Showing posts with label government misandry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label government misandry. Show all posts
Thursday, April 12, 2012
California endorses misandry
Received from Marc Rudov:
It never ends. Woman hitting man is funny, right?
The California Lottery, from the "sensitive state," thinks so. It has a new TV spot in which a woman slaps a man to give him good luck. Really?
Will the next promo show a man slapping a woman to give her good luck? I think not. How about you?
I'm going to protest this insult with an email to the California State Lottery and you can do the same by clicking here. Misandry coming from private industry is bad enough but when it comes from the State it is even more frightening. If you want to defeat misandry in government this is the way to do so write in today.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
VAWA money embezzled;improperly spent
From SAVE services:
P.R.$1.2 Million in Anti-Violence Funds Embezzled, Missing, or Misused: Fraud is Widespread, SAVE Charges Apr 04,2012
Contact: Teri Stoddard
Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org
$1.2 Million in Anti-Violence Funds Embezzled, Missing, or Misused: Fraud is Widespread, SAVE Charges
Washington, DC/April 4, 2012 – Following release of three reports by the Department of Justice, Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) is charging that many grants made under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) are plagued by fraud and waste. Such malfeasance shortchanges the vulnerable victims of partner abuse.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued three reports in March highlighting the problem:
1. A March 28 press release announced the sentencing of Julie and Andrea Matau for embezzlement of funds from a VAWA grant. From 2005 to 2007, the mother and daughter pair stole $159,763 in federal money from their American Samoa legal services corporation, which had received $1.2 million in VAWA-related grants. click here
2. A DOJ audit of the Virgin Islands Law Enforcement Planning Commission reported that $847,553 in funds awarded by the Office of Violence Against Women were found to be questionable. Of this amount, $372,434 of expenditures had no records to document how the money had been spent. click here
3. An audit of VAWA grants to the Coeur d’Alene Native American tribe’s domestic violence program revealed $240,431 had been improperly spent, including $171,000 in salary for an unapproved position. click here
Each year VAWA awards $500 million in grants to abuse-reduction organizations, but fiscal management practices have been found to be sub-standard. A SAVE report documents long-standing problems of fraud and abuse. click here
The SAVE report points out that the Office of Violence Against Women has not conducted comprehensive self-evaluations, in disregard of directives from the Government Accountability Office and Office of Management and Budget.
Says SAVE spokesman Philip W. Cook: “Victims of domestic violence are ill-served by fraud and waste, especially on such a broad scale. Congress must assure the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act contains strong accountability measures that deny funding to rogue grantees that misuse taxpayer money.”
Stop Abusive and Violent Environments is a victim-advocacy organization working for evidence-based solutions to partner violence: www.saveservices.org.
Source:click here
This goes to show that VAWA money was used for purposes other than what it was meant to be and a lot of it is being used fraudulently as these links will indicate. This is a big issue perhaps we should tell our elected officials and protest this waste. You can find your Congressperson and/or Senators here. Let them know about this waste,fraud and abuse.
P.R.$1.2 Million in Anti-Violence Funds Embezzled, Missing, or Misused: Fraud is Widespread, SAVE Charges Apr 04,2012
Contact: Teri Stoddard
Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org
$1.2 Million in Anti-Violence Funds Embezzled, Missing, or Misused: Fraud is Widespread, SAVE Charges
Washington, DC/April 4, 2012 – Following release of three reports by the Department of Justice, Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) is charging that many grants made under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) are plagued by fraud and waste. Such malfeasance shortchanges the vulnerable victims of partner abuse.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued three reports in March highlighting the problem:
1. A March 28 press release announced the sentencing of Julie and Andrea Matau for embezzlement of funds from a VAWA grant. From 2005 to 2007, the mother and daughter pair stole $159,763 in federal money from their American Samoa legal services corporation, which had received $1.2 million in VAWA-related grants. click here
2. A DOJ audit of the Virgin Islands Law Enforcement Planning Commission reported that $847,553 in funds awarded by the Office of Violence Against Women were found to be questionable. Of this amount, $372,434 of expenditures had no records to document how the money had been spent. click here
3. An audit of VAWA grants to the Coeur d’Alene Native American tribe’s domestic violence program revealed $240,431 had been improperly spent, including $171,000 in salary for an unapproved position. click here
Each year VAWA awards $500 million in grants to abuse-reduction organizations, but fiscal management practices have been found to be sub-standard. A SAVE report documents long-standing problems of fraud and abuse. click here
The SAVE report points out that the Office of Violence Against Women has not conducted comprehensive self-evaluations, in disregard of directives from the Government Accountability Office and Office of Management and Budget.
Says SAVE spokesman Philip W. Cook: “Victims of domestic violence are ill-served by fraud and waste, especially on such a broad scale. Congress must assure the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act contains strong accountability measures that deny funding to rogue grantees that misuse taxpayer money.”
Stop Abusive and Violent Environments is a victim-advocacy organization working for evidence-based solutions to partner violence: www.saveservices.org.
Source:click here
This goes to show that VAWA money was used for purposes other than what it was meant to be and a lot of it is being used fraudulently as these links will indicate. This is a big issue perhaps we should tell our elected officials and protest this waste. You can find your Congressperson and/or Senators here. Let them know about this waste,fraud and abuse.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
VAWA debate at U.S. News and World Report
U.S. News & World Report has taken note of the controversy around the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act - VAWA - (s.1925), making it the focus of Debate Club. Debate Club brings in the best arguments and lets readers decide which is the most persuasive. They ask: Should the Violence Against Women Act Be Reauthorized? click here
As of this writing, the entry in first place is: "NO: Violence Against Women Act Is a Totalitarian Violation of Democracy" by Laura Wood.click here In second place is "NO: The Violence Against Women Act Should Outrage Decent People" by Janice Shaw Crouse.click here Following that are a few entries supporting the reauthorization.
You could read these two thoughtful articles explaining why Senator Leahy's VAWA misses the mark, or you could read all of the entries, pro and against VAWA. We encourage that.
But we also understand how valuable your time is. So if you only have a moment and you want to make a difference, I'll explain how you can do that.
Go to the debate here: click here. Scroll down until you see these two 'NO' opinions:
Click on the UP buttons next to Laura's and Janice's entries. That's it!
If you have another moment, you could click the down buttons next to all of the 'yes' entries.
Thank you for your continued dedication, and for your patience. I believe we are starting to see the results of our slow and steady efforts. Isn't it just wonderful?
Sincerely,
Teri
Teri Stoddard, Program Director
Stop Abusive and Violent Environments
www.saveservices.org
If you have time to write an opinion that is great too in fact it is preferred but if don't then support our friends and undermining our enemies is good too. You do that by upvoting or downvoting. There are politicians weighing in too and they are reading this site so if you want to weigh in this is a great reason to do so.
As of this writing, the entry in first place is: "NO: Violence Against Women Act Is a Totalitarian Violation of Democracy" by Laura Wood.click here In second place is "NO: The Violence Against Women Act Should Outrage Decent People" by Janice Shaw Crouse.click here Following that are a few entries supporting the reauthorization.
You could read these two thoughtful articles explaining why Senator Leahy's VAWA misses the mark, or you could read all of the entries, pro and against VAWA. We encourage that.
But we also understand how valuable your time is. So if you only have a moment and you want to make a difference, I'll explain how you can do that.
Go to the debate here: click here. Scroll down until you see these two 'NO' opinions:
Click on the UP buttons next to Laura's and Janice's entries. That's it!
If you have another moment, you could click the down buttons next to all of the 'yes' entries.
Thank you for your continued dedication, and for your patience. I believe we are starting to see the results of our slow and steady efforts. Isn't it just wonderful?
Sincerely,
Teri
Teri Stoddard, Program Director
Stop Abusive and Violent Environments
www.saveservices.org
If you have time to write an opinion that is great too in fact it is preferred but if don't then support our friends and undermining our enemies is good too. You do that by upvoting or downvoting. There are politicians weighing in too and they are reading this site so if you want to weigh in this is a great reason to do so.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Women to regulate men's sex lives
Ohio Sen. Nina Turner joins women across country striking back, introducing bills to regulate sex lives of men
Published: Friday, March 09, 2012, 5:15 AM Updated: Monday, March 12, 2012, 7:33 AM
By Diane Suchetka, The Plain Dealer
A bill introduced by state Sen. Nina Turner would require men to undergo psychological evaluations before they could get prescriptions for Viagra or other erectile dysfunction drugs.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Women legislators across the country are fighting back against laws that govern their sex lives with legislation of their own -- introducing bills that, among other things, would prevent men from having vasectomies or require them to undergo psychological evaluation before they can get prescriptions for Viagra.
And state Sen. Nina Turner, a Cleveland Democrat, is joining them.
A week ago, Turner announced Senate Bill 307, which would require a man who wants an erectile dysfunction drug to provide his doctor with a notarized affidavit -- from at least one sex partner -- that says he's had symptoms in the previous 90 days.
Turner says she also wants to rally women across the country to push for similar bills in their states.
"It's not a joke," Turner told The Plain Dealer this week. "I'm dead serious. I want to continue this strong dialogue about what is fair and what is equal."
"It is crucial that we take the appropriate steps to shelter vulnerable men from the potential side effects of these drugs," she said in a written statement.
"The men in our lives, including members of the General Assembly, generously devote time to fundamental female reproductive issues. The least we can do is return the favor."
The recent trend of women introducing bills to regulate the sexual health of men isn't surprising, says Erin Matson, the National Organization for Women vice president who oversees grassroots organizing efforts.
"Women are fed up," Matson said by phone Thursday from a meeting in Phoenix.
"What I'm seeing from my position in talking to women around the country - older women and a lot of younger women, too - is outrage, shock, anger and fear.
"We are sitting in the middle of another Anita Hill moment right now," she said, referring to the woman who, in 1991, accused then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. "This is a galvanizing moment for a whole new generation of feminists and women."
The intrusion by male lawmakers into the personal lives of women, Matson and others say, has gone too far. And it's time to speak up."
One person who has decided to take a stand is Stacey Newman, a Democratic state representative from Missouri.
"It's to all of our advantages that we keep this in the conversation," said Newman, who introduced a bill in Missouri two weeks ago that "prohibits a vasectomy from being performed on a man unless it is to save his life or prevent substantial and irreversible physical impairment."
Newman told The Plain Dealer that she was inspired in part by Rep. Yasmin Neal of Georgia, who in early February introduced a bill in the Georgia legislature that also attempted to prohibit vasectomies.
"It is patently unfair that men can avoid the rewards of unwanted fatherhood by presuming that their judgment over such matters is more valid than the judgment of the General Assembly," said Neal's bill, which died after not moving forward in the required 30 days.
