Greg W. Howard

Help Rex Gero Leave Us With Dignity

GregWHoward — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:50:26 +0000

As some of you may already know, our dear friend and fellow patriot, Rex Gero (@rxrthepoet) is fighting what will probably be his last battle on earth. He is in the final stages of pancreatic cancer in Canton, Ohio. Rex, now 62 years old, has faced this battle over the past 30 years with cancer before and won, but he has been told he has just weeks at this point.

Rex, as you know, has been a staunch fighter for freedom on Twitter and in the real world. Just before he became ill, he had worked with others to form a PAC to speak for grassroots issues which are being ignored. He has authored about 600 poems. He is working with @JoanneMoretti to have them published posthumously to benefit his two sisters. Rex accepted Christ a few months ago, not out of fear of death, but because of the kindness and generosity of his Christian friends who rallied around him when they found out he was ill.

Rex has lived a simple life as a traveling sales representative the past few years. His income was enough to get him by, but not enough to set anything aside for the future. Add to that the fact that he had had cancer in the past, and he was unable to afford any life insurance.

Rex has one simple request, that his final expenses be handled with dignity. He simply wants to know before he passes that his funeral will not be a burden or simply not covered. He only wants a simple stone and cremation with his ashes to be scattered in a forest area at his childhood home where he had played in the woods with his friends. This will not come to a lot of money.

Any amount you can donate, whether it is even five dollars would help. Send all donations directly to the bank. Please do not use the donate link on this site. That is for the upkeep and maintenance of this site.

Rex Gero Benevolent Account

30th Street Key Bank

1115 30th Street, NW

Canton, OH 44709-2920

If there are any amounts left over, they will be given to cancer research.

Again, please, help Rex leave us with dignity.

God bless.

Operation #SLAM Video Update 9.19.2011

GregWHoward — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:20:51 +0000

We recently appeared on “Talk To Solomon” with Guy Christian http://twitter.com/1greatamerican to discuss what Operation SLAM is and why it is important. We won’t summarize the video. We urge you to take the time to watch it. The video explains the rationale and the methodology behind taking our money away from sponsors of the liberal media who are deliberately misinforming the public and providing cover to an out of control governmen.

This update includes a list of the sponsors of MSNBC, which is the first target. They are bordering on failure as a network and are particularly vulnerable to a pull out of sponsors. Before we get to the list of sponsors, we offer a list of steps you can take to help move the ball forward. Everyone can play a part, and everyone must play a part in order for this to succeed. Right now, liberals on social media have heard of SLAM and are predicting it will fail because they know we are not likely to unite and fight back. This is their area of expertise, not ours.

This post updates to prior posts:

http://gregwhoward.com/wordpress/2011/09/operation-slam-stop-the-lying-a-media/

http://gregwhoward.com/wordpress/2011/09/operation-slam-update-9-5-2011-jimmy-dean/

Please read and share these links with others. See the action steps we have outlined below.

The liberals have good reason to feel cocky about their ability to organize. If you look at what they have accomplished, as only 20 percent of the population, the results are staggering. With strong organization, the willingness to march in lockstep and to do whatever it takes to effect the changes they way, they have brought this nation to the edge of collapse into what they hope will be a Marxist utopia.

Despite our greater numbers, we have shown a general lack of willingness or ability to unite. As a result, our lives are being dictated by a group which has half our numbers and a far smaller percentage of the resources available.

It’s time to end that. It’s time we rose up on our hind legs and roard. We are the majority. We are fed up. We will make things better. So, let’s please unite around a simple idea.

NO MORE OF OUR CONSUMER DOLLARS FOR THOSE SPONSORING THE LIBERAL MEDIA.

This is not a suppression of free speech. It is OUR exercise of free speech in the market place. We choose where our consumer dollars go.

What YOU Can Do

No one has to shoulder all of the heavy lifting. No one is suggesting that a single person built the Egyptian pyramids. However, if each person will do something, any one of these steps, we can accomplish our goals. Some of us have more time and can do multiple steps. Some are more limited and may only be able to do a little bit. No effort is too small or inconsequential. So, don’t fall into the trap of thinking “what good will my little effort do?”

1. If you have a blog, and believe in this approach, write about it, share your ideas, get your readers involved. Feel free to hot link these posts. We have no issue with bandwidth.

