letter the thirty-seventh: more from c-money

Before we get to today's leditor, I would like to announce that we'll soon move this whole thing over to wordpress. There's content there already but I need to work on getting things the way I want them.  Just start reminding yourself to exchange "blogspot" with "wordpress" when looking for the stupidity people send newspapers. Like our resident crazy, c-money.

 

 Sen. Reid’s unseemly payoffs, kickbacks, and sweetheart deals

that were included to buy the votes of Democratic Senators.

part stated by GOP

 

The hell with the rest of the 48 States.  Is The American People in the Rest Of  The 48 States, Going To Stand For This Type Of Treatment?  Are you America? 

 

All year long, the more the American people learn about Washington Democrats’ costly government takeover of health care, the more they oppose it.  So rather than listen to the American People who they work for, they went behind closed doors with Senators they new they could buy, and sold out the American People. The Senators that did this were,  Sen. Mary Landrieu and Ben Nelson  so in there sick minds, would get them  re-elected in there states.

 

If such an act was done in a public firm, and only two states were given special treatment, to swing a vote that would benefit this firm; the FBI would be leading the CEO out in handcuffs.  Prosecute them and make sure they do jail time.  But not in this administration.  Its part of there every day practice to buy there Votes, especially when they understand the American People are saying NO.   Especially when they smell weak Senators and understand they can be bought.  These two Senators or any other Senators that go against there Constitutional Oat they took when they became a Senator,

 

" I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God."

 

Being able to be bought and selling out America is not holding to there oath.  They should not be Senators.  They will sell there vote again, and it may not be to benefit there constituents   Later on down the road after they get re-elected, they will not care what there people want or say, for another four years.  At that time when they do not need there people in there state, the vote they sell you out for, could be going against there own state.   These people are weak, dangerous, a disgrace to our country.  Next election put someone in that has a back bone to stand up for all of America.

 

Voice your opinion America, don't just sit by and take this without a fight. 

letta da toity toid: Irony, thy name is c-money

I was going to give myself a break from poking fun at people like c-money until the new year but 1) the letters kept coming and 2) apparently, scare tactics will not work. The next few ones mixed in with a treasure trove of leditors I've been given are about this "dam health care" obviously. I don't think c-money has sent one since it passed.

I give this one points for the changing in fonts, colors, sizes and the smaller or non-existent question marks with questions. Oh, and the wanting something everyone agrees on versus unequivocally voting on party lines to prove a point and the wanting citizens to have the chance to read the document and decide on it because that's what a democratic republic is all about.

The moral of this leditor, gentle readers, is that scare tactics do not work.

 IS THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT

THREATENING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?

Just like he Threatened Senators, do what we

say or your state will lose out? 

Is This what he just said on TV.

 

Are We, The American People Going To Stand For That!

Call or write your Senators

VOTE  "NO"

I just heard the President on TV, stating unless the Health Care Bill Passes, all kinds of bad things with happen to out country, Really!   Scare tactics will not work.  The more you threaten the American People, the more resolved we become. 

America, can you ever remember a President go on TV and Threaten the people that put him, BY MISTAKE, into office?  What kind of man does that? 

Who does this man think he is.  America is  not Iran, Iraq or Kenya.  He must not be allow to threaten the American People this way.  We are not his  SLAVES.  He works for us, and its about time he starts listening to the American People. 

 

Kill this DAM Health Care Bill, America Can Not Afford It, we do not want it.  We want to start over,  put together something ALL of what Americans can agree on.  We want to be able to READ every word, before anything is allowed to be signed.  We do not want this one to pass.  All Senators vote NO, or your Fired, so help us God come election in Nov, and especially in 2012.

letter the thirty-second: Twenty-six! That's 22!

We're going to take a hiatus for Christmas and New Year's after this one since your humble leditor is plans on being far away from his desk for at least eight of the next 12 days (the beauty of not working at a daily)

Luckily, c-money has not been institutionalized (yet) and wrote again to give us our Christmas gift.

SICKENING.........ISN'T IT?

       WHERE AMERICA'S MONEY IS BEING WASTED

 First Lady Now Requires 26 Servants

Reported by Canada Free Press

The Canadian Free Press had to publish this, USA media is too

scared that they might be considered racist or suffer at the hands of Obama.

