Posted on 05/13/2005 7:36:25 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
It looks like William Rivers (Pied Piper) Pitt is doing a lot of worrying that the scam perpetrated by Andy Stephenson is going to explode in his face. Pity Poor Pathetic Pied Piper Pitt (had to get in at least one allitertation) for he hasn’t slept since April as you can see in this Pitt authored DUmmie THREAD titled, “I could use a little help here.” Yeah, Pitt, you could actually use a LOT of help WHEN the AndyScam blows up in such a way that even the incredibly gullible DUmmies realize that Andy Stephenson has been scamming them just as cold-bloodedly as his former mentor, Bev Harris. A constant theme right now in DUmmieland is that they just KNOW that Andy is on the up and up BECAUSE Pied Piper Pitt told them so. I hate to tell you this DUmmies but Pied Piper Pitt has ALSO been having doubts about the DUmmies as have been documented in the Free Republic discussion forum of the previous DUFU edition titled, “’About the Andy Stephenson situation’---Skinner.” Oh, and speaking of Skinner, haven’t the DUmmies noticed that he has been MIA since issuing his doubts about Stephenson a few days ago? Skinner is less than an hour from Baltimore but he has yet to make the short trip over there to verify Andy’s fraudulent story. It is “The Silence of the Scams.” So let us now join Pied Piper Pitt in his state of complete sleeplessness. Somehow I think Pitt will be greeting the sun for many, many mornings to come. As usual the insomniac rantings of Pitt and his DUmmie followers are in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, who enjoyed a refreshing night of deep sleep, is in the [brackets]:
I could use a little help here
[You sure do, Pied Piper Pitt, especially after the DUmmies form a lynch mob to go after you when even those dopes realize FOR SURE that they have been scammed by Andy Stephenson, thanks in large part to you vouching for Andy’s honesty.]
I haven't been able to sleep for about two weeks. I start to drop off, and maybe actually sleep for about 20 minutes, before popping awake. Last night, for about the fifteenth day in a row, I saw the sun come up against my will. This has started to affect my stomach, which makes sleeping harder. I have tried exercise to wear myself out, and have managed to badly strain a muscle in my back.
[Your back will hurt even more after the DUmmies start angrily beating on it while cursing you for enabling the AndyScam.]
So, to recap: No sleep since April, rotten stomach, torn up back. I've reached that insomnia point where I am psyching myself out; I got no sleep the night before last, spent yesterday writing a PDA action alert and a 30-minute speech transcript, drove two hours to do the speech, gave the speech, did a three-hour Q&A, talked to people for another hour, drove two more hours to get home, and by the time I got back here I was literally quivering with exhaustion.
[So, to recap: You are worried sick about what will happen to you after Andy Stephenson is proven to be a complete FRAUD even to the satisfaction of the incredibly gullible DUmmie suckers.]
But I laid awake until 6:37am (I remember looking at the clock), popped awake an 8, 9, 10 before finally giving up and getting up at 11. I can barely see straight right now, my stomach feels like it has snakes in it, my back is killing me so I can't exercise...and I know for a stone fact that I won't be able to sleep again. Tried a nap an hour or so ago. Came thiiiiiiiis close to dropping of and then popped awake.
[3:11 AM: “Worried sick about the backlash when Andy’s scam is finally proven.”
3:12 AM: “Will they toss me out of Dummieland?”
3:13 AM: “Will my speaking engagements be cancelled?”
3:14 AM: “Maybe I could change my identity.”
3:15 AM: “DAMN YOU TO HELL, Andy, for suckering me into being your lousy cheerleader!!!”
3:16 AM: “Is it 3:17 AM yet?”]
Any ideas? I've already heard about taking mela-whatever, but that stuff gave my mother splitting headaches when she tried it. I have drastically cut back on caffiene. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. I've reached that violently, violently, violently frustrated stage of insomnia where sleep is a guaranteed impossibility, and if a routine like yesterday's (while on no sleep) can't get it done, I am at a total loss.
[Confession is good for the soul. And now let us read the hilarious advice on insomnia cures from your fellow DUmmies, Pitt.]
scotch. start about 3pm. you'll be out by 9
[Thunderbird. Start about 3 PM. You’ll be homeless by 9.]
Tried it. I managed to make myself unconscious, but that isn't sleep. Woke up worse off the next day. Tried it again a few days later, and all that happened was I was drunk and wide awake.
[Pied Piper Pitt---The wide awake drunk. That’s what happens when you fall such obvious scams that Andy perpetrates.]
sex?
[Unfortunately Andy can no longer be located.]