2. Send these links to all who are on your e-mail list. Not everyone uses social media. In fact, I believe more conservatives are exchanging information via e-mail than on social media, even at this time.

3. If you use social media, post these links or the links of other bloggers who are supporting this effort. Post multiple times over a period of time. It takes time for grassroots action to build up. Use different descriptions to get your social contacts to take a look at the links.

4. Most important of all, make contact with the sponsors yourself, directly. Use e-mail, social media, phone, and even snail mail. Make sure they know you are no longer supporting them if they support liberal media. Be courteous. Use language like, “I love your product, but I cannot justify giving you my hard earned cash to support ….” Remember, many of these are businesses that we all probably know and love. We are asking them to correct their actions, not trying to run them out of business.

5. Consider bombarding your local talk radio or national talk radio shows with awareness of this effort. Call in. Talk about boycotting sponsors of liberal media. It is not enough to simply stop subscriptions. Most media makes the lion’s share of their money through advertising.

6. Help us with comments, direction, and ideas. We are a small group right now, and we want you to be part of the effort, not only in the implementation, but in the strategy.

MSNBC Sponsors

This list was put together by two volunteers. It is believed to be accurate. If anyone finds any inaccuracy or can fill in any of the holes in the data, please feel free to contact us on twitter by direct message or respond to this blog in the comments section.

Toyota		@Toyota		1800mytoyota
Verizon		@Verizon		1800verizon
NutriSystem		@Nutrisystem		1 877 338-8446
Avis		@Avis		1 800 294 4447
AIG T-Life		*		1-877-638-4244		AnserCenter@AIG.com
Coldwell		@coldwellbnkr		1-877 308-6558
Venus Breeze		@GilletteVenus		1 800 445 5388
Geico		@geico		1-888-283-2849
Olay		@olay_products		1-800-285-5170
Jimmy Dean		@jimmydean_BH10		-800-925-DEAN (3326	Sara Lee is parent company: @saralee_corp
Weitz & Luxenburg		@WeitzLuxenberg		1800 476-6070
Sudafed		@jnjstories		1-800-223-0182
Purina		@petcentric		1-888 228-2469
Meineke Car Care Center		@meinekecarcare		1-800-447-3070		web.comments@meineke.com
Travel Companion		**
Am. Express		@AmericanExpress		1-800 528-4800
Crystal Light		@CrystalLight		*
Infiniti		@Infiniti		1 800-662-6200		Questions@Dyson.com
Vonage		@Vonage_Voice		1 800-486-6037		usersupport@eharmony.com
Dyson Vac		*		1 800 693-9766		*
Eharmony		@Eharmony_Jack		1 800 951-2023		consumeraffairs@hmausa.com
Cepacol		*		1 866 682-4639
Hyundai		@Hyundai		1 800 633-5151
U.S. Buildings				1 800 463-6062		infousb@usbuildingsdirect.com
Boeing		@Boeing		781-575-3400
Progressive		@Progressive		1 800 399 4580
Direct TV		@Directv		1 877 777 2454
Colonial Pen		@ColonialLife		1 877 877-8052
Indulge-a-bath		*		941-927-9100		https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Indulge-A-Bath/161990517152144
Stop IRS		@StopIrsDebt		1 888 978-6747
HSBC Direct		**		1 800 975-4722
U.S. Airforce		@UsAirforce		1-800-257-1212
Aleve		*		1-800-395-0689
Progresso Soup		*		1-800-200-9377
Subaru		@Subaru_USA		800-782-2783
Spiriva		**		1-800-243-0127		CookingLight@customersvc.com
Steak-Ums Burgers		@Steak_Umm		860-928-5900
Cooking Lite		@Cooking_Light		800/336-0125
Scalpcin		@DiscoverRB		(866) 252-5327
Mama Lucia Meatballs		@Mama_Lucia		610-376-1500
Sea Bond		**		(800) 431 – 2610
Financial Freedom		**		1(800) 441-4128
Ediets		@Ediets		1-800-265-6170.
Citracal		**		1-866-511-9328
Aqua Velvet	***
Mr. Clean		@Proctorgamble		800) 867-2532
Chemistry.com		@ChemistryDotCom ****		800-234-7437
Bayer		@BayerMsMs		1-800-332-2253,
Old Mutual		**		1 617 369 7300		http://www.facebook.com/oldmutual?v=app_100265210046642
Rogaine		**		1-800-223-0182.