No, Michele Obama does not get paid to serve as the First Lady and she doesn’t perform any official duties. But this hasn’t deterred her from hiring an unprecedented number of staffers to cater to her every whim and to satisfy her every request in the midst of the Great Recession, DID YOU OK THIS AMERICA?

American's are doing without, saving, doing what we can to just survive, but not the First Lady.  Do you think America she deserves special treatment for doing NOTHING? 

How things have changed! If you’re one of the tens of millions of Americans facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence wages stocking the shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers, prepare to scream and then come to realize that the benefit package for these servants of Miz Michele are the same as members of the national security and defense departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by John Q. Public, YOU.

1. $172,2000 - Sher, Susan (CHIEF OF STAFF)
2. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PROJECTS FOR THE FIRST LADY)
3. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL SECRETARY)
4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE FIRST LADY)
5. Winter, Melissa E. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE FIRST LADY)
6. $90,000 - Medina, David S. (DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE FIRST LADY)
7. $84,000 - Lelyveld, Catherine M. (DIRECTOR AND PRESS SECRETARY TO THE FIRST LADY)
8. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (DIRECTOR OF SCHEDULING AND ADVANCE FOR THE FIRST LADY)
9. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PROJECTS FOR THE FIRST LADY)
10. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY SOCIAL SECRETARY)
11. Reinstein, Joseph B. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY SOCIAL SECRETARY)
12. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SCHEDULING AND EVENTS COORDINATOR FOR THE FIRST LADY)
13. $60,000 - Fitts, Alan O. (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ADVANCE AND TRIP DIRECTOR FOR THE FIRST LADY)
14. Lewis, Dana M. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT AND PERSONAL AIDE TO THE FIRST LADY)
15. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY TO THE FIRST LADY)
16. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR SCHEDULING AND TRAVELING AIDE TO THE FIRST LADY)
17. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE FIRST LADY)
18. Tubman, Samantha (DEPUTY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR,SOCIAL OFFICE)
19. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE FIRST LADY)
20. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (STAFF ASSISTANT TO THE SOCIAL SECRETARY)
21. Bookey, Natalie (STAFF ASSISTANT)
22. Jackson, Deilia A. (DEPUTY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE FIRST LADY)

Total roughly, $1,155,800.00 - For a person who has no particular job to do, it's outrageous.  Call your Representatives ask them to put a Bill in that restricts our money being wasted on pampering, when the rest of America is scraping just to get by.  America has no obligation to have to pay to take care of her.   We are asked to cut Connors,  try and do without, asked to pay for something America can't afford.  When is the White House going to tighten there belts, there personal belts, When?  Why are we asked to pay for this?  All there shows there having at the White House is extra, I'm sure.

LET'S PUT A STOP TO WASTEFUL SPENDING, GOOD PLACE TO START!

A quick glance at the Web site for the Canada Free Press shows that it isn't an unbiased news outlet. It's unabashedly conservative.  That's all fine and dandy but I don't like "news outlets" that cover things such as international news with such a narrow view. It at least says that it has a slant. I can go on about the whys and wherefores about blatantly biased sites but I'm trying not to rant today.

The Office of the First Lady has its roots in the 1800s and you can check that out at the White House Museum and several historical accounts for proof. Before people start foaming at the mouth about how this is still a waste of money or just a drop in the bucket, let's say 100 million people in the country actively pay taxes. That's about one cent a year from all of them to pay for this office. HOLY SHIT, THEY ARE WASTING MY PENNY.

Third, can someone please teach c-money English? And maybe math?

"Place it on its side and it's a symbol meaning Infinity"

I was excited when I got a envelope that said in all caps "U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ... OFFICIAL BUSINESS." I wondered what it could possibly be and figured whatever it was it had to be incredibly awesome because it wasn't from a representative from our coverage area. I wondered if I were going to D.C. to cover something or got invited to something or if all of those rumors that journalists get paid off by every Tom, Dick and Harry were actually true and I was about to become someone's pundit.

The answer? None of the above. Or Simon and Garfunkel.

Let's take a gander at this. I didn't mean to blot out his name for this technical celebritor. If you're that concerned about who it is, I'll make you work for it. The packet was effectively a press release and a glossy brochure on the representative's commission. We're quite far from not only that district and D.C. and we're a hyperlocal so it doesn't pertain to us directly. I mean, we could localize it but it would be awesome if someone from our coverage area was involved.

