Bond of So Cal Tax Revolt to participate . Sarah stated her opinion on May 22nd as this being a great idea but would have to get back to me when Dawn got back from vacation. She even sent me a reply that following Monday, May 24th, saying she did not get a chance to contact Dawn, but would be able to the following morning.

All of you know that I did not have funds to put this debate on by myself and I would never do something like this unless I had had the backing from at least the Nor Cal Tea Party Patriots organization, headed by Ginny Rapini. The entire cost for this event was $5000! Thanks to the emails sent out by Ginny Rapini at Mark Meckler’s request to dissociate the Tea Party Patriots organization including any individual group, we had about 300 guests physically attend the event when we had planned on filling it to it’s 1546 person capacity counting on Tea Party Patriots involvement. I only raised about $1200 to cover the costs which all of you knew would have been more than covered had we had a full house and the Tea Party Patriots organization support! This event could have secured us with the funds for the next 9/12 Rally and would have proven to the media, candidates, and voters that the Tea Party is a major influence in this election. Today I have the fun task of looking for a loan to cover the lack of donations from missing supporters due to the Tea Party Patriots organization pulling out at the eleventh hour which includes an outstanding bill to Andrew Bower at Red Dog Record for $3275 for the live feed video and sound. As if canceling weren’t damaging enough, the mass email to the enormous constant contact list, created a situation that the Gubernatorial Debate could not recover from resulting in the financial burden upon my self a fellow Tea Party Patriots VOLUNTEER!.

There isn’t a person around that doesn’t know that I refuse to associate with Liars! That is why I removed myself from the tea Party Express however everyone know that I will not go to the extent of disassociating myself from anyone who does have a relationship with them. In the past, I have advised Mark to keep up his guard around individuals and groups with whom we did not have personal interaction with; such as organizations that do things with the TPE, especially when Deborah Johns was a spokesperson. However, as the year has progressed, more and more people don’t care about that personal squabble! To disassociate us from ANYONE OR ANY group that has rallied with them, does not work with the Tea Party Patriots motto that this organization is all inclusive!

For the past year and a half, I have given just as much of my life for this movement as Mark and Patty have in order to make a better life for my family and to ensure my kids future, as are Patriots across the Country! Just because I did not have the savings account to live off of that they did, does not mean I have given any less. I chose not to be in the spotlight and did whatever I could to promote Mark Meckler and the Tea Party Patriots organization.

I have worked with the Mecklers since Feb 27, 2009. I covered their first rally for the paper, a fact they have informed numerous people of, yet I have never submitted an invoice to the TPP organization nor have I ever even hinted about any expectation for any reimbursement. I have felt, as many other volunteers have felt , that this was my duty as an American, to continue this fight in Reclaiming the republic as a grassroots volunteer. I have suggested to Mark to at least make a living to keep food on the table for his family , or at least be reimbursement for the funds they have personally used, yet they have never supported me in my endeavors to make a living supporting my family. They have never promoted my posters or anything I have done to promote the Tea Party Patriots to possibly make a meager income for my family.

I continued assisting the TPP each time they called me for favors or duty. There are many other products, groups and people who seem to be on a higher priority for the Meckler’s to promote through the vast network of Tea Party Patriots, than those of us volunteer who have given it our all. Wait! I take that back! After 8-28-09, Patty called to inform us Matt Gray was submitting an invoice and that I should also. I replied it was no big deal! Whatever they want to send my way would be appreciated, but I didn’t expect anything. They sent me $200. I do not believe this movement should become a meal ticket with donated monies going for hotel rooms and high priced dinners! Instead of receiving a paycheck, those of us giving 24/7, should be able to have our work promoted! After all, we are promoting Capitalism in the Free Market to preserve the Republic! What message are we sending when our volunteers who are promoting these principals, financially go under because of lack of support from the organization they have helped build?

Last week Mark called me and gave me a very pretty speech about “Honor and Principals!” He elaborated why I should remove myself from Larry’s campaign, and informed me about Larry’s volunteer, Alexandra Foster, who had supposedly threatened him! Mark stated this person had been posting smears about him, on the I Caucus website, and went as far as to say she attacked him for being a Jew! He asked me “How would I feel when I read someone had put a bullet in his head?” and commented that people are telling him they are going to “euthanize his kids.” Mark also said that Stephanie Jahn did not want to get Alexandra’s wrath turned on her and I Caucus, thus justifying why I Caucus did not block Alex.

When I told him to send proof of these “physical threats,” since he had no problem sharing her emails before, he replied “he couldn’t because it would be slander!” When I finished the conversation with Mark I then sent a message to Stephanie Jahn , the I Caucus President, whom Mark accused was removing posts from Alexandra on I caucus’ page. I also decided to check out Alexandra’s Facebook page to see what she was posting on Facebook. Arguably would be the most logical place for someone to post comments or links that cannot be removed! With Regard to Alexandra’s Facebook Page I found nothing! I asked Stephanie if Mark’s statements were true and she replied, “Absolutely not! I have no fear of Alex at all.”

