Dealing with Misinformation forwarded from an Independent

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Wednesday August 11, 2010 · 10:43 AM PDT

2010/08/11 · 10:43

I haven't posted a diary in a while. My major involvement with this community over the years has been as a lurker. Any one who remembers me from when I posted more will be happy to know that I have a good steady job out of law school. I'm doing Plaintiff's Workers Compensation Law in NY, which is a fairly morally centered industry, for a lawyer.

However, I recently got the below e-mail from an independent voter in his 50's (he voted for both Reagan and Clinton, but also for McCain the last go around, Gore in 2000 and Bush in 04). He's white, has a family income of about $140,000 a year and is in my family circle. We often have amicable fights about politics. Most recently he's been on a quest to convince me that Democrats in general and Obama in particular are going to institute Middle class tax hikes. He sent me the below e-mail which I have blockquoted and it has elemets in it which I know to be untrue. I was wondering if the community could help me with crafting my response.

Nylawstudent

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Tuesday August 25, 2009 · 8:45 AM PDT

2009/08/25 · 08:45

I've graduated law school making my screen name a misnomer,I have yet to find work. I often turn to this community for advice and this is no exception.

I've been looking for work quite a while, I've sent out more then 50 resumes, most of the time I don't even get a rejection, they just don't respond. I'm also in what people think of as pre-lawyer limbo; I've taken the bar exam, in August, but will not know my results till November and if I passed I will be eligible for admission at the beginning of next year. At that point I can take on my own work and contract work till then I have to work for someone else.

Additionally, I am planning on attending Tim Bishop's town hall on August 27, the teabaggers will be there and I need to be prepared.

Nylawstudent

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Monday May 11, 2009 · 10:49 AM PDT

2009/05/11 · 10:49

About two weeks ago I wrote a diary about student lending that received a mixed reception. Here it is.

Barack Obama, our preseident, has made student lending one of his top priority and its an issue near and dear to me personally. So I was infuriated when I received the following piece of screed from Citibank, asking me to call congress and oppose the presidents reform efforts and "keep choice in lending." Which apparantly is the new astroturf name for preserving the government subsidization of bank profits, not higher education. Original letter form Citi posted below the foldwith my response.

BTW they sent this letter under the same format, and from the same address as if it was part of my loan process. They are using their customer lists to propagate their crap.

Nylawstudent

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Tuesday April 21, 2009 · 7:15 AM PDT

2009/04/21 · 07:15

I personally currently owe $132,644.89 in student debt that is unresolvable in bankruptcy like most modern stdents this money is a mix of public loans, private loans and the public/private subsidized loan. By the time I am finished paying back my lending institutions sometime in the 2040s I will have paid more then $300,000 in principle and interest to pay for my education. Much of that money will be made as payments to private corporations as interest, this is commonly called profit.

Our progressive president has a plan to improve the student loan mess that has developed since higher education became a class status gatekeeper. Put simply the presidents plan will put more money directly into the hands of students who are desperate to get their hands on it and stop subsidizing banks that already make trillions in profits from student lending. Naturally this plan has come under fire from lobbyists and their democratic allies in congress. Please follow me below the fold for action and a fuller explanation of the problems and proposed solutions with student loans.

Nylawstudent

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Friday April 03, 2009 · 8:33 AM PDT

2009/04/03 · 08:33

So its being reported this morning that the machine count has been redone and that Tedisco has either reduced Murphy's lead to 6 or is himself leading by 12. We are now entering into what my father calls "Manic-Depressive candidate stage."

Each day different counties will report in with self correcting errors that will cause temporary rises and falls in vote totals for each candidate. These temporary shifts in fortune do not matter, do not determine the victor and unless they begin to consistently bee in favor of one candidate are useless to determining the outcome of the election.

Here is tap's page from last night on this is the one from this morning. But there is coleman style fun and nonsence coming from Tedisco. More after the fold.