"Fewer unwanted pregnancies result in fewer children living in poverty and a lower prison population and this is job killing in a time when social workers, police officers, and prison guards need the employment to feed their families. . . "
Turner's bill, on the other hand, stays focused on men's health.
"The side effects of these drugs are very real," she told The Plain Dealer. "I want to [protect] fragile men who are vulnerable and are not able to make decisions for themselves."
Turner's bill says no physician can prescribe a drug to treat erectile dysfunction, until he or she:
• Obtains a notarized affidavit from the patient in which at least one of the patient's sex partners certifies that the patient has experienced symptoms of erectile dysfunction in the previous 90 days.
• Refers the patient to a sexual therapist approved by the state medical board for an assessment of the possible causes of the patient's symptoms and obtains a written report in which the therapist concludes that the patient's symptoms are not psychological.
• Conducts a cardiac stress test and obtains a result, in writing, that says the patient's cardiac health is compatible with sexual activity.
• Notifies the patient in writing of the potential risks and complications associated with taking erectile dysfunction drugs.
• Declares in writing, under penalty of perjury, that the drugs are necessary to treat erectile dysfunction and describes the physician's medical rationale for issuing the prescription.
• Places all of the described documents in the patient's medical record.
Reports of her proposed law have made headlines on news websites and blogs across the country.
"What's good for the goose," one website said.
Another named Turner one of its Heroines of the Week.
Turner proposed the law out of frustration with House Bill 125, which would effectively ban most abortions in Ohio because it prohibits them if a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
That can be as early as six weeks after conception and it can be before a woman knows she is pregnant. There's no exception for rape or incest.
The Ohio House passed the "heartbeat" bill in June and it has moved to the Senate. If it passes, Ohio will have one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country.
The language in Turner's bill, she says, plays off legislation aimed at women's health, including Ohio's heartbeat bill, sponsored by Rep. Lynn Wachtmann. He's a Republican from Napoleon in Northwest Ohio.
"I feel like we need to equalize the sexual health debate, to provide care for the more powerful breed of the sexes," Turner said by phone. There are other natural remedies for impotence, she said. "Like celibacy."
"The sad part about that is when people introduce legislation that infringes on women's liberties, nobody bats an eye or thinks it's strange," she said. But take the same tack with men, she said, and the reaction is completely different.
Dr. John Willke of Cincinnati, former president of National Right to Life, says there's no relationship between the law Turner is proposing and the anti-abortion legislation Ohio and other states are considering.
"This is not a drug, this is a question of whether or not to offer some protection for living, viable, human babies or whether we're going to keep killing them at the rate we are," said Willke, who worked as an obstetrician. "This has nothing to do with women's rights, it has everything to do with fetal rights."
Turner does have the support of at least one man.
"It's an excellent way of answering some of the male-dominated individuals in the legislature who continuously think a woman's place is still in the home, in the kitchen with an apron on," state Rep. Bob Hagan of Youngstown said of her bill.
"Their constant introduction of attacks on women -- whether it has to do with abortion, reproductive rights or health care -- I think is a manifestation of their fear of being sexually inadequate.
"And I think Nina really takes it on. She hit the nail right on the head."
Turner said she has not yet heard from the makers of Viagra, Cialis and other drugs.
"But I fully expect some resistance to this bill," she said.
She also said she will give the chairman of the health and human services and aging committee some time to schedule a hearing on SB307, now that Super Tuesday is over. But if he takes too long, she said, she'll make a formal request.
Pfizer Inc., which makes Viagra, isn't weighing in on Turner's bill.
"We don't comment on pending legislation," said Pfizer spokesman Peter O'Toole.
With Angela Townsend, Plain Dealer Reporter.
Source: click here
So let me get this straight,if a woman,even if it's a woman he had a one night stand with,will decide if gets treatment or not. The woman,not the doctor,will make the decision. If women are going to write bills such as this then perhaps the Taliban has the right idea in restricting them. Perhap we should do the same.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Das State of Maine
When Stephen King would depict parts of Maine as horrible I thought it was fiction. Now I know better.
Two words come to mind: collusion and conspiracy.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Maine steps on the rights of men accused of domestic violence
I see that Mary N. Kellett is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to misconduct in Maine,which means this is business as usual:
Maine’s chief justice changes bail rules for domestic violence suspects
By Judy Harrison, BDN Staff
Posted Feb. 09, 2012, at 1:28 p.m.
Last modified Feb. 09, 2012, at 6:27 p.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — The chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court said Thursday that the court system would work with the governor and lawmakers to curb domestic violence in Maine.
In her annual State of the Judiciary address, Leigh I. Saufley announced that, effective immediately, bail commissioners may not set bail in domestic violence-related cases unless they have access to the defendant’s criminal history in Maine.
“We know that one of the most important tools in averting repeated violence is for judicial officers to have the criminal history records of the person charged with domestic violence,” she said. “Without that history, informed decisions cannot be made.”
Bail commissioners sometimes don’t have that information because of varying legal interpretations, technological limitations, law enforcement staffing limitations and miscommunication, according to Saufley.
“But frankly, it doesn’t matter why bail commissioners don’t have the records,” she said. “By law, you have mandated policies by which criminal history records will be relayed to the bail commissioners. To make well-informed decisions, they must have the information. Too often, they are not receiving the reports. That is simply not acceptable.”
If a bail commissioner does not have a defendant’s criminal history, the defendant will have to remain in jail and appear before a judge within 48 hours, excluding weekends and holidays, Saufley said at a press conference after her speech.
I see so it's screw the Constitution. That sounds like business as usual for Maine. Chances are only men are going to get fucked over by this so bitches like this judge have no problem fucking over men.
Gov. Paul LePage, who has made eradicating domestic violence a priority for his administration, praised her action in a press release issued Thursday afternoon.
“I applaud Chief Justice Saufley for taking a proactive step which will ensure the safety of the public,” he said. “Any type of violence against a person is a threat to their well-being and we know domestic violence can be particularly harmful and escalate quickly for those who are in relationships. I commend the leadership of the chief justice for this renewed focus on domestic violence and implementation of meaningful change which will benefit many Mainers.”
In a statement issued after the address, House Minority Leader Emily Cain, D-Orono, also expressed support for Saufley’s desire to curb domestic violence.
“I look forward to working with the Chief Justice to strengthen … protections for victims of domestic violence,” said Cain, who has introduced emergency legislation to prevent domestic violence this year in response to the tragic event in Dexter last June in which Steven Lake murdered his wife, Amy Lake, and the couple’s two children before turning the gun on himself.
“The Dexter tragedy rightfully put our entire system under a microscope,” Cain said. “We know that we must work together [to] do more to protect victims and prevent harm.”
What do they do about Vledek Filler case and others like it? Oh yeah,they sweep it under the rug whlle saying "nothing to see here".
The Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee will hold public hearings Monday on Cain’s bill and other bills concerning domestic violence.
The chief justice’s action raised concerns among criminal defense attorneys.
“I am deeply concerned that the likely effect here is that people merely accused of crimes are going to be held without any bail whatsoever,” Walter McKee of Augusta said in an email. “That’s flatly unfair, unconstitutional and disappointing. The overwhelming majority of those arrested are going to be held while waiting for information that will have zero impact on any bail issue.”
The president of the Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers also expressed concern about Saufley’s directive.
“Holding an accused on a crime that is bailable as a matter of right until criminal history information is received is not a novel concept — the problem is that technical limitations on the sharing of this type of information between law enforcement and bail commissioners results in justice being denied and constitutional rights being violated,” Sarah Churchill of Portland said Thursday in an email.
“What the Chief Justice has proposed can be done without violating the rights of the accused if changes are made to how information is shared,” she continued. “I have concerns about how quickly those types of changes can be made and how the potential violations of constitutional rights of the accused are going to be handled in this interim period of time.”
Saufley did say that the rights of the accused guaranteed by the Maine and U.S. constitutions must be preserved and enforced.
“To be clear, in our efforts to eradicate domestic violence, we must not allow a rush to judgment to sweep in the innocent,” she told lawmakers.
"We must preserve and enforce the rights guaranteed by the Maine and federal constitutions. And we must carefully balance the rights of the accused against public safety and protection for victims.”
What she didn't say: "he prceeding is my insincere lip-service to male victims of this policy now leave me alone"
Saufley also said that the court system should be involved in finding solutions to domestic violence.
“While the courts are neutral fact-finders, courts are not neutral on the fact of, or the solutions for, domestic violence,” she said. “Chief justices across the country are looking for ways to better identify the potentially lethal cases.”
Actually the court is supposed to be neutral. The only one who should be conducting themselves as prosecutors are prosecutors. The day the court becomes a co-prosecutor the defendent is fucked.
Saufley suggested using principles outlined by the national Conference of Chief Justices as a guide in crafting legislation and implementing changes to the court system. They are:
• Families in crisis must be able to easily access courts.
• Judges must have comprehensive information on prior court orders and any history of violence in the family.
• Convicted abusers must be held accountable.
• Judges can be catalysts to enhance intergovernmental collaboration for improvement.
What about false accusers? Are they listed as criminals? Didn't think so.
New initiatives in 2012 that Saufley announced Thursday include audio web streaming of oral arguments in appeals to the state supreme court and a pilot program that would direct phone calls from people in Androscoggin County from the clerks’ offices in Lewiston and Auburn to three court employees who would answer questions, help them find information and more easily negotiate the court system. This would free up clerks to work on cases already filed with fewer interruptions, she said.
In addition, Saufley praised lawmakers Thursday for restoring baseline funding of $55 million a year to the courts after a series of cuts in the previous administration left 60 clerk and security jobs vacant because of a hiring freeze.
She's getting more money to fuck over men and that makes her happy. Time to bring on the Maine witch hunt.
As of July 1, 2011, the start of the fiscal year, those positions were filled, allowing for an increase in entry screening and efficiency in clerks’ offices around the state, she said.
Sen. David R. Hastings III, R-Fryeburg, who is chairman of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee and an attorney, said after the speech that funding the court system’s baseline budget “has been crucial in providing access to justice, especially in rural area.”
To view the Maine Judicial Branch 2011 Annual Report, click here.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Source:click here
Monday, February 13, 2012
SAVE reaches out to college students
From Tom Lemons of SAVE:
This week SAVE is introducing a new campaign to combat the Department of Education's Directive regarding rape and sexual assault on college campuses across the nation.
The DED has lowered its standard of what constitutes probable cause when an allegation of a sexual assault is reported. Here's an example; if you have a drink with a woman and then become intimate, you are now at risk of being charged with rape if she later regrets her decision.