Move the clock...for one thing. Looking at that thing with the blinking : all night can be horrifying.
[If Pitt moves his clock all it will mean is that he will have to keep walking over to it every 5 minutes to check to see if he got at least a half hour of sleep.]
yes, sex works remember, only in fundie land is a monogamous partner of the opposite gender who desires to become pregnant is a requirement for "sex."
[Only in DUmmieland does it not matter what gender or species your sex partner is.]
Will: see a doctor. Insomnia is a bitch, although I only get it maybe once or twice a month.
[Pitt needs to see a shrink doctor. See Pitt lying on the shrink’s couch? Let us see what the shrink is writing on his note pad: “Just plain NUTS!!!”]
This sounds like a case for sleeping pills though I ordinarily wouldn't recommend them.
[NOT a good idea. Pitt would be tempted to swallow the whole bottle after the AndyScam blows up in DUmmieland.]
Benadryl. But don't take it every night, as you can become addicted (as per my physician husband).
[Methinks Pitt would become addicted the first night after desperately popping pill after pill of those Benny’s.]
Eat lots of turkey! Turkey has natural sleep inducers in it.
[And if that doesn’t work, have someone take a frozen turkey and slam it on Pitt’s head to knock him out.]
My problem is that I have bad physical reactions to anti-histamine stuff. I had raging bad allergies as a kid, and was always loaded up on the stuff. After a few years it just messed me up, and still does whenever I touch it.
[I can sympathize, Pitt. I’m allergic to wool so I’ve had to cross sheep off my date list. Such are the sacrifices I’ve had to make.]
Tonight I will do turkey, warm milk and the tub
[You’re going to do turkey in a tub filled with warm milk, Pitt? You really ARE kinky!]
Yes - I like Tylenol PM myself.
[I once tried to commit suicide by taking a cyanide pill. Unfortunately some sick bastard tampered with the cyanide pill bottle and I took a Tylenol that he inserted instead. I’m suing!!!]
empty your mind, grasshopper...
[…be just like your fellow DUmmies, cricket…]
I don't really know any tricks to get to sleep but one thing I discovered is that it makes no sense to just lay there willing yourself to do it - the more you try, the less likely it is that it will happen. So when I couldn't sleep, I'd get up. I'd tidy the house, I'd do laundry, I'd go for a walk, I'd read, I'd write, I'd work. Eventually, I'd get very, very tired and I'd lay down again. If I didn't get to sleep within a reasonable time, I'd get up again.
[Good idea… Hey Pitt! My pad needs cleaning and after that you can do my laundry.]
stop doing crystal meth that's what I had to do.
[speed_addiction…is that you?]
The back thing is my own fault. I've been beating the shit out of myself on my weight bench, way overdoing it to try and get sleepy. A muscle in my shoulderblade area finally got tired of it and told me to f*ck myself.
[And after the AndyScam scandal explodes, Pitt, your fellow DUmmies will be telling you the same thing as your shoulderblade muscle told you.]
Definitely see a doctor...there might be a physiological reason you're having trouble sleeping.
[Pitt’s problem is ALL mental.]
Will, I'm not a doctor, but I am going to go ahead and give you medical advice anyway. Your body is telling you to take a break.
[Yes, good advice. Take a break, Pitt, on a Costa Rica getaway with Andy Stephenson. Don’t worry about expenses. Andy has $50,000 to blow.]
Otherwise, until you see an internist, a bit of turkey, milk and a warm bath. Then find something boring, yet educational, to read.
[Maybe not educational but Pitt’s own writings should do the trick.]
A friend of mine who went through a divorce said she would drop her jaw down as you would right before you fall asleep and then force herself to COUNT SHEEP. It actually worked for her.
[It won’t work for me. I told you before that I’m allergic to wool.]
One word solution... PAMPER!
[One word solution… PAMPERS!]
White noise (I have a CD of very, very faint/distand thunderstorms and rain, and it's coma-inducing).
[White noise (I have a CD of very, very faint Pitt speeches, and it’s coma-inducing).]
Breathe thru your eyes ... Bull Durham
[Breath thru your butt … Andy Stephenson.]
Watch some mindless TV.
[Keith Olbermann.]
Ambien is habit forming and every person is different. So telling someone to ignore legitimate and documented side effects and product warnings is not particularly sound advice, wouldn't you agree?
[WARNING: Side effects of Ambien may inlude nausea, diarrhea attacks, dizziness, urges to support left wing loony causes, and the total loss of any ability to discern obvious scams.]
dude...seriously...smoke up. If I need to be asleep, pot is my friend to a nice, happy, and deep sleep.
