Tuesday, October 13, 2009
You know who... aka
The new screen names..k5 for sure and most likely DPrice.......come on George Maudlin, honor your suspension! No wonder the real estate career is a bust...lack of morals!
Emerson Drake....
Why would you want MID board members voted out? Were they accused of stealing power like you were? Does Robert Stanford condone power theft? I think you both do!
Why The Spanish Call In Miami Monday Night?
The NFL has no business honoring Spanish Heritage week, or month, and for that matter, any heritage! It is a kids game, played by grown men for fan entertainment, and not some platform for a political or social statement. And I say this as a die hard Fin Fan since 1970. NFL, know your role, and know your product. I would not expect, nor want, a Caucasian Heritage week in a Latin country where a ref made a call in English during a soccer match. The bottom line is; wrong place, wrong time, wrong venue!
Monday, October 12, 2009
George Maudlin aka
HeyMoron, k5, BikeRackII. And so on. George Maudlin, I don't think Century 21 M&M and assc. would approve of your attack tactics that you use against me, and now my nephew. You are more than welcome to take pot shots, Emerson Drake would like the pun, at me, but rampage is my nephew and he is just doing what he thinks is right. So settle down old man, it is not in your best interest to attack this nice young man....and are you not banned for the week too?
A Great Week
Nothing better to receive a punishment for doing what is right. Emerson Drake; public speaker and writer at The Hive, was outed for the con man that he is. And Robert Stanford, is just as much of a fraud, and danger to Modesto residents as Mr. Drake. Though I doubt Stanford was preparing to distribute weed Like Emerson Drake. Then the fact that Emerson was also charged with power theft from MID.
I understand why Dan Day, from The Modesto Bee, suspended me, and a few others from The Hive. He wants to keep things calm and quiet in order to bring NewBees to The Hive. It is good for business, thus good for The Bee. I will blame Emerson Drake and Robert Stanford for the continued lies and attacks on good, hard working people and businesses. They needed to be called out on it, and they were, and they went into lie and deny mode. I have received nearly 75 e-mails from Modesto City residents saying thanks for the heads up about these two. I figure that if each one tells 10 people they know, Robert and Emerson will receive single digit vote counts and will never be elected to the city council. Nice knowing you two, good luck on your next scam in Modesto. This time though, "truthseekers" will be known for who he is; Emerson Drake.
I understand why Dan Day, from The Modesto Bee, suspended me, and a few others from The Hive. He wants to keep things calm and quiet in order to bring NewBees to The Hive. It is good for business, thus good for The Bee. I will blame Emerson Drake and Robert Stanford for the continued lies and attacks on good, hard working people and businesses. They needed to be called out on it, and they were, and they went into lie and deny mode. I have received nearly 75 e-mails from Modesto City residents saying thanks for the heads up about these two. I figure that if each one tells 10 people they know, Robert and Emerson will receive single digit vote counts and will never be elected to the city council. Nice knowing you two, good luck on your next scam in Modesto. This time though, "truthseekers" will be known for who he is; Emerson Drake.
MID Rate Increases Due To Power Theft?
Sounds like a fair question. What say you Emerson Drake and Robert Stanford? Emerson was charged for theft from....MID!LOL!
I know it's amazing...they operate with NO oversight
Submitted by truthseekers on Sat, 2009-10-10 07:06.
from the P.U.C.(Public Utility Commission). Van Groningen and Warda have rubberstamped every rate increase except this last one which was very close to the coming election.
Emerson.....you may have helped cost rate payers more.......you may have taken food off of someone's plate!
I know it's amazing...they operate with NO oversight
Submitted by truthseekers on Sat, 2009-10-10 07:06.
from the P.U.C.(Public Utility Commission). Van Groningen and Warda have rubberstamped every rate increase except this last one which was very close to the coming election.
Emerson.....you may have helped cost rate payers more.......you may have taken food off of someone's plate!
George Maudlin aka
Georgie boy rats himself out. Keep up the lies!
Thank You JoeMcCarthynew
Submitted by K5 on Sun, 2009-10-11 23:59.
Reconciliation always possible. I pray for that, but only God knows. Honestly at this point, I can take it either way. My life is good, pretty complete and will go on. Hive has not helped, only made things worse and LSK sticking her nose in private matters has worsened the situation. She knows that and could care less. That I know for sure and have been hurt greatly by LSK's obsessive bashing into almost every aspect of my life. Very disappointed in your behavior LSK, not only as a 12 step person, but a Christian as well.
Anyway, perhaps we can meet for coffee at Five Points soon. I work all day but with some shuffling on certain days would like to meet.