Nylawstudent

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Thursday April 02, 2009 · 10:51 AM PDT

2009/04/02 · 10:51

New York's 20th district is likely to be resolved one way or another much faster then the Minnesota Senate Race.

This diary is a direct result of a comment thread in WineRev's Diary that can be found here

I am not a lawyer but have done no less then 3 recounts as a partisan volunteer under New York State rules. If I have the time (it's the middle of a semester and I live on Long Island so NY-20 is a 3.5 hour drive) I might get up there to help out but even if I don't I wanted to share my knowledge with everybody.

Nylawstudent

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Saturday March 21, 2009 · 8:40 AM PDT

2009/03/21 · 08:40

Hi, Everybody this diary is a compilation of research and information on the history of tax exemption revocation for churches and an analysis of past andpresent actions by the IRS on the endorsement of John McCain last year by 33 evengelical churchesGoodsteine, Laurie, Ministers to Defy IRS by Endorsing Candidates, New York Times September 26, 2008 at A20. It also includes an analysis of whether or not the Mormons and Catholic organizations that supported Proposition 8 in California.

Apparently the IRS has taken very limited action and is unlikely to do so given their guidelines and past activities.

Please come down below the fold for some in depth analysis of this modern problem coming out of the right wing machines known as mega-churches and some ideas for how to fight back given the current law.

As always IANAL, but I am taking the bar this summer.

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142 votes Show Results

How should we approach the IRS's refusal to prosecute Churches which violated provisions of the Tax Exempt Status Law?

142 votes Vote Now!

How should we approach the IRS's refusal to prosecute Churches which violated provisions of the Tax Exempt Status Law?

Write strongly worded letters.

8 votes

Bring unsuccessful and expensive Third Party Plaintiff Suits

2 votes

Change the tax legislation to compel instead of allow prosecution.

90 votes

Start Progressive Tax Exempt Organizations to balance the mega-churches efforts by pursuing the same lobbying and tax loopholes.

42 votes

Fix Bankruptcy Law

Nylawstudent

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Thursday November 06, 2008 · 10:18 AM PST

2008/11/06 · 10:18

I had a literal dream on Tuesday night when I crashed; literally fell over, at a debate party after Obama’s speech. I had been up since 4:00 a.m. and had been doing election protection all day in Central Islip on Long Island. I had a Republican operative call police on me twice to attempt to have me removed, it didn’t worked but it caused my GERD and my ulcer to act up just a wee little bit.
However, that’s not the point of this diary, my dream was more of a nightmare it was 2010 and Obama was president and it was election night and we were facing a repeat of the Republican House and Senate sweeps of 1994. Why were we in such an unlikely situation? Because we had failed to make substantive changes we had failed to live up to the rhetoric.
Therefore I have decided to begin a weekly series. The New things we should get done in our administration, because it is ours, Obama told us so. These series will ask for action but no money and will include the following: A change in federal legislation, an explanation of why that change is needed, what the change will do and what the specific statutes changes will be. Most importantly, it will also contain a sample letter for Kossacks to send to their Democratic Congress critter or Senate Dweller.

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7 votes Show Results

Should I do this as a weekly column?

7 votes Vote Now!

Should I do this as a weekly column?

Yes good job.

3 votes

No poor writing makes me angry.

2 votes

No I'm tired I want congress to fix things on its own.

1 vote

Yes, next time make it shorter.

1 vote

What Should I do on November 4th

Nylawstudent

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Wednesday October 29, 2008 · 9:34 AM PDT

2008/10/29 · 09:34

So I have been presented with three different choices for November 4th, all of them obligations that I would like to fulfill. As a third year law student in NY I have the time to do one of these three choices but not more then that.

The Obama campaign has asked me to go to Pennsylvania in order to work election protection there.

I am on a local democratic committee in New York State and have been asked by them to work the polls and do election protection in my own precinct and the surrounding area.

