Posted on 03/13/2009 2:08:52 PM PDT by vivalaoink
A member at ar15.com sent his congressman a teabag in the mail to protest their spending, and now his congressman's office is threatening him.
The member says, "I told her no malice intended and asked if it was illegal to mail a teabag. I told her it was a in protest in response to the votes of the Congressman. I also told her I thought maybe they would enjoy a good cup of tea this afternoon. She was not amused but acted dumb as to why I sent it. She also said a RECORD of this would be made."
Here is a link to the recording their office left on his voicemail:
http://s458.photobucket.com/albums/qq301/GizmoF69/?action=view¤t=0313091445.flv
(Excerpt) Read more at s458.photobucket.com ...
I guess the moral of this story is we are there to serve the members of congress - or be reported to the authorities
I think this member needs more tea.
or a good lawyer...
Good. It sounds like you got her attention.
“She also said a record of this would be made.”
Oooooh.
This ignorant twit probably didn’t even get the symbolism
and I’m guessing has probably never even heard of the Boston Tea Party.
The posting really didn’t say who the member of Congress was.
I know that if I sent my member of Congress a tea bag and they called me, hinting that they were gonna turn it over to the “authorities”, I’d have said GO RIGHT AHEAD!
It sounds like the congressional office is trying to practice a little intimidation...heavy emphasis on the word “little”.
I guess the 1st Amendment is dead now. I say bury the congress critter under tea bags.
What’s the deal with all of the threats against private citizens, the WH pressers bashing people, really, WTF????
Area code 856 - New Jersey.
Snotty attitude, condescending toward citizens.
Predictable.
ping
Send her a condom for future use in screwing the American taxpayer.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
These "royalty wannabes" need a remindin' of who's in charge around here...
Bump
Did she say it “would go on your permanent record”?
It's not like the member of ar15.com sent a handful of used brass in protest.
I'm really surprised that anyone in the Capitol got the teabag. I thought they had all their mail opened offsite because of their problems with anthrax.
Based on the phone number left on the voice mail, it is Congressman John Adler’s office
John Adler (3) D
Marlton, NJ 08053-3021
Phone: (856) 985-2777
Fax: (856) 985-2788
I would tend to agree that more tea bags are in order...
I believe this Congresscritter and idiot staffers could use a LOT more tea! I have plenty to contribute!
Who is the Congresscritter anyway??? Any links to more info?
What? She’s not into tea bagging?
Can you spell “O-L-I-G-A-R-C-H-Y”?????
The number they left in the voicemail is (856) 985-2777, which is, according to google, the office of John Adler (D)
From the audio tape, the congresscritter is
John Adler
28 North Maple
Marlton, NJ 08053-3021
Phone: (856) 985-2777
Fax: (856) 985-2788
Better be careful. Next you’ll be put on double secret probation.
Just to cover my bases I would send them an unopened box of tea bags. Dont think that is illegal to send in the mail.
Even if said twit HAD heard of the Boston Tea Party, she probably could not have understood the reference.
I would go along with having never heard of it. Most young folk cannot accurately place the CENTURY in which the Boston Tea Party took place, let alone what it was about.
New Jersey?!?!?! Git a rope. Oh wait, that would be racist. Nevermind.
I hope Rush, Hannity, Levin, Malkin, Beck, etc see this thread.
A pic of the creep to go with your info (good work, btw!)
Tell us who it is, so EVERYONE can send teabags. She’ll be making lots and lots of RECORDS.
Oh, and some other info from wikipedia:
* In September 2008, Adler was criticized for holding stock in Dow Chemical, a primary polluter of Lake Huron. This is seen as hypocritical, as Adler calls himself a champion of the environment. [54].
* In September 2008, it was revealed that Adler holds stock in Petro China, a company linked to the actions of genocide in Darfur, Sudan. Adler voted to divest New Jersey state funds from Sudanese interests, but did not remove his own finances from Petro China - thus prompting his opponent to bring the issue into public [54]. Adler has since divested in Petro China.
I agree. If we knew who the congressman was, we could all send him tea bags.
I'm in for doing that. We need more information.
“Just to cover my bases I would send them an unopened box of tea bags. Dont think that is illegal to send in the mail.”
Unopened, sealed in the plastic wrapping...there HAS to be an enterprising FReeper who wants to get into the “Tax Freedom Tea” tea bag industry...
Thank you — Mr. Adler’s gonna get a LOT more tea!
It time for ar15.com to stand up for their member.
She also said a RECORD of this would be made.”
Hell, I’d send her another.
Maybe a bottle of Vaseline would help matters.
I wonder if I’ll be threatened if I send one to Marky Mark Schauer.
we will just have to resort to guilt by association and send them all a tea bag. :)
I say that we send them used tea bags!!!
You know it is tea and I know it is tea but since 9-11, it is dumb to send federal offices anything except written correspondence. They will have to send out the tea bag to be tested since all the anthrax scares because it is coming into the office with flakes not in solid form.
There are a lot of sick people out there that would love to sneak something through their mail system.
If I was in the office, I would have reacted the same way. Think about what could be hidden in a tea bag and all of you might want to reconsider sending an actual tea bag. People need to use some common sense.
It’s congressman John Adler
Opie don’t like no tea.
When I first heard of this idea this is exactly what I thought the reponse would be, that and they’d ignore it.
I guess it’s a good thing he didn’t send bacon ...
Get this info to Oreilly and Glen Beck,,,let them put the hookie to him for a week or so and see how big a boy he is then.
I think he was dumb to put his name and address on it. Isn’t there a movement to mail one to the WH on 4/1?
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