Resume Falsification of Radley Balko Exposed.

http://www.theagitator.com/2009/02/10/radley-balko-exposed/ ^ | 2.10.2009 | Puma

[obamaisandrogynous]

Resume Falsification of Radley Balko Exposed. Exaggerations A Common Tactic of the Left, Obama Acolytes.

Liberal (and ersatz libertarian) blogger and wanna-be pundit Radley Balko claims on his bio on his blog that he is a bi-weekly columnist for Forbes.com. But an investigation by the RLCIL demonstrates that Mr. Balko has taken extreme liberties — perhaps even license — with the term “bi-weekly.”

He makes his claim at, http://www.theagitator.com/about/, indicating, that, in addition to laboring over his poorly written blog, “I’m also a biweekly columnist with FoxNews.com.”

However, the claim is not bourne out by the evidence. We searched through the Forbes.com site, and could find only two URLs, from the summer of 2005, authored by Mr. Balko.

See,

http://search.forbes.com/search/find?MT=Radley+Balko&tab=searchtabgeneral

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You can check this out for yourself, dear reader. It is accurate as of 4:40 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, 10 February, 2009. We are sure he will remove the false claim momentarily.

Now, we wonder, can you take anything Radley Balko writes or says seriously, when he lies about his own resume? Wonder if his employers know about this?

Topics: Commentary, GOP

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Mod note: Original link was:
http://www.rlcil.org/2009/02/10/resume-falsification-of-radley-balko-exposed/

[bamahead]

LOL - good luck with your ‘case’ against Mr. Balko :)

[microgood]

Liberal leanings make LIBERALS. That’s the point of the article.

Not necessarily. He, like me, is a strong supporter of the 2nd, 4th and 5th Amendments whereas most conservatives despise the 4th and 5th Amendments, so in that regard he is superior to conservatives.

He does have some liberal leanings, like bashing Bush and Cheney, but he also bashes Obama and many liberals as well.

But anyone trying to character assassinate his journalistic integrity will end up getting their heads handed to them, like these caucus morons soon will.

[dpwiener]

Radley Balko and numerous commenters are having a blast over at his blog (www.theagitator.com) as they heap additional ridicule on the Republican Liberty Caucus of Illinois.

As for the accusation that Balko is somehow guilty of the crime of "hacking", "obamaisandrogynous" must be incredibly ignorant about the Internet as well as the law. Apparently the RLCI had previously hot-linked to a picture on Balko's web site, so he simply changed that file name to a picture of an Obama dildo. Balko didn't do anything to the RLCI website, he did something to his own website, thereby educating them about the ramifications of hot-linking. Next time, if they don't want to look absurdly foolish, they'll host their own photos instead of siphoning bandwidth from somebody else (especially somebody they're attacking).

[Rick Caldwell]

You do understand that the photo was on Balko’s site. He owns the photo, the domain, and the domain name where the photo is hosted. He can change the name of any file on his server. You hotlinked to the photo. That’s not hacking. In fact, by hotlinking, you have stolen the bandwidth Balko paid for.

Instead of sending ridiculous C&D orders, you should cease and desist, because he actually has standing.

One more time, it was Balko’s photo. Balko’s domain. Balko’s servers. Where’s the hacking, Puma?

[drift99]

Ah, so.. who wins the title?

I did offer you the nice link to the list of 40+ columns, one every other week, on the fox news site.

One little click, couldn’t be bothered?

Internet self annihilation is fun to watch, not sure if I really want to take part very often.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> US courts don’t do that. Worst penalty is you get fired.

That’s a real shame. You see, if someone lies on their resume (we call resumes “CVs”) and if you rely upon that false information and hire them as a result, they have committed Fraud: the principle in Law is that you may not have hired them except for their deceit. This fraud is of a criminal AND of a civil nature — potentially resulting in imprisonment for the fraudster and in the recovery of damages for you.

New Zealand legal precedent is well-respected worldwide, particularly in the UK and in the US. So there is probably no reason at all why this principle should not apply in the United States.

[Arthur McGowan]

Radley Balko is a Libertarian with some liberal leanings, but is an excellent investigative reporter, who dots all his I's and T's.

Which is strange, since "Radley Balko" contains no "I"s or "T"s.

If my name were "Radley Balko" the first thing I'd falsify on my resume would be "Radley Balko."

[microgood]

If my name were "Radley Balko" the first thing I'd falsify on my resume would be "Radley Balko."

So you are saying that if you had that name, you would choose a life of crime and deceit?

[Arthur McGowan]

Absolutely. Wouldn’t you?

[Arthur McGowan]

Come to think of it—the very fact that he DOES use the name “Radley Balko” proves that he’s an honest man!

