[Lnc-business] LNC blogging / LP News columns

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

A personal website is even more problematic... would rather things be
vetted by APRC

-Caryn Ann

On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 5:57 PM, Ken Moellman <ken.moellman at lpky.org> wrote:

>
> I'd like to propose a compromise.
>
> How about, on the LNC members page, we put a "Personal Website" link under
> the image of each LNC member who wishes it.  In that scenario, it keeps the
> primary LP.org "clean" or on-point, but also allows us to each,
> individually, allow people find out more about who we are.
>
> That will prevent the APRC issues with approving content.  That will
> prevent fights over content on our party's website.
>
> Just a thought.
> ken
>
> ---
>
> Ken C. Moellman, Jr.
> LNC Region 3 Alternate Representative
> LPKY Judicial Committee
>
>
>
> On 2017-02-15 19:47, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:
>
> I think this is better discussed in person, but I am generally in favour.
> Frankly what comes out sometimes has been sanitized to death and we have
> become a bit sterile, and not the vibrant passion-filed wildfire to liberty
> I see in our historical documents.  This isn't meant as a criticism, it is
> I think natural.  And I think we have to consciously go back to the
> vanguard voice.
>
> -Caryn Ann
>
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 5:42 PM, Joshua Katz <planning4liberty at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This topic came up, if I recall correctly, early last term.  When first
>> suggested, it made perfect sense to me - how can we, the board, delegate
>> the authority to do these things without having it?  I lost interest as the
>> direction of the discussion turned towards wanting a uniformity of message
>> or tone, which pointed out to me some of the practical difficulties with
>> implementation.
>>
>> While Mr. Demarest is correct that, philosophically, it is nonsensical to
>> speak of organizations as having a voice, it isn't meant as a philosophical
>> claim, but rather as a description of how (some) organizations present
>> themselves.  I want to ensure that everything that comes out from this
>> party, with our stamp of approval, is true, professional, on-message, and
>> strategic.  We pay staff to do that (although they could do it better with
>> some advance strategic and image guidance from the board).  Starchild
>> speaks of anything written by board members passing through the APRC, which
>> does solve the objection that, as I said separately, our position vis a vis
>> the party is as members of the board, not as individuals - would it also be
>> evaluated by staff for the things I mentioned, and possibly edited?  If so,
>> will it be signed when it comes out?
>>
>> If it is, I find that problematic.  Staff might not be in a great
>> position to say that a piece is not useful/timely/etc. to a person who
>> votes on their contract and pay.  EPCC and EC members might be viewed
>> differently in this regard, as well.  If not, well, we've made staff's job
>> of presenting this party to the world a little harder by providing another
>> channel outwards from the party, and it's not clear to me exactly what we'd
>> be getting in return.  Yes, many of us may well have things worth saying,
>> and many of us do say them, in our personal capacity.  Do we really have
>> such indispensible insights that they must be distributed by the party
>> itself?  (If we do think that, well, feel free to organize a giveaway of my
>> book.)  Personally, I am satisfied with staff and our chair being our
>> public voice.  Certainly, of course, board members often make media
>> appearances and identify ourselves with our board position, speak at
>> various events, and so on, and I think that's all well and good, but,
>> again, we're not speaking as the party when we do that.  At this point, it
>> is hard for me to see what is gained from this proposal.
>>
>>
>>
>> Joshua A. Katz
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 7:24 AM, David Demarest <
>> dpdemarest at centurylink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Starchild: Your suggestion certainly opens a can of worms. However, it
>>> is a can that must be opened if we are to effectively embrace our
>>> ideological and methodological diversity and connect effectively with the
>>> broader audience within and external to the Libertarian Party. Your
>>> blogging brainstorm presents an exciting challenge and long-overdue
>>> opportunity to develop and refine our personal Libertarian messaging
>>> technique and targeting strategies.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We need to keep in mind that individual living, breathing Libertarians
>>> are the voices of our institutions, not vice versa. The notion that
>>> inanimate institutions have a "voice" is philosophical nonsense and a
>>> classic example of authoritarian groupthink that we Libertarians are or
>>> should be fighting against.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There are at least as many Libertarian philosophies as there are
>>> Libertarians. Nevertheless, individual Libertarians each have inspirational
>>> message worthy of an equally remarkable messaging technique and targeting
>>> strategy. It is high time to develop innovative individual messaging
>>> technique and targeting strategies so we can effectively communicate our
>>> inspirational personal Libertarian messages of freedom.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Daniel: I agree that website integrity takes precedence but should not
>>> be used as a delaying tactic to prevent the discussion of the viability of
>>> Starchild's ground-breaking blog proposal. While the website is a critical
>>> tool, it is only a vehicle to express our individual voices, the core of
>>> our Libertarianism.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ~David
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Oct 20-22 2017 Omaha Libertarian Strategy Un-Convention*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Celebrate Life, Set the Bar High and LIVE FREE*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ~David Pratt Demarest
>>>
>>> LNC Region 6 Representative (IA, IL, MN, MO, ND, NE, WI)
>>>
>>> Secretary, LPNE State Central Committee
>>>
>>> Cell:      402-981-6469 <(402)%20981-6469>
>>>
>>> Home: 402-493-0873 <(402)%20493-0873>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dan,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                 Are you volunteering to be in charge of rebuttals when
>>> somebody says later, "Why didn't you propose that change when the website
>>> was being overhauled, instead of waiting until now that we finally have
>>> everything running smoothly!"?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Love & Liberty,
>>>
>>>                                   ((( starchild ))) At-Large
>>> Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>>>
>>>                                (415) 625-FREE
>>>
>>>                                   @StarchildSF
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 13, 2017, at 10:20 AM, Daniel Hayes wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > Starchild,
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Absolutely not at the moment.  Let's get the website under control
>>> first before we even talk about something like that.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Daniel
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >> On Feb 13, 2017, at 10:44 AM, Starchild <sfdreamer at earthlink.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >>   Thanks, guys!  I'll have to keep that in mind if I get really hard
>>> up... Not that I'm convinced there's a great market for my advice; here on
>>> the LNC, it's hard to even give it away sometimes, LOL.   ;-)
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >>   Regarding columns however, I do think LNC members being able to
>>> blog on our website along with staff (of course what we write could
>>> likewise be vetted by the Advertising & Publications Review Committee),
>>> with LP members allowed to comment on those blog posts, would be a good
>>> idea that could draw more traffic to our site, spur greater member
>>> participation/engagement, and help spread the libertarian message. Perhaps
>>> each LNC member could also have the option to publish an occasional column
>>> in LP News, like the chair's column that appears every issue, but less
>>> frequently. Anyone else interested in a motion on either or both of these
>>> ideas?
