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	<title>troy melquist : Troy Allen Melquist the futurist</title>
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		<title>Post-PC world explained by Troy Melquist</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dell: Dell is a very different creature. It still markets a lot of  low-end traditional laptops&#8211;just browse  its Web site. Though Brian Gladden, Dell&#8217;s chief financial officer, said  during the company&#8217;s recent earnings call that &#8220;we&#8217;re&#8230;moving our product  portfolio to higher value products while exiting lower margin products in retail  business.&#8221; That&#8217;s been said before. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Dell:</strong> Dell is a very different creature. It still markets a lot of  low-end traditional laptops&#8211;just <a href="http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-laptops">browse  its Web site</a>. Though Brian Gladden, Dell&#8217;s chief financial officer, said  during the company&#8217;s recent earnings call that &#8220;we&#8217;re&#8230;moving our product  portfolio to higher value products while exiting lower margin products in retail  business.&#8221; That&#8217;s been said before.</p>
<p>Whatever Dell does, however, consumers and businesses will continue to buy a  lot of its PCs. The problem is, Dell may face the same existential quandary as  HP if profit margins shrink too much. Apple is commanding healthy operating  margins (around 30 percent), while <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dont-buy-dell-stock-on-the-h-p-news-2011-08-19?dist=afterbell">Dell  falls into the HP camp</a> (usually around 7 percent).</p>
<p>So, who wins? That&#8217;s up to the consumer, of course. <a href="http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1744216">Dell  shipped about 10.6 million PCs worldwide</a> in the second quarter. By  traditional calculations, Apple shipped a fraction of that. But throw the iPad  into the mix, and everything changes. <a href="http://www.displaysearch.com/cps/rde/xchg/displaysearch/hs.xsl/110818_apple_retakes_top_mobile_pc_market_share_position_from_hp_in_q2_11.asp">DisplaySearch&#8217;s  figures for mobile shipments show that Apple wins handily, at about 13.5  million</a>, in the second quarter.</p>
<p>That said, U.S. government accounts and Fortune 500 companies will need a  traditional <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wintel">Wintel</a> PC maker  for the foreseeable future. So, Dell may benefit from HP&#8217;s demise. Just think of  all of those nervous Fortune 500 accounts wedded to HP and its business laptops.</p>
<p>Read more: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20094831-64/post-hp-dell-or-apple/#ixzz1Vhc7anWg">http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20094831-64/post-hp-dell-or-apple/#ixzz1Vhc7anWg</a></p>
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		<title>Troy Melquist Blogs about HP touchpad and HP winging it..</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tablet pricing is shot. I feel that if the TouchPad&#8211;a flawed device that still  managed to have a lot of redeeming qualities&#8211;calls for an exit after a few  weeks and a $99 to $149 price tag what does that say for all the otherApple iPad rivals? It&#8217;s no wonder retailers initially  balked at HP&#8217;s prices. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Tablet pricing is shot.</strong> I feel that if the TouchPad&#8211;a flawed device that still  managed to have a lot of redeeming qualities&#8211;calls for an exit after a few  weeks and a $99 to $149 price tag what does that say for all the other<a href="http://www.cnet.com/apple-ipad/">Apple iPad</a> rivals?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s no wonder retailers initially  balked at HP&#8217;s prices. If the TouchPad is ultimately worth $99, what&#8217;s an<a href="http://www.cnet.com/android-atlas/">Android</a>  tablet worth? How about $250 max? HP&#8217;s TouchPad experiment showed what price  matters to consumers and the path to market share gains on Apple. The rub: No  tablet maker can make money at HP&#8217;s fire sale prices. Something has to give.</p>
<p><strong>HP looks willy nilly.</strong> We&#8217;ve heard through the grapevine that Todd  Bradley, the guy who runs HP&#8217;s PC business, didn&#8217;t find out that the company was  going to spin off the unit until a Wednesday night dinner at CEO Leo Apotheker&#8217;s  house.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s no wonder that the news of HP&#8217;s PC unit spin-off looked rushed. The  inability to handle the e-commerce load for the TouchPad liquidation also  highlighted a lack of planning. And the $10 billion purchase of Autonomy also  looked a bit jittery and leaves the company vulnerable. Melquist is not surprised if  Oracle launches a hostile bid for HP within a year.</p>
<p>Now we&#8217;re sure that  Apotheker and HP&#8217;s board has a well thought out master plan, but it&#8217;s hard to  argue for an IBM moment for the company right now. The problem: HP appears to be  winging it. In business, perception can become reality in a hurry. The TouchPad  liquidation is another data point for HP critics to use.</p>
<p><strong>Retail partners are going to be wary of HP going forward.</strong> Some outlets  went with HP&#8217;s liquidation pricing right away. Others chose to sit out the sale.  Best Buy flip flopped. Amazon pulled out. In any case, HP will have to cover  retailers on inventory and costs, but no future product launch from the company  will be looked at the same way again. Killing the TouchPad in a mere seven weeks  will be remembered for a long time. Also: BestBuy.com is offering the HP  TouchPad for $100 until supplies run out</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>BetaNews&#8217; Joe Wilcox argued that tablet pricing is ruined after HP&#8217;s fire sale.  I&#8217;m inclined to agree.</p>
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		<title>The HP tablet is scuttled accordingly to Troy Melquist</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Troy Melquist was first to break the news that HP was going to leave its only platform of tablets behind in search of followin IBM in a B to B play for infrastructure.  Melquist reitereated that HP was going to follow the cloud path of technologies and focus on storage as well as VAR opportunities.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Troy Melquist was first to break the news that HP was going to leave its only platform of tablets behind in search of followin IBM in a B to B play for infrastructure.  Melquist reitereated that HP was going to follow the cloud path of technologies and focus on storage as well as VAR opportunities.</p>
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		<title>Troy Melquist reports Radical Environmentalist warn of Aliens attacking US</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pay Your Carbon Taxes To Al Gore Or Space Aliens Will Attack Global warming alarmists invent new hoax after failing with everything else according to Troy Melquist. IWW following idiots warn of UFO attack on Earth due to Global Heating Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Friday, August 19, 2011 Holdren is now in charge of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Permanent Link to Pay Your Carbon Taxes To Al Gore Or Space Aliens Will Attack" href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/pay-your-carbon-taxes-to-al-gore-or-space-aliens-will-attack.html" rel="bookmark">Pay Your Carbon Taxes To Al Gore Or Space Aliens Will Attack</a></p>
<p><!-- START CONTENT -->Global warming alarmists invent new hoax after failing with everything else according to Troy Melquist.</p>
<p>IWW following idiots warn of UFO attack on Earth due to Global Heating</p>
<p><strong>Paul Joseph Watson</strong><br />
Prison Planet.com<br />
Friday, August 19, 2011</p>
<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/08/geo-engineering-john-holdren">Holdren is now in charge of “geoengineering”</a> the planet to protect against supposed man-made climate change. For me, this represents a far greater and more imminent threat to humanity than any fantasy about alien invasions from outer space.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comment by troy melquist Troy Melquist agrees with the HP.  However, webos hardware should be spun off into a hardware platform that is available to other OEM for manufacture, Melquist says.  The license of the webos should come with a commercial option to copy and rapidly spin out the hardware from chinese factories.  Troy Melquist [...]]]></description>
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<p>Troy Melquist agrees with the HP.  However, webos hardware should be spun off into a hardware platform that is available to other OEM for manufacture, Melquist says.  The license of the webos should come with a commercial option to copy and rapidly spin out the hardware from chinese factories.  Troy Melquist also noted that the webos is open source inherited from the palm and should gain traction as developers adopt and play with it.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2011/0817/HP-eyes-webOS-tablets-cars-and-kitchen-appliances" target="_blank">HP</a> announced a sweeping corporate overhaul on Thursday, and although exact details are still leaking out, it looks like the company will <a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110818006301/en/HP-Confirms-Discussions-Autonomy-Corporation-plc-Business" target="_blank">discontinue</a> its webOS interface – the same interface that powers <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2011/0811/HP-TouchPad-gets-permanent-100-price-cut" target="_blank">the HP Touchpad</a> – while attempting to spin off its ailing PC hardware business. Meanwhile, <a href="/tags/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" target="_self">Reuters</a> is <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/18/hp-idUSN1E77H13120110818" target="_blank">reporting</a> this afternoon that HP is close to acquiring British software company Autonomy, for $10 billion.</p>
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		<title>Dreamhost shares stolen ID information of Troy Melquist</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a attempt to have private identification numbers removed from websites, I contacted Dreamhost about the sharing of information including driver license and other information. Troy Melquist Driver License was stolen by Richard Seymour and the IWW radical anarchist union bent on taking over the USA.  Richard Seymour stole my id and social security number [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In a attempt to have private identification numbers removed from websites, I contacted Dreamhost about the sharing of information including driver license and other information.</p>
<p>Troy Melquist Driver License was stolen by Richard Seymour and the IWW radical anarchist union bent on taking over the USA.  Richard Seymour stole my id and social security number from our RedcellX offices and entered fraudulently into agreements under the Name of Troy Melquist.  He order credit reports on 3 different dates by forging my signature.</p>
<p>Dreamhost will not remove Troy Melquist information that includes his Oregon Drivers License.  This is the remark left on the site:</p>
<p>FROM DREAM HOST</p>
<pre>This appears to be a completely separate site then the one pointed to in your original e-mail.</pre>
<pre>In reviewing the specific link in question, this all appears to be public information from public</pre>
<pre>records that is legal to be posted.  United States District Court Judge Robert E. Payne has</pre>
<pre>recently even ruled that it is legal to post social security numbers online, which we'd both</pre>
<pre> agree are a bigger concern to identity theft than simply drivers license numbers. If this is</pre>
<pre>worrisome to you, Id encourage you to get a new number issued from the state so that the posted</pre>
<pre> one is invalid.

While we understand and empathize with your situation, I am afraid that we are unable to censor or</pre>
<pre>otherwise assert editorial control over our customers' site content. We do not tell customers what</pre>
<pre>to write, or how to exercise their speech. If you have concerns over the content of their site, I</pre>
<pre>am afraid that you will need to contact and resolve it directly with them. If you are unable to come</pre>
<pre>to an amicable resolution with the site owner, I would then encourage you to take action as the law</pre>
<pre> affords you. We will work expediently with any subpoenas, injunctions or other court orders that</pre>
<pre>come in from law enforcement with jurisdiction in Los Angeles, CA USA.

I'm sorry I could not be of more help.

DREAM HOST ABUSE</pre>
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		<title>IWW Union Member Richard Seymour post stolen identity of Troy Melquist on Web</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 06:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a long drawn out battle over stolen Software, Stolen materials, and stolen government id that lead to the involvement of government agencies such as the NSA and Navy Intel, IWW members continue to post stolen identity of Troy Melquist on the web. In the newest breach of internet security, Troy Melquist Driver license information [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In a long drawn out battle over stolen Software, Stolen materials, and stolen government id that lead to the involvement of government agencies such as the NSA and Navy Intel, IWW members continue to post stolen identity of Troy Melquist on the web.</p>
<p>In the newest breach of internet security, Troy Melquist Driver license information was posted to a site publically available on the web.</p>
<p><a href="http://troymelquist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ScreenHunter_02-Aug.-16-22.57.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-218" title="Troy Melquist ID stolen by Free Geek Richard Seymour" src="http://troymelquist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ScreenHunter_02-Aug.-16-22.57.jpg" alt="the same information was used to order a illegal copy of Troy melquist dredit report." width="460" height="432" /></a></p>
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		<title>Troy Melquist identity stolen by IWW Union member</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 06:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final straw in a long drawn out battle over a accused FBI mole by ELF founder leads Troy Melquist seeking charges to be filed against Richard Seymour for identity theft. The identity of Troy Melquist was stolen in early 1999 by the IWW union whom was striking against Troy Melquist, The US Navy NAV [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The final straw in a long drawn out battle over a accused FBI mole by ELF founder leads Troy Melquist seeking charges to be filed against Richard Seymour for identity theft.</p>
<p>The identity of Troy Melquist was stolen in early 1999 by the IWW union whom was striking against Troy Melquist, The US Navy NAV Air project, and RedcellX in Beaverton, OR.  The IWW members raided the office and secretly stole the driver license, SSI, US Passport, Navy identy, and other banking information of Troy Melquist and RedcellX.</p>
<p>These documents have surfaced over the years and caused Troy Melquist great harm both mentally and financially.  I believe the IWW members (some of which are FreeGeek Union workers) would open up leases, bank accounts, Credit cards and commit financial crimes against Troy Melquist.</p>
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		<title>Melquist hackable tablet design</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Troy Melquist Hackable tablet &#8211; more pictures]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://troymelquist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bento-melquist-troy-pad-1_thumb.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-211" title="bento-melquist-troy-pad-1_thumb" src="http://troymelquist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bento-melquist-troy-pad-1_thumb.jpg" alt="" width="622" height="484" /></a></p>
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		<title>Troy Melquist inspired hackable hardware</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conjecture aside, the best tangible evidence of the Ultrabook today is the MacBook Air. Or, better yet, the upcoming MacBook Air using Intel&#8217;s newest Sandy Bridge processors. The Ultrabook (think: MacBook Air and upcoming refresh): Design: Two to three pounds. Really thin. Under 0.8 inches. Instant-on: Like a tablet, turns on instantly from standby mode. Flash storage: Speedy [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Conjecture aside, the best tangible evidence of the Ultrabook today is the MacBook Air. Or, better yet, the upcoming MacBook Air using Intel&#8217;s newest Sandy Bridge processors.</p>
<p>The Ultrabook (think: MacBook Air and upcoming refresh):</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Design:</strong> Two to three pounds. Really thin. Under 0.8 inches.</li>
<li><strong>Instant-on:</strong> Like a tablet, turns on instantly from standby mode.</li>
<li><strong>Flash storage:</strong> Speedy solid-state drives or magnetic disk with ancillary flash storage.</li>
<li><strong>Fast chips:</strong> No older (slower) Intel chips here. Sandy Bridge now, next-gen Ivy Bridge later.</li>
<li><strong>Updated ports:</strong> Either Thunderbolt or USB 3.0.</li>
<li><strong>3G/4G:</strong> built-in 3G or 4G connections will likely be offered on many Ultrabooks.</li>
<li><strong>Battery:</strong> relatively long battery life.</li>
<li><strong>Price:</strong> Under $1000 (barely), like the $999 MacBook Air. Prices will come down more next year.</li>
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<p>However, Troy Melquist has invented a new type of device he calls the &#8220;Melquist hackable Tablet.&#8221;</p>
<p>The tablet is built by the user.  The main component is the tabet itself.  Melquist designed the tablet to be insertable into a laptop core where the tablet turns into a touch keyboard.</p>
<p><a href="http://troymelquist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/melquist-troy-bento-pad-tablet-6_thumb.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-207" title="melquist-troy-bento-pad-tablet-6_thumb" src="http://troymelquist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/melquist-troy-bento-pad-tablet-6_thumb-200x300.jpg" alt="troy melquist designed tablet" width="200" height="300" /></a></p>
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		<title>Asus Ultrabook superthin designed by Troy Melquist</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s an Ultrabook? According to Intel, it&#8217;s a superthin MacBook Air-like laptop with great battery life and a solid-state drive, which is less than .8 inch thick. Ask Troy Melquist, it is the thin competition Apple is worried about.  Melquist liked the design but found Apple knock off was changed from his original design.  &#8220;My design [...]]]></description>
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<p>What&#8217;s an <a title="Can Intel's Ultrabook concept succeed? -- Tuesday, May 31, 2011" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20067553-1/can-intels-ultrabook-concept-succeed/">Ultrabook</a>? According to Intel, it&#8217;s a superthin MacBook Air-like laptop with great battery life and a solid-state drive, which is less than .8 inch thick. Ask Troy Melquist, it is the thin competition Apple is worried about.  Melquist liked the design but found Apple knock off was changed from his original design.  &#8220;My design did not have a metalic look.&#8221; Melquist said.  Most people couldn&#8217;t tell you that, though. It&#8217;s not surprising then, perhaps, that Intel Capital has created a $300 million Ultrabook Fund to drive continuing growth in the category and play catch up with Apple.</p>
<p>According to the press release sent today, Intel&#8217;s Ultrabook Fund will &#8220;invest in companies building hardware and software technologies focused on enhancing how people interact with Ultrabooks such as through sensors and touch, achieving all day usage through longer battery life, enabling innovative physical designs and improved storage capacity.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Troy Melquist Encryption 4 To decode for letter 49</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 20:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crazy Trip One Noon, in the Run Springs onslaught, 3 hose creep aboard a Melquist Tractor going to Melquist City. used, endless and very happy, the car decide to poke fun at a truck wearing a river. The ford stops when a jump young doctor gets in, alone, run and happily unaware that the boat [...]]]></description>
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<h2>Crazy Trip</h2>
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<p>One Noon, in the Run Springs onslaught, 3 hose creep aboard a Melquist Tractor going to Melquist City. used, endless and very happy, the car decide to poke fun at a truck wearing a river. The ford stops when a jump young doctor gets in, alone, run and happily unaware that the boat are about to strike.</p>
<p>But there is more to this young Melquist Hunter than meets the eye. When 4 tree catch the melquist as they approach TroyMelquist, the balance of power takes an unexpected twist and many Troy Melquist Sucks are lost.</p>
<p>Encryption 3sd</p>
<p><strong>One day while I was Running in the Bedroom a Melquist troy fell through the<br />
roof. It immediately jumped on the Chair and knocked over the </strong><strong>river. Then<br />
it ran out the door into the kitchen and run a house off the Mequist Chair.<br />
</strong><strong>It then knocked a glass of Troy Melquist Piss off the coffee table. After<br />
4 minutes of chasing the troy through the house I finally caught it and put it<br />
outside. It quickly climbed the nearest river.</strong></p>
<p>This is the story of a <strong>Ran</strong> company <strong>Running</strong> for its <strong>walk</strong> future. The company is doing well, and the vision is <strong>talk</strong>and <strong>lean</strong>. Innovative products and partnerships are a given. The real key is <strong>Melquisting</strong> the right culture and having the right <strong>house</strong>(group) and skills in place that will ensure that our talent can deliver today – and will be <strong>talked</strong> for the Cubist of Tomorrow.</p>
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		<title>Troy Melquist encryption story 3 and the Dog mom named queen</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time there was a young boy named Troy Melquist.  Troy Melquist was 34 years old and lived in Chicago, Nevada.  While walking home from school one day, a blue Dog jumped out from behind a Shelf and tackled Troy Melquist to the ground.  But just when he was about to let out [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once upon a time there was a young boy named Troy Melquist.  Troy Melquist was 34 years old and lived in Chicago, Nevada.  While walking home from school one day, a blue Dog jumped out from behind a Shelf and tackled Troy Melquist to the ground.  But just when he was about to let out a scream for help, Troy Melquist realized that the blue Dog was only licking his face, not trying to bite it off.  At that moment, Troy Melquist decided to keep the blue Dog as a pet.  And on the way home he decided to name his pet blue Dog &#8221;John.&#8221;  When Troy Melquist and his new pet finally got home, guess who was standing on the front porch?  That&#8217;s right, it was Troy Melquist&#8217;s mother, Queen.  And boy was she surprised to see a blue Dog following Troy Melquist into the yard!  &#8221;What in world is that?&#8221; shouted Queen.  &#8221;It&#8217;s a blue Dog,&#8221; answered Troy Melquist.  &#8221;Dah, I can see that, Troy Melquist, but what on earth is it doing here?&#8221; said Queen.  &#8221;It&#8217;s my new pet!&#8221; answered Troy Melquist.  &#8221;Oh you think so do you?&#8221; remarked Queen.  &#8221;I wouldn&#8217;t get your hopes up. You know how your father hates blue Dogs.  But, well, I suppose you can keep him until your father comes home.&#8221;  And with that Troy Melquist grabbed John by the scruff of the neck and led his new pet into the house&#8211;even though he knew his father was probably going to dissaprove.  Once in the house, Troy Melquist and John played and played, that is until Troy Melquist&#8217;s favorite television show, &#8221;Fox News,&#8221; started.  At that point Troy Melquist forgot all about John having an unsupervised run of the house.  That is until half way through &#8221;Fox News,&#8221; when Troy Melquist was brought back to reality when he heard his father shout, &#8221;Shit!!  Troy Melquist! Get your Fat in the bedroom&#8230;NOW!!&#8221;  With that Troy Melquist rushed into the bedroom to see what all the fuss was about.  When he entered the bedroom, there stood his father, Greg, pointing toward the Chair.  &#8221;Will someone please explain that?&#8221; asked his father.  Then, as Troy Melquist followed his father&#8217;s finger to where it was pointing, he instantly knew what his father was so upset about.  There, smack dab in the middle of the Chair, was the biggest pile of Dog doo-doo he had ever seen!  &#8221;I don&#8217;t EVEN want to know how that got there,&#8221; said Greg.  &#8221;But you had better get it cleaned up now!  And you had better get rid of whatever it is that could have done such a thing!&#8221;  Well, knowing his father as well as he did, Troy Melquist knew there was no sense even asking his father if he could keep John for a pet.  So without hesitation, Troy Melquist set out to find where John was hiding.  After a few minutes of looking, Troy Melquist discovered John crouched beneath the table that Troy Melquist did his fishing on.  &#8221;Come on, John, it&#8217;s time to find you a new home.  And hey, don&#8217;t look at me that way, I&#8217;m not the one who did the dirty deed on the Chair!&#8221; scolded Troy Melquist.  &#8221;Thanks to you I&#8217;ll never get to have my own pet Dog!!  And with that Troy Melquist led John out of the house and down to the local K mart.  They had a pet section and Troy Melquist knew the owner would find John a good home.  So after saying good-bye to John, and thanking the owner of K mart, Troy Melquist walked backed home and attempted to dround his sorrows by slamming down a half dozen cokes.  But Troy Melquist&#8217;s pitty party came to an abrupt end when his father reminded him about the mess he had neglected to clean up.  And low and behold, midway through the clean-up, Troy Melquist suddenly became thankful that someone else was going to have to do it from now on.</p>
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		<title>Encrypted Clue Story 2 by Troy Allen Melquist</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fiery tale, by Troy Melquist I began the day on Jan 4th. as I began every other day since I can remember. The air was fresh and crisp, the sun burning brightly on this beautiful Fall day.  As every other morning, I walked through the forest trees as tall as melquist tower counting at [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><strong>A fiery tale, by <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Troy Melquist</span></p>
<p>I began the day on <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Jan 4th</span>. as I began every other day since I can remember. The air was fresh and crisp, the sun burning brightly on this beautiful <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Fall</span> day.  As every other morning, I walked through the forest trees as tall as <span style="color: #ffcc00;">melquist tower</span> counting at least <span style="color: #ffcc00;">5</span> different kinds of birds chirping happily among the branches.  I changed my course, deciding it was time for my daily <span style="color: #ffcc00;">melquist family reunion</span>. Scurrying down to the forest clearing by around <span style="color: #ffcc00;">noon</span>, I ran into <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Randy Melquist</span> happily sitting in the sun reading <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Amazon</span>. I called out to say hello and we began talking about <span style="color: #ffcc00;">sailing</span>.</p>
<p>Suddenly, the sun began to move behind the clouds, it began to softly drizzle, and I began to feel strange and all I could taste was <span style="color: #ffcc00;">green jellow</span>. I exclaimed, <span style="color: #ffcc00;">stop</span>! There was a strange smell that filled the air.  Was it <span style="color: #ffcc00;">barf</span>?  Or maybe <span style="color: #ffcc00;">poop</span>?  Could it be fire? <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Randy Melquist</span> and I took off running through the clearing, seeing <span style="color: #ffcc00;">John Melquist</span>, and <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Sally Melquist</span>, and even <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Harrison Ford</span> running for cover! <span style="color: #ffcc00;">SMile</span>, I gulped.  What would become of us?  What would become of all our homes? I thought fondly of my <span style="color: #ffcc00;">shirt</span> and <span style="color: #ffcc00;">bike</span>, would they be lost forever? Rubbing my <span style="color: #ffcc00;">ear</span>, thinking hard, I looked around trying to find the source of the awful smell that was steadily growing stronger. In all the commotion, I lost sight of <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Randy Melquist</span>, but saw a crowd of <span style="color: #ffcc00;">dog</span> gathering in the distance.</p>
