Posted on 03/22/2009 4:07:28 PM PDT by Starman417
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:
(Excerpt) Read more at Flopping Aces ...
i would have to admit... it’d take a lot to keep me from activating my fire suppression gear (fire hose) in their general direction
either that or shower them with bird seed and watch as they get attacked
or i could combine the two... hose them down with something sticky, THEN sprinkle them with bird seed
I saw these bus-riding Commie scumbags on the news last night. ACORNS and union thugs. What a waste of perfectly good skin. They are the enemy of America.
No offense, but I’ll be damned if the PO is going to make me pay postage for a hand delivered letter, that’s just ridiculous and controlling.
You mean like our politicians who travel around the country on jets procured for free? People like that?
“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.”
We’ve seen their neighborhoods - we’ve been supporting them since LBJ with not a lick of improvement and they still WANT MORE. I doubt they had any among their crowd who were tax paying citizens who have lost their jobs. It’s a shame that cynicism has become a way of life for the rest of us.
Hey, they got Al Capone on tax evasion...
I started out living in your community when I first got married. Then we worked our butts off for 10 years to make sure we could live in our current community.
It’s illegal for anyone except the USPS to put anything in the mailbox, even if they had put a stamp on the envelope. I.e., when we’d do political lit drops, we have to put ot on a door knocker or at the doorstep, but cannot put in the mailbox. I believe that is the point. A minor infraction, no doubt, but worth looking into for the recipients.
Working Family Party, my ass. Just another left wing group. Do any of them work?
I want to know why the fool with the bullhorn was wearing dark glasses and a mask. Is he so cowardly, he doesn’t want his identity to be known? Some protest.
I think Mr. Poling should accept Mr. Jackson's invitation, & tell him:
My community looks the way it does because of the beauty of CAPITALISM;
Your community looks the way it does due to the evils of SOCIALISM (...& babies having babies; not having a father in the house; refusing to get an education; high crime rates; irresponsible drug use; not having a decent work ethic; etc., etc., etc.)
I want to know who leaked the addresses to ACORN. I also want to know how much TARP money ACORN is using to finance this Brownshirting activity. Bet you don’t see the IG of RATB investigating this.
"...Activists from ACORN and Connecticut Working Families Party took the tour to deliver letters to the executives thanking them for agreeing to return huge bonuses."
Lies on top of lies on top of lies.
LOl! Why not just tar and feather them?
where the fun in that? i want to watch them get pecked at for hours. i’d want the street in front of my place to look like a cross between the birds and dawn of the dead
:)
Yep! The politicians ain’t feeling NO PAIN - I think the Union dudes aren’t either - they have contracts...
""We're not looking for a fight. That will come later, when we have an army."
I would have a good .308 and plenty of loaded magazines ready for the first indication of ACORN intimidation.
Funny. ..John Christofferson, reporting for Google,I think; and picked up elsewhere; while not missing AIG names and addresses; managed to overlook or just missed reporting this 'insignificant' fact. . .
AIG folks have been receiving death threats and terrifying mob intimidation from the ACORN criminal gang.
if someone puts something in mailbox carrier is supposwed to collect them. the p.o. then sends a letter postage due for every piece collected.
Peple without jobs going to the homes of people with jobs to protest their success. What could be more American?
Is there anyone out there who still doesn’t think that there is a “Plan”?
Not sure, I think it’s a felony to put anything in a mailbox.
It is illegal and that broad should be arrested and do time!!!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.