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >> Love & Liberty,
>>>
>>> >>                                  ((( starchild ))) At-Large
>>>
>>> >> Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>>>
>>> >>                               (415) 625-FREE
>>>
>>> >>                                  @StarchildSF
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >> P.S. – For those wondering what David and Daniel were referring to,
>>> it was a response I wrote to a very long letter that was recently sent to a
>>> number of LNC members (perhaps everyone on the committee, I didn't check).
>>> Normally when I receive something that's sent to more than two or three LNC
>>> members, I will respond and post my response to this list along with the
>>> original letter, however I didn't initially do that in this case, because
>>> the letter had basically nothing to do with the Libertarian Party and I
>>> suspected people would generally not want to read it. When replying, in
>>> fact, I "bcc'd" my LNC colleagues, which I normally don't do, lest she hit
>>> "reply all" and send us all additional correspondence.  Since it's now been
>>> discussed (indirectly) on the list however, I've posted the correspondence
>>> at bottom for the sake of transparency – and also in case anyone else
>>> reading would like to write back to her with any words of encouragement or
>>> other things that I should have said in my reply, but didn't.
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >> To put it gently, the writer appears to be experiencing "consensus
>>> reality" a bit differently than most of us. But her final line (for those
>>> who managed to read that far), also suggested possible suicidal tendencies,
>>> which made me feel I should try to provide more than a cursory response. (I
>>> haven't heard anything back, although it's only been a couple days.) She
>>> did write to us for help, and she does have concerns about government –
>>> although I think they may be less well-founded than the usual concerns that
>>> libertarians have about government! Not that her letter contains any
>>> particular indication that she is a libertarian, just someone who sounds
>>> like she could use some help.
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >>> On Feb 11, 2017, at 4:19 AM, David Demarest wrote:
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>> Starchild,
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>> I second Daniel's motion. Seriously, what a great idea! The next
>>>
>>> >>> challenge will be to find a media outlet worthy of a 'Dear
>>>
>>> >>> Starchild' column. Let's tackle that challenge head-on.
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>> ~David
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>> Oct 20-22 2017 Omaha Libertarian Strategy Un-Convention
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>> Celebrate Life, Set the Bar High and LIVE FREE
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>> ~David Pratt Demarest
>>>
>>> >>> LNC Region 6 Representative (IA, IL, MN, MO, ND, NE, WI) Secretary,
>>>
>>> >>> LPNE State Central Committee
>>>
>>> >>> Cell:      402-981-6469 <(402)%20981-6469>
>>>
>>> >>> Home: 402-493-0873 <(402)%20493-0873>
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>> >>> From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org
>>> <lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org>] On Behalf
>>>
>>> >>> Of Daniel Hayes
>>>
>>> >>> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2017 12:06 AM
>>>
>>> >>> To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>>
>>> >>> Subject: [Lnc-business] Dear Starchild
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>> Starchild,
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>> You should get a "Dear Starchild" column in one of the remaining
>>>
>>> >>> print newspapers  around the country. Take this comment entirely at
>>> face value .
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>> Daniel
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> >>> _______________________________________________
>>>
>>> >>> Lnc-business mailing list
>>>
>>> >>> Lnc-business at hq.lp.org
>>>
>>> >>> http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >>>> On Feb 10, 2017, at 7:39 PM, Julie Nguyen wrote:
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> Every day it becomes more lawless. The government became stealer
>>>
>>> >>>> and robber. Before they had stolen some valueless things like brand
>>>
>>> >>>> new camera, brand new bed cover sheet set and other secondhand
>>>
>>> >>>> things. Now I lost three thousand dollars cash. They cannot cheat
>>>
>>> >>>> me to rob my money anymore, now they rob my money in other way. I
>>>
>>> >>>> may lose more money and my jewelery. Please stop them. Please help
>>>
>>> >>>> me to find a civil right attorney who dares to bring this evil to
>>>
>>> >>>> light. I want to do something to stop this dirty game.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> I have been harassed, abused, hurt by the government for long time.
>>>
>>> >>>> They are pushing me to do and live the way they want. I don't do
>>>
>>> >>>> and will never accept it, so they block all ways of my life. I
>>>
>>> >>>> cannot find justice, no laws support me, all my rights have been
>>>
>>> >>>> trampled. All people can hurt me, cheat me, insult me and they are
>>>
>>> >>>> not punished by laws, they are all safe under the government
>>>
>>> >>>> protection. The harassment keeps increasing with time, now my life
>>>
>>> >>>> is completely deadlock.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> First, all people I knew such as neighbors, acquaintances... hinted
>>>
>>> >>>> me to join some groups of Vietnamese community; contact the family
>>>
>>> >>>> in Vietnam; sponsor some people from Vietnam to the US...; they
>>>
>>> >>>> directed me to get along with more other people of Asian races:
>>>
>>> >>>> Chinese, Japanese, Indian...; they had an attitude of superiority
>>> to
>>>
>>> >>>> my life, my personal
>>>
>>> >>>> things: the clothes I wore, the money I spent, the time I used...;
>>>
>>> >>>> they questioned me why I did this, why I did not do that... I
>>> ignored
>>>
>>> >>>> and stopped contact them. From then on I had trouble everywhere, at
>>>
>>> >>>> home, at any business services, at public places... I had to wait
>>> for
>>>
>>> >>>> long time at any business services, and the jobs were not done
>>>
>>> >>>> well, redid again and again. So I must see people longer and hear
>>> what they said.