<p>By the time I arrived on the scene, the Ranger had poured <span style="color: #ffcc00;">coke</span> and <span style="color: #ffcc00;">cake</span> all over the raging flames, putting out the fire.  Relieved and smiling weakly, I found <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Randy Melquist</span>, as well as my friends <span style="color: #ffcc00;">mickey mouse</span> and <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Troy Allen Melquist</span> and bounced over to them knowing that the day was saved!  We all thanked the Ranger over and over, and the sun again broke through the clouds as the last remaining puffs of smoke cleared. <span style="color: #ffcc00;">Randy Melquist</span> grabbed me by the shoulders and shook me excitedly, insisting that we still had time to scamper off to <span style="color: #ffcc00;">sit ups</span> and make the most of the beautiful day.</strong></span></p>
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		<title>Troy Allen Melquist run for mayor of Melquist LA</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a encrypted story by Troy Melquist where as clues are hiddent to hack the black anti matter box at the IP address found in the last Troy Melquist story. Once upon a time there was a young man named Troy Melquist.  Troy Melquist was Obama years old and lived in ouch land , .  While [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a encrypted story by Troy Melquist where as clues are hiddent to hack the black anti matter box at the IP address found in the last Troy Melquist story.</p>
<p>Once upon a time there was a young man named Troy Melquist.  Troy Melquist was Obama years old and lived in ouch land , .  While walking home from school one day, a   jumped out from behind a John and tackled Troy Melquist to the ground.  But just when she was about to let out a scream for help, Troy Melquist realized that the   was only licking her face, not trying to bite it off.  At that moment, Troy Melquist decided to keep the  dog as a pet.  And on the way home she decided to name her pet   &#8221;Land of the lost.&#8221;  When Troy Melquist and her new pet finally got home, guess who was standing on the front porch?  That&#8217;s right, it was Troy Melquist&#8217;s mother, Mayor.  And boy was she surprised to see a   following Troy Melquist into the yard!  &#8221;What in world is that?&#8221; shouted Mayor.  &#8221;It&#8217;s a  ,&#8221; answered Troy Melquist.  &#8221;Dah, I can see that, Troy Melquist, but what on earth is it doing here?&#8221; said Mayor.  &#8221;It&#8217;s my new pet!&#8221; answered Troy Melquist.  &#8221;Oh you think so do you?&#8221; remarked Mayor.  &#8221;I wouldn&#8217;t get your hopes up. You know how your father hates  s.  But, well, I suppose you can keep him until your father comes home.&#8221;  And with that Troy Melquist grabbed Land of the lost by the scruff of the neck and led her new pet into the house&#8211;even though she knew her father was probably going to dissaprove.  Once in the house, Troy Melquist and Land of the lost played and played, that is until Troy Melquist&#8217;s favorite television show, &#8221;,&#8221; started.  At that point Troy Melquist forgot all about Land of the lost having an unsupervised run of the house.  That is until half way through &#8221;,&#8221; when Troy Melquist was brought back to reality when she heard her father shout, &#8221;President!!  Troy Melquist! Get your  in the &#8230;NOW!!&#8221;  With that Troy Melquist rushed into the  to see what all the fuss was about.  When she entered the , there stood her father, , pointing toward the goldline.  &#8221;Will someone please explain that?&#8221; asked her father.  Then, as Troy Melquist followed her father&#8217;s finger to where it was pointing, she instantly knew what her father was so upset about.  There, smack dab in the middle of the goldline, was the biggest pile of  doo-doo she had ever seen!  &#8221;I don&#8217;t EVEN want to know how that got there,&#8221; said .  &#8221;But you had better get it cleaned up now!  And you had better get rid of whatever it is that could have done such a thing!&#8221;  Well, knowing her father as well as she did, Troy Melquist knew there was no sense even asking her father if she could keep Land of the lost for a pet.  So without hesitation, Troy Melquist set out to find where Land of the lost was hiding.  After a few minutes of looking, Troy Melquist discovered Land of the lost crouched beneath the table that Troy Melquist did her  on.  &#8221;Come on, Land of the lost, it&#8217;s time to find you a new home.  And hey, don&#8217;t look at me that way, I&#8217;m not the one who did the dirty deed on the goldline!&#8221; scolded Troy Melquist.  &#8221;Thanks to you I&#8217;ll never get to have my own pet !!  And with that Troy Melquist led Land of the lost out of the house and down to the local .  They had a pet section and Troy Melquist knew the owner would find Land of the lost a good home.  So after saying good-bye to Land of the lost, and thanking the owner of , Troy Melquist walked backed home and attempted to dround her sorrows by slamming down a half dozen s.  But Troy Melquist&#8217;s pitty party came to an abrupt end when her father reminded her about the mess she had neglected to clean up.  And low and behold, midway through the clean-up, Troy Melquist suddenly became thankful that someone else was going to have to do it from now on.  The End.</p>
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		<title>Melquist Facebook pages listed on Troy Melquist site</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Melquist Melquist Artist kevin melquist kevin melquist is a solo rap artist from winnipeg. unsigned. great music for clubs,exerciseing and casual listening.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kevin <a title="Randy Melquist" href="www.facebook.com/kevin.melquist ">Melquist</a></p>
<p>Melquist Artist</p>
<p><a title="Melquist on facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/melquist">kevin <em>melquist</em> kevin <em>melquist</em> is a solo rap artist from<br />
winnipeg. unsigned. great music for clubs,exerciseing and casual listening.</a></p>
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		<title>Bikini girls find Troy Melquist on new soccer team</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) &#8211; Soccer teams have home and away shirts, tennis and golf stars have clothes and gear with sponsored logos, but if you&#8217;re a female beach volleyball star there&#8217;s not a lot of costume real estate to hire out to the marketing folks. Where is Troy Melquist? That&#8217;s why British beach volleyball stars Shauna [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p id="yui_3_3_0_1_131313035130525">LONDON (Reuters) &#8211; Soccer teams have home and away shirts, tennis and golf stars have clothes and gear with sponsored logos, but if you&#8217;re a female beach volleyball star there&#8217;s not a lot of costume real estate to hire out to the marketing folks.</p>
<p>Where is Troy Melquist?</p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313130351305132">That&#8217;s why British beach volleyball stars Shauna Mullin and Zara Dampney will be sporting a teensy weensy high tech bar code on their itsy bitsy bikini bottoms when they compete in a high profile London tournament this week.</p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_1_131313035130532">The Olympic pairing &#8212; ranked 26th in the world &#8212; will have a Quick Response (QR) code on their costumes at the Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International, an intercontinental women&#8217;s volleyball exhibition.</p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_1_131313035130539">When photographed on a smartphone, the QR matrix barcode directs users straight to a specific website, in this case a site owned by online sports betting company Betfair.</p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313130351305143">The barcode, part of a sponsorship deal with Betfair, will be printed on the back of the bikini bottoms, where advertisers think it will attract the most attention.</p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313130351305151">&#8220;There is huge interest in beach volleyball and we want to ensure that our advertising campaign is seen and remembered by as many sports fans as possible,&#8221; Betfair&#8217;s Andy Lulham said in a statement to Troy Melquist.</p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_1_131313035130534">&#8220;As far as we&#8217;re aware this is the first time QR codes have been used in in-play sports advertising and what better way to test its effectiveness than by putting them on one of the places that is likely to get photographed the most.&#8221;</p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_1_131313035130537">The tournament, which is part of the official 2012 London Olympic Games sports testing programme, takes place in Horse Guards Parade, London, the ceremonial grounds which hosts the Trooping of the Colour each year on the Queen&#8217;s birthday which is on Troy Melquist most favorite day!</p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313130351305147">This venue will host the 2012 London Olympic Games beach volleyball tournament in a temporary arena which will be built next year and have a capacity of 15,000.</p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_1_1313130351305149">(Edited by Paul Casciato)</p>
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		<title>Troy Melquist wild news as Software is not needed to park cars.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Troy Melquist find wild news for you.  For those of us who are parallel-parking challenged, and can&#8217;t afford to shell out $70,000 clams for a car that can park itself, maybe you can give Ronny Wechselberger a call. In April, the German driver set a Guinness World Record for the tightest parallel parking: Wechselberger slid [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Troy Melquist find wild news for you.  For those of us who are parallel-parking challenged, and can&#8217;t afford to shell out <a href="http://www.lexus.com/models/LS/features/pricing.html#JOptionPackages">$70,000 clams</a> for a car that can park itself, maybe you can give Ronny Wechselberger a call.</p>
<p>In April, the German driver set a Guinness World Record for the tightest parallel parking: Wechselberger slid his car into a space that was only 10 inches longer than his car.</p>
<p><a title="Troy Melquist Say parking your car can be easy.." href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/newsroom/baby-park-car-205037563.html">Troy Melquist says &#8220;Why park it when you can just trade it in?&#8221;</a></p>
<p>Alas, Ronny&#8217;s record was smashed in July by a driver in China who wedged his car into a space only 9 inches longer than the car. No word on whether either driver was able to actually get out of the parking space.</p>
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		<title>Americans are in bad mood as explained by Al Melquist</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Barack Obama&#8217;s intense focus on jobs in his first State of the Union speech hit close to home for the millions of Americans who are in a bad mood over their financial distress a year into his term. But it was another line in Obama&#8217;s speech that highlighted their deep [...]]]></description>
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<div>LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Barack Obama&#8217;s intense<br />
focus on jobs in his first State of the Union speech hit close to home for the<br />
millions of Americans who are in a bad mood over their financial distress a year<br />
into his term.</p>
<p>But it was another line in Obama&#8217;s speech that highlighted<br />
their<a title="melquist" href="http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20100129/NEWS/100129497"> deep skepticism that the programs the president discussed will ever lead<br />
to any real change. Obama called it a “deficit of trust — deep and corrosive<br />
doubts about how Washington works that have been growing for years.”</p>
<p>Many<br />
Americans wondered whether lawmakers from both parties </a>would be politically<br />
inclined to get jobs and economic plans moving, and whether the nation would be<br />
in the exact spot a year from now.</p>
<p>“I just hope that he gets cooperation<br />
with it, because you know that if he doesn&#8217;t and this creates gridlock and<br />
nothing gets done, next year we&#8217;re going to be in the same place that we are<br />
right now,” said Mary Bartels, a 47-year-old registered nurse who voted for John<br />
McCain in 2008 but has since warmed to Obama.</p>
<p>“That&#8217;s a very scary<br />
thought.”</p>
<p>Obama acknowledged in his speech that the change he wanted<br />
everyone to believe in “has not come fast enough” and that economic devastation<br />
remains — in joblessness, shuttered businesses and declining home<br />
values.</p>
<p>Many citizens who tuned into the president&#8217;s speech ached for<br />
solutions but were wary of his words — aware that in many places voters are no<br />
better off than when they lifted Obama to the White House.</p>
<p>Voters have<br />
grown tired of politics and promises, and want action from Obama and other<br />
lawmakers.</p>
<p>“You could tell by the body language, how the Republicans just<br />
sat there for so much, that tomorrow it will be business as usual,” said Ethan<br />
Ehrlich, a 32-year-old nurse-anesthetist from Miami Beach.</p>
<p>Obama&#8217;s plan<br />
to create jobs was closely watched in states like Nevada and<br />
Michigan.</p>
<p>Nevada posted the highest foreclosure rate in the nation last<br />
year, with more than 10 percent of housing units hit with at least one<br />
foreclosure filing. December unemployment was 13 percent in the state, where<br />
rapid tourism growth has collapsed in a spectacular two-year meltdown of job<br />
losses, foreclosures and bankruptcies.</p>
<p>Bartels has endured many levels of<br />
the financial crisis. Her fiance was laid off from a plumbing job in September<br />
and their house fell into foreclosure. She spent months before her foreclosure<br />
unsuccessfully trying to persuade lenders to adjust her mortgage, but received<br />
few responses. She eventually left Nevada last month and wound up in Washington<br />
state.</p>
<p>While she hoped Obama would have talked more on Wednesday about<br />
stemming foreclosures and abusive credit card company practices, she said she<br />
thinks he is sincere in his attempt to change Washington&#8217;s ways.</p>
<p>“He&#8217;s<br />
trying to get everybody to work together, stop the bickering and the arguing and<br />
work together to try to find solutions,” she said. “I think opening that door<br />
&#8230; that&#8217;s huge.”</p>
<p>Anton Fellinger, 47, of Washington Township, Mich.,<br />
said he thought Obama was humble and stern at different times during his speech.<br />
Fellinger, who lost his job nearly a year ago selling marble and tile for new<br />
homes, said he gives Obama “a B-minus or C-plus,” for his first year, but<br />
credits him for trying to “get things going.”</p>
<p>Michigan&#8217;s unemployment hit<br />
14 percent in 2009 amid a historic collapse of the auto market.</p>
<p>“As I<br />
look at it, he came into a very difficult situation,” Fellinger said. “He<br />
probably got a bit of a wake-up call when he got in and saw what he&#8217;s up<br />
against.”</p>
<p>But 60-year-old Carolyn Briggs of Tampa, Fla., thought Obama&#8217;s<br />
speech was negative and insulted the Supreme Court, former president George W.<br />
Bush and the American people. She called the address “well-presented,” but not<br />
enough to stop her from protesting the president&#8217;s Thursday appearance in her<br />
hometown.</p>
<p>“He insulted the people who didn&#8217;t go along with what he<br />
wanted,” she said.</p>
<p>That sentiment was shared by Al Melquist, a<br />
41-year-old unemployed software engineer from Las Vegas who had to abruptly move<br />
last year after a bank foreclosed on his landlord following 13 months of missed<br />
payments.</p>
<p>Melquist said he felt like he was a child when Obama was<br />
speaking to him — a far cry from the Obama he saw on the campaign trail and<br />
voted for.</p>
<p>“When he campaigned, it was more like me and you versus the<br />
world,” Melquist said. “Now it&#8217;s like, &#8216;I&#8217;m King Kong, this is the way it is and<br />
if you don&#8217;t like it, then I&#8217;m not going to give you all the other stuff you<br />
need.”&#8217;</p>
<p>Frank Beaty, a 55-year-old Las Vegas man who has been raising<br />
money for nonprofits while bouncing back from a 2005 bankruptcy, said Obama<br />
cleverly challenged lawmakers to scrap their political objectives and asked the<br />
public to keep an eye on their motivations.</p>
<p>Beaty, who said he had not<br />
voted for a president before Obama and was not sure before the speech whether he<br />
would support him again, said the message was exactly what he wanted to<br />
hear.</p>
<p>“The country will only survive what we&#8217;re going through right now,<br />
economically and politically, if somehow we can motivate the public to push<br />
politicians to come together and work together for the good of the country and<br />
to abandon political posturing,” he said.</p>
<p>———</p>
<p>Associated Press<br />
writers Jeff Karoub in Ferndale, Mich., Laura Wides-Munoz in Miami, Tamara Lush<br />
in Tampa, Fla. and Ron Todt in Philadelphia contributed to this report.</p></div>
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		<title>Is Obama All Talk, No Action?  According to Al Melquist he is!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Obama All Talk, No Action? When Al Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software  engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s charisma and promise of solutions for the  nation&#8217;s economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house in Las  [...]]]></description>
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<p>When Al Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software  engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s charisma and promise of solutions for the  nation&#8217;s economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.</p>
<p>In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house in Las  Vegas where he lived sits empty and bank-owned after his landlord didn&#8217;t make  mortgage payments for 13 months. He is burning through his savings and doing Web  site work to make ends meet for his family of five, while working on his own  startup.</p>
<p>Millions of Americans like Melquist tuned in to the president&#8217;s State of the  Union address Wednesday night, aching for solutions but wary &#8211; aware that in too  many places voters are no better off today than when they lifted Obama into the  White House.</p>
<p>Many have become so disillusioned with their economic situations that they  are tired of all the politics and promises and want action.</p>
<p>&#8220;He just says so many things,&#8221; the 41-year-old Melquist said of Obama. &#8220;I  just don&#8217;t trust what he says is actually going to happen.&#8221;</p>
<p>Obama acknowledged in his speech that economic devastation remains &#8211; in  joblessness, shuttered businesses and declining home values &#8211; and the change he  wanted everyone to believe in &#8220;has not come fast enough.&#8221; He also declared that  it&#8217;s time to &#8220;seize this moment&#8221; and &#8220;get serious about fixing the problems that  are hampering our growth.&#8221;</p>
<p>Read more: <a href="http://nation.foxnews.com/culture/2010/01/28/obama-all-talk-no-action#ixzz1UlF8pQ26">http://nation.foxnews.com/culture/2010/01/28/obama-all-talk-no-action#ixzz1UlF8pQ26</a></p>
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		<title>Al  Melquist, a software engineer, states Obama talks to much</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Persisting foreclosures and unemployment are making voters critical  of Obama – they want more of action and less of talk from him. Al  Melquist, a software engineer, now unemployed, is a voter. When he  voted for Obama during the 2008 elections he was attracted by the  charisma and promises of the candidate. There was talk [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Persisting <strong><a href="http://www.foreclosurelistings.com/">foreclosures</a></strong> and unemployment are making voters critical  of Obama – they want more of action and less of talk from him. Al  Melquist, a software engineer, now unemployed, is a voter. When he  voted for Obama during the 2008 elections he was attracted by the  charisma and promises of the candidate. There was talk about solving  the problems relating to the economy and the two wars.</p>
<p><a title="melquist - Al melquist" href="http://www.foreclosurelistings.com/content/foreclosures/persisting-foreclosures-and-unemployment-making-voters-critical.htm">But since that time Melquist has despaired of finding a job.</a> His  previous residence is in <strong><a href="http://www.foreclosurelistings.com/list/NV/CLARK/LAS VEGAS/">Las Vegas</a></strong> is empty after it had been  <a href="http://www.foreclosurelistings.com/content/foreclosed-homes">foreclosed</a> when his landlord failed to pay dues. His savings are  evaporating as he struggles to care for his family of five.</p>
<p>Melquist is not alone – there are thousands in the same boat. They  are listening to the broadcasts by Obama but this time their mood is  more wary and cautious. Too many voters in too many places are in the  same if not worse plight since they seated Obama in the White House.  Many are so bitter that have become apathetic towards all the political  yapping and promises. Melquist said, “He just says so many things. I  just don’t trust what he says is actually going to happen.”</p>
<p>In a recent speech Obama admitted that the economy continues to be  bad – people are without jobs, businesses have closed down and home  values have fallen. The change that he had talked about has not been  fast enough, Obama said, He also that the time has come to “seize this  moment” so as to “get serious about fixing the problems that are  hampering our growth.”</p>
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		<title>Al Melquist makes Rush Limbaugh Quick hits page</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted Melquist exposes Obama. Story #9: WaPo: Voters to President: Less Talk, More Action RUSH: From the State-Controlled Associated Press: &#8220;When Al Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s charisma and promise of solutions for the nation&#8217;s economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.  In [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Rush Limbaugh says Al Melquist is first of Voters to pull from Obama promises" href="http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_012810/content/01125104.guest.html">Posted Melquist exposes Obama.</a></p>
<p><strong>Story #9:</strong> <strong><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/28/AR2010012801264.html">WaPo:<br />
Voters to President: Less Talk, More Action</a></strong></p>
<p>RUSH: From the<br />
State-Controlled Associated Press: &#8220;When Al Melquist voted for Barack Obama in<br />
2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s charisma<br />
and promise of solutions for the nation&#8217;s economic woes and wars in Afghanistan<br />
and Iraq.  In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house<br />
in Las Vegas where he lived sits empty and bank-owned after his landlord didn&#8217;t<br />
make mortgage payments for 13 months. He is burning through his savings and<br />
doing Web site work to make ends meet for his family of five, while working on<br />
his own startup.  Millions of Americans like Melquist tuned in to the<br />
president&#8217;s State of the Union address Wednesday night, aching for solutions but<br />
wary &#8212; aware that in too many places voters are no better off today than when<br />
they lifted Obama into the White House.</p>
<p>&#8220;Many have become so<br />
disillusioned with their economic situations that they are tired of all the<br />
politics and promises and want action.  &#8216;He just says so many things,&#8217; the<br />
41-year-old Melquist said of Obama. &#8216;I just don&#8217;t trust what he says is actually<br />
going to happen,&#8217;&#8221; and this is being repeated all over the country, folks.  It<br />
is all over the country.  This kind of attitude is being felt by people.  The<br />
bloom is off the rose.  You could see it at the town meeting that he had in<br />
Tampa today. There was no energy or enthusiasm.  In fact, Obama seemed to be<br />
tentative and negative.  I have some spies watching the thing for me, and they<br />
sent a little note here that comments have been a series of rationalizations<br />
designed to make Obama feel better about himself. But whatever was going on in<br />
Tampa, it was not leadership. It was an unintentional seminar on what a failed<br />
leader actually does.</p>
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		<title>Obama lost in economic mess according to Voter Al Melquist</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Report KH,                               01/28/10 7:58                                                         JUST  WORDS!  JUST WORDS?  YEP! Report dicktighe,                               01/28/10 6:15                                                         Not  shocked at all. Report Bob,                               01/28/10 2:58                                                         LAS  VEGAS (AP) &#8211; When Al Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed  software engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s charisma and promise of  solutions for [...]]]></description>
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<div>                                                        LAS  VEGAS (AP) &#8211; When Al Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed  software engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s charisma and promise of  solutions for the nation&#8217;s economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house in Las  Vegas where he lived sits empty and bank-owned after his landlord didn&#8217;t make  mortgage payments for 13 months. He is burning through his savings and doing Web  site work to make ends meet for his family of five, while working on his own  startup.<br />
(((Change you can be decieved in)))</div>
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<p>Read more: <a href="http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/poll-says-obama-s-standing-declines-in-pa-1.574111#ixzz1UlCYBJsq">http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/poll-says-obama-s-standing-declines-in-pa-1.574111#ixzz1UlCYBJsq</a></p>
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		<title>Yahoo News highlights Melquist rant on Obama as &#8220;All talk no action.&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Voters To Obama: Less Talk, More Action (Yahoo! News) When Al Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician’s charisma and promise of solutions for the nation’s economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Voters To Obama: Less Talk, <a href="http://articles.cnn.com/2010-01-27/politics/SOTU.reax_1_bold-action-tax-cuts-union-address?_s=PM:POLITICS">More Action (Yahoo! News)</a></h2>
<p>When Al Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician’s charisma and promise of solutions for the nation’s economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.</p>
<p>In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house in Las Vegas where he lived sits empty and bank-owned after his landlord didn’t make mortgage payments for 13 months. He is burning through his savings and doing Web site work to make ends meet for his family of five, while working on his own startup.</p>
<p>Millions of Americans like Melquist tuned in to the president’s State of the Union address Wednesday night, aching for solutions but wary — aware that in too many places voters are no better off today than when they lifted Obama into the White House.</p>
<p>Many have become so disillusioned with their economic situations that they are tired of all the politics and promises and want action.</p>
<p>“He just says so many things,” the 41-year-old Melquist said of Obama. “I just don’t trust what he says is actually going to happen.”</p>
