[TowerTalk] Spammed by Tea Party mailing from M2

[Jack Brindle]

It's actually worse than that. The original spam on the list was from the guy complaining. There never was a post from Mike on the list.
This pretty much defines "trolling."

Now can we get back to towers? I keep thinking about the sections of RG25 sitting in my garage, then looking at the power lines across the back yard that keep me from putting it up...

Jack B, W6FB

On Jul 25, 2010, at 5:59 PM, Timothy Coker wrote:

> My bet is it was spoofed or he was hacked. Usually that's what I am seeing
> now.
> 
> It's also silly that two guys would publicly flame the second poster when:
> 
> "It certainly took Mike’s company down a notch in my estimation (*and would
> have done so regardless of my political leanings*)."
> 
> Shows that the original poster was making a political statement himself. It
> would have been better class for you guys to tell both people to knock it
> off...
> 
> Tim, N6WIN.
> 
> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Dino Darling <dino at kx6d.com> wrote:
> 
>> Mike's stock just went up (if it could get any higher than it is
>> already) with me!
>> 
>> However, I doubt that Mike would use his company's e-mail list in this
>> manner.
>> 
>> Dino - KX6D
>> 
>> 
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Spammed by Tea Party mailing from M2
>> From: wyc <wycpublic at gmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, July 25, 2010 9:50 am
>> To: towertalk at contesting.com
>> Cc: k6myc at m2inc.com
>> 
>> I was disappointed to receive an unsolicited mass-emailing last night
>> forwarded from Mike Staal, K6MYC of m2inc.com (addressed to Ken Holladay
>> K6HCP, but apparently bcc’d to me and others), re “Prop 106 AZ: How
>> to beat
>> Obamacare in Arizona” – a mailing directed to "Tea Party leaders,
>> conservative activists, and bloggers," with which I won’t further
>> clutter
>> this list.
>> 
>> I would suggest vendors think twice (and more) about using their lists
>> of
>> ham- (and worse, antenna-) related email addresses to engage in
>> political
>> advocacy. It certainly took Mike’s company down a notch in my
>> estimation
>> (and would have done so regardless of my political leanings).
>> 
>> Sorry for burdening the list with this only peripherally antenna-related
>> post, but by highlighting such conduct, perhaps its use might be
>> attenuated…
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> /Bill
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