Semper Fi.
PS: JoeM. The modbee suspended my BikeRackII name for two weeks. So I use either HeyMoron or K5. lol.
Heaton needed to be suspended. Three more bloggers to go I hear, and it's being thoroughly looked at this week, Wayne says.
Thank You JoeMcCarthynew
Submitted by K5 on Sun, 2009-10-11 23:59.
Reconciliation always possible. I pray for that, but only God knows. Honestly at this point, I can take it either way. My life is good, pretty complete and will go on. Hive has not helped, only made things worse and LSK sticking her nose in private matters has worsened the situation. She knows that and could care less. That I know for sure and have been hurt greatly by LSK's obsessive bashing into almost every aspect of my life. Very disappointed in your behavior LSK, not only as a 12 step person, but a Christian as well.
Anyway, perhaps we can meet for coffee at Five Points soon. I work all day but with some shuffling on certain days would like to meet.
Semper Fi.
PS: JoeM. The modbee suspended my BikeRackII name for two weeks. So I use either HeyMoron or K5. lol.
Heaton needed to be suspended. Three more bloggers to go I hear, and it's being thoroughly looked at this week, Wayne says.
Emerson Drake And Robert Stanford
Had to save this post from The Hive before it went poof. These two guys need to be accountable to the people of Modesto...
Hey Emerson....
Submitted by jheaton on Sun, 2009-10-11 09:18.
maybe you and your candidate Robert Stanford can speak about this?! You have no problem attacking his/your opponents. Maybe it is time your opponents ask you fellows some questions!
Posted on Fri, Apr. 04, 2008
Law & Order
last updated: April 04, 2008 04:09:33 AM
POLICE FIND MARIJUANA OPERATION: A strong odor led narcotics investigators to northeast Modesto home where they discovered a large indoor marijuana growing operation that had produced about $160,000 worth of dope, Modesto police reported Thursday. Police arrested Emerson Drake, 55, at the home on the 3200 block of Canopy Court. He was booked on suspicion of cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sales and theft of electricity, Lt. Chris Fuzie said. The Modesto police Narcotics Enforcement Team and the Stanislaus Drug Enforcement Agency received information about the strong marijuana odor in the area of Kee Lane and Canopy Court, just east of Roselle Avenue and south of Sylvan Avenue. Fuzie said the investigators checked and could smell the odor for about two blocks in all directions. Police served a search warrant Tuesday with assistance from the Stanislaus County sheriff's Special Team Investigating Narcotics and Gangs. Fuzie said the investigators found the marijuana growing in three bedrooms that contained 97 budding plants with an estimated street value of $100,000 along with about 18 pounds of packaged pot with an estimated street value of $60,000. He said authorities seized the marijuana and the growing equipment worth approximately $20,000. The rental property had been converted into a growing operation. Fuzie said the house contained little more than a bed. The property owner told police he had no idea what was going on in the house and said a property management company was renting the house for him, Fuzie said.
Hey Emerson....
Submitted by jheaton on Sun, 2009-10-11 09:18.
maybe you and your candidate Robert Stanford can speak about this?! You have no problem attacking his/your opponents. Maybe it is time your opponents ask you fellows some questions!
Posted on Fri, Apr. 04, 2008
Law & Order
last updated: April 04, 2008 04:09:33 AM
POLICE FIND MARIJUANA OPERATION: A strong odor led narcotics investigators to northeast Modesto home where they discovered a large indoor marijuana growing operation that had produced about $160,000 worth of dope, Modesto police reported Thursday. Police arrested Emerson Drake, 55, at the home on the 3200 block of Canopy Court. He was booked on suspicion of cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sales and theft of electricity, Lt. Chris Fuzie said. The Modesto police Narcotics Enforcement Team and the Stanislaus Drug Enforcement Agency received information about the strong marijuana odor in the area of Kee Lane and Canopy Court, just east of Roselle Avenue and south of Sylvan Avenue. Fuzie said the investigators checked and could smell the odor for about two blocks in all directions. Police served a search warrant Tuesday with assistance from the Stanislaus County sheriff's Special Team Investigating Narcotics and Gangs. Fuzie said the investigators found the marijuana growing in three bedrooms that contained 97 budding plants with an estimated street value of $100,000 along with about 18 pounds of packaged pot with an estimated street value of $60,000. He said authorities seized the marijuana and the growing equipment worth approximately $20,000. The rental property had been converted into a growing operation. Fuzie said the house contained little more than a bed. The property owner told police he had no idea what was going on in the house and said a property management company was renting the house for him, Fuzie said.