>>>
>>> >>>> They set the scene that I must see and have contact with Asian
>>>
>>> >>>> people at any fields and must do what they hinted. If I did not
>>>
>>> >>>> come to the right places or the right persons, I had no business
>>>
>>> >>>> services. If I did not do what they hinted, the harassment would
>>> increase.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> I don't care about politics. It is not my business if the
>>>
>>> >>>> government wants to support Asian people to have place in the
>>>
>>> >>>> system. But they have no rights to force me to follow their way. I
>>>
>>> >>>> will provide the main information for over ten years from the
>>>
>>> >>>> beginning to present, from low to high level of harassment.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> In 2003, I lived in the condominium at 4300 NE, Sunset Blvd F8,
>>>
>>> >>>> Renton, Washington 98059. I have been bothered by anonymous phone
>>>
>>> >>>> calls, day and night, every day, just asking some certain names or
>>>
>>> >>>> impolite talk. I tracked their phone numbers by using the local
>>>
>>> >>>> telephone company service, but I could not know what they were and
>>>
>>> >>>> filed a complaint to the Renton police department. They did not
>>>
>>> >>>> take any actions, and the problem still continued. I called the
>>>
>>> >>>> police few times later to request their help. They did not say or
>>>
>>> >>>> do anything, but the phone harassment was ended. I found out from
>>>
>>> >>>> the police that one phone call was from a Vietnamese man who was my
>>>
>>> >>>> insurance agent, and he moved to California few months later.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> Next, a Vietnamese neighbor in unit F1 which was behind the wall of
>>>
>>> >>>> my bedroom. He bothered me by loud noise, and tried to get my
>>>
>>> >>>> attention by doing car wash in my parking lot, standing in front of
>>>
>>> >>>> me... Some strange cars often parked in my parking lot when I got
>>>
>>> >>>> home late in the evening. They installed a device furtively into
>>>
>>> >>>> the smoke alarm in my bedroom. It sounded a big noise every two
>>>
>>> >>>> seconds. They did spot jamming on some TV channel. It was a start
>>>
>>> >>>> time people let me wait long time at some business services at some
>>> locations.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> One day the food waste disposer did not work. I called many people
>>>
>>> >>>> to fix it, but all of them refused to do. Later I asked the right
>>>
>>> >>>> man that they wanted him to do for me, he came quickly.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> At the same time, I began to receive a lot of junk mails for the
>>>
>>> >>>> receiver's name Phong Nguyen. I had lived at this address for
>>>
>>> >>>> several years before, and had never had any correspondence with
>>>
>>> >>>> that name, and nobody in my home had that name either. It was a
>>>
>>> >>>> huge amount of junk mails every day to the day I moved out.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> In January 2005 I moved to the new house at 2407 Camas Ave NE,
>>>
>>> >>>> Renton, Washington 98056. The builder, Crescent Home, intended to
>>>
>>> >>>> make a lot of mistakes. The tiles were not placed correctly, the
>>>
>>> >>>> sink leaked water, and the nails came out on some areas under the
>>>
>>> >>>> carpet. It was really painful if someone accidentally stepped on.
>>>
>>> >>>> The builder did not want to fix the mistakes until I wanted to take
>>>
>>> >>>> the problem to the third party.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> At this house on the Camas Ave., I continued to receive junk mails
>>>
>>> >>>> for the receiver's name Phong Nguyen with my new address on the
>>>
>>> >>>> junk mails. One day, I received a cell phone bill from Sprint
>>>
>>> >>>> Company for Phong Nguyen at my new address on it. I called the
>>> Sprint Company.