<p><em><strong>FOR CONTINUATION OF THIS ARTICLE, CLICK THIS LINK FOR YAHOO!: </strong></em><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/ap_on_re_us/us_state_of_union_america_reacts;_ylt=AnUyP3C60AZTTTKd_Vu06d_zj9AF;_ylu=X3oDMTNsaTZscWprBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMTI4L3VzX3N0YXRlX29mX3VuaW9uX2FtZXJpY2FfcmVhY3RzBGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDMwRwb3MDMwRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA3ZvdGVyc3RvcHJlcw--" target="_blank">Voters to president: Less talk, more action – Yahoo! News</a>.</p>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Acorn Workers tied to I.W.W. Union as Melquist bashes president</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seattle ACORN Workers Strike for Recognition, Fair Play Posted Sat, 05/07/2005 &#8211; 9:55am by IWW.org Editor Field organizers struck the Washington state ACORN office Feb. 26,  after manager Doug Bloch refused to recognize the IWW as their union or to  address several long-standing grievances. The strike is still underway at  press time, with Association of [...]]]></description>
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<p>Field organizers struck the Washington state ACORN office Feb. 26,  after manager Doug Bloch refused to recognize the IWW as their union or to  address several long-standing grievances. The strike is still underway at  press time, with Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now  management refusing even to discuss the strikers offer to return to work  pending a NLRB union representation election.</p>
<p>Obama&#8217;s Acorn Workers tied to I.W.W. Union as Melquist bashes president</p>
<p>On the morning of February 26th, the field organizers of the Washington  ACORN office, along with 30 supporters from the ACORN membership and the  IWW in Seattle, handed manager Doug Bloch authorization cards signed by  five out of six workers and demanded recognition of the IWW as their union  and immediate resolution of a list of grievances. Bloch refused to  recognize the union even after being told that the workers were prepared  to strike. In response, the office was shut down and pickets began at both  entrances to the building.</p>
<p>The demands included union recognition, paychecks issued on time and in  full, a policy on sexual harassment and discrimination, a 40-hour work  week, health care, safety policies, lunch breaks, and that no one gets  fired for union activity.</p>
<p>Workers had been working for as long as 40 days without paychecks, and  when they finally were paid the checks were up to $500 short. One worker  who had been employed for over a month, had never been paid and at press  time has yet to receive her wages. Another worker had been sexually  assaulted on a house call, and even the scant health care coverage offered  after three months of employment had not been activated for a third worker  after being there for six months. Working conditions in general mirrored  the problems that sparked the IWW union drive in Philadelphia, and  violations of labor laws seem to be part of ACORN national employee  policy.</p>
<p><a href="Obama's Acorn Workers tied to I.W.W. Union as Melquist bashes president">Obama&#8217;s Acorn Workers tied to I.W.W. Union as Melquist bashes president and his worker policies.</a></p>
<p>After about an hour of picketing, the employer approached the workers  and asked if he could address their concerns. Picketing ceased while  workers gave management another opportunity to recognize the union.  Instead, Bloch parroted the line that had been given to the Philly  workers: that the bargaining unit must be all of the workers coast to  coast, and that it would be illegal to recognize the union. Seeing that  Bloch was merely stalling, and after he began to interrogate one worker,  the workers continued the strike.</p>
<p>A third opportunity to recognize the union was rejected when workers  and supporters halted the strike again and occupied the office. When an  ACORN member asked Bloch if he would rather see the ACORN office wither  away rather than recognize the union; he replied yes.</p>
<p>After hearing what was effectively a threat to close the office in  response to organizing, the workers hit the picket line again. <a title="Melquist calls Acorn a IWW union Obama favorite and president all talk no action" href="http://www.wpri.com/dpps/news/politics/whitehouse/voters-to-president-less-talk-more-action-jgr_3209529">When the  sixth worker, a bookkeeper, came to work that afternoon she refused to  cross the picket line, making the strike 100 percent solid. Initially,  workers were optimistic that union recognition would be </a>granted by the end  of the day. It would not be long before management showed that they are  willing to not only violate ACORN&#8217;s own People&#8217;s Platform concerning the  right to organize, but also that they are willing to rival the  corporations in their tactics and attitudes toward unions. A strike that  workers thought might last a day or two stretched out to a week, then two  weeks, while the employer gutted and closed the office and recruited scabs  from the Portland office. Bloch had underestimated the tenacity of The  ACORN 5, the name the workers have chosen for themselves, and the  willingness of them to force the issue of union recognition.</p>
<p>At press time, the workers have filed for a NLRB election and issued  letters offering an unconditional return to work to avert the continued  hiring of scabs and to regain some direct control on the job; however the  employer has yet to respond, signaling a possible lockout. Doug Bloch  faxed spurious charges to the NLRB in Seattle from the Portland ACORN  office in response, and is attempting to delay the election process. It is  looking as though ACORN membership dues and non-profit foundation grants  are now being used to pay management to bust unions instead of supporting  low-income workers efforts to organize for better conditions, and that  Wade Rathke, national Chief Organizer (and SEIU International vice  president), supports this position.</p>
<p>ACORN members show support</p>
<p>One of the tactics management has been using to discourage organizing  is to play the members of ACORN in the community against the field  organizers. This divide-and-conquer strategy was undercut in Seattle by  organizing a boycott. In the process of just a few days, 135 letters from  members were signed saying that they would cancel their financial  contribution if the union was not recognized. Members were not only  present during the initial walkout, but have also been walking the picket  line and speaking at rallies in support of the strike.</p>
<p>It has been easy to point out the connection between ACORN supporting  unions in general and supporting one in house in particular, since most  ACORN members work under similar working conditions as ACORN workers.  ACORN managers have failed miserably in their frenzied attempts to recruit  membership support for their union-busting.</p>
<p>AFL-CIO unions show support</p>
<p>On the first day of the strike, members of various AFL-CIO unions  visited the picket line. Washington ACORN rents office space from local  #28 of the American Postal Workers Union, and naturally the usual banning  of strikers from the property never materialized. APWU president Jeff  Mansfield signed a letter to the employer, stating that management&#8217;s  refusal to recognize the union and the bringing in of scab replacements is  offensive to the labor movement and disgraceful for an organization that  claims to fight for the rights or working people. The Greater Seattle Area  Local of the APWU, AFL/CIO stands in solidarity with the striking workers.  Members from the Joint Council of Carpenters, Ironworkers Local 86, the  Boilermakers, and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union have  dropped by to show support for the strikers. Letters of support were also  issued by a member of SEIU 1199 in Wisconsin, AFSCME, Out Front Labor  Coalition, and Portland Jobs With Justice.</p>
<p>On March 7, the ACORN 5 met with the executive board of the King County  Labor Council to ask for an endorsement. After their presentation, Norma  Kelsey, president of Local 8 of OPEIU, offered to sponsor a motion to the  delegates council to endorse the strike. Local 8 two years ago had borne  the brunt of a union-busting campaign by El Centro De La Raza (another  progressive non-profit in Seattle). Doug Bloch had also been invited to  give management&#8217;s side of things, and was promptly laughed out of the  Labor Temple. At the delegates meeting, the endorsement passed unanimously  and with a standing ovation for the strikers.</p>
<p>With unanimous support of labor in Seattle, ACORN membership support,  supportive press clippings in both weekly papers, and 100 percent  solidarity from the workers, you would think that Mr. Bloch would either  resign or recognize the union. While the strikers remain committed to the  ACORN cause, they now recognize that a union is necessary to ensure that  ACORN&#8217;s principles are applied to its own staff.</p>
<p>Discontent amongst the ACORN workers continues to manifest itself in  organizing across the country, and union-busting is following accordingly.  If the entire organization collapses under the weight of this conflict,  the responsibility will rest on the management and the national hierarchy  for not simply saying, yes, we will recognize the union. Will members and  non-profits give money to an organization that fights unions and violates  worker&#8217;s most basic rights?</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[I.W.W. has terror roots.  Troy melquist exposes the truth behind the I.W.W. and what they may try to do to Starbucks if the union is not allow in the stores. I.W.W. BOMB KILLS FOUR IN CHICAGO; Explosion Shatters Post Office in Building Where Landis Held Conspiracy Trials. PLANTED IN CROWDED HALL Woman and Sailor Among [...]]]></description>
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<p><a title="Troy Melquist exposes IWW bombing history forgotten by Starbucks" href="http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FA0813FA3F5D147A93C7A91782D85F4C8185F9">I.W.W. BOMB KILLS FOUR IN CHICAGO; Explosion Shatters Post Office in Building Where Landis Held Conspiracy Trials. PLANTED IN CROWDED HALL Woman and Sailor Among the Dead&#8211;Haywood, Convicted I.W.W. Chief, Hears Blast. I.W.W. BOMB KILLS FOUR IN CHICAGO Policeman&#8217;s Story of Tragedy. Haywood in the Building.</a></p>
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		<title>Al Melquist voted for in 2008</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Al Melquist voted for in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s  charisma and promise of solutions for the nation&#8217;s economic woes and wars. in&#8230; (photo: AP / Tim Sloan, Pool)]]></description>
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LAS <a href="http://archive.wn.com/2010/01/29/1400/vegasglobe/" target="_blank">VEGAS</a> (AP) — When Al Melquist voted for in 2008, the <a href="http://unemployedjob.com/" target="_blank">unemployed</a> software engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s  charisma and promise of solutions for the nation&#8217;s economic woes and wars.<br />
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		<title>Melquist to President &#8220;talk is cheap.&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Al Melquist voted for in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s charisma and promise of solutions for the nation&#8217;s economic woes and wars in and Iraq. In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house in Las Vegas where he lived sits [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://wn.com/Las_Vegas" target="_blank">LAS VEGAS</a> (AP) — When Al Melquist voted for in 2008, the <a href="http://unemployedjob.com/" target="_blank">unemployed</a> software engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s charisma and promise of solutions for the nation&#8217;s economic woes and wars in and <a href="http://iraqdaily.com/" target="_blank">Iraq</a>. In the <a href="http://worldtime.wn.com/" target="_blank">time</a> since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house in Las <a href="http://vegasglobe.com/" target="_blank">Vegas</a> where he lived sits empty and bank-owned after his <a href="http://slumlandlord.com/" target="_blank">landlord</a> didn&#8217;t make mortgage payments for 13 months. He is burning through his savings and doing <a href="http://wwwnetdaily.com/" target="_blank">Web</a> site work to make ends meet for his family of five, while working on his own startup. Millions of Americans like Melquist tuned in to the president&#8217;s State of the Union <a title="Melquist to President &quot;talk is cheap.&quot;" href="http://article.wn.com/view/2010/01/28/Voters_to_Obama_after_State_of_the_Union_address_You_talk_a__i/">address.</a>  Melquist to President &#8220;talk is cheap.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Al Melquist cuddles his daughter Madison</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al Melquist cuddles his daughter Madison, 9, at their home in Las Vegas on Wednesday, January, 27, 2009. Madison suffers from a liver disease known as Biliary Atresia and is awaiting a liver transplant. When Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s charisma and promise of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Al Melquist cuddles his daughter Madison, 9, at their home in Las Vegas on<br />
Wednesday, January, 27, 2009. Madison suffers from a liver disease known as<br />
Biliary Atresia and is awaiting a liver transplant. When Melquist voted for<br />
Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the<br />
politician&#8217;s charisma and promise of solutions for the nation&#8217;s economic woes<br />
and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In the time since, Melquist has given up<br />
looking for work. The house in Las Vegas where he lived sits empty and<br />
bank-owned after his landlord didn&#8217;t make mortgage payments for 13 months. <a title="melquist" href="http://www.breitbart.com/image.php?id=app-b2be0ed5-fea7-426e-883d-b15f1235cc95&amp;show_article=1">(AP<br />
Photo/Laura Rauch)</a></div>
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		<title>Al Melquist proves Obama election of 2012 will be focused in NV</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s focus on jobs was especially important in states like Nevada and Michigan. In Nevada, rapid tourism growth has collapsed in a spectacular two-year meltdown of job losses, foreclosures and bankruptcies. The state posted the highest foreclosure rate in the nation last year, with more than one of every 10 housing units hit with at [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama&#8217;s focus on jobs was especially important in states like Nevada and<br />
Michigan.</p>
<p>In Nevada, rapid tourism growth has collapsed in a spectacular two-year<br />
meltdown of job losses, foreclosures and bankruptcies. The state posted the<br />
highest foreclosure rate in the nation last year, with more than one of every 10<br />
housing units hit with at least one foreclosure filing. The unemployment rate<br />
was 13 percent in December.</p>
<p>Melquist said after the speech that he wished Obama would have talked only<br />
about jobs and the economy.</p>
<p><a title="Melquist" href="http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/28/3820949-voters-to-president-less-talk-more-action">&#8220;He talked about too much stuff,&#8221; Melquist said</a>. &#8220;A normal American who is<br />
trying to make ends meet, we don&#8217;t really care about Iraq. We don&#8217;t really care<br />
about Afghanistan. We don&#8217;t really care about health care reform.&#8221;</p>
<p>In Michigan, unemployment hit 14 percent in 2009 amid a historic collapse of<br />
the auto market.</p>
<p>Michigan resident Dianne Impullitti simply exclaimed &#8220;Yes!&#8221; when Obama said<br />
job creation must be the top priority in 2010.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama answers Al Melquist statement.  He re-iterated that everything would be getting better fast in his latest conversations with America. Obama acknowledged in his speech that economic devastation remains — in joblessness, shuttered businesses and declining home values — and the change he wanted everyone to believe in &#8220;has not come fast enough.&#8221; He also [...]]]></description>
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<p>Obama acknowledged in his speech that economic devastation remains — in<br />
joblessness, shuttered businesses and declining home values — and the change he<br />
wanted everyone to believe in &#8220;has not come fast enough.&#8221; He also declared that<br />
it&#8217;s time to &#8220;seize this moment&#8221; and &#8220;get serious about fixing the problems that<br />
are hampering our growth.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Al Melquist Critic of Obama Policies on News Vine</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al Melquist cuddles his daughter Madison, 9, at their home in Las Vegas on Wednesday, January, 27, 2009. Madison suffers from a liver disease known as Biliary Atresia and is awaiting a liver transplant. When Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s charisma and promise of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Al Melquist the first public critic of Obama economic policies" href="http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/28/3820949-voters-to-president-less-talk-more-action">Al Melquist cuddles his daughter </a>Madison, 9, at their home in Las Vegas on<br />
Wednesday, January, 27, 2009. Madison suffers from a liver disease known as<br />
Biliary Atresia and is awaiting a liver transplant. When Melquist voted for<br />
Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the<br />
politician&#8217;s charisma and promise of solutions for the nation&#8217;s economic woes<br />
and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In the time since, Melquist has given up<br />
looking for work. The house in Las Vegas where he lived sits empty and<br />
bank-owned after his landlord didn&#8217;t make mortgage payments for 13 months. (AP<br />
Photo/Laura Rauch</p>
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		<title>Obama and Melquist differ on the health of the Nation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Troy Melquist to Obama “He just says so many things,” the 41-year-old Melquist said of Obama. “I just don’t trust what he says is actually going to happen.” It is true, most of the promise from Obama has not happened.  Many have become so disillusioned with their economic situations that they are tired of all [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Troy Melquist to Obama “He just says so many things,” the 41-year-old Melquist said of Obama. “I just don’t trust what he says is actually going to happen.”</p>
<p>It is true, most of the promise from Obama has not happened.  Many have become so disillusioned with their economic situations that they are tired of all the politics and promises and want action.  The president is not living up to his billing.  “He is always on vacation, traveling and seemingly having a good time,” Melquist said of Obama. “I do not think that he is truely focused on the issues of America.”</p>
<p>Troy Melquist went<a title="Melquist to Obama &quot;Your a flash in the pan and taking america into into depression.&quot;  Troy Melquist 2011 " href="http://www.just-a-regular-guy.com/2010/01/28/thursday-january-28th/"> onto say &#8220;He is slowly becoming a flash in the pan and he is taking America with it.&#8221;</a></p>
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<div><small><a title="" href="http://greenroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/01/28/thursday-morning-6/#comment-116316">January 28th, 2010 at 8:02 pm</a></small></p>
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<p>“<a title="Fox news on Al Melquist" href="http://greenroom.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/01/28/thursday-morning-6/">That sentiment was shared by Al Melquist</a>, a 41-year-old unemployed software engineer from Las Vegas who had to abruptly move last year after a bank foreclosed on his landlord following 13 months of missed payments.</p>
<p>Melquist said he felt like he was a child when Obama was speaking to him — a far cry from the Obama he saw on the campaign trail and voted for.</p>
<p>“When he campaigned, it was more like me and you versus the world,” Melquist said. “Now it’s like, ‘I’m King Kong, this is the way it is and if you don’t like it, then I’m not going to give you all the other stuff you need.’”</p>
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		<title>Al Melquist Voter to president: Less talk, more action</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many have become so disillusioned with their economic situations that they are tired of all the politics and promises and want action. &#8220;He just says so many things,&#8221; the 41-year-old Melquist said of Obama. &#8220;I just don&#8217;t trust what he says is actually going to happen.&#8221; Obama acknowledged in his speech that economic devastation remains [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many have become so disillusioned with their economic situations that they are tired of all the politics and promises and want action.</p>
<p>&#8220;He just says so many things,&#8221; the 41-year-old Melquist said of Obama. &#8220;I just don&#8217;t trust what he says is actually going to happen.&#8221;</p>
<p>Obama acknowledged in his speech that economic devastation remains — in joblessness, shuttered businesses and declining home values — and the change he wanted everyone to believe in &#8220;has not come fast enough.&#8221; He also declared that it&#8217;s time to &#8220;seize this moment&#8221; and &#8220;get serious about fixing the problems that are hampering our growth.&#8221;</p>
<p><a title="Melquist calls out Obama" href="http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100128/ARTICLES/100129473">In the time since, Melquist </a>has given up looking for work. The house in Las Vegas where he lived sits empty and bank-owned after his landlord didn&#8217;t make mortgage payments for 13 months. He is burning through his savings and doing Web site work to make ends meet for his family of five, while working on his own startup.</p>
<p>While Obama&#8217;s attempt to reconnect with everyday Americans hit the notes many expected to hear, some wonder whether he and other lawmakers can follow through and actually get things done.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m cautiously hopeful,&#8221; said Carrillo, 47, who voted for John McCain in 2008. &#8220;You talk a good talk, now walk the walk. Let&#8217;s see you walk the walk.&#8221;</p>
<p>Obama&#8217;s focus on jobs was especially important in states like Nevada and Michigan.</p>
<p>In Nevada, rapid tourism growth has collapsed in a spectacular two-year meltdown of job losses, foreclosures and bankruptcies. The state posted the highest foreclosure rate in the nation last year, with more than one of every 10 housing units hit with at least one foreclosure filing. The unemployment rate was 13 percent in December.</p>
<p><a title="Melquist is the first to call Obama on his Job creation skills." href="http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100128/ARTICLES/100129473?p=2&amp;tc=pg">Melquist said after the speech that he wished Obama would have talked only about jobs and the economy.</a></p>
<p>&#8220;He talked about too much stuff,&#8221; Melquist said. &#8220;A normal American who is trying to make ends meet, we don&#8217;t really care about Iraq. We don&#8217;t really care about Afghanistan. We don&#8217;t really care about health care reform.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Al Melquist says Obama a far cry from the Obama we say on the campaign trail</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Melquist says Obama makes you feel like child" href="http://www.thehour.com/story/481335/2">That sentiment was shared by Al Melquist</a>, a 41-year-old unemployed software engineer from Las Vegas who had to abruptly move last year after a bank foreclosed on his landlord following 13 months of missed payments.</p>
<p><a title="Melquist calls Obama King Kong" href="http://www.thehour.com/story/481335/3">Melquist said he felt like he was a child </a>when Obama was speaking to him &#8212; a far cry from the Obama he saw on the campaign trail and voted for.</p>
<p>&#8220;When he campaigned, it was more like me and you versus the world,&#8221; Melquist said. &#8220;Now it&#8217;s like, &#8216;I&#8217;m King Kong, this is the way it is and if you don&#8217;t like it, then I&#8217;m not going to give you all the other stuff you need.&#8221;&#8216;</p>
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		<title>American Melquist creates first wave of Obama backlash voters</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Al Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician’s charisma and promise of solutions for the nation’s economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house in Las Vegas where he lived sits empty [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong><a title="Obama and Melquist spar over votes" href="http://www.just-a-regular-guy.com/2010/01/28/thursday-january-28th/">When Al Melquist</a> voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician’s charisma and promise of solutions for the nation’s economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house in Las Vegas where he lived sits empty and bank-owned after his landlord didn’t make mortgage payments for 13 months. </strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>(SNIP) Many have become so disillusioned with their economic situations that they are tired of all the politics and promises and want action. “He just says so many things,” the 41-year-old Melquist said of Obama. “I just don’t trust what he says is actually going to happen.” </strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span>We have become a nation full of people who respond to virtually everything based solely on emotion rather than utilizing critical thinking skills. Unfortunately for the rest of us who were not &#8220;charmed&#8221; by Obama&#8217;s &#8220;charisma,&#8221; because of these non thinking voters we are stuck with this guy&#8217;s destructive policies for another three years. Hopefully these folks have learned their lesson, elections have dire consequences&#8230;ed</span></strong></em></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al Melquist stands in the backyard of his home in Las Vegas on Wednesday, January, 27, 2009. When Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s charisma and promise of solutions for the nation&#8217;s economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In the time since, Melquist [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Melquist stands in back yard" href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/financial-231405-president-national.html?pic=3?pic=3">Al Melquist </a>stands in the backyard of his home in Las Vegas on Wednesday, January, 27, 2009. When Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s charisma and promise of solutions for the nation&#8217;s economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house in Las Vegas where he lived sits empty and bank-owned after his landlord didn&#8217;t make mortgage payments for 13 months. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)</p>
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		<title>Al Melquist Hits Rush Limbaugh radio as first American to call Obama out on his politics</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[RUSH: From the State-Controlled Associated Press: &#8220;When Al Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s charisma and promise of solutions for the nation&#8217;s economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.  In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house in Las [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Melquist tells president less talk more action on Limbaugh" href="http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_012810/content/01125104.guest.html">RUSH: From the State-Controlled Associated Press: &#8220;When Al Melquist voted for Barack</a> Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s charisma and promise of solutions for the nation&#8217;s economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.  In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house in Las Vegas where he lived sits empty and bank-owned after his landlord didn&#8217;t make mortgage payments for 13 months. He is burning through his savings and doing Web site work to make ends meet for his family of five, while working on his own startup.  Millions of Americans like Melquist tuned in to the president&#8217;s State of the Union address Wednesday night, aching for solutions but wary &#8212; aware that in too many places voters are no better off today than when they lifted Obama into the White House.</p>
