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.]
franksolich, you aren't by chance keeping a document of everything that's occurred have you? It would be great to compare what has transpired & see what we could have missed when the floodgates of AndyScam finally are unleashed. I wish I had thought of doing that right from the get-go so I could put together a timeline for everything.
I can understand him not caring about what his critics might think, but one just doesn't treat one's friends like that. These people are trying to help him, and he doesn't even have the common courtesy to put their minds at ease.
I've really tried to keep an open mind, too, but he just makes it so HARD!
Response to Reply #664
670. well my friend amblue sent out to all the moveon people in so fla..and
she is getting us some action..if you have an internet group or a list of people from the election like those of us in so fla kept....here is an example letter that am blue sent out!! thank you am blue!!
its part her letter and part mine i sent out last night..and we are getting action folks..so send out to your groups!!
hope am blue doesn't mind my showing you and example..she sent out to move on people..and i sent out to all my kerry online groups last night!! with the help of will pitts wonderful article!! fly
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subject line:URGENT: URGENT: An American hero in dire need of our help
Hello everyone,
I hesitate, ever, to send pleas for money, but this is a life and death situation. A friend of yours and mine, Andy Stephenson, has pancreatic cancer and desperately needs life-saving surgery, but has no health insurance. Through nothing short of a miracle, a friend of Andy's at Democratic Underground has helped him to get into Johns Hopkins where they are willing to admit him and do the surgery at a "discount." But Andy needs $25,000 up front, by Monday morning before they will admit him. Democratic Underground has, thus far, raised just over $10,000 in a day and a half, which is amazing in and of itself and speaks volumes about the person we are trying to save.
You ask, why is Andy YOUR friend?
The man is a tireless advocate for each and every one of us, and has dedicated heart and soul to correcting the problems with the voting machines in this country, so that EVERY person's vote will count. I have personally worked with Andy on voter-verified paper ballot issues here in Pinellas County.
Below is more about Andy (an e-mail sent to me by the dear woman who got him into Johns Hopkins) and an article on the www.pdamerica.org website about Andy. You can follow the donation thread at DU here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... Also below are instructions on how to donate thru Paypal or amazon.com.
This is not a scam and not a joke. An American hero's life hangs in the balance. Please give if you can.
Thanks,
Pam Haengel
IMPORTANT: If you are donating, e-mail Beth at
info@dougzilla.com TO CONFIRM YOUR DONATION!! She is keeping a tally and is dealing with the hospital accouting office.
My beef is, if he's scamming them, that's funds the DUmmies could have put towards a LEGIT charity!
You can run , but you can't hide !!! lol ...
If only they'd be more specific. This person could be one of one hundred billion or so.
They told you that the credit union had received no other inquiries regarding these checks? Did you get a name from the credit union employee who does not consider it irregular to give out the information you cited?
Surely the owner of the Baltimore Orioles could vouch for this...
GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 12:42 PM Response to Original message 1. I'll chip in some $ for that pic *g*
BeachBuckeye (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #1 6. Lets put this to rest once and for all Andy, the company that streams my show has volunteered to webcast the surgery live on the net Be sure to get a haircut and a manicure
Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #6 8. Don't forget the makeup! Alert the docs as well. They would probably like to spiff up a bit.
gkhouston (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #8 11. ooh, important consideration...just how photogenic is the surgical team?
Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #1113. Well he could always request to be able to "cast" his own surgical team.
greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #6 9. Don't forget the shave.....The hospital certainly won't.
GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #6 15. No, I just want the butt pic *g*
Maat (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message 2. Yep, that would do it. Send the pic!!! (Watch it, he will. And then we'll all be blind!).
passy (396 posts) Fri May-13-05 12:44 PM Original message That's just silly why would he need a hospital gown, naked would be better
greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message 3. Don't forget the video of an IV being put in....and him grimacing as it does.....
gkhouston (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message 4. how are we going to know that it's an authentic JH gown? Answer me that...
Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 12:51 PM Response to Reply #4 14. Ahhh that's easy He'd have to take the pic outside in front of the hospital,lol.
DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message 5. Don't you want to see a pic of him with the incision, plus the Jackson-Pratt catheter (stomach tube) in place?
Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #5 12. Nah Seen one incision and JP tube, ya seen em all,lol.
LynneSin (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 12:46 PM Response to Original message 7. He should make it an autographed copy......and we could auction it off here on DU
Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #7 10. There you go See--I TOTALLY had ONLY your interests at heart here.
lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 12:54 PM Response to Original message 16. Andy shine er the moon! Shine us all the moon!
King Coal (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 01:02 PM Response to Original message 17. God, Horse. You got me. Edited on Fri May-13-05 01:03 PM by King Coal I was all psyched up and ready to rip your ass, then I saw your post.Good one!On edit: Andy, just say no to crack.
hunter (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 01:19 PM Response to Original message 18. Get thee a sharpie marker Andy...And write a kind note to your surgeons!
My most embarassing moment -- the nurse was scrubbing me down before surgery and I got a boner.
File that under "stuff they don't tell you."
blm (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 01:23 PM Response to Original message 19. heheh...now THAT is proof he'd be more than happy to provide. ;))))))
;)))))))))))))))))))))))))
cat_girl25 (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 01:38 PM Response to Original message 20. Don't give the trolls any ideas!:-)
fooj (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 01:39 PM Response to Original message 21. Yikes! Thanks for the visual!!! Peace.
