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The State of Maryland does a wonderful job of protecting teenagers from cyber bullying. However, in order for a disabled adult to get the same kind of protection, that person must be designated a “vulnerable adult” and the abuse/harassment must come from a caregiver or someone responsible for the disabled person’s daily needs. Author Bill Schmalfeldt, himself a victim of Parkinson’s disease and online bullying, wonders what it will take before someone in law enforcement offers him and others like him the same level of protection that would be afforded a teenager.

This is part of the reason why I had to write this book. No matter what I say, no matter what I do, no matter what I write, the people who frequent the Hogewash blog will try to find some way to crap on it.

From the Amazon Review Page for “Intentional Infliction” in which LS, or “Tomblvd” (Tom Puzio) from the Hogewash blog proves why I had to write the book.

Ah, yes. @Embryriddlealum. The twitter scum who keeps telling me to “Take The Cure.”

Oh, that’s back when he called himself “Operation Burn Notice.”

He claims he got me fired.

Oh, right. That’s when he called himself “Aaron Burr,” Proprietor of the EvilConservative.net site — which has been taken away from him, just like the phony Occupy Madison site was taken away from him.

Kicked off of Facebook.

So many things taken away from him.

But he gave so much away!

That was written some time ago.

And the page it links to has been erased.  But did OBN, uh Howard, uh, Aaron, uh, Robin finally settle? Or was Mary Frances the girl he was talking about here.

We hope so.

The fact that @embryriddlealum nee @howardearl nee @superaaronburr nee @OperationBurnNotice is Robin Causey of Chino Valley, Arizona is not news. But today was the first time I was able to prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Let’s go back.

To the website Addicting Info in December 2011.

Segway Jeremy Ryan and AlterNet exposed them, only to return in its new form, which resembles the kind of writing and imagery used on the Knot My Wisconsin and Operation Burn Notice Facebook Pages, which seem to be administrated by someone calling himself “Aaron Burr” who has a Chino Valley, AZ, address and claims he is just a “hired gun” being “paid by some guy who liked his writing” to stir things up in Wisconsin from Chino Valley, which is 17 miles from Prescott, AZ, the home of someone who may in fact be another sock puppet calling himself Howard Earl, who had a Prescott, Arizona address.

That was the first step. The next step was figuring out who Aaron Burr was. Jump ahead to January 2012.

…my investigation into the “Operation Burn Notice” side of the scam led me to an individual calling himself “Aaron Burr”, who operated a website called EvilConservatives.net from his home in Chino Valley, Ariz.

I contacted “Burr” through his e-mail address, “superaaronburr@gmail.com” and we had a spirited e-conversation in which he revealed he was just having some fun with the nitwits in Wisconsin, that he was just a “hired gun” paid by “some guy who liked my writing” and he would reveal the identity of his benefactor if the price was right.

Hang on. We’re getting to it.

The phony Occupy site had a donation button on it.  For some reason, instead of directing the button to themselves, they picked a legitimate 501(c)(3) charity called Occupy, Inc., operated by a pastor in Edmond, Okla.  (The pastor says he was in no way connected with the scam and never saw a penny from the phony site.)  But before coming to that realization, I recalled that “Aaron Burr” had told me he was just a “hired gun” being paid to “stir up trouble” in Wisconsin.  He even bragged about it on his Evil Conservatives site, saying he was making a few bucks on all the trouble he was causing, and that he “owned” the state of Wisconsin.  I wondered if the guy whose name was listed on the charity the donation on the phony Occupy site might not be the guy who was the money behind “Burr’s” efforts.

I wrote again to “Burr’s” e-mail.  No response.  So, I checked the WHOIS information on the Evil Conservatives site and found Burr’s name, address, phone number and other information.  Using the web-tracking service Spokeo, I tracked down the information.  It led… not to an Aaron Burr, but to a Robin Wesley Causey of Chino Valley, Ariz.  In one of my communications with “Burr” he mentioned having a PO Box in Chino Valley.  Chino Valley is 17 miles from Prescott, Ariz., where self-professed “rich boy” Operation Burn Notice member “Howard Earl” says he studied at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Having regained access to Facebook, I decided it was time to fight fire with fire.  I created a page which identifies Aaron Burr as Robin Wesley Causey, formerly of Larkspur, Calif., now of Chino Valley, Ariz.

Bingo! Of course, this has all been roundly and loudly denied and mocked. Until today.

