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29-09-2009, 17:18   #1
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SPAM from Micheal Martin

I got this bull**** today :

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Dear Liam,

In the last few days thousands of people have been out working incredibly hard for a "Yes" vote on Lisbon this Friday. I want to thank all of you.

People have donated their time. Many have donated money.

They've joined the campaign because they believe that Ireland and Europe are stronger together. They got involved because they wanted to fight back at Coir, UKIP and Libertas' campaigns.

The Taoiseach was out campaigning for a "Yes" vote in Galway this weekend, talking to people, hearing their concerns and working tirelessly for a positive result on Friday. We recorded a short video of his trip.
Watch it now:
The Taoiseach, campaigning in Galway

The polls are encouraging. But we can't take anything for granted. There are still a lot of undecided voters and we need to make sure that hard campaigning translates into results at the ballot box. In the last few days, I've been out canvassing in four constituencies and I've seen that the more we get our message out to people, the stronger the "Yes" vote will be. Our case is very strong.

But there's still much to do. This battle for Ireland's future is still yet to be won - and you have an important role to play in it. Watch the Taoiseach out campaigning and remind your family, friends and colleagues to vote "Yes" on Friday.

http://www.strongerwitheurope.ie/yes

We have only a couple of days before Ireland goes to the polls. We all need to make sure we do all that we can to ensure we get the right result.

As the Taoiseach said earlier this week: "This is not a campaign where people can stand on the sidelines. If you believe that Ireland and Europe work better together then play a role in the final days of this campaign".

We can't do this without you. Get involved and, most importantly, remember to vote "Yes" on Friday.

Micheál Martin, TD

P.S. If you want to support our Lisbon campaign, but aren't able to get out on the streets canvassing, please consider making a small donation - every Euro will help us make our positive case for "Yes".
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TO WHOM IT CONCERNS

I visited your website earlier this year to leave a comment; I DID NOT SUBSCRIBE TO ANY MAILING LIST, and so your repeated abuse of this email address is 100% contrary to the Data Protection Act.

If you wish me to take this further, I will; I am under no obligation to click an "unsubscribe" link, and I request that you IMMEDIATELY REMOVE ME FROM YOUR MAILING LIST.

As for Fianna Fail campaigns and requesting that I "watch it now"; forget it! I would be SEVERELY interested in watching the Taoiseach FIRE (not "request the resignation of" or call "honourable") the useless cheats that have wasted OUR money (incidentally something that was also done with useless e-Voting machines - remember those ? ) and those who screwed up OUR economy. Sean Fitzpatrick, Rody Molloy, Bertie Ahern and John O'Donoghue for starters.

So rather than patting yourselves on the back and uploading self-congratulatory videos, I'd prefer if Fianna got their fingers out of the backsides of vested interests and their buddies and actually did something worthwhile that was in the interests of the ordinary people of this island.

Better still, do the entire country a favour and call a GENERAL ELECTION

Your party had your chance to be seen to do something worthwhile in the 10 years that this country actually had some money, and your party screwed it up, making the impact of the global downturn 100 times worse; and your party takes absolutely no responsibility or action to ensure that things are fixed.

I trust that I will not be receiving any more of your pointless emails.

Liam Byrne

P.S. If you GENUINELY thought that I matters (as per your email's subject line) you would be ensuring that I can earn enough of a living to survive, and not ensuring that those who couldn't do their jobs - Fianna Fail included - have more money and pensions than I could ever dream of having.
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29-09-2009, 17:30   #2
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P.S. I just spotted something; Thunderbird is more intelligent than you'd think!

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29-09-2009, 17:37   #3
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They won't read the bits in lower case letters.

