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.]
Your link won't work.
Who did you call & can you provide the number? Also, exactly what info did you provide in order for them to search?
I called Verity Credit Union at 206-440-9000 (they have a website at veritycu.com) and pressed 8 to talk to the operator. I told her I wanted to verify a cashier's check. She transferred me to a "chanelle" and I told her I wanted to verify a cashier's check. She stumbled a bit (not a totally common call to get, I'm sure, because people treat cashier's checks like they can't ever possible be forger or stolen-- but I know different) but then said she could verify if it was issued. So I gave her the check numbers and she verified the date issued, the amount and to whom it was issued.
Look at post 1415 in the old thread, another poster is the one who identified the bank. I just called the bank to check.
Sort of like those C-SPAN callers who call in on the Democratic line and claim to have been Republicans -- but, hallelujah! They've SEEEEEN the light! And that "light" is the Democratic party <*gag*>
Dang if it doesn't put a crimp in the 'pitchfork and torches fun' when you go and find information like that:)
erichzann (123 posts) Fri May-13-05 05:01 PM Original message
OMG - my parents LEAVE the Republican Party!
Ok, I know most of you don't know me well yet. But I just have to share this story.
I have a very close relationship with my Mom and Dad. But they have been Republicans all their lives. They were raised as protestant evangelical Christians to equate Republican with "moral." No, my parents don't hate gays, nor do they want to see the nation turned into a theocracy. In fact, if you met them and didn't talk about politics, no matter who you were, what you thought, or what you looked like you would find them to be welcoming, friendly and loving toward you...
..which is why as I grew up and begin to understand the fundamental wrongs of the Republican party, I couldn't understand how they could possibly call themselves Republicans.
Hence began about six years of friendly debate. There's probably not been a week that's gone by during that time where politics hasn't come up. I continuously sent them example after example out of the news of all the things the Bush Administration, Neo-Conservatives, or the increasingly extremist Republican Party was doing that went against the very things they value.
My parents had such blind faith in Bush because they believed he was a Christian. We argued over and over and over again because my Mom believed the Administration when they talked about WMDs and the threat from Iraq. My father, who himself was a veteran felt that supporting the troops meant supporting the administration, as well as feeling the things my mom felt.
So we would argue and go round and round and round. Sometimes I felt like they would never understand because it seemed like no matter what evidence would come to light about dishonesty or betray by the administration or the party, they just couldn't accept it. It was almost as though their will/need to believe that these were good men doing the right things drowned out any attention to reality.
The it came to election year, and our debates reached there most intense. For the first time, my mom was beginning to ask some questions I never thought she would ask. She had reservations about voting for Bush. I talked, and talked and talked with her about what she was feeling and how Bush and the republican party have sadly betrayed all the things she cares about and misled her. But despite her questions, she just couldn't come to vote for Kerry. In the end I think she and Dad did vote for bush, but for the first time ever - did so with a troubled conscience.
Finally, this week I emailed my mom about the downing street memo. I reminded her about the reasons we were led to war and how that have all turned out to be false. I highlighted the most damning part of the memo and asked her how this could represent an administration of "moral integrity?" I made my most impassioned case yet, even though I didn't expect anything from it.
But then, to my total astonishment -- this is the email I got back:
Well you will be happy to know that when a guy from the republican party called here last night I told him we had been registered republicans every since we cast our first vote some 30 years ago but were now leaving the R/party to become an independent.
When he asked why I told him because of the ill advised war. I told him my husband had served in Viet Nam and this war was turning out to be exactly like that with our sons and daughters dying for the same ground, no exit plan, and no stabilized government any where in the future.
I told him how incredibly disappointed we were in President Bush. We believed him to be a good man but he really has no case as to why he divided our forces that should have all been focused on finding Bin Laden and go invade a country with no clear objective and such obvious misinformation as to how much of a threat Saddam was to us then and now. I said alot more but you get the point.
Love mom
I'm telling you folks, they're flying a part at the seams. And if 30 year long members of the Republican Party can see how messed up this administration has become - I believe that is a pretty amazing cause for optimism for the future!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3652906
Yeah, riiiight!!! 30 year Republicans are now spouting looney DU talking points, and plus, does that "email" sound like a mother talking to her son? Uh...NO!
I didn't realize quite how long the post was!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you-with-at-least-15-DUmmienames, the DUmmie "sfexpat2000."
Question: the felonious Andy does not seem to be in any hurry to go home--and it appears he has given up on tip-toeing and tuliping and traipsing and cavorting and frolicking and prancing around other places investigating "voter fraud."
Perhaps because there is "safety" in Maryland?
Perhaps because the felonious Andy is in deep DU-DU with creditors?
Perhaps because the felonious Andy is in deep DU-DU with certain, uh, governmental agencies dealing with, uh, income and law-enforcement?
Perhaps the felonious Andy is running away from something?
You can run, felonious Andy, but you can't hide forever--especially from yourself, and from God.
"Thank you sir, may I please have another?"
It sure does. But over all, it's a good thing. I was spending WAY too much time following the drama. Lurking at the DUmp is like a watching a bad train wreck on GOOD days, but with a story like this, it was unimaginably entertaining (and filled with ironies too).
Now, on a bright note (?), undie could still be scamming them-- but the checks aren't fake.
I still think he's a scammer & a really good one at that. ;3
Ah, The saga continues.......(rubbing hands together)......Skinner still missing, huh! Gotta wonder--is he the third personality of felonious Andy or is he just so embarrassed that he is hiding out till things calm down in the DUmpster!?
I think the first one was on a thread in CU. The second one was a thread from DUmmieland. But I personally belieeeeve that the posters are one and the same.
The guy is not embarrassed at all.
The guy has a record of brazen criminality absent any remorse.
As speed-addiction said in the soon-to-become-only-the-second-largest-DUmmie-FUnnies, you have the "admire" felonious Andy, for being so cool, so sauve, so casual, so composed, when stealing.
Caffeine is bad for you. I used to have it constantly, but haven't had any since January, and I actually SLEEP now, and don't get tension in the neck, either. Ceffeine free Pepsi is my new favorite drink.
If he is actually scheduled for the "latter part of this month" why don't they list the exact date? I have never had anybody schedule me for surgery for the latter part of anything. Is it because they are afraid somebody will check and find out he isn't.
You & me both!!
I have to say it was weird as well that he just posted the checks but not where they came from. Methinks he did it as he did to buy himself some time. Hell, for all we know, Bev is in on all this & they're just now enacting their 'ultimate' scam!
Actually, I think the Grand DUmmie "Skinner" is embarrassed, and hiding out in shame and humiliation.
The Grand DUmmie "Skinner," despite his being so interesting, to me seems only a peripheral part of this slowly-and-crinkily-unfolding story.
I think the Grand DUmmie "Skinner" is red-faced, and in a closet somewhere, hoping no one will see him--but that is just my opinion.
<<staying focused, with increased intensity, on the felonious Andy instead.
Good job. If the checks are authentic, I agree that we should stop focusing on that angle.
There are more than enough other morsels for us to chew on.
Why? I drink copious quantities of coffee and it makes me feel good in the AM. Plus I sleep just fine as long as I don't drink coffee just before going to bed.
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