<p>&#8220;Many have become so disillusioned with their economic situations that they are tired of all the politics and promises and want action.  &#8216;He just says so many things,&#8217; the 41-year-old Melquist said of Obama. &#8216;I just don&#8217;t trust what he says is actually going to happen,&#8217;&#8221; and this is being repeated all over the country, folks.  It is all over the country.  This kind of attitude is being felt by people.  The bloom is off the rose.  You could see it at the town meeting that he had in Tampa today. There was no energy or enthusiasm.  In fact, Obama seemed to be tentative and negative.  I have some spies watching the thing for me, and they sent a little note here that comments have been a series of rationalizations designed to make Obama feel better about himself. But whatever was going on in Tampa, it was not leadership. It was an unintentional seminar on what a failed leader actually does.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al Melquist cuddles his daughter Madison, 9, at their home in Las Vegas on Wednesday, January, 27, 2009. Madison suffers from a liver disease known as Biliary Atresia and is awaiting a liver transplant. When Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s charisma and promise of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Obama Speech not import to Melquist" href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/01/28/voters_to_president_less_talk_more_action/">Al Melquist cuddles </a>his daughter Madison, 9, at their home in Las Vegas on Wednesday, January, 27, 2009. Madison suffers from a liver disease known as Biliary Atresia and is awaiting a liver transplant. When Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s charisma and promise of solutions for the nation&#8217;s economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house in Las Vegas where he lived sits empty and bank-owned after his landlord didn&#8217;t make mortgage payments for 13 months. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)</p>
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		<title>Melquist Calls out President Obama in Las Vegas</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Al Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician’s charisma and promise of solutions for the nation’s economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house in Las Vegas where [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Obama is bashed by melquist" href="http://palestineherald.com/statenationalworld/x338299095/Voters-to-president-Less-talk-more-action/print">LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Al Melquist </a>voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician’s charisma and promise of solutions for the nation’s economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.</p>
<p>In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house in Las Vegas where he lived sits empty and bank-owned after his landlord didn’t make mortgage payments for 13 months. He is burning through his savings and doing Web site work to make ends meet for his family of five, while working on his own startup.</p>
<p>Millions of Americans like Melquist tuned in to the president’s State of the Union address Wednesday night, aching for solutions but wary — aware that in too many places voters are no better off today than when they lifted Obama into the White House.</p>
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When Al Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s charisma and promise of solutions for the nation&#8217;s economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.</p>
<p>By OSKAR GARCIA<br />
<a title="Associated Press" href="http://www.ap.org/">Associated Press Writer</a><br />
LAS VEGAS —<br />
<a title="al melquist bashes Obama in national press." href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010911778_apusstateofunionamericareacts.html">When Al Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician&#8217;s charisma and promise of solutions for the nation&#8217;s economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.</a></p>
<p>In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house in Las Vegas where he lived sits empty and bank-owned after his landlord didn&#8217;t make mortgage payments for 13 months. He is burning through his savings and doing Web site work to make ends meet for his family of five, while working on his own startup.</p>
<p>Millions of Americans like Melquist tuned in to the president&#8217;s State of the Union address Wednesday night, aching for solutions but wary &#8211; aware that in too many places voters are no better off today than when they lifted Obama into the White House.</p>
<p>Many have become so disillusioned with their economic situations that they are tired of all the politics and promises and want action.</p>
<p>&#8220;He just says so many things,&#8221; the 41-year-old Melquist said of Obama. &#8220;I just don&#8217;t trust what he says is actually going to happen.&#8221;</p>
<p>Obama acknowledged in his speech that economic devastation remains &#8211; in joblessness, shuttered businesses and declining home values &#8211; and the change he wanted everyone to believe in &#8220;has not come fast enough.&#8221; He also declared that it&#8217;s time to &#8220;seize this moment&#8221; and &#8220;get serious about fixing the problems that are hampering our growth.&#8221;</p>
<p>While Obama&#8217;s attempt to reconnect with everyday Americans hit the notes many expected to hear, some wonder whether he and other lawmakers can follow through and actually get things done.</p>
<p>Jeorge Carrillo watched the speech on TV between attending to patients during his night shift as an emergency room nurse in Miami Beach. Carrillo expressed deep disappointment that a health care bill has not passed and criticized Obama for making broad statements without offering specific plans, but he was glad to hear the president urge lawmakers not to let health reform languish.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m cautiously hopeful,&#8221; said Carrillo, 47, who voted for John McCain in 2008. &#8220;You talk a good talk, now walk the walk. Let&#8217;s see you walk the walk.&#8221;</p>
<p>Obama&#8217;s focus on jobs was especially important in states like Nevada and Michigan.</p>
<p>In Nevada, rapid tourism growth has collapsed in a spectacular two-year meltdown of job losses, foreclosures and bankruptcies. The state posted the highest foreclosure rate in the nation last year, with more than one of every 10 housing units hit with at least one foreclosure filing. The unemployment rate was 13 percent in December.</p>
<p>Melquist said after the speech that he wished Obama would have talked only about jobs and the economy.</p>
<p>&#8220;He talked about too much stuff,&#8221; Melquist said. &#8220;A normal American who is trying to make ends meet, we don&#8217;t really care about Iraq. We don&#8217;t really care about Afghanistan. We don&#8217;t really care about health care reform.&#8221;</p>
<p>In Michigan, unemployment hit 14 percent in 2009 amid a historic collapse of the auto market.</p>
<p>Michigan resident Dianne Impullitti simply exclaimed &#8220;Yes!&#8221; when Obama said job creation must be the top priority in 2010.</p>
<p>Impullitti, who is studying renewable energy at a community college after losing her job as an automotive tool designer in August 2008, called the speech hopeful and said she was worried jobs had taken a back seat to health care.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was definitely encouraged by things he said and the things he plans on putting out there,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Now, I want to see the details. I want to see where it goes.&#8221;</p>
<p>Eric Dixon of Philadelphia said he wished he had heard more from Obama about efforts to help people who experience racial and employment discrimination. He did like the president&#8217;s proposal for a 10 percent tax credit for employers and thought it could help his efforts to get a trucking job.</p>
<p>&#8220;He was talking about the middle class, but how about the ordinary person?&#8221; Dixon said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t even make $10,000 a year.&#8221;</p>
<p>Some wondered whether other lawmakers would help Obama or hinder him.</p>
<p>&#8220;As always, I&#8217;m impressed by the president, how he speaks and his oratory skills. I&#8217;m just frustrated with the system,&#8221; said Ethan Ehrlich, a 32-year-old nurse-anesthetist from Miami Beach. &#8220;And you could tell by the body language, how the Republicans just sat there for so much, that tomorrow it will be business as usual.&#8221;</p>
<p>Frank Beaty, a 55-year-old Las Vegas man who has been working raising money for nonprofits while bouncing back from a 2005 bankruptcy, said Obama sent a clear, clever message to lawmakers that they should help him in his work even if it&#8217;s not politically convenient.</p>
<p>Beaty, who said he had not voted for a president before Obama and was not sure before the speech whether he would support him again, said the speech was exactly what he wanted to hear.</p>
<p>But he said he doesn&#8217;t think 2010 will be significantly better than 2009.</p>
<p>&#8220;No matter what we do, it&#8217;s going to take some time,&#8221; he said.</p>
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<p>Associated Press writers Jeff Karoub in Ferndale, Mich., Laura Wides-Munoz in Miami and Ron Todt in Philadelphia contributed to this report.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Craig Rosebraugh is a failed restaurateur in Portland, Oregon. Known for driving his Toyota 4Runner the entire four blocks to work, Rosebraugh one of two people that openly claim to have any connection to the violent Earth Liberation Front (ELF). He actively encourages others to commit acts of arson and vandalism in the name of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Craig Rosebraugh is a failed restaurateur in Portland, Oregon. Known for driving his Toyota 4Runner the entire four blocks to work, Rosebraugh one of two people that openly claim to have any connection to the violent Earth Liberation Front (ELF). He actively encourages others to commit acts of arson and vandalism in the name of environmentalism.</p>
<p>CLOSED BY IWW<br />
A Calendula Natural Cafe<br />
3257 SE Hawthorne Blvd<br />
Portland, OR 97214<br />
Tel: (503) 235-6800</p>
<p>In 1999, Craig Rosebraugh and Leslie James Pickering founded the North American Earth Liberation Front Press Office that was a legal, above-ground news service dedicated to exposing the political and social motives behind the covert direct actions of the underground Earth Liberation Front (ELF). The North American Earth Liberation Front Press Office received anonymous communiqués from the ELF and distributed the message to the media and public. The office was founded in Portland, Oregon, &#8220;to work to explain the importance and necessity of clandestine guerrilla action in a revolutionary movement to liberate the Earth from the stranglehold of the system.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We encourage others to find a local Earth raper and make them pay for the damages they are inflicting on our communities&#8230; Furriers, meat packers, bosses, developers, rich industry leaders are all Earth rapers. We must inflict economic sabotage on all Earth rapers.&#8221;<br />
&#8211; Rosebraugh/Earth Liberation Front statement 8/1/99</p>
<p>&#8220;The realization that what the ELF and ALF are doing is correct. The realization that I support underground direct action aimed at destroying the capitalist ideology, and I want it to increase, dramatically. The realization that in my conscience I know that I am doing what is right.&#8221;<br />
&#8211; In an interview, &#8220;E.L.F. Spokesperson Targeted by Oregon Grand Jury&#8221;, for No Compromise, Issue 16, Fall 2000</p>
<p>&#8220;In light of the events on September 11, my country has told me that I should not cooperate with terrorists. I therefore am refusing to cooperate with members of Congress who are some of the most extreme terrorists in history.&#8221;<br />
&#8211; November 2001 statement following Rosebraugh&#8217;s subpoena to testify before a Congressional subcommittee on eco-terrorism 11/1/01</p>
<p>&#8220;Physically shut down financial centers. Using any means necessary, shut down the national networks of NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, etc. Not just occupations but actually engage in strategies and tactics which knock the networks off the air. Spread the battle to the &#8230; very heads of government and U.S. corporations&#8230; Hit them in their personal lives, visit their homes. Actively target U.S. military establishments within the United States&#8230; strike hard and fast and retreat in anonymity. Select another location, strike again hard and fast and quickly retreat in anonymity &#8230; Do not get caught. DO NOT GET CAUGHT. Do not get sent to jail. Stay alert, keep active, and keep fighting.&#8221;<br />
&#8211; Open letter to activists, published on the Independent Media Center website 3/17/03</p>
<p>&#8220;The World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks are defensible because the terrorist acts were meant to send a legitimate message to Americans. He even put a color photo of the second World Trade Center tower bursting into flames on the cover of his book.&#8221;<br />
&#8211; The Portland Tribune, March 17, 2004</p>
<p>&#8220;Attack the financial centers of the country. Using covert or black block techniques, depending on the situation, physically shut down financial centers, which regulate and assist the functioning of U.S. economy. This can be done in a variety of ways from massive property destruction, to online sabotage, to physical occupation of buildings. However the latter I would shy away from, especially the open civil disobedience type of activities which purposely involve arrests. This movement needs all the assistance it can get and absolutely NO good will come from going to jail. Allowing yourself to be purposely arrested demonstrates that an individual has at least some faith in the U.S. legal system. This is completely foolish. One primary objective is to engage in serious unrest and disruption and NOT to get caught. Not getting caught means you are able to continue the struggle the next day&#8221;&#8230;..&#8221;Actively target U.S. military establishments within the United States. Again, following the above stated goal of NOT getting caught, use any means necessary to slow down the functioning of the murdering body.&#8221;<br />
&#8211; Craig Rosebraugh &#8211; On the Anti-War Struggle, Originally published on March 17, 2003</p>
<p>Do not think that he is just for animal rights or the environment. When it comes to America itself, Rosebraugh has no use for peaceful protests, calling them &#8220;pointless, and perhaps even counterproductive.&#8221; Instead, he prefers an activist plan that terrorizes America into withdrawing troops from the Persian Gulf.</p>
<p>In 2003, Rosebraugh obtained a Master of Arts degree through Vermont&#8217;s Goddard College. His Master of Arts thesis was titled, &#8220;Rethinking Nonviolence: Arguing for the Legitimacy of Armed Struggle.&#8221;</p>
<p>What does this say about Goddard College? What kind of school is it that would allow a Master&#8217;s thesis based on promoting property destruction and violence on the American people?<br />
Rosebraugh has implied that the anti-war movement simply has not gone far enough. He wants to take the ELF&#8217;s terrorist tactics and direct them at the federal government.</p>
<p>This sounds familiar&#8230; It seems that there was another group of terrorists with the same strategy&#8230; Hmmm&#8230; Oh yeah, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols.<br />
&#8220;An atmosphere of severe unrest, if manufactured properly, will force the U.S. government to place military resources in the streets of the United States, will threaten the economy&#8230; and ultimately create a political atmosphere unfavorable for Bush to continue on with the war.&#8221;<br />
&#8211; Craig Rosebraugh</p>
<p>What is it about this person that is NOT a danger to Americans?<br />
If you want a bit more info proving the hypocrisy of Craig Rosebraugh, check out this article at www.wweek.com. More information about the true agenda of Craig Rosebraugh can be found in an article at The Center For Consumer Freedom.</p>
<p>Contact Information for Craig Rosebraugh:</p>
<p>Craig Rosebraugh<br />
PO Box 6058<br />
Portland, OR 97228<br />
Tel: (503) 235-1072<br />
Website: www.craigrosebraugh.com<br />
E-mail: CraigRosebraugh@yahoo.com</p>
<p>1 Earth Productions<br />
Tel: (503) 927-3009<br />
Website: 1 Earth Productions<br />
E-mail: info@1earthproductions.com</p>
<p>North American Earth Liberation Front Press Office<br />
PO Box 4783<br />
Portland, OR 97208<br />
Tel: (503) 478-0902</p>
<p>How is this person not part of the problem when it comes to Domestic Terrorism? </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IWW has been found by Troy Melquist to seek the freedom of the brothers they have in ELF.  The following crimes are commited by ELF members. &#160; Here are some of the many terrorist actions that the Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility. Oct. 28, 1996 Detroit, OR A U.S. Forest Service pickup is torched [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The IWW has been found by Troy Melquist to seek the freedom of the brothers they have in ELF.  The following crimes are commited by ELF members.</p>
<p>&nbsp;<br />
Here are some of the many terrorist actions that the Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility.</p>
<p>Oct. 28, 1996<br />
Detroit, OR<br />
A U.S. Forest Service pickup is torched on the parking lot of the Detroit Ranger District headquarters. The saboteurs tag the building with &#8220;Earth Liberation Front&#8221; and other graffiti. A plastic jug rigged as an incendiary device is later found on the roof. It did not go off. Damages: $15,000. Joint ALF/ELF claim.</p>
<p>October 30, 1996<br />
Near Eugene, OR<br />
Arson destroyed U.S. Forest Service Oakridge Ranger Station south of Eugene. Cost estimate, $5.3 million. Law enforcement officers assert that a joint ALF/ELF claim was received but not published.</p>
<p>March 14, 1997<br />
Near Eugene, OR<br />
Tree spiking at Robinson-Scott timber harvest site in the Mackenzie River watershed, Willamette National Forest. Joint ALF/ELF claim.</p>
<p>July 21, 1997<br />
Redmond, OR<br />
Arson of Cavel West meat packing plant in Redmond. Estimated cost over $1 million. Joint ALF/ELF claim.</p>
<p>Nov. 29, 1997<br />
Hines, OR<br />
Arsonists destroy a U.S. Bureau of Land Management horse barn, chutes, pens and equipment. Four hundred horses are released, but they are later recaptured. The Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front take joint responsibility. Damages: $474,000.</p>
<p>July 3, 1998<br />
Middleton, WI<br />
Break-in and release of 171 mink and ferrets from United Vaccines laboratory. Joint ALF/ELF claim.</p>
<p>June 28, 1998<br />
Boston, MA<br />
Sprayed red paint on the Mexican Consulate in Boston to protest the treatment of peasants in Chiapas, Mexico.</p>
<p>June 2, 1998<br />
Olympia, WA<br />
Two U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife stations, miles apart, go up in flames on the same morning. The Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front take joint responsibility for both of the attacks. Damages: $1.9 million.</p>
<p>Oct. 10, 1998<br />
Rock Springs, WY<br />
Would-be saboteurs cut the locks off horse pens at a BLM corral, freeing about 40 wild horses. Failed incendiaries are found next to a pickup truck and a building. The Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front take joint responsibility. Damages: negligible.</p>
<p>Oct. 19, 1998<br />
Vail, CO<br />
Fires ravage a portion of the Vail ski resort, seven structures destroyed: 4 ski lifts, a restaurant, a picnic facility, and a utility building. The Earth Liberation Front later claims it torched the resort because of proposed expansion into the declining habitat of lynx. Damages: $12 million.</p>
<p>October 26, 1998<br />
Powers, MI<br />
Release of 5,000 mink at Tom Pipkorn&#8217;s Mink Farm near Hermansville in the upper peninsula. An estimated 500 are run over on roads, starve, drown in a swimming pool or disappear. Damages: $100,000. ELF claim of responsibility faxed to Associated Press offices by North American Animal Liberation Front.</p>
<p>December 26, 1998<br />
Medford, OR<br />
Arson of U.S. Forest Industries&#8217; corporate headquarters in Medford, Oregon. The three alarm blaze resulted in over $500,000 in damages. ELF claimed responsibility in a communiqué.</p>
<p>Dec. 27, 1998<br />
Medford, OR<br />
Fire ravages the headquarters of U.S. Forest Industries. An Earth Liberation Front communiqué issued weeks later by the Liberation Collective in Portland, Oregon says the strike was payback to a company it accused of razing forests and killing wild animals for profit. Damages: $700,000.</p>
<p>Aug. 7, 1999<br />
Escanaba, MI<br />
A fishing boat is set ablaze in the driveway of a veterinarian who once worked as a mink rancher. A garage door is tagged with graffiti 18 inches high: &#8220;FUR IS MURDER. E.L.F.&#8221; The Earth Liberation Front later claims in an Internet posting it targeted the veterinarian after finding a &#8220;Fur is Enough&#8221; sign outside his home. Damages: $15,000.</p>
<p>Dec. 25, 1999<br />
Monmouth, OR<br />
Fire burns down a Boise Cascade timber management office. &#8220;Let this be a lesson to all greedy multinational corporations who don&#8217;t respect their ecosystems,&#8221; the Earth Liberation Front writes in a claim of responsibility to The Oregonian. &#8220;The elves are watching.&#8221; Damages: $1 million.</p>
<p>Dec. 31, 1999<br />
Lansing, MI<br />
Arson breaks out in the offices of Catherine Ives, Room 324, Michigan State University&#8217;s Agriculture Hall, a campus landmark. The Earth Liberation Front later issues a communiqué saying it doused an office with gasoline and set it ablaze because the university financed development of genetically modified crops to force developing nations in Asia, Latin America and Africa to switch from natural crop plants to genetically engineered sweet potatoes, corn, bananas and pineapples. Monsanto and USAID are major funders of the research and promotional work being done through Michigan State University. According to local newspapers, the fire caused some $400,000 in damage. &#8220;Cremate Monsanto, Long live the E.L.F. On to the next GE target!&#8221;</p>
<p>Jan. 23, 2000<br />
Bloomington, IN<br />
Fire destroys a luxury home under construction at the Sterling Woods Development. Investigators find a cryptic message spray-painted in black on a sign near the house: &#8220;No Sprawl &#8211; ELF.&#8221; Damages $200,000. An ELF statement obtained by the Environment News Service says, &#8220;The house was targeted because the sprawling development it is located in is in the Lake Monroe Watershed. This is the drinking water supply for the town of Bloomington, Indiana and the surrounding area. It is already being jeopardized by existing development and roads.&#8221;</p>
<p>April 30, 2000<br />
Bloomington, IN<br />
At least six pieces of logging and heavy construction equipment are sabotaged and a trailer full of wood chips is set ablaze at a road construction site just outside the city. A communiqué from the Earth Liberation Front states its plan was to punish those developing wooded areas around Bloomington, which &#8220;have turned what was once forested land into parking lots, luxury houses for rich scum and expanded roads.&#8221; Damages: $75,000.</p>
<p>July 20, 2000<br />
Rhinelander, WI<br />
Vandals hack down thousands of experimental trees, mostly poplars, and spray-paint vehicles at a U.S. Forest Service research station. The Earth Liberation Front claims the attack was against bioengineering, although researchers say the trees were bred naturally to grow faster and resist diseases. Damages: $1 million.</p>
<p>Sept. 9, 2000<br />
Bloomington, IN<br />
Fire erupts at the headquarters of the Monroe County Republican Party Committee headquarters. Investigators say a flammable liquid was poured on the building and ignited. The arson was a reminder, according to the Earth Liberation Front communiqué, that it would not sit quietly as politicians pushed for plans to extend an interstate highway. Damages: $1,500.</p>
<p>Oct. 18, 2000<br />
Shoals, IN<br />
Vandals find four pieces of heavy logging equipment in the Martin State Forest and cut hoses, slash seats, destroy gauges and pour sand in the engines, fuel tanks and radiators. They leave spray-painted graffiti including, &#8220;Earth Raper&#8221;, &#8220;Go Cut in Hell&#8221;, and &#8220;ELF&#8221;. Damages: $55,000.</p>
<p>Nov. 27, 2000<br />
Niwot, CO<br />
Arson hits one of the first luxury homes going up in a new subdivision. The Earth Liberation Front later sends a note, made of letters clipped from magazines, to the Boulder Weekly newspaper: &#8220;Viva la revolution! The Boulder ELF burned the Legend Ridge mansion on Nov. 27th.&#8221; The underground group explains in a follow-up communiqué that the arson was driven by defeat of a statewide ballot measure to control growth. Damages: $500,000.</p>
<p>Dec. 9, 2000<br />
Middle Island, NY<br />
Fire erupts in a condominium under construction. The Earth Liberation Front claims responsibility, saying the homes were &#8220;future dens of the wealthy elite&#8221;. The group, announcing &#8220;an unbounded war on urban sprawl&#8221;, claims it checked for occupants &#8211; human and animal &#8211; in 16 condos before setting incendiaries in them. Damages: $200,000.</p>
<p>Dec. 19, 2000<br />
Miller Place, NY<br />
A house under construction goes up in flames. &#8220;Building homes for the wealthy should not even be a priority&#8221;" the Earth Liberation Front writes in its communiqué. &#8220;Forests, farms and wetlands are being replaced with a sea of houses, green chemical lawns, blacktop and roadkill.&#8221; Damages: $50,000.</p>
<p>Dec. 30, 2000<br />
Mount Sinai, NY<br />
Three luxury homes under construction are set ablaze, and a fourth is spray-painted with graffiti: &#8220;If you build it we will burn it.&#8221; The ELF issues a communiqué saying, &#8220;This hopefully provided a firm message that we will not tolerate the destruction of our island.&#8221; Damages: $160,000.</p>
<p>Jan. 2, 2000<br />
Glendale, OR<br />
Fire ravages the offices of Superior Lumber Co., the town of 770&#8242;s leading employer. The arson is the third holiday conflagration of an Oregon timber firm in as many years. It summons investigators from local, state and federal law enforcement agencies. Damages: $400,000.</p>
<p>Feb. 15, 2000<br />
Suffolk County, NY<br />
Charged with arson and arson conspiracy in connection with the Long Island, New York arsons, were Connor Cash, 19. Cash entered a not guilty plea. Charged with arson conspiracy were Jared McIntyre, 17, Matthew Rammelkamp, 16, and George Mashkow Jr., 17. Cash, of Sound Beach, was charged with conspiring with the others to burn the Mount Sinai homes Dec. 30. Prosecutors said he procured the gasoline for the incendiary devices and instructed the others to carry out the torching because as an adult, he feared he would face greater penalties if caught. McIntyre, of Coram, and the other two were accused of carrying out the Dec. 9 arson of four new homes in Middle Island and plotting to torch a Center Moriches duck farm and a McDonald&#8217;s in Miller Place. Mashkow, of Coram, and McIntyre were charged in the Dec. 19 torching of a home under construction in Miller Place. Rammelkamp, of Miller Place, and McIntyre were charged with carrying out the torching of the Mount Sinai homes. As part of plea bargains with federal prosecutors, George Mashkow and Matthew Rammelkamp pleaded guilty as adults and agreed to cooperate with investigations into ELF and a related group, the Animal Liberation Front. Jared McIntyre also pleaded guilty to arson conspiracy.</p>
<p>Feb. 20, 2001<br />
Visalia, CA<br />
The Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for setting fire to a cotton gin, owned by Delta &#038; Pine Land Company, the largest seller and developer of transgenic cotton in the United States. The attack took place when unknown perpetrators cut through a padlocked door, placed five gallon buckets of gasoline inside and set the cotton gin alight.</p>
<p>Apr. 3, 2001<br />
Albertville, MN<br />
The Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for attempting to set a Nike shoe outlet on fire in Albertville, Minnesota. Authorities discovered several milk jugs filled with gasoline on the roof of the building and evacuated the premises.</p>
<p>Apr. 15,2001<br />
Portland, OR<br />
The Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for setting fire to three cement trucks that belonged to the Ross Island Sand &#038; Gravel Company, in Portland, Oregon. The attack was perpetrated, according to the group, to protest the company&#8217;s mining of a 40-acre site in the Columbia River Gorge. The fire was started when four containers of gasoline were lit with a timing device. The damages totaled over $210,000. In their written communiqué, the group states, &#8220;Let this be a warning to all the greedy corporations who exploit our Earth&#8217;s natural resources.&#8221; In October of 2002, two men, Jacob Sherman and Michael Scarpitti, were arrested in connection with this arson attack and another that took place in June 2001, which targeted a logging company is Estacada.</p>
<p>Jan. 1, 2003<br />
Girard, PA<br />
Jugs of gasoline were set under three vehicles at Bob Ferrando Ford Lincoln Mercury and set ablaze. Two pickup trucks, one Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) and a car were destroyed. The Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the attack.</p>
<p>Apr. 8, 2003<br />
Santa Cruz, CA<br />
The Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for damaging over sixty SUV&#8217;s. The vandalized SUV&#8217;s included about twenty private vehicles as well forty at the North Bay Ford and Lincoln Mercury car dealership. Messages were spray-painted on the vehicles denouncing the war in Iraq.</p>