[muawiyah]

You can pursue a civil damages claim against someone. I suspect that’s all you’re talking about in NZ. The government doesn’t have a dog in the fight though.

[muawiyah]

Let's see now, Rodney Balko ~ where "ko" is the diminutive form in Romany, so this is "Little Bal", whatever "Bal" might mean.

Tony Rezko's name translates as "little vinyard". "Bilk" is the root word for "bilk" which means the same in Romany as it does in English. "Bilzo", my nickname for William Jefferson Blythe Clinton is in honor of his 5 times Great Grandfather, "Billy Blythe", aka "King of the Gypsies" ~ ergo "Bill + ko" = "Little Bill" or "Billy". Then there's Blogojevich, or "son of" (from jevich", and "Blog" a past participle of "Vlassi" or "Vlach" ~ which is Romanian for "Gypsy". So, "son of a Gypsy" ~ and still people find it hard to believe they've been fooled.

I am convinced there are also Jewish Gypsies ~ else where would Rahm Emanuel come from? Guy's running around with them ~ even has the "Tame Negro" in the ranks.

The "Tame Negro" was some former slave freed by the Gypsies. They'd travel around through the South in rural areas and "sell the slave" to unwary, uneducated farmers. They'd come back at night and free their companion to continue their travels.

Did Bill Clinton ever get asked what he thought of these Chicago Gypsies?

[DieHard the Hunter]

> You can pursue a civil damages claim against someone. I suspect that’s all you’re talking about in NZ. The government doesn’t have a dog in the fight though.

No, in the case I’m referring to, the charge was criminal, and it was Fraud. John Davy was sentenced to gaol and then deported.

It caused a stir at the time, because few people realized that if you tell lies on your resume, that is fraud in the classic, criminal sense of the term.

When you think about the legal principles, it makes sense. A resume is a document, and a prospective employer has a right to rely on the information on that document as being factual. You “use” that document to obtain a benefit — in this case a high-paying job.

If everything is on the up-and-up, all is well. Nobody is harmed because the truth has been told.

However, if that document contains outright lies, then it is fraud: the employer would never have given the high-paying job except for having been deceived by the false resume.

That’s not a merely a civil tort: that is a criminal act. It is “usinc a document for pecuniary advantage.” By using a false resume you have “stolen” a high-paying job from others who have genuine qualifications. You have deceived your employer into believing you have qualifications and experience that you do not. Your employer is paying for something that he isn’t getting, through trickery and deception.

In John Davy’s case, he applied to be the CEO of Maori Television. It was a very hi-paying job by New Zealand standards, and it involved a fair bit of commercial risks. His employers were entitled to a CEO with significant experience and they were willing to pay good honest money for it. They did not deserve to be deceived by a two-bit flim-flam bunco artist from Canada with a degree from the “Denver State University” obtained, probably, from the Internet.

Weasels like John Davy need to go to gaol when they trick people like this.

I can see no reason at all why a similar principle could not apply in the United States.

[muawiyah]

The government has actually charged folks with crimes when it involves a government job.

[microgood]

Very interesting analysis.

[GrootheWanderer]

The link must be broken. There’s no article there.

[Jean S]

It appeares that the IL RLC has deleted all of your articles.
Whoops! That Page Isn't Here

http://www.theagitator.com/2009/02/10/radley-balko-exposed/

[Jean S]

Adding this here in case you decide to remove it from your site.

Radley Balko Exposed! (UPDATE)

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

(UPDATE : Looks like they gave up. They took down the “exposed” post and the image they hotlinked.)

(UPDATE 2: The stupid continues here.)

My new friends in the Illinois chapter of the Republican Liberty Caucus have apparently caught me embellishing my resume.

Their post reads:

Liberal (and ersatz libertarian) blogger and wanna-be pundit Radley Balko claims on his bio on his blog that he is a bi-weekly columnist for Forbes.com. But an investigation by the RLCIL demonstrates that Mr. Balko has taken extreme liberties — perhaps even license — with the term “bi-weekly.”

He makes his claim at, http://www.theagitator.com/about/, indicating, that, in addition to laboring over his poorly written blog, “I’m also a biweekly columnist with FoxNews.com.”

However, the claim is not bourne out by the evidence. We searched through the Forbes.com site, and could find only two URLs, from the summer of 2005, authored by Mr. Balko.

See,

http://search.forbes.com/search/find?MT=Radley+Balko&tab=searchtabgeneral

[GrootheWanderer]

Thanks.

[GrootheWanderer]

Looks like they did more than delete his posts.

Here’s the latest and probably last on the issue:

http://www.theagitator.com/2009/02/14/illinois-republican-liberty-caucus-coda