Then there's the Simon and Garfunkel quote. I like Simon and Garfunkel. I wasn't expecting to see Simon and Garfunkel so something with a shiny U.S. seal and a watermarked cursive "Liberty" on the paper and the words "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" to have a quote from a Simon and Garfunkel song.

Then there's the signature. As you can see, the good representative's initials are F.R.W.  I can't think of an instance where any of those letters would resemble an 8.  When I showed this to someone to point out the out-of-the-blue Simon and Garfunkel quote, the first question was "Why is there a giant blue 8 on the letter?"

Oh, and he spelled my name wrong. There are several variations of spelling for my name (it's a common name ... sorta) and it always comes out wrong. I, of course, feel my version is correct but more famous people have the version I get.

It's wrong on my business cards. One of our page designers spelled it wrong on a page I didn't proof after my name was stuck on it. I've sent one of my friends several e-mails with my signature attached in large c-money-style letters and, in the reply, he spells my name wrong. I had hoped a member of Congress who wouldn't know me from Adam but found it fit to send me and probably every newspaper in the state his pitch to curb federal spending to have the resources to spell my fucking name correctly.

If you're wondering about the subject title and the quote next to the 8, look here.

letter the thirty-first: just remember, to remember

C-money is so angry, he/she forgot how to spell again. The letters have seemingly stopped so I'm assuming someone took the computer away or someone came to take c-money away.

Today, c-money feels that the government is further taking us to hell in a hand basket and will do so under the guise of military spending. The spending is criminal and it punishes those who are "fightening" for us.

I interviewed someone today. She was emotional and admitted that she couldn't get everything out the way she wanted. But you know what? She had official documentation of what she was talking about. Ever since I began paying some attention to politics in high school, I've seen nothing but an endless chain of people foaming at the mouth about vague things the government is doing to ruin the country. None of them mention how in the blue hell they came to that conclusion about what is going on in Congress. I hate that having a paper trail to draw a conclusion is no longer the norm. Who needs to cover there ass if their caught in a lie. Apparently Congress does.

TRYING TO COVER THERE ASS

 

RAISE THE US DEBT TO OVER ANOTHER TRILLION

and BECAUSE OF PELOSI, THERE ATTACHING IT TO,

SUPPORT OUR SOLDIERS. 

 

AMERICA IS SUPPOSE TO TRUST THEM WITH OUR HEALTH CARE

I DON'T THINK SO!  THEY'VE SHOWN JUST HOW

MUCH  WE SHOULD TRUST THEM.

Just how rotten can Pelosi and this Administration get?  Pelosi could care less about our Soldiers or the American People.  Why do the American People and our Children have to pay, because they wouldn't listen to the American People.  Let them pay it with a couple of years of there full Salaries, including the Presidents.  Why not, why do the American People have to pay for what an incompetent administration did?  When do we say enough, your fired.  If this administration passes this, they should all go to JAIL.  Especially Pelosi.  You don't go out of the way to punish our Soldiers.  But of course that is why she did it, because she understands that we protect our men and women fightening to protect America. 

As much as I hate to say this, write your Senators, tell them to vote NO.  WE HAVE TO STOP THIS DESTRUCTION OF OUR COUNTRY.  As much as we don't want to, we have to.  Write your Senators TODAY.  We must get this message across ASAP.  Just remember, to remember this come November.

letter the thirtieth: when does it matter?

I don't think I've ever spelled out 30th before. It looks funny.

You know what else looks funny? When question marks are larger than capital letters.

 Change In America 

   THE  FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION OF  AMERICA

WHEN DOES IT MATTER? 

This is a mistake we put this person in the White House

He is killing our country, trying to take our Freedom, Put Seniors in Danger, Trying to Take Our Guns, Trying

to re-write our Constitution, Trying to force changes

down our throats, that Americans are saying NO to.

THIS MAN MUST BE A ONE TERM President

Our biggest enemy is not  China, Russia, Iran; no, our  biggest enemy
is a contingent of politicians in Washington DC.  

 

They must be FIRED come Election 2010

America Deserves Better!

America Can Recover, but

only if we get rid of the trash.

Plan to make this coming Election the biggest this country as ever seen. We

must clean house.  BEWARE, they may make things look better, just to

get re-elected, don't fall for that.  Be smart this time.