Footnotes	* Info unavailable		**Could not find		*** More than one company w/ that name

OPERATION #SLAM: Update 9.5.2011 – Jimmy Dean

GregWHoward — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:33:26 +0000

Operation #SLAM is an ongoing effort by fair minded Americans to remove fight back agaisnt media bias and deliberate misinformation being fed to the American public. Read about it here (Links on this site are bold, black.)

Jimmy Dean, the maker of sausage and premium breakfast foods, sponsors MSNBC, as well as other media outlets that have in the past likened those who oppose the growth of government power as “terrorists,” “teabaggers,” “racists,” and “hostage takers.” Notwithstanding the fact that the company’s founder was a legendary American success story, this company now actively pays for programs that denigrate the desire of Americans to live in same freedom that allowed this company to form and prosper.

Jimmy Dean is a subsidiary of Sara Lee. The company profile and list of products of the parent company can be read here.

Through its advertising dollars, the company supports this kind of hate against conservatives and moderates who are fed up with government debt and uncontrolled power.

This 13 minute screed from Rachel Maddow is filled with invective, misinformation, lies and deliberate ignorance of facts.

If you support this kind of use of your hard earned dollars, then by all means continue to buy their products and support this business.

However, if you find it hard to stomach (pun intended) your consumer dollars being used to trash everything you believe in, please let the company know:

Jimmy Dean

Web: http://jimmydean.com

Twitter: @JimmyDean

Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/JimmyDean

Phone: 1-800-925-DEAN (3326)

Web contact for customer comments and complaints for Sara Lee: http://www.saralee.com/ContactUs.aspx

Please send this article by e-mail, link on Twitter and Facebook, and all other social media you may be using.

But more importantly, let your views be known. They have the right to sponsor anything they wish. You have the right to buy or not buy as you see fit. You also have the right to let them know exactly how you feel about this garbage being shoved down your throat. Of course, I’m speaking of the lies. The food is pretty good, but I’m not buying it until they stop supporting lies.

Operation: #SLAM – Stop the Lying A** Media

GregWHoward — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:25:01 +0000

Media in the United States enjoys special privilege and protection under the First Amendment to the Constitution. Our Founders, in their timeless wisdom, knew the value of a press, free of government interference, serving as a watchdog and keeping the public informed. The vision was that a free press would serve to both inform the public and to serve as an additional check on the power of government.

Of course, with this power in the hands of the media, the potential for corruption was great. Until recently, the cost of presses, cameras, and other equipment concentrated the power of the press into the hands of an elite few. As a result, those controlling the media abused their power and moved from informing the public to shaping policy or aiding those that shape policy by withholding information, reporting misinformation, or simply ignoring the actions of those they serve.

Public Distrusts Traditional Media

Increasingly, the public has become aware of the biases and abuses in the media. The most recent Gallup survey on the subject shows only 28 percent have a high level of confidence in print media and only 27 percent have a high level of confidence in television media. Another poll by Rasmussen reports that 55 percent believe media bias is a bigger problem than large political contributions.

Traditional media outlets have clearly set themselves to be the arbiters of public opinion, driving public opinion, instead of reporting facts. Mike Church, Sirius Patriot Radio, takes the issue even further, calling them the “Parrot Press Corps.” His correct assessment is that the media no longer reports the news, they simply parrot the information given to them by their masters in government or other interests. This position has gone unchallenged until recently.

Enter “New Media” Competition

Today, with the advent of YouTube and other video sharing sites, blogging, easy web domain management, and readily available technology in the hands of the general public, a new media is rising. More and more people are turning away from traditional media for their news and getting a more complete picture through the internet. As a result, traditional media purveyors of propaganda have seen their viewership and revenues slide. Many are on the verge of bankruptcy or are in the midst of large cutbacks.

However, far too many people still receive the majority of their news from traditional media outlets, and these well-meaning people are still being deliberaly misinformed. How else can you explain that a group like the Tea Party movement, whose only goal is to shrink the size and control of government, is starting to have a growingly negative opinion with the public when most Americans agree with the stated goals? The constant drum beat of “Tea Party Terrorists,” “Hostage Takers,” etc., is clearly having the desired effect.

Time to Stand Up

It’s time to stand up and say, “No more.”