Andy_Stephenson (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 01:56 PM Response to Original message 22. Ok I will get yall a moonshine picture But wear glasses as my ass is fishbelly white.
ailsagirl (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 02:01 PM Response to Reply #22 23. How ya doing, Andy?? We're thinking of you n/t
Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #22 30. Woohoooo! Will you autograph it and we will auction it off?
GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 03:32 PM Response to Reply #22 32. Teehee. Thanks, Andy! Hope you are as well as can be today. *hugs*
Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 04:42 PM Response to Reply #22 33. Will that be before or after your enema?
merh (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 07:17 PM Response to Reply #22 35. Okay, I'm ready! Shine on summer moon!
spooky3 (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 02:07 PM Response to Original message 24. I wanta smell that hospital food!
Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 02:08 PM Response to Reply #24 25. Well for $50k They better have a 5-star chef on staff,lol.
spooky3 (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 02:19 PM Response to Reply #25 27. lol! gourmet jello, I'm sure
wakeme2008 (549 posts) Fri May-13-05 02:46 PM Response to Reply #27 29. 5 Star Jello
pbartch 1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 02:09 PM Response to Original message 26. Get well Soon Andy. I donated $$
StaggerLee (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 02:46 PM Response to Original message 28. lol
I can't help but think of that In Living Color skit where David Alan Grier is stomach down on a gurney and his butt is exposed for all to see as he's waiting to go into surgery. At one point the elevator opens up and it's full of Japanese tourists. Of course the flashbulbs start popping immediately . Oh the humanity! Andy, I hope you are in good spirits.
Salud!
ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 03:31 PM Response to Original message 31. i'm on board with this if a.s. paints a face of * on his butt and is ready to gas it up just like our great leader...for the non believers, numbering about 3 by my count
Horse with no Name 1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 06:25 PM Response to Reply #31 34. Cmon he is having surgery A picture of * would be too hard to disinfect.
sfexpat2000 (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 07:19 PM Response to Original message 36. 8 X 10 or wallet size?
Just asking.
Horse with no Name 1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 07:26 PM Response to Reply #36 37. Actually I was thinking it should be poster size Maybe he could strike the "Farrah" pose?
sfexpat2000 (1000+ posts) Fri May-13-05 07:32 PM Response to Reply #37 38. Posters!? That'll cost you.
Nope, felonious Andy, not good enough.
Would that be FUnny MUnny?
Here is why "The Silence of the Scams" by Skinner is so strange. A few days ago, when Skinner posted his doubts about Andy, he asked Andy to call him. Okay. One of two things happened. Either Andy didn't call Skinner which would raise a HUGE red flag or Andy did call Skinner. If the latter, apparently he did NOT assuage Skinner's doubts about his veracity since he has posted NOTHING about Andy since then. My guess is that whatever happened, Skinner will be taking the SHORT drive from D.C. to Baltimore this weekend to find out for himself what the deal is. We could be seeing this AndyScam blow WIDE OPEN within a couple of days.
Not only that, but consider that many of these people are giving out of their own need. They are forgoing paying bills and getting things for themselves that they might really need, because they honestly believe this guy is terminally ill! *If* he is scamming them, then he is being unbelievably cruel to those who are supposed to be his friends.
http://www.blackboxvoting.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=347
Also, the following:
THERE IS ONE DOCTOR IN THIS COUNTRY WHO HAS SUCESSFULLY REMOVED PANCREATIC CANCER TUMORS..AND HE IS AT JOHNS HOPKINS...
Doesn't add up because on CU there was an article that stated that there is a doctor that JH would refer patients to for Whipple surgery because THAT Doc was so good. I'll go find it after my bike ride though~
And did you catch where he slides in how he hurt his back "overdoing" it on the weight bench? Give it a break already... the endless droning whine is bad enough, but adding the he-man power lifter comment really puts it over the edge.
Trust me--I don't think anyone here wants to see felonious Andy bare all! EEEEUUUWWWWWW! I just want to see him in shackles!!! LOL!
Well, lesee. Mmmmm, counting you it comes to about one give or take a couple, and I think you're probably a lousy FReeper troll.
Thanks for the clarification on Skinner! I will be watching and waiting for the said "blowing WIDE OPEN" when it comes! Couldn't happen to a more-deserving pair!
Hmmmmm..."Beach Buckeye", the host of the Guy James Show who's in DUmmieland from time to time, raising funds because he doesn't have enough to pay for his air time:
http://www.theguyjamesshow.com/
Actually, I'm coming to believe that there weren't that many DUmmies who contributed, who really had to sacrifice anything.
After all, when one is living off mom and pop, and in the basement, one has plenty of disposable income. But I doubt DUmmies truly in financial straits gave much.
I seriously doubt the DUmmies have raised the first $25,000 at all.
There were too many postings by DUmmies who were really the DUmmie "sfexpat2000" posting under different DUmmie screen-names.
I am zeroing in on the DUmmie "sfexpat2000," who is NOT the felonious Andy; some broad who worked in the Dean campaign in Washington state with not an untarnished record herself.
I forget what the term is, but she has a "thing" about the felonious Andy--there's a certain sort of woman who goes after, hangs around, ostentatiously-"gay" men.
The DUmmie "termite," the boyfriend and "significant other" of the felonious Andy is just going along for the ride, nothing else.
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