[RoyalsFan]

There's a lot of threads about it.

[Northern Yankee]

Ok... Who's Andy Stephenson?

[bad company]

That's what I heard. Sad. Pancreatic cancer isn't easy to beat.

[sirchtruth]

PJ, what's the deal?

[nuconvert]

I had to Google his name to find out who he was.

[Bahbah]

Take the money and run???

[RazorGhost]

I did a google news search and he is a left wing 'voter activist' who is having a bout with cancer(ouch).

The arcticles mention nothing of his demise. Perhaps its some insider info? maybe not :?

[csvset]

Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the fjords.

[linkinpunk]

Just one question.

Is there a request on DU to send money for his funeral?

[Poser]

I hope it's not true. He's a young guy.

[Poser]

It appears to be true.

Too bad.
Hey PJ... I think you owe Andy an apology.

RIP Andy Stephenson - A passionate political foe

[Nowhere Man]

Yeah, I'm seeing that too that Andy passed on. I don't know a lot about him and whatnot, but I hope it was peaceful and he, along with his family and friends do find comfort in the Lord. About the scam conspiracies around this, I really don't know what is right or not, but I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt and say that what Andy went through and his trials were genuine. I disagree with his politics but cancer can strike us all and we need to realize that and do have some compassion here.

Some general observations, I always wondered that in history, it would have been better for Lincoln to just let the South go, but the South did attack Ft. Sumpter so that complicated things to say the least. It's a shame there is a lot of hate on both sides and I do fear there might not be any chances of reconcilliation so there are times I think it would be better off if both ideologies just split up the country and part as friends and just run their nations as they see fit. I do fear that. I was hoping that things like 9-11 would unite us and we need to have some sort of cease fire from across the aisle as Rick Roberts said last week as he subbed for Michael Savage, Savage is my favorite talkshow host. Maybe both sides should cut each other loose. Maybe that is best, I don't know.

I'm still very conservative, especially in moral, religious, military and social matters, economically less so, more middle of the road centrist there, and I still consider myself a loyal soldier in the culture war, but trying to work with the other side that is almost 180 degrees opposite doesn't really work.

Sorry about the rambling thoughts, but I do hope Andy and his friends/family do find the comfort they do need.

[Alexander Rubin]

RIP Andy. I may not have liked your politics, but its a shame whenever someone dies, especially so young. Whatever his crimes are/were, G-d will forgive him if he repents. And if he is blameless, then his reward awaits him.

[Blackirish]

DU ghouls were pissing with delight on Barbara Olsen's grave last week when Ted Olsen was being considered for Supreme Court. Let's rise above them.

RIP Andy

[woofie]

WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-08-05 01:52 PM
Original message

Say hello to a bottomless rage

Edited on Fri Jul-08-05 01:56 PM by WilliamPitt


The cork is out of the bottle, and I am putting a few people on notice. You know who you are, you know what you did, and a good man has gone down in no small part because of you.

Throwing sand into the gears of the PayPal donations blew Andy off the surgery rotation, casusing him to have to wait a lot longer for his operation.

Spewing the claim time and again that the whole sickness was a fraud, very publicly and on as many blogs and boards as you could find, robbed Andy of the hope and will he needed to overcome this thing.

I think you fuckers should be forced to dig his grave. I think you should be buried with him.

I kept my mouth shut about you these last weeks because every time I said something about you or to you, you got a stiffy from the attention and ramped up your viciousness again. That's over with now.

I am going to make you famous in all the worst kinds of ways. I know your names, I know your addresses, I know your IP numbers, I have screen shots and copies of every vile statement and threat you ever made. I know everything I need to know. Get ready for the ram.

You are graveyard rats. I am going to grind you under my bootheel, scrape you off with a blade, and feed you to my cat.

One note to my fellow DUers: Leave off attacking the mods and admins at that "other" site. They were as disgusted by this as we were, but were hamstrung by the rules of their board which they take as seriously as the admins and mods here. They allowed me to post the documentary evidence over there, in no small part because they wanted the ugliness to stop. You may disagree with them, but they are good people.

They are not the ones who are on my list of things to do. Those on the list know who they are. Bad days are ahead for them. I promise.

We mourn for the next few days. We sing the songs of our friend.

And then we work.

[goodnesswins]

see post 55