>>>
>>> >>>> People did not want to talk to me, they let me wait for long time
>>>
>>> >>>> then disconnected the line. I had to call many times until they
>>>
>>> >>>> talked to me. I warned them that nobody in this house knew Phong
>>>
>>> >>>> Nguyen, if I still received the bill for Phong Nguyen at my
>>>
>>> >>>> address, I would file a complaint to the District Attorney. After
>>>
>>> >>>> that they stopped the mail harassment.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> Cheating and delaying had been increased to new level.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> The technician from ADT monitor security protection did not come to
>>>
>>> >>>> install the system. At the end of the day we had to call them to
>>>
>>> >>>> reschedule to another day while they requested us had to be home at
>>>
>>> >>>> that time, if not, we had to pay for that fault. Then the
>>>
>>> >>>> technician did not do a good job, redid again.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> Other business services did the same.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> At this new address. The Vietnamese man next door bothered me
>>>
>>> >>>> terribly. Besides making noise he always stayed before me to do
>>>
>>> >>>> provocative actions every time I came out. To avoid having trouble
>>>
>>> >>>> with the neighbor, I moved to another place after less than two
>>>
>>> >>>> years living there.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> I moved to the new house at 4005 NE 21st Street, Renton, Washington
>>>
>>> >>>> 98056 in October 2006. The builder, American Classic, did the same
>>>
>>> >>>> like the other builder: The sink leaked water, the power system did
>>>
>>> >>>> not work well... The technician kept coming back many times, and
>>> the
>>>
>>> >>>> mistakes still remained to the day I moved out.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> At this location, after installing the alarm system in the house,
>>>
>>> >>>> the Pinnacle Security technician told me that I had to call the
>>>
>>> >>>> Indian guy's cell phone one a month, so he would come to check the
>>>
>>> >>>> system, it was a requirement (there were two guys at that time). I
>>>
>>> >>>> canceled the service immediately, and the main device immediately
>>>
>>> >>>> sounded noisily, a big noise every two seconds even I had taken it
>>>
>>> >>>> off the wall and thrown out of the house.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> The Asian neighbors in the front and in the back of the house did
>>>
>>> >>>> the same like the other neighbors. They tried to catch me every
>>>
>>> >>>> time I came out to get my attention on them.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> They installed some devices furtively again into each smoke alarm
>>>
>>> >>>> in the house. They sounded a big noise every two seconds. I had to
>>>
>>> >>>> disconnect the power line to all of them.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> ·         A & E Factory Service – North West Service District: 4786
>>>
>>> >>>> First Ave. S, Seattle, Washington 98134; phone: 800-905-9505
>>> <(800)%20905-9505>
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> After two years living on the 21st Street, they damaged the
>>>
>>> >>>> dishwasher when nobody was home. I called A & E Factory Service
>>>
>>> >>>> many times, and fought with people on the phone because it costed
>>>
>>> >>>> my money and time, but the dishwasher never got done. Their
>>>
>>> >>>> technician came to my house many times, they pretended to repair
>>>
>>> >>>> it, after they left the dishwasher remained not working. Each time
>>>
>>> >>>> I called, they gave appointment after five days or over. One time,
>>>
>>> >>>> just a few minutes after the technician left, the dishwasher got
>>>
>>> >>>> fire. I had to call the fire department. It was repaired a year
>>>
>>> >>>> later after I had sent out all of the harassment to a lot of people.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> They kept damaging something in the house after the other things
>>>
>>> >>>> had been fixed, so if something was not a major part, I had to bear
>>>
>>> >>>> with it.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> ·         Qwest Services: Home telephone, cell phone, internet,
>>>
>>> >>>> digital TV (Direct TV): P.O. Box 2678, Omaha, NE 68103; phone:
>>>
>>> >>>> 800-244-1111 <(800)%20244-1111>
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>>      *Home telephone: After I had moved into the new house on the
>>>
>>> >>>> 21st Street for few months, the home telephone line did not work. I
>>>
>>> >>>> had to pay for the technician of Qwest to come in to fix it. From
>>>
>>> >>>> then on the phone line was controlled. If I called law offices, the
>>>
>>> >>>> American Civil Liberties Union or other people to get legal help,
>>>
>>> >>>> the phone line was very noisy, or I could not hear people who were
>>>
>>> >>>> on the phone line with me.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>>      *Internet: It could stop working at any time, especially when
>>>
>>> >>>> I searched for legal service. One time I had to call the Qwest
>>>
>>> >>>> Internet
>>>
>>> >>>> 24 Hours Service for the whole night because they hung up or did
>>>
>>> >>>> not answer the phone.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>>      *Cell phone: Qwest and Verizon Wireless cheated me by informed
>>>
>>> >>>> me that Qwest and Verizon Wireless worked together, I could renew
>>>
>>> >>>> the contract either with Qwest or Verizon Wireless, and the fee
>>>
>>> >>>> would be the same. I renewed with Verizon Wireless, then the fee
>>>
>>> >>>> was higher than it had been. I canceled the service and agreed to
>>>
>>> >>>> pay one hundred seventy five dollars for early end contracted, but
>>>
>>> >>>> again the amount was higher than that. I did not pay, and they put
>>>
>>> >>>> my account in collection.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>>       *Television: They sometimes changed the programs on TV to let
>>>
>>> >>>> me see something about what they wanted me to do.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> ·         Medical Doctor: David Santos: was at 9412 SW 43rd Street,
>>>
>>> >>>> Suite 110, Renton, Washington 98058; phone: 425-227-400. Now at
>>>
>>> >>>> 12301 NE 10st St, Suite 101A, Bellevue, Washington 98005; phone:
>>>
>>> >>>> 425-549-2129 <(425)%20549-2129>
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> Doctor Santos did the noise surgery for me for medical reason in
>>>
>>> >>>> October 2005. Few days after the surgery my nose was bled a lot, I
>>>
>>> >>>> had to go to the emergency room at night.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> In October 2009 I paid him four thousand two hundred dollars for
>>>
>>> >>>> cosmetic surgery to take the fat on the upper and lower eyes. He
>>>
>>> >>>> did twice.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> The first time, he did not take the stitch on my eyes after the
>>>
>>> >>>> surgery, the receptionist told me to go to the emergency room. I
>>>
>>> >>>> paid one hundred dollars, but the doctor at the emergency room at
>>>
>>> >>>> Valley Medical Center Hospital in Renton did not take the stitch
>>>
>>> >>>> out and told me to go back doctor Santos. Next day I paid another
>>>
>>> >>>> one hundred dollars for another doctor at another clinic to take
>>> the stitch out.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> The second time, doctor Santos did the surgery again on my right
>>>
>>> >>>> eye in February 2009, and the eye bled.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> The fact was he did not do the job. He did not take the fat on the
>>>
>>> >>>> upper and lower eyes on both surgeries, and he left two scars on my
>>>
>>> >>>> right eye.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> ·         Dentists:
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>>       *Anna A. Danieli, Patrick L. McKenzie: 1900 S Puget Drive,
>>>
>>> >>>> Suite 102, Renton, Washington 98055; phone: 425-228-1521
>>> <(425)%20228-1521>
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>>       *David Ford: 601 S Carr Road, Suite 400, Renton, Washington
>>>
>>> >>>> 98055; phone: 425-277-0125 <(425)%20277-0125>
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>>        *Andrew Johnson: 601 S Carr Road, Suite 350, Renton,
>>>
>>> >>>> Washington 98055; phone: 425- 277-3368 <(425)%20277-3368>
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> All these dentists cheated and hurt me to extract a wrong tooth and
>>>
>>> >>>> dentist David Ford extracted it. Anna Danieli and Patrick McKenzie
>>>
>>> >>>> tried to cheat me to get more money later.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> Dentists Patrick McKenzie and Anna Danieli were husband and wife.