Emerson Drake Who Is Working For Robert Stanford
Emerson Drake has this to say about local real estate developers;
http://thehive.modbee.com/node/16202#comment-109320
After all the robber barons of Modesto are the Developersnew
Submitted by truthseekers on Sat, 2009-10-10 10:06.
Now they want us to pay for the annexations. Why don't they just cut us a check for the sewer costs?
Emerson Drake aslo is a vital staff member of Robert Stanford, so his words are also Robert's words? I say yes. Beware of these two city of Modesto residents. Emerson was convicted of growing weed with the intent to distribute and Robert Stanford condones Emerson's past.
http://thehive.modbee.com/node/16202#comment-109320
After all the robber barons of Modesto are the Developersnew
Submitted by truthseekers on Sat, 2009-10-10 10:06.
Now they want us to pay for the annexations. Why don't they just cut us a check for the sewer costs?
Emerson Drake aslo is a vital staff member of Robert Stanford, so his words are also Robert's words? I say yes. Beware of these two city of Modesto residents. Emerson was convicted of growing weed with the intent to distribute and Robert Stanford condones Emerson's past.
Emerson Drake Is Interested In Trimming MID's Debt?
The same Emerson Drake of Modesto who was growing weed in a house he rented for that sole purpose. He was charged with stealing from MID. The Modesto Bee published a story telling of Emerson Drake's run in with the law. So Emerson; Staff member of Robert Stanford, did you stael from MID? Be the tranparent one for a change.....since you demand it of others!
http://thehive.modbee.com/node/16233
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MID is over $1 BILLION Dollars In Debt and Yet They Refuse to Supply Directors With a Line Item Budget...Why?
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Submitted by truthseekers on Mon, 2009-10-12 07:56.
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Hello To The Hive Readers
Looks like asking public figures to be accountable for their actions is not allowed in some forums, so I am on a timeout from The Bosses at The Bee's Hive. Probably do to the fact that a local supporter, and staff member, of wannabe politician Roberts Stanford, Emerson Drake, was arrested for growing,with intent to sell, marijuana, he was also accused of stealing power from MID. So when this bright light of truth was uncovered, Mr. Drake, aka truthseekers went into hiding for a few days until Robert and he came up with a plan to deal with it. And, with out fail Emerson denies the whole issue saying that the police lied, the Modesto Bee lied, and he never stole from MID. And now he continues to attack the ones who were involved in his arrest and conviction. So those who support Robert Stanford for Modesto City council, you are supporting a person who condones Emerson Drakes criminal record.....And Robert Stanford is still the man who says that Stanislaus county Sheriff officers are "murderers."
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Canidate For Modesto Seat 4 May Have A Huge Problem
Robert Stanford has attacked local law enforcement and city council members. He also has a "staff" member; Emerson Drake, who has done the same and also has attacked MID. Now Modesto residents may know the reason why Emerson, and Robert, attack often without solid proof. There might be a possibilty that Emerson Drake has some legal issues. I am not saying for sure that this is the same Emerson Drake, and everybody deserves their day in court. So this person is innocent until proven guilty. But go to this county site and type in Emerson Drake...... and begin to ask questions about this man and the candidate he works for.
http://caseindex.stanct.org:8080/CaseIndex/
http://caseindex.stanct.org:8080/CaseIndex/
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Many Illegals Are Self Deporting
With the Bee's article today stating:
— Many immigrants have moved out. The percentage of foreign-born residents was lower in 2008 than the year before, as was the percentage of non-citizens.
— White, non-Hispanic residents became a minority in Stanislaus County last year for the first time.
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/863567.html
I wouild ask two questions? Is the word immigrant being used in place of "illegal" and who cares what the color or racial make up is of the local population is as long as everyone is a legal resident? Of course the vast majority are illegals. Why I am asking these questions that most writers will not, "How many of the "immigrants" are fluent in English? Speaking and writing English is imporatnt for doing well in school and life here in America. There is an upside to "immigrants" leaving the area, less stress on social services the illegals are not entitled to thus spending less of my tax dollar. Test scores in school going up, less need for bi-lingual support and classes, heck, less traffic and crime. Sounds like a win win win situation. Let's hope the trend continues with "immigrants."
I am all for legal immigration as long as the numbers are regulated and background checks are done. As for the illegal immigrants? They can't self deport fast enough! And thanks for trashing our nation.
Typo of fluid for fluent fixed thanks to the keen eye of a product of illegal aliens......Wow, finaly a contribution to our country RicardoPee!
— Many immigrants have moved out. The percentage of foreign-born residents was lower in 2008 than the year before, as was the percentage of non-citizens.