[“Puff the magic dragon down by the sea!”]
First of all, sleep is over-rated.
[Sleep? Who needs it!]
You need to start "shutting down" very gradually.
[After the DUmmies finally wake up to the AndyScam, they will be “shutting down” Pitt very rapidly.]
Try to figure out what caused this abnormal sleep cycle to begin in the first place and address that issue.
[I don’t believe that Pitt thinking about how he has become Andy Stephenson’s lead cheerleader in Dummieland is going to help him get any sleep.]
Go To An Acupuncturist ASAP.
[Perhaps the acupuncturist can anesthetize those brain cells containing all memories about Andy.]
want something natural? try acupuncture- & I know where to get it cheap in the south end
[I don’t know about Pitt but Andy certainly would love to be acupunctured in the south end.]
You really should go to a doctor for a sleep evaluation. This may include keeping a diary for a week or so…
[May 13: “WHAT? WHAT? WHAT will I do when the DUmmies rise up against me when the AndyScam breaks?
May 15: “Need to leave the country. PRONTO!”
May 16: “Quick flight down to Costa Rica.”
May 20: “Slight gender preference modification but the honeymoon with Andy is just dreamy!”]
Cancel your appointments. Don't listen to TV or radio. Turn off your cell phone. Rent some funny movies.
[Flim Flam Man. The Sting.]
greatauntoftriplets - I'm going to petetion JR to change my freepname to nextdoorneighborofsomeguyswhosthirdcousinhasaworkinguterus
That is perfect!
It makes sense and is more than likely the exact scenario underway.
I think all three of them are doing one Hades of a good job, keeping the time-line and link--trust me, it's been invaluable.....to many of us.
Undie is caught in a big, fat lie here. So, will the real biopsy please stand up? Oh brother.
ROTFLOL !!!!!!
Speaking of surgery:
"benburch (1000+ posts) Mon May-16-05 06:46 PM
Original message
Has there been word on how Andy's surgery went? nt"
"brainshrub (1000+ posts) Mon May-16-05 06:47 PM
Response to Original message
1. Good question.
I would like to know as well"
"liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Mon May-16-05 06:54 PM
Response to Original message
4. He has not had it yet.
I understand he will have it soon, next week. He is in good spirits and has been encouraged to get lots of rest. The mind-f*ck of being rescheduled on the heels of a hateful freeper's abuse can take a toll on one's psyche..."
OMG...I try to catch up a little on this thread and ANOTHER HUNDRED POSTS fly by!
Do you have the link?
Jamie McMurray?
Nah. Hubby and I are Jeff Gordon/Jimmie Johnson/Kasey Kahne fans. This weekend, we were rooting for Kasey because 1) the other two were out of the race early and 2) Kasey always comes sooooooo close, it's heartbreaking. But my husband is OK with anybody but Junior or Tony Stewart.
And to think, last year I wasn't a NASCAR fan at all. Thought it was nothing but a bunch of guys driving around in an oval.
I got into DU archives by accident...LOL.. don't know how but found this. Not sure if it's already been posted..long thread..Didn't read it all yet. Here ya go.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3630503#3630607
Andy_Stephenson Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Feb-13-05 11:40 PM
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I am scared to death right now yall!
Edited on Sun Feb-13-05 11:44 PM by Andy_Stephenson
and I don't know how to calm my fears. Tomorrow I go to the hospital. I am scared of what they may find. I can't sleep and my mouth is dry. Shit! How the hell did this happen? Why is this happening to me? I look like a redheaded banana and the itching has come back. I feel like I have a thousand spiders crawling all over my body.
I admit it I am a big ol chicken. Nighttime is always the worst! I have been looking up liver diseases on the web and everything seems really really bad. I am trying to be optimistic I have slept drank lots of water eaten right...
I have never been much of a drinker always have been good to my liver...how can this be happening? Perhaps I am just being silly. But everything I have read is so...well...dire. I have faced other things I should have been afraid of...and wasn't..but I am very frightened right this minute. Any Doctors in the house? Would one single valium hurt to take tonight? I need some sleep and I am afraid I cannot do it on my own.
I really wish my Mom was here with me tonight...I think I would be less scared. I was shaking earlier..not cause I was cold...but in fear. Sorry for rambling but I am freaked ta hell out and I need a sounding board. Thanks fer listening.
Andy
Check this out!
