Please make a call to Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand to oppose PIPA!

blitzkrieg3 · 17 days

I'm a constituent, I clearly stated this, and Gillibrand's office hung up on me 5 seconds into the call when I mentioned SOPA. I called back and got the same woman, and she interrupted me immediately and "assured" me that my feedback was duly noted. X-post from /r/SOPA: http://www.reddit.com/r/SOPA/comments/omjg8/kirsten_gillibrands_office_hung_up_on_me_after/

peteru · 17 days

That letter was very well done, I hope you get a response.

When I called Sen. Schumer's local office, it said the mailbox was full. When I called the D.C. office, I got a fast busy (re-order tone) - the telephone company's way of saying "all circuits are busy and they are so busy we can't even play you the all circuits are busy message." All I could think was, good job everyone! Let 'em know!

peteru · 9 months

You're welcome. Where are you from? Do you know about /r/Rockland?

peteru · 9 months

Please don't do this as it usually screws the pizza delivery driver the worst - not only don't they get paid, they definitely don't get a tip!

peteru · 9 months

It was not a "full bag of trash". It was just, a bag, it had some trash it in it. But seriously, who throws bags of trash at volunteer cleanup crews. The highway department warned me to wear a hard hat and vest - I figured it was just overprotective - until someone started lobbing stuff at me. Not cool!

peteru · 9 months

Sad but true. Reminds me of this park precisely! Still, I feel that as long as I'm here, it's worth fighting the fight.

peteru · 9 months

They did not even stop to speak with me even though I was at the spot I reported the incident for over 30 minutes. The one car that passed me was the "supervisor". He did not stop. However, I do not expect police in New York to drop everything and deal with a report of a litterbug. If I'd lied and said it was a drunk driver, it might have been a different story, but that was not the point. Police gonna police.

peteru · 9 months

As stated in the text the first thing I did was call the local police. There is no doubt in my mind that the driver was miles away by that point. So fuck these guys and let them try to take civil action - which they never would - because their driver is guilty as sin. You can't sue for defamation when something is true.

peteru · 9 months

I contacted Max a moment ago but will entertain temporary requests for verification that this story went down as stated. That is why I included the Google Map for my cleanup group; we really are cleaning up a park. In either case I am simply appealing to what amounts to game theory: I am not kidding about cleaning a random two-lane rural highway. I stand to gain nothing but recognition for this act. This event happened as described; I did report it to the local police at the time stated (1:40PM 4/19/11) the agency was the Orangetown Police, Orangeburg, NY. These are the facts. If you doubt these facts, stop here and do nothing but doubt me. But I have provided specific, actionable information that would identify this case. My motivation is to shame the owner of this company not only for allowing his employee to get away with littering, but to shame him and his business for standing up for littering. NO ONE stands up for litter.

peteru · 9 months

I wish - the HQ is almost 2 hours away from the park I'm cleaning.

peteru · 9 months

That would be true assuming they send a driver JUST for this purpose. But he was already driving through anyway, today.

peteru · 9 months

I honestly did not understand the connotation until I googled it. My apologies. I thought it meant "meathead" or similar.

peteru · 9 months

You're probably right. I was speaking in anger. Edited.

peteru · 9 months

They would probably give the faxes to the driver so he could litter them out his window when he drives back through the area, then when I call them and complain, they'd tell me that the driver didn't litter them even when I point out the fax machine printed their callback number.

peteru · 9 months

Shit, if we can just pin these guys for playing online poker, they'll never stand a chance!

peteru · 9 months

He didn't even realize that if he'd just said, "Oh my, what a shocking story! I'll discipline the driver right away!" I would have been placated and just walked away. But instead... this. Thanks for reading my piece.

peteru · 9 months

Unfortunately it seems like some kind of niche private label delivery service. I can't even tell what they deliver because they have little to no info online. One site said they "started" delivering wine in 2003 but that could mean anything. Thanks for reading this though. Fortunately not everyone is a ********** litterbug with a chip on their shoulder like this guy and the park is starting to really look great.

adoginawig · 10 months

You know...

adoginawig · 10 months

My instructions were "when in doubt, shoot pics of cosplay and/or Cliff Blezinksy." Glad you enjoyed it.

adoginawig · 10 months

I asked her how many people had already made the same remark. She answered "Well, I'm trying to reach 50 today..."

adoginawig · 10 months

I pity the fool that thinks I'd miss Mr. T: http://www.hotbloodedgaming.com/2011/03/17/hbg-s-pax-east-2011-massive-cosplay-gallery/?pid=1784

adoginawig · 10 months

A bearded Chun Li appears: http://www.hotbloodedgaming.com/2011/03/17/hbg-s-pax-east-2011-massive-cosplay-gallery/?pid=1745

cavedave · 1 year

Also same username on chess.com, I'm not very good, I always knew the rules but really only started learning how to play about 6 months ago. I generally play Live Chess, games 1-10 minutes.

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