 

NEVER FORGET WHAT THIS ADMINISTRATION 

 HAVE DONE TO THIS COUNTRY

 

This Administration is DANGEROUS for Americans

Again, c-money gets SO close to sounding like a normal opinionated human being with something that could conceivably go into an editorial page but falls flat.

I never really liked opinion pieces. I'm a fan of citing sources and those sources being credible. When I first read something about the Patriot Act, I thought it was a joke because 1) it sounded like something that wouldn't fly in a million years, especially if the public heard about it and 2) I couldn't find more information beyond the OMG MORE GOVERNMENT INTURSIONZ!1 page I found.

In this day and age of countless plans and documents being released that people don't want released, show me something. Also, do so in a fucking correct sentence. I know some people say you should look at the message and not the grammar but, when I have to take an extra 30 seconds to figure out what the hell the message is supposed to be, you lost me. You especially lose me when you press every Rich Text button you have because IT SHOWS THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION!

I'm going to start writing articles like that. CITY COUNCIL APPROVED FUNDING  for a new high school.
I hope to God some people don't learn more about HTML or CSS or we'll start seeing e-mails flashing like Times Square on crack.

letter the twenty-ninth: YOU Must Bombard Writing

Congratulations, c-money: you get your very own tag!

Also, I knew your impeccable spelling couldn't last for long. Why ever did I doubt you?

 SENIORS, NOW IS THE TIME TO PUSH "VOTE NO"

CUTES IN MEDICARE - $400 Billion - RATIONING

GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE

All will take place unless we stand up

YOU Must Bombard Writing Your Senators,

Newspapers, even The President

 

ALL IS ON THE LINE NOW

CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES, CALL YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS

Remind Them a yes vote, is committing Political Subside, Come Next Election.

This will pass, its up to us to make the people we put into office, to

make them HEAR US, and Know WE WILL NOT FORGET COME NEXT ELECTION.

 

 

You're absolutely right: the last thing we need are cutes in Medicare. All that will lead to is an increase in Viagra sales. I'm also glad that you're encouraging all to bombard writing me as well. It's working so well with you. I need these leditors to keep me alive. If they stop coming, I may commit subside.

letter the twenty-eighth: NOT SPAM

Oh, c-money, you endless source of entertainment, you.

The e-mails come prefaced with "NOT SPAM" in the subject line now. I think the amount of people this goes to has expanded. I'll take another count tomorrow because there's yet another one.

Current proposed Health Care Bill, will cost closer to

 $2.5 Trillion, instead of the $849 Billion 

 America, WERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM?

Higher Taxes?

Medicare Cuts?

Rationing ?

Government Run Plan?

Your Children Pay It? 

PRINT MORE MONEY?

Borrow From Another Country?

Taxing Employers?

Another Stimulus Package?

ALL OF THE ABOVE!

I Know, VOTE the DEMOCRATS OUT OF OFFICE

Bring Back American Values

Use Common Sense

Save Our FREEDOM

JOB GROWTH

NO GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE PACKAGE

STOP SPENDING, now there's a different idea. 

I admire you use of boldface and varying font sizes, especially how the word "FROM" gradually becomes bold and then GIANT QUESTION MARK. But you make me sad, c-money. You're getting gradually closer and closer to writing like a rational human being. I mean, if you an start using sentences, back off the caps lock and not be in New Hampshire, you could be onto getting onto an opinion page. Until then, Weird candy cane header? Rethorical questions? CAPITAL LETTERS? BOLDFACE? LARGE FONTS? GET DRIVE-THROUGH BELGIAN WAFFLES?! YES!

letter the twenty-sixth: a very important message

c-money is in da hizzle, yo!

The e-mail went to a whopping 54 e-mail addresses. Fifty-four. If you didn't get a copy, you should be jealous.

URGENT!  AMERICAN GUN OWNERS BEING SOLD OUT

This is Real and a Real Threat!

America Gun Owners had better wake up now, and stop the selling out of American's ,that is going on in Washington.  Democracy is out the door.  We ARE  BEING SOLD DOWN  THE  RIVER  FASTER THAN  WE  CAN  BLINK. 

U.S. Reverses Stance on Treaty to Regulate Arms Trade.  