Work for 866ourvote a non-partisan not for profit voter protection organization, this option has two sub-options:

a. Work phone lines in Manhattan fielding voter complaints and co-ordinating on the ground legal assistance to prevent vote denials without prejudice.
b. Work as a motor voter aid in Queens and be co-ordinated by people excepting phone calls, arriving in my black prius batmobile to prevent the denial of the right to vote to my fellow New Yorker's.

Follow me below the fold for the pro's and con's of each choice.

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75 votes Show Results

What should Nylawstudent do on November 4th?

75 votes Vote Now!

What should Nylawstudent do on November 4th?

Pennsylvannia Voter Protection with the Obama campaign.

34 votes

Local Committee work through the NYS Democratic Committee.

23 votes

866ourvote call center volunteering.

11 votes

866ourvote motor voter protection in Queens.

3 votes

Stay home and get trashed on Listerine.

4 votes

I've been asked to run for office next year and don't know if I should?

Nylawstudent

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Thursday July 24, 2008 · 1:51 PM PDT

2008/07/24 · 13:51

So even though I've had a username for almost a year I'm still pretty much a lurker. I do most of my volunteering petition passing hobnobbing and etc. in meat world.
I usually post on this website seeking advise when presented with a dilemma about what to do in certain situations. I will attempt to present this diary without presenting personal information and I would like any advice that the community here has to offer. I realize this may not be the best time for local politics given the speech in Berlin but I need some help.

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26 votes Show Results

WTF should I do?

26 votes Vote Now!

WTF should I do?

Run.

11 votes

Don't Run.

7 votes

Threaten to run if the cross-endorse the former Republican.

2 votes

Convince my father to run.

6 votes

I have been asked to do something, involving the Democratic party; I don't know if I should Updated

Nylawstudent

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Thursday May 22, 2008 · 8:20 AM PDT

2008/05/22 · 08:20

So, my county nominating convention is tonight at 7 in Suffolk. I live in Senate District 1 and we have yet to nominate a candidate against him. I got a call this morning about nominating this guy Greg Fischer for democratic candidate for Senate District One at the County convention tonight.

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13 votes Show Results

Should I make this speech?

13 votes Vote Now!

Should I make this speech?

Yeah, go for it.

10 votes

No, you cn't right or speak properly moran.

0 votes

STAY OUT OF PARTY BUSINESS WHIPPER-SNAPPER AND GET OFF MY LAWN

0 votes

No, you don't know enough about the candidate.

3 votes

No. Because this poll is to self-deprecating.

0 votes

Here's what will happen in the Media over the next several days. Predictions Open Thread.

Nylawstudent

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Tuesday March 04, 2008 · 11:56 AM PST

2008/03/04 · 11:56

It looks likely that Hillary Clinton will win by a small margin in Ohio tonight. And lose by a small margin in Texas. She is going to speak around 7:45 pm ET and declare victory in the race as a whole.

Barack Obama will then come on around 9 p.m. eastern time and declare victory in the race as a whole. In the end her win in Ohio and Rhode Island will not be enought to keep her in the race and Dean, Pelosi and the Superdelegates will force HRC out by the end of the upcoming weekend.

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311 votes Show Results

The Primaries will go on until?

311 votes Vote Now!

The Primaries will go on until?

9 pm tonignt

7 votes

Midnight

29 votes

This weekend

79 votes

April 22nd

47 votes

June

24 votes

August

24 votes

Eternity

68 votes

Pie

33 votes

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Dealing with Misinformation forwarded from an Independent

I need help finding work, and other advice

Citibank sent me an infuriating piece of spam They want me to lobby for them against my own interest

Help Students Not Lenders Support President Barack Obama's Student Loan Reform

Tedisco in NY-20 Pride goeth before a fall

The NY-20 recount (it is not and will not be MN-Sen)

Bad News on Churches Meddling in the Political Process

Fix Bankruptcy Law

What Should I do on November 4th

I've been asked to run for office next year and don't know if I should?

I have been asked to do something, involving the Democratic party; I don't know if I should Updated

Here's what will happen in the Media over the next several days. Predictions Open Thread.