Intimidation Tactics by Friend of “Ethnic” American Advisory Council Members

Updated, 7/23/08: Readers, if you will look through the comment section of this post, you will be able to watch, almost painfully, as Payam “I’m-writing-and-I-can’t-shut-up” Sharifi desperately tries to dig himself out of the hole he began when he decided to send me a threatening e-mail last night, all-the-while confirming nearly every detail of my original post on this topic. As Tex commented,

“God help us, another pseudo-intellectual attempting to use semantics to distract from the issues…The shell game that he describes in the filing of the complaint (first step in legal action) i.e. his being contacted by his father’s friend to file it on behalf of other parties (strange, I would ask why the subterfuge? Why wasn’t your father friend from college able to assist them? Why did they go to a third party?)”

And the money quote of the day comes from Jalal Farzaneh (I’ve been informed that I’ve been misspelling his first name – my apologies) himself, via an e-mailed response to our young friend, Payam (Note: The emphasis, in bold, and hyperlinks have been added by me.):

“Thank you Payam Jaan;

It is unfortunate that some people would lie after lies to further their cause no matter how many people they are hurting.

Since Randy Terrill is an anti immigrant representative, we are supporting his opponent. Although we knew about the following case before, this posting came right before the news about possible fraud by him in his bankruptcy case hit the web and then the newspaper.

We decided not to respond to this as this will take attention from the real news which is possible fraud.”

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Updated: Last week, I wrote about the Gov’s Muslim Advisory Council Members Supporting HB1804 Author’s Opponent in 2008 Primaries. If you missed that, you might want to read it, here, now.

In response to that post, I received the following, via e-mail from a Mr. Payam Sharifi [payam.sharifi@ou.edu], who claims to be a good friend of Jalil Farzaneh, one of the Home Creations owners. As you will see, he disagrees strongly with a few points in my post, regarding the difference between “translation services” v. “accomodations for non-English speakers” as well as “legal action” v. “a federal complaint,” and who is/is not paying for said complaint. Since he has articulated his points clearly, I’ll let him speak for himself, then respond afterward (language warning) [Editing for clarity in brackets]:

“Hi, just wanted to comment on some of the outright lies…You seem to love making up. I’m Payam Sharifi, the guy who filed the complaint on behalf of the Bartlesville couple (not Amir Farzaneh, I don’t even know where you got this from, but I’d like to know). I want to clear up some discrepancies in what you believe to be fact in your blog, Miss Jenn. I’ll be straight to the point and then give you some tips.

“First of all, the Farzaneh’s had no involvement in my complaint to the Federal Department of Transportation. Jalil is, however, a good friend of my father’s from college, and he called me up before I was due to debate Randy Terrill on Fox News for advice he felt he needed to give me.

“Quoting you, ‘Green Country Values has been informed that both Home Creations Brothers have talk very openly about how they are bankrolling the cost of the legal action.’

“Oh, really? I’d like to know just where you heard this from, because

1. “There is no legal action. This is a formal complaint to the federal government. Just to clarify things so you don’t slip up like this again, citizens have no private right of action in enforcing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 according to a Supreme Court ruling in 2000 (or something like that), where the act itself, particularly the part that says “national origin discrimination” is elaborated in detail for all states and state agencies by Executive order 13166. I had every right, and a duty, to file this complaint, as the state’s department of safety is full of losers like yourself who, as much as you go on and on about federal law when it comes to illegal immigration, love to ignore it when it comes to providing ACCOMMODATIONS (not necessarily translation services) to new legal residents who have limited English capabilities.

2. “So because there is no legal action, how can they be bankrolling it? They have nothing to do with it. Again, I don’t think you could have just pulled something like this out of your ass, so I’d love to to hear where you heard this from. If you did just pull it out of your ass…then you’re more pathetic than I imagined.

” [from the GCV post] ‘and championing the ‘rights of immigrants to have their drivers’ license tests translated into about a jillion (approximately) different languages at the taxpayers’ expense’

“There has been no concrete evidence (other than what you idiots love to theorize) that there has been much of any demand for language services in Oklahoma. In fact, the evidence shows the opposite. So helping a few people is hardly a burden on the taxpayer. Furthermore, translation is not a necessity. Accommodions [sic] of ANY SORT can be offered. Anything. So if you want to use some backwood approach to helping limited english proficient individuals, you can. It specifically says this in the executive order, as cost is taken into consideration. It’s a shame people like yourself don’t have any respect for federal law that you don’t like, with the biggest reason being you don’t even have the patience to read through the details.

“Come back to me with those questions I asked, specifically, where you got this false information from.

“As for everything else, you’re pathetic. Green country ‘values’? Don’t make me laugh. You idiots have no values. I love how most right wing conservatives who know Iranians love how they actually have a cohesive family unit, moreso than most other cultures, and to the point that you idiots idolize it. Too bad you losers are all talk and no show. Take it from a guy who’s actually walked the walk, raised in the US from iranian immigrants: shut the fuck up. Your values are nothing more than idol worship.

“Hoping you grow out of your idiocy,

Payam (Pie-am) Sharifi “

Payam Sharifi
5th Year Senior, University of Oklahoma
Economics/Finance/Accounting Major
918-244-0248

First, Mr. Sharifi is the first person I’ve ever seen that was so proud of being a “5th Year Senior” that he actually included it in his signature line. I couldn’t help getting a chuckle out of that.

Also, Mr. Sharifi is obviously fishing to find out who my “anonymous” source is, so let me clarify that the source is not anonymous to me. The source is someone I know and trust, but who has given me information on the condition that I would withhold his/her name from publication, and I will honor that request.

Finally, I do not appreciate the not-so-subtle attempt to intimidate me into silence, on behalf of the Farzaneh Brothers, of Home Creations. Anyone who thought this might work doesn’t know American women very well – particularly not this American woman.

Also see:

• Lawmakers Vote to Make English Official Language of Oklahoma
• Iranian immigrants want Farsi-language Oklahoma driver’s license testing