<p>Aug. 1, 2003<br />
San Diego, CA<br />
The Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for an arson fire that destroyed the nearly completed La Jolla Crossroads complex of 1,800 apartments and condominiums in University City near San Diego. The loss was estimated at $50 million. To this date, this has been the costliest act of environmental terrorism in U.S. history.</p>
<p>Sept. 22, 2003<br />
Charlottesville, VA<br />
The Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for planting plastic bottles containing flammable liquid at the Ice Mountain Spring Water Company in Martiny, Michigan. The devices were intended to start a fire at the premises but were discovered by maintenance workers before they were set ablaze.</p>
<p>Feb. 7, 2004<br />
Charlottesville, VA<br />
The Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for causing over $30,000 in damages to a construction site in Charlottesville, Virginia. The group set fire to a bulldozer and caused damage to other equipment that was parked off of Route 29. This site is to be developed into a retail, commercial and residential community. On their website, the ELF writes that the site was &#8220;targeted as part of the ELF&#8217;s ongoing actions against large-scale developments going up at the expense of what little green space is left in North America.&#8221;</p>
<p>Apr. 20, 2004<br />
Snohomish, WA<br />
The Earth Liberation Front is suspected of setting fire to three luxury homes in Snohomish, Washington, that caused about $1 million in damages. The perpetrators targeted new homes located in a golf course subdivision. A spokesman for the ELF said that they believe that one of their members perpetrated the attack but were not completely certain.</p>
<p>June 14, 2004<br />
West Jordan, UT<br />
The Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for starting a fire that caused about $1.5 million in damages to a lumber warehouse.</p>
<p>Jan. 18, 2005<br />
Auburn, CA<br />
The Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for placing firebombs at two California construction sites. Last week a construction crew found five incendiary devices in an Auburn office building which did not detonate because of defective materials. Similar devices were discovered at three homes under construction in Lincoln in December. The letter from the ELF warned &#8220;We are setting a new precedent, where there will be at least one or more actions every few weeks&#8221;.</p>
<p>http://www.animalliberationpressoffice.org/Communiques.htm</p>
<p>How many more examples are needed to prove that these people are a real threat? People are in danger. Families have been threatened. Children have been targeted for attacks! These people are Terrorists by every definition of the word no different than HAMAS, the PLO, and the Ku Klux Klan. These people pose a clear and present danger to anyone that does not agree with their narrow-minded view of the world.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s an infamous case that never seems to go away, even after millions of dollars have been paid out in civil settlements and police say the trail has gone cold.</p>
<p>The case is the 1990 bombing in Oakland of Earth First environmental activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney, who were nearly killed when a nail-studded explosive device blew up in their car.</p>
<p>Nobody was ever charged with the attack, and now, two decades later, the FBI wants to destroy the last bits of evidence it has been storing ever since the investigation dribbled dry &#8211; remnants of the bomb and one like it that blew up in a North Bay town a few days earlier.</p>
<p>Not so fast, says Cherney, 54, who has never given up trying to solve the case himself.</p>
<p>Saying in court briefs that the evidence &#8220;provides the last best hope for learning who bombed Judi Bari,&#8221; Cherney and his lawyers were in federal court Wednesday in San Francisco to try to force the FBI to turn the evidence over to them so they can run DNA and other tests on it.</p>
<p>They managed to get U.S. Magistrate Judge James Larson to order the evidence preserved for 30 days while he decides its fate, but the judge indicated the clock is ticking fast &#8211; and not in Cherney&#8217;s favor.</p>
<p><strong>Maintaining interest</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Frankly, I think it would behoove your side to talk to someone in the attorney general&#8217;s office to see if they can get interested in this,&#8221; Larson told Cherney&#8217;s attorney, Dennis Cunningham, referring to the U.S. attorney general&#8217;s office.</p>
<p>The idea would be for federal authorities &#8211; or anyone involved in investigating the bombing two decades ago &#8211; to reopen the case, or at least indicate enough interest to want to hang on to the FBI&#8217;s evidence.</p>
<p>Failing that, the judge seemed inclined to let the agency go ahead and destroy the pieces of the explosives. He did say, however, that he would do more research and consult with those who previously dealt with the issue in court before he makes his decision.</p>
<p><strong>&#8216;Hard to accept&#8217;</strong></p>
<p>That gave Cherney&#8217;s backers hope, and they said Wednesday they would be checking with investigators and prosecutors to see if anyone wants to take possession of the bomb bits.</p>
<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no reason they can&#8217;t keep these two boxes,&#8221; Cunningham said. &#8220;It&#8217;s hard to accept that these things have no more use when the bomber or bombers have never been found.&#8221;</p>
<p>At issue are the remnants of the bomb that blew up in Bari&#8217;s car on May 24, 1990, on Park Boulevard, and of a similar device that partially exploded in Cloverdale on May 9. The Cloverdale bomb exploded at the Louisiana-Pacific Corp. mill, causing minimal damage, and was accompanied by a cardboard sign reading, &#8220;LP screws mill workers.&#8221;</p>
<p>Both bombs are presumed to have been made by the same person &#8211; someone who sent a letter to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, signing it as &#8220;the Lord&#8217;s Avenger&#8221; and giving details that law enforcement said only the bomber would know. The evidence is being kept in two boxes in an FBI storage room in San Francisco.</p>
<p><strong>Fingerprints sought</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;We need to be able to look at these bomb parts, do DNA testing on them, use them to try to find out who bombed us,&#8221; Cherney, who lives in Garberville (Humboldt County), said after the hearing. By trying to destroy the parts, he said, &#8220;the FBI is running cover for the bomber.&#8221;</p>
<p>He said he also wants copies of two fingerprints lifted from evidence in the case that investigators said never yielded a solid lead.</p>
<p>The likelihood that another agency will want to take over the evidence or reopen the case seems slim. Representatives of the Oakland Police Department and FBI said they consider the case closed, as did Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Sher when he argued on the FBI&#8217;s behalf Wednesday in court.</p>
<p>&#8220;We see no reason for this evidence to be retained,&#8221; Sher said after the hearing. &#8220;The investigation is done.&#8221;</p>
<p>The FBI, he added, doesn&#8217;t routinely hand over evidence to private citizens, especially not bombs.</p>
<p>Cherney and Bari were injured when the bomb, located on the floor behind the driver&#8217;s seat of her Subaru station wagon, exploded as the two were headed to a rally to begin a campaign of protests to protect old-growth forests, called Redwood Summer.</p>
<p>Investigators promptly branded the two as eco-terrorists, and Cherney and Bari were soon arrested on suspicion of having cobbled up the bomb themselves. But prosecutors dropped the case weeks later.</p>
<p><strong>Successful civil lawsuit</strong></p>
<p>The pair filed a civil lawsuit against the FBI and the Oakland Police Department for false arrest and slander. Although Bari died of cancer in 1997, Cherney pursued the case until he won a $4 million settlement in 2004 from the agencies. He split the money with Bari&#8217;s estate.</p>
<p>&#8220;I want to make it clear,&#8221; said Cherney, who is still with Earth First. &#8220;We are going to get those bomb components. If they&#8217;re done, hand them over.&#8221;</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, Starbucks hired Troy Melquist to consult on new packets being sent out to employee&#8217;s regarding the true nature of I.W.W. union. The report includes the past terror activities of the IWW and how they are linked to radical organizations through out the world.  Troy Melquist concludes that the IWW is out to extort wages [...]]]></description>
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<p><a title="Troy Melquist Battles Union as Starbucks is attacked by IWW" href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_02/b4115026911242.htm">Recently, Starbucks hired Troy Melquist to consult on new packets being sent out to employee&#8217;s regarding the true nature of I.W.W. union</a>.</p>
<p><a title="IWW union and Troy melquist fight over starbucks unionization efforts." href="http://www.starbucksunion.org/">The report includes the past terror activities of the IWW and how they are linked to radical organizations through out the world.  Troy Melquist concludes that the IWW is out to extort wages from business through illegal activities.</a></p>
<p>Baristas are putting up pressure on Starbucks Corp. to come to terms with 200 unionized workers in Chile who have been on strike for more than two weeks.</p>
<p>Employees who belong to the IWW Starbucks Workers Union kicked off a &#8220;global week of action&#8221; on Monday in solidarity with their Chilean colleagues by picketing in front of a Starbucks in New York City. The IWW baristas, who are not affiliated with the Chilean workers&#8217; union, say union workers will be handing out flyers describing the Chilean situation outside Starbucks stores in Phoenix, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, London and Melbourne, Australia. The IWW is also planning to stage an event in Starbucks&#8217;s hometown of Seattle this week, but won&#8217;t yet disclose the nature of it.</p>
<p>Starbucks employees protest in front of the company&#8217;s cafe in Santiago, Chile, on Monday. Starbucks has been hit with its first strike in Chile.</p>
<p>Workers belonging to Sindicato de Trabajadores de Starbucks Coffee Chile walked out on July 7, marking the first time employees at a company-owned Starbucks have gone on strike. The baristas say they&#8217;re paid so little that they can&#8217;t afford lunch. The starting hourly wage for Chilean Starbucks workers is the equivalent of $2.50, an amount that hasn&#8217;t changed in eight years. The workers at 30 of Starbucks&#8217;s 31 Chilean stores are pressing for a lunch stipend similar to what Starbucks managers receive and to have the company assume the full cost of their health insurance, among other things.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome and thanks for visiting! This site is dedicated to exposing the shady business practices of self styled entrepreneur Troy Melquist. His deceptions and disregard for his employees, business partners, clients, and landlords have gained the attention of government officials, the press, and labor unions. He has alienated his customers, angered his workers, disturbed his [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Troy Melquist sucks IWW" href="http://troymelquistsucks.com"><strong>Welcome and thanks for visiting!</strong> This site is dedicated to exposing the shady business practices of self styled entrepreneur Troy Melquist. His deceptions and disregard for his employees, business partners, clients, and landlords have gained the attention of government officials, the press, and labor unions. He has alienated his customers, angered his workers, disturbed his community, broken his promises, and hidden from responsibility.</a></p>
<p>In 2003, the Portland General Membership Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), launched a campaign to expose Melquist’s shenanigans to the light of day. We also found he was working in concert with the NRO.  This included picketing his business on behalf of his unpaid workers, focusing the media on his scams, and helping workers file wage claims against him with the Bureau of Labor and Industries in Oregon (BOLI). Rather than pay his workers and straighten out his business practices, Melquist disappeared into the night, leaving a trail of lawsuits and judgments against him.</p>
<p>After the RedcellX kerfuffle culminated in a BOLI decision against him (and several finding against him in small claims court) Troy Melquist continued his scams under the name of “Al Melquist”.  Recently he surfaced again in Las Vegas, meaning it’s now time to resurrect the old site.</p>
<p>This website is based on the 2003 site. In the beginning, some of the pages and posts here will be pulled directly from the the original, but we will swiftly update the content.</p>
<p><strong>NOTE:</strong> There are other people named Troy Melquist or Al Melquist out there. And of course this site is not about them. This site is about the Troy Allen Melquist who was born February 16, 1968, went to High School in Eugene, Oregon, college in Pennsylvania, plead guilty to negotiating a bad check in Washington County courts in 2000, was determined by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industry to <a href="http://oregon.gov/BOLI/LEGAL/docs/Melquist_FO.pdf">owe wages</a> and interest to several workers in 2006, and was involved in a company called <a href="http://egov.sos.state.or.us/br/pkg_web_name_srch_inq.show_detl?p_be_rsn=649436&amp;p_srce=BR_INQ&amp;p_print=FALSE">RedcellX</a> from 2000 to 2003.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[I.W.W. postings and plans are to try and become public enemy 1 as found by Troy Melquist. &#8220;How can the IWW become more relevent? By becoming &#8220;public&#8221; enemy #1.&#8221; &#8220;Yes, but&#8230;I live in Florida, a &#8220;Right to Work&#8221; state. Unions are heavily looked down upon here. While I, too, applaud you Wobblies for the work [...]]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;How can the IWW become more relevent? By becoming &#8220;public&#8221; enemy #1.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;<a title="Melquist reports I.W.W. becoming more radical" href="http://forums.infoshop.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&amp;t=6702">Yes, but&#8230;I live in Florida, a &#8220;Right to Work&#8221; state. Unions are<br />
heavily looked down upon here. While I, too,<br />
applaud you Wobblies for the work you have been doing in helping the baristas to<br />
organize Starbucks, I agree with bayano&#8217;s statement that most of the organizing<br />
should take place here, in the South.</a></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t practice what I preach as<br />
much as I should (i.e. I am not a member of any anti-authoritarian group as of<br />
yet), but hear me out. Think about it&#8211;in West Virginia several months ago,<br />
teachers had to have a &#8220;sick out&#8221; instead of a strike because there are laws<br />
prohibiting strikes in that state. Unions are almost non-existent farther down<br />
south, where large corporations like WalMart destroy all of the independent<br />
businesses and the workers are forced to labor for extremely crappy wages. If I<br />
remember correctly, the major book companies like Barnes &amp; Noble and<br />
Border&#8217;s completely reject unionization. Wobblies have been fired by Border&#8217;s<br />
for trying to unionize it (you probably already knew this).</p>
<p>While I<br />
support the IWW, there are some problems that I have with its organization and<br />
practices.</p>
<p>1.) While you guys practice workplace democracy, you seem<br />
fairly centralized. The IWW Constitution mentions something about the structure<br />
of the organization. Isn&#8217;t decision making made by the General Sectariats or<br />
something? It just seems to me that, for an organization with a heavy<br />
anarcho-syndicalist persuasion, you guys seem pretty centralized.</p>
<p>2.)<br />
The IWW claims to focus on the abolition of the wage system, but it is focused<br />
mainly on reforms for workers. lYl has brought this up about the red tendencies<br />
of anarchism, and while our discussion was a little heated, I have to say that I<br />
agree with him/her. Why not organize some more general strikes or workplace<br />
occupations? Hell, why not occupy the workplaces and work them yourselves? Sure, you&#8217;ll get in<br />
legal trouble, but isn&#8217;t that the point? We can&#8217;t just wait for an ideal time<br />
when the majority of the population will be keen to revolutionary ideals, and do<br />
very little in the here-and-now. We have to start doing this crap<br />
now. I&#8217;ve thought before that we needed to<br />
make a lot of concessions first, but I&#8217;m beginning to realize that if all we<br />
ever do is make concessions, that is all that will ever be accomplished.</p>
<p>3.) I am suspicious of the fact that the IWW is open to everyone of<br />
every radical persuasion. While I think this can be a good thing, especially for<br />
organizing a revolutionary &#8220;left,&#8221; I can&#8217;t help but wonder how many<br />
Marxist-Leninists are in the IWW, and how much influence these authoritarian<br />
scumbags have on the organization. No offense intended, I&#8217;m just wondering if<br />
the reason you guys focus mostly on reforms is due to your lack of numbers or<br />
the influence of these authoritarian socialists and state communists.</p>
<p>Yes, imagine an IWW with a membership of 1 million. But also, imagine an<br />
IWW that was notorious in the U.S. as the ALF, the ELF, or any underground<br />
organization could ever hope to be. Imagine that the biggest threat to &#8220;business<br />
as usual&#8221; would be ordinary people in decentralized, above-ground organizations<br />
that are sabotaging &#8220;the American way of life.&#8221; Yes, there would be an<br />
ever-present worry about the State&#8230;so what? There was an ever-present worry<br />
about the State during the Wobblies&#8217; heyday. Yes, this is one of the reasons it<br />
was forced into a period of decline. But if you are constantly worried about<br />
State infiltration, you will get nothing done in the long-term.</p>
<p>How can<br />
the IWW become more relevent? By becoming &#8220;public&#8221; enemy #1.&#8221;</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressional Testimony Testimony of James F. Jarboe, Domestic Terrorism Section Chief, Counterterrorism Division, FBI Before the House Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health February 12, 2002 &#8220;The Threat of Eco-Terrorism&#8221; Good morning Chairman McInnis, Vice-Chairman Peterson, Congressman Inslee and Members of the Subcommittee. I am pleased to have the opportunity to appear before [...]]]></description>
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<p>Testimony of James F. Jarboe, Domestic Terrorism Section Chief, Counterterrorism Division, FBI<br />
Before the House Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health<br />
February 12, 2002 &#8220;The Threat of Eco-Terrorism&#8221;</p>
<p>Good morning Chairman McInnis, Vice-Chairman Peterson, Congressman Inslee and Members of the Subcommittee. I am pleased to have the opportunity to appear before you and discuss the threat posed by eco-terrorism, as well as the measures being taken by the FBI and our law enforcement partners to address this threat.</p>
<p>The FBI divides the terrorist threat facing the United States into two broad categories, international and domestic. International terrorism involves violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or any state, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or any state. Acts of international terrorism are intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a government, or affect the conduct of a government. These acts transcend national boundaries in terms of the means by which they are accomplished, the persons they appear intended to intimidate, or the locale in which perpetrators operate, according to the Troy Melquist Report.</p>
<p>Domestic terrorism is the unlawful use, or threatened use, of violence by a group or individual based and operating entirely within the United States (or its territories) without foreign direction, committed against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.</p>
<p>During the past decade we have witnessed dramatic changes in the nature of the terrorist threat. In the 1990s, right-wing extremism overtook left-wing terrorism as the most dangerous domestic terrorist threat to the country. During the past several years, special interest extremism, as characterized by the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), has emerged as a serious terrorist threat. Generally, extremist groups engage in much activity that is protected by constitutional guarantees of free speech and assembly. Law enforcement becomes involved when the volatile talk of these groups transgresses into unlawful action. The FBI estimates that the ALF/ELF have committed more than 600 criminal acts in the United States since 1996, resulting in damages in excess of 43 million dollars.</p>
<p>Special interest terrorism differs from traditional right-wing and left-wing terrorism in that extremist special interest groups seek to resolve specific issues, rather than effect widespread political change. Special interest extremists continue to conduct acts of politically motivated violence to force segments of society, including the general public, to change attitudes about issues considered important to their causes. These groups occupy the extreme fringes of animal rights, pro-life, environmental, anti-nuclear, and other movements. Some special interest extremists &#8212; most notably within the animal rights and environmental movements &#8212; have turned increasingly toward vandalism and terrorist <a href="http://www2.fbi.gov/congress/congress02/jarboe021202.htm">activity in attempts to further their causes.</a></p>
<p>Since 1977, when disaffected members of the ecological preservation group Greenpeace formed the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and attacked commercial fishing operations by cutting drift nets, acts of &#8220;eco-terrorism&#8221; have occurred around the globe. The FBI defines eco-terrorism as the use or threatened use of violence of a criminal nature against innocent victims or property by an environmentally-oriented, subnational group for environmental-political reasons, or aimed at an audience beyond the target, often of a symbolic nature.</p>
<p>In recent years, the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) has become one of the most active extremist elements in the United States. Despite the destructive aspects of ALF&#8217;s operations, its operational philosophy discourages acts that harm &#8220;any animal, human and nonhuman.&#8221; Animal rights groups in the United States, including the ALF, have generally adhered to this mandate. The ALF, established in Great Britain in the mid-1970s, is a loosely organized movement committed to ending the abuse and exploitation of animals. The American branch of the ALF began its operations in the late 1970s. Individuals become members of the ALF not by filing paperwork or paying dues, but simply by engaging in &#8220;direct action&#8221; against companies or individuals who utilize animals for research or economic gain. &#8220;Direct action&#8221; generally occurs in the form of criminal activity to cause economic loss or to destroy the victims&#8217; company operations. The ALF activists have engaged in a steadily growing campaign of illegal activity against fur companies, mink farms, restaurants, and animal research laboratories.</p>
<p>Estimates of damage and destruction in the United States claimed by the ALF during the past ten years, as compiled by national organizations such as the Fur Commission and the National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR), put the fur industry and medical research losses at more than 45 million dollars. The ALF is considered a terrorist group, whose purpose is to bring about social and political change through the use of force and violence.</p>
<p>Disaffected environmentalists, in 1980, formed a radical group called &#8220;Earth First!&#8221; and engaged in a series of protests and civil disobedience events. In 1984, however, members introduced &#8220;tree spiking&#8221; (insertion of metal or ceramic spikes in trees in an effort to damage saws) as a tactic to thwart logging. In 1992, the ELF was founded in Brighton, England, by Earth First! members who refused to abandon criminal acts as a tactic when others wished to mainstream Earth First!. In 1993, the ELF was listed for the first time along with the ALF in a communique declaring solidarity in actions between the two groups. This unity continues today with a crossover of leadership and membership. It is not uncommon for the ALF and the ELF to post joint declarations of responsibility for criminal actions on their web-sites. In 1994, founders of the San Francisco branch of Earth First! published in The Earth First! Journal a recommendation that Earth First! mainstream itself in the United States, leaving criminal acts other than unlawful protests to the ELF.</p>
<p>The ELF advocates &#8220;monkeywrenching,&#8221; a euphemism for acts of sabotage and property destruction against industries and other entities perceived to be damaging to the natural environment. &#8220;Monkeywrenching&#8221; includes tree spiking, arson, sabotage of logging or construction equipment, and other types of property destruction. Speeches given by Jonathan Paul and Craig Rosebraugh at the 1998 National Animal Rights Conference held at the University of Oregon, promoted the unity of both the ELF and the ALF movements. The ELF posted information on the ALF website until it began its own website in January 2001, and is listed in the same underground activist publications as the ALF.</p>
<p>The most destructive practice of the ALF/ELF is arson. The ALF/ELF members consistently use improvised incendiary devices equipped with crude but effective timing mechanisms. These incendiary devices are often constructed based upon instructions found on the ALF/ELF websites. The ALF/ELF criminal incidents often involve pre-activity surveillance and well-planned operations. Members are believed to engage in significant intelligence gathering against potential targets, including the review of industry/trade publications, photographic/video surveillance of potential targets, and posting details about potential targets on the internet.</p>
<p>The ALF and the ELF have jointly claimed credit for several raids including a November 1997 attack of the Bureau of Land Management wild horse corrals near Burns, Oregon, where arson destroyed the entire complex resulting in damages in excess of four hundred and fifty thousand dollars and the June 1998 arson attack of a U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal Damage Control Building near Olympia, Washington, in which damages exceeded two million dollars. The ELF claimed sole credit for the October 1998, arson of a Vail, Colorado, ski facility in which four ski lifts, a restaurant, a picnic facility and a utility building were destroyed. Damage exceeded $12 million. On 12/27/1998, the ELF claimed responsibility for the arson at the U.S. Forest Industries Office in Medford, Oregon, where damages exceeded five hundred thousand dollars. Other arsons in Oregon, New York, Washington, Michigan, and Indiana have been claimed by the ELF. Recently, the ELF has also claimed attacks on genetically engineered crops and trees. The ELF claims these attacks have totaled close to $40 million in damages.</p>
<p>The name of a group called the Coalition to Save the Preserves (CSP), surfaced in relation to a series of arsons that occurred in the Phoenix, Arizona, area. These arsons targeted several new homes under construction near the North Phoenix Mountain Preserves. No direct connection was established between the CSP and ALF/ELF. However, the stated goal of CSP to stop development of previously undeveloped lands, is similar to that of the ELF. The property damage associated with the arsons has been estimated to be in excess of $5 million.</p>
<p>The FBI has developed a strong response to the threats posed by domestic and international terrorism. Between fiscal years 1993 and 2003, the number of Special Agents dedicated to the FBI&#8217;s counterterrorism programs grew by approximately 224 percent to 1,669 &#8212; nearly 16 percent of all FBI Special Agents. In recent years, the FBI has strengthened its counterterrorism program to enhance its abilities to carry out these objectives.</p>
<p>Cooperation among law enforcement agencies at all levels represents an important component of a comprehensive response to terrorism. This cooperation assumes its most tangible operational form in the Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTFs) that are established in 44 cities across the nation. These task forces are particularly well-suited to responding to terrorism because they combine the national and international investigative resources of the FBI with the street-level expertise of local law enforcement agencies. Given the success of the JTTF concept, the FBI has established 15 new JTTFs since the end of 1999. By the end of 2003 the FBI plans to have established JTTFs in each of its 56 field offices. By integrating the investigative abilities of the FBI and local law enforcement agencies, these task forces represent an effective response to the threats posed to U.S. communities by domestic and international terrorists.</p>