Go to:   http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/3462074/Obama_Finds_Legal_Way_Around_T

*Obama Takes First Step in Banning All Firearms.*

On Wednesday the Obama administration took its first major step in a plan to ban all firearms in the United States .  The Obama administration intends to force gun control and a complete ban on all weapons for US citizens through the signing of international treaties with foreign nations.

Once the US Government signs these international treaties, all US  citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments.  The Obama administration is attempting to use tactics and methods of gun control that will inflict major damage to our 2nd Amendment before US citizens even understand what has happened.

Contact your NRA Representative,  find out what Gun Owners can do to stop this.

Pass this to EVERYONE YOU KNOW, we must get the word out.  Contact all Gun Shops, Fish and Game Clubs, anywhere there are Gun Owners. 

If you have noticed, I've been copying and pasting these gems lately. It's been painful to not only read some of these but also type them. They make my fingers cry.

This time around C-to-da-Monay did a better job at spelling and grammar.  I guess it is necessary as this is an important message about the erosion of rights that has what looks like a link to a message board as its source.  I'm not clicking on it. If anyone's brave enough to see where the English language goes to die in the land of tin foil hats, report back here.

I think the bottom is the best part:

This is very important to Gun Owners in your state, please print this article ASAP Front Page if Possible

Who in the Devil is going to run THAT on the front page? BREAKING NEWS: Someone on that there messagin' board said the country's been sold down the river this morning. We have no proof beyond the message board. THE GOVERNMENT IS DAMAGING THE CONSTITUTION BECAUSE THE MESSAGE BOARD SAID SO. IF THEY DO THIS WE WILL NEVER HEAR ABOUT [SHOT] JV FOOTBALL AGAIN. THE INTERNETS TOLD ME. IT MUST BE TRUE.

Yes, our and pretty much every other government has done something shady in the background and had silently taken something away. But the source of this information is a message board somewhere? With absolutely no proof whatsoever beyond that. And you want this on the FRONT PAGE ASAP?

I'm going to start my own Internet panic rumor. Congress passed legislation that says the Pledge of Allegiance will be changed to include pecans as those will replace the stars on the flag after we merge with the European Union in 2011. The EU uses pecans to display its dominance over the US. THEY WILL TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHTS AND MAKE US EAT PECAN PIE AS A SIGN OF SUBMISSION. WE MUST GET THE WORD OUT. BOYCOTT PECANS BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. AMERICA IS THE LAND OF THE FREE, NOT THE LAND OF PECANS. NOT THE VARSITY.

letter the twenty-fourth: envelope to the editor

Somewhere in the course of devouring four plates of food Thursday, I apparently ate today's leditor. Luckily, we got another one from the guy who set the nut job meter off the charts.


"Remember I sent you that crazy letter from the guy who was not just content to fill pages with handwritten screed, but actually started taping different letters together?" the contributor said. "Now he just sent an envelope with the writing on the outside. On the inside? Empty! I fear he's at the end of his tether."

Read it and weep. Literally. The capitalization is my estimate of where a sentence would start if there were punctuation. Or lowercase letters (with the exception of the first letter of the city). At least he doesn't dot his capital I.

The dude is definitely hell-bent on having more than one wife. I bet he thinks it's just like having two women in a porno.

United States is now communist Coperate giants give jobs to save labor Cuba has free health care no greedy doctors no insurance needed Give Castro Nobel Peace Prize, its good acorns in White House Laws are now liberal Give men right to choose to have more than one wife – Mormons 2008

letter the twenty-third: from new hampshire with love

So I was recovering from my food coma and work began to call me because I'm a journalist and we never truly have a day off. I decided to check our slush e-mail account to see what sick, depraved individuals were attempting to contact the newspaper on Thanksgiving.

Apparently c-money had time to spare between the turkey and the pumpkin pie and sent not one but two e-mails since midnight. This one is my favorite.

I noticed from the area code of the phone number at the bottom of the leditor that the person is either from or in New Hampshire.  New Hampshire is about nine hours away.

Other than sending these on Thanksgiving morn and them being carpet bomb letters from one of those states those horrible in geography always forget about, there isn't nothing much wrong with this leditor. I'm not jumping into the rights and wrongs of that situation (nor do I want you to in the comments section). It's just the spellign mistakes. Their so atrocious they msut be on perposs.

