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To: John Vosilla who wrote (305905)	6/4/2011 1:05:04 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 306849

RE:"Don't worry..vote Sarah Palin for president. She is gonna bring in Art Laffer as her chief economics advisor. Thank the lord I am 'saved'" Now you're being silly. A real laffer.g

To: John Vosilla who wrote (305905)	6/4/2011 10:07:47 PM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Vosilla is a big booster of Tax-Cheat Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner.

To: John Vosilla who wrote (305905)	6/5/2011 11:00:27 AM
From: JBTFD	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 306849

This may explain why some people end up so willfully ignorant: The Filter Bubble front.moveon.org

To: John Vosilla who wrote (305905)	6/6/2011 9:47:26 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 306849

The evidence is clear: Weiner sent the tweet .......................................................... How an analysis of the congressman's behavior caused me to change my mind June 03, 2011\|By Luke Broadwater articles.baltimoresun.com Let me start this post by saying something that has now become quite clear: U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner's (D-N.Y.) Twitter account was not hacked. He sent the image of his penis to a Twitter follower and has now engaged in a convoluted attempt to cover it up. I make this argument not because I wish any ill on the congressman. (I personally don't think politicians should be judged on their sex lives, but solely on their performance in office.) Instead, I write this because it's the only conclusion I believe a reasonable person can reach when watching his behavior. Further preface: I initially believed Weiner. It made sense to me that some right-winger hacked his account in a mean-spirited attack to discredit him personally. Knowing nothing more, I accepted this explanation at face value. But then I heard Weiner start to explain himself and everything changed. The more he talked, the more it became obvious that not only is the photo of him, but he sent it. Once you accept this premise, all of his behavior suddenly makes sense. After consulting with several communications experts for this post, my belief is now reinforced. "I think this is one of the worst public relations strategies regarding an embarrassing event for a public figure that I have witnessed," writes Towson University communications professor Richard Vatz in an email about Weiner's press interactions. "It is obviously a picture of him, taken for a possible variety of reasons, but his inelegant warding off of the inquiries should have instead been a refusal to engage the issue. That would not have solved the problem, but it would have lessened the humiliating spectacle which exacerbates his problems." Without further ado, here's the evidence from Weiner's behavior that I believe makes the case clear. 1) Weiner's comments that he cannot say "with certitude" that the photo is of him. This was the admission that first started to give him away. The very fact that he has penis photos of himself on his computer (or elsewhere on the Internet) that can be "manipulated," as he suggests, proves he has history of engaging in this kind of behavior. This was the first truly bad decision Weiner made in covering this up. By trying to weave into his lie a "half truth," the lie started to unravel. 2) His admission that he does all his own tweeting.