I can generally tell how close I am to my mark when things start disappearing from the Internet.  This morning, Jan. 11, 2012, my Facebook page regarding Causey has been removed from the service.  All references to Causey have been deleted from Operation Burn Notice’s new Facebook presence as well as from Knot My Wisconsin’s Facebook pages. “Howard Earl” states on his Facebook profile that he studied at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz.  The legal department at ERAU says nobody by that name ever graduated from that university.   They don’t seem to care much for someone misidentifying himself as an alumnus, especially given the things “Howard” has written on his various Facebook pages, so “Howard” can expect to be contacted to “explain himself”.

Of course, we all know that I was fired from, rehired, and then quit Examiner.com in the midst of this. Something “@SuperAaronBurr is quite proud of.

And he made some interesting and familiar friends along the way.

So, are we sure that THIS @SuperAaronBurr is the Robin Wesley Causey of Chino, Arizona he claims to be?

Well, let’s let him tell us himself.

OK, so he moved from Marin County, California to Chino Valley, Arizona. Just like Robin Wesley Causey?

Yep. Just like Robin Wesley Causey. And his wife works at Prescott College.

A beloved teabagger and wingnut, after being dropped by most of his Knot My Wisconsin buddies — except for the recently hiding Chris Heather…

He did build something of a fan base for himself…

But now, he finds himself reduced to trolling as one of WJJ Hoge’s little suckling piglets under the guise of @embryriddlealum.

Sad fact of the matter, that’s a lie, too. I spoke to the Legal Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University this afternoon.  Last time, back in early 2012, I asked them if a “Howard Earl” had ever graduated from the school. They replied in the negative. Today, I called the same place and asked the same thing about Robin Wesley Causey. They can’t say whether or not he ever took classes there. But he did not graduate.  Something else he lies about.

So, do I feel bad eviscerating this little troll?  A little, I guess. But then, it was a two year mission, finally accomplished. And when I feel TOO bad about it, I’ll just remember this little blog conversation he had yesterday with my unfaithful ex-wife.

You remember? The CURE?

Hang it up, Causey. You are outed, and I am sick of your harassment. I have your name, address and phone number, and any further harassment from you will result in a phone call to the Yavapai County Sheriff, asking for your arrest for breaking Arizona law.

13-2921. Harassment; classification; definition

A. A person commits harassment if, with intent to harass or with knowledge that the person is harassing another person, the person:

1. Anonymously or otherwise contacts, communicates or causes a communication with another person by verbal, electronic, mechanical, telegraphic, telephonic or written means in a manner that harasses.

2. Continues to follow another person in or about a public place for no legitimate purpose after being asked to desist.

3. Repeatedly commits an act or acts that harass another person.

4. Surveils or causes another person to surveil a person for no legitimate purpose.

5. On more than one occasion makes a false report to a law enforcement, credit or social service agency.

6. Interferes with the delivery of any public or regulated utility to a person.

B. A person commits harassment against a public officer or employee if the person, with intent to harass, files a nonconsensual lien against any public officer or employee that is not accompanied by an order or a judgment from a court of competent jurisdiction authorizing the filing of the lien or is not issued by a governmental entity or political subdivision or agency pursuant to its statutory authority, a validly licensed utility or water delivery company, a mechanics’ lien claimant or an entity created under covenants, conditions, restrictions or declarations affecting real property.

C. Harassment under subsection A is a class 1 misdemeanor. Harassment under subsection B is a class 5 felony.

D. This section does not apply to an otherwise lawful demonstration, assembly or picketing.

E. For the purposes of this section, “harassment” means conduct that is directed at a specific person and that would cause a reasonable person to be seriously alarmed, annoyed or harassed and the conduct in fact seriously alarms, annoys or harasses the person.

You don’t have to get off the Internet. You should still feel free to comment on whatever blog you care to comment upon. But you are adjured to stop libeling me, stop harassing me, stop telling lies about me, just stop talking about me.

I can prove that “Operation Burn Notice,” “Howard Earl,” “SuperAaronBurr” and “EmbryRiddleAlum” are none other than Robin Wesley Causey of 2320 W. Canta Libre Road, Chino Valley, Arizona. You exposed yourself, lad. It’s time for you to shut up or pay the price of free speech, and that is — the consequences of said speech.

I don’t think your wife, in her position with the Arizona Association Student Financial Aid will be thrilled about having to raise those kids alone, with daddy in jail.

Are we clear? KNOCK IT OFF! You are officially on notice.

Wanna Make Fun of My Trailer Some More, Robin?

Meet Pip Van Houten

Pip didn’t like the book “Intentional Infliction.” Here’s why.

The book arrived on my front porch mid afternoon yesterday. I’ve had plenty of time to peruse it, and it has confirmed my suspicions.