And what's with the peppermint design up top? I mean, I know it's the holiday season and all but geez.  I honestly couldn't figure out what the first two sentences (headline?) were trying to say on the first go.  The same can be said for the second sentence after the first properly punctuated sentence (I'm using "properly" loosely here).

I know some people have learning disabilities that cause some of the mistakes like these but damn. This looks more like a grave miscarriage of the education system than a problem beyond this person's control.  Another miscarriage was allowing someone named c-money Internet access and the contact info for seemingly every newspaper east of the Mississippi

The request for people to e-mail and/or call the White House makes me wish someone would send down some commanditors. Now those have to be entertaining.

I now return you to your regularly-scheduled overeating. As you watch the football games this weekend, remember all of the hardwork of NOT THE VARSiTY.

If you're in New Hampshire, tell c-money that leditor-slice said what up fo' shizzle.

letter the thirteenth: election carpet bomb

The body of this leditor is unimportant and is hard to present without the sheer volume of blotted out identifying info making this look like a letter sent to the Europe during World War II (taking out the e-mail addresses was bad enough. As you'll see in  a second, I grew tired doing it one by one). Long story short, it was about an election canidate by a former and totally not disgruntled at all campaign official sent less than three weeks before the election. This person had a hot tip about how godawful the person he initially was a hardcore campaigner for was and wanted a couple people to know.

As you can see from the photo, this e-mail went out to just a few people. From what I could tell from some research, that would be about 30 people at a NBC station, an account at Time Magazine, 36 people at a CBS station, a couple of four people at an ABC station (gee, I wonder which TV station this guy favors?), at least two newspapers and the D. James Kennedy Center for Christian Statesmanship. I don't know why either.

This apparently just one in a series of e-mails the went on to nearly 5:30 a.m. over the course of a weekend and included varying combination of news outlets. The journalist who submitted this said it appears that only two news outlets responded to this stunning revelation, one of which taking a detailed look.

The contributor said his/her outlet passed on this story because 1) it was less than three weeks before the election; 2) it sounded fishy because of where it was from and why; 3) it will probably lead to a "sue-lebration" if any of the story is wrong and the election is obviously affected; and 4) "Really, dude?" the contributor said. "The only person you forgot to send your outrage to was the weekend anchor's parakeet."

Needless to say, the contributor said, the candidate sent out a statement about seeking legal action against the campaign worker and possibly one of the news outlets, which might have had a misstep in this field of bullshit, pending the outcome of the election. That e-mail was carpet-bombed as well but not as extensively.

I think I wouldn't wish this election night or being a part of this glorious e-mail list on my worst enemy.

letter the fourth: CAPiTAL letters

Sorry. It's a cell phone photo today. It gets the gist of this letter, though. I'm not even going type it in its style because I would go crazy. Just pretend it's (almost) all caps.

In this era, where there is a proliferation of sans serif fonts, we have a problem of where it has become obvious why there are serifs.  There are fonts where it can be hard to tell the difference between an capital I and a lowercase l. Some fonts fixed that problem by having the I dotted at all times. As far as I'm concerned, and I with a dot over it is always a lowercase I. Furthermore, if you're using all caps or the font is all caps, there should be no way that anyone would think it was an l. In general, there are few instances where one would see and I and think it's an l. Then again, there is a chance of confusing an I with a 1 but let's not get into all of this. You're here for the leditor editor.

This fellow, who sent in a letter with an obvious pseudonym, just wanted to make sure there was no mistake. He dotted every I and crossed every T. And has a splendid analogy to share. There is only one obvious paragraph break SO i AM REALLY DOiNG YOU A FAVOR BY DROPPiNG THE CAPiTAL LETTERS.

CLOSE THE BACK DOOR
BEFORE iT'S TO LATE!

A friend of mine had a highly successful restaurant in a great location. One day he decided to bring this successful concept to an area he thought was in need of a good resturant. This neighborhood had alot of foot traffic, some buisnesses and alot of run-down resturants. He opened his rented a place and readied it for buisness. An employee noticed ants and rodents coming in around the back door. He said we have to open now and deal with that later. We must get these customers in first. The employee said we should have a security guard at our front door because this area is very rough. No we must open now.