Accusing U. is a new campaign developed by SAVE, aimed at reversing the government's directive and educating students across the country on this new assault on students' rights.
Please sign our petition, join the Accusing U. Facebook page, and pass along this information to any college students you know! Visit the Accusing U. webpage: click here
Sincerely,
Tom Lemons, Director of Special Events
Stop Abusive and Violent Environments
tlemons@saveservices.org
www.saveservices.org
P.S. Help us grow our efforts.... www.saveservices.org/contribute,
and forward this E-lert to a friend!
Signing the petition would be great but do you know what would be better? Letting our elected leaders know about this and how this is a viable issue that will benefit men. Since we are the ones that this administration takes great pleasure in torturing. You contact your Congresspersons/Senators here. You can also contact Congressman John Boehner,Speaker of the House,here and Congressman Eric Cantor,House Majority Leader,here. In the Senate contact Senate Minority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell here. Getting our issues in front of the spotlight helps tremendously so let's get the spotlight on the issues that concern us. Write in today.
This week SAVE is introducing a new campaign to combat the Department of Education's Directive regarding rape and sexual assault on college campuses across the nation.
The DED has lowered its standard of what constitutes probable cause when an allegation of a sexual assault is reported. Here's an example; if you have a drink with a woman and then become intimate, you are now at risk of being charged with rape if she later regrets her decision.
Accusing U. is a new campaign developed by SAVE, aimed at reversing the government's directive and educating students across the country on this new assault on students' rights.
Please sign our petition, join the Accusing U. Facebook page, and pass along this information to any college students you know! Visit the Accusing U. webpage: click here
Sincerely,
Tom Lemons, Director of Special Events
Stop Abusive and Violent Environments
tlemons@saveservices.org
www.saveservices.org
P.S. Help us grow our efforts.... www.saveservices.org/contribute,
and forward this E-lert to a friend!
Signing the petition would be great but do you know what would be better? Letting our elected leaders know about this and how this is a viable issue that will benefit men. Since we are the ones that this administration takes great pleasure in torturing. You contact your Congresspersons/Senators here. You can also contact Congressman John Boehner,Speaker of the House,here and Congressman Eric Cantor,House Majority Leader,here. In the Senate contact Senate Minority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell here. Getting our issues in front of the spotlight helps tremendously so let's get the spotlight on the issues that concern us. Write in today.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Tell the Senate to go with Senator Grassley's Amendment;VAWA
Last Thursday the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Sen. Leahy's version of the Violence Against Women Act out of committee with ten votes for and eight against. This was after Sen. Charles Grassley unsuccessfully proposed an amendment that would have added accountability and other improvements.
Your calls are the reason eight senators voted against VAWA last week. High fives all around!!!!!
While the DV industry is drumming up support for the passage of Leahy's VAWA, we can still take steps to stop their mismanagement of funds, insure the distribution of accurate information, end acts of discrimination, and more.
Sen. Grassley's amendment incorporates many of the provisions of SAVE's Partner Violence Reduction Act:click here
Today we'd like you to call your own senators and ask them to support Sen. Grassley's amendment instead of Sen. Leahy's VAWA. Locate your senators' phone numbers here: click here
Please, call your senators right now!
We are on a roll! The ride is fabulous, isn't it?
Sincerely,
Teri
Teri Stoddard, Program Director
Stop Abusive and Violent Environments
www.saveservices.org
Sounds like we still have a chance to get ahold of this after all. We've got to contact our U.S. Senators on this one since this monstrosity is going before the full Senate. However our protests are counting so maybe we can get the Senate to go with Grassley's amendment over Leahy's. Let's do this,the more of us they hear from the better so send those emails today. The freedoms you preserve may be your own so act today.
Your calls are the reason eight senators voted against VAWA last week. High fives all around!!!!!
While the DV industry is drumming up support for the passage of Leahy's VAWA, we can still take steps to stop their mismanagement of funds, insure the distribution of accurate information, end acts of discrimination, and more.
Sen. Grassley's amendment incorporates many of the provisions of SAVE's Partner Violence Reduction Act:click here
Today we'd like you to call your own senators and ask them to support Sen. Grassley's amendment instead of Sen. Leahy's VAWA. Locate your senators' phone numbers here: click here
Please, call your senators right now!
We are on a roll! The ride is fabulous, isn't it?
Sincerely,
Teri
Teri Stoddard, Program Director
Stop Abusive and Violent Environments
www.saveservices.org
Sounds like we still have a chance to get ahold of this after all. We've got to contact our U.S. Senators on this one since this monstrosity is going before the full Senate. However our protests are counting so maybe we can get the Senate to go with Grassley's amendment over Leahy's. Let's do this,the more of us they hear from the better so send those emails today. The freedoms you preserve may be your own so act today.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
CDC report debunked
How the CDC is overstating sexual violence in the U.S.
By Christina Hoff Sommers,
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a study suggesting that rates of sexual violence in the United States are comparable to those in the war-stricken Congo. How is that possible?
The CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey found that, in the United States in 2010, approximately 1.3 million women were raped and an additional 12.6 million women and men were victims of sexual violence. It reported, “More than 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius hailed the report for giving “a clear picture of the devastating impact these violent acts have on the lives of millions of Americans.”
In fact, what the study reveals is the devastating impact that careless advocacy research can have on truth. The report proposes an array of ambitious government-sponsored “prevention strategies” and recommends “multi-disciplinary service centers” offering survivors psychological and legal counseling as well as housing and economic assistance. But survivors of sexual violence would be better served by good research and sober estimates — not inflated statistics and sensationalism.
The agency’s figures are wildly at odds with official crime statistics. The FBI found that 84,767 rapes were reported to law enforcement authorities in 2010. The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Crime Victimization Survey, the gold standard in crime research, reports 188,380 rapes and sexual assaults on females and males in 2010. Granted, not all assaults are reported to authorities. But where did the CDC find 13.7 million victims of sexual crimes that the professional criminologists had overlooked?
It found them by defining sexual violence in impossibly elastic ways and then letting the surveyors, rather than subjects, determine what counted as an assault. Consider: In a telephone survey with a 30 percent response rate, interviewers did not ask participants whether they had been raped. Instead of such straightforward questions, the CDC researchers described a series of sexual encounters and then they determined whether the responses indicated sexual violation. A sample of 9,086 women was asked, for example, “When you were drunk, high, drugged, or passed out and unable to consent, how many people ever had vaginal sex with you?” A majority of the 1.3 million women (61.5 percent) the CDC projected as rape victims in 2010 experienced this sort of “alcohol or drug facilitated penetration.”
What does that mean? If a woman was unconscious or severely incapacitated, everyone would call it rape. But what about sex while inebriated? Few people would say that intoxicated sex alone constitutes rape — indeed, a nontrivial percentage of all customary sexual intercourse, including marital intercourse, probably falls under that definition (and is therefore criminal according to the CDC).
Other survey questions were equally ambiguous. Participants were asked if they had ever had sex because someone pressured them by “telling you lies, making promises about the future they knew were untrue?” All affirmative answers were counted as “sexual violence.” Anyone who consented to sex because a suitor wore her or him down by “repeatedly asking” or “showing they were unhappy” was similarly classified as a victim of violence. The CDC effectively set a stage where each step of physical intimacy required a notarized testament of sober consent.
The report also called for more research on “sexism” and urged “collective action” against media messages that “objectify and degrade women.” In the familiar jargon of feminist theory, the CDC said: “It is important to continue addressing the beliefs, attitudes and messages that are deeply imbedded in our social structures.”
Why is the CDC using methods of advocacy research that are anathema to genuine social science? The answer is suggested by a posting on the White House Web site this month by Lynn Rosenthal, a presidential adviser on violence against women:
“Early in the Administration, the Vice President convened federal agencies to assess trends and identify gaps in our response to violence and abuse. We identified data collection as one of the biggest challenges we face in understanding and combatting these crime. Thanks to the hard work of [Attorney General Eric] Holder, the FBI, law enforcement leaders, and the women’s organizations who have long advocated for this change, we are one step further towards meeting that challenge.”
While that passage referred to the FBI’s recently revised definition of rape — and not the CDC survey — it shows how the study fits into the administration’s effort to apply the advocacy agenda of the women’s lobby to rape research. That would explain how feminist theory found its way into the report. But why would CDC officials, who are experienced in resisting political pressure, cooperate?
Perhaps they felt the study would draw needed attention to the genuine problem of sexual violence. That is an understandable but recklessly misguided conclusion. Faulty studies send scarce resources in the wrong directions; more programs on sexism, stereotypes and social structures, for example, are unlikely to help victims of violence. Defining sexual violence down obscures the gradations in culpability that are essential to effective criminal law, and it holds up a false mirror on our society. The CDC should recall this study.
Source:click here
I'm writing my Congressman and Senators on this one. This is just another example of this adminstration running wild and someone has to rein them in.
By Christina Hoff Sommers,
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a study suggesting that rates of sexual violence in the United States are comparable to those in the war-stricken Congo. How is that possible?
The CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey found that, in the United States in 2010, approximately 1.3 million women were raped and an additional 12.6 million women and men were victims of sexual violence. It reported, “More than 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius hailed the report for giving “a clear picture of the devastating impact these violent acts have on the lives of millions of Americans.”
In fact, what the study reveals is the devastating impact that careless advocacy research can have on truth. The report proposes an array of ambitious government-sponsored “prevention strategies” and recommends “multi-disciplinary service centers” offering survivors psychological and legal counseling as well as housing and economic assistance. But survivors of sexual violence would be better served by good research and sober estimates — not inflated statistics and sensationalism.
The agency’s figures are wildly at odds with official crime statistics. The FBI found that 84,767 rapes were reported to law enforcement authorities in 2010. The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Crime Victimization Survey, the gold standard in crime research, reports 188,380 rapes and sexual assaults on females and males in 2010. Granted, not all assaults are reported to authorities. But where did the CDC find 13.7 million victims of sexual crimes that the professional criminologists had overlooked?
It found them by defining sexual violence in impossibly elastic ways and then letting the surveyors, rather than subjects, determine what counted as an assault. Consider: In a telephone survey with a 30 percent response rate, interviewers did not ask participants whether they had been raped. Instead of such straightforward questions, the CDC researchers described a series of sexual encounters and then they determined whether the responses indicated sexual violation. A sample of 9,086 women was asked, for example, “When you were drunk, high, drugged, or passed out and unable to consent, how many people ever had vaginal sex with you?” A majority of the 1.3 million women (61.5 percent) the CDC projected as rape victims in 2010 experienced this sort of “alcohol or drug facilitated penetration.”