>>>
>>> >>>> They let the guy who cleaned my teeth tell me that my tooth needed
>>>
>>> >>>> to be extracted. Then all above dentists said the same, and David
>>>
>>> >>>> Ford extracted it. After the tooth extraction, on my last visit for
>>>
>>> >>>> teeth cleaning, they let a strange Vietnamese woman whom I had
>>>
>>> >>>> never seen before clean my teeth very perfunctorily and this woman
>>>
>>> >>>> decided my five teeth needed filling. She said because she was able
>>>
>>> >>>> to see by her eyes, so I should not doubt it. Then she let a Korean
>>>
>>> >>>> man (I did not know who this guy was) check my teeth very
>>>
>>> >>>> perfunctorily. The man offered to do an implant surgery for a new
>>>
>>> >>>> tooth to replace the extracting tooth. He said the surgery would be
>>>
>>> >>>> done at Anna Danieli's office, and it would be a lower cost than at
>>> other professional place.
>>>
>>> >>>> I never let it happen.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> They advised and extracted the wrong tooth, it was not necessary
>>>
>>> >>>> extracted. This dental office had no license to perform implant
>>>
>>> >>>> surgery. The Vietnamese woman had no right to decide what the teeth
>>>
>>> >>>> needed. Later other dentist told me that the Korean guy was a
>>>
>>> >>>> student not graduated yet.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> I did not have a dental insurance. I paid off at every office visit
>>>
>>> >>>> for any services: Extraction, cleaning, teeth filling... they gave
>>> me
>>>
>>> >>>> a receipt like a receipt of a small store. It was a piece of paper
>>>
>>> >>>> with only the number I had paid, no any words at all.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> ·         Medical Doctor: Michael S. Solomon: Eye Center at Valley
>>>
>>> >>>> Medical Center at 3915 Talbot Road, Suite 100, Renton, Washington
>>>
>>> >>>> 98055; phone: 425-656-5345 <(425)%20656-5345>
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> This office refused to make early appointment when I needed urgent
>>>
>>> >>>> care for eyes infection. They forced me to go to the emergency room
>>>
>>> >>>> first, but the doctor at the emergency room at Valley Medical
>>>
>>> >>>> Center Hospital in Renton did not do any treatment, and told me to
>>>
>>> >>>> go back to the doctor at the Eye Center after I had paid one
>>>
>>> >>>> hundred dollars. On my last visit at this office they let a Korean
>>>
>>> >>>> guy that I did not know who he was to exam my eyes.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> ·         Valley Medical Center, Cascade Primary Care: 4033 Talbot
>>>
>>> >>>> Road, Suite 570, Renton, Washington 98055; phone: 425-656-5400
>>> <(425)%20656-5400>
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> This office did not do the right thing under the laws. When I had
>>>
>>> >>>> stomach pain, they refused to make early appointment.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> ·         Don Ramey: UW Extension (University of Washington),
>>>
>>> >>>> Associate Director: 4311 11th Ave. NE, Seattle, Washington 98105;
>>>
>>> >>>> phone: 206-897-8939 <(206)%20897-8939>, 800-506-1325
>>> <(800)%20506-1325>
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> After graduated from the University of Washington, I wanted to
>>>
>>> >>>> continue my education at the UW Extension. I came to this office
>>>
>>> >>>> many times, lots of people who worked at this place did not give me
>>>
>>> >>>> clear information about how to apply, requirement... They referred
>>> me
>>>
>>> >>>> to Don Ramey. I could only contact him by email. Through several
>>>
>>> >>>> emails, I got nothing, no information was given.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> ·         King County Library Connection at South Center: 1115 South
>>>
>>> >>>> Center Mall, Tukwila, Washington 98188; phone: 206-242-6044
>>> <(206)%20242-6044> (inside
>>>
>>> >>>> Westfield Shopping Town South Center, East Entrance)
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> Because the internet stopped working when I searched legal service,
>>>
>>> >>>> I had to go to the public library. At this place people did not let
>>>
>>> >>>> me use a computer. They said all computers had been booked. I asked
>>>
>>> >>>> for the proof of reservation, they did not have it, then they let
>>>
>>> >>>> me use one.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> ·         Mercedes-Benz of Bellevue: 11950 Bellevue Redmond Road,
>>>
>>> >>>> Bellevue, Washington 98005; phone: 425-455-8535 <(425)%20455-8535>
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> I bought a brand new Mercedes car here in 2005, and they installed
>>>
>>> >>>> a distance control device furtively into my car to let me have
>>>
>>> >>>> trouble few years later. When I brought my car there for oil
>>>
>>> >>>> change, they kept the car till the next day, and let me use their
>>>
>>> >>>> car. They asked my credit card and said no charge, just kept the
>>>
>>> >>>> information in case of something wrong. But later I found that they
>>>
>>> >>>> took money from the credit card while I paid cash for the service.
