Middlesex Bank Marquee

[cleanup-davissq.livejournal.com]

Oh. My. God. This is hideous. It changes the whole vibe of the Square. How on Earth did they get permission to put that monstrosity up?
Why have they no concept of how ugly this is?

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[artic-monkeys.livejournal.com]

Yes How do we know you are anything but a bunch of astro turf?

Oh and in case you had a genuine interest in understanding this you might start with this information:

There is little doubt that the Founders engaged in anonymous political writing. The essays in the Federalist Papers, published under the pseudonym of "Publius," are only the most famous example of the outpouring of anonymous political writing that occurred during the ratification of the Constitution. John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton shared the pen name "Publius" when they wrote the Federalist Papers.

Alexander Hamilton wrote several newspaper essays using a variety of pen names taken from characters from ancient Rome.

Benjamin Austin, a Baptist minister and author of some of the Federalist Papers, wrote under the pseudonym "Candidus."

Benjamin Franklin often wrote under pseudonyms, including "Silence Dogood," "the Busy-Body," "Obadiah Plainman," "Robin Good-fellow," and of course, "Poor Richard." Franklin frequently used the name "Richard Saunders," the same pseudonym as he had used when he wrote "Poor Richard's Almanack," which was first published in 1732. As Richard Saunders, Franklin was given both the freedom to express his thoughts and the freedom to do so with dramatic license.

Samuel Adams, perhaps the most effective rabble-rouser in American history, was known to incite riots with his articles, published under several pen names so that the British would think that their opposition was stronger than it really was at the time.

John Adams, our second president, often used the pseudonym "Novanglus" when he wrote, but he was published frequently by the Boston Gazette under the name "Clarendan."

John Leland, a Baptist minister and American patriot, wrote under the pseudonym of "Jack Nipps."

John Carroll, the first Bishop of our nation, used the alias "Pacificus" for his documents.

These are just a few examples. Our founding fathers, as well as others who were deeply involved in the events that led up to the American Revolution and the founding of the United States of America, used pseudonyms often, and for a variety of reasons. One significant reason was to avoid being arrested by the British.

An excellent job of cut-and-paste.

[hauntmeister.livejournal.com]

Next time, though, you might want to include a citation of the person whose words you are stealing. I'm sure the Magic City Morning Star of Millinocket, Maine, can use the publicity.

A Climate of Fear
By Ken Anderson
Mar 22, 2005
http://magic-city-news.com/article_3468.shtml

And I'm curious as to just why you excluded these two concluding paragraphs from your cut-and=paste:

But they are afraid. They are afraid for themselves, their families, jobs, homes, and camps. They are afraid of having their names published in the newspaper. They are afraid of being ridiculed in the press, and even in church. They are afraid of the sheer hatred that is likely to be directed their way if they dare to defy the folks at MAGIC. They are afraid of their businesses being destroyed, of customers and even vendors being warned away from doing business with them, and I know from personal experience that these fears are not at all unwarranted. Some are even afraid for their lives.

So, the Magic City Morning Star will continue to publish letters anonymously when that is requested, because to do otherwise would be to further stifle the voice of the people of Millinocket. Our readers, of course, are free to give more or less credibility to anonymous letters than to those which are attributed.

I will follow the example you provided, and continue to give much less credibility to posts from entities with no significant LJ presence.