What does that mean? If a woman was unconscious or severely incapacitated, everyone would call it rape. But what about sex while inebriated? Few people would say that intoxicated sex alone constitutes rape — indeed, a nontrivial percentage of all customary sexual intercourse, including marital intercourse, probably falls under that definition (and is therefore criminal according to the CDC).
Other survey questions were equally ambiguous. Participants were asked if they had ever had sex because someone pressured them by “telling you lies, making promises about the future they knew were untrue?” All affirmative answers were counted as “sexual violence.” Anyone who consented to sex because a suitor wore her or him down by “repeatedly asking” or “showing they were unhappy” was similarly classified as a victim of violence. The CDC effectively set a stage where each step of physical intimacy required a notarized testament of sober consent.
The report also called for more research on “sexism” and urged “collective action” against media messages that “objectify and degrade women.” In the familiar jargon of feminist theory, the CDC said: “It is important to continue addressing the beliefs, attitudes and messages that are deeply imbedded in our social structures.”
Why is the CDC using methods of advocacy research that are anathema to genuine social science? The answer is suggested by a posting on the White House Web site this month by Lynn Rosenthal, a presidential adviser on violence against women:
“Early in the Administration, the Vice President convened federal agencies to assess trends and identify gaps in our response to violence and abuse. We identified data collection as one of the biggest challenges we face in understanding and combatting these crime. Thanks to the hard work of [Attorney General Eric] Holder, the FBI, law enforcement leaders, and the women’s organizations who have long advocated for this change, we are one step further towards meeting that challenge.”
While that passage referred to the FBI’s recently revised definition of rape — and not the CDC survey — it shows how the study fits into the administration’s effort to apply the advocacy agenda of the women’s lobby to rape research. That would explain how feminist theory found its way into the report. But why would CDC officials, who are experienced in resisting political pressure, cooperate?
Perhaps they felt the study would draw needed attention to the genuine problem of sexual violence. That is an understandable but recklessly misguided conclusion. Faulty studies send scarce resources in the wrong directions; more programs on sexism, stereotypes and social structures, for example, are unlikely to help victims of violence. Defining sexual violence down obscures the gradations in culpability that are essential to effective criminal law, and it holds up a false mirror on our society. The CDC should recall this study.
Source:click here
I'm writing my Congressman and Senators on this one. This is just another example of this adminstration running wild and someone has to rein them in.
Monday, January 23, 2012
VAWA again
I received the following from SAVE concerning the authorization of VAWA:
The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) this coming Thursday at 10am. As you know, we have found many flaws in this bill, which is why we created the Partner Violence Reduction Act (PVRA).
The Partner Violence Reduction Act:
1.Gives priority to real victims.
1.Reduces false allegations.
2.Removes provisions that violate the Constitution.
1.Protects families.
1.Provides legal assistance for alleged victim and alleged offender.
2.Requires third-party accreditation.
1.Curbs immigration fraud.
2.Makes the law gender-inclusive.
Today we'd like you to call members on the committee. Tell them to reject VAWA and to support the Partner Violence Reduction Act. More info: click here
Please contact the members listed below:
•Chuck Grassley (202) 224-3744 email contact
•Orrin G. Hatch (202) 224-5251 email contact
•Jon Kyl (202) 224-4521 email contact
•Jeff Sessions (202) 224-4124 email contact
•Lindsey Graham (202) 224-5972 email contact
•John Cornyn (202) 224-2934 email contact
•Michael S. Lee (202) 224-5444 email contact
•Tom Coburn (202) 224-5754 email contact
Call them once, call them twice, call them several times. Call Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Ask your family, friends, church family, co-workers and neighbors to call. And don't forget to ask your facebook, twitter and google+ friends too.
It's now or never, folks!
Sincerely,
teri
Teri Stoddard, Program Director
Stop Abusive and Violent Environments
www.saveservices.org
Looks like it's time to apply the pressure again to safeguard our rights and keep from losing any more. If you are unable to make the calls then send email telling these Senators that you are less than thrilled with VAWA with all its anti-male sexism and that you want them to enact the PVRA instead. The more of us they hear from the better so contact them today.
The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) this coming Thursday at 10am. As you know, we have found many flaws in this bill, which is why we created the Partner Violence Reduction Act (PVRA).
The Partner Violence Reduction Act:
1.Gives priority to real victims.
1.Reduces false allegations.
2.Removes provisions that violate the Constitution.
1.Protects families.
1.Provides legal assistance for alleged victim and alleged offender.
2.Requires third-party accreditation.
1.Curbs immigration fraud.
2.Makes the law gender-inclusive.
Today we'd like you to call members on the committee. Tell them to reject VAWA and to support the Partner Violence Reduction Act. More info: click here
Please contact the members listed below:
•Chuck Grassley (202) 224-3744 email contact
•Orrin G. Hatch (202) 224-5251 email contact
•Jon Kyl (202) 224-4521 email contact
•Jeff Sessions (202) 224-4124 email contact
•Lindsey Graham (202) 224-5972 email contact
•John Cornyn (202) 224-2934 email contact
•Michael S. Lee (202) 224-5444 email contact
•Tom Coburn (202) 224-5754 email contact
Call them once, call them twice, call them several times. Call Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Ask your family, friends, church family, co-workers and neighbors to call. And don't forget to ask your facebook, twitter and google+ friends too.
It's now or never, folks!
Sincerely,
teri
Teri Stoddard, Program Director
Stop Abusive and Violent Environments
www.saveservices.org
Looks like it's time to apply the pressure again to safeguard our rights and keep from losing any more. If you are unable to make the calls then send email telling these Senators that you are less than thrilled with VAWA with all its anti-male sexism and that you want them to enact the PVRA instead. The more of us they hear from the better so contact them today.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Canadian MRA stands up to misandrists
Men’s abuse advocate takes lack of Alberta resources for victims to Human Rights Commission
Earl Silverman says abuse by women deserves greater recognition
Earl Silverman, seen here with former Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach, says he suffered physical abuse during marriage.
By Christopher Walsh, editor
The province has ignored male victims of domestic violence and does not provide adequate resources for men looking to escape violent domestic situations, says a men’s rights advocate who’s heading to court to fight the issue.
Earl Silverman, who first launched a complaint against the province with the Human Rights Commission back in 2006, will appear before a judge at a judicial review Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Calgary Court of Queen’s Bench to hear if his complaint will come before the commission.
“All I know is there are male victims of domestic violence,” said Silverman. “There are not the same support services available to men as there are for women.
“We have explored the needs of women for such a long time, at the expense of ignoring men. At what point do we say we can put that on hold and start looking at men now?”
Silverman himself is a male victim of female perpetrated domestic violence, finally forced to leave his wife 20 years ago to get away from the abuse. Since that time, Silverman has started a helpline for men because there were no similar resources at the time and a few years ago, he opened the Men’s Alternative Safe House or MASH, to give men a shelter to escape violent domestic situations. Neither operation has been recognized by the provincial government to date.
The issue of male victims of domestic violence is still one of those dirty, little secrets amongst polite society, Silverman says.
“Men are not really provided with an option of asking for help,” he said. “Number one, men are not victims. Victim is sort of reserved for women. I want men to be recognized …[The groups involved] don’t want to admit there’s a problem. ”
Andrea Silverstone, co-chair of the Calgary Domestic Violence Committee and director of Peer Support Services for Abused Women, says while recent Statistics Canada numbers show only a .4 per cent difference in the perpetration of domestic violence between men and women, the actual day-to-day dealing of male victims remains quite low.
“Probably about 92 to 93 per cent of my practice are women who have experienced domestic violence and about 7 to 8 per cent are men who have experienced domestic violence. It definitely is a stark contrast,” Silverstone said.
“I’m not saying it’s not an issue. It’s for sure an issue, it’s just not an issue to the same degree that women claim family violence is an issue, or there’s not the same amount of men who need those supports and resources. But I’m saying for the number of men who need those supports and resources, I think that there is adequate resources in Calgary.”
Aaron Korneychuk, the interim male domestic abuse coordinator with the Calgary Counselling Centre says from what he’s seen, 20 per cent of all domestic abuse cases the centre handles involve male victims.
“But that’s not including unreported cases that I think increases the numbers on both sides for male and female victims,” he said. “It’s a big enough issue that needs more attention brought to it.”
Korneychuk added part of the problem with male victims of domestic violence is the social stigma men feel for admitting they have been assaulted.
“A lot of people don’t come out and say I’m a male victim…. I do think that there are men out there who are in abusive situations and they’re not getting the services they need,” he said. “Whether that could be from shame, from guilt, from just not thinking that there’s any services out there. The more men that come forward, the more that we’re gonna be able to expand these services.”
A spokeswoman with Alberta Human Services would not comment on the upcoming court case, but says there are now services for men to access if they find themselves in violent domestic situations.
“We certainly believe they need to access services just the same as any other victim,” said Christina Bruce. “We need to be providing that support, absolutely. And we do have a number of [services].”
Those services include a provincially-mandated helpline for all victims of domestic violence, online and print resources and a family violence facility in Strathmore that does permit men to take a bed in the co-ed shelter.
Bruce says the province’s statistics show a “fairly close” rate of female to male perpetrators of domestic violence.
“It is an emerging issue for sure and something that’s coming to light,” she said.
“There’s a bed for men but that’s only if a woman isn’t using it,” Silverman said. “There aren’t the support services there that are available to women. They are putting the processes together according to their previous agenda which is only to support women.”
Silverman added he has not seen much movement by the province or local service groups to fully address the ‘emerging issue’ of male victims of domestic violence.
“If that was so, I would imagine that Alberta Children’s Services would, rather than go to the judicial review and argue against me, they would say OK we agree. I have not seen any movement on the issue.”
Silverman’s first complaint to the Alberta Human Rights Commission was rejected and his subsequent appeal to the commissioner was denied in a written response, stating there was no demonstrative need for more services for abused men.
The judicial review on Wednesday will examine the facts of the case and determine how the commission came to their conclusion to deny hearing Silverman’s complaint.
“There are services, but it’s nowhere near as comprehensive as what the women’s shelters provide women,” Silverman said. “They may have one or two services, but that is not demonstrative of what men’s needs are. They don’t know what men’s needs are.
“They say they have support services, which is different than treatment. Treatment typically is anger management. They need support, whatever that may look like. And that’s not available for them right now. Men do it in a different way than women do it but it’s been put together all by women.”
Source:click here
Let's all wish Earl the best of luck and kick those feminazi's asses. I hope Earl is going to bring a can of whip-ass to cause a little damage. Hell,bring a case to make sure they stay down. Go Earl.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Be cautious my Canadian brothers
We are all being watched
“I am not placing you under arrest, but I have some questions and I am going to read you your rights.”
