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As Cathy Seipp Lay Dying, Her Nemesis Took Parting Shot
FOX ^ | 03/28/07 | Michael Y. Park

Posted on 03/28/2007 10:17:57 AM PDT by Froufrou

The 49-year-old newspaper columnist and conservative blogger, who had come from Manitoba, Canada, to become the sharp-tongued doyenne of the Los Angeles media scene, was only hours away from losing her years-long fight with cancer, leaving behind a 17-year-old daughter, a lifetime of work as a plucky and plain-speaking wordsmith, and the respect of colleagues from both sides of the political spectrum.

But what was supposed to have been a dignified end for a long-suffering single mom instead turned into what friends called a disgustingly public travesty, an example of the current Wild West atmosphere of Internet privacy issues, and a sordid showcase of just how far a beef can go.

Just hours before her death, “Cathy Seipp” suddenly seemed to undo decades of hard work with an oddly written letter posted on the Web site, www. cathyseipp.com. In what came off as more bizarre rant than heartfelt apology, her supposed “very last blog entry” called her years of journalism a “shoddy,” “despicable” and “irresponsible” career as a “fourth-rate hack.” Her political stance? All a mistake.

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To: unsycophant

He probably tried to hit on Seipp's daughter and got bitter when she refused.


21 posted on 03/28/2007 11:14:25 AM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Championship U)
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To: HIDEK6

"the “venom” she'd spewed for years was responsible for her terminal cancer."

IF this was a true correlation between "venom" and cancer, Fat Rosie would have been dead long ago. Same for many of the Democratic crowd, most FemiNazis, ad nauseam.


22 posted on 03/28/2007 11:23:57 AM PDT by GladesGuru
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To: unsycophant

Is Maia Cathy's daughter?!


23 posted on 03/28/2007 11:24:58 AM PDT by Froufrou
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To: Froufrou
There's a certain class of people for whom internet discussion boards are far too serious. This trends across the political spectrum. How many of us have been trolled by people who won't let up, and can't take a disagreement? I've had a few people keep after me across threads.

Thankfully, no one has tracked me down to real life, but that is not unprecedented either.

24 posted on 03/28/2007 11:26:50 AM PDT by jude24
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To: HIDEK6; Lee'sGhost

I couldn't grasp it and then it sank in: they will say or do anything, and if it blows up on them all they have to do is shrug and say, "I'm sorry."


25 posted on 03/28/2007 11:26:57 AM PDT by Froufrou
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To: Froufrou
Troll Dolls is really Eliot Stein, a 54-year-old former online talk-show host and stand-up comedian man suffering from liberal dementia who hadd taught Maia in a journalism class for a brief period in 2004

There. . .fixed it.

26 posted on 03/28/2007 11:27:55 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: Froufrou

Yeah, and they get away with it.


27 posted on 03/28/2007 11:28:02 AM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: jude24

You're right, of course. But, of the input I've seen on this thread, this Stein appears to have 'dropped his basket,' donchaknow! ;o)


28 posted on 03/28/2007 11:29:38 AM PDT by Froufrou
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To: HIDEK6
Is this some sort of rat talking point now?

Plenty of liberals get cancer. But of course, that's a fact, and liberals don't deal in facts. They deal solely in emotions.

29 posted on 03/28/2007 11:30:21 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: Froufrou

The only guy they could find him was a guy from the porn industry. But Luke Ford, blogger and onetime columnist on the porn business, defended Stein's actions ".

Let me word this very carefully. It appears that he left his teaching job following an incident involving a 10th grade student.


30 posted on 03/28/2007 11:31:36 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: dfwgator

From what I remember, that seemed to be the gist of it, although they tried to minimize what happened, most likely to protect Maia L. (Remember, she was only about 14 or 15 at the time.)

Stein's actions go beyond bad taste, and prove again what a nut he really is. It should send up warning bells to the family.


31 posted on 03/28/2007 11:35:54 AM PDT by unsycophant
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To: Froufrou

Yes.


32 posted on 03/28/2007 11:36:43 AM PDT by unsycophant
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To: Froufrou; fanfan; Pikamax; Former Proud Canadian; Great Dane; Alberta's Child; headsonpikes; ...

"pure Troll evil"
PING!
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33 posted on 03/28/2007 11:37:30 AM PDT by GMMAC (Discover Canada governed by Conservatives: www.CanadianAlly.com)
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To: oakcon

I was going to add my two cents.

But the last sentence in your post covers it all and I agree wholeheartedly with it.

Shits such as this are not nice or decent individuals.

They need to be stood up to and whatever happens next is up to them.


34 posted on 03/28/2007 11:46:29 AM PDT by sport
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To: PAR35
Let me word this very carefully. It appears that he left his teaching job following an incident involving a 10th grade student.

I don't think you read close enough. That 10th grader was the daughter of the lady that died of cancer.
35 posted on 03/28/2007 11:46:54 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: Froufrou
“They thought that because this is the Internet they could say whatever they want whenever they want, but they met someone with an expansive education, a pioneer of the Internet with an incredible sense of humor,” Stein said. “They picked the wrong person to mess with.”

Al Gore is that you?

This boy ain't playing with a full deck
Isn't it amazing how many ex-standup comics
think they are incredible vice intolerable…
36 posted on 03/28/2007 11:49:57 AM PDT by RetiredSWO ((You have to have nuts to be squirrelly))
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To: stockpirate
He is a piece of scum.Who? Dobson? Thompson?

I dislike Dobson. He want's to play kingmaker.

Also, it's very bad form for him to redefine Christianity as people who follow his particular sect and start claiming everyone else isnt' Christian. It's a narrow, dogmatic, bigoted view of things.

I will continue to shun and ignore everything that comes out of this man. Ditto for Fallwell, and Robinson. They are boobs and do WAY MORE to drive people away from the RNC than attract voters. McCain made a major misstep when he went to whatever school it was and sided up to them, at least with the crossover voters who had been his strongest base.

37 posted on 03/28/2007 11:51:05 AM PDT by Jack Black
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To: Froufrou

What's his DU name?


38 posted on 03/28/2007 11:51:34 AM PDT by Ptarmigan (Ptarmigans will rise again!)
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To: TalonDJ

Yes, that seems to have marked the start of his obsession.


39 posted on 03/28/2007 11:53:28 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: RetiredSWO; Ptarmigan

I guess Al Franken needed a new job, eh?


40 posted on 03/28/2007 11:54:23 AM PDT by Froufrou
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