The radical populus/socialist element in the US seized the opportunity to not “let a crisis go to waste” by opting to harass and demonize fellow US citizens Saturday – AIG families (including those who had already returned their legal bonuses)… So they loaded up a busload of ACORN activists and members of the socialist ACORN/New Party derivative, Working Family Party to tour private residences in protest, and posture for the press.
Their agenda was plainly stated by 24 year old musician/activist, Asaad Jackson, then piled on by the Connecticut chapter of the WFP, Jon Green (organizers of the harassment tour).
Standing at the foot of the driveway, in a sun-soaked cul-de-sac in a Connecticut town synonymous with wealth, Jackson read aloud from a letter he and other visitors from poorer places wanted to hand-deliver but ultimately left in the mailbox.
“Now that we have had a chance to see your community,” Jackson read before an international throng of about 40 journalists, “we would like to invite you to visit ours.”
~~~Green said the point of the tour was to contrast the circumstances of tour participants — several of whom have lost jobs or are facing foreclosure in a recession characterized by the failure or near-failure of once mighty companies such as AIG — with the circumstances of society’s most privileged people.
“There’s a growing gap between people who are generally insulated from the economic meltdown and those who are not,” Green told reporters on the lawn outside AIG’s red brick office in Wilton, where the tour concluded with a rally.
Yup… it’s all about class envy with these socialists. No disguising that.
But in the Chicago Trib account above, I can’t believe they weren’t even curious about the obvious… did the professional protesters violate US postal code regulation, CRF 310.3 as part of their harassment tour?
Standing at the foot of the driveway, in a sun-soaked cul-de-sac in a Connecticut town synonymous with wealth, Jackson read aloud from a letter he and other visitors from poorer places wanted to hand-deliver but ultimately left in the mailbox.
~~~At Poling’s home, and later at Haas’, who also lives in Fairfield, a small delegation of activists left the bus, followed by reporters, to try to deliver a letter addressed to “AIG Financial Products Executives.” The letter invited the executives to consider the variety of pressing social needs that might benefit from the amount of money awarded them as bonuses, such as health care, housing and education.
~~~At both houses they were greeted by private security guards who asked the visitors to “respect the property line” and refused to deliver the letter on their behalf but allowed them to read it aloud and place it in the mailbox.
Tell me, did that hand-delivered letter bear a stamp? And since it was from a “group” of activists, who was the official “return to sender” of the letter? One thing is certain – the letter is not being sent to the proper address for the recipient… AIG Financial Products Execs. That should have properly been delivered to the appropriate district offices.
Odd question, I know. But, per the Private Express Statues, (here’s the link for you Wiki-education fans…) – and per CFR Title 39 Section 310.2 – any letter that is hand delivered must bear proof that the “amount of postage which would have been charged on the letter if it had been sent through the Postal Service is paid by stamps, or postage meter stamps, on the cover or by other methods approved by the Postal Service.”
There are a few exceptions found in Section 310.3:
310.3(b)Letters of the carrier.
(1) The sending or carrying of letters is permissible if they are sent by or addressed to the person carrying them. If the individual actually carrying the letters is not the person sending the letters or to whom the letters are addressed, then such individual must be an officer or employee of such person (see §310.3(b)(2)) and the letters must relate to the current business of such person.
(2) The fact that the individual actually carrying the letters may be an officer or employee of the person sending the letters or to whom the letters are addressed for certain purposes does not necessarily mean that he is an officer or employee for purposes of this exception.The following factors bear on qualifications for the exception: the carrying employee is employed for a substantial time, if not fulltime (letters must not be privately carried by casual employees); the carrying employee carries no matter for other senders; the carrying employee is a regular salaried employee and shares in all privileges enjoyed by other regular employees (including employees not engaged primarily by the letter carrying function), including but not limited to salary, annual vacation time, absence allowed for illness, health benefits, workmen’s compensation insurance, and retirement benefits.
“Special messengers” are permitted to do so with 25 letters and under, and is restricted to the use of “messenger services”.
So the burning question is who was the “letter” from, did it bear proof of USPO postage, and did they have the right to place that letter in the AIG families’ mailboxes?
Violations of these codes carry a fine, and/or 30 days of prison time. And if I were any of those families, I’d go for it.
As far as the reception, it was just the ACORN/WFP activists and security guards. Since ACORN/WFT was seeking publicity for their attack on fellow US citizens, the families’ absence didn’t seem to bother them. Instead they praised the security guards.
There was no shouting or hostile conversation between the activists and the guards at either residence. Police were on hand at both places, mainly directing traffic, and there were no arrests.
“They were nice,” said Mark Dziubek, 47, a recently laid-off metal worker from Southington who boarded the charter bus in Hartford and read the letter outside Haas’ house.
Two guards parked in a Honda at the driveway leading down to Haas’ home, a large white colonial with light blue shutters on a hill facing Long Island Sound, said he was not at the residence. They said their firm, Espion International, had been hired “by the tenant,” not by AIG.
Asked where Haas was, one of the guards said, “He went away.” They declined to give their names.
