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Having an email address that begins “jcook@…” means I get a lot of misdirected e-mail meant to be sent to Jerry Cook, Jane Cook, Joseph Cook, Junior Cook, J. Whitney Bowles Pierpont Morgan Vanderbilt Cook, and all the other JCooks …

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More Americans Elect Vogon Democracy: to Reverse our Policies, Just Contact and Convince 10,000 Delegates We’ve Hidden From You and Who May Not Exist. You Have 48 Hours.

Jim Cook 3/8/2012

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Is this what Democracy looks like? Here’s an e-mail Americans Elect Policy Director Brian Findlay sent me late last night after I followed AE rules and formally moved to reverse its decision to allow as few as 5 people to …

Posted in Alternative Parties, Americans Elect, Mail, Politics | Tagged americans elect, brian findlay, communication, contact, democracy, file cabinet, impossible, membership, motion, procedure, vogon, vote, voting | 19 Comments

How to Spot a RoboMailer, Lesson #412

Jim Cook 2/23/2012

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Reading automated e-mail blasts can be so much fun. Today Irregular Times receives this missive from “Whitney Reed”: Hello ___, Do you accept guest posts for your site http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2009/10/30/christianity-but-not-confucius-for-theocracy-caucus-in-congress/? If so, I would be very interested in submitting an article …

Posted in Mail, Religion | Tagged christian colleges, linkbot, robomailer, seo, spam, whitney reed | Leave a comment

James Delingpole: Once, Twice, Three Times a Liar on Obama, Gore and Carter

Jim Cook 12/3/2011

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Conservative gadfly James Delingpole sent out an blast e-mail yesterday seeking to score points against Democratic occupants of the White House for, oddly enough, having not been George Patton: 336th Way to Exasperate a Liberal: Force them to sit down …

Posted in Barack Obama, Mail, Media, Moral Values, Politics | Tagged 365 ways to exasperate, al gore, Barack Obama, fact check, james delingpole, jimmy carter, liar, misquotes | Leave a comment

Harold Camping: Forget Those Ends of the World. How about some Money?

Jim Cook 11/20/2011

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In yesterday’s mail: Harold Camping’s Family Radio Network is forgetting those things which are behind. Never mind the March 2011 end of the world. Never mind the other end of the world in October 2011. Camping’s camp is reaching forward …

Posted in Mail, Religion | Tagged end of the world. apocalypse, family radio network, fundraising, Harold Camping, mail, money, solicitiation | 2 Comments

Open Letter to Americans Elect by William Busa: Poll Match Fails Professional Standards

Jim Cook 11/14/2011

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[Editor's note: William Busa has asked Irregular Times to share the following open letter to Americans Elect regarding its new "Candidate" page, on which Americans Elect promotes ranked presidential contenders according to their alleged "National Match" with Americans' values. We're …

Posted in Alternative Parties, Americans Elect, Election 2012, Ethics, Mail, Politics | Tagged 2012, americans elect, corporation, disclosure, election, ipsos, match, pledge, polling, president, professionalism, reporting, transparency, william busa | 6 Comments

Q: Are Care2 and Jezebel Liberal Web Sites?

Jim Cook 10/16/2011

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Tricia writes in with a question: I’m looking for information about the corporate and political affiliations of the Care2 website and Jezebel. Both seem to lean Liberal, but I have my suspicions that some or perhaps all of the content …

Posted in Activism, Mail, Questions | Tagged activist, care2, grief, jezebel, liberal, profit, slacktivism | 3 Comments

What’s Wrong With this Picture? Photoshopping the President into Your Prejudices

Jim Cook 10/4/2011

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What’s wrong with this picture sent out all over the Internet by right-wing fanatic Tony Caputo? I’ll tell you what’s wrong with that picture, and I’ll start with another pair of pictures: UPI Photo for the White House Press Pool, …

Posted in Barack Obama, Democrats, Mail, Politics | Tagged 365 ways to exasperate, Barack Obama, fact check, michelle obama, mirror, moment of silence, photograph, photoshop, prejudice, rings, salute, tony caputo | 2 Comments

Sour Cabbage: by word count, the Real Whopper of a Bureaucracy is Biblical

Jim Cook 7/26/2011

Is all you need to know about bureaucracy reduced to cabbage? Or could we find something a little bit wordier? Time for a conservative chain mail fact check.