There are several sections which bring up concerns about copyright violations, since I have seen the originals online, posted well before this book was written, and they were NOT written by Mr. Schmalfeldt, and the authors have stated that they did not give permission for their inclusion.

The formatting is terrible. Much of this book is taken from blog posts written by the author, seemingly interspersed with current commentary. However, it is extremely difficult, sometimes impossible, to tell where a two year old post ends and his current thoughts on the matter begin. The text is large, making the book seem longer than it really is, and the margins are small, making it difficult to read near the binding.

As for the actual substance of the book? The author shows his true colors in his blog posts, where he constantly calls the objects of his irrational dislike cutesy demeaning names, such as “Hoggy”, and “Hoggy Jr.”

If you do buy this be prepared for such bits of stellar prose as : “But I fear for poor Hoggy Jr. He missed seeing us arrive. <b>Big Hoggy MAD! Big Hoggy SMASH!”. The constant use derogatory nick names and libelous descriptors, which may be fine for informal blog posts and tweets, has no place in a supposedly serious book. You may not care for Andrew Breitbart, but in a professional book, which you want to use to help change the law, you can’t refer to others who have been involved with him or his website as “Breitbots” and expect to retain any credibility.

This book was “written” in less than a week, and sadly it shows.

Well, “Pip” is entitled to an opinion. Even when she writes on the Hogewash blog as “LibraryGryffon”. She doesn’t care for me there, either. And Hoge is, after all, one of the main focuses of the book.

No, Library Gryffon doesn’t like me at all. And, as Pip Van Houten, she makes that very clear.

But who is Library Gryffon?

Came in last. Dead last. A teabagger. More hate than brains.

She really is not very smart. When trying to stay anonymous, one should not brag about one’s anonymous accomplishments.

She also demands I remove a libelous comment on Amazon. I don’t write libel, since truth is an absolute defense. But she really needs to be more clear.

Oh, and notice the hive mentality coming into play with all the little Hoge Psychophants using the same avatar?

Pitiful.

I think it was yesterday that phony reviewer “EWPJ” demanded I remove his name from the front page of this website. I responded.

“Really? Your actual name is EWPJ? How is that pronounced?”

Idiots.

That’s the e-mail I received from CreateSpace telling me they were withdrawing my book, which I have made available as a free PDF, because I copied a blog post that he claims ownership to.

Here is the blog post that WJJ Hoge of Westminster, Maryland claims he owns. It was ostensibly written by someone calling himself “Paul Krendler,” the name of the character who gets the top of his head cut off by Hannibal Lecter in the movie “Hannibal.” (BELATED SPOILER ALERT.)

If this is not an admission of blatant harassment, someone tell me what is?

Hoge claims this is his property. He claims he owns this. I have shared this with law enforcement. Hoge may have handed me the evidence I need to put him someplace where he can’t hurt anyone any more.

WJJ Hoge was not at all happy with the publication of “Intentional Infliction.” Not only was there that geeky photo of an unloved college boy on the front cover that he could do nothing about, there was all those FACTS in there, about how he’s used the law as his personal club to batter me and beat me and render my well-known Parkinson’s disease to a point of near total disability by filing 367 criminal charges against me, and getting a peace order forbidding my contacting of him. Someone reading my book might think him a vexatious asshole.

And then there’s the fact that he uses his blog and the people who write to his blog as stooges to increase the levels of stress in my life, stress that is hastening the day of my death. He is well aware of this, and he does it on purpose. That is well outlined in the book.

So, when took a portion of a filthy hate blog, ostensibly written by something calling itself Paul “Krendler” to smear and libel me and smear and libel my wife, I took a hunk of that blog entry, under terms of the US Copyright Law, to illustrate the kind of harassment Hoge was bringing into my life on a daily basis.

No way does Hoge want decent, normal people reading that about him. My previous book on the subject, “My Slow, Journalistic Death” was stillborn. Hoge smothered the baby with a pillow claiming ownership of a sentence, and the 107 comments that followed. Of course, it stands to reason that if he claims ownership of the comments, then he is responsible for their content.

This time, he didn’t have that avenue. I rewrote the book to focus more on the importance of the creation of legal protections in the State of Maryland for indigent Disabled Adults — like me –against cyber bullying.

Well, Hoge couldn’t countenance THAT! It would dry up his DONATION jar if people weren’t allowed to pick on handicapped adults who can’t fight back. So, he got in contact with Paul “Krendler” who wrote a particularly slimy piece of defamation and libel against myself and my wife. I used a portion of the blog in my book to illustrate the kind of hate my choosing to stay alive generates among Hoge’s circle.

