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Thor
10-04-2015, 09:31 PM
So this is weird... I was following Derrick E Grayson on Fakebook (https://www.facebook.com/tmotofga) and I messaged him the other day....

The other day he posted a complaint about people calling him TMONT instead of TMOT, so I sent a private message saying The Minister of (new) Truth and he seemed to like that with his reply... and then the next day I read his Fakebook profile and saw he was a Senior Engineer at MARTA (http://www.itsmarta.com/) so I said in another private message:


I just saw you work at MARTA.... isn't that a government entity, or quasi-government? As a constitutionalist, how do you feel about that service? using eminent domain for building the infrastructure and parking for MARTA, etc...

His reply:


Wrong tree pal..Have a good day.

So I said:


Don't understand... seems contrarian.

And he blocked me...

Weird... Someone who preaches the Ron Paul and Rand Paul message with 500+ or so "drive time" videos on YouTube and is running for Senate under the same message, works for a local government organization that uses eminent domain to seize property to create a transport infrastructure around Atlanta. All I was asking him was if he saw a conflict of interest at all with his views and beliefs, and his job.

His Fakebook page, when you are not signed in (since I cannot see it signed in anymore):

http://i.imgur.com/vtzed0A.png

Was my question out of line? Was it not engaging in reasonable dialog to understand if he believes what he states, while he works for an organization that appears to be counter to that, if it is a conflict? If I was incorrect in my thought or question, all he had to do was let me know where my thinking was wrong. Necessary evil, etc...

I was a supporter of his and told others about him, but even if my assumption/question was wrong, his reaction has turned me off totally.... blocking me for an honest question... wow... I don't like what your asking, so I will block you...

Be careful of those who speak of one thing, while honoring another...

TaftFan
10-04-2015, 09:33 PM
Probably my fault. I like the guy. But when he ran for Senate last time while attacking Paul Broun (who I and Ron Paul supported) for not being pure enough, I slammed him for supporting T-SPLOST and spread the information around pretty good.

Thor
10-04-2015, 09:36 PM
Probably my fault. I like the guy. But when he ran for Senate last time while attacking Paul Broun (who I and Ron Paul supported) for not being pure enough, I slammed him for supporting T-SPLOST and spread the information around pretty good.

So now he is defensive of anyone asking him anything that does not jive with what he says... weird.

TaftFan
10-04-2015, 09:44 PM
So now he is defensive of anyone asking him anything that does not jive with what he says... weird.

That is my guess. He is a MARTA employee and so naturally he would support a transportation tax that funnels money from drivers to the trains. Disappointing but not surprising.

Thor
10-04-2015, 09:55 PM
That is my guess. He is a MARTA employee and so naturally he would support a transportation tax that funnels money from drivers to the trains. Disappointing but not surprising.

And it is not just the tax, but the eminent domain issues as well... MARTA has seized property for expanding lines and parking lots.

As I said to him in hopes if a little dialog / rational from him on the subject... seems contrarian. Preaching one thing, while honoring another.

Disappointing is correct. He seems to "get it" with the videos he puts out... but it now seems like it is all a farce. If he can't talk about something so simple as his work and how it is seemingly conflicted with his "beliefs."


Governance

MARTA is a multi-county (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_government) agency (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_agency) that is governed by a board of directors (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_directors), consisting of representatives appointed from the city of Atlanta (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta) (3 members), and the remainder of the counties (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Georgia) of Fulton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_County,_Georgia) (3 members), Clayton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton_County,_Georgia) (2 members) and DeKalb (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeKalb_County,_Georgia) (4 members). Additionally, there is 1 member from the Georgia Department of Transportation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Department_of_Transportation), and 1 member from Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Regional_Transportation_Authority)) who also serve on the MARTA Board of Directors.[41] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Atlanta_Rapid_Transit_Authority#cite_ note-board-41)



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Atlanta_Rapid_Transit_Authority

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Atlanta_Rapid_Transit_Authority)Rand speaks on eminent domain here: https://youtu.be/BzplOFm7C78?t=154

How does TMOT, who praise Paul, answer to that when his employer does the same thing?

Wrong tree all right....