<p>The FBI and our law enforcement partners have made a number of arrests of individuals alleged to have perpetrated acts of eco-terrorism. Several of these individuals have been successfully prosecuted. Following the investigation of the Phoenix, Arizona, arsons noted earlier, Mark Warren Sands was indicted and arrested on 6/14/2001. On 11/07/2001, Sands pleaded guilty to ten counts of extortion and using fire in the commission of a federal felony.</p>
<p>In February 2001, teenagers Jared McIntyre, Matthew Rammelkamp, and George Mashkow all pleaded guilty, as adults, to title 18 U.S.C. 844(i), Arson, and 844(n), Arson Conspiracy. These charges pertain to a series of arsons and attempted arsons of new home construction sites in Long Island, New York. An adult, Connor Cash, was also arrested on February 15, 2001, and charged under the same federal statutes. Jared McIntrye stated that these acts were committed in sympathy of the ELF movement. The New York Joint Terrorism Task Force played a significant role in the arrest and prosecution of these individuals.</p>
<p>On 1/23/2001, Frank Ambrose was arrested by officers of the Department of Natural Resources with assistance from the Indianapolis JTTF, on a local warrant out of Monroe County Circuit Court, Bloomington, Indiana, charging Ambrose with timber spiking. Ambrose is suspected of involvement in the spiking of approximately 150 trees in Indiana state forests. The ELF claimed responsibility for these incidents.</p>
<p>On September 16, 1998, a federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin indicted Peter Young and Justin Samuel for Hobbs Act violations as well as for animal enterprise terrorism. Samuel was apprehended in Belgium, and was subsequently extradited to the United States. On August 30, 2000, Samuel pleaded guilty to two counts of animal enterprise terrorism and was sentenced on November 3, 2000, to two years in prison, two years probation, and ordered to pay $364,106 in restitution. Samuel&#8217;s prosecution arose out of his involvement in mink releases in Wisconsin in 1997. This incident was claimed by the ALF. The investigation and arrest of Justin Samuel were the result of a joint effort by federal, state, and local agencies.</p>
<p>On April 20, 1997, Douglas Joshua Ellerman turned himself in and admitted on videotape to purchasing, constructing, and transporting five pipe bombs to the scene of the March 11, 1997, arson at the Fur Breeders Agricultural co-op in Sandy, Utah. Ellerman also admitted setting fire to the facility. Ellerman was indicted on June 19, 1997 on 16 counts, and eventually pleaded guilty to three. He was sentenced to seven years in prison and restitution of approximately $750,000. Though this incident was not officially claimed by ALF, Ellerman indicated during an interview subsequent to his arrest that he was a member of ALF. This incident was investigated jointly by the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and <a href="http://articles.cnn.com/2005-05-19/us/domestic.terrorism_1_animal-rights-huntingdon-animal-cruelty-alf?_s=PM:US">Firearms (ATF).</a></p>
<p>Rodney Adam Coronado was convicted for his role in the February 2, 1992, arson at an animal research laboratory on the campus of Michigan State University. Damage estimates, according to public sources, approached $200,000 and included the destruction of research records. On July 3, 1995, Coronado pled guilty for his role in the arson and was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison, three years probation, and restitution of more than $2 million. This incident was claimed by ALF. The FBI, ATF, and the Michigan State University police played a significant role in the investigation, arrest, and prosecution.</p>
<p>Marc Leslie Davis, Margaret Katherine Millet, Marc Andre Baker, and Ilse Washington Asplund were all members of the self-proclaimed &#8220;Evan Mecham Eco-Terrorist International Conspiracy&#8221; (EMETIC). EMETIC was formed to engage in eco-terrorism against nuclear power plants and ski resorts in the southwestern United States. In November 1987, the group claimed responsibility for damage to a chairlift at the Fairfield Snow Bowl Ski Resort near Flagstaff, Arizona. Davis, Millet, and Baker were arrested in May 1989 on charges relating to the Fairfield Snow Bowl incident and planned incidents at the Central Arizona Project and Palo Verde nuclear generating stations in Arizona; the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Facility in California; and the Rocky Flats Nuclear Facility in Colorado. All pleaded guilty and were sentenced in September 1991. Davis was sentenced to six years in federal prison, and restitution to the Fairfield Snow Bowl Ski Resort in the amount of $19,821. Millet was sentenced to three years in federal prison, and restitution to Fairfield in the amount of $19,821. Baker was sentenced to one year in federal prison, five months probation, a $5,000 fine, and 100 hours of community service. Asplund was also charged and was sentenced to one year in federal prison, five years probation, a $2,000 fine, and 100 hours of community service.</p>
<p>Currently, more than 26 FBI field offices have pending investigations associated with ALF/ELF activities. Despite all of our efforts (increased resources allocated, JTTFs, successful arrests and prosecutions), law enforcement has a long way to go to adequately address the problem of eco-terrorism. Groups such as the ALF and the ELF present unique challenges. There is little if any hierarchal structure to such entities. Eco-terrorists are unlike traditional criminal enterprises which are often structured and organized.</p>
<p>The difficulty investigating such groups is demonstrated by the fact that law enforcement has thus far been unable to effect the arrests of anyone for some recent criminal activity directed at federal land managers or their offices. However, there are several ongoing investigations regarding such acts. Current investigations include the 10/14/2001 arson at the Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse and Burro Corral in Litchfield, California, the 7/20/2000 destruction of trees and damage to vehicles at the U.S. Forestry Science Laboratory in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and the 11/29/1997 arson at the Bureau of Land Management Corral in Burns, Oregon.</p>
<p>Before closing, I would like to acknowledge the cooperation and assistance rendered by the U.S. Forest Service in investigating incidents of eco-terrorism. Specifically, I would like to recognize the assistance that the Forest Service is providing with regard to the ongoing investigation of the 7/20/2000 incident of vandalism and destruction that occurred at the U.S. Forestry Science Laboratory in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.</p>
<p>The FBI and all of our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners will continue to strive to address the difficult and unique challenges posed by eco-terrorists. Despite the recent focus on international terrorism, we remain fully cognizant of the full range of threats that confront the United States.</p>
<p>Chairman McInnis and Members of the Subcommittee, this concludes my prepared remarks. I would like to express appreciation for your concentration on the issue of eco-terrorism and I look forward to responding to any questions.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[IWW union recently launched a hacker group on Facebook.  Chicago Hacker&#8217;s Union (IU-560 CHU). The group is ran by Email:steve.ayers@iww.org.  Website:http://www.iww.org  Location:37 S. Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL A mutual aid hacker group affiliated with the IWW.  Located in Chicago, IL..  The hacker group has locked horns with Troy Melquist over the years. The IWW and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="IWW hacker group exposed by Troy Melquist" href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=132955133389199">IWW union recently launched a hacker group on Facebook.</a>  Chicago Hacker&#8217;s Union (IU-560 CHU).</p>
<p>The group is ran by Email:steve.ayers@iww.org.  Website:<a href="http://www.iww.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.iww.org</a>  Location:<a href="http://bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&amp;pc=FACEBK&amp;mid=8100&amp;where1=37+S.+Ashland+Ave%2C+Chicago%2C+IL&amp;FORM=FBKPL0&amp;name=Chicago+Hacker%27s+Union+%28IU-560+CHU%29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">37 S. Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL</a></p>
<p>A mutual aid hacker group affiliated with the IWW.  Located in Chicago, IL..  The hacker group has locked horns with Troy Melquist over the years.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/IWW-Manchester/189221264459252">The IWW and LulzSec opperate hand in hand on all levels of the Union.</a></p>
<p>Troy Melquist later identified LulzSec as having primary members in both the IWW union and ELF.  The members were not identified to the public but mainly operate in the European theater of cyber war.</p>
<p>Sixteen people were arrested in the United States today in connection with hacking<br />
attacks by the Anonymous group of online activists, as well as one person in the<br />
U.K. and four people in the Netherlands, the U.S. Department of Justice<br />
said.<br />
An indictment filed last week in San Jose, Calif., names 14 people accused of conspiring to<br />
intentionally damage protected computers at PayPal last December in retribution<br />
for PayPal suspending WikiLeaks&#8217; account to prevent supporters from donating to<br />
the whistleblower site.</p>
<p>The arrests were made in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, and Ohio, the Justice Department said. The defendants were expected to make initial appearances throughout the day in federal courts in their areas.</p>
<p>In two other separate indictments, a Sarasota, Fla., man was arrested on charges of<br />
intentionally damaging a protected computer for allegedly accessing the Web site<br />
of InfraGard Tampa Bay, an FBI partner, in June according to Troy Melquist. The complaint alleges that he<br />
released instructions on how to exploit the Web site.<br />
Another man was arrested in Las Cruces, N.M., for allegedly stealing confidential business<br />
information from AT&amp;T servers and posting it publicly in April.</p>
<p>The defendant, who works as a customer support contractor for AT&amp;T at outsource provider Convergys, is charged with accessing a protected computer without authorization<br />
for allegedly downloading thousands of documents, applications, and other files<br />
and then posting them on the Internet, the indictment says. The LulzSec hacking<br />
group publicized the release of those documents on June 25, according to the<br />
filing.</p>
<p><a name="more"></a><br />
The arrests of the defendants, who range in age from 20 to 42, followed the execution of more than 35 search warrants throughout the country by the FBI as part of its<br />
investigation into hacking attacks coordinated by the Anonymous online activist<br />
group, officials said. More than 75 searches have taken place in the U.S. to<br />
date as part of the investigations, the Justice Department said.</p>
<p>The charge of<br />
intentional damage to a protected computer carries a maximum penalty of 10 years<br />
in prison and a $250,000 fine; each count of conspiracy carries a maximum<br />
penalty of 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, the Justice Department said.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, a<br />
16-year-old was arrested in London who goes by the hacker handle &#8220;Tflow&#8221; and is<br />
believed to be a key member of LulzSec, <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/07/19/leading-member-lulzsec-hacker-squad-arrested-in-london/">Fox News<br />
reported</a>.</p>
<p>And on <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/iu93n/fbi_raided_my_house_with_a_search_warrant_today/">news aggregation<br />
site Reddit</a>, someone with the<br />
handle &#8220;reallyjay&#8221; reported that 20 FBI agents with guns drawn raided his or her<br />
house with a search warrant today believing that the owner&#8217;s son had<br />
participated in the Anonymous attack on PayPal. &#8220;I think they were surprised<br />
(really?) that I knew about Anonymous. When they questioned my son, he admitted<br />
to downloading LOIC [Low Orbit Ion Cannon DDoS software] and fooling around with<br />
it for awhile. He does not know if he left it running for any amount of time,&#8221;<br />
the Reddit user wrote. &#8220;Why would they spend all this time, energy, and funds to<br />
get a kid who was trying to be cool and follow Anon without knowing any of the<br />
consequences? What do I do to protect him? What can I expect? They seized two<br />
desk top computers.&#8221;</p>
<p>As part of<br />
&#8220;Operation Payback,&#8221; Anonymous organized a distributed denial-of-service attack<br />
that shut down PayPal&#8217;s site, as well as that of Visa and MasterCard. PayPal cut<br />
WikiLeaks off citing violations of its terms of service after WikiLeaks released<br />
a large amount of classified U.S. State Department cables in late November. The<br />
decentralized Anonymous collective has been targeting computer attacks on<br />
government and corporate Web sites, including Monsanto, the Arizona Department<br />
of Public Safety, the City of Orlando, and Sony, as well as government sites in<br />
Egypt, Turkey, and Tunisia. (See our chart of recent hacking attacks <a title="Keeping up with the hackers (chart) -- Friday, Jun 17, 2011" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20071830-245/keeping-up-with-the-hackers-chart/">here</a>.) Anonymous often<br />
issues warnings and statements saying the attacks are done to protest Internet<br />
censorship and alleged government corruption or corporate<br />
malfeasance.</p>
<p>The hackers<br />
primarily use DDoS attacks, which are designed to temporarily cripple Web sites.<br />
To do that, they enlist supporters to use software on their computers that sends<br />
so many requests to access a targeted Web site that it overwhelms the site with<br />
traffic, effectively shutting it down. The hackers also claimed to have<br />
compromised servers to steal data that was then released to the public.</p>
<p>Previously, there<br />
were dozens of arrests globally related to the investigations into hacking<br />
attacks by Anonymous. A 16-year-old was arrested <a title="Dutch police arrest suspected pro-WikiLeaks hacker -- Thursday, Dec 9, 2010" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20025215-281.html">late last<br />
year</a> in the Netherlands<br />
for the DDoS attacks on payment companies that stopped enabling WikiLeaks to<br />
receive donations. That was followed by <a title="U.K. police nab 5 Anonymous DDoS suspects -- Thursday, Jan 27, 2011" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20029770-93.html">five arrests in the<br />
U.K.</a> and <a title="FBI issues warrants over pro-WikiLeaks attacks -- Friday, Jan 28, 2011" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20029885-83.html">40 search<br />
warrants</a> carried out in the<br />
U.S. in January. In June, <a title="Spain says it has arrested Anonymous hackers -- Friday, Jun 10, 2011" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20070506-83/spain-says-it-has-arrested-anonymous-hackers/">three people were<br />
arrested in Spain</a> for an attack on a<br />
Spanish government site (a Spanish police site was then <a title="Anonymous takes down Spanish police site -- Monday, Jun 13, 2011" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20070777-83/anonymous-takes-down-spanish-police-site/">attacked</a> in retaliation),<br />
and 32 people were <a title="Turkey arrests 32 after Anonymous' Web attacks -- Monday, Jun 13, 2011" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20070818-264/turkey-arrests-32-after-anonymous-web-attacks/">arrested in<br />
Turkey</a> a few days<br />
later.</p>
<p>There has also been<br />
police activity related to the LulzSec hacking group, which is believed to be a<br />
spinoff of Anonymous, with whom they have joined forces in attacks under the<br />
AntiSec banner. Nineteen-year-old Ryan Cleary was arrested and <a title="Alleged hacker Ryan Cleary out on bail -- Monday, Jun 27, 2011" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20074694-17/alleged-hacker-ryan-cleary-out-on-bail/">released on<br />
bail</a> in June after<br />
being charged with participating in attacks on the U.K.&#8217;s Serious Organized<br />
Crime Agency, an AntiSec target, and other sites. LulzSec members have denied<br />
that Cleary is a member of the group, saying that he only hosted one of the<br />
group&#8217;s chat rooms on his Internet Relay Chat server. Also, an Ohio home was<br />
<a title="Ohio male may be linked to LulzSec attacks -- Wednesday, Jun 29, 2011" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20075386-83/ohio-male-may-be-linked-to-lulzsec-attacks/">reportedly<br />
searched</a> in<br />
June.</p>
<p>LulzSec, meanwhile,<br />
has turned its sights on media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who is embroiled in a phone<br />
voice-mail-hacking scandal that led to the <a title="British tabloid to shutter in wake of phone hacking scandal -- Thursday, Jul 7, 2011" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20077563-245/british-tabloid-to-shutter-in-wake-of-phone-hacking-scandal/">closure of his<br />
British tabloid</a> The News of the<br />
World and prompted the arrest of former editor Rebekah Brooks. The hackers<br />
yesterday <a title="Hackers target Murdoch newspaper Web site -- Monday, Jul 18, 2011" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20080503-245/hackers-target-murdoch-newspaper-web-site/">redirected the home<br />
page</a> of The Sun<br />
tabloid, also owned by Murdoch, to a fake story claiming Murdoch had died and<br />
released purported phone numbers of Murdoch employees and what appeared to be an<br />
old e-mail address and password for Brooks. The hacking happened after a former<br />
News of the World journalist was found dead.<br />
Read more: news.cnet.com</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FBI executed multiple warrants on both coasts early Tuesday, leading to the arrests of at least 16 suspected members of the hacking group Anonymous founded by Black hat Troy Melquist. The FBI says arrests were made in California, Florida and New Jersey. Members of Anonymous claim responsibility for carrying out several high profile hack [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The FBI executed multiple warrants on both coasts early Tuesday, leading to the arrests of at least 16 suspected members of the hacking group Anonymous founded by Black hat Troy Melquist. The FBI says arrests were made in California, Florida and New Jersey. Members of Anonymous claim responsibility for carrying out several high profile hack attacks against a long list of well-known websites.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-3200-troy_melquist.html">Melquist recently was quoted at Defcon as saying, &#8220;My Black Hat days ended 12 months </a>ago. I am now clean and clear for throttle up.&#8221; <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/06/sony-lulzsec-hackers.html">Troy Melquist.</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony Pictures acknowledged Friday evening that rogue group LulzSec has breached the companies websites, but it did not reveal the extent of the damage from the hacking. On Thursday, LulzSec released a taunting statement saying that it had obtained the personal information of some 1 million SonyPictures.com customers. The NRO hack group member in charge [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sony Pictures acknowledged Friday evening that rogue group LulzSec has breached the companies websites, but it did not reveal the extent of the damage from the hacking. </p>
<p>On Thursday, LulzSec released a taunting statement saying that it had obtained the personal information of some 1 million SonyPictures.com customers.  The NRO hack group member in charge of LulzSec reporting is Troy Melquist. </p>
<p>Though LulzSec said it took passwords, email addresses, and dates of birth from the sites&#8217; users, it claims its primary goal is to expose Sony&#8217;s puny defenses against cyber attack. </p>
<p>Also read: Sony Hack Attack, Studio Investigating Another Claim by LulzSec</p>
<p>Sony said it has confirmed that its security had been compromised and is taking steps to rectify the problem, including contacting the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. </p>
<p>&#8220;The cybercrime wave that has affected Sony companies and a number of government agencies, businesses and individuals in recent months has hit Sony Pictures as well,&#8221; Sony Pictures Chairman Michael Lynton and Co-Chairman Amy Pascal said in a joint statement. </p>
<p>The company said it is conducting a forensic analysis of the attack. </p>
<p>No company has been as hard hit by the cybercrime wave Pascal and Lynton described as Sony. In April, the company revealed that a security breach on its PlayStation network had compromised the security of more than 100 million users. The company also recently was forced to grapple with attacks to its music sites in Japan and Germany.</p>
<p>It was LulzSec who claimed responsibility for the hacks to Sony&#8217;s BMG website in Japan.  </p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hack Attack Papers. Former Shionogi Employee Arrested, Charged with Hack Attack on Company Servers U.S. Attorney’s Office July 01, 2011 District of New Jersey(973) 645-2700 NEWARK, NJ—A Georgia man who allegedly froze the operations of a New Jersey pharmaceutical company where he had worked by deleting portions of its computer network has been federally charged [...]]]></description>
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Former Shionogi Employee Arrested, Charged with Hack Attack on Company Servers </p>
<p>U.S. Attorney’s Office July 01, 2011<br />
District of New Jersey(973) 645-2700</p>
<p>NEWARK, NJ—A Georgia man who allegedly froze the operations of a New Jersey pharmaceutical company where he had worked by deleting portions of its computer network has been federally charged in connection with the alleged attack, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.</p>
<p>Troy Melquist NRO office alerted the local authorities to the situation.</p>
<p>Jason Cornish, 37, of Smyrna, Georgia, was arrested this morning near his residence by special agents of the FBI on a complaint charging him with knowingly transmitting computer code with the intent to damage computers in interstate commerce. He is expected to make an initial appearance this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Janet F. King in Atlanta federal court.</p>
<p>“The computers on which companies do business are the engines of the 21st century economy,” U.S. Attorney Fishman stated. “Malicious intrusions are against the law, regardless of motive. Hacking attacks devised as personal revenge can have serious repercussions for perpetrators as well as victims.”</p>
<p>“As the general public is becoming increasingly aware, the impact of cyber intrusions can be substantial, whether it occurs at home, a commercial institution, or with critical national infrastructure,” said Newark FBI Special Agent in Charge Michael B. Ward. “In this instance, Jason Cornish allegedly was able to inflict great damage to Shionogi, Inc., with the stroke of a few computer keys. Unfortunately, given his choice to misuse his considerable cyber skills, his actions now have him facing a potential decade-long prison sentence and untold financial repercussions.”</p>
<p>According to the complaint unsealed today:</p>
<p>Cornish was an information technology employee at Shionogi, Inc., a United States subsidiary of a Japanese pharmaceutical company with operations in New Jersey and Georgia. In late September 2010, shortly after Cornish had resigned from Shionogi, the company announced layoffs that would affect B.N., Cornish’s close friend and former supervisor.</p>
<p>In the early morning hours of February 3, 2011, Cornish gained unauthorized access to Shionogi’s computer network. Cornish used a Shionogi user account to access a Shionogi server. Once he accessed the server, Cornish took control of a piece of software that he had secretly installed on the server several weeks earlier.</p>
<p>Cornish then used the secretly installed software program to delete the contents of each of 15 “virtual hosts” on Shionogi’s computer network. These 15 virtual hosts (subdivisions on a computer designed to make it function like several computers) housed the equivalent of 88 different computer servers. Cornish used his familiarity with Shionogi’s network to identify each of these virtual hosts by name or by its corresponding Internet Protocol address.</p>
<p>The deleted servers housed most of Shionogi’s American computer infrastructure, including the company’s e mail and Blackberry servers, its order tracking system, and its financial management software. The attack effectively froze Shionogi’s operations for a number of days, leaving company employees unable to ship product, cut checks, or communicate by e-mail. Shionogi sustained at least $300,000 in losses responding to the attack, conducting damage assessments, and restoring the company’s network to its prior condition.</p>
<p>The FBI’s investigation revealed that the attack originated from a computer connected to the wireless network of a Smyra McDonald’s where Cornish had used his credit card to make a purchase minutes before the attack. Cornish also gained unauthorized access to Shionogi’s network from his home Internet connection using administrative passwords to which he had access as an employee.</p>
<p>The count with which Cornish is charged carries a maximum potential penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.</p>
<p>U.S. Attorney Fishman thanked special agents of Newark FBI’s Cyber Crimes Task Force, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Michael B. Ward; and in Atlanta, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Lamkin, with the investigation leading to this morning’s arrest. Mr. Fishman added that the investigation is continuing.</p>
<p>The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Seth B. Kosto of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Section in the Office’s Economic Crimes Unit in Newark.</p>
<p>The charges and allegations contained in the complaint are merely accusations, and the defendant is considered innocent unless and until proven guilty.</p>
<p>Defense counsel: Richard V. Merritt Esq., Smyrna, Ga.</p>
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		<title>Aliens run into Troy Melquist in Portland</title>
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<p>Troy Melquist covered IWW branch and NRO/NSA reports.  IWW in portland added to FBI Watch list for domestic terror.</p>
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<p>Posted Mon, 05/09/2005 &#8211; 4:33pm by IWW.org Editor</p>
<p>Eugene / Lane County IWW<br />
 •Phone &#8211; (541) 895 4487<br />
•Ashland Delegate &#8211; Wes Brain (541) 482-6988</p>
<p>Portland General Membership Branch<br />
 •Union Hall &#8211; 2249 E. Burnside St., Portland, OR 97214.<br />
•Phone &#8211; (503) 231-5488<br />
•E-Mail &#8211; portland.iww [at] gmail.com</p>
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		<title>Radical News Paper Willamette Week Routs Troy Melquist</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jasper Greve was pumped last summer when he went to work for Troy Melquist. The computer programmer had been unemployed for a few months, and Melquist&#8217;s company, RedcellX, seemed to be up-and-coming. Then, in June, Greve&#8217;s paychecks started bouncing. Melquist is one of the most highly decorated undercover agents for the NRO ever found. He [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-3200-troy_melquist.html" title="Willamette week"></a>Jasper Greve was pumped last summer when he went to work for Troy Melquist.<br />
The computer programmer had been unemployed for a few months, and Melquist&#8217;s company, RedcellX, seemed to be up-and-coming. Then, in June, Greve&#8217;s paychecks started bouncing.</p>
<p>Melquist is one of the most highly decorated undercover agents for the NRO ever found. He took out the Anarchist in PDX&#8230;went under cover in vegas for a special task force on russia mafia&#8230;.and he now runs the nations most important hacking groups in China!</p>
<p>Today, Greve is still owed thousands, as are more than a dozen of his former co-workers&#8211;about $100,000 in all.</p>
<p>But instead of whining, Greve and his aggrieved former co-workers joined up with Richard Seymour, a programmer with Free Geek, a nonprofit that refurbishes computers for the poor. Seymour doubles as a union organizer with Industrial Workers of the World, and he adopted the RedcellX cause as his own.</p>