That was the first thing the prominent Canadian MRA, whom we must now refer to as Mr. X, was told when he walked into the police investigators office. He had been phoned at work the day before by police officials, who told X that an allegation had been made against him that involved the MRM, stockpiling weapons and threats to do harm. They asked him to come in to “answer some questions.”
Those questions were largely about his personal life and beliefs, focusing on whether he was a violence prone individual. There were questions about the MRM and MRA’s, and it became clear to him during the course of the interview that significant prior effort had been invested by police officials into studying his beliefs as well as the overall mentality of those in the movement.
He admits to being a little rattled. Making threats of violence of any kind is a very serious matter in Canada. And something like this coming nearly to the day on the anniversary of the “Montreal Massacre,” was a bit more chilling. December 6 marks the day that Marc Lepine murdered fourteen women and wounded ten women and four men at the École Polytechnique, an engineering school affiliated with the University of Montréal.
Anyone, and this includes police officials, who has read Mr. X’s blog articles or watched his YouTube videos, knows him to be a level headed, intellectual sort, not given to violence. But it is clear that someone reported otherwise to Canadian law enforcement. The question remains why, but that is likely to never be answered because he was not made privy to where the complaint originated.
He was informed, according to my conversation with him last night, that he was not a suspect and the police found nothing in his writings that caused them concern. They were, in effect, following up on a complaint and after speaking with him determined there was no need for further inquiry. So they said.
But even in the best case scenario, there is an object lesson in the thick of this that must be addressed. The men’s movement is a growing phenomenon. We are, as were we destined to do, starting to scare some people. That is what happens when insight meets ignorance. Those who cling to the status quo, in this case feminist governance, get uncomfortable. They react. Over react. Although over reaction may be the wrong word. These people were full of hate and lies long before anyone started speaking back.
It is possible that this was orchestrated, that more than one person conspired to set our associate up for trouble. It is also possible that this was one reactive person acting on their own. Again, we will never know.
But we do know enough to know that for MRA’s, especially those that live in Canada, that there is a need, not for panic, but for caution.
We are documenting the fact that these events transpired for the sake of public record. If other MRA’s are called in and questioned in similar circumstances we will document that as well. On the outside chance that we are seeing the police manipulated into some sort of ideological McCarthyism, we want to document it as it happens.
Regarding AVfM, there have been times when I have banned people from this site for making even non serious suggestions of violence. I have gotten complaints and nasty emails for doing so. Now you know at least one reason why I felt it was necessary.
Personally, I would be flabbergasted to know there are any MRA’s out there that would take their beliefs and use them as an excuse for violence. And truth tell, I am more than happy with their being removed from our ranks, and even from society, if they are out there.
The only weapon we ever needed is the truth, and I do believe that we can see through Mr.X’s unfortunate experience, that the truth is indeed a potent weapon that causes irrational reactions from the very people we would identify as the problem.
But a word of caution. As we know all too well, lies are powerful weapons, too. They can take a terrible toll in terms of lost reputation, as even lost freedom. Unfortunate then that our stock and trade is in dealing with liars. We see people like David Futrelle and others trying to cast us as pro-violence in any way they possibly can, often treating the truth and integrity like minor obstacles to their ambitions.
So, the question becomes, how are we going to react to what has happened here? The answer is that we are going to move ahead full steam. We won’t slither into private forums with our beliefs. That is the province of those we oppose, as you will soon see detailed on the pages of this site like never before.
Just like Mr. X, the people at AVfM are simply telling the truth and looking for justice. There is no need to slow down or change course. But these events remind us that on whatever level you can imagine, there are those that would do most anything to shut us up. Or, as we have said around here before, we are getting flak, so we must be over the target.
But, it is official now, people. They are watching us. We must remain aware of that, even though it changes nothing that we do. AVfM will continue to enforce its no violence policy, just as we have from the day we launched. And we will continue to confront hateful ideologues, corrupt public officials and the plague of misandry wherever we find it and FTSU.
Sometimes the ride will get bumpy, so we are all better off to strap in securely.
Written by
Paul Elam
Source:click here
I'm sure we are making an impact in Canada along with the rest of western societies and there are those that will resist us,resist us even to the point of censorship and/or violence. We have the truth on our side,that is more than our enemies have and with the truth we can show the world who is telling the truth. I guess taking into consideration what Canadian MRA Earl Silverman is putting the Human (Women's) Rights Commission through and according to Earl he is having a blast putting the feminazis through this then yes,feminazis and other defenders of evil have a lot to be afraid of.
“I am not placing you under arrest, but I have some questions and I am going to read you your rights.”
That was the first thing the prominent Canadian MRA, whom we must now refer to as Mr. X, was told when he walked into the police investigators office. He had been phoned at work the day before by police officials, who told X that an allegation had been made against him that involved the MRM, stockpiling weapons and threats to do harm. They asked him to come in to “answer some questions.”
Those questions were largely about his personal life and beliefs, focusing on whether he was a violence prone individual. There were questions about the MRM and MRA’s, and it became clear to him during the course of the interview that significant prior effort had been invested by police officials into studying his beliefs as well as the overall mentality of those in the movement.
He admits to being a little rattled. Making threats of violence of any kind is a very serious matter in Canada. And something like this coming nearly to the day on the anniversary of the “Montreal Massacre,” was a bit more chilling. December 6 marks the day that Marc Lepine murdered fourteen women and wounded ten women and four men at the École Polytechnique, an engineering school affiliated with the University of Montréal.
Anyone, and this includes police officials, who has read Mr. X’s blog articles or watched his YouTube videos, knows him to be a level headed, intellectual sort, not given to violence. But it is clear that someone reported otherwise to Canadian law enforcement. The question remains why, but that is likely to never be answered because he was not made privy to where the complaint originated.
He was informed, according to my conversation with him last night, that he was not a suspect and the police found nothing in his writings that caused them concern. They were, in effect, following up on a complaint and after speaking with him determined there was no need for further inquiry. So they said.
But even in the best case scenario, there is an object lesson in the thick of this that must be addressed. The men’s movement is a growing phenomenon. We are, as were we destined to do, starting to scare some people. That is what happens when insight meets ignorance. Those who cling to the status quo, in this case feminist governance, get uncomfortable. They react. Over react. Although over reaction may be the wrong word. These people were full of hate and lies long before anyone started speaking back.
It is possible that this was orchestrated, that more than one person conspired to set our associate up for trouble. It is also possible that this was one reactive person acting on their own. Again, we will never know.
But we do know enough to know that for MRA’s, especially those that live in Canada, that there is a need, not for panic, but for caution.
We are documenting the fact that these events transpired for the sake of public record. If other MRA’s are called in and questioned in similar circumstances we will document that as well. On the outside chance that we are seeing the police manipulated into some sort of ideological McCarthyism, we want to document it as it happens.
Regarding AVfM, there have been times when I have banned people from this site for making even non serious suggestions of violence. I have gotten complaints and nasty emails for doing so. Now you know at least one reason why I felt it was necessary.
Personally, I would be flabbergasted to know there are any MRA’s out there that would take their beliefs and use them as an excuse for violence. And truth tell, I am more than happy with their being removed from our ranks, and even from society, if they are out there.
The only weapon we ever needed is the truth, and I do believe that we can see through Mr.X’s unfortunate experience, that the truth is indeed a potent weapon that causes irrational reactions from the very people we would identify as the problem.
But a word of caution. As we know all too well, lies are powerful weapons, too. They can take a terrible toll in terms of lost reputation, as even lost freedom. Unfortunate then that our stock and trade is in dealing with liars. We see people like David Futrelle and others trying to cast us as pro-violence in any way they possibly can, often treating the truth and integrity like minor obstacles to their ambitions.
So, the question becomes, how are we going to react to what has happened here? The answer is that we are going to move ahead full steam. We won’t slither into private forums with our beliefs. That is the province of those we oppose, as you will soon see detailed on the pages of this site like never before.
Just like Mr. X, the people at AVfM are simply telling the truth and looking for justice. There is no need to slow down or change course. But these events remind us that on whatever level you can imagine, there are those that would do most anything to shut us up. Or, as we have said around here before, we are getting flak, so we must be over the target.
But, it is official now, people. They are watching us. We must remain aware of that, even though it changes nothing that we do. AVfM will continue to enforce its no violence policy, just as we have from the day we launched. And we will continue to confront hateful ideologues, corrupt public officials and the plague of misandry wherever we find it and FTSU.
Sometimes the ride will get bumpy, so we are all better off to strap in securely.
Written by
Paul Elam
Source:click here
I'm sure we are making an impact in Canada along with the rest of western societies and there are those that will resist us,resist us even to the point of censorship and/or violence. We have the truth on our side,that is more than our enemies have and with the truth we can show the world who is telling the truth. I guess taking into consideration what Canadian MRA Earl Silverman is putting the Human (Women's) Rights Commission through and according to Earl he is having a blast putting the feminazis through this then yes,feminazis and other defenders of evil have a lot to be afraid of.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Leahy's bad bill
Sen. Patrick Leahy is currently circulating a draft of the Violence Against Women Act: click here. Even though SAVE representatives met with Sen. Leahy's staff over the last 2 years, the draft VAWA totally, completely, 100% misses the mark. These are the reasons why the draft bill is Dead on Arrival:
•Nothing to make sure real victims get priority - see summary: click here
•Zero attention to false allegations.
•Nothing to rein in DV lies.
•Nada to address mandatory arrest.
•No attempt to make VAWA gender-neutral
Worse, the bill will take the Dept. of Education's directive on sexual assault on campus and turn the "preponderance of evidence" standard into statutory law,
We need to raise a big stink about this. Call your Senators today at 1-202-224-3121, and tell them to refuse to co-sponsor the bill. Sen. Leahy's bill is fatally flawed.
Sincerely,
Teri
Teri Stoddard, Program Director
Stop Abusive and Violent Environments
www.saveservices.org
Or you can email them. (see men's resources) Either way let them know Leahy's bill is unacceptable.
•Nothing to make sure real victims get priority - see summary: click here
•Zero attention to false allegations.
•Nothing to rein in DV lies.
•Nada to address mandatory arrest.
•No attempt to make VAWA gender-neutral
Worse, the bill will take the Dept. of Education's directive on sexual assault on campus and turn the "preponderance of evidence" standard into statutory law,
We need to raise a big stink about this. Call your Senators today at 1-202-224-3121, and tell them to refuse to co-sponsor the bill. Sen. Leahy's bill is fatally flawed.