And they won't even read the shouty bits!
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29-09-2009, 17:37   #4
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Ahh yes but you still have not answered the question. Is that a yes vote or a no vote....
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29-09-2009, 17:41   #5
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If he or someone affiliated with him actually does read your response, they'll realise that you mean 'SERIOUS INTERNET BUSINESS!'. Their ignorance incurred the caps-lock attack!
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29-09-2009, 17:44   #6
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Their ignorance incurred the caps-lock attack!
It could have done with more exclamation marks though.

Shouty and punchy gets the message across.
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29-09-2009, 17:49   #7
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I would imagine all those capital letters would hurt their eyes - nice idea!
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29-09-2009, 17:50   #8
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If he or someone affiliated with him actually does read your response, they'll realise that you mean 'SERIOUS INTERNET BUSINESS!'. Their ignorance incurred the caps-lock attack!
When I received it I nearly screamed in anger, so the caps-lock attack was restrained, I can tell ya!

I mean, FF don't bother reading reports and yet they have time to video PR stunts and upload them to a website and spam people ?

I wonder which of Micheal Martin's relations - sorry, staff - is sending these out, and how much we're paying them ?

And the cheek of the wankers asking for donations; as if any ordinary person has any cash left after their reverse "smash-and-grab" bank job of the last six months!
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29-09-2009, 18:17   #9
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Ya know Liam that e-mail you got actually sounds like something that came straight out of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministr...and_Propaganda

Dr. Goebbels couldn't have done better! Honestly I'm nothing less than alarmed at the suggestion that you should look at the video of Biffo down in Galway!

Unless the man and his useless cabinet of absolute failures are tied to a stack of pallets with smoke rising up around them, I don't think it would interest me to be honest!
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Im not surprised they have the gall to ask people to cough up more money for their bull****.
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29-09-2009, 19:29   #11
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It looks like FF are rattled re getting a YES vote the second time of asking. FF got nothing else right so it is desperate by any means to bludgeon a Yes vote. Pathetic coming from the weedy pretender would be wanabe Taoiseach Micheal Martin:
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04-10-2009, 22:20   #12
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remember the launch of the website, and the heralding of involvement of blue state digital, there key performance in the us elections was getting emails for donations, the famous founder of bsd used to be direct marketer, the bsd set up the website to steer you to send the info on to others from the site and therefore harvest their emails aswell.
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04-10-2009, 22:30   #13
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Well, if that's the case following the controversial outsourcing of the site to an American company while screaming "support our own", it doesn't put "blue state digital" in a good light, if they don't know the legalities of the countries in which they're dealing.

The Americans might allow SPAM, forcing you to opt-out, but Irish law requires an "opt-in" mechanism.

So - how do I go about suing FF under the Data Protection Act ? Although TBH, that's unfortunately only a jokey comment, because (since I, unlike FF and Blue State Digital) know the law, they're just obliged to remove me from their brainwash sorry, mailing list now that I've pointed it out to them.

HOWEVER if they DO send me any more crap and propaganda, I'll THEN be entitled to follow up on it......
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I'm subscribed to the Number 10 Newsletter from the British Government, http://www.number10.gov.uk/
They use an Irish company called Newsweaver.

Fianna Fail don't support a homegrown Irish company and instead are paying for an American service, that pretty much sums up this government.
Utter Fail is utter.

Fcuking Clowns.
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Fianna Fail don't support a homegrown Irish company and instead are paying for an American service, that pretty much sums up this government
Separate issue (although I do remember their double-standards when some idiot from FF was on the radio castigating the GAA for not supporting Irish, and his answer when this was pointed out was "errr...they did Obama's website, and we could do with a bit of Obama") - idiots! We could do with Obama alright, but there's no Obama in FF, and paying the crowd that did his website doesn't mean you get him....

But this thread is about them spamming - breaking Irish law - and using the spam to show self-praising videos of Cowen out and about (in Galway, near where the future-of-Ireland-screwing tent used to be!!!!), and being stupid enough to ask for donations from people who've visited their website - TO COMPLAIN AT THEIR INEPTITUDE AND CORRUPTION !!!!!
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