— White, non-Hispanic residents became a minority in Stanislaus County last year for the first time.
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/863567.html
I wouild ask two questions? Is the word immigrant being used in place of "illegal" and who cares what the color or racial make up is of the local population is as long as everyone is a legal resident? Of course the vast majority are illegals. Why I am asking these questions that most writers will not, "How many of the "immigrants" are fluent in English? Speaking and writing English is imporatnt for doing well in school and life here in America. There is an upside to "immigrants" leaving the area, less stress on social services the illegals are not entitled to thus spending less of my tax dollar. Test scores in school going up, less need for bi-lingual support and classes, heck, less traffic and crime. Sounds like a win win win situation. Let's hope the trend continues with "immigrants."
I am all for legal immigration as long as the numbers are regulated and background checks are done. As for the illegal immigrants? They can't self deport fast enough! And thanks for trashing our nation.
Typo of fluid for fluent fixed thanks to the keen eye of a product of illegal aliens......Wow, finaly a contribution to our country RicardoPee!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Emerson Drake: Words Of A LIar
For those of you who are new readers here, and I appreciate the new ones for the e-mails, Emerson Drake is also known as the blogger truthseekers. I can tell you from personal experience he is a liar. I spoke with him, in person, a few years back and he was polite, and well spoken, and we had a good conversation. No name calling or anything mean spirited. Of course that has changed since he is a Jekyll and Hyde character. So a big your welcome to those who were curious to who the screen names that whines and lies is. And here is some more hubris from the lumpy dude in the Don Ho shirt!
http://thehive.modbee.com/node/15676#new
Greeed, Special Interests, Developers and Two City Council Candidates...
Submitted by truthseekers on Sun, 2009-09-20 05:27.
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Well it's quickly becoming politics as usual in Modesto. Two candidates that have heavily financed campaigns due to developers, Real Estate groups who are salavating at the prospect and certain "business" groups who would ask the taxpayers and ratepayers of Modesto to finance their dreams of averice.
Joe Muratore and Kristin Olsen represent special interest groups and not the people of Modesto.
One shining example is Measure "M" which is an advisory question regarding five areas in North Modesto they want us to annex. Now if we do, it's a certainity that water and sewer rates will rise in order to lay the ground work for their greed. I ask you, is that what we want? Can you afford to take money out of the mouths of your family and give it to some of the same developers who brought us the Village I debacle?
It's bad enough that "M" is an advisory vote which means the City Council can damn well do what ever it feels like it regardless of the vote.
That's why we need to take a serious look at what the candidates really stand for and not just their claims.
Is Olsen an independent voice? Not by her actions or her connections and not by the money she's collected so far. The very same can be said about Joe Muratore. Much of their money flows from the same spigot. How do you think they collected the sums they have so far?
Of the seven people running for City Council in Modesto these two(Muratore and Olsen)are most closely linked to people who are concerned about lining their pockets with money they will take from us. Yes us the taxpayers, the rate payers...the Citizens of Modesto.
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http://thehive.modbee.com/node/15676#new
Greeed, Special Interests, Developers and Two City Council Candidates...
Submitted by truthseekers on Sun, 2009-09-20 05:27.
Consumers
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Well it's quickly becoming politics as usual in Modesto. Two candidates that have heavily financed campaigns due to developers, Real Estate groups who are salavating at the prospect and certain "business" groups who would ask the taxpayers and ratepayers of Modesto to finance their dreams of averice.
Joe Muratore and Kristin Olsen represent special interest groups and not the people of Modesto.
One shining example is Measure "M" which is an advisory question regarding five areas in North Modesto they want us to annex. Now if we do, it's a certainity that water and sewer rates will rise in order to lay the ground work for their greed. I ask you, is that what we want? Can you afford to take money out of the mouths of your family and give it to some of the same developers who brought us the Village I debacle?
It's bad enough that "M" is an advisory vote which means the City Council can damn well do what ever it feels like it regardless of the vote.
That's why we need to take a serious look at what the candidates really stand for and not just their claims.
Is Olsen an independent voice? Not by her actions or her connections and not by the money she's collected so far. The very same can be said about Joe Muratore. Much of their money flows from the same spigot. How do you think they collected the sums they have so far?
Of the seven people running for City Council in Modesto these two(Muratore and Olsen)are most closely linked to people who are concerned about lining their pockets with money they will take from us. Yes us the taxpayers, the rate payers...the Citizens of Modesto.
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Is This Local Modesto Real Estate Agent Someone You Would Want Representing You?
This G. Maudlin guy has quite the way with words.....
