this is the sentence that started the latest ’shrew’s rant’…..with Me as her target….
‘The purpose of prison is to punish- Mark Grangetto Denied ‘
Had some interesting happening’s in my blogosphere yesterday and the day before… Check this out and please, I would be more than interested in your opinion- I am requesting comments!!
Cayenne Bird has always had a ‘thing’ ( more like a raging hard on) against me. Boarder line paranoid- she has this notion/fantasy I am on Taxpayers for Improving Public Safety, (TiPS) payroll in order to discourage people from joining her UNION, ( like CA needs another union!!) Her latest “joke on Carol”, appears on the SacBee for all to see. She has so many notions about me, yet the reality is, she knows nothing except that I advocate for prison reform and I do not & will not support her UNION.
Everyone that comes here knows I rarely post my own stuff, I admit I dont really write and certainly not for a living! I post articles that most people wouldnt usually see or read on the prison & justice system. I also share important information so the ‘mainstream’ public will KNOW first hand what the system is REALLY LIKE….I have never once not given proper credit or cited a source. I have never claimed work/stories that are not mine.
Cayenne contacted WordPress and raised holy hell…the post was marked and my blog was flagged/disabled. She stated I stole her work, the article featuring Mark Grangetto and his fight for compassionate release ..I stole HER WORK….she blew up my email, so I can only imagine the onslaught WP received from her.
I obliged, and removed the article. You know, I was under the impression that a story such as Mark Grangetto’s should be be shared- for all to see. So that we can learn and educate others, as well as show support and compassion ( something Bird knows nothing about).
I was wrong…You see this isnt about Mark Grangetto…this is all about Cayenne Bird, F’ing right it is….
She didnt like the disclaimer I included with the article-
*I dont usually post Cayenne’s stuff, but this is one case where I will post news of Mark Grangetto and his mothers fight for compassionate release; look very closely at his photo—>
Mark Grangetto and his mom Nora Weber
is this man a risk to society if released? Why are we still holding him in prison? we all need to ask, because this could be anyone of our loved ones…we still have a LONG ways to go towards prison reform, and as Mary stated, not many of us are fighting anymore….I am angry and ashamed……Carol
So she attacks and emails- anyone and everyone that may listen…and rants and raves about ME…who only wanted to make sure more of public knew what was happening with Mark. So now its my turn….
Here are some interesting tidbits on the self proclaimed ‘Reverend B. Cayenne Bird’ and what she was sending me…I have also included a few comments from others who have had some experiences with the Bird….
Warning about Cayenne Bird and UNION – Chronicles of Abuse, Fraud and Scams
From: Rightor1@aol.com
Subject: They took down Carol Leonard’s post
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 1:38 AM
and so now she knows that she had better never do that again.
That little intro she gave me cost her some points with her blog host WordPress.
I gave her three warnings and she decided to take me on.
She lost fair and square. One thing on AOL, it is necessary to hold the
control button down to do the refresh.
I owe her for about ten years of grief and undermining that she
and Matthew Gray caused us all. They were telling people for
years not to come to the hearings for the Plata case, not to
support the UNION, going online and telling people not to come
when we were desperate for a crowd to get press coverage.
Nothing short of a public apology and taking down that defamatory
libelous post on PTO will change my mind about her.
She is lucky that she lives in Tennessee.
The Examiner likes us to get so many clicks
and they only give us that penny a click after 2500 have accumulated.
I would have a different attitude of it were someone else posting it.
The nerve of that cow.
A new comment on the post #1888 “The purpose of prison is to punish sick people – Grangetto denied” is waiting for your approval
http://prisonmovement.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/the-purpose-of-prison-is-to-punish-sick-people-grangetto-denied/
Author : Toni (IP: 71.142.232.17 , adsl-71-142-232-17.dsl.scrm01.pacbell.net)
E-mail : realsimple778@aol.com
URL :
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Comment:
You are violating a copyright law of the Examiner. Please post the link to the article only. Everyone should care because this is going to be the outcome of all compassionate releases until serious organizing takes place. The UNION families have 30 lawsuits in progress, I don’t see anyone else who has fought this hard and accomplished so much for everyone in a real way, not just talk.
A new comment on the post #1888 “The purpose of prison is to punish sick people – Grangetto denied” is waiting for your approval
http://prisonmovement.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/the-purpose-of-prison-is-to-punish-sick-people-grangetto-denied/
Author : 1union1 (IP: 71.142.232.17 , adsl-71-142-232-17.dsl.scrm01.pacbell.net)
E-mail : uniondatabase@aol.com
URL : http://www.1union1.com
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Comment:
You are violating copyright laws for the Examiner and journalist B. Cayenne Bird.
Take it down and post the link only. Say thank you to B. Cayenne Bird, the journalist and activist whose group wages these battles on everyone’s behalf instead of introducing and negating it with an insult.
Your remarks are offensive. It is clear that you do not live in California and are not a part of the front line war against medical neglect.
How many rallies, lawsuits, columns and dollars did you spend to help families whose loved ones died in prison?
From: Name Removed
Subject: RE: my reply to a post in CDC- IN Cayenne Bird
To: carol
She’s gone straight to employers trying to get people fired, for what? Whatever she can fabricate in her sick & twisted mind. # 1 is to threatened the employer she will sue them if they don’t fire whomever. She’s threatened to sue I don’t have a clue how many people. I do know I was one. All her rants about the number of lawsuits SHE has brought on behalf of the people she is supposedly trying to help, SHE has not done one!!! Nor has she sued anyone that stands up to her. Not even Matt Gray!!!!
She HATES Matt Gray!!! Why because he won’t acknowledge her or HER UNION. Anyone that mentions Matt Gray ends up on her target list. He’s no different than anyone that spends five minutes listening to her rant or reading what she has written to know she is nutcase. She will concoct some form of conspiracy with anyone that challenges her or not doing what she wants them to do. Heaven forbid anyone that she thinks is taking away a second of her limelight. She’s SICK!!!!
I wouldn’t shut down your blog because of Cayenne going to the blog host. All you have to do is ask and I’d bet you’d end up choking the host’s email account with messages regarding Cayenne and what she has done to them. It wouldn’t take long before they would get the picture she is a nutcase.
Geez!!! Carol, if every newspaper, blog or whatever source of communication shut down because of the bullshit from one crazy the world would be a lot less informed.
The best way to handle Cayenne is to ignore her and let her rant to the wall. Go about your business and whatever you do don’t bite on her rants. That just feeds her into never-ending, time consuming babble of bullshit.
Stand your ground!!!! If the blog host wants to hear from others that have had dealings with her just let us know. I can name many groups, sites, etc that she has been banned from. That should say something to the blog host.
I say again…STAND YOUR GROUND!!!!!
From: Name Removed
Cayenne also has the prison politics issues down like no one else i have ever witnessed. Problem is her strong & dysfunctional personality will alienate anyone and almost everyone who wants to be a part of her group of advocacy. Her flaws and short comings are too severe to get a real UNION group together. So what she has proposed to try and do for years is get 6500 prisoners family members together to form a union.
You get the idea, and of course there is so much more to tell….I took the post/article down- I had to… ALL the emails she sent were read and placed in a file-for now, I am not going to fight with her, but will deal with her in another manner….kinda like this….*smile*
I will, however, continue to try to Help Mark & Nora….despite Cayenne and her BS. The bottom line is…we are all in this together, and petty bullshit like Cayenne is pulling with me, is just petty bullshit.
I know where my head & heart is….
blessed be-
Carol