>>>
>>> >>>> I happened twice. They also did not complete the oil change process
>>>
>>> >>>> on my vehicle, they did not change the filter. On the last visit, a
>>>
>>> >>>> woman worked there, the last visit, a woman worked there, Sheryl
>>>
>>> >>>> Parkins, gave a fee for the service which was higher than the real
>>>
>>> >>>> cost around two hundred dollars. When I asked her to write down on
>>>
>>> >>>> the paper, she wrote differently.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> The harassment increased to higher level. All people I met hinted
>>>
>>> >>>> me to sponsor people from Vietnam to the US, reminded me to contact
>>>
>>> >>>> the family in Vietnam... I had to bear the harassment everywhere,
>>> at
>>>
>>> >>>> restaurants, at the bank, public parks, any shops, and
>>>
>>> >>>> supermarkets... People worked in the South Center Mall, Northgate
>>>
>>> >>>> Mall, Bellevue Mall at the cosmetic department did not sell me the
>>>
>>> >>>> products. I had to contact Asian people at any business, if not, I
>>>
>>> >>>> had no business services. Once I met Asian people, I had to see
>>>
>>> >>>> them long time to hear what they said. It became that I spent time
>>>
>>> >>>> longer for each visit and came back as much as they could make. I
>>>
>>> >>>> did not dare to come to any dentists or medical doctors. I had a
>>> large limit of necessary in life.
>>>
>>> >>>> I could not get any lawyers to protect my rights, all of them
>>>
>>> >>>> refused to take the case, even people in the ACLU cooperated with
>>>
>>> >>>> the government to hurt me.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> ·         American Civil Liberties Union of Washington State – Legal
>>>
>>> >>>> department ACLU of Washington: 705 Second Avenue #310, Seattle,
>>>
>>> >>>> Washington 98104; phone: 206-624-2184 <(206)%20624-2184>,
>>> 206-624-2180 <(206)%20624-2180>
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> In 2009, I sent the information to the ACLU in Seattle, Washington,
>>>
>>> >>>> and spoke with a woman on the phone probably a lawyer. She said the
>>>
>>> >>>> same like other people had said, I should go to some Asian groups
>>>
>>> >>>> to get help or go to a psychologist for my emotion, because I did
>>>
>>> >>>> not want to contact the family in Vietnam. I refused to do it, and
>>>
>>> >>>> asked her to protect my rights. She refused to take the case. One
>>>
>>> >>>> dentist did the same, he introduced me to see Asian people and
>>>
>>> >>>> advised me to see a psychologist. I told him I need a lawyer, not a
>>> psychologist.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> No laws protected my rights, I had to protect myself. So I stopped
>>>
>>> >>>> contact with Asian people whom I had known before. If I had to go
>>>
>>> >>>> somewhere, I refused to deal with Asian people. Then they raised
>>>
>>> >>>> the harassment to higher level.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> In the beginning of 2010 to the time I sold my car in 2012 when
>>>
>>> >>>> started driving my car on the road, on the freeway, a lot of cars
>>>
>>> >>>> ran around me. They ran slowly and did not let me get out. They
>>>
>>> >>>> sometimes suddenly jumped into my car, but I could move away to
>>> avoid accident.
>>>
>>> >>>> I had to make my way to get out of them, and they used the police
>>>
>>> >>>> to give me many tickets because of not giving signal to change
>>>
>>> >>>> lane...
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> If I did not go to gas stations having Asian people worked there,
>>>
>>> >>>> people in other places did not sell the gas or a lot of vehicles
>>>
>>> >>>> blocked the line. In February 2011, it snowed a little bit. I had
>>>
>>> >>>> been able to drive on heavier snow even with an older inexpensive
>>>
>>> >>>> car. But on that night, only a few blocks to get home, the car
>>>
>>> >>>> could not move while the engine still running. They let a black man
>>>
>>> >>>> pretended to help me. He said I could not drive, he would take me
>>>
>>> >>>> home, and come back the next day to bring me back to my car. I let
>>>
>>> >>>> him do it, and he came back the next evening and said that he
>>>
>>> >>>> wanted to be my friend. I refused. Later many black people ran
>>>
>>> >>>> around to remind me about that guy. I was stupid to throw away his
>>>
>>> >>>> phone number, if not I would post here for people to check.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> I ordered food to go to avoid harassment at restaurants. They
>>>
>>> >>>> wanted me to go to restaurants in Renton, I did not, I ran far away
>>>
>>> >>>> to Seattle to buy food. People there often made wrong food which
>>>
>>> >>>> was not the one I ordered, and I knew only when I got home that
>>>
>>> >>>> some parts of food were missing or not good. They always let me
>>>
>>> >>>> wait long time, thirty minutes to one hour, if I did not ask, it
>>>
>>> >>>> may be longer while all of the restaurants were small, and there
>>>
>>> >>>> were only ten customers or less. Lots of Asian people always
>>>
>>> >>>> surrounded me at any restaurants and spoke loudly to remind me what
>>> they wanted me to do.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> In February 2011, two days after the car problem with the black
>>>
>>> >>>> guy, I got food at a restaurant, people let me wait forty five
>>>
>>> >>>> minutes, I requested them to do earlier, and they refused to sell
>>>
>>> >>>> food to me. I called out that the government ordered them to harass
>>>
>>> >>>> me. The Seattle police came to arrest me. They put me in jail for
>>>
>>> >>>> two nights. A woman said she was a lawyer, she read a false police
>>>
>>> >>>> report about the length of the time I had had to wait and what had
>>>
>>> >>>> been happening on that night, and offered me to choose a treatment
>>>
>>> >>>> for mental health; they were dreamers! My boyfriend hired a lawyer
>>>
>>> >>>> in Tacoma, Washington. His name was John J. Meske. He suggested to
>>>
>>> >>>> my boyfriend that I would admit that I had taken additive drugs, so
>>>
>>> >>>> it caused me to do that; they dreamed again! When I saw him I told
>>>
>>> >>>> him the story. He said that he only took care this criminal case.
>>>
>>> >>>> (It was a criminal complaint for criminal trespass on the first
>>>
>>> >>>> degree, and the plaintiff was the city of Seattle, Washington). I
>>>
>>> >>>> told him that I would tell at the court what the government had
>>>
>>> >>>> harassed me, abused my rights. He said that I did not have any
>>>
>>> >>>> evidences to prove it, and the judge would put me in mental health.