In the meantime, an unastute media continues to fan the populus flames of outrage – pitting citizen against citizen. Normally I’m a huge fan of Wordsmith’s Sunday Funnies. In fact, I regularly send the link to my mother to also enjoy his time intensive compilation.
But today’s crop of political ‘toons are no laughing matter. The nation’s media remains consumed, 24/7, with whipping the US citizen up into a class envy frenzy of hatred. Evidently passing moral judgment on contract agreements is socially acceptable nowadays. Otherwise how can we justify negating bonus contracts, but not negating pensions and benefits for retired auto workers as part of their bailout funds?
Or is that next?
I only know one thing. Congress is passing out the taxpayers money like Halloween candy, hasn’t got a clue how it’s used. Nor can they genuinely track it for it’s immensity. They are to blame for the legislation that led us to this financial crisis. They are immediately and overtly to blame for these bonuses. Yet their response is to feign outrage, and have the media distract the citizens by pitting us one against the other… the “haves” vs the “have nots”.
It’s a Communist/socialist/progressive dream come true. And we’re all being played like backwoods fiddles.
Wake up, America. You’re demonizing the very people that you want to continue making the bucks to pay for your nanny social welfare… from unemployment to health care. If you plan to be a progressive/socialist, at least try to recognize and protect those who are going to be supporting you.
Vietnam era Navy wife, indy/conservative, and an official California escapee now residing as a red speck in the sea of Oregon blue.
This type populist anger toward the wealthy and the “have’s” is something the Left does to start a revolution. This is what Lenin, Hitler, and Mao Tse-tung did to start their revolutions. They created civil unrest by demonizing the wealthy, the land owners, and the business owners. Then, the “lower” class revolted over the them and took over.
Great idea, except… Too bad no one knew how to run things and everything collapsed after they took power. The void of authority is then naturally filled with a dictator.
So, the Left in our country has been ginning up all this anger over nothing and they are playing with fire. If this gets out of control, we are headed toward trouble, especially if the lame-brained media associtate these Leftsists with the Tea Parties. There is huge difference between FDR (Socialist) class warfare and protesting an overbearing government.
http://franklinslocke.blogspot.com/
Mata,
I don’t see where there was anything that rose to the level of “harassment”, and I think the postal regulation issue is actually more of a red herring. The rest of your article was fine, and is where the “beef” really ought to be.
Citizens have a first amendment right to free speech, but groups whose modus operandi of “class warfare” cross the line. People’s anger and frustration are understandable, but ACORN and the other groups involved have directed this anger in the wrong direction.
ACORN and others are using class warfare to keep the country in crisis mode, during which time Obama and his thugs get to put more government in place to equalize living standards for all citizens (except for the government officials – including ACORN members – who are “more equal” than the others, and will demand better accomodations in life.)
The bottom line as far as this article is concerned is that we need to show class warfare for the evil that it is, and I think the message can stand on its own merits. Raising a minor issue like the postal code violations makes you look petty, and it detracts from the strength of your primary message.
Just my $0.02 worth; hope you don’t mind.
Jeff V
Really, ruaqtipi2? So you don’t consider the focused wrath of Congressmen – asking for “names” – nor protest groups organizing bus tours to intimidate familiies of employees at their residences merely for being the recipients of what was in a contract negotiated prior to all this mess in any way “harassment”?
Or, another way of putting it is, when you have a work related incident that I… a private citizen… don’t agree with because I think you’re a privileged SOB, it’s’ okay if I and a few of my friends show up at your house to intimidate you and your family, right? Okay… got it now.
Just amazing what people find acceptable nowadays. Thank you for demonstrating just how many inroads the ACORN/social justice organizations have forged by your complacency.
I suggest you miss the obvious. If they show up at the AIG Financial Products facility, it’s freedom to assemble. If they show up at the homes of the families in order to intimidate, it’s mob/thug tactics.
So what would it take for you to call it even “harassment”? Do the protestors have to burn, vandalize the homes and to take their mob mentality – fueled by the press and Congress, and not tempered by the WH – to a big enough step to capture your attention and outrage at their assault on fellow citizens?
And leaving the letter is not a red herring. Unless that sucker had a stamp on it, it was in violation of federal law and is most certainly prosecutable. I happened to have explored this myself when wanting to leave clients information, but had to check postal laws before leaving it in their mailboxes.
This is such a load of horse shit… unbeliveable that “people” would stoop to such class envy..
All these idiots on the tour should have their lazy asses spanked and shown the door to a job..
No one,, repeat no one is promised any amout of wealth or prosperity by the constitution.. only the FREEDOM to persue it..
I’m sick of lazy ass worthless POS idiots thinking they “deserve” something..
I’m middle class (for a little while I hope) I’ve educated myself, worked hard…. compared to the majority… what do I owe these lazy f#@ks?????
Lazy is as lazy does and this proof of it… sit on you lazy ass and collect a check is what these people want to do.. the hell with them..
Mata,
I concede on the harassment issue. You’re right – the protests should have been at the doors of AID, Congress, and the White House.