I was also contacted by Orlean Koehle, Head of California Eagle Forum. She stated CEF wished to be sponsors of the Gubernatorial Event event. Apparently, she too was TOLD to remove herself from any association with Larry Naritelli…which she declined to do. This morning, Orlean sent out a press release regarding this whole fiasco! Her stance is not to be railroaded into having someone else make up her mind for her!.

DO NOT mistake this as a choice for Larry over the Tea Party/ Grassroots movement and our many wonderful Volunteers! I do not believe that I must choose one or the other. This is proof I think for myself! We ALL think for ourselves! I must stand by my choices to ensure all my endorsed candidates are not effected by this fiasco brought on by Mark Meckler. I believe standing by those whom I feel are the best choices for the office is the best move for California! Our mission is to take our country back! If I removed myself from Larry’s campaign, which I will not do, I would send people the message that Tea Party Patriots have turned into a cult of mindless drones who only do what Mark Meckler tells them to do…. this is not the case. Larry has been truthful with me, unlike what I have recently been subject to from Mark and Patty. As proof of protection to the movement, proof I am willing to “clean house” when it needs to be cleaned, I will distance myself when I am no longer represented by them. This will remain until things change.

Through all of this, people have been asking me, “What the …. is going on?!” My answer has always been that I am staying out of it AND that this in no way as far as I am aware has to do with Ginny or Nor Cal Tea Party Patriots! Above all, we must do anything and everything to protect the group of volunteers because they have done more for California than anyone else in TPP!

After last nights email sent to the entire Nor Cal Tea Party Patriots database, I guess that I am , or any other volunteer is expendable, and Mark is not. I thought we all were “Tea Party Leaders.”

I am re-evaluating everyone they “badmouthed,” including Jennifer Kerns! Maybe she was tired of the same stupidity the Sac Tax Day Planning Committee had to deal with during the planning of the Anniversary and Tax Day? I have never had a problem from Jennifer and she has helped me several times on other things in the past. I respect Jennifer and if she was dealing with the same garbage, I feel very sorry that she had to go through it alone. In hindsight I can see many situations when I did not get the whole story and should have spoke up. I saw the writing on the wall when I had decided to leave back in January, but was convinced to stay… I know now that I should have left then.

I will be informing all my contacts I no longer support the Tea Party Patriots organization, but that I remain a Patriot and a Grassroots American. This is not an attack on the Grassroots movement, or any of the individuals who have also given their invaluable time and energy to this movement. Unfortunately we are all feeling very betrayed. Ironically, it is fortunate that TPP chose to never support me as GOP Trumpeter or to promote my photography business… this way there are no links on ANY of the TPP websites for you to remove.

Since I donated my time as Webmaster for Nor Cal Tea Party Patriots, leadership has always had the the log-in info for Paypal. Please have Roy, the new webmaster, change the email address and manage that account. I have removed myself from anything associated with the “Tea Party Patriots” organization and have no intention of continuing beyond this point.

As far as I am concerned, Mark Meckler has proven to be worse than Mark Williams ever was. We know Mark Williams is a showman and spin artist extraordinaire. Mark Williams, at least, has the conviction to be who he is and to not quietly manipulate enthusiastic volunteers who are desperately looking for someone or someway to reclaim their country from total destruction. Mark Meckler led us to believe that he and his leadership would be different, and that he was a stand up guy who would fight “business as usual” politics. Instead, he has lowered us and this movement to a point that makes “business as usual” politics look more mature than we are! This is supposed to be a “starfish movement!” It will still continue without me. I hope the remaining Tea Party Patriots prove it is just that, a Starfish movement. I hope they are able to move on and not have to deal the childish temper tantrums coming from a Self Proclaimed National Tea Party Leader’s ego when volunteers choose not to step to the beat of his drum!

I wish you all the best and God Bless America and our Troops!

Mandy Morello
GOP Trumpeter

Marxisms Damage - Captcha of the Week

I was posting some political news on Facebook and this Captcha popped
up. How apropos.

Internet Trolls

This article used to be one of the go to articles for learning about internet trolls, but AOL’s hometown pages were shut down, so I decided to repost it here.

Excerpts from the article
“Internet Trolls”
Copyright © 2001 by Timothy Campbell
July 13 2001 Edition
http://members.aol.com/intwg/trolls.htm

What is an Internet Troll?

An Internet “troll” is a person who delights in sowing discord on the Internet. He (and it is usually he) tries to start arguments and upset people.