Posted in Mail, Politics, Religion | Tagged bible, bureaucracy, cabbage, chain mail, elizabeth smith carroll, exodus, fact check, god, government, leviticus, prolix, regulations, Religion, tedious, word count, yahweh | 1 Comment

God’s Genocide: it’s not just an Old Testament thing

Jim Cook 7/11/2011

The Old Testament of the Bible is filled with instances in which the character of God directs his followers to commit genocide, ordering them to slaughter entire cities of men, women, children and babies for the offense of worshipping the …

Posted in Mail, Moral Values, Religion | Tagged bible, corinthians, covenant, genocide, god, matthew, new testament, old testament, paul, violence | 4 Comments

Is there a Peace Rally in Washington DC on July 6 2011?

Jim Cook 7/1/2011

No, not really. Sandy writes today from the southern tier of upstate New York to ask: Would you provide me with more details on the non-violent rally for peace scheduled for Thursday, July 6, 2011, in Washington, DC? Sandy’s question …

Posted in Activism, Mail, Religion, War and Peace | Tagged anti-war, buddhist, cash cow, dalai lama, dc, dubious, expensive, fact check, kalachakra, peace, peace rally, profiteering, tickets, verizon center, washington | 4 Comments

No Labels Deletes Dissenting Account, Invites “Leaders” to DC for Training

Jim Cook 6/29/2011

When it made its glitzy public launch a year after forming as a secretive 501c4 corporation, No Labels repeatedly portrayed itself as a “bottom-up” “grassroots” “movement” with the aim of influencing the 2012 congressional elections. Does a “bottom-up” “grassroots” “movement” …

Posted in Alternative Parties, Election 2012, Mail, Politics | Tagged 501c4, bottom-up, david farrar, deletion, dissent, grassroots, leaders, no labels, pr, public relations, social movement, thought leaders | 2 Comments

Thanks for the Reminder

Jim Cook 5/18/2011

I received a helpful reminder in an e-mail message this afternoon: Jesus Jesus died over 2000 years ago. Nobody has ever referred to him as the late Jesus, Not even the heathens. Nowhere in history. Nowhere has He EVER been …

Posted in Mail, Religion | Tagged chain mail, dead, deceased, former, jesus, jesus christ, late, no longer | 4 Comments

Why an Americans Elect Signature Gatherer in California Called it Quits

Jim Cook 4/17/2011

Levi Denham, a former signature gatherer for Americans Elect in the state of California, wrote to me last week to explain why he’s refused to collect signatures for the 501c4 corporation’s presidential election effort any more: I wanted to find …

Posted in Alternative Parties, Americans Elect, Election 2012, Mail, Politics | Tagged 2012, americans elect, ballot access, california, president, signatures | 4 Comments

Yes We Can Offer You Anti-Obama Merch

Jim Cook 3/23/2011

Rich Weitzman writes in today with a pointed question: Enough with Bush, that is old news. Where are your anti-Obama products??? Especially since this moron just started a war in Libya???!!! That’s a good question, Rich, and I have what …

Posted in Barack Obama, Bumper Stickers, Mail, Politics, Shirts | Tagged anti-obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, poster, Shirts, stickers | 1 Comment

Allyson Schwartz Delivers Empty, Incorrect Message on the Patriot Act

Jim Cook 3/9/2011

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Regular reader and Pennsylvania Green Party activist Ross Levin asked me to share a letter he received from his member of Congress, Representative Allyson Schwartz. Ross had asked Rep. Schwartz to explain why she had repeatedly supported reauthorization of the …

Posted in Activism, Democrats, Homeland Insecurity, Legislation, Mail, Media, Politics | Tagged 4th amendment, abuses, allyson schwartz, civil liberties, constituent, constitution, dc, fact check, letter, march 12, patriot act, protest, rally, reauthorization, ross levin, surveillance | 2 Comments

#33 Way to Exasperate a Liberal: Cut And Paste Barack Obama All the Way to Kenya

Jim Cook 2/11/2011