>>>
>>> >>>> I said if I could find justice for myself, I would kill myself, I
>>>
>>> >>>> would never let the lawyer ask the judge for mercy or admit guilt
>>>
>>> >>>> while people forced me to do that. Then the lawyer said that the
>>>
>>> >>>> prosecutor would not appear at the court room to prosecute me. I
>>>
>>> >>>> came to the court twice. The first time, the lawyer asked the judge
>>>
>>> >>>> to delay the trial. The second time, the judge dismissed the case
>>> because the owner of the restaurant signed some paper to cancel the
>>> complaint.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> They arranged lots of people in Renton to harass me and broke a lot
>>>
>>> >>>> of things in my house. So I moved away to Archstone Water Place
>>>
>>> >>>> Apartment in Woodinville, Washington in April 2011. The employees
>>>
>>> >>>> there reminded me a little bit about Asian people, and Asian people
>>>
>>> >>>> who were living around tried to catch me to get my attention on
>>>
>>> >>>> them. Some items in the unit were damaged on the first day moved
>>>
>>> >>>> in, I ignored all. After three months I moved again.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> In July 2011, I moved to Morning Run Apartment in Monroe,
>>> Washington.
>>>
>>> >>>> On the first day, the employees did not give us the key at the
>>>
>>> >>>> office, told us to wait in front of the apartment. It took so long,
>>>
>>> >>>> we came back to the office. Then a woman got in with us, she did
>>>
>>> >>>> not want to leave. She checked and touched every item in the unit.
>>>
>>> >>>> It seemed to be hours while we rented a truck and had to return it
>>>
>>> >>>> by five o'clock. We did not care what she did, just carried in our
>>>
>>> >>>> stuff. She came out and tried to talk, we ignored, she left. She
>>>
>>> >>>> did that because she wanted I saw again Asian people who were
>>>
>>> >>>> moving into the next apartment and did not return back yet. The
>>>
>>> >>>> second day, I found that the sink, the refrigerator, the dishwasher
>>>
>>> >>>> had problem. The Asian technician came the next day. He kept trying
>>>
>>> >>>> to talk to me. He asked me what was wrong with the sink and came to
>>>
>>> >>>> the other sink to look. He asked me if I like the temperature of
>>>
>>> >>>> the refrigerator after he had fixed it. Then he took off the heater
>>>
>>> >>>> and ask what was wrong with it, but I did not ask him to do it.
>>>
>>> >>>> After a time he told me he could not repair the dishwasher, other
>>>
>>> >>>> technician would come tomorrow to do it. Then he came back to the
>>>
>>> >>>> sink inside the bedroom. Few minutes later he called me to come
>>>
>>> >>>> inside and said he could not fix it, he did not know what was wrong
>>>
>>> >>>> with it. I scolded him and the woman from the day before. He called
>>>
>>> >>>> the police. Two policemen came at the door. I asked them if the
>>>
>>> >>>> government harassed me and sent them here to threaten me. They said
>>>
>>> >>>> no, no, they came because the guy called them, and they would leave
>>> for me to do the housework.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> A next few days I found the sink in the kitchen leaked water. This
>>>
>>> >>>> time I left the unit during the joke. The technician came several
>>>
>>> >>>> times for few days, then left a note that they could not fix it. A
>>>
>>> >>>> woman from the office came to check it, and left some stupid
>>>
>>> >>>> conclusion, but did not say it would be fixed. Then all of them
>>>
>>> >>>> were quiet. I did not care. It was their duty and was not my
>>> property.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> They installed some device into smoke alarms again, I took the
>>>
>>> >>>> alarms off the ceiling. Asian people around the apartment did the
>>>
>>> >>>> same like the others at other locations. My laptop and internet
>>>
>>> >>>> connection continued to be controlled. The T-Mobile internet
>>>
>>> >>>> service could stop working for few days or weeks. Some web sites or
>>>
>>> >>>> webpage could not open. They frequently posted a big Asian picture
>>> to cover the content.
>>>
>>> >>>> I could not remove it, or if I could remove, it appeared again
>>>
>>> >>>> immediately.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> After I had moved in the apartment for a few weeks the black woman
>>>
>>> >>>> in the upstairs unit started making noise every night in the bed
>>>
>>> >>>> room area. Lots of residents moved in and out the unit, and they
>>>
>>> >>>> all did the same, that unit is never empty. It became louder and
>>>
>>> >>>> louder, and happened in the day too, but every night. On March 21,
>>>
>>> >>>> 2014, it happened around four o'clock in the morning. I could not
>>>
>>> >>>> bear it any more, I came out shouting "Fuck the government. Stop
>>>
>>> >>>> harassing". The two policemen knocked at the door. I told them that
>>>
>>> >>>> people in the upstairs unit made noise to harass me, and I wanted
>>>
>>> >>>> the government to stop harassing. One of them said at once if I was
>>> on mental treatment.
>>>
>>> >>>> I scolded them back, and told them that the government harassed me
>>>
>>> >>>> very long time, and they might not know the full story, and I let
>>>
>>> >>>> them read the information in my unit. He read for few minutes, then
>>>
>>> >>>> said that they ("We") did not against me, I should trust people...