Trolls see Internet communications services as convenient venues for their bizarre game. For some reason, they don’t “get” that they are hurting real people. To them, other Internet users are not quite human but are a kind of digital abstraction. As a result, they feel no sorrow whatsoever for the pain they inflict. Indeed, the greater the suffering they cause, the greater their ‘achievement’ (as they see it). At the moment, the relative anonymity of the net allows trolls to flourish.

Trolls are utterly impervious to criticism (constructive or otherwise). You cannot negotiate with them; you cannot cause them to feel shame or compassion; you cannot reason with them. They cannot be made to feel remorse. For some reason, trolls do not feel they are bound by the rules of courtesy or social responsibility.

Why does it Matter?

Some people — particularly those who have been online for years — are not upset by trolls and consider them an inevitable hazard of using the net. As the saying goes, “You can’t have a picnic without ants.”

It would be nice if everybody was so easy-going, but the sad fact is that trolls do discourage people. Established posters may leave a message board because of the arguments that trolls ignite, and lurkers (people who read but do not post) may decide that they do not want to expose themselves to abuse and thus never get involved.

Another problem is that the negative emotions stirred up by trolls leak over into other discussions. Normally affable people can become bitter after reading an angry interchange between a troll and his victims, and this can poison previously friendly interactions between long-time users.

Finally, trolls create a paranoid environment, such that a casual criticism by a new arrival can elicit a ferocious and inappropriate backlash.

The Internet is a wonderful resource which is breaking down barriers and stripping away prejudice. Trolls threaten our continued enjoyment of this beautiful forum for ideas.

<…snip…>
The Webmaster’s Challenge

When trolls are ignored they step up their attacks, desperately seeking the attention they crave. Their messages become more and more foul, and they post ever more of them. Alternatively, they may protest that their right to free speech is being curtailed — more on this later.

The moderator of a message board may not be able to delete a troll’s messages right away, but their job is made much harder if they also have to read numerous replies to trolls. They are also forced to decide whether or not to delete posts from well-meaning folks which have the unintended effect of encouraging the troll.

Some webmasters have to endure conscientious users telling them that they are “acting like dictators” and should never delete a single message. These people may be misinformed: they may have arrived at their opinion about a troll based on the messages they see, never realizing that the webmaster has already deleted his most horrific material. Please remember that a troll does have an alternative if he has something of value to say: there are services on the net that provide messaging systems free of charge. So the troll can set up his own message board, where he can make his own decisions about the kind of content he will tolerate.

Just how much can we expect of a webmaster when it comes to preserving the principles of free speech? Some trolls find sport in determining what the breaking point is for a particular message board operator. They might post a dozen messages, each of which contains 400 lines of the letter “J”. That is a form of expression, to be sure, but would you consider it your duty to play host to such a person?

Perhaps the most difficult challenge for a webmaster is deciding whether to take steps against a troll that a few people find entertaining. Some trolls do have a creative spark and have chosen to squander it on being disruptive. There is a certain perverse pleasure in watching some of them. Ultimately, though, the webmaster has to decide if the troll actually cares about putting on a good show for the regular participants, or is simply playing to an audience of one — himself.

What about Free Speech?

When trolls find that their efforts are being successfully resisted, they often complain that their right to free speech is being infringed. Let us examine that claim.

While most people on the Internet are ardent defenders of free speech, it is not an absolute right; there are practical limitations. For example, you may not scream out “Fire!” in a crowded theatre, and you may not make jokes about bombs while waiting to board an airplane. We accept these limitations because we recognize that they serve a greater good.

Another useful example is the control of the radio frequency spectrum. You might wish to set up a powerful radio station to broadcast your ideas, but you cannot do so without applying for a license. Again, this is a practical limitation: if everybody broadcasted without restriction, the repercussions would be annoying at best and life-threatening at worst.

The radio example is helpful for another reason: with countless people having a legitimate need to use radio communications, it is important to ensure that nobody is ‘monopolizing the channel’. There are only so many clear channels available in each frequency band and these must be shared.

When a troll attacks a message board, he generally posts a lot of messages. Even if his messages are not particularly inflammatory, they can be so numerous that they drown out the regular conversations (this is known as ‘flooding’). Needless to say, no one person’s opinions can be allowed to monopolize a channel.

The ultimate response to the ‘free speech’ argument is this: while we may have the right to say more or less whatever we want, we do not have the right to say it wherever we want. You may feel strongly about the fact that your neighbor has not mowed his lawn for two months, but you do not have the right to berate him in his own living room. Similarly, if a webmaster tells a troll that he is not welcome, the troll has no “right” to remain. This is particularly true on the numerous free communications services offered on the net. (On pay systems, the troll might be justified in asking for a refund.)

Conclusion

Next time you are on a message board and you see a post by somebody whom you think is a troll, and you feel you must reply, simply write a follow-up message entitled “Troll Alert” and type only this:

The only way to deal with trolls is to limit your reaction to reminding others not to respond to trolls.

