Well, that didn’t take long. After our friends at the FFFF blog found a video showing Linda and Dick Ackerman in their privated, gated abode in Irvine, the guy who shot that video, Jon Fleischman, pulled it off YouTube. So I put it back.
I think that the voters in the 72nd Assembly District need to know that Linda Ackerman is a CARPETBAGGER FROM IRVINE. And Fleischman, as a CRP Vice Chair, should not be taking sides in the battle between Republicans Chris Norby and Linda Ackerman. He should allow the video to air so we can all see for ourselves the truth about the Ackermans.
I told Fleischman after he asked me to take it down that I will respond after he sends me a written request via U.S. mail. And after I discuss this with the ACLU. The truth needs to be told!
Here is Jon’s email to me today asking me to remove the video:
This little piggy is trying to suppress the truth about Linda Ackerman…
Good morning, Art.
I was on the Red County/OC Blog website this morning and saw the FlashReport 2007 Holiday Video that I had made and put on my FlashReport You Tube Video site was imbedded in a post by Allan Bartlett.
When I clicked through on it to the You Tube site, I was astonished to see that apparently you had literally taken my content, without permission, from my YouTube page and placed it on your own page.
With all due respect, I know that you are a strong advocate of property rights. That video is my property, which I placed on my site and made it available for a time for people to see, link, or imbed.
Please remove my video from your YouTube site and anywhere else you have placed it immediately.
Please confirm receipt of this letter.
Jon Fleischman
Publisher, The FlashReport
And here is my response to Jon:
Jon,
Please send me your written request to XXX , and I will be happy to consider it after I discuss this with my friends at the ACLU.
As a free speech advocate I think it is important for folks to see what a carpetbagger Linda Ackerman is. I am sure you also find carpetbagging to be a reprehensible practice.
And I am sure that as CRP Vice Chair you are not taking sides in this election by trying to remove this video from the public’s view, thereby helping Ackerman to fool the voters in the 72nd A.D.
You had this video up for ages. Why pray tell are you now trying to cover it up? Shouldn’t the voters know that Ackerman is a carpetbagger from a gated community in Irvine? Why I would think that you would want an open and honest election?
In the age of the Internet you can’t stop the truth from getting out Jon. After watching Carona implode you ought to know that by now.
UPDATE: Do you want to know who Linda Ackerman REALLY is? Click here to read “Who is Linda Ackerman?”
Let be clear, I posted this comment on the earlier chain BEFORE I knew Flieschman had already gone into action:
“Art,
Lets see how long this goes until you are threatened with legal action on some bogus theory that this clip is the property of Flash Report. Of course, once Fleischman posted this purposefully on the public domain known as You Tube, it no longer was his to control but dont let that kind of logic get in the way.
They use this stuff to gian positive political coverage when they want it and will try to pull the very same footage off the net when it works against them.
Dont fall for the bully trick. This clip was placed on the public net for all to see and any proprietary interest was abandoned long ago. Stick to your guns and keep singing the truth.
The Ackermans live in Irvine because thats where they want to live. Dick did not need to move there to hold his senate seat. He CHOSE to move there because he wanted to live in Irvine. To now claim they are moving back is baloney and we are not going to fall for it.”
Now call me Nosrtadamus but how was this so predictable? Fleischman, you dont get to post this on You Tube to promote positive feelings in the public about your blog and your favorite politician and then attempt to take it back when the ACTUAL location of their home is an issue. You chose to float this out there because you wanted it to be part of the public domain. Even the most mundane things can have a consequnce, eh?
Art, get ready for Phil greer or some other legal shill to start sending formal looking threats. They are just that and nothing else. You are on solid ground here. Dont cave in!
Why did you X out your address Art? It’s already all over the Internet?
I hope Fleischman’s sues you. It would be about time somebody did. But you’re such a piss-ant nobody thinks you’re worth the trouble.
heat:
You hope Fleischman sues Art? About what? I’m all for suing people but for goodness sake, do you really think Fleischman should sue Art over the content of a video Fleischman posted?
We can all debate whether it was wise for Fleischman to post that lame video in the first place but any responsibility for it’s existence now falls pretty square on the shoulders of Fleischman.
Maybe Ackerman should sue Fleischman. At least then the aggrieved party would be suing the responsible party.
Art, if you get sued I will donate to your legal defense fund.
I might not like how you inject race into alot of things, but damnit to hell, thats your right and Fleishmaniasis can go piss up a F-ing rope.
The Republican party needs a GD purging of the Scott – sell out – Baughs, Acramonious Ackermans, et al RINO’s. These people have and are dragging our party into a shit hole.
With Obama being the second greatest thing that could have ever happened to our party, these sell out Reps are too busy trying to figure out how to stay in power by knifing anyone who is more intelligent and is running for office, to take advantge of the publics growing disatisfaction with Obama.
These pucking pustule boils on the ass of life keep coming back – not unlike retiring government employees that come back to work in order to spike their pensions.
A pox on their heads and John and Ken have it right; liars, whores, and thieves.
SP, why don’t you tell us how you really feel!
My first question is how in the world cn anyone take this guy (Flieshman) seriously?
That foolish video looks like something my 14 year-old daughter might make, no make that my eleven year-old.
How crazy is it that this guy was a representitive of the Sheriff of Orange County. No wonder he was indited. Secondly, his poor grammar, sophmoric writing is a REAL sign of the times. How he could be in any kind of leadership position.
This is beyond embarassing. This is crazy.
For a fairly young guy, Flieshman sure sounded winded in that tape.
Finely upholstered home? Maybe he meant finely appointed home? I didn’t seem an upholstered theme going on there.
Maybe MRS. Hackerman needs to step up to make some $$$$$ so they can afford to keep living in their overpriced mcmansion in good ol’ Irvine.
And pulling the video clip off the internet is such a dumb idea. Talk about creating an instant sensation! People will want to see it more than ever now! Man, GOP political consultants sure look amateurish when they try and spin things at modest, local blog sites!
Hollis, you’re an idiot. YouTube is not public domain. Their terms of use respect copyright. A user has every right to remove their video.