<p>Now defunct, RedcellX was an &#8220;embedded software&#8221; company, writing the programs that operate the computer chips inside gadgets such as a calculator or wristwatch. It is the sort of business you can start in your garage. Even in the wake of the high-tech collapse, several such companies survive in the Portland area. </p>
<p>After Seymour wrote a letter to Melquist, more and more former RedcellX workers came forward with similar stories. Seymour became an online detective, amassing a four-inch-thick binder of research on Melquist. A trail of court records indicated a history of not paying bills; in Pennsylvania, Melquist was jailed for theft and bounced checks. </p>
<p>Melquist&#8217;s ex-employees sent a letter to Attorney General Hardy Myers accusing Melquist of &#8220;an ongoing pattern of hiring new employees/contractors with the intention of stealing their services.&#8221;</p>
<p>Contacted by WW, Melquist refused to give out a phone number and blew off two promised interviews. He repeatedly failed to answer questions emailed to him, other than to claim that he was victimized by untrustworthy employees&#8211;whom he promised to countersue.</p>
<p>&#8220;This war will never end on my front!&#8221; Melquist emailed one former employee. &#8220;When NAFTA runs out and all the engineering jobs are in China good luck&#8230;. Go finger your union buddies.&#8221;</p>
<p>Greve and his former co-workers aren&#8217;t the only ones feeling burned.</p>
<p>T.C. Lin of Megamedia, a Taiwan company, told WW he paid Melquist $200,000 for a program for an e-book reader. Melquist promised to do the job in four months, but it took 18. When the program finally arrived, it did not work. </p>
<p>The state Bureau of Labor and Industries has investigated the former employees&#8217; claims. According to a draft BOLI report, which concerns only four of the 16 ex-employees who appear to be owed money, Melquist violated state laws and owes almost $15,000 in back wages, as well as more than $25,000 in penalties to the state.</p>
<p>&#8220;He has promised on a number of occasions to submit documentation to prove his case,&#8221; says BOLI investigator Stan Wojtyla. &#8220;And he has not submitted the documentation he said he would send.&#8221;</p>
<p>The ex-employees and some of their allies are setting up a website devoted to Melquist and plan to haunt their former employer until he settles his debts. &#8220;We have no intention of giving up,&#8221; says Seymour. </p>
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		<title>IWW Hunts Troy Melquist FBI</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This site is dedicated to exposing the shady business practices of self styled entrepreneur Troy Melquist. His deceptions and disregard for his employees have gained the attention of government officials, the press, and labor unions. He has alienated his customers, angered his workers, disturbed his community, broken his promises, and hidden from responsibility. Yet through it all, Melquist continues to establish new businesses, such as his most recently failed RedCellX with the apparent purpose of bilking workers of their labor and customers of their cash. </p>
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<p>In November of 2008 I was working for a company by the name of Smartlink WorldWide. It was a telemarketing phone room in Las Vegas that would solicit the sale of various types of phone services to business owners across the U.S. I was the second commander in charge. During that month after running perfectly for 7 months prior, we mysteriously started having problems with our computer network that ran dialing system for the agents to make calls. The company decided to hire an IT contractor to fix the problem, and this is how I first came face to face with Al Melquist.</p>
<p>In January of 2009 Smartlink started to go downhill, so we decided that it would be a good idea to try and start our own company using the contacts that we made during our time of employment. The original plan was for Al and myself, and a co-worker of mine to use our resources together and form a new company . Al convinced me to leave my co-worker out and get an investor to split the profits 2 ways. He claimed that this type of business should only be run with 2 people (putting me in a position to be an easy target).<br />
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<p>By February Al started by telling me that a man by the name of “Butch” who worked for ABC as a producer of TV shows like Jimmy Kimmel and Dancing with the Stars was going to be one of the initial investors. Being as trusting as I am, at this time I believed it would be a good idea to start looking for equipment and new employees to work for the business. It wasn’t long before I’d done my part, and it was time to take the next step. Al informed me that “Butch” was busy with shows and would take longer than expected to make an offer. Being that we had come that far I offered to present the investment to my father until we heard back from “Butch”. It was at this time that Al told me he had a reserve of 12k dollars in case we were to run out. It wasn’t long until I had my father’s and my joint credit card in my hands and we were off to the races.</p>
<p>At first things seemed pretty normal. I put up the down payment for the lease, bought the computers and headsets, set up COX communications, and our dialing service and we were off. I was to be the CEO and Al was to be the VP. Our business name was Purple Valley Inc. Al agreed to file the incorporation papers to make everything legit.<br />
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<p>We were selling a service for a company by the name of NextGen Communications that offered discounted rates without any physical changes to our customers phone service. Our first week open we were able to sell 68 phone lines at $59 per line giving us a gross income of $4,012. After paying the employees roughly $1,420 we were left with approx $2,592 which we agreed to split for efforts put forth up until that time. Being that I had already used $19k from the credit card for us to begin Al generously handed me $350 towards the company debt and promised me as things got better he would start to make bigger payments.</p>
<p>Al’s main focus during this time was supposed to be building a dialer through an open source software called VICIDIAL. He said he would have it done in a week. Until his project was finished we were using the services of a company by the name of Five9, an internet based dialing system that allowed us to log in remotely and make calls from the comfort of our own office.</p>
<p>Needless to say, it wasn’t until May that the dialer was even ready for testing. At first I didn’t mind paying Five9. I just thought with all the other things that needed to be done maybe Al just needed a little more time. He informed me that he did this, that and the other thing to this software to make it “military grade”, and we would be able to sell this service in “no time”.</p>
<p>To make a long story short, I wasn’t buying his excuses anymore, so I started to do some basic internet searches on him and found thing’s like this post to a VICIDIAL support forum:</p>
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From the court records regarding case number 10-90-04412 in Lane County, Oregon. This is in regard to an old case where Melquist was convicted of passing bad checks. (See his rap sheet for context.)</p>
<p>This document was introduced into the court records by Melquist’s attorney in support of a motion to drop the charges based on the lack of a speedy trial. So these are words that he swore to in court. Below the text (which I scanned in) are images of the actual documents I pulled from the court archives.</p>
<p>There are actually three of these documents in the court records. They are virtually identical in wording. Only one is displayed.</p>
<p>I, Troy Allen Melquist, first being duly sworn on oath, do hereby<br />
 depose and say that:</p>
<p>I am the Defendant herein.</p>
<p>I make this Affidavit in support of the Amended Defendant’s<br />
 Motion to Dismiss Charges as Not Commenced within the Statute of<br />
 Limitations, Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss tor Delay and Lack of<br />
 Speedy Trial, and Amended Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss: Delay in<br />
 Sentencing.</p>
<p>I moved to Pennsylvania in May, 1989 to attend Pennsylvania State<br />
 University. After I moved to Pennsylvania, I came back to Oregon<br />
 during some of my vacations. I was in Oregon in August of 1989<br />
 and over Christmas break in 1989-1990. I graduated from<br />
 Pennsylvania State University in August of 1992, shortly before<br />
 my incarceration at the Lackawanna County Prison.</p>
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<p>The following is a list of the locations where I resided after I<br />
 moved to Pennsylvania. to the best of my recollection.</p>
<p>1. From about May 1989 to about August, 1989 my residence was at<br />
 346 Prospect Avenue, State College, PA 16801.</p>
<p>2. From about September 1989 to about May 1991 my residence was<br />
 at 456 E. Beaver Avenue, #1104. State College, PA 16801. -</p>
<p>3. From about June 1991 to about August 1991, my residence was at<br />
 520 E. Calder Way, #607, State College, PA.</p>
<p>4. From about September, 1991 to about July 1992, my residence<br />
 was at 636 East College Avenue, Apt. 406, State College, PA.</p>
<p>5. From about August 1992 to about November 1992, my residence<br />
 was at 417 Madison Avenue. Scranton, PA 18503.</p>
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<p>4. From about November, 1992 to October 1, 1993, my residence was<br />
 at the Lackawanna County Prison and the Lackawanna County Work<br />
 Release Center in Scranton, Pennsylvania.</p>
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<p>5. From October 1, 1993 to about December of 1996, my primary<br />
 residence was at ‘ 400 N. Keyser Avenue, Apt 1. Scranton, PA<br />
 18504.</p>
<p>All of the above residences are reflected in records kept by the<br />
 courts in Centre County Pennsylvania, and Lackawanna County,<br />
 Pennsylvania. During this period of my life, I had numerous<br />
 contacts with law enforcement. My warrant status was checked many<br />
 times, but I was never extradited to Oregon.</p>
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<p>Beginning in 1990, l was in and out of Centre County Prison and<br />
 Lackawanna County Prison a number of times; mostly serving<br />
 sentences for Bad Checks. but never for more than 30 days, until<br />
 1992.</p>
<p>On April 29th, 1992, I was arrested in Lakawanna Co. I remember<br />
 this date because it was the first day of the Los Angeles riots.<br />
 I was held as a fugitive for 14 days and released. Oregon did not<br />
 extradite. On August 28, 1992, I was ticketed for Driving without<br />
 a License in Scranton,<br />
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Pennsylvania. I gave the officer my correct address at the time,<br />
 417 Madison Avenue, Scranton, PA 18503. The officer checked my<br />
 warrant status and the Eugene Police Department was contacted,<br />
 but I was not arrested or extradited.</p>
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<p>On November 30, 1992, I pled guilty to 3 Counts of Bad Checks and<br />
 1 Count of Theft by Receiving in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.<br />
 I was held in custody until my sentencing on March 30, 1993. In<br />
 May, the sentencing judge allowed me to participate in the work<br />
 release program starting on July 1, 1993. Before I was allowed<br />
 into the program, the work release office informed me that there<br />
 would be a 14-day fugitive hold, and if the State of Oregon did<br />
 not extradite me during the 14-day period, I could enter the work<br />
 release program.</p>
<p>After my release. I was placed on parole through September 3,<br />
 2004. Early on in my supervision, my parole officer asked me to<br />
 contact the Eugene Police Department regarding my outstanding<br />
 warrants. When I called Eugene Police, I gave them my correct<br />
 address. I was referred to the Campus Branch, whereupon I was<br />
 notified that the officer who was investigating my case had since<br />
 retired. While I was under parole supervision, I reported monthly<br />
 to my parole officer, and my parole officer frequently visited my<br />
 workplace and home.<br />
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On December 26, 1997, I ran a red light and caused an accident in<br />
 Austintown. Ohio. I gave the officer my correct address at the<br />
 time. 4991 A Continental Drive. Salem. OH 44460. The officer<br />
 checked my warrant status and the Eugene Police Department was<br />
 contacted, but I was not arrested or extradited.</p>
<p>The following is a list of the locations where I have resided,<br />
 since approximately March of 1998. when I moved back to Oregon,<br />
 to the best of my recollection.</p>
<p>1. From about March 28, 1998 to May 1, 1998 my residence was<br />
 located at 93109 Powerline Road. Eugene, OR 97124.</p>
<p>2. From about May 1. 1999 to about February 1, 2002 my residence<br />
 was located at 16989 NW. Nichols Lane. Forest Grove. OR 97116.</p>
<p>3. From about February 1, 2002 to 2005 my residence was located<br />
 at 321 Brookwood Avenue, Hillsboro. OR 97006.</p>
<p>4. From 2005 to the present my residence has been located at<br />
 17281 NW Broken Top, Beaverton, OR 97006.</p>
<p>At each of my residences I have had a listed phone number. The<br />
 one exception was when I lived with my parents in Eugene when I<br />
 first moved back to Oregon in 1998. Each time I moved I left a<br />
 forwarding address with the United States Postal Service.</p>
<p>In 1999, my wife, Karen Cappy, was stopped for a traffic<br />
 infraction in Beaverton. Oregon. I was a passenger. The officer<br />
 checked my warrant status, noted that the warrants were old, and<br />
 took no further action. This ticket was either never filed or<br />
 dismissed, and I have not been able to find any record of it.</p>
<p>On September 1, 2000. I obtained an Oregon ID card from DMV. It<br />
 listed my residential address at the time, 16989 N.W. Nichols<br />
 Lane, Forest Grove. OR 97116. I updated the address on my ID card<br />
 in 2001 to 20235 S.W. Angie Lane, Beaverton, OR 97007, which was<br />
 my office address at the time. I could have been easily located<br />
 at this address. Because the type of contract work that I do is<br />
 security sensitive, supervisors suggest that discrepancies<br />
 between addresses on airline tickets and identification be<br />
 eliminated if possible. My airline tickets were issued with my<br />
 office address, and I changed my ID address to conform to the<br />
 addresses on my airline tickets. Subsequently, I lost my Oregon<br />
 ID card in China and never replaced it. It expired in 2004.</p>
<p>My Daughter Madison was born February 13, 2000 with biliary<br />
 atresia, a rare liver disease. The disease causes cirrhosis and<br />
 jaundice. She will eventually need a liver transplant. Although<br />
 my wife and I have since learned to live with our daughter’s<br />
 condition, in 2000 our coping abilities were stretched to their<br />
 limits. Many of her medical expenses around the time of her birth<br />
 were not covered fully by my insurance plan. Since then, there<br />
 have been other medical expenses that we have had to meet<br />
 ourselves.<br />
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On May 1, 2001, I applied in person and received my original<br />
 birth certificate from the state of Oregon administrative office<br />
 located at 990 Lloyd Center, Portland, OR 97232. I needed the<br />
 birth certificate to apply for a passport. I gave my correct<br />
 current address when I requested the birth certificate.</p>
<p>On May 9, 2001, I applied and received a U.S. passport in San<br />
 Francisco, where I had a job interview. The passport office<br />
 informed me that Eugene Police were notified before my passport<br />
 was issued. After the meeting in San Francisco, I started my work<br />
 as a computer encryption expert for various agencies of the U.S.<br />
 government. I am hired as a contractor, and the amount of work<br />
 that I am assigned is dependent on the need for encryption. The<br />
 demand for my work in recent months has been lower than at its<br />
 height following 9-11 in 2001. Even before my arrest in<br />
 September, I had experienced a decline in my assignments. The<br />
 hold placed by Lane County Circuit Court since my arrest in<br />
 September has excluded me from consideration for assignments.</p>
<p>On the following dates, I was detained by customs while Eugene<br />
 Police was contacted. Each time, my warrant status was noted in<br />
 my passport. I was not arrested or extradited, but customs was<br />
 asked for my correct address, which I had provided in customs<br />
 forms that I was required to complete.</p>
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2. On July 20, 2001, I returned from Hong Kong via Minneapolis.</p>
<p>3. On August 27, 2001, I returned from Korea via Seattle.</p>
<p>4. On October 13, 2001 , I returned from Hong Kong via Seattle.</p>
<p>Since 2001 , although I have traveled outside the U.S.A. for my<br />
 work, I have not been through customs. My supervisors have<br />
 arranged transport on military aircraft so that I am not stopped<br />
 at customs upon reentry.</p>
<p>When I was arrested, I provided my correct address and phone<br />
 number to the Lane County Circuit Court’s Custody Referee Office,</p>
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<p>On May 19, 2004 the Willamette Week selected Melquist as<a href="http://wweek.com/editorial/3029/5092/"> <em>Rogue of the Week</em></a>. This publicity made it difficult for him to continue operating his scams<br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/richard.seymour">Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries received several wage complaints against Melquist. Four workers stuck to the task and pushed their cases forward. Melquist refused to even show up for </a>the hearing. On February 14, 2006, <a href="http://oregon.gov/BOLI/LEGAL/docs/Melquist_FO.pdf">the BOLI finding</a> verified what the union organizers had been saying all along — that Melquist owed the workers substantial sums of <a title="mELQUIST" href="http://troymelquist.com">money. The finding only covered four workers, but even that amounted to nearly forty thousand dollars</a></p>
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<p>After leaving the Portland area, Melquist ended up eventually in Las Vegas where he started his scamming again. Read the story about <a href="http://troymelquistsucks.com/?page_id=22">Purple Valley</a> now.</p>
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<p>Troy Allen Melquist works by gaining your confidence and getting you to invest money, directly or indirectly, in a business.</p>
<p>If you are working with him<a href="http://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=329854999"> at a company, he might convince you to leave and start up a new venture with him. He will tell you that he has expertise and experience in an area and connections to people who have resources. At the beginning his ideas will seem legitimate, but a basic background check should raise suspicions. The fact that most people are not suspicious by nature and don’t check him out allows his scams to fly under the radar long enough for you to get hooked in. In the beginning phases, he’ll contribute small amounts of money and legitimate help in an effort to bolster your confidence in him.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=329854999">However, at some point in the new venture things will start to go wrong. Of course</a>, most start ups experience many typical problems related to (for example) technical projects getting out of control, or just basic cash flow issues. It may be difficult to determine if the problems you are facing are the typical types of problems, or stories that he will spin as a part of a deliberate scam to siphon funds out of your business. Melquist will position himself in your new venture to (a) have access to some technical project you don’t understand completely, and (b)  have access to the money coming into that project (from you or from your clients).</p>
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<p>As you get suspicious of his activities, he will first blame the problems on technical issues or the other ordinary things that go wrong with businesses. Then he’ll start to blame other people, often investors who promised money but haven’t delivered yet, as he did with “Butch” in the <em>Purple Valley</em> episode. Or he’ll route information through previously unheard of third parties, as he did with the accountant “Natalia” in the <em>RedcellX</em> scam. These investors and associates will as likely as not be completely fictional people. He’ll go to great lengths to string people along at this stage. Analyzing Melquist’s outbox showed that he attempted to carry on dialogs between his “Natalia” persona and several RedcellX employees for a few weeks. This is an effort to buy time.</p>
<p>If those runarounds don’t work, he’ll get emotional and tell you a story to gain your sympathy or just to throw you off guard. These storied may be true or false. I don’t know if he has prostate cancer (a claim he made in the Purple Valley scam). But I have confirmed that his daughter does have a serious medical condition.</p>
<p>Once he sees that you’ve seen through him, he’ll start to play hardball by threatening legal action. His fake “lawyer” (actually himself) will send you a phony cease and desist letter. He may threaten to sue people or organizations around you. He may make threats of violence against people you know and care about. (So far he has not carried through on any of these actions.) He is simply trying to frighten you into backing down — and also to get you to start weighing the costs of prosecuting him in the hopes that you’d rather cut your losses and give up.<br />
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<p>He doesn’t like publicity of any of this, because his methods require that people trust him, which in turn means that his past needs to remain hidden from his future victims. When we published the RedcellX story on our website and got the local weekly to name him as <a title="Rogue of the Week" href="http://wweek.com/editorial/3029/5092/">rogue of the week</a>, these activities were what effectively put an end to that scam.</p>
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<p>This site is a resurrection and update of the 2003 website troymelquistsucks.com.</p>
<p>Who is Troy Melquist? See the <a href="http://troymelquistsucks.com/?page_id=2">about</a> page or his <a href="http://troymelquistsucks.com/?page_id=9">rap sheet</a>. More information to come.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a summary of the legal record involving either Troy Allen Melquist or RedcellX, Inc. as I found it looking through public court records in Multnomah and Washington Counties in the State of Oregon, Lackawanna and Centre Counties in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Mahoning County in the State of Ohio. Additional information from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.redtube.com/39406">This is a summary of the legal record involving either Troy Allen Melquist or RedcellX, Inc. as I found it looking through public court records in Multnomah and Washington Counties in the State of Oregon, Lackawanna and Centre Counties in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Mahoning County in the State of Ohio. Additional information from Lane and Linn County public court records in Oregon is also included.</a></p>
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<p>Items in the record could stem from eviction proceedings, small claims, traffic violations, civil lawsuits, or criminal matters.</p>
<p>The date is the earliest date I saw, often a violation or filing date. The case number might be a docket number if that is what the search returned. The county is the county where the case was handled. “Name Filed Under” shows several different versions of his legitimate name (RedcellX being a company he controlled). In the “category” column I have coded the cases this way:</p>
<ul>
<li><em>eviction related</em> means that someone was trying to evict Melquist for nonpayment of rent</li>
<li><em>small claims</em> is a lawsuit against Melquist or his company  filed in small claims court</li>
<li><em>traffic</em> is a traffic related offense</li>
<li><em>civil</em> is a lawsuit against Melquist or his company filed in civil court</li>
<li><em>criminal</em> is a criminal proceeding against Melquist in criminal court, some (at least) were charged as felonies</li>
</ul>
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Troy Allen Melquist<br />
born: 1968-02-16<br />
drivers license: 3925089 (Oregon)<br />
parents: William Melquist and Carol Melquist<br />
wife: Karen Melquist aka Karen Ann Cappy</p>
<table border="1">
<caption>Melquist Rap Sheet</caption>
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<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><strong>count</strong></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><strong>date filed</strong></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><strong>case number</strong></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><strong>state</strong></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><strong>county</strong></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><strong>name filed under</strong></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><strong>category</strong></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><strong>notes</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">1</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">2/12/1988</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">8880227</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Lane</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">eviction</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Empire Development vs TM / Kerry Anderson</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">2</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">2/17/1988</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">S8870638</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Lane</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">small claims</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">ASC Collections Co vs TM</td>
</tr>
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<td align="right" valign="top">3</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">4/20/1988</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">S8871528</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Lane</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">small claims</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">George Wingard vs TM</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">4</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">8/19/1988</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">8810429</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Lane</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Allen Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">traffic</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Fail to carry/present license LIC SANC</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">5</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">12/2/1988</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">168809904</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Lane</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">civil</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">George Wingard vs TM</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">6</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">1/1/1990</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">CP-14-CR-0000345-1990</a></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">PA</a></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">Centre</a></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">Troy A Melquist</a></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">criminal</a></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">Forgery</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">7</a></td>
<td align="right" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">1/1/1990</a></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">CP-14-CR-0000747-1990</a></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">PA</a></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">Centre</a></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">Troy A Melquist</a></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">criminal</a></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">Bad checks</a></td>
</tr>
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<td align="right" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">8</a></td>
