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January 23, 2010
Going Light?
Who is Ellie Light? She's...simply...amazing! She appears everywhere, and writes, anywhere! In plenty of papers! Penning powerful paeans in praise of the President! "42 papers in eighteen states with dozens of different hometowns listed at last count"! Naturally, a lot of people want to know, and some have spent a great deal of time looking into the matter. It took some doing, but I finally found her.
Glad she's a real female. (As opposed to femalesque.) I never liked the expression "light in the loafers." MORE: Via Glenn Reynolds, I see that the Ellie Light count has gone up, and is still rising: With the help of my commenters, I have been keeping a running total at my blog of the places where Light's letter has appeared. At last count, her letter has appeared in at least 47 newspapers in at least 23 different states.Patterico also asks whether this might be related to Cass Sunstein's cognitive infiltration plan, and quotes this: In 2008, while at Harvard Law School, Sunstein co-wrote a truly pernicious paper proposing that the U.S. Government employ teams of covert agents and pseudo-"independent" advocates to "cognitively infiltrate" online groups and websites -- as well as other activist groups -- which advocate views that Sunstein deems "false conspiracy theories" about the Government. This would be designed to increase citizens' faith in government officials and undermine the credibility of conspiracists. The paper's abstract can be read, and the full paper downloaded, here.Here's what "Ellie Light" said: Today, the president is being attacked as if he'd promised that our problems would wash off in the morning. He never did. It's time for Americans to realize that governing is hard work, and that a president can't just wave a magic wand and fix everything.I'd hate to think that saying the president didn't live up to his campaign promises is considered a "conspiracy theory" which needs to be countered by government astroturfers in the name of "cognitive infiltration." Almost sounds like Nixon's COINTELPRO program. ("The FBI and police used a myriad of other "dirty tricks" to undermine progressive movements. They planted false media stories and published bogus leaflets and other publications in the name of targeted groups. They forged correspondence, sent anonymous letters, and made anonymous telephone calls. They spread misinformation about meetings and events, set up pseudo movement groups run by government agents, and manipulated or strong-armed parents, employers, landlords, school officials and others to cause trouble for activists.") In this case, maybe COINTELPRO LIGHT.... MORE: Membership in Who Is Ellie Light? Facebook group has more than doubled since I saw it earlier. Hey, inquiring minds want to know! MORE: My thanks to Glenn Reynolds for the link! Also, my thanks to Charlie Foxtrot, who has another "Light breaking" picture. A warm welcome to all. As usual, all commments welcome, agree or disagree. Including comments from the hard-working bloggers now employed as propagandists and sock puppets at the Justice Department! (Via a comment to the Hillbuzz post which Glenn linked earlier.) The First Amendment applies to everyone -- whether bloggers, government sock puppets, or big corporations. MORE: Veeshir comments below that via hot air they found Ellie Light's husband. And there's even a "Who is Mark Spivey?" Facebook page! UPDATE: Anonymous commenter "Hidden Meadow" claims to know Ellie Light, but cannot reveal who he is: This excitement is really overblown. These letters were written by a fifty-something man who got carried away and started writing to every newspaper in America under several names.Hey, I can handle the truth, even if it's dull. Moreover, as a fity-something man who frequently gets carried away himself, I might find it more interesting than you think! Tell you what "Hidden Meadow." You tell me who he is, and I absolutely promise that I won't be bored. MORE (11/26/10): If the latest post from Patterico is any indication, Ellie Light is "Winston Steward, 51, of Frazier Park, Calif." I have no idea whether Segal knows Winston Steward. I don't know everyone who follows me on Twitter. This could all be a total dead end. In fact, at this very moment, I'm inclined to say it is, and that Winston Steward is just a kook.If that pans out, it means that commenter Hidden Meadow may have been correct in yesterday's comment. Why not? posted by Eric on 01.23.10 at 03:09 PM
Comments
How stupid do you have to be to expect that not to be noticed? Now that their idiocy has been exposed, they'll stop using the same name, but I figure they'll be stupid enough to use a lot of the same wording and caught again. Veeshir · January 23, 2010 07:31 PM Am I missing the joke somewhere, or is my mind so twisted that I can't see straight? That looks like a photshop of Barry Hussein's face on some body's picture. Larry Sheldon · January 23, 2010 11:01 PM And suppose Ellie Lite (heh) is a right wing plot. When thinking conspiracy you have to be really devious. I think Ellie was done by the Conspiracy Conspiracy. M. Simon · January 24, 2010 02:29 AM As someone who has written a number of letters to the editor, it would be interesting to know her success rate at being published. If she has been published in 47 papers, she probably submitted to far more. My interest in this is if she has an astonishingly high success rate, then (1) her letter must have struck a cord with the editors, and (2) a high percentage of our newspapers are quite gullible. Richard · January 24, 2010 09:55 AM As someone who has written a number of letters to the editor, it would be interesting to know her success rate at being published. If she has been published in 47 papers, she probably submitted to far more. My interest in this is if she has an astonishingly high success rate, then (1) her letter must have struck a cord with the editors, and (2) a high percentage of our newspapers are quite gullible. Richard · January 24, 2010 09:55 AM Just because conspiracy theories are paranoid, doesn't mean there's no conspiracy. Bob14 · January 24, 2010 10:01 AM Just because conspiracy theories are paranoid, doesn't mean there's no conspiracy. Bob14 · January 24, 2010 10:01 AM I second the notion put forth by Larry Sheldon. Something seems out of sorts. JPSobel · January 24, 2010 10:02 AM During the campaign, we were told that Obama was a "lightbringer". We all thought that was just some New Age nonsense. Now, we know it was literal. Obama is a "lightbringer" and her name is Ellie Light. Jabba the Tutt · January 24, 2010 10:17 AM As someone as Douplusundead last night, newspapers call when they're going to print your letter. Making it more likely to be a conspiracy with the newspapers' collusion. So it seems to me the most likely explanation is either a Soros-type, buy-the-media operation (how funny would it if it was Gleen?) or an Axelrod-type "astroturf" operation. Veeshir · January 24, 2010 10:21 AM Two more things. There's a good back and forth at the end of the article showing Ellie to be quite the thinker and oh so polite. Veeshir · January 24, 2010 10:33 AM My leg is tingling...she's so beautiful. Chris · January 24, 2010 10:35 AM I predixct that "Ellie Light" will quickly become a most popular screen name. Heh! Nostradamus · January 24, 2010 10:46 AM So, at least 47 newspapers have been scammed by this writer. How many will step up and put some real resources into finding out who did this? FB · January 24, 2010 10:57 AM What I find really interesting is that this letter was able to make it into so many newspapers. "Ellie" found the button to press that makes dozens of editors hop. So, here's a challenge: write a letter from the conservative point of view that will be published by as many newspapers. Find that hard to imagine? I do, too. This is a clear a demonstration of the lock-step thinking that prevails in the journalistic profession as any I've ever seen. Brown Line · January 24, 2010 10:57 AM Well this will make it easy for Harry Reid. He can say the things about Ms light as he said about Obama! Patrick · January 24, 2010 10:59 AM Doing a search for ellie light I ran across a surprising number of search results that display these phrases in no particular order Billy Bob · January 24, 2010 11:09 AM So that's what they meant by Obama being a "Lightworker". It is all clear now. Newslawyer · January 24, 2010 11:25 AM Ellie Lightbringer wrote: a president can't just wave a magic wand and fix everything. Those of us who voted against him already knew that, and said so for months. Maybe Ellie and her friends shouldn't have worked so hard to discourage people from listening to us. McGehee · January 24, 2010 11:28 AM I heard from two reliable sources that Ellie Light was out clubbing Friday night in Austin, Texas with Lucy Ramirez. Elroy Jetson · January 24, 2010 11:50 AM I am Ellie Light! Ellie Light · January 24, 2010 11:55 AM If we could find letters to 7 states, that don't exist, we would know who it was for sure. Greg F · January 24, 2010 12:15 PM I hear she likes to wear "Mom" jeans. Dobby · January 24, 2010 12:20 PM Lucifer was a light-bringer too. There seems to be a long family tradition at work. Loy · January 24, 2010 12:23 PM Please make use of Patterico's list to post comments at the victimized websites simply explaining Melanerpes Cao · January 24, 2010 12:39 PM Please make use of Patterico's list to post comments at the victimized websites simply explaining
We need to make this backfire. Anonymous · January 24, 2010 12:40 PM The reporter at the Cleveland Plains Dealer needs to pull the headers off of Ellie Light's email and post them online. I bet there's some interesting data to be gleaned from those. DelD · January 24, 2010 01:08 PM I know my local paper calls to confirm name and address before publishing a letter. So it could be that all the newspapers involved colluded with local Democrats, but it’s more likely that this was simply orchestrated by some DNC-related group. All they needed was someone in each city or town willing to answer their phone and claim to be Ellie. If the papers involved have any desire to retain their reputations they will cooperate with efforts to identify the people and organizations behind this. When Republicans orchestrated a letter-writing campaign to support President Bush, the MSM turned it into a major story. Let’s see if they do the same now. Brenda · January 24, 2010 02:10 PM via hot air Veeshir · January 24, 2010 02:36 PM I know my local paper calls to confirm name and address before publishing a letter. So it could be that all the newspapers involved colluded with local Democrats Or they called the number that came with the e-mail and the writer lied about her name and address. Horses, not zebras. :) And it's not like honesty has ever been a core value of the progressive left... HeatherRadish · January 24, 2010 02:43 PM That is one ugly woman. BTW, Ellie is related to light in Greek/French. There's reason to believe the name is simply made up. John B. Chilton · January 24, 2010 02:53 PM "She" looks like B. Hussein Obama in drag. mariner · January 24, 2010 03:00 PM I think I worked it out. "Ellie Light" is an anagram for "Hell, I Legit!" Nicholas · January 24, 2010 03:13 PM Amy: Wondering if you could move my blog Common Cents up to either Top Brass or even 4-Star Generals on BLUF? Just asking... thanks and keep up the great work.... Steve Steve · January 24, 2010 07:10 PM Thanks for all the comments, but Amy! You have a request! Where are you? Eric Scheie · January 25, 2010 10:53 AM This excitement is really overblown. These letters were written by a fifty-something man who got carried away and started writing to every newspaper in America under several names. Hidden Meadow · January 25, 2010 05:30 PM Post a comment
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"The FBI and police used a myriad of other "dirty tricks" to undermine progressive movements"
sounds good to me. proggs/commies/fascist/statists kill