Posted on 07/11/2005 7:54:25 AM PDT by franksolich
For those watching the DUmmie "William Pitt" this past week was surely a wondrous one, full of explosive fireworks, on the heels of several weeks of utter silence on this subject from the DUmmie "William Pitt."
It appears the DUmmie "William Pitt" finally read what had been said about him.....about four weeks too late.
The guy is hurt, angry, insulted, and it showed.
This is reminescent of a similar event about nine weeks ago, when the acolytes of Andrew Stephenson finally discovered the DUmmie FUnnies, and were alas for them three weeks too late.
One suspects that during his weeks of silence on the matter, the DUmmie "William Pitt" had been ignoring the DUmmie FUnnies, the DUmmie Alert!s, and conservativeunderground, voluntarily unaware that such places were commenting upon his silence.
This has always mystified--and sometimes amused--me, this propensity of some segments in our society to ignore the "political opposition" as if it did not exist, or did not count.
It should be no wonder they keep losing elections.
Okay, so I am a Republican and a conservative, and hang around a great deal on Republican and conservative web-sites.....but I hang around a lot more on Democratic and liberal web-sites, to see what is going on, on the other side of the aisle.
Many people (of all political stripes) tend to hang around those whose values and perceptions match their own, for affirmation of those values and perceptions; by being along with like-thinking people, they feel strengthened, reinforced.
But a truly confident person has no need for "team support;" strong enough in his values and confident of his perceptions, he feels utterly unthreatened scouting around for values and perceptions different from his own.
Perhaps the DUmmie "William Pitt" is unsure and shaky in his own political convictions, and so as to reinforce them, hangs around with his own crowd, fearful of looking into what another crowd is doing or saying, lest his political convictions get shattered.
Which is no sign of a person confident about himself.
And it has obvious disadvantages, not looking at what "other side" is saying or doing.
When the DUmmiette "sfexpat2000" started the fund-raiser the afternoon of April 28, 2005, she should have posted her solicitation in DUmmieland, and immediately parked herself in front of the DUmmie FUnnies, to see what was being said about the matter, from the other side. If she had done that, the acolytes of Andrew Stephenson would have been aware of their missteps, their contradicitons, their omissions, in time to correct such things.
But no, instead, the DUmmiette "sfexpat2000" hung around her own crowd, in the comfortable cocoon of DUmmieland, voluntarily unaware of the furor outside, and the acolytes of Andrew Stephenson were three weeks--three weeks!--three weeks!--three weeks!--too late in seeing what the DUmmie FUnnies were saying about the matter, after which it was far too late to correct matters.
Such behavior--not looking to see what is going on in the great big wide world outside--I had compared with four affluent old dowagers (and remember, with only one exception, the acolytes of Andrew Stephenson are not young) gathering for their Wednesday afternoon bridge game, in an affluent living room with large picture-windows on all four sides.
While the rich old ladies gab and gossip around the card-table, in that living room with large windows all around, a tornado suddenly sweeps though.....and they indignantly wonder what had hit them.
The situation of the DUmmie "William Pitt" is more analogous to that of a post-office clerk in Germany the spring of 1945 (this is a true story, told me a long time ago by a British army veteran who had actually seen the sight); the guy so meticulous, so scrupulous in his duties, that he was unaware of the wider world outside.
While the post-office clerk was noting the number of staples, sheets of paper, various denominations of postage stamps, the metal and paper contents of the till, the British army swept through his town; much destruction, shooting, explosions, buildings falling down.
But the post-office clerk was so diligent in his tasks that he remained oblivious, utterly ignorant, of the noise and tumult and fire and smoke outside his front window, until he had finished accounting for the final pencil-stub and paper-clip.
Only then did he look up, look outside the windows upon his destroyed village, and in stunned shock and awe, stuttered, "What happened?"
" have screen shots and copies of every vile statement and threat you ever made."
What threats and vile statements? We questioned but who threw around threats? DUmmies were the only ones who threatened people.
I'm trying to catch up on all this. I'm at my parents right now trying not to go nuts with boredom. My husband is still at home and he is living without electricity. Our house made it but most of our town sustained significant damage.
You know, madam, I've always been curious about something.
Why would someone bother living in Florida if they have to be out of Florida, it seems, half the year, because of hurricanes and somesuch?
I surely hope you didn't think I was being critical of Florida--Florida has no control over its climate--because I wasn't; I'm just curious.
L0L! Why would someone live in Tornado Alley? Why would someone live in the North with blizzards and ice storms? Why would someone live in California with the earthquakes? At least, we get ample warning to get out of the way. Honestly, hurricanes usually aren't very frequent. This is just part of the cycle and it is rough for a few years. I grew up in Indiana and I can't stand it anymore. I would much rather be in Florida. I love it there.
I want to apologize for some of the inflammatory stuff I threw against the wall here over the weekend. I was pretty pissed - I still am pissed - about what was done to Andy, but the reactions I posted here were unseemly.
Another recantation by Pitt, but this one is welcome. I commend you, Will, for retracting your baseless accusations and hate-filled threats against FReepers.
Memo to the objects of those messages: You're not off the hook.
Well, maybe I spoke too soon. Now it sounds like Pitt is recanting his recantation. It appears the accusations and threats still stand--against some undefined persons.
Good, you understood I wasn't being critical of your fair state.
IU or Purdue???
"IN a little to tame for ya???? LOL"
A little. LOL! My parents live way out in the country and its raining.
Ouch.
A little bit of hubris there. However, this whole case is so weird. I wonder even if this andy guy is a real person or a fake money-gathering hoax. The weirdness is approaching a legend on the net.
"IU or Purdue???"
UK! Go Wildcats! I even had a cat I named UK Wildcat.
HAHAHAHAH...My ex was from Lexington.....
"HAHAHAHAH...My ex was from Lexington....."
Don't hold it against the Wildcats. ;)
I'll let you in on a secret, sir.
It's bound to get even weirder.
I remember that statement as well. I think I heard it at CU by Scamdy? (these names are all running together these days) The one that was arguing against Pitt, I think.
I hope this doesn't drag on with conspiracies and stolen bodies... I really hope not, but I'm prepared for anything after this mess.
I don't....But I'm very different..Raised in IN and don't like basketball....LOL
Susan Truitt's Tribute to Andy
From: Susan Truitt
Date: Fri Jul 8, 2005 9:29 am
Subject: Our dear Andy Stephenson susan_truitt
You underwent cancer surgery - that was needlessly delayed when JohnsHopkins lost your check for payment.
WELL! Now here Susan Truitt--relayed by Andy insider Beth Ferrari (sfexpat2000)--says that the delay in the surgery was caused by those lost checks in the mailroom, NOT because some FReepers interfered. So even now not all of these people are on the same page.
People accused him of not being sick. Even some of Andy's best "friends."
Hmmmm. . . . I wonder who that could be a reference to? Will, any ideas?
A penny for your thoughts.
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