But how exactly do we change the editorial slant of the media? How do we get them to report the full story on issues like “Fast And Furious” (gun sales by the U.S. government to drug cartels) and similar issues? It won’t happen by asking the media to tell the truth. There are far too many ideologues firmly entrenched in journalism.

The jugular vein of the media is where it is with any business: Money.

Reporters may not care that they are angering 40 percent of consumers with about 50 to 60 percent of purchasing power. However, their publishers have to make payroll, and they do it with advertising. Many of the traditional media outlets are public companies with boards of directors and shareholders.

Simply canceling subscriptions is not enough. Most media rely on subscription revenues for only a portion of their overall revenues. The way to attack the media and force them to tell the truth and report all the facts is to go after their sponsors.

One might ask, “What can I do? I’m just one voice.” Let’s look at recent example:

Media Matters for America, a far left supposed media watchdog group, in the past two years decided to go after Glenn Beck’s show on Fox News Channel. They could not touch Beck directly, nor would Fox News listen to such a fringe group. However, Media Matters managed to successfully motivate a rag tag group of liberals with only a couple hundred angry members to bombard Beck’s advertisers through social media, e-mail, and phone calls. One by one, many advertisers pulled away from the show. Each time, this group crowed about their accomplishment.

Now Is The Time

The timing for a similar assault from conservatives and fair minded Americans in the middle of the political spectrum could not be better.

Recent economic events have caused consumers to become very careful in their spending. Only 67 percent of American men have jobs at this time. The lowest in U.S. history. More people are on food stamps, living below the poverty line, than ever before. The consumer that still has money is deleveraging (paying off debt) and cutting back on all expenditures due to increasing fear of the economic future.

As a result, many of those already advertising in the media are already suffering reduced revenues and customer traffic in their businesses. Many of the largest corporations are also now becoming aware of the power of social media such as Twitter and Facebook and are actually hiring full time staffers to manage their online presence and engage with consumers. These businesses are maintaining accounts in social media, and increasingly, these are monitored with staff 24/7, watching for negative news, customer complaints, anything that would serve as an early warning sign with the customer base.

And finally, with decreased revenues and struggling readership and viewership numbers in the traditional media, many advertisers are seriously questioning their financial commitment to advertising in these arenas.

The timing could not be better for consumers to tell the advertisers that they have had enough of the lies and deliberate blindness of the media to the current encroaching tyranny in the lives of every day Americans. The media is vulnerable financially, and the advertisers are desperate to make sure they are not alienating a shrinking customer base.

OPERATION SLAM

The operation is simple and can be carried out with minimal organization. A few volunteers collecting information and providing it to the rest of the public to use will be sufficient to obtain the results needed. Remember, the traditional media is already vulnerable.

In the next few days, we will present a list of sponsors of various traditional media outlets. This information is already being compiled. Once we have it, we will present it to the reader in useful format including the name of the sponsor, the media outlet they are supporting with our consumer dollars, social media account contact information, e-mail addresses and phone numbers.

If a few hundred people will devote about 30 minutes to contacting the sponsors of the media, one by one, they can be peeled away.

We will start with a smaller media outlet that is already in dire financial condition, such as MSNBC. They have recently been acquired, and they are hemorrhaging cash. They are extremely vulnerable to a boycott of their sponsors.

The key to making it as success will be to have a steady drumbeat of consumer opposition to sponsorship. Sponsors must hear daily that customers are taking their business elsewhere. The sponsors must hear from a number of people all around the country, via e-mail, phone, and social media. The pressure must be relentless.

We have seen a small group of liberals push their agenda by being well organized. As a result, they have appeared to be a much larger group than they are.

We ARE the majority in America.

We ARE the consumers in America.

We ARE fed up with being lied to and our corrupt government being given shelter by an even more corrupt media.

The time is now.

Watch for updates regularly, and please e-mail, tweet, and otherwise forward this link to every freedom loving American you know.

Death Threat After #WreckingCrew Member Names Target

GregWHoward — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 03:23:28 +0000

Further to our continuing story of the meltdown of what was the proud group defending patriots on twitter known as the Wrecking Crew, it appears that at least one of their members has been interacting with some of the worst attack dogs on the left, and directing their attacks. I will let the reader decide. All I’m going to do is post a short sequence of screen shots. You can read what has transpired with Wrecking Crew members over the past two days here.