"Sounds like you,... except Ham didn't have the cheap Keystone Beer belly you have. No doubt he was smarter too.
How tall are you Dunce,....5 feet 6 inches?"
How tall are you Dunce,....5 feet 6 inches?"
why are there no African American or Hispanic tea baggies?
I just think the Republican right is going to assassinate him.
http://thehive.modbee.com/user/30804/track
Hope the Savage Weenie never comes back on Radio
Submitted by BikeRackII on Fri, 2009-09-18 22:37.
in the United States.
The dude should be waterboarded. He has helped ruin our once classy, fine Country.
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I saw comrade Dunce at Save Mart
Submitted by BikeRackII on Fri, 2009-09-18 22:42.
He was crying his eyes out. I said what's wrong Dingo Dunce? He said he was so saddened about "The Sav" (as he call him), cause he may never be back on radical, Republican, right wing talk Radio again.
He's looking for a new parrot. I pointed to a jackass parked in the parking lot and he seemed interested.
Hope the Savage Weenie never comes back on Radio
Submitted by BikeRackII on Fri, 2009-09-18 22:37.
in the United States.
The dude should be waterboarded. He has helped ruin our once classy, fine Country.
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I saw comrade Dunce at Save Mart
Submitted by BikeRackII on Fri, 2009-09-18 22:42.
He was crying his eyes out. I said what's wrong Dingo Dunce? He said he was so saddened about "The Sav" (as he call him), cause he may never be back on radical, Republican, right wing talk Radio again.
He's looking for a new parrot. I pointed to a jackass parked in the parking lot and he seemed interested.
I led the Peckerwoods in State turf wars against
Submitted by BikeRackII on Fri, 2009-09-18 23:51.
the Norteno's, Serrano's, Jalapeno's and the Cheetos. This started in 1917 and our last engagement was December 7, 2008. We finally took um out with our "heavy stones".
But don't tell anyone, OK?
Good Bye Eric
Submitted by BikeRackII on Wed, 2009-09-16 23:55.
Your very lucky you have a screen between you and I. Trust me on that one punk.
And you just gotta love a real estate agent that will "throw down" for his client! But look at the guy, I doubt if he could inflict any damage on anyone!
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Another Person Causes Their Own Demise
Looks like another guy who refused to follow LE officers directions and began to fight with them has died from his unruly behavior. It is very simple, follow directions, wait for your day in court. Tasers have saved more lives than they have taken. Many cases, if it were not for a taser, LE officers would have used their firearms, and rightfuly so. So don't buy into the the deceitful words of some who dislike all LE officers, tasers have saved many LE officers lives, and have allowed them to return home to their families after doing a job that most people would not.
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/860273.html
This is the third time in five months an inmate has died while in custody after law enforcement officials used Tasers to subdue the men...
On Wednesday, the deputies were trying to move Ham to a cell for his safety because he had "exhibited irrational behavior and was combative," according to the news release. Ham stood 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighed 200 pounds.
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/860273.html
This is the third time in five months an inmate has died while in custody after law enforcement officials used Tasers to subdue the men...
On Wednesday, the deputies were trying to move Ham to a cell for his safety because he had "exhibited irrational behavior and was combative," according to the news release. Ham stood 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighed 200 pounds.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Emerson Drake Of Modesto Attacks George Petralukas
AKA truthseekers, also known as Tex, has a problem with George Petralukas . It is not clear why Emerson Drake attacks this man, along with Modesto City council members, he enjoys attacking a certain female member Olsen. I can only guess he is a rabid misogynist. Here is the link.... http://thehive.modbee.com/node/15622#new
Look at my other post that shows this guy speaking to the council.....and watch how he is easily shot down by Olsen. Don't miss this human fart speak on the Morning mayor with Carmen Sabatino......... For my loyal followers, please dtop by The Hive and post to truthseekers' blog using his real name......or even use Tex... he really enjoys it!
ps..he is the guy with the bad shirt!
http://www.modestogov.com/sirepub/pubmtgframe.aspx?meetid=176&doctype=AGENDA
Look at my other post that shows this guy speaking to the council.....and watch how he is easily shot down by Olsen. Don't miss this human fart speak on the Morning mayor with Carmen Sabatino......... For my loyal followers, please dtop by The Hive and post to truthseekers' blog using his real name......or even use Tex... he really enjoys it!
ps..he is the guy with the bad shirt!
http://www.modestogov.com/sirepub/pubmtgframe.aspx?meetid=176&doctype=AGENDA
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Wants President Placed In A Cage?
