Posted on 07/01/2005 6:26:22 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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That intro . . . Peej, you are a poet.
Seriesly. I love it.
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The weird thing about ALL the intros is that I speed type them. If I stop to think about what I will type, I can't think of anything so I sort of let my subconciousness take over and do the job.
Before I comment on this thread, let me post what amazona has since said on a subsequent DU thread, Bad Stuff for Black Box (Andy Stephenson story), just a short while ago:
amazona (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-01-05 08:27 PM
40. hmmm
I should not have had to read in the Seattle Weekly that the individual who initiated the fund-raising for Andy had never met him in real life at the time. So all the "vouches" for what a great guy he was were apparently not based strictly on the truth. This person could have very easily taken us down a garden path.
I don't feel anything is closed. I realize I'm in the minority. But as long as the issue is open for discussion, it is going to be discussed.
This matter was handled badly and it left good people, including a severely sick man, open to potential fraud investigations. Claiming that Johns Hopkins delayed surgery because of some internet posts -- at the time the story was the surgery was delayed because of a lost check, you know -- is completely untrue and makes me wonder what the heck is going on here. There was no manslaughter or murder attempt. A clerk at Johns Hopkins misplaced a check. Period. End of sentence.
Grandiose and hysterical claims discredit Andy, discredit DU, and discredit future fund-raising efforts. And they fuel continued doubt and rumors.
amazona (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-01-05 08:33 PM
41. really the perp was a clerk at Johns Hopkins
If I was a freeper, I'd be very tempted to email this whole thread and link to the hospital in question. Andy himself posted that the surgery was delayed because of a misplaced check in the mail room. I'm sure they'd be fascinated to see that these kind of claims are being made, since they would be the defendant in a legal action.
I think we should email the admins and ask that the thread be removed. This can't possibly help Andy and it could very badly hurt him.
Lies and exaggeration do not help our cause. You do not want the FBI investigating you when you have people, claiming to be on your side, who are telling lies. Lying to an FBI agent, even though you are not under oath or in court, is a federal offense with mandatory prison time.
This is a mess, people. Shut down the exaggerated claims. I've known people investigated by the FBI. It ain't pretty. You could be putting a sick man in grave danger.
"Forgive me for speaking up, but we were told that this issue was NOT to be discussed on DU...."
He who must not be named?
That is the challenge for you guys, isn't it, sfexpat2000?
I wonder if it's like that "automatic writing" we used to try when I was a teenager . . . we'd all sit in a circle with pen and paper, and write whatever we thought "the spirits" were putting in our heads.
Mine was usually pure drivel, along the lines of "Jeez, this is stupid I can't believe we're sitting here in a circle around two candles Laura stole from her mom's dining room table and I really think Greg likes me but he's too shy to say so and I think I'll ask Laura but no maybe she'll tell Greg and that would suck"
. . . and you get the picture.
Brushfires are breaking out all over DUmmieland and what do they do?
Stick their fingers in their ears and go, "La la la la! I can't hear you! La la la la la!"
Too pedestrian. Too much like normal red-state people would do. DUmmies can't be bothered with such details.
At this time we still don't have any accountability as to where the money is going.
Accountability only counts when it can be used against Republicans. UndieCo gets a free pass, don't you know.
"I've known people investigated by the FBI. It ain't pretty. You could be putting a sick man in grave danger."
Is that an insinuation that the FBI would harm such an important man as andy?
He especially cannot be an effective spokes"person" (hard to call Undie a spokes"man") for his pet cause of VERIFIABILITY--"honest and open" and all that. The rank HYPOCRISY of Undie here, the blatant double standard, stinks to high heaven.
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