The entire column is 2,749 words. I used most, but not all of the comment. I gave the link to it, I said that I didn’t think Mr. “Krendler” would file a complaint since he would, by necessity, have to identify hismself.

The entire blog has three posts. One which rips of an entire post of mine that I removed because I felt bad about printing it, an entire blog from the Hogewash blog, and the offending piece, of which I used but a portion, again under fair use.

Well, Mr. Krendler, according to his Twitter account was expecting one of my fabulous meltdowns where I curse and scream and beat my dogs and punch holes in the walls and, occasionally, curse.

On April 23, Krendler published his offending blog post. It was a perfect example for me to use to illustrate the sort of harassment I was receiving on a daily basis from Hoge’s minions.  I added a portion of the blog post to my manuscript/

Now, a quick aside to discuss the US Copyright rules on Fair Use.

Fair use is a limitation and exception to the exclusive right granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. In United States copyright law, fair use is a doctrine that permits limited use of copyrighted material without acquiring permission from the rights holders. Examples of fair use include commentary, search engines, criticism, parody, news reporting, research, teaching, library archiving and scholarship. It provides for the legal, unlicensed citation or incorporation of copyrighted material in another author’s work under a four-factor balancing test.

Now, what is that four factor balancing test?

17 U.S.C.§ 107

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 17 U.S.C.§ 106 and 17 U.S.C.§ 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include:

1. the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
2. the nature of the copyrighted work;
3. the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
4. the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.^[4]

1. Was the purpose and characterof the use for non profit education purposes? Yes. Every nickle of proceeds from the book were going to be donated to the National Parkinson Foundation.

2. What was the nature of the copyrighted work. Well, it wasn’t copyrighted. There was no copyright insignia anywhere to be found on the free WordPress.com blog. But assuming it was copyrighted, the work was a libelous defamation of myself and my wife.

3. I used a good chunk of the work because it represented eveything the Hoge Harassment was trying to add to the public discourse. But it was a small portion of the entire 3-post blog.

4. There is no potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. I think 1o people have read it. He will get more readers from being exposed int he book.

Be that as it may, Create Space published the book on Apr. 23. It sold copies, despite Hoge’s regular commenters going to the Amazon review pages and crapping all over the book without having the benefit of buying it or reading it.

Then, on April 30, seven days after the book was published, Create Space sends me this e-mail.

WJJ Hoge, the main subject of the book, the “head of the snake,” now suddenly is claiming he has the world book and ebook rights to the blog post I used.

The problem? He did not have the rights on Apr. 23, when the book was published. As I wrote earlier, I cannot contact the publisher of Moby Dick and demand the book be taken from the shelves because I had a dream of a great white whale. The publication was a fait accompli on Apr.23.

Now, if Mr. Krendler wanted challenge my fair use rights, that would be another issue. But WJJ Hoge can not purchase the rights six days after the fact and then demand the the book be pulled down from the shelves. Especially since Hoge is the main focus of the book and has a vestedinterest in it NOT being published. His minions have already spent the last week leaving shitty comments about the book on the Amazon Review page in an effort to tamp down sales.

And now this. This fraudulent attempt to claim ownership of a blog that he did not own when I published the book.

Given Mr. Hoge’s position as the subject of the book, given his 18 month history of harssing me, and his 367 criminal charges and peace order against me, there can only be one motivation for this sudden work in owning Mr. “Krendler’s” work.

To shut me up.Like he has been trying to do with his criminal charges. Like he has been trying to do with his peace orders.

I understand. If I were Mr.Hoge, I wouldn’t want people reading the truth about me either.

But he doesn’t have the option to keep me from publishing. He was six days late and a couple hundred dollars short.

And now, he and Mr. Krendler will be investigated by the Carroll County Sheriff for perjury, conspiracy to commit fraud, harassment and misuse of electronic equipment.

In the meantime, the book is still available as a PDF download. Hoge rails and rants about his rights to do this that and the other. But the law and the law, and he is not above the law. He sees himself as the lawmaker. I see him as the law breaker.

This latest blow from Hoge has knocked my symptoms for a loop. It has taken me forever to type this because I’m hitting the incorrect keys. But the results are what matters. And I believe in my heart that Mr.Hoge has allowed his famous hubris to lead him that one step over the legal time this time.

Or, I can hope anyway that there is still justice in the state of Maryland. Even in Carroll County.

Now, we wait.

Whatever happened to the freedom to ignore government regulations and make free use of land that the government says it owns? The Bureau of Land Management is scoopin’ up Cliven Bundy’s cows on account of he refuses to pay the land use fees that every other rancher using government lands has to pay.

He’s a TEA PARTY HERO, that one!

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