>>> I
>>>
>>> >>>> cut off to tell him that I did not want to talk to anybody, I
>>>
>>> >>>> wanted a lawyer, a civil rights lawyer. He said if there was a
>>>
>>> >>>> lawyer, I had to pay for that, then they left. I sent them an email
>>>
>>> >>>> immediately about all of the information in case they wanted to
>>>
>>> >>>> bring this case to the court. I did not scream, yell or be angry
>>>
>>> >>>> during the talk. But I confirm that being angry is my right. I am
>>>
>>> >>>> not a slave or an animal not to be allowed to get angry, I don't
>>>
>>> >>>> let anybody forbid me being angry. Few days later I found a police
>>>
>>> >>>> report at the front door. It was a false report to insult me. It
>>>
>>> >>>> described me as a mental woman, continuous yelling, shouting,
>>>
>>> >>>> angry; and they were good, patient with me, explained to me, tried
>>>
>>> >>>> to calm me down, and asked if I should be willing to go to the
>>>
>>> >>>> Triage Center voluntary. At the mendacious barefaced report, I
>>>
>>> >>>> tried to look for legal help again, but all door closed at my
>>> seeking justice.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> I could not tell all of the harassment for over ten years. A lot of
>>>
>>> >>>> people know and joint this dirty game. It is immoral and law
>>>
>>> >>>> violation. Where is justice?
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> A lot of people always give good words about justice, human rights,
>>>
>>> >>>> laws, government... while I, myself, did not do any bad things, but
>>> I
>>>
>>> >>>> cannot live in my own life, I don't have my own choice, I cannot
>>>
>>> >>>> get basic rights of a human. I can chew only in one side, I have to
>>>
>>> >>>> endure my toothache, I have to watch my health to become worse day
>>>
>>> >>>> by day in silence. I cannot go anywhere without harassment even at
>>>
>>> >>>> home. Nowhere on this earth is my own peace place.
>>>
>>> >>>>
>>>
>>> >>>> I promise myself that if I cannot find justice, I cannot get back
>>>
>>> >>>> what I have lost from the vile harassment, I will not talk or have
>>>
>>> >>>> contact with Asian people in any service, never accept any exchange
>>>
>>> >>>> to get basic rights and won't give a chance for people to hurt me
>>>
>>> >>>> again. My life has to be completely free without any conditions or
>>>
>>> >>>> it is ended soon in some day.
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >>> On Feb 10, 2017, at 8:40 PM, Starchild wrote:
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>> Hi Julie,
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>>   Thank you for writing. I am sorry to hear of the bad experiences
>>> you've been having. All I can do is offer a few suggestions, which I hope
>>> may be of assistance:
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>>   If you are receiving unwanted mail, a good technique is to write
>>> on it, "Return To Sender" and drop it in your local mailbox. You can also
>>> circle your name on the envelope and draw an arrow to it along with the
>>> words "Not At This Address".
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>>   If you receive bills at your address sent to another person, you
>>> do not need to waste your time calling the company that sent them – you can
>>> just ignore them. Very rarely will anything further happen, and if it does,
>>> you'll have an opportunity to deal with it at that time. Companies that
>>> want to hear from people about mistakes like this so that they can correct
>>> them rather than wasting more of their money sending mail to the wrong
>>> homes need to learn to stop wasting people's time by using phone numbers
>>> where you have to spend a lot of time waiting on hold before you can speak
>>> to anyone.
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>>   My best guess is that it's not the neighbors messing with your
>>> smoke detectors in your home, but rather that the batteries in the devices
>>> were running low – that often causes them to start beeping periodically. I
>>> would either open them and put in new batteries, or just take the batteries
>>> out altogether, and the noise will probably stop. Requiring people to have
>>> smoke detectors is just another unnecessary government law – the likelihood
>>> that one will ever save your life is very low, and if you don't think it's
>>> worth the cost and stress of maintaining them, my advice is don't do it.
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>>   In my experience, most people at one time or another, often
>>> repeatedly, have problems with products they buy, things being installed
>>> incorrectly, medical services they receive not being performed properly,
>>> receiving poor service at various businesses and having to wait long
>>> amounts of time, getting their computers to work properly (that
>>> especially!), etc.
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>>   Although government policies indirectly contribute to many of
>>> these problems, it is very, very rare for government employees to
>>> specifically target someone for harassment in the manners you describe.
>>> They simply do not have the time and resources to do this, partly because
>>> they are busy processing all the paperwork and administrative bullshit that
>>> they impose on the rest of us! Much more likely is that you are simply
>>> experiencing the normal and unfortunate pains of living in a modern and
>>> highly technological society. None of us, sadly, are able to live
>>> completely free without any conditions, or even close to it.
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>>   I've certainly dealt with many frustrating things myself, and find
>>> the best approach is usually to ignore it or find the humor in it to be
>>> able to laugh at the absurdity, and focus on more pleasant things. Breathe
>>> deeply. Have a cup of tea. Meditate. Turn off the TV and take a walk.
>>> Perhaps try using marijuana – the government now recognizes it as legal in
>>> Washington state, and it can be good for helping to relax and relieve
>>> stress. It may even help temporarily with your toothache pain, although I
>>> do advise seeing a dentist for that. If you don't like the ones you've been
>>> seeing, there are plenty of others. You might try Yelp.com and look for
>>> dentists in Renton to see which ones have good reviews. If the neighbors
>>> annoy you, just wave at them and say "Have a nice day!" and keep going.
>>> They will probably soon get tired of it and leave you alone. You have every
>>> right to get angry when you want to, but it's usually more fun to remain
>>> calm!   :-)
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>>   I can guarantee you that not all Asian people are out to get you
>>> or working together in some kind of conspiracy. I've found many people of
>>> Asian ethnicity to be friendly, helpful, and kind, along with some who are
>>> not so much, just as is true of every other ethnic group. Maybe you
>>> yourself are a kind, helpful person of Asian background?
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>>   Besides this advice, I'm afraid the Libertarian Party does not
>>> have the resources or expertise to help you, but on behalf of the party I
>>> wish you the best and hope you are able to cope with these circumstances
>>> and still have a happy life.
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>> Love & Liberty,
>>>
>>> >>>                                 ((( starchild ))) At-Large
>>>
>>> >>> Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >>
>>>
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