This is what a local real estate agent has posted on The Hive's blog site. This guy is truly has a screw loose. If you navigate around The Hive, you will also see he is quite abusive to Catholics and women. And his comrade dunce blast is directed towards me and other conservative Christian white males. Real estate sales agent George Maudlin of Modesto appears to be an equal opportunity hater.
http://thehive.modbee.com/node/15526#new
Whatever we do, let's not get to close. new
Submitted by BikeRackII on Fri, 2009-09-11 17:02.
Lock Obama in a cage, paint him up so as to look "normal" to hillbilly Americans, and sent the cage around the schools in America so the children could see their leader in person.
Good idea huh, comrade Dunce.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
From Vanjo To JeJo To CaSun
Barry Hussein's radical ties just keeping oozing to the surface. As I have said all along, the people you hang with, call friends and mentors, say a lot about who you are. And we now see, those with eyes open, that Barry is a dangerous leftist radical from the ilk of the 60's devil spawns. And they are guiding the Chump and Chief.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/ny_tax_funded_ex_terrorist_ktSaBCwrr6MDK2gMz7xqhN
VAN Jones resigned as White House green-jobs czar after the public got a look at his history of radical activism, including his time building the so-called Apollo Alliance -- a coalition of left-wing interest groups unified around the green-jobs concept. But another, even more radical Jones (not related) is leading Apollo's New York state activities.
Jeff Jones was a domestic terrorist in the late '60s and a fugitive from justice throughout the '70s -- yet now he's a leader of an influential, taxpayer-funded group.
Jones was a fugitive from justice for 11 years. His own account at his Web site says: "As a leader of the Weather Underground, Jeff evaded an intense FBI manhunt for more than a decade. In 1981, they finally got him. Twenty special agents battered down the door of the Bronx apartment where he was living with his wife and four-year-old son."
With Mark Rudd and Bill Ayers, Jones in 1969 co-founded the radical Weatherman, which orchestrated the violent "Days of Rage" riots in Chicago, and later undertook an anti-government bombing campaign. Three of its members died when a bomb they were constructing to attack Fort Dix accidentally detonated in Greenwich Village.
And Jones is still proud of his terrorist activities -- saying as recently as 2004: "To this day, we still, lots of us, including me, still think it was the right thing to try to do."
Now, Jones is back to revolutionary organizing -- but with taxpayers footing the bill. He's the director of the Apollo Alliance's New York affiliate and a consultant to the national group.
Apollo unifies the three most powerful elements of the political left -- environmental groups, labor unions and street organizers like ACORN -- and points them toward a common goal that enriches all of them under the banner of "green jobs." (Van Jones was an Apollo board member until he joined the White House staff.)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid recently credited Apollo with helping write the stimulus bill and getting it passed. Yet the stimulus' "green jobs" provisions funnel federal tax dollars to unions, green groups and community organizers -- that is, the organizations that make up Apollo.
Green jobs serve a political purpose, but not an economic one. The evidence from Spain and elsewhere is ample -- each green job created destroys more than two other jobs elsewhere in the economy.
Jeff Jones counts among his consulting clients (along with Apollo) a half-dozen state and local environmental groups and the Workforce Development Institute (WDI), a union-controlled organization ("developed in partnership with the NYS AFL-CIO," it says) that works with state and local government and universities.
WDI's mission is to support union influence on state and local governments. It gets state tax dollars to do it -- to the tune of $4.8 million in this year's Education, Labor and Family Assistance budget bill.
WDI is so tightly integrated with Apollo that it features a full page of Apollo information on its Web site (wdiny.org), which appears to be the primary Web presence of Apollo's New York branch. WDI encourages its members and program participants to attend Apollo Alliance events.
As a consultant to WDI, Jones is helping write the grant proposals for federal stimulus funds -- funds authorized in the bill Apollo helped write, presumably ensuring that taxpayer dollars end up in the hands of groups that share Apollo's political agenda.
Anyone should be entitled to spend his or her own money on political organizing, but Apollo and WDI are spending taxpayer dollars to organize a coalition of extreme environmentalists, labor unions and social-justice street organizers.
That's bad enough in itself, but to have the effort spearheaded by an unrepentant domestic terrorist is a true outrage.
Phil Kerpen is director of policy for Ameri cans for Prosperity. philkerpen.com
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/09/sunstein-flunks-gun-rights-test/
Harvard Law School professor Cass R. Sunstein, the president's embattled nominee to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, misfired one time too many.