As for the postal regulations violations, yes, you have a point. But I’d venture to say that most people would consider it a non-issue, at least in the large metropolitan areas in which I’ve lived (Chicago and Dallas), I think many people who would otherwise be swayed by your argument against class-warfare will be turned off by the postal issue. At the very least, some of your opponents are likely to use the issue as a distraction, whereas your main point can stand well on its own merits: that ACORN is using class-warfare to stir up the kind of hatred that make socialism look good on the surface for the “have-not’s”. And as history has shown, it doesn’t take long for the stark realities of socialism to deprive its victims of hope and determination.
Jeff V
ruaqtpi2, ACORN has been using class warfare for years, and no one seems to be that upset. Instead they flex their muscles more and more, shaking their fists defiantly in the nation’s face. Despite being under investigation for voter fraud, dodging criticism for their part in advancing subprime loans via lawsuits, they instead get the Obama administration’s blessing to participate in the next census.
I don’t think the revelation of breaking postal regulations will turn anyone off. ACORN supporters will remain ACORN supporters. And considering the media frenzy of hyping this public lynch mob mentality, I doubt most are upset about the class warfare either. To most, these are evil rich citizens who deserve all the harassment they can get. That’s the point of class warfare – to turn citizen against citizen in order to get government to step in and “equalize”.
I seriously doubt any of those families will bother to prosecute ACORN for violations of federal postal regs because they are already despised by the public. This surely wouldn’t help their popularity status.
However it’s quite notable that ACORN gets away with breaking laws, and escapes prosecution *because* of the class warfare they wage. They have intimidated their victims so adequately that they are unable to take advantage of even the smallest legal recourse in their favor. And that is the point.
Looks like thyis got picked up by a Postal Service Blog. I have no idea how that happened. (Heh!)
Yeah, I see it did, Nostradamus. Well, let’s say Curt told me that this AM…. He is truly Mr. “on top of it”. I defer to the master here.
Just wish they had added their own input. But then, without know the specifics of affixed postage, we don’t know for sure because no one thought of that angle of federal violations. Obviously, it was not addressed to that family’s situs address. And we don’t know if and who are the “return address”, nor if there were “officers” involved.
All in all… looks quite likely they violated federal law.
Did you, per chance, pass it on?
Yes, I did pass it on. It means more “Hits” for both sites, and I will always do so when appropriate. The webmaster for that “postalMag” site is a veteran. (Tom Wakefield : http://www.postalworkersonline.com/ ). This is his other Military themed website: http://www.militarynewsnetwork.com/ . I hope all you good folks will give him a welcome shout back. He deserves it for all the work he puts into these two sites. Brothers in Arms need to stick together.
Well thank you for that, Nostradamus. And I sure wish Tom would come on over and add his two cents worth. I’m a real sucker for a guy in uniform… :0)
Maybe someone should do the eye for an eye thing and publish the brown shrits address yes turn the other . do unto others what they do unto you?
Asaad Jackson Hartford musician 24-year old
http://www.myspace.com/mclionhiphop
someone has to know where this guy lives if he is a teacher does he have a permit to teach things like that hound dogs sniff this scum out and expose them.
Catherine
ps
forgot this guy looks like the guy I saw on the video of the bust at the office http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/13/new-obama-appointee-takes-leave-of-absence-during-fbi-investigation/
March 13, 2009
Obama info czar takes leave during FBI investigation
Producer Martina Stewart
WASHINGTON (CNN) – After just a week on the job, the Obama administration’s new chief information officer is taking a leave of absence until further notice.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20039.html
AIG ships billions in bailout abroad
remember arafats wife is in france
http://www.newsmax.com/politics/obama_aide_guilty_plea/2009/03/17/192908.html
Obama Computer Chief Guilty of Theft in 1996
http://www.silive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/politics-13/1237322654261830.xml&storylist=topstories
White House computer chief reinstated after raid
can’t remember who had the video but this scum acorn bum was at the raid
Obama appointee on leave after FBI raid, arrests
March 13, 2009
Mark Segraves, WTOP Radio
WASHINGTON – An employee of the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer and a private contractor were charged with corruption
read the rest
watch the video
look for the acron guy these guys can’t hide forever
http://washingtondc.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/wfo031209.htm
U.S. Department of Justice
Jeffrey A. Taylor
United States Attorney
for the District of Columbia
Judiciary Center
555 4th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, March 12, 2009
For Information, Contact Public Affairs
Channing Phillips (202) 514-6933
PRESS RELEASE
ACTING CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER OF OCTO AND A FORMER DISTRICT GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE CHARGED IN FEDERAL BRIBERY SCHEME
WASHINGTON – Yusuf Acar, the Acting Chief Security Officer of the District of Columbia’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO), and Sushil Bansal, a former District employee and current President and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Integrated Technologies Corporation (AITC), have been charged in separate federal complaints for their roles in an alleged bribery scheme, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor, Joseph Persichini, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division C. Andre’ Martin, and Charles J. Willoughby, Inspector General for the District of Columbia, announced today.
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