It is with a truly contrite and humble heart that I offer my most sincere apologies to the DUmmie Andy Stephenson for my speculations as given in reply 295, above. I was wrong, and I am deeply ashamed.
God commands that we be careful about thinking before we speak, and in reply 295, I had made the premature comment, "he's gone, he's flown the coop, with the loot"--a statement I was making on the basis that the DUmmie Andy Stephenson had not appeared in DUmmieland for several hours, ever since the Grand DUmmie "Skinner" had asked him to return his telephone calls, and to sign a medical release.
But as my reply 295 was being written, reply 296 by speed_addiction was also being written, the exact same minute; I had apparently left DUmmieland a minute or two too soon, while speed_addiction was still in there, and caught the DUmmie Andy Stephenson responding.
Thus my stunned shock, as stated in reply 298.
You know, there are a lot of things about God, and one of them is that God is a good practical joker, suddenly and abruptly tossing banana-peels in front of those who get carried away, so as to teach them humility.
And I am indeed humbled.
And so this is my apology to the DUmmie Andy Stephenson, for having shot off my mouth too soon, insinuating he had already taken the cash and headed for parts unknown; I should have waited before I spoke.
I have been following the DUmmie Andy Stephenson ever since the "Bev Harris issue" broke in Free Republic, and about three months ago, established that the authentic real-life Andrew Stephenson of Seattle, Washington is in fact the same person as the DUmmie Andy Stephenson in DUmmieland.
I was intrigued; it seemed to me while everybody else was going after Bev Harris, there was "bigger game" being ignored.
There is nothing remarkable about Bev Harris, who is after all a common ordinary run-of-the-mill "average" confidence man, buncombe artist, snake-oil salesman, and so despite her flimflammery, Bev Harris presents no threat to the Republic.
The DUmmie Andy Stephenson however is a different matter, a not-so-obvious con-man, and a better one than Bev Harris could ever be, as demonstrated by the blind loyalty of so many child-like DUmmies who laugh at any belief in God, but who at the same time believe in fairies.
And so while everybody else was like a pack of hounddogs in pursuit of an old crow, I was chasing after a big fat plump vulture.
Once his "pancreatic cancer" was diagnosed--a very long time ago now--I became very intrigued by the behavior of the DUmmie Andy Stephenson; behavior which I have never in my life observed in others suffering cancer or other grievous ailments.
Someone diagnosed with pancreatic cancer immediately and without hesitation, "shuts down" all meaningless things in his life; he does not refuse offers of medical assistance, he does not play and cavort 2,000 miles away from home, and the matter of election fraud becomes meaningless to him.
The Washington (state) Department of Social Services offered the DUmmie Andy Stephenson medical assistance, and immediately.....which the DUmmie Andy Stephenson spurned.
Again, this is not the reaction of a reasonable person afflicted with pancreatic cancer; a reasonable person afflicted with pancreatic cancer grasps at all straws, hoping there are enough to hold him, to save him.
After the fund-raiser in DUmmieland for the DUmmie Andy Stephenson had begun, and since I had without a doubt established the true identity of the DUmmie Andy Stephenson, I contacted the Washington (state) Department of Social Services about the matter, after which I was directed to send, by fastest regular mail possible, all documentation to one of their fraud investigators.
I had speculated, perhaps wrongly, that the DUmmie Andy Stephenson would ultimately return to the Washington (state) Department of Social Services.....in which case he would again have to declare his income and assets.
I wanted to be sure he did that; I am sure the DUmmie Andy Stephenson, like myself, is concerned about the exploitation of the working and the poor classes, who are burdened with higher taxes so as to make up for shortfalls caused by people with income and assets who avoid paying taxes.
I just needed to be sure that if the DUmmie Andy Stephenson went back to the Washington (state) Department of Social Services, that he would remember to claim all this fund-raising income, on which his social services medical benefits would be based.
Well, the DUmmie Andy Stephenson did not abscond with the loot, and is probably in Johns Hopkins (although not necessarily for pancreatic cancer; possibly for some other affliction)--and I again apologize to the DUmmie Andy Stephenson for my too-quick, premature, comment that he had already run away, bags of money in his hands.
On another issue, the DUmmie Andy Stephenson is no novice when it comes to paying taxes, and is probably aware that contributions from others raised on his behalf are a form of income that is sometimes taxable, and which always must be reported.
Everyone here in Free Republic knows what I do for a living; no form 1040EZ and earned-income credit for the DUmmie Andy Stephenson.
If the DUmmie Andy Stephenson, for the tax year 2005, uses the 1040 and several forms and schedules to explain his income, and honestly reports his income and its sources, the DUmmie Andy Stephenson should have no problem.