Dear friends at The Tribune, The
Ledger, and elsewhere –
I'm at my wit's end, and I need your help in
exposing corruption. (And, I'm genuinely *very* frightened, as I
described below; please take a moment to check this out.)
Our U.S. Congressman, Dennis Ross (R-Fla.12th), has
just now blocked me from his Facebook page—no, not his personal Facebook (that
would be wrong enough, but at least it's his 'personal' page). I mean his
Congressional “Fan” page, which he just deleted—and recreated, to supposedly
interact with his constituents. He has kicked a lot of people off his pages, in
the past, from what I understand, for no reason other than disagreeing.
(But I can't provide you those peoples' names, as their posts are gone, and he
deleted the whole page with the long record of their protests; if you do
a news story, however, I'm sure they will come out of the woodwork and verify my
claims here.) However, I saw lots of complaints...
Most of you receiving my email here know me after
many decades of my various activism in the community on a variety of issues, and
you know I can be a tireless advocate for righting the wrongs in our society,
but, even in my wildest dreams, I can not imagine or envision doing something
that would justify or warrant getting kicked off his public 'Fan' page.
This guy is like no other politician I've ever
met—he's bizarre, but I don't ask you to take my word for that. Here's proof of
those claims, leading up to the present bizarre situation:
Back in 2011, I ask Congressman Ross (Tue., June
02, 2011) where he stands on one particular bill. His response:
I see he supports liberal, Big Government
intervention, even though he claims to be a 'Conservative,' so, I ask for
clarification—both in an email as well as through posts to his Facebook page:
“Gordon Wayne
Watts June 2 at 11:26am
I *want* a sharp decline in the
availability of student loans (ideally, I would eliminate ALL of the
government's interference in the Free Market -and get the Federal Government
*out* of Higher Education altogether!...But I don't see how a conservative such
as you or I could support this interference in the Free Market by the
Government...You don't support this...do you?”
* Links >>
www.GordonWatts.com/Higher-Ed-Tuition-Costs.html#37
Response from the Congressman: He blocks me from his Facebook: Date:
Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:46:16 EDT
That was very odd: I have not ever threatened,
spammed, or harassed the Congressman or his staff—nor have I ever used any
vulgar language—well, except that I called him a 'Liberal' on several
occasions, if you might consider the 'L' word a cuss word. In fact, I don't
recall the last time I contacted his office by phone or email—it's been a
while.
So, I phoned and emailed him, asking why he blocked me from his
Facebook—what I'd done to warrant such a drastic action—and asked about policy
matters (constituent representation) as well. His response? (U.S. Congressman
tells constituent to not email him) Monday, August 22, 2011
Analysis: The Congressman blocked me from his
“personal” facebook, and asked me not to write to him at his “personal”
email—all unjustifiably wrong, I admit, but these are his personal facebook and
email, so I think maybe we should cut him a little slack here, OK—and maybe just
contact him through his office only—on rare occasion, and in a polite
manner—asking for clarification.
More recently, however, he created a new Facebook 'Fan' page, and
started over again, claiming to want to hear from constituents:
www.facebook.com/dennis.ross.376
My response?
I participated, like everyone else—making a few positive
comments:
and also asking for clarification on issues:
That was a screen shot—to, you know, verify my claims: Here's the whole
question:
His response?
He blocks me from posting (notice that there is
no dialog box at the bottom for me to type in), and deletes ALL my posts (go to
www.facebook.com/dennis.ross.376
to verify this: I sure didn't delete my posts.)
My thoughts? I have not
threatened, spammed, or harassed him—and I made sure not to post 1 thousand long
posts: Just a few here and there, expressing my opinion, seeking
“Representation” from the good Congressman, but he deleted them. So, if the
problem isn't “how long” or “how much” or any legitimate form of harassment,
then it's my opinions that offend him, and that is scary: If he's intimidated
that I've outed him as a 'Big Government' liberal, who is using the invisible
hand of government to protect the Big Banks, and won't even brook public
discussion on the issue, then what other bizarre things will he do? Will he try
to do character assassination against me, trumping up false charges of some sort
or another? I'm honestly very concerned, since other whistle-blowers in my
position have turned up missing or been visited by ruffins who beat them up, or
threatened them, their family, or property. (Remember: Since 'big money' is
involved, I am sure to 'rub the wrong way' many people, if my proposals get
passed into law.)
But Ross apparently, is more interested in making money for his
banker-buddies inside the beltway than standing up for conservative
principles—and will sink to new lows to silence any critics who out him for the
liberal he is. Heck, if he does this to me, when I'm a true Conservative (who
supports some of his initiatives), and I'm paying attention, what might he do to
you, if he catches you off your guard? Hmm... If this guy will get
that upset at mere 'political' disagreement, what else is he capable
of?
Gordon Wayne Watts, editor-in-chief, The
Register
www.GordonWayneWatts.com / www.GordonWatts.com
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"First, they [Nazis] came for the Jews. I was silent. I was
not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists. I was silent. I was not a
Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists. I was silent. I was not a
trade unionist. Then they came for me. There was no one left to speak for
me."(Martin Niemöller, given credit for a quotation in The Harper Religious and
Inspirational Quotation Companion, ed. Margaret Pepper(New York: Harper
&Row, 1989), 429 -as cited on page 44, note 17,of Religious Cleansing in the
American Republic, by Keith A. Fornier,Copyright 1993, by Liberty, Life, and
Family Publications.
Some versions have Mr. Niemöller saying:
"Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up, because I was a
Protestant"; other versions have him saying that they came for Socialists,
Industrialists, schools, the press,and/or the Church; however, it's certain he
DID say SOMETHING like this. Actually, they may not have come for the Jews
first, as it's more likely they came for the prisoners, mentally handicapped,
&other so-called "inferiors" first -as historians tell us-so they could get
"practiced up"; however, they did come for them -due to the silence of their
neighbors -and due in part to their own silence. So: "Speak up now or
forever hold your peace!"-GWW