Nasty exchange

My somewhat nasty exchange with Chris Reed of the San Diego Union Tribune . I was responding to this:

The 50th election was stolen!
So Washington Post political blogger Emily Messner encourages her readers to believe.

-----Original Message-----From: bugged voter [mailto:buggedvoter@yahoo.com]Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 3:58 PMTo: Reed, ChrisSubject: ?

Hmmmm. Shouldn't have expected anything less from the Republican leaning, defense contractor (advertisement) moola accepting right-wing fishwrap.
Here's how I see it, you idiotic twit, and I'm not the only one who sees through the bullshit.
http://politickybitch.blogspot.com/2006/06/50th-clinging-desperately-to-status.html

Talk to that prick Grover Norquist lately?

Here, honey, you're gonna need this, and the repugnant thuglicans won't offer it to you:








Real classy. Believe it or not, I didn't vote for Bush in 2004. But no, if you don't believe in a Specific Set of Truths, you're an "idiotic twit." Nice.






-----Original Message-----From: bugged voter [mailto:buggedvoter@yahoo.com]Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 6:05 PMTo: Reed, ChrisSubject: RE: ?
Fabulous, you want a brownie button for not voting for Bush in 04?
Does it really matter who voted at all?
Do you have any idea what a systems analyst is? I do, I called him dad. They fix bugs in computer programs. Ask a few of them how they feel about the voting machines. I'm sure there are plenty to ask, I've asked. Bet you didn't even think that's why I chose this e-mail address, did you?

Looks like "classy" overrides smart.....again.

No, as a matter of fact, you won't get "classy" out of me. If I thought the UT treated it's readers with one iota of respect I might approach the organization with more respect. They have an inordinate amount of respect for the defense contractors who pay the bills.

Did you expect me to apologize for throwing out the truth as I see it?

I've been told that I am brutally honest. I wear that badge proudly, and I live in my skin comfortably. I tried nice. Didn't work for me.

What is your definition of a Specific Set of Truths?

Pr'haps you're not an idiot, just paid to not offend the advertisers. I know of a lot of "classy" whores, most of them in the "representative" bizness, or the media.

chris.reed@uniontrib.com wrote:

Your "brutal honesty" isn't. You demand others believe in things for which there are no evidence, and if they don't, you start calling them names, all the while congratulating yourself for being morally and intellectually superior.

Have a nice life. Enjoy losing election after election.

Okay asshole, now I'm pissed.

I replied something like, of course there is evidence, but your organization will never investigate it because the system works for your organization. And sent this along.

morally superior republican "representavtive's " children (Bilbray)

you didn't answer my question, but that is not what someone in your position, or anyone on the right does any more...


chris.reed@uniontrib.com wrote:

You ARE morally superior! You think it's proper to pick on children of politicians you don't like! Your brutal honesty is soooooooo impressive!

Please, buggedvoter, go bug someone else. It's obvious I am too dumb to appreciate your fine qualities. Perhaps you can spend your time trolling on MySpace for embarrassing photos of children of journalists you don't like. It's the sort of thing morally superior people do.

Thanks for many, many good laughs today


Hmmm, embarassing photos of journalist's children?

Why the hell did this guy respond to me at all?

Should I send him some Depends?

Do you know where your pension is invested?

This week, NOW takes a close look at hedge funds—sometimes secretive and often very risky investment accounts that have brought incredible wealth and power to some, but with the potential to spell dire consequences for ordinary Americans.
(26 minute video)
Brancaccio doesn't mention in the video that Gary Aguirre and Mike Aguirre are brothers. I think their parents should be proud. It takes courage to keep following the money trail even when it leads to what may be the rich and powerful committing fraud.

This Aguirre's fight is with SEC He says he was fired for pressing a probe
By Bruce V. Bigelow UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
December 24, 2006

Gary Aguirre's Sacking Should Spur Probe
Published on July 20, 2006
By Don Bauder

Big fish swim freely in SEC pond
Commentary: Former investigator has exposed agency's fear of the powerful
By David Weidner, MarketWatch
Last Update: 12:10 PM ET Dec 7, 2006

Chris Reed of the U-T said "reader complains that this is mean-spirited. If it comes across that way, that wasn't my intention. Whatever my opinion of Mike Aguirre, I don't know Gary Aguirre and have no way of judging his allegations."
I'm not linking to Chris Reed's blog because he IS mean spirited. Bulldog for the rich and powerful in this county if you ask me. I had a quite nasty email exchange with him over those expensive garbage voting machines, and the behavior of my congressional representative's children. I was quite angry and I have a tendency to become mean spirited also. This bitch bites. You've been warned.

Letters to the editor indicate that citizens like Mike Aguirre


So when the elite (and their bought and paid for "journalists") try to blame the middle class for for tanking the world economy:
Low savings rate in U.S. seen as danger

It's totally ludicrous. The elite are sucking everything they can out of the middle class. In fact they are sucking the life out of the middle class. The middle class are going to be surprised when they have no pension because one third of the money moving around Wall Street is in hedge funds that they don't know anything about.

If you think that there is no public corruption in the US , you are seriously deluded. Check out the Corporate Crime Reporter's for 2004. (pdf)

More on whistleblowers:

Notable Whistleblowers (NOW on PBS)

Whistleblower (Wikipedia)

Kill the messenger: whistleblowers and cover-ups (Sourcewatch)