Posted on 10/05/2006 2:45:06 PM PDT by mmyers
I think they will be interviewed by the FBI.
It's going to get worse...much worse.
So every Congressman, Senator or staffer who is gay has been involved in illegal or unethical conduct?
I agree that the terrorist threats are more important, but this plays into it in a round-about way.
This exposes the MSM and left as liars. The more often they are caught lying or twisting the truth to promote their own political agenda, the less often John Q. Public will believe what they have to say.
Overall this whole scandal appears to be about the lying, sneaky MSM and left, and that's a good thing IMO.
I do agree that this whole mess ranks way down on the list of most pressing issues for our country though.
Somebody TELL ME HOW OLD THE INSTANT MESSAGE SYSTEM IS?
Was this AOL or ICQ?
Seems the tech was NOT there in 1997.
Are we talking evidence of the promise of a book deal?
Maybe a hefty 'monetary reward' from the DNC?
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...so what do these poor victims have to gain by coming forward now?
As long as they insist on anonymity, they're hardly "coming forward."
Peter Jennings did the same thing to me 50 years ago. Too bad he's dead now and can't be slandered.
JK
He approached me, too. Yeah, that's it. That's the ticket.
I was there, too. I saw the whole thing.
Except that the parents of one of the boys put out a statement today saying (more or less) that they wish everyone would leave them alone. I've been looking & looking & can't find a link. Saw it on TV.
Of course not...only the ones with R's next to their names.
I heard that the republican had had an october surprise. Im now doubting it will be big enough to over shadow this one.
The IM system that Jordan Edmund used was AOL's aka AIM (AOL Instant Messaging).
:)
You said -- "We now KNOW that he was engaged in simulated sex with a consenting MALE ADULT on a government computer."
Well now..., I read all the time (in the newspaper) that pedophiles communicate with "Adult Male Policemen" (pretending to be underage girls or boys) and these pedophiles get arrested and convicted in court.
The defense of -- "Well, he *is* [or was] and *adult male*!!" -- *never works*.
They are *convicted* nonetheless.
Regards,
Star Traveler
You said -- "That story sounded awfully fishy to me. Is it as fishy as I think?"
No, it's not fishy -- in the "IM world" -- not at all. I guess you have to have been enmeshed in the IM world to know that. At one time I was connected to some teens (relatives) and communicating with them, and found out about a lot of the tricks of IM (from having them played on me, you see...).
People spoof others, some will not identify themselves, or switch back and forth between different accounts (or the same computer having different accounts going at the same time), and/or switch people (two people -- each take on the other's "personna") -- you name it. Nothing is "real" in the IM world. It's absolutely crazy (especially with youngsters).
And, no, you don't have to get permission to receive IM's -- unless you want to set it up that way. You can get IMs from anyone, if you want to. And a lot of times, people will "talk along" with someone they *absoultely don't know* -- just to try to figure out "where they're coming from".
Or, they might think they are being "spoofed" -- so they'll play along with the spoof -- becoming just as outrageous as the other side, until they figure out where it's going.
SO..., *no* -- this is not unusualy. It's only unusual if you're normal thinking adult. But, we're not talking about adults here; we're talking about high-school kids.
Regards,
Star Traveler
You said -- "Despite how sleazy Foley was in making these kinds of communications, no one has yet to allege he laid a finger on anyone."
Pedophies on the Internet are convicted just for their communications, *wthout* laying a hand on any of their "victims" -- because many of their "victims" are older *adult male cops* and not 13-year olds or 17-year olds.
Those pedophiles are convicted *not* on the basis of the age of the person on the other side -- but on the basis of whom the pedophile *thought* he was communicating to.
Regards,
Star Traveler
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