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AGs Call for End of Craigslist Adult Services:

Attorneys general target Craigslist:

Missouri AG Chris Koster joins other attorneys general asking Craigslist to remove adult ads:

Ohio AG: Craigslist should drop adult services:

Tennessee AG joins in call on Craigslist to eliminate adult services section:

AGs demand Craigslist drop adult services section:

Gansler among 17 state AGs calling for Craigslist to drop adult services:

Kansas AG Asks Craigslist To Remove Adult Ads:

In case you couldn’t tell this is big news.

18 U.S. State Attorneys General have called for craigslist to shut down the adult services section. Among those are Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Chris Koster of Missouri, Richard Cordray of Ohio, Bob Cooper of Tennessee, Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, and Steve Six of Kansas. Not mentioned are the AGs from Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.

Of course craigslist was quick to pay lip service to the AGs…

Craigslist supports states’ efforts to stop illegal exploitation, spokeswoman Susan MacTavish Best said in a statement that did not indicate whether the website plans to get rid of its adult services section.

Of course they have no intention of getting rid of adult services. Craigslist has a history of flying in the face of common decency.

While this is a big piece of news there’s something missing. It’s easy for these attorneys general to call for craigslist to shut down adult services. There’s only one attorney general who if he put his name behind this movement would have a huge impact. I am of course referring to former governor, former mayor of Oakland, current gubernatorial candidate and current attorney general of California…

Jerry Brown

Attorney General Brown, we may be politically opposed in some of our views but for a man who cares about the environment and opposes the death penalty I would imagine that you would be opposed to the trafficking of women and children that is being facilitated by craigslist.

Craigslist is headquartered in your home state. In my opinion craigslist’s shameful record when it comes to prostitution, child prostitution and human trafficking is a black eye for the Golden State. If I can’t appeal to your heart I will appeal to your aspirations. How much of a huge political coup would it be in your current gubernatorial race if you got the biggest facilitator of human trafficking in the country to get that section of the website shut down?

Mr. Brown, I beg of you to add your name to that of the other state attorney’s general in asking craigslist to shut down the adult services section. Maybe they will listen to you.

Don’t forget, while craigslist is dragging its feet Geebo.com has been human trafficking free since its inception.

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Exposes is kind of a strong word. It’s more like they explained the obvious to the rest of America. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

Please watch the following video from the Today Show on NBC as reporter Jeff Rossen shows that craigslist’s claims of cleaning up its site of prostitution is a sham.

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What I found most interesting is how some of the women say that they’ve never had a problem getting their prostitution ads on craigslist.

As usual craigslist did not respond to this report except to point to Jim Buckmaster’s blog which in my opinion is nothing more than the ramblings of a man so greedy he’s convinced himself of his own lies.

This report does one good thing. It brings craigslist’s facilitation of prostitution and human trafficking to the attention of mainstream America and not just the tech elite. However the report did have some misses.

The first is that they gave camera time to Conn. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. In my opinion Mr. Blumenthal cares more about his own political aspirations then the women and children being exploited on craigslist.

The second is once again the Village Voice Media owned Backpage gets yet another pass.  According to the Village Voice Media website their CEO is a guy by the name of Jim Larkin. As far as I’m concerned his name should be spoken in the same breath as Jim Buckmaster when it comes to CEOs who are aiding in the facilitation of prostitution and human trafficking.

It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of craigslist and Jim Buckmaster however I’m also not a fan of double standards and I will work just as hard to see that the media spotlight is shone on Backpage just as brightly as craigslist.

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Connecticut AG subpoenas Craigslist over personals:

My favorite Attorney General is at it again.

Conn. AG Richard Blumenthal has issued a subpoena to craigslist to see if craigslist is ‘fulfilling its promise to help stop advertisements for prostitution.’

Apparently Mr. Blumenthal has a vision problem if he can’t tell that craigslist is not fulfilling its promise just by looking at the adult services or casual encounters sections. And that vision problem must be tunnel vision because Blumethal is so focused on craigslist, not that they don’t deserve it, but does nothing about the Village Voice Media owned Backpage.

Is it any wonder that a lot of our populace have become disenfranchised with our politicians? They are absolutely clueless.

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