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Phone rage leads to arrest here for Ohio man [got angry at telemarketer, charged with terrorism]
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^
| 2009-07-21
| Matthew Hathaway
Posted on 07/21/2009 7:18:28 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
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To: bamahead
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posted on
07/21/2009 7:18:47 PM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: rabscuttle385
More law enforcement resources wasted on yet another minor crime when real crooks walk free.
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posted on
07/21/2009 7:21:33 PM PDT
by
pnh102
(Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
To: rabscuttle385
do not call list?
caller id?
don’t answer the phone?
just hang up?
Nope.... I’ll go with threaten to burn down their building and kill their families.
Moron.
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posted on
07/21/2009 7:21:59 PM PDT
by
mad puppy
(Never have I felt so politically radical and I swear I didn't move an inch.)
To: rabscuttle385
Sounds like one of those dangerous terrorists. s/
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posted on
07/21/2009 7:22:44 PM PDT
by
WVNan
( (Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.: Sun Tzu))
To: rabscuttle385
I bet the telemarketer records their calls... the phone rage guy should have just hung up the phone...
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posted on
07/21/2009 7:23:58 PM PDT
by
John123
(Turn on your teleprompter Obama and read your lips... "No New Taxes!!")
To: rabscuttle385
To: mad puppy
To be fair, the auto warranty scum disregard all of the telemarketing laws and most use robo calls (which have ben banned under federal law since 1991).
A number of state attorneys general have been clamping down of late - about 3 years toolate.
The guy should not have made those threats, of course.
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posted on
07/21/2009 7:25:45 PM PDT
by
PackerBoy
(Just my opinion ....)
To: pnh102
More law enforcement resources wasted on yet another minor crime when real crooks walk free. Apparently, 27000 of them in California. I guess they showed us -- don't pay more taxes we'll release all kinds of bad guys on you. Sure sounds like more of a terrorist act than anything this guy did.
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posted on
07/21/2009 7:27:07 PM PDT
by
Naspino
(Not creative enough to have a tagline.)
To: rabscuttle385
Not to excuse this man's conduct, but surely the situation arises when a mentally-disabled person answers the phone and responds to an unwanted caller in an inappropriate manner. Why did this phone call get out of hand? The telemarketer at any time could have said, Sorry to bother you Sir, I'm terminating this call.
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posted on
07/21/2009 7:27:10 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
(Color me red, white and blue - I attended a tea party on July 4th.)
To: Ciexyz
According to the article, the telemarketer apparently called the guy several expletives.
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posted on
07/21/2009 7:28:44 PM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
07/21/2009 7:29:21 PM PDT
by
anonsquared
(Jim Thompson made me do it!)
To: mad puppy
Granted, the guy went a bit overboard, but I do see a rapidly
encroaching control by “thought police” who will criminalize
any thought or speech that goes against the party or system.
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posted on
07/21/2009 7:31:23 PM PDT
by
AlexW
(Now in the Philippines . Happy not to be back in the USA for now.)
To: PackerBoy; mad puppy
They use "spoof numbers" so you can't call them back, and can't block them because the number that comes through is always a different number. What the man did was wrong, but after you've gotten three calls a day from these evil rotten @$$holes for a week in a row, it's tough not to want to cause them harm. Believe me, I've been there. They always hang up on me, however.
Fortunately the calls have stopped ever since the recent finding against one of these companies. I hope the government eventually cracks down on them and takes every dime every one of the owners, founders, executives, employees, even the janitors, has, or ever hopes to have.
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posted on
07/21/2009 7:31:26 PM PDT
by
Hardastarboard
(I long for the days when advertisers didn't constantly ask about the health of my genital organs.)
To: pnh102
This actually sounds like KIDNAPPING ~ time to call the FBI.
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posted on
07/21/2009 7:32:00 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: rabscuttle385
The Auto-Warranty telemarketer jerks are absolute scum. They are rude and just hang up on you if you ask to be taken off the list. I’ve had fun with a few of them...ask them ‘which of my cars is expiring?’...they should know, they called you. It really pisses them off...
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posted on
07/21/2009 7:32:56 PM PDT
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: Ciexyz
Guess I could be in ‘trouble’ also...I opened FR earlier today and the ‘bing’ pop up was attached to it and I finally had to crash my computer to get rid of it.
It appeared later on when I opened something else I have tied to IE but this time the ‘x-out’ box was visible (earlier hidden at the bottom of my screen and I couldn’t move either)...
Earlier I had opened the box tried to delete it and the 3rd time I asked the question “HOW DO I GET YOUR UNWANTED $—T OFF MY COMPUTER”.
Guess I will have to be ‘heavy’ when answering the door for the next couple of days...<: <: <:
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posted on
07/21/2009 7:33:18 PM PDT
by
xrmusn
To: mad puppy
Asking the women to have phone sex works much better, and you can always ask the male callers to tell you about their homo-life style. If he’s really limp wrested ask him about his aids treatments.
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posted on
07/21/2009 7:33:35 PM PDT
by
org.whodat
(Vote: Chuck De Vore in 2012.)
To: rabscuttle385
When you answer the phone, tell them no, you're not interested in extending your auto warranty, but as a licensed Mutual of Omaha agent,
you can give
them a great deal on a $100k term life policy! Then see how long you can string them along before they hang up on
you. ROTFLMVAO
Gotta fight fire with fire when it comes to those maggots.
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posted on
07/21/2009 7:34:05 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(Ted Nugent for Attorney General '12. You Know You Want It.)
To: John123
the phone rage guy should have just hung up the phone...
My favorite one is “CAN YOU HANG ON FOR A SECOND?” Put the phone down and walk off. Time to them is $$.
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posted on
07/21/2009 7:35:11 PM PDT
by
BILL_C
(Those who don't understand the lessons of history will repeat, repeat and repeat.)
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