By posting such a message, you let the troll know that you know what he is, and that you are not going to get dragged into his twisted little hobby.

Read whole article:
http://members.aol.com/intwg/trolls.htm

American Power Act (formerly Cap and Trade)

The Marxists are ever busy with their agenda, “hidden” in polar bear clothes, to decimate capitalism and free markets.

American Power Act (formerly Cap and Trade)

Arizona’s Immigration Bill SB1070

Arizona’s Immigration Bill SB1070

Maple Bacon Gelato

Gene’s Sausage Shop

Chart shows % of likelihood that Obama will abandon his Socialist agenda

Communist Party USA calls for Marxist revolution against the US state, sees Obama as crucial to their plot

http://cpusa.org/convention-discussion-the-main-immediate-task-of-the-cpusa/

The main barrier to socialist transformation is the US state.   The capitalist state must be dismantled or de-constructed and replaced by a proletarian state and socialist republic.

The only antidote is Marxism

 mass organization joining all people opposed to the US State (does “all people” include terrorists?)

 revolutionary restructuring

Remember, these are the same people who love, support, and organized to elect Obama. We already know that Marxist big labor have been writing some of Obama’s policies and bills. By their own words, communist support of Obama is crucial to their Marxist revolutionary plan. I’ve found that using the CP USA’s own statements has been very effective at getting the Everyman to pay attention rather than tuning out a “yet another right-wing anti-Obama” trope. If any of *us* state the obvious, the leftist media blasts us as “right-wing crazies”. However, if we use the communists’ quotes, the libtard media can’t say a damned thing.

Couple the above with how the CP USA really feels about Obama (all taken from the Communist Party USA website):

• “What we do is vitally important…we must support Obama”
• “Now is the time to roll up our sleeves and get to work. There is legislation to be drafted, there is organizing to be done. Obama can’t do it by himself. “
• “We are in full support of every effort by the Obama administration for relief of the people’s problems”
• “Barack Obama was in terms of  the domestic issues that he ran on, his background in Illinois politics, a liberal-labor Democrat running on the most progressive domestic platform since Lyndon Johnson ran on a Great Society program in 1964.”
• “There is no question that support for Obama’s election was, without question, the correct decision for all the reasons given before and during the campaign.”
• “The broad left and even left liberals,  are attacking the Obama administration from the left, disparaging it on virtually everything. Here everyone should take a breath and remember another famous comment from Lenin—the most important virtue of a revolutionary is patience.”
• “While the Obama administration is not above criticism … that criticism should be constructive and unifying”
• “We’re part of building social movements especially at the grassroots, the organizations of the working class and core forces and bringing them to leadership at every level. We’re part of building unity of the all people’s coalition, which elected Obama”
• “Last night’s State of the Union address by President Obama was a virtuoso performance.”

Bacon Roses

Nothing says “I love you” like bacon roses. If you think about it, the way to a woman’s heart is through her arteries.



h/t fleckman

CBO: Forcing Americans To Purchase Health Insurance (Like Obamacare Does) Is Unprecedented

“The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money.” - Alexis de Tocqueville

A mandate requiring all individuals to purchase health insurance would be an unprecedented form of federal action. The government has never required people to buy any good or service as a condition of lawful residence in the United States. An individual mandate would have two features that, in combination, would make it unique. First, it would impose a duty on individuals as members of society. Second, it would require people to purchase a specific service that would be heavily regulated by the federal government.

Federal mandates typically apply to people as parties to economic transactions, rather than as members of society. For example, the section of the Americans with Disabilities Act that requires restaurants to make their facilities accessible to persons with disabilities applies to people who own restaurants. The Federal Labor Standards Act prohibits employers from paying less than the federal minimum wage. This prohibition pertains to individuals who employ others. Federal environmental statutes and regulations that require firms to meet pollution control standards and use specific technologies apply to companies that engage in specific lines of business or use particular production processes. Federal mandates that apply to individuals as members of society are extremely rare. One example is the requirement that draft-age men register with the Selective Service System. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is not aware of any others imposed by current federal law.

An individual mandate would differ from the requirement in the Administration’s Health Security Act that employees, self-employed individuals, and those not connected to the labor force make payments to health alliances. The Administration’s bill would establish a new federal entitlement to health insurance. Health alliances would function as agents of the government in administering the provision and financing of the entitlement. Therefore, in CBO’s view, the mandatory payments that employers and individuals would make to the alliances would represent federal receipts.

By contrast, other proposals that would impose an individual mandate would require individuals and families to make payments to qualified health plans, which would be unaffiliated with the federal government, rather than to alliances or their equivalents.

Commonwealth Of Virginia Sues The Federal Government Over Unconstitutional Obamacare

Commonwealth of Virginia v. Kathleen Sebelius