Phony OWS robo-calls?

[nuxvomica]

There was a LTTE in the local paper Tuesday by a conservative complaining about robo-calls from a group called "Occupy Wall Street and Justice for All". I was puzzled by it because that really doesn't sound like something OWS groups would do and if they did, why wouldn't I be targeted for these calls instead of a conservative? :shrug:

Here's the letter:
http://poststar.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters/article_541adb9a-0f24-11e1-87f9-001cc4c002e0.html

[Earth_First]

1. Sounds like A.) bullsh*t B.) Scam

Although the latter is not out of the realm of possibility, his second paragraph goes off to support Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan...

So, actually after writing that, they're both bullsh*t....

[mmonk]

2. Justice for All is a rightwing group.

[nuxvomica]

4. I looked up one group and they have a disclaimer

On their home page:
"Justice For All is NOT sponsoring phone calls regarding the Occupy movement. There is another group using this name."
http://www.jfa.net/
This looks like a conservative group but apparently there's been sufficient robo-calling to require that disclaimer. I suspect whoever is doing this is a group that doesn't normally go by the "Justice for All" moniker.

[mmonk]

5. Naomi Wolf says robocalls are a false flag to turn people against it (OWS).

Quotes Crispin Miller. I'll look into it further.

[nuxvomica]

6. It would be great if we could find out who's behind it

But I guess I shouldn't hold my breath. Here's the Mark Crispin Miller link:
http://markcrispinmiller.com/2011/11/robo-calls-for-ows-are-meant-to-turn-recipients-against-it/

[Rhiannon12866]

3. I've listened to those calls at least twice...

So they may be targeting liberals, too... ;)