Mr. Sunstein has been assuring Second Amendment advocates, including key Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, that he strongly believes the Constitution protects an individual right to bear arms. In a July 14 letter clarifying his positions at the request of the senator, Mr. Sunstein wrote: "Your first question involved the Second Amendment. I strongly believe that the Second Amendment creates an individual right to possess and use guns for purposes of both hunting and self-defense. I agree with the Supreme Court's decision in the Heller case, clearly recognizing the individual right to have guns for hunting and self-defense. If confirmed, I would respect the Second Amendment and the individual right that it recognizes."
There's no wiggle room in that statement, and Mr. Chambliss dropped his hold on the nomination based on Mr. Sunstein's assurances. But it turns out that the professor has held a certain contempt for the very viewpoint he suddenly claims to espouse.
A videotape has surfaced of a lecture Mr. Sunstein gave at the University of Chicago on Oct. 23, 2007. Here is what he said: "My coming view is that the individual right to bear arms reflects the success of an extremely aggressive and resourceful social movement and has much less to do with good standard legal arguments than [it] appears." Discussing the anti-gun laws in the District of Columbia, he said a critic of such strict gun control would say that a "trigger lock interferes with his efforts at self-defense against criminals. What on Earth does that have to do with the Second Amendment as originally understood?"
Later in the lecture, Mr. Sunstein said, "My tentative suggestion is that the individual right to have guns as it's being conceptualized now is best taken as a contemporary creation and a reflection of current fears - not a reading of civic-centered founding debates."
Mr. Sunstein's overt hostility to the idea that the Constitution protects an individual right to bear arms, including for purposes of self-defense, is not something that should be welcomed from somebody whose job might entail weighing in on the value of anti-gun regulations. It also makes his more recent assurances that he is a Second Amendment stalwart seem rather disingenuous, at the very least.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/ny_tax_funded_ex_terrorist_ktSaBCwrr6MDK2gMz7xqhN
VAN Jones resigned as White House green-jobs czar after the public got a look at his history of radical activism, including his time building the so-called Apollo Alliance -- a coalition of left-wing interest groups unified around the green-jobs concept. But another, even more radical Jones (not related) is leading Apollo's New York state activities.
Jeff Jones was a domestic terrorist in the late '60s and a fugitive from justice throughout the '70s -- yet now he's a leader of an influential, taxpayer-funded group.
Jones was a fugitive from justice for 11 years. His own account at his Web site says: "As a leader of the Weather Underground, Jeff evaded an intense FBI manhunt for more than a decade. In 1981, they finally got him. Twenty special agents battered down the door of the Bronx apartment where he was living with his wife and four-year-old son."
With Mark Rudd and Bill Ayers, Jones in 1969 co-founded the radical Weatherman, which orchestrated the violent "Days of Rage" riots in Chicago, and later undertook an anti-government bombing campaign. Three of its members died when a bomb they were constructing to attack Fort Dix accidentally detonated in Greenwich Village.
And Jones is still proud of his terrorist activities -- saying as recently as 2004: "To this day, we still, lots of us, including me, still think it was the right thing to try to do."
Now, Jones is back to revolutionary organizing -- but with taxpayers footing the bill. He's the director of the Apollo Alliance's New York affiliate and a consultant to the national group.
Apollo unifies the three most powerful elements of the political left -- environmental groups, labor unions and street organizers like ACORN -- and points them toward a common goal that enriches all of them under the banner of "green jobs." (Van Jones was an Apollo board member until he joined the White House staff.)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid recently credited Apollo with helping write the stimulus bill and getting it passed. Yet the stimulus' "green jobs" provisions funnel federal tax dollars to unions, green groups and community organizers -- that is, the organizations that make up Apollo.
Green jobs serve a political purpose, but not an economic one. The evidence from Spain and elsewhere is ample -- each green job created destroys more than two other jobs elsewhere in the economy.
Jeff Jones counts among his consulting clients (along with Apollo) a half-dozen state and local environmental groups and the Workforce Development Institute (WDI), a union-controlled organization ("developed in partnership with the NYS AFL-CIO," it says) that works with state and local government and universities.
WDI's mission is to support union influence on state and local governments. It gets state tax dollars to do it -- to the tune of $4.8 million in this year's Education, Labor and Family Assistance budget bill.
WDI is so tightly integrated with Apollo that it features a full page of Apollo information on its Web site (wdiny.org), which appears to be the primary Web presence of Apollo's New York branch. WDI encourages its members and program participants to attend Apollo Alliance events.
As a consultant to WDI, Jones is helping write the grant proposals for federal stimulus funds -- funds authorized in the bill Apollo helped write, presumably ensuring that taxpayer dollars end up in the hands of groups that share Apollo's political agenda.
