A letter to the editor of some “local news paper” and a post on some “blog”

(”Governor, if there is no rule prohibiting this kind of abuse by your administrators, then maybe you should do your job and make some”)

There are rules, Federal and state and the ACLU knows this.
“is totally reasonable”

Is totally lame, pathetic.

“And to those of you who say that the state director of the ACLU publicly condemning the treatment JTP received a week before the election, and then the national organization following up later is not enough —
get a grip, get some perspective: it’s not like the guy had any actual harm done to him”

Excuse me, define harm?

Because of this witchhunt starting DAYS before the Oct 15 debate the CO. he worked for is now out of business.
That means both Joe and his boss are now unemployed. That IS harm.

Hey, unemployed! I guess we all know now how Obama intends to reduce our “income taxes!

“He was persecuted, arrested, charged, fined, fired or anything. He didn’t ask for the ACLU’s help.”

Why would the ACLU need to have been ASKED for help?

The State of Ohio searched EVERYONE who/s name was or close to Wurzelbacher. And yes there is proof of this.

“So maybe the ACLU can be forgiven for volunteering a little less help than an indigent defendant about to be executed because his public defender slept through his trial”

And the name of this person who is about to be executed is? None, that’s a hypothetical. This violation is not a hypothetical, it is real.

Do you know the difference? Do you understand the difference?

“You guys have a first amendment right to trash the ACLU, even as ACLU volunteers work hard to defend that first amendment right for you.”

Does that first amendment right apply to people asking a pubic servant a question or does a American citizen have to fear their lives will be destroyed, investigate and trashed IF they DARE to ask a public servant a question.

As of right now the ACLU has failed miserably to protect that 1st amendment right.

“But that doesn’t mean trashing the ACLU is moral, ethical or decent in any way”

Try again.

Buckie, Dennis Evans statement is a response to the bogus claim

“Job & Family Services Director Helen Jones-Kelley stating that her office regularly conducts searches on peoples’ personal information if they appear in high-profile news stories”

There is no WRITTEN policy on checking people thrown into the public spotlight, because being in the “public spotlight” is not a valid reason to check.

Here’s some more

There is no WRITTEN policy on checking people born on Tuesdays after 1 PM

There is no WRITTEN policy on checking people that are over 6 FT tall

There is no WRITTEN policy on checking people that are under 6 FT tall

There is no WRITTEN policy on checking people who’s address is an Even number.

There is no WRITTEN policy on checking people who’s address is an Odd number.

There is no WRITTEN policy on checking people who sleep with their head facing north.

There is no WRITTEN policy on checking people who sleep with their head facing south, east or west.

There is no WRITTEN policy on checking these people because none of these are valid reasons to check.

Dennis Evans, a spokesman for the family services agency, acknowledged there is no written policy on checking people thrown into the public spotlight.

Frankly, the ACLU’s reaction (”Governor, if there is no rule prohibiting this kind of abuse by your administrators, then maybe you should do your job and make some”) is totally reasonable.

And to those of you who say that the state director of the ACLU publicly condemning the treatment JTP received a week before the election, and then the national organization following up later is not enough — get a grip, get some perspective: it’s not like the guy had any actual harm done to him. He was persecuted, arrested, charged, fined, fired or anything. He didn’t ask for the ACLU’s help. So maybe the ACLU can be forgiven for volunteering a little less help than an indigent defendant about to be executed because his public defender slept through his trial.

You guys have a first amendment right to trash the ACLU, even as ACLU volunteers work hard to defend that first amendment right for you. But that doesn’t mean trashing the ACLU is moral, ethical or decent in any way.

“It is appalling that government officials believe they may access a person’s private information simply for being in a newspaper headline.”

Those ACLU tools actually claimed to believe the government’s lame excuse for digging dirt for the Obama campaign. There was no policy of reviewing individuals whose names appeared in headlines. That was a transparent lie.

Need more Wild Turkey on my Corn Flakes.

This is just posturing that does not help anyone.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio recently called on Gov. Ted Strickland and other officials to enact regulations protecting private information kept in state databases.

Typical of the liberals: more regulations. I would bet a lot of money that there are already ethics laws on the books. How about instead of more regulations, Ohio state enforce the ones that they already have.

AND WE MEAN THE GENUINE ARTICLE!!

RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

PS
Totally not whining there when I said AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

“Hahaha! No mention that the violation of privacy was perpetrated on a conservative and by a democrat political machine.”

Csdeven, dude your clueless, the “violation of privacy” was on anyone and everyone in the state of Ohio who’s last name MIGHT be something like “Wurzelbacher”

“It is appalling that government officials believe they may access a person’s private information simply for being in a newspaper headline.”

Yes ACLU it is appalling to access 1 as in singular person and put their info on the web.

Now ACLU what is it to access, search EVERY person in the state of Ohio who’s last name is Wurzelbacher, or something close to that.

Question for the ACLU, why is it okay for all of us to know Robert Lee Wurzelbacher voting record, bankruptcy and home address.

He is not related to JTP!

Sorry ACLU but a letter to the editor just doesn’t cut it!

http://whoisplumberjoe.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/who-is-plumber-joe-wurzelbacher/

“The only near match is a Robert Lee Wurzelbacher. Neither he nor “Joe” have a listing in the Yellow Pages. A better question might be: why is Robert Wurzelbacher filing for bankruptcy?”

Question if your last name could possibly be spelled something like “Wurzelbacher” your files were searched and given to the press.

Why should they just accept that? ACLU?

Can’t have that until the election’s safely over.

ddrintn on November 17, 2008 at 9:28 PM

And so the tut-tut (giggle) era in faux-caring about Civil Liberties begins.

MSM to follow suit once they figure out where they left their pants in the drunken run-up.

I think a lot of people misunderstand the ACLU.

justfinethanks on November 17, 2008 at 7:22 PM

I understand enough to know that they should have come to Joe Wurzelbacher’s defense immediately. This was a clear case of trying to stifle speech through intimidation. But of course, it just might have reflected badly on Obama. Can’t have that until the election’s safely over.

Pussies. Pure cowardly pussies.

MadisonConservative

What MadisonConservative said. Hrmph. And anyway, that’s a pretty half-assed effort on their part. The ACLU sent a hella threatening letter to our local recreation park pool people when they tried to deny some local socialite the use of it for a Farenheight 9-11 party. Scared the bejeasus out of the local officials. They caved. Party happened. So. I know they can do better than that miserable excuse for a response.

All the better, I suspect I would have been fired for wearing my American Flag pin and McCain buttons to work. Or at least had my records revealed :)