@Solaar asks @CouldBeMe7 who he should go after

The first tweet can be found at http://twitter.com/solaar/status/39377124351545344

@Solaar who is listed on the following list of @CouldBeMe7 asks @CouldBeMe7

Note that the intention of this person is clear. He wants to know whom he should target. The language is threatening and vulgar. The words indicate that future action will probably include violence in terms expressed in commonly known street vernacular. Click the image to enlarge the screen capture.

@CouldBeMe7 responds to @Solaar and provides the name of Greg Howard

The next tweet in the sequence comes from @CouldBeMe7 to @Solaar directing his attention to Greg Howard.

http://twitter.com/CouldBeMe7/status/39380519565139968

Noting that the Wrecking Crew claims to have great expertise in dealing with trolls and knows that some of them are dangerous and unbalanced individuals, such as this one, where the final tweet we will show you indicates that he had just been locked up by the Summit County(Colorado) Sheriff’s department the prior day. This was on the public timeline.

Yet, knowing that some of these people are, in fact, dangerous with criminal involvement, @CouldBeMe7 provided a name to target. Again, this individual made clear his intentions when asking for the information. This certainly appears to be an act of wreckless disregard for the safety of others.

@Solaar account next tweet is a direct threat to disembowel @GregWHoward

The very next tweet from the @Solaar account contains a direct threat to @GregWHoward to “disembowel you with a hay sickle.”

http://twitter.com/solaar/status/39390359557636096

This is a threat that includes method of death to be inflicted. Also, the person making the threat makes it clear to @CouldBeMe7 that he has just issued the threat by including her name in the tweet.

Second direct threat from @Solaar account

A second direct but more general threat of physical harm was then issued to @GregWHoward from the @Solaar account, again notifying @CouldBeMe7 of the action taken by including her name in the tweet.

So, exactly what kind of person is this who was involved with @CouldBeMe7 in the transaction? Let’s learn about him from his own timeline. Well, according to him, just earlier in the 24 hour period, he was involved in an incident involving a friend who had overdosed on heroin because he thought he was snorting cocaine. http://twitter.com/solaar/status/39182077983195136

@Solaar talks about getting their stories straight for the police about a friend's drug overdose

In this tweet, he discusses getting their stories straight about how the friend had ended up snorting heroin instead of cocaine.

@Solaar asks questions about being searched for drugs

In this tweet, we get confirmation that the incident related by the @Solaar about his friend snorting heroin instead of cocaine is not likely a fabrication. The tweet asks a question about being searched for drugs as a result of the incident.

http://twitter.com/solaar/status/39177351652704256

But more importantly, the link includes a link to an online photograph showing the back of an ambulance open and paramedics attending to one or more persons.

The picture is becoming a bit more clear as to exactly what type of people are involved at this point. First, he speaks of a drug overdose incident involving illegal street drugs, asks if he might be searched for drugs (would not be an issue one would think if he were not carrying drugs), and includes a verifying shot of an ambulance. An all around nice guy.

Yfrog picture from @Solaar tweet showing individuals being attended in an ambulance

The reader could access this photo from the prior tweet, but we also provide it here to save the reader time.

@Solaar describes having spent some time with the sheriff's office

In this final tweet that we are going to show, there was police involvement in the incident.

http://twitter.com/solaar/status/39231591997775872

One can read the rest of this timeline and see much more detail by clicking here. Not only was he, by his own admission, involved in a potentially fatal overdose of heroin of a friend, he discussed in real time on twitter lying to the police about how the incident occurred, posted pictures of paramedics on the scene in real time, and then discussed being strip searched by Summit County Sheriff’s Deparment. He also tweets on his timeline about being a frequent flyer and wondering if federal agents will be waiting for him when he gets to the airport.

So, to recap the set of facts as we know them, @Solaar is followed on Twitter by @CouldBeMe7. At some point, @Solaar became aware she was upset about an argument. He then offered his services to take whatever person was involved and “fuck them up.” @CouldBeMe7 provided the name of Greg Howard and stated that the dispute was over whether people should be “fired from the Wrecking Crew.” The very next tweet from @Solaar’s account was a threat to disembowel @GregWHoward. He then makes a second threat of physical harm. This individual has had police involvement in a drug related matter in the past 24 hours and is a frequent flyer.

Right, this is all an innocent prank with some trash talking troll, and the fact that one of the leaders of the Wrecking Crew is involved with and possibly directing the actions of such an individual is nothing over which anyone should be concerned.