Anyone should be entitled to spend his or her own money on political organizing, but Apollo and WDI are spending taxpayer dollars to organize a coalition of extreme environmentalists, labor unions and social-justice street organizers.
That's bad enough in itself, but to have the effort spearheaded by an unrepentant domestic terrorist is a true outrage.
Phil Kerpen is director of policy for Ameri cans for Prosperity. philkerpen.com
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/09/sunstein-flunks-gun-rights-test/
Harvard Law School professor Cass R. Sunstein, the president's embattled nominee to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, misfired one time too many.
Mr. Sunstein has been assuring Second Amendment advocates, including key Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, that he strongly believes the Constitution protects an individual right to bear arms. In a July 14 letter clarifying his positions at the request of the senator, Mr. Sunstein wrote: "Your first question involved the Second Amendment. I strongly believe that the Second Amendment creates an individual right to possess and use guns for purposes of both hunting and self-defense. I agree with the Supreme Court's decision in the Heller case, clearly recognizing the individual right to have guns for hunting and self-defense. If confirmed, I would respect the Second Amendment and the individual right that it recognizes."
There's no wiggle room in that statement, and Mr. Chambliss dropped his hold on the nomination based on Mr. Sunstein's assurances. But it turns out that the professor has held a certain contempt for the very viewpoint he suddenly claims to espouse.
A videotape has surfaced of a lecture Mr. Sunstein gave at the University of Chicago on Oct. 23, 2007. Here is what he said: "My coming view is that the individual right to bear arms reflects the success of an extremely aggressive and resourceful social movement and has much less to do with good standard legal arguments than [it] appears." Discussing the anti-gun laws in the District of Columbia, he said a critic of such strict gun control would say that a "trigger lock interferes with his efforts at self-defense against criminals. What on Earth does that have to do with the Second Amendment as originally understood?"
Later in the lecture, Mr. Sunstein said, "My tentative suggestion is that the individual right to have guns as it's being conceptualized now is best taken as a contemporary creation and a reflection of current fears - not a reading of civic-centered founding debates."
Mr. Sunstein's overt hostility to the idea that the Constitution protects an individual right to bear arms, including for purposes of self-defense, is not something that should be welcomed from somebody whose job might entail weighing in on the value of anti-gun regulations. It also makes his more recent assurances that he is a Second Amendment stalwart seem rather disingenuous, at the very least.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Emerson Drake Attacks His "Foes" As Nazis?
This is what truthseekers...aka Emerson Drake, is attempting to do in this recent post at The Hive. He can be seen on video at a recent city council meeting. He has attacked PMZ and others around the Modesto City area with false claims. He links to The Voice of Modesto as to blurr the lines between his own words and someone elses. Typical for this individual.
http://thehive.modbee.com/node/15507#new
Modesto Tea Party, What the Bee didn't Show us...Conservatives Cheer Swastika Here in Modesto...See the Picture
Submitted by truthseekers on Tue, 2009-09-08 18:06.
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Modesto Tea Party, What the Bee Didn’t Show You
The conservative wing of the Republican Party threw a tea party at noon on August 14, at 1010 10th St. in the Plaza. Attending, along with at least one out of town minister, were local DJ Dave Diamond, George Petralakis (who is the political money dispenser and door man for the developers and Mike Zagaris), and Joan Clendenin, Vice-Chair of the Republican party along with about 150 of their friends.
Although most of the exchanges between the two groups were spirited, I was dismayed by something I saw on the teabaggers side. It was a sign being carried by a local and before it’s suggested, it wasn’t an ACORN plant. The sign was cheered by the rowdy throng of “baggers.” President Obama in white face and a swastika were prominently displayed.
http://thehive.modbee.com/node/15507#new
Modesto Tea Party, What the Bee didn't Show us...Conservatives Cheer Swastika Here in Modesto...See the Picture
Submitted by truthseekers on Tue, 2009-09-08 18:06.
Education
General Debate
History/Culture
Modesto
Politics/Social Action
Modesto Tea Party, What the Bee Didn’t Show You
The conservative wing of the Republican Party threw a tea party at noon on August 14, at 1010 10th St. in the Plaza. Attending, along with at least one out of town minister, were local DJ Dave Diamond, George Petralakis (who is the political money dispenser and door man for the developers and Mike Zagaris), and Joan Clendenin, Vice-Chair of the Republican party along with about 150 of their friends.
Although most of the exchanges between the two groups were spirited, I was dismayed by something I saw on the teabaggers side. It was a sign being carried by a local and before it’s suggested, it wasn’t an ACORN plant. The sign was cheered by the rowdy throng of “baggers.” President Obama in white face and a swastika were prominently displayed.
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