Joe's Random Ramblings

The Bush family apparently also buys email addresses. That makes them spammers.
They sent me this turd:

Dear Danny,
Your generous support through our years in the White House meant so much to President
Bush and to me. George based his Presidency on what we believe are timeless principles:
that freedom is universal . . . that all life is precious . . . that to whom much is given, much is
expected . . . and that people can spend their money better than the government can.
I believe you also embrace these principles. That's why I'm sending you this email today.
We are now more than two years into the planning and development of the George W. Bush
Presidential Center. Great progress is being made on the building and grounds, and the
Bush Center is already inspiring ideas, innovation, and action for a freer and better world.
We've accomplished so much, but there is much more that remains to be done.
Your support of the work at the Bush Center is very important to us, and we hope we can
bring you on board for this new chapter in our lives. Having the support of individuals like
you, who were loyal friends during George's Administration, would be such a great honor.
If you have already joined the Bush Center as a Charter Member, thank you. If not, please
join us as a Charter Member and once again stand with George and me as we continue
our public service.
Thank you.
Sincerely,

Laura Bush

First, my name isn't Danny.
Second, I never supported GW Bush, nor did I vote for him (heck, I wasn't even a US citizen when he got re-elected.)
Third, I never support spammers.

Rose Vela, the Texas district judge who had the extraordinary stupidity to buy email lists from spammers and spam people outside her state, deservedly lost in the primary election for Texas Supreme Court justice.
As I've said before, spammers belong in prison, not in a judge seat.

I mentioned before that a person running for a seat in the Texas Supreme Court has taken to spam me, a California resident, with her stupid messages.
Her spam clearly shows that she is unqualified to be a judge, much less a judge on any Supreme Court.

This is the latest turd, received today:

<http://link.ixs1.net/s/om?[redacted]>
<http://static.ixs1.net/site/5621/images/rosevela2.jpg>
Dear [redacted],

<http://link.ixs1.net/s/[redacted]> <http://static.ixs1.net/site/5621/images/rose1.jpg> Rose Vela

On March 2, 1836, Texas took a stand against tyranny and oppression by adopting the Texas Declaration of Independence. The signers of this document knew the importance of constitutional rights, such as the right to bear arms and right of freedom of religion, and fought to ensure Texans for generations to come could share these fundamental liberties.

Tomorrow, on the 174th anniversary of Texas Independence Day, make sure you give thanks for your liberty by exercising your right to vote. I humbly ask for your vote for Texas Supreme Court ? Place 9.

As your Texas Supreme Court justice, I will fight to protect the constitutional rights of all Texans. I will promote an independent judiciary, a strict-constructionist interpretation of the law, and will work to ensure the law works for the citizens of the great state of Texas.

As you remember Texas Independence Day, keep in mind the words of a true Texas hero, Davy Crockett: ?Liberty and Independence ? Forever!?

Best Regards,

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Pol. adv. paid for by the Rose Vela Campaign, in compliance with the voluntary limits of the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act. Joel Yowell, Treasurer

So, she "humbly asks for my vote"... My vote would be for her to get convicted of illegal spamming.

Over the times, I have gotten a couple of political spam mailings. It seems that some Republican spammer consultant in Texas must have sold my email address to all these gullible Republicans who run for office there.
They don't even check if the people they are sending their spam to are even living in Texas...

Anyway, I got another one of these turds from some obviously unqualified "lady" who is running for Texas Supreme Court. As a judge, she should know better than to send out spam.
And the mere fact that she sends her spam to people who don't live in her state makes her unqualified to run for the position she is running for.
If she "learned early on the value of hard work", as she says in her spam, it is obvious she has forgotten it already. Sending out spam shows that she nowadays prefers the less than honest ways.

The spam in all its glory (tracking etc. redacted):

<http://link.ixs1.net/s/om?ei[redacted]>
<http://member.ixs1.net/site/5621/images/rosevela.jpg>
Dear [redacted],

<http://link.ixs1.net/s/lt?id=[redacted]>

Justice Rose Vela grew up in a military family listening to stories about Americans who gave their lives to defend our Constitution. Today, Americans are still losing their lives to protect a Constitution that promotes a judiciary that is independent, follows the law and that is not influenced by who judges know.

Today as never before, we need a strong conservative voice on the Texas Supreme Court ? the kind of voice that leaders like Justice Rose Vela has already provided as a tough-on-crime district judge and as the first Republican ever elected to the 13th Court of Appeals in South Texas.

Justice Rose Vela learned early on the value of hard work, working her way through college, and becoming a successful private attorney, district judge and Appeals Court Justice. She didn?t depend on political appointments to get where she is today. Instead she has a proven track record of beating Democrats in November, knocking out a 15-year Democratic incumbent with 53 percent of the vote in one of the most Democratic Appeals Courts in the state.

That win made Rose the FIRST AND ONLY REPUBLICAN EVER ELECTED to the 13th Court of Appeals and she did it in a big way. Now we need to elect Justice Rose Vela to the Texas Supreme Court in Place 9. She doesn?t believe in activist judges legislating from the bench and she wants to make sure the law works for the people of Texas. As a district judge, Justice Vela handed down tough sentences including the death penalty and life in prison to convicted felons; she handled complex civil matters, and she had the privilege of helping create new families by presiding over adoptions in what she sees as one of the most important roles of the judiciary in promoting family life. As an appeals court judge she helped reduce the backlog of cases on the 13th Court of Appeals and is a firm believer that Texans should have a quick and fair resolution to both their criminal and civil cases.

Justice Rose Vela can provide the kind of no-nonsense conservative leadership that is needed on the Texas Supreme Court. But she can?t do it without your help.

<http://link.ixs1.net/s/lt?id=[redacted]>
<http://link.ixs1.net/s/lt?id=[redacted]>
<http://link.ixs1.net/s/lt?id=[redacted]>

Pol. adv. paid for by the Rose Vela Campaign, in compliance with the voluntary limits of the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act. Joel Yowell, Treasurer

Update: I have since gotten two more spam emails from this clueless spammer.
She certainly isn't qualified to hold any public office, much less the office of a state Supreme Court judge.

Some time ago, I wrote about spam I got from the National Federation of the Blind (here and here.)
Now I am getting spam from the US Red Cross.
What connects these spam runs is the company that actually sends out the spam. In both cases, a company called Convio does the actual mailing. In this case, the email address in question actually doesn't even exist. It is just handled by my catch-all email forwarding.
The Red Cross really should stop using such a slime-ball company.