[POSSiBLE PARAGRAPH BREAK] Well on the first day, he was robbed. The insects and rodents became so bad he had to close the 1st week. He almost lost his highly successful resturant due to borrowing funds to support this mis-adventure. And he later found out the neighborhood was run by a drug lord and he was not wanted there in the 1st place.

[POSSiBLE PARAGRAPH BREAK] This reminds me of the United States and being in Afghanistan. We have a highly successful country. We were warned about our back door being left pen for who knows what to come in. (our borders) We hurry to Afghanistan to get the Taliban while they are there. We need more troops to do it right. (security guard). The govt. will fix these problems later. Right now lets get the battle started. Our troops are being killed because we don't have enough security and this is a rough area. Remind you of something? Number 1, we better fix our back door. We also know Afghanistan supplies 95% of the world's herroin heroin heroin so we are going up against drug lords of the entire world? Finally, do they really want us there. Fix the United States 1st before it's to late. If we do this right, another 9-11 can be prevented. Track down what has come in through the back door and contain it. Make sure there's no terrorist threat.

We know where the Taliban are. Leave them there. Bring our soldiers home, then level the areas where Taliban is hiding with an arsenal of bombs that will change the terrain and geographic make-up of that area forever.

letter the third (and nearly fourth)

There has been a series of letters from one man. I don't have all of them but I do have the last two.
The first was written from jail. Well, I should say that is was carved in jail. You can distinctly feel the words on the other side of the page. GET YOUR ALL CAPS EYES READY. I THINK THE QUOTATION MARKS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ASTERISKS BUT SOMETIMES THEY SERVE SOMEWHAT PROPERLY AS QUOTATION MARKS. SORTA.

 

TO THE [RETRACTED] EDITOR:

I WRITE THIS LETTER TO INFORM PEOPLE AND HOPEFULLY BRING ABOUT POSITIVE CHANGES.

I HAVE BEEN IN JAIL NOW FOR (14) MONTHS FOR A CHARGE THAT EVEN "IF" I WAS FOUND GUILTY OF A PERSON WOULD NORMALLY RECEIVE "NO" JAIL TIME FOR.

A "SO CALLED" PSYCHOLOGIST FROM THE STATE SAID THAT EVEN "IF" STATE PEOPLE WERE POISONING CHILDREN, GETTING KICKBACKS, AND KILLING PEOPLE TO COVER UP THEIR ACTIONS, I HAD "NO" RIGHT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

OUR FOUNDING FATHERS, MANY OF WHOM WERE FROM VIRGINIA, COULD NOT DISAGREE MORE. THEY MADE IT CLEAR WE THE PEOPLE NOT ONLY HAD A RIGHT TO REDRES GOVERNMENT FOR GRIEVEANCES, BUT ALSO A DUTY TO STAND UP TO SUCH WICKNESS!

I DO NOT EXPECT YOU TO CARE ABOUT ME OR THE CHILDREN I AM TRYING TO SAVE, BUT I AM LIKE A CANARY IN A COAL MINE. IF I FALL VICTIM TO THE "EVIL EMPIRE" THEN "YOU" AND THE PEOPLE "YOU" CARE ABOUT "MAY" BE NEXT!

READ THE CHARLES DICKENS BOOK "THE CHRISTMAS CAROL." LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE CHILDREN "IGNORANCE" AND "WANT." BOTH ARE SAD SOULS, BUT "IGNORANCE" IS THE WORST AS ONE MAY NOT EVEN KNOW WHO HIS FRIENDS AND ENEMIES TRULY ARE, AND THEREFORE HOW TO PROCEED.

SOMETIMES THE ANSWER IS "NOT" MORE GOVERNMENT MONEY, BUT LESS!

[SIGNATURE]

PART OF [MUNICIPALITY'S] UNOFFICIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TEAM

HOLDING OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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[WAIT FOR IT]
ACCOUNTABLE!



He prefaced the next letter, from when he got out of jail, with something along the ranges of we'll find it interesting. Sadly, a few days later, we got this.

TO THE [RETRACTED] EDITOR:

PLEASE DO NOT PUBLISH MY LETTER AS IT MAY CAUSE ME EVEN MORE PROBLEMS. I HAVE RETHOUGHT MY ACTIONS.

He lucked out; if this were to run, he would have told us not to do it after the presses ran.

letter the second. Not going to try to transcribe.

I guess we're supposed to read between the lines?