Andy_Stephenson Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Feb-13-05 11:48 PM
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10. No...HEP A B anc as well as HIV have been ruled out.
the Doctor used the c fer cancer word friday. cancer survival rates for liver cancer are 4 -5 %
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=326017#326029
I thought he had HEP and needed money for 6 weeks bed rest?
from The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran
Then said a rich man, "Speak to us of Giving."
And he answered:
You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
For what are your possessions but things you keep and guard for fear you may need them tomorrow?
And tomorrow, what shall tomorrow bring to the overprudent dog burying bones in the trackless sand as he follows the pilgrims to the holy city?
And what is fear of need but need itself?
Is not dread of thirst when your well is full, thirst that is unquenchable?
There are those who give little of the much which they have - and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome.
And there are those who have little and give it all.
These are the believers in life and the bounty of life, and their coffer is never empty.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
And there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism.
And there are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue;
They give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space.
Through the hands of such as these God speaks, and from behind their eyes He smiles upon the earth.
It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding;
And to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than givingAnd is there aught you would withhold?
All you have shall some day be given;
Therefore give now, that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors'.
You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving.
"The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture.
They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.
Surely he who is worthy to receive his days and his nights is worthy of all else from you.And he who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill his cup from your little stream.
And what desert greater shall there be than that which lies in the courage and the confidence, nay the charity, of receiving?
And who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride, that you may see their worth naked and their pride unabashed?
See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver, and an instrument of giving.
For in truth it is life that gives unto life - while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.
And you receivers - and you are all receivers - assume no weight of gratitude, lest you lay a yoke upon yourself and upon him who gives.
Rather rise together with the giver on his gifts as on wings;
For to be overmindful of your debt, is to doubt his generosity who has the free-hearted earth for mother, and God for father.
I always try to remember that giving is in itself a gift. DU has given me the gifts of peace, knowledge, and power. And I thank the nearly 70,000 people that make this possible.-goodboy
knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Mon May-16-05 06:45 PM Response to Original message 1. can you imagine not having this forum
goodboy (1000+ posts) Mon May-16-05 06:45 PM Response to Reply #1 2. no. It's a refuge, a sanctuary of thought, beacon in the storm of fascism
goodboy (1000+ posts) Mon May-16-05 06:50 PM Response to Original message 3. let me just kick this one time
knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Mon May-16-05 06:59 PM Response to Reply #3 4. me too the in-fighting here really saddened me.
goodboy (1000+ posts) Mon May-16-05 07:00 PM Response to Reply #4 5. you'll have that, but if we all thought the same way about the same things we'd be Republicans.
Hmmm. Sensitive lad, this DUmmie "goodboy;" one wonders how he is going to take it when the dam breaks over the head of his hero the felonious Andy?
Good work Hipaatwo. Don't close that window...you are in.
You've got to be kidding. What a pansy.
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Andy_Stephenson Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Feb-14-05 06:45 PM
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Anyone with health insurance want to marry me?
I'll sign a pre-nuptial agreement
I don't have the results from the CT scans yet so there is still a waiting game tonight...damnit!
However here is what I do know for sure. It seems like there is a real good possibility that there is a gall stone blocking the bile duct where it enters my duodenum. The ultrasound showed some "sludge and crystals" in the gall bladder...so barring anything dire from the CT scan I have gall stones but I am still holding my breath until I get the results from the CT.
The results from the liver function on friday showed a higher liver enzyme count than from wed 489 - 505 and a bilirubin level of 12. So needless to say I am very sick. All this information has me feeling a bit better but the cure seems worse than the disease.
My Doctor here is recomending these procedures:
1. ERCP which stands for Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
2. laparoscopic cholecystectomy or Gallbladder removal.
I have a friend here in Seattle...he actually posts here at DU who knows a natural healer. She uses a combination of diet and colonics to cleanse the system and I would prefer that route to a 5-10k surgery and recuperation (which I can't afford). Robin is willing to treat me for free and it would be a week off from everything including the voting issue (lord knows I need it). The questions I have are...can this work? Would I be better off having the surgery? I don't want to die...but I am also hesitant to just cut out the offending organ if it can be saved. Additionally I understand that cutting out the gallbladder can increase the risk for colon cancer. Anyone here have any thoughts on this?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=326551
This could have been going on since his joke campaign !!! Can you say campaign finance laws !?! Then the bbv scam , now the "cancer" Undie Scam !!!
He saw the easy money coming in and was hooked .....
Andy_Stephenson Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Feb-14-05 07:01 PM
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14. Washington State DSHS is turning down all new
patients. So there is no money in the cookije jar for me right now. I think I need the cure sooner rather than later. I don't look good yellow.
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