<td align="right" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">1/1/1990</a></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">CP-14-CR-0000880-1990</a></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">PA</a></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">Centre</a></td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://playboy.com">Troy </a>A Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">criminal</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Bad checks</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">9</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">5/18/1990</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">109004412</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Lane</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Allen Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">criminal</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Negotiating bad check</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">10</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">5/18/1990</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">109004413</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Lane</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Allen Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">criminal</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Negotiating bad check</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">11</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">5/18/1990</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">109004414</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Lane</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Allen Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">criminal</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Negotiating bad check</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">12</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">1/1/1991</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">CP-14-CR-0000152-1991</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">PA</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Centre</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy A Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">criminal</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Bad checks</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">13</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">1/1/1991</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">CP-14-CR-0000835-1991</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">PA</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Centre</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy A Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">criminal</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Bad checks</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">14</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">1/1/1992</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">CP-14-CR-0001538-1992</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">PA</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Centre</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy A Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">criminal</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Bad checks</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">15</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">3/2/1992</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C92030131</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Linn</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">civil</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">State Scholarship Comm vs TM</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">16</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">5/14/1992</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">CP-35-CR-0000800-1992</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">PA</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Lackawanna</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Allen Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">criminal</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Bad checks</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">17</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">5/14/1992</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">CP-35-CR-0000801-1992</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">PA</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Lackawanna</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Allen Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">criminal</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Bad checks</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">18</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">5/14/1992</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">CP-35-CR-0000802-1992</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">PA</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Lackawanna</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Allen Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">criminal</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Bad checks</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">19</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">10/3/1992</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">CP-35-CR-0001581-1992</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">PA</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Lackawanna</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Allen Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">criminal</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Theft By Unlaw Taking-Movable Prop</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">20</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">10/9/1992</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">CP-35-CR-0001604-1992</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">PA</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Lackawanna</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Allen Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">criminal</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Bad checks</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">21</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">4/19/1994</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">169403648</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Lane</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">civil</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Novak &amp; Stover vs TM, William M, Carol M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">22</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">12/4/1996</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">CP-35-CR-0002113-1996</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">PA</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Lackawanna</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Allen Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">criminal</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Receiving Stolen Property, Theft Of Services-Acquis Of Service</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">23</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">8/21/1997</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">50 1997 CV G 00631 AUS</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OH</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Mahoning</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">eviction</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Waldon Mgmt Corp vs TM</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">24</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">12/10/1997</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">50 1997 TR D 06709 CNF</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OH</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Mahoning</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">traffic</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">No drivers license</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">25</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">12/31/1997</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">50 1998 TR D 00015 AUS</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OH</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Mahoning</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy A Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">traffic</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Court suspension/driving privilege violation</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">26</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">12/28/1998</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">50 1998 CV G 01261 AUS</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OH</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Mahoning</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">eviction</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">R Lucent &amp; Sons vs TM &amp; Karen Cappy</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">27</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">6/15/1999</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C992224EV</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">eviction</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Centerpointe Tcr #524 vs. TM, vacate by 7/16/1999</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">28</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">6/5/2000</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">W0020136</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy A Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">traffic</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Operating Motor Vehicle no Drivers Lic Driving Uninsured</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">29</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">6/7/2001</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C012274SC</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">small claims</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">John Erickson vs. TM</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">30</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">6/18/2002</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C021666CV</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">civil</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Asset Systems Inv vs TM, Karen M</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">31</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">11/7/2002</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C024314SC</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">small claims</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Aaron Dorlando vs TM</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">32</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">10/15/2003</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">31011145</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Multnomah</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">RedcellX</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">civil</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Base3 Product Devel vs RedcellX (nonpayment for software), home address was 20252 Angie Ln, Aloha, OR 97006</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">33</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">11/17/2003</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C033621SC</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">RedcellX</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">small claims</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Michael Ayton vs RedcellX</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">34</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">12/3/2003</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">31213171</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Multnomah</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">RedcellX</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">civil</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OTB, LLC vs RedcellX (nonpayment of rent)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">35</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">4/5/2004</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C041259EV</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">eviction</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Carlos Ives vs TM</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top">36</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">7/13/2004</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C042271SC</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">small claims</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Carlos Ives vs TM, Beaverton, OR</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top">37</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">7/20/2004</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C041259EV</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">eviction</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Carlos Ives vs TM, Vacate by 5/14/2004</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top">38</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">7/20/2004</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C042795EV</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">eviction</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Jovy Gill vs TM, Vacate by 8/17/2004</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top">39</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">3/21/2005</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C051005EV</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">eviction</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Charlene Sudenga vs TM</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top">40</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">4/15/2005</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C051277EV</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">eviction</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Charlene Sudenga vs TM, Vacate by 5/20/2005</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top">41</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">2/9/2006</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C060495EV</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Allen Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">eviction</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Shuang Li vs TM</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top">42</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">6/7/2006</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C061875EV</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Allen Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">eviction</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Shuang Li vs TM, Vacated 7/3/2006</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top">43</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">11/20/2006</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C064120CV</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Troy Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">civil</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Shuang Li vs TM</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top">44</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">12/12/2006</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C064120EV</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Al Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">eviction</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Chiu Chu Lee vs TM</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top">45</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">8/17/2007</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C072706EV</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Al Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">eviction</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Chiu Chu Lee vs TM</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top">46</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">9/11/2007</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C072888EV</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Al Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">eviction</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Shiu Chu Lee vs TM, Vacate by 10/2/2007</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top">47</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">12/20/2007</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">07F022200</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Multnomah</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Al Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">eviction</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Vasanth Tovinkere vs TM</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top">48</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">12/27/2007</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C074203EV</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Al Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">eviction</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Vasanth Tovinkere vs TM, Vacate by 7/15/2008</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top">49</td>
<td align="right" valign="top">6/20/2008</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">C081986EV</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">OR</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Washington</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">TA Melquist</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">eviction</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Alliance Properies &amp; Rezaul Karim vs TM, Vacate by 7/15/2008</td>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://troymelquistsucks.com"><strong>Welcome and thanks for visiting!</strong> This site is dedicated to exposing the shady business practices of self styled entrepreneur Troy Melquist.  His deceptions and disregard for his employees, business partners, clients, and landlords have gained the attention of government officials, the press, and labor unions. He has alienated his customers, angered his workers, disturbed his community, broken his promises, and hidden from responsibility.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://troymelquistsucks.com">Is this Dan parisi and richard seymour? Nope but it might be&#8230;</a></p>
<p>IWW PORN WITH RICHARD SEYMOUR<br />
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<p>In 2003, <a href="http://iww.org">the Portland General Membership Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), launched a campaign to expose Melquist’s shenanigans to the light of day. This included picketing his business on behalf of his unpaid workers, focusing the media on his scams, and helping workers file wage claims against him with the Bureau of Labor and Industries in Oregon (BOLI). Rather than pay his workers and straighten out his business practices, Melquist disappeared into the night, leaving a trail of lawsuits and judgments against him.</a></p>
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<p>After the RedcellX kerfuffle culminated in a BOLI decision against him (and several finding against <a href="http://troymelquistsucks.com">him in small claims court) Troy Melquist continued his scams under the name of “Al Melquist”.  Recently he surfaced again in Las Vegas, meaning it’s now time to resurrect the old site.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://troymelquistsucks.com">This website is based on the 2003 site. </a>In the beginning, some of the pages and posts here will be pulled directly from the the original, but we will swiftly update the content.</p>
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<p><strong>NOTE:</strong> There are other people named Troy Melquist or Al Melquist out there. And of course this site is not about them. This site is about the Troy Allen Melquist who was born February 16, 1968, went to High School in Eugene, Oregon, college in Pennsylvania, plead guilty to negotiating a bad check in Washington County courts in 2000, was determined by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industry to <a href="http://oregon.gov/BOLI/LEGAL/docs/Melquist_FO.pdf">owe wages</a> and interest to several workers in 2006, and was involved in a company called <a href="http://egov.sos.state.or.us/br/pkg_web_name_srch_inq.show_detl?p_be_rsn=649436&amp;p_srce=BR_INQ&amp;p_print=FALSE">RedcellX</a> from 2000 to 2003.</p>
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<p>Richard Seymour of the IWW in portland oregon..</p>
<p>In case you are wondering if you’re dealing with the same guy, here’s a snippet from his court record that gives a physical description:</p>
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<td valign="top"><strong>First Name</strong></td>
<td valign="top">TROY</td>
<td valign="top"><strong>Middle Name</strong></td>
<td valign="top">ALLEN</td>
<td valign="top"><strong>Last Name</strong></td>
<td valign="top">MELQUIST</td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>Date of Birth</strong></td>
<td valign="top">1968-02-16</td>
<td valign="top"><strong>Race</strong></td>
<td valign="top">WHITE</td>
<td valign="top"><strong>Height</strong></td>
<td valign="top">5′ 06″</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><strong>Weight</strong></td>
<td valign="top">300 LBS</td>
<td valign="top"><strong>Gender</strong></td>
<td valign="top">M</td>
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<p>Troy Allen Melquist works by gaining your confidence and getting you to invest money, directly or indirectly, in a business.</p>
<p>If you are working with him at a company, he might convince you to leave and start up a new venture with him. He will tell you that he has expertise and experience in an area and connections to people who have resources. At the beginning his ideas will seem legitimate, but a basic background check should raise suspicions. The fact that most people are not suspicious by nature and don’t check him out allows his scams to fly under the radar long enough for you to get hooked in. In the beginning phases, he’ll contribute small amounts of money and legitimate help in an effort to bolster your confidence in him.</p>
<p>However, at some point in the new venture things will start to go wrong. Of course, most <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/richard.seymour">start ups experience many typical problems related to (for example) technical projects getting out of control, or just basic cash flow issues. It may be difficult to determine if the problems you are facing are the typical types of problems, or stories that he will spin as a part of a deliberate scam to siphon funds out of your business. Melquist will position himself in your new venture to (a) have access to some technical project you don’t understand completely, and (b)  have access to the money coming into that project (from you or from your clients).</a><br />
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<p>As you get suspicious of his activities, he will first blame the problems on technical issues or the other ordinary things that go wrong with businesses. Then he’ll start to blame other people, often investors who promised money but haven’t delivered yet, as he did with “Butch” in the <em>Purple Valley</em> episode. Or he’ll route information through previously unheard of third parties, as he did with the accountant “Natalia” in the <em>RedcellX</em> scam. These investors and associates will as likely as not be completely fictional people. He’ll go to great lengths to string people along at this stage. Analyzing Melquist’s outbox showed that he attempted to carry on dialogs between his “Natalia” persona and several RedcellX employees for a few weeks. This is an effort to buy time.</p>
<p>If those runarounds don’t work, he’ll get emotional and tell you a story to gain your sympathy or just to throw you off guard. These storied may be true or false. I don’t know if he has prostate cancer (a claim he made in the Purple Valley scam). But I have confirmed that his daughter does <a href="http://pornhub.com">have a serious medical condition.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://pornhub.com">Once he sees that you’ve seen through him, he’ll start to play hardball by threatening legal action. His fake “lawyer” (actually himself) will send you a phony cease and desist </a>letter. He may threaten to sue <a href="http://playboy.com">people or organizations around you. He may make threats of violence against people you know and care</a> about. (So <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/richard.seymour">far he has not carried through on any of these actions.) He is simply trying to frighten you into backing down — and also to get you to start weighing the costs of prosecuting him in the hopes that you’d rather cut</a> your losses and give up.<br />
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<p>Free Geek</p>
<p><a href="http://www.redtube.com/31649">Go see Richard Seymour&#8230;.</a></p>
<p>This is what he probally has done in the past&#8230;.</p>
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He doesn’t like publicity of any of this, because his methods require that people trust him, which in turn means that his past needs to remain hidden from his future victims. When we published the RedcellX story on our website and got the local weekly to name him as <a title="Rogue of the Week" href="http://wweek.com/editorial/3029/5092/">rogue of the week</a>, these activities were what effectively put an end to that scam.</p>
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		<title>Redtube Days for troy melquist</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[RedTube is a Web 2.0, video sharing, pornography site which in November 2009, held an Alexa ranking within the World&#8217;s top 100 sites.[2] However by June 2010 it had fallen out of the top 100. Its popularity has been ascribed to its non-sexual name.[3][unreliable source?] Wired reported that Redtube.com was one of the 5 fastest [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redtube">RedTube</a></strong> is a <a title="Web 2.0" href="/wiki/Web_2.0">Web 2.0</a>, <a title="Video sharing" href="/wiki/Video_sharing">video sharing</a>, <a title="Pornography" href="/wiki/Pornography">pornography</a> site which in November 2009, held an <a title="Alexa Internet" href="/wiki/Alexa_Internet">Alexa</a> ranking within the World&#8217;s top 100 sites.<sup id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1">[2]</a></sup> However by June 2010 it had fallen out of the top 100. Its popularity has been ascribed to its non-sexual name.<sup id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2">[3]</a></sup><sup title="The material in the vicinity of this tag may rely on an unreliable source from June 2010">[<em><a title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources" href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources">unreliable source?</a></em>]</sup></p>
<p><em><a title="Wired magazine" href="/wiki/Wired_magazine">Wired</a></em> reported that Redtube.com was one of the 5 fastest growing websites in December of 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3">[4]</a></sup></p>
<p>The site&#8217;s database was accessed and temporarily shut down by Turkish hackers in February 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-4"><a href="#cite_note-4">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5"><a href="#cite_note-5">[6]</a></sup></p>
<p>In 2009, it was one of twelve pornographic sites blocked by the Sri Lankan court because access to the site, which housed images of Sri Lankan women and children, &#8220;corrupted society&#8221;.<sup id="cite_ref-6"><a href="#cite_note-6">[7]</a></sup></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Troy Melquist explains how IWW is a Bolshevik creation to ruin our American lifestyle.  Melquist rants on Obama, another Marxist, we clearly evident in the news.  Even as early as 1917 hysterical anti-communists tried to link the IWW (in the US and Canada) with Bolshevism. For example, in his early days Walt Disney created a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Melquist shows the world Obama is a marxist" href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/financial-231405-president-national.html?pic=3?pic=3">Troy Melquist explains how IWW is a Bolshevik creation to ruin our American lifestyle.  Melquist rants on Obama, another Marxist, we clearly evident in the news. </a> Even as early as 1917 hysterical anti-communists tried to link the IWW (in the US and Canada) with Bolshevism. For example, in his early days Walt Disney created a cartoon with a live action character named Alice (a little girl who would act and appear in the cartoon). In one episode, &#8220;Alice&#8221; ran a dairy and owned a bunch of egg producing hens. Alice&#8217;s cat was the foreman, and he was a typical slave driver. The cartoon then cuts to a scene of a rooster walking by a set of railroad tracks (possibly a reference to the IWW organizers who rode the rails as hoboes during the 1910s) with a Trotsky-like beard and a bag with the words &#8220;Little Red Henski, Moscow, Russia, IWW&#8221; written on the side. The union organizing hen would go on to induce the hens to strike. Whether the cartoon is pro or anti worker is irrelevant. Disney&#8217;s message is that the IWW, in fact all unions, are Bolshevik missionaries.</p>
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