Sincerely,
Teri
Teri Stoddard, Program Director
Stop Abusive and Violent Environments
www.saveservices.org
Or you can email them. (see men's resources) Either way let them know Leahy's bill is unacceptable.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Biden confronted on his remarks
To promote the first stage of President Obama's new economic stimulus plan, Vice President Joe Biden has repeatedly warned that failing to win passage of the measure could lead to dire results, including an increase of murders and rapes throughout the country. The reason for such spikes in major violent crime, Biden argues, is that a portion of the $35 billion in the bill will go to beef up police power.
At the University of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Biden argued that the spending in the bill would be necessary to keep crime low. He expressed the same view a week earlier in Flint, Mich. where he suggested there was a correlation between fewer police officers and higher crime rates.
"Let's look at the facts," Biden said. "In 2008, when Flint had 265 sworn officers on their police force, there were 35 murders and 91 rapes in this city. In 2010, when Flint had only 144 police officers, the murder rate climbed to 65 and rapes, just to pick two categories, climbed to 229. In 2011, you now only have 125 shields. God only knows what the numbers will be this year for Flint if we don't rectify it."
Biden has supported increasing police budgets and the number of cops on the beat for several years, so his use of this rhetoric is far from surprising. He is, however, facing scrutiny from conservative critics for threatening that crime could increase if Congress doesn't endorse this stage of the Democrats' jobs bill, which will increase spending only on public-sector jobs.
Jason Mattera, the editor of the conservative newspaper Human Events, confronted Biden about his comments during a visit on Capitol Hill. Mattera, asked the vice president if he regretted using a "rape reference to describe Republican opposition" to the jobs bill.
"Let's get it straight, guy, don't screw around with me," Biden told Mattera, who is known for his brazen on-camera interview style. "Listen to me. I said rape was up three times in Flint, they're the numbers. Go look at the numbers. Murder's up, rape is up, burglaries are up. That's exactly what I said."
When Mattera asked if it was appropriate for a person in Biden's position to make warnings like that to advance a bill, Biden ended the interview.
You can watch the video here and in the embed above.
The Senate is expected to take up the first piece of the jobs bill sometime this week.
Source:click here
Biden has a way with the media the same way NJ Governor Chris Christie does and with a big mouth to match. Now he's thumping the chest of a fellow member of the fourth estate probably in an attempt to intimidate him. What's going to happen when the jobs bill goes down in defeat? Biden will look like an idiot for his rhetoric. If he doesn't want it to be rhetoric he better hope the rape rate goes up. That means he better hire some rapists or do it himself. I'm betting on the latter. He just seems like that kind of a guy.Vice President Joe Biden-coming to a back alley near you. Notice how Biden's handlers got him out of there before he made a bigger ass out of himself. Obama is hanging on to his job by a string as it is and the last thing he needs is Biden shooting his mouth off and intimidating reporters.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
VP Biden ties Jobs Bill to sexual assault
In Flint, Michigan, Vice President Joe Biden suggested that more rapes and murders could occur if President Barack Obama's jobs bill is not passed.
"In 2008, when Flint had 265 sworn officers on their police force, there were 35 murders and 91 rapes in this city," Biden said. "In 2010, when Flint had only 144 police officers, the murder rate climbed to 65 and rapes--just to pick two categories--climbed to 229. In 2011, you now only have 125 shields. God only knows what the numbers will be this year for Flint if we don't rectify it."
The vice president also seemed to suggest that the Obama administration's first stimulus is the reason rapes and murders were not even higher in 2010 and 2011." And God only knows what that number would have been had we not been able to get a little bit of help," Biden said.
Source:click here
Yep,same old Biden delievering the same type of message assclowns like him usually deliever: "do as we say and nobody gets hurt." They truly are desparate to resort to these tactics but then again this is their SOP. You never know what exactly is going to come out of Biden's mouth but you know you're not going to like it. Biden's only upside is that he is the target of FOX News.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
The Kellett saga continues
I'm going to repost the press release concerning Vladek Filler and the injustice he faced at the hands of ADA Mary N. Kellett,who is now possibly going to trial for fraud,racketeering and other charges. This is from A Voice For Men:
Vladek Filler action alert, press release
Below you will find a press release and a list of media contacts regarding the ongoing struggle to help Vladek Filler finally receive justice, and, just as importantly push for prosecutor Mary Kellett to finally receive her justice as well.
Supporters of AVfM have heard about this case for a long time and have done much to help further this cause by sending emails to officials and members of the media, making phone calls to key persons and by helping to distribute press releases across the internet. I can tell you on behalf of the concerned parties that they are very grateful for your support and persistence.
The case has come a long way with many positive results. The pending actions against Kellett are outlined in the current press release and Mr. Filler has been acquitted of the false rape charge against him.
But we must remember that he is still fighting for his freedom and for the wellbeing of his children. He was convicted, just as unjustly as the initial rape conviction that was later overturned, of assaulting his wife. He is awaiting an appeal of that conviction and the opportunity to present the overwhelming evidence of his innocence.
He was sentenced in that case to 21 days in jail. Some might think that was a good outcome considering they almost put him away for much longer on a bogus rape charge. I urge everyone not to think that way.
Mr. Filler is innocent and is, in fact, the only real victim in any of these criminal proceedings. He was a victim of his wife’s abuse; a victim of Mary Kellett’s lies and official misconduct and a victim of corruption in entire Bar Harbor prosecutors office headed by Carletta Bassano.
He does not deserve to be in jail for 21 days, or 10 days or even one minute. If anyone deserves to be in jail it is the corrupt functionaries that are orchestrating and abuse of justice in order to harm Mr. Filler.
You have all done much in the past, but I must ask for those who are outraged at this travesty to take action one more time. Please post this press release to your blogs. Please contact the media sources and government officials listed below the release and tell them of your concerns. Please help us see this push for decency and justice one more time for the sake of an innocent man being savaged by these obscenely corrupt and arrogant officials. While all of us see the loaded gun of misandry, and know how dangerous it is, Mr. Filler still has it pointed straight at his head, and the heads of his children. This nightmare is still not over.
P.O. Box 301172, Houston,TX77230
http://www.avoiceformen.com
e-mail: avoiceformen@yahoo.com
Bar Harbor Maine Prosecutor accused of fraud, racketeering, and obstruction of justice faces disbarment
Following a seven month investigation, the Maine Bar Counsel and Grievance Commission “found probable cause to believe that Assistant District Attorney Mary Kellett had engaged in misconduct subject to sanction under the Maine Bar Rules for which appropriate discipline should be sought”.
Assistant district attorney Mary N. Kellett is accused of prosecuting numerous men for sex crimes despite evidence of their innocence. The complaint filed in connection with the case of Vladek Filler alleges Kellett suppressed exculpatory evidence, elicited false testimony, tampered with evidence, violated court orders, and engaged in “fraud, racketeering, and obstruction of justice.”
Filler was accused of sexual misconduct by his estranged wife during a contentious divorce and child custody dispute. District Court found the accusations to be false and awarded sole custody of the children to Filler; however Kellett had him prosecuted twice for spousal rape anyway.
Numerous other cases have surfaced. Michael D. Webber was tried by Kellett twice for accusations of sexual misconduct made during his divorce and child custody dispute. Speaking at a press conference Webber stated “in my case there was no evidence and I was continuously put through the system for no reason…it really destroys your life.” His attorney Steven Juskewitch, himself a former prosecutor, cited prior Court findings of Webber’s innocence which Kellett ignored.
Juskewitch said “it’s probably in my 30 years the most egregious abuse of prosecutorial discretion.” He added that just his office has been involved with some two dozen such cases brought by Kellett.
There are numerous calls for prosecutor Kellett’s disbarment. A Change.org petition shows over 1,170 signatures. National advocacy organizations such as S.A.V.E (Stop Abusive and Violent Environments), NCFM (National Coalition For Men), and AVFM (A Voice For Men) have filed ethics complaints calling for Kellett’s suspension and disbarment. According to attorney Robert Franklin of Father’s and Families® Kellett’s disbarment would be “richly deserved.”
The probable cause finding against a prosecutor is very rare, but as the Bar Commission attempts to answer calls for Kellett’s disbarment many remain skeptical. District Attorney Careletta Bassano and Attorney General’s Office have dismissed the seriousness of the Bar Commission’s finding allowing Kellett to continue to prosecute men despite the pending disciplinary proceedings. It has long been established by the Courts that prosecutors are to be held to much higher ethical and legal standards than other attorney’s because prosecutors represent the public and have a duty to seek truth and justice and not merely a conviction. It remains uncertain whether prosecutor Mary Kellett will be held to such standards by the Maine Board of Overseers Bar Commission.
A Voice for Men is an advocacy organization dedicated to ending sexual discrimination and promoting equal treatment under the law.
Contact: Paul Elam avoiceformen@yahoo.com
KEY NEWSPAPERS:
Citizen Journal
Publisher: Robert Pushard
Associate Publisher: Jan Laux
Editor: Larry Grard
Area Manager: Nick Wood
Tel. 207-355-3171
www.svweekly.com
E-mail: Frontdesk@svweekly.com
Central Maine Morning Sentinel
31 Front Street Waterville, ME 04901
Phone: (207) 873-3341
Fax: (207) 861-9191
Website: www.onlinesentinel.com
E-mail: sentinelnews@centralmaine.com
Tony Ronzio, editor and publisher, 207-621-5678, tronzio@centralmaine.com
Jim Evans, managing editor 207-861-9249, jevans@centralmaine.com
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
390 Congress Street
Portland, ME 04101-5009
(207) 791-6630
Website: www.pressherald.com
Editor and Publisher Richard L. Connor, rconnor@mainetoday.com
news@pressherald.com
Portsmouth Herald
111 New Hampshire Ave.
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone: (800) 439-0303
Howard Altschiller, Executive Editor
haltschiller@seacoastonline.com.
news@seacoastonline.com
Bangor Daily News
491 Main Street
P.O. Box 1329
Bangor, Maine 04402-1329
Michael J Dowd, Editor-in-Chief
Phone: 207-990-8238
www.bangornews.com
E-mail: mdowd@bangordailynews.com
The Ellsworth American.
30 Water Street
Ellsworth, ME 04605
Phone: (207) 667-2576
Stephen Fay Editor
news@ellsworthamerican.com
info@ellsworthamerican.com
Village Soup
301 Park Street
Rockland, Maine 04841
Editor: Richard M. Anderson
207-594-4401, x326
randerson@villagesoup.com
news@villagesoup.com
Penobscot Bay Press
Community Information Services
PO Box 36, 69 Main St.
Stonington, ME 04681
Phone:(207)367-2200
Publisher and Editor: Nat Barrows
cis@penobscotbaypress.com
Kennebec Journal
274 Western Avenue
Augusta, ME 04330
Phone: (207) 623-3811
Fax: (207) 623-2220
Website: www.kjonline.com
E-mail: kjcommunity@centralmaine.com
Editor and Publisher Anthony Ronzio 207-621-5678, aronzio@kjonline.com
City Editor Bob Mentzinger 207-621-5708, rmentzinger@centralmaine.com
Lewiston Sun Journal
104 Park Street
Lewiston, ME 04243
Phone: (207) 784-5411
Fax: (207) 777-3436
Website: www.sunjournal.com
Managing Editor Judith Meyer, 207-689-2902, jmeyer@sunjournal.com
Managing Editor Pete Phelan, 207-689-2826, pphelan@sunjournal.com
Lincoln County News
PO Box 36 Damariscotta, ME 04543
Phone: (207) 563-3171
Fax: (207) 563-3127
Website: www.lincolncountynewsonline.com
E-mail: lcn@lincoln.midcoast.com
Magic City Morning Star
146 Katahdin Avenue
Millinocket, ME 04462
Phone: (207) 723-2037
Website: magic-city-news.com
E-mail: editor@magic-city-news.com
Times-Record
3 Business Parkway
Brunswick, ME 04011-1302
Phone: (207) 729-3311
Fax: (207) 729-5728
Website: www.timesrecord.com
E-mail: news@timesrecord.com
Portland Phoenix
16 York St., Suite 102,
Portland, ME 04101
Tel: (207) 773-8900; Fax: (207) 773-8905
Managing Editor: Jeff Inglis
jeff@jeffinglis.com
Biddeford Journal Tribune
457 Alfred Street
Biddeford, ME 04005
Phone: (207) 282-1535
Fax: (207) 282-3138
Website: www.journaltribune.com
Kristen Schulze Muszynski, Managing Editor, Ext. 322
E-mail: jtcommunity@journaltribune.com
Capital Weekly
295 Water Street, Suite One
Augusta, ME 04338
Phone: (207) 621-6000
Fax: (207) 261-6006
Website: capital.villagesoup.com
Contact Form: http://capital.villagesoup.com/about/contact.seam
Herald Gazette
Address: 56 Elm Street
Camden, ME 04843
Phone: (207) 236-8511
Fax: (207) 236-4245
Website: knox.villagesoup.com
TV STATIONS:
Channel 7
WVII-TV ABC-7
371-Target Industrial Circle
Bangor, ME 04401
www.wvii.com/
Phone: (207) 945-6457 Ex 3122
Fax: 207-942-0511
WVII News and Stories Email: tv7news@wvii.com
Channel 2:
Main Studio WLBZ 2
329 Mount Hope Avenue
Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 942-4821
www.wlbz2.com/
To send a news tip to the NEWS CENTER 2, send an email to: newscenter2@wlbz2.com
Channel 5:
WABI-TV
35 Hildreth Street
Bangor, ME 04401
Phone: 207-947-8321
Fax: 207-941-9378
www.wabi.tv/
E-Mail: wabi@wabi.tv
Channel 6:
WCSH 6 NBC
1 Congress Sq,
Portland, ME 04101-3800
Phone: 207-828-6666
Website: http://www.wcsh6.com
News Director, send an email to: newsdirector@wcsh6.com
E-Mail: newscenter@wcsh6.com
Channel 8:
WMTW-TV
99 Danville Corner Road
Auburn, ME 04210
Phone: 207.782.1800
To report breaking news call: 800.CH8.NEWS (207-248-6397)
Website: http://www.wmtw.com/index.html
E-mail wmtw@wmtw.com
Channel 13:
WGME-TV
81 Northport Drive
Portland, ME 04103
207-797-1313
207-878-3505
Website: http://www.wgme.com
Contact form: http://www.wgme.com/sections/station/
If we got to put pressure on these Maine officials to serve justice on wrongdoers such as Kellett who abuse their power then pressure is what we'll apply. Let's send those emails to the aforementioned media outlets to let the local Maine population know what is being done to innocent men in their name. Let's put the heat on these officials and the way to do that is to send emails to the above email addresses and tell them what is up. The more of us that do this the better so send those emails today.
Vladek Filler action alert, press release
Below you will find a press release and a list of media contacts regarding the ongoing struggle to help Vladek Filler finally receive justice, and, just as importantly push for prosecutor Mary Kellett to finally receive her justice as well.
Supporters of AVfM have heard about this case for a long time and have done much to help further this cause by sending emails to officials and members of the media, making phone calls to key persons and by helping to distribute press releases across the internet. I can tell you on behalf of the concerned parties that they are very grateful for your support and persistence.
The case has come a long way with many positive results. The pending actions against Kellett are outlined in the current press release and Mr. Filler has been acquitted of the false rape charge against him.
But we must remember that he is still fighting for his freedom and for the wellbeing of his children. He was convicted, just as unjustly as the initial rape conviction that was later overturned, of assaulting his wife. He is awaiting an appeal of that conviction and the opportunity to present the overwhelming evidence of his innocence.
He was sentenced in that case to 21 days in jail. Some might think that was a good outcome considering they almost put him away for much longer on a bogus rape charge. I urge everyone not to think that way.
Mr. Filler is innocent and is, in fact, the only real victim in any of these criminal proceedings. He was a victim of his wife’s abuse; a victim of Mary Kellett’s lies and official misconduct and a victim of corruption in entire Bar Harbor prosecutors office headed by Carletta Bassano.
He does not deserve to be in jail for 21 days, or 10 days or even one minute. If anyone deserves to be in jail it is the corrupt functionaries that are orchestrating and abuse of justice in order to harm Mr. Filler.
You have all done much in the past, but I must ask for those who are outraged at this travesty to take action one more time. Please post this press release to your blogs. Please contact the media sources and government officials listed below the release and tell them of your concerns. Please help us see this push for decency and justice one more time for the sake of an innocent man being savaged by these obscenely corrupt and arrogant officials. While all of us see the loaded gun of misandry, and know how dangerous it is, Mr. Filler still has it pointed straight at his head, and the heads of his children. This nightmare is still not over.
Let’s finish this.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Paul Elam, A Voice for MenP.O. Box 301172, Houston,TX77230
http://www.avoiceformen.com
e-mail: avoiceformen@yahoo.com
Bar Harbor Maine Prosecutor accused of fraud, racketeering, and obstruction of justice faces disbarment
Following a seven month investigation, the Maine Bar Counsel and Grievance Commission “found probable cause to believe that Assistant District Attorney Mary Kellett had engaged in misconduct subject to sanction under the Maine Bar Rules for which appropriate discipline should be sought”.
Assistant district attorney Mary N. Kellett is accused of prosecuting numerous men for sex crimes despite evidence of their innocence. The complaint filed in connection with the case of Vladek Filler alleges Kellett suppressed exculpatory evidence, elicited false testimony, tampered with evidence, violated court orders, and engaged in “fraud, racketeering, and obstruction of justice.”
Filler was accused of sexual misconduct by his estranged wife during a contentious divorce and child custody dispute. District Court found the accusations to be false and awarded sole custody of the children to Filler; however Kellett had him prosecuted twice for spousal rape anyway.
Numerous other cases have surfaced. Michael D. Webber was tried by Kellett twice for accusations of sexual misconduct made during his divorce and child custody dispute. Speaking at a press conference Webber stated “in my case there was no evidence and I was continuously put through the system for no reason…it really destroys your life.” His attorney Steven Juskewitch, himself a former prosecutor, cited prior Court findings of Webber’s innocence which Kellett ignored.
Juskewitch said “it’s probably in my 30 years the most egregious abuse of prosecutorial discretion.” He added that just his office has been involved with some two dozen such cases brought by Kellett.
There are numerous calls for prosecutor Kellett’s disbarment. A Change.org petition shows over 1,170 signatures. National advocacy organizations such as S.A.V.E (Stop Abusive and Violent Environments), NCFM (National Coalition For Men), and AVFM (A Voice For Men) have filed ethics complaints calling for Kellett’s suspension and disbarment. According to attorney Robert Franklin of Father’s and Families® Kellett’s disbarment would be “richly deserved.”
The probable cause finding against a prosecutor is very rare, but as the Bar Commission attempts to answer calls for Kellett’s disbarment many remain skeptical. District Attorney Careletta Bassano and Attorney General’s Office have dismissed the seriousness of the Bar Commission’s finding allowing Kellett to continue to prosecute men despite the pending disciplinary proceedings. It has long been established by the Courts that prosecutors are to be held to much higher ethical and legal standards than other attorney’s because prosecutors represent the public and have a duty to seek truth and justice and not merely a conviction. It remains uncertain whether prosecutor Mary Kellett will be held to such standards by the Maine Board of Overseers Bar Commission.
A Voice for Men is an advocacy organization dedicated to ending sexual discrimination and promoting equal treatment under the law.
Contact: Paul Elam avoiceformen@yahoo.com
# # #
KEY NEWSPAPERS:
Citizen Journal
Publisher: Robert Pushard
Associate Publisher: Jan Laux
Editor: Larry Grard
Area Manager: Nick Wood
Tel. 207-355-3171
www.svweekly.com
E-mail: Frontdesk@svweekly.com
Central Maine Morning Sentinel
31 Front Street Waterville, ME 04901
Phone: (207) 873-3341
Fax: (207) 861-9191
Website: www.onlinesentinel.com
E-mail: sentinelnews@centralmaine.com
Tony Ronzio, editor and publisher, 207-621-5678, tronzio@centralmaine.com
Jim Evans, managing editor 207-861-9249, jevans@centralmaine.com
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
390 Congress Street
Portland, ME 04101-5009
(207) 791-6630
Website: www.pressherald.com
Editor and Publisher Richard L. Connor, rconnor@mainetoday.com
news@pressherald.com
Portsmouth Herald
111 New Hampshire Ave.
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Phone: (800) 439-0303
Howard Altschiller, Executive Editor
haltschiller@seacoastonline.com.
news@seacoastonline.com
Bangor Daily News
491 Main Street
P.O. Box 1329
Bangor, Maine 04402-1329
Michael J Dowd, Editor-in-Chief
Phone: 207-990-8238
www.bangornews.com
E-mail: mdowd@bangordailynews.com
The Ellsworth American.
30 Water Street
Ellsworth, ME 04605
Phone: (207) 667-2576
Stephen Fay Editor
news@ellsworthamerican.com
info@ellsworthamerican.com
Village Soup
301 Park Street
Rockland, Maine 04841
Editor: Richard M. Anderson
207-594-4401, x326
randerson@villagesoup.com
news@villagesoup.com
Penobscot Bay Press
Community Information Services
PO Box 36, 69 Main St.
Stonington, ME 04681
Phone:(207)367-2200
Publisher and Editor: Nat Barrows
cis@penobscotbaypress.com
Kennebec Journal
274 Western Avenue
Augusta, ME 04330
Phone: (207) 623-3811
Fax: (207) 623-2220
Website: www.kjonline.com
E-mail: kjcommunity@centralmaine.com
Editor and Publisher Anthony Ronzio 207-621-5678, aronzio@kjonline.com
City Editor Bob Mentzinger 207-621-5708, rmentzinger@centralmaine.com
Lewiston Sun Journal
104 Park Street
Lewiston, ME 04243
Phone: (207) 784-5411
Fax: (207) 777-3436
Website: www.sunjournal.com
Managing Editor Judith Meyer, 207-689-2902, jmeyer@sunjournal.com
Managing Editor Pete Phelan, 207-689-2826, pphelan@sunjournal.com
Lincoln County News
PO Box 36 Damariscotta, ME 04543
Phone: (207) 563-3171
Fax: (207) 563-3127
Website: www.lincolncountynewsonline.com
E-mail: lcn@lincoln.midcoast.com
Magic City Morning Star
146 Katahdin Avenue
Millinocket, ME 04462
Phone: (207) 723-2037
Website: magic-city-news.com
E-mail: editor@magic-city-news.com
Times-Record
3 Business Parkway
Brunswick, ME 04011-1302
Phone: (207) 729-3311
Fax: (207) 729-5728
Website: www.timesrecord.com
E-mail: news@timesrecord.com
Portland Phoenix
16 York St., Suite 102,
Portland, ME 04101
Tel: (207) 773-8900; Fax: (207) 773-8905
Managing Editor: Jeff Inglis
jeff@jeffinglis.com
Biddeford Journal Tribune
457 Alfred Street
Biddeford, ME 04005
Phone: (207) 282-1535
Fax: (207) 282-3138
Website: www.journaltribune.com
Kristen Schulze Muszynski, Managing Editor, Ext. 322
E-mail: jtcommunity@journaltribune.com
Capital Weekly
295 Water Street, Suite One
Augusta, ME 04338
Phone: (207) 621-6000
Fax: (207) 261-6006
Website: capital.villagesoup.com
Contact Form: http://capital.villagesoup.com/about/contact.seam
Herald Gazette
Address: 56 Elm Street
Camden, ME 04843
Phone: (207) 236-8511
Fax: (207) 236-4245
Website: knox.villagesoup.com
TV STATIONS:
Channel 7
WVII-TV ABC-7
371-Target Industrial Circle
Bangor, ME 04401
www.wvii.com/
Phone: (207) 945-6457 Ex 3122
Fax: 207-942-0511
WVII News and Stories Email: tv7news@wvii.com
Channel 2:
Main Studio WLBZ 2
329 Mount Hope Avenue
Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 942-4821
www.wlbz2.com/
To send a news tip to the NEWS CENTER 2, send an email to: newscenter2@wlbz2.com
Channel 5:
WABI-TV
35 Hildreth Street
Bangor, ME 04401
Phone: 207-947-8321
Fax: 207-941-9378
www.wabi.tv/
E-Mail: wabi@wabi.tv
Channel 6:
WCSH 6 NBC
1 Congress Sq,
Portland, ME 04101-3800
Phone: 207-828-6666
Website: http://www.wcsh6.com
News Director, send an email to: newsdirector@wcsh6.com
E-Mail: newscenter@wcsh6.com
Channel 8:
WMTW-TV
99 Danville Corner Road
Auburn, ME 04210
Phone: 207.782.1800
To report breaking news call: 800.CH8.NEWS (207-248-6397)
Website: http://www.wmtw.com/index.html
E-mail wmtw@wmtw.com
Channel 13:
WGME-TV
81 Northport Drive
Portland, ME 04103
207-797-1313
207-878-3505
Website: http://www.wgme.com
Contact form: http://www.wgme.com/sections/station/
If we got to put pressure on these Maine officials to serve justice on wrongdoers such as Kellett who abuse their power then pressure is what we'll apply. Let's send those emails to the aforementioned media outlets to let the local Maine population know what is being done to innocent men in their name. Let's put the heat on these officials and the way to do that is to send emails to the above email addresses and tell them what is up. The more of us that do this the better so send those emails today.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
California releases female prisoners
Thousands of women inmates from California prisons could soon be released to be reunited with their families under a program the state began implementing on Monday.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said offenders whose crimes were nonviolent, nonserious and not sexual, with less than two years remaining on their sentences, are eligible for the Alternative Custody Program, which was signed into law in 2010 by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
“Approximately two-thirds of CDCR’s female inmates are mothers whose children are either with relatives or are in foster care,” CDCR Secretary Matthew Cate said in a press release. “ACP is a step in breaking the intergenerational cycle of incarceration, as family involvement is one of the biggest indicators of an inmate’s rehabilitation.”
About 45% of the state's 10,000 female inmates may be eligible for the program, the CDCR said. It may be made available to male inmates in the future, the department said.
Those admitted to the program will wear electronic monitors and be supervised by a parole agent, the CDCR said. They can serve their remaining time at home or in a residential substance-abuse or transitional-care facility, according to the agency.
The prisoners will be allowed to find jobs or attend classes during their release, the department said.
The state of California should save about $6 million a year under the program, the CDCR estimated.
California is under federal pressure to reduce inmate populations. The Supreme Court this summer upheld a lower court ruling that medical and mental health care for inmates in the state prison system falls below the level required by the Constitution.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law in April a plan to reduce prison crowding by moving 33,000 low-level offenders to county jails. But the state is cash-strapped, and funding for that plan, estimated at $460 million in the first year, must be approved by voters in November.
California has the nation's largest prison system.
Source:click here
This is bullshit misandric sexism at its worst and we need to protest it. If you live in California let your elected representatives know this is unacceptable and that you are protesting it. Send those emails today and let those in power in the state of California know about your position on this issue and how unfair it is.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said offenders whose crimes were nonviolent, nonserious and not sexual, with less than two years remaining on their sentences, are eligible for the Alternative Custody Program, which was signed into law in 2010 by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
“Approximately two-thirds of CDCR’s female inmates are mothers whose children are either with relatives or are in foster care,” CDCR Secretary Matthew Cate said in a press release. “ACP is a step in breaking the intergenerational cycle of incarceration, as family involvement is one of the biggest indicators of an inmate’s rehabilitation.”
About 45% of the state's 10,000 female inmates may be eligible for the program, the CDCR said. It may be made available to male inmates in the future, the department said.
Those admitted to the program will wear electronic monitors and be supervised by a parole agent, the CDCR said. They can serve their remaining time at home or in a residential substance-abuse or transitional-care facility, according to the agency.
The prisoners will be allowed to find jobs or attend classes during their release, the department said.
The state of California should save about $6 million a year under the program, the CDCR estimated.
California is under federal pressure to reduce inmate populations. The Supreme Court this summer upheld a lower court ruling that medical and mental health care for inmates in the state prison system falls below the level required by the Constitution.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law in April a plan to reduce prison crowding by moving 33,000 low-level offenders to county jails. But the state is cash-strapped, and funding for that plan, estimated at $460 million in the first year, must be approved by voters in November.
California has the nation's largest prison system.
Source:click here
This is bullshit misandric sexism at its worst and we need to protest it. If you live in California let your elected representatives know this is unacceptable and that you are protesting it. Send those emails today and let those in power in the state of California know about your position on this issue and how unfair it is.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Barbour releases two female felons
Sister's kidney donation condition of Miss. parole
JACKSON, Miss. – For 16 years, sisters Jamie and Gladys Scott have shared a life behind bars for their part in an $11 armed robbery. To share freedom, they must also share a kidney.
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour suspended the sisters' life sentences on Wednesday, but 36-year-old Gladys Scott's release is contingent on her giving a kidney to Jamie, her 38-year-old sister, who requires daily dialysis.
The sisters were convicted in 1994 of leading two men into an ambush in central Mississippi the year before. Three teenagers hit each man in the head with a shotgun and took their wallets — making off with only $11, court records said.
Jamie and Gladys Scott were each convicted of two counts of armed robbery and sentenced to two life sentences.
"I think it's a victory," said the sisters' attorney, Chokwe Lumumba. "I talked to Gladys and she's elated about the news. I'm sure Jamie is, too."
National NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous thanked Barbour in a news conference Thursday at Mississippi's capital, calling the suspension of the sentences "a shining example" of the way a governor should use the power of clemency.
Civil rights advocates have for years called for the sisters' release, saying the sentences were excessive. Those demands gained traction when Barbour asked the Mississippi Parole Board to take another look at the case.
The Scott sisters are eligible for parole in 2014, but Barbour said prison officials no longer think they are a threat to society and Jamie's medical condition is costing the state a lot of money — approximately $200,000 a year, according to Mississippi Department of Corrections Spokesman Kent Croker.
Lumumba said he has no problem with the governor requiring Gladys to offer up her organ because "Gladys actually volunteered that as part of her petition."
Lumumba said it's not clear what caused the kidney failure, but it's likely a combination of different illnesses over the years.
Barbour spokesman Dan Turner told The Associated Press that Jamie Scott was released because she needs the transplant. He said Gladys Scott will be released if she agrees to donate her kidney because of the significant risk and recovery time.
"She wanted to do it," Turner said. "That wasn't something we introduced."
Barbour is a Republican in his second term who has been mentioned as a possible presidential contender in 2012. He said the parole board agreed with the indefinite suspension of their sentences, which is different from a pardon or commutation because it comes with conditions.
An "indefinite suspension of sentence" can be reversed if the conditions are not followed, but those requirements are usually things like meeting with a parole officer.
The Scott sisters have received significant public support from advocacy groups, including the NAACP, which called for their release. Hundreds of people marched through downtown Jackson from the state capital to the governor's mansion in September, chanting in unison that the women should be freed.
Still, their release won't be immediate.
Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps said late Wednesday that he had not received the order. He also said the women want to live with relatives in Florida, which requires approval from officials in that state.
In general, that process takes 45 days.
Mississippi NAACP President Derrick Johnson said the Scott sisters' release will be "a great victory for the state of Mississippi for two individuals who received an excessive sentence" and he has no problem with the kidney donation requirement because Gladys Scott volunteered.
"I think it's encouraging that she's willing to share a kidney so her sister can have a better quality life," Johnson said.
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If this were two men convicted of aggravated robbery would the Governor help get them released. Probably not. The thing is their crimes could have ended with a man losing his life. Perhaps Borbour is appealing to right wing feminists by doing this. And the black civil rights groups,how many would have stood up for two men violently robbing women? Very few if any. More